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Partygate To Drag On For Months

// Sue Gray expects to complete her report into Covid law-breaking parties across Westminster at the end of May at the earliest, the Guardian has been told. Sources said that the senior civil servant,...
07:43 Tue 26th Apr 202216 answers, last by ynnafymmi 17:40 Tue 26th Apr 2022
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An Interesting Development

// Large fires broke out early on Monday at two oil depots in the Russian city of Bryansk, less than 100 miles from the border with Ukraine, in a potential act of sabotage by Kyiv. Russian state media...
23:33 Mon 25th Apr 20224 answers, last by lankeela 23:52 Mon 25th Apr 2022
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Finally Some Good News For Boris

Wakefield by election delayed possibly indefinitely The Conservative MP for Wakefield convicted of molesting a child was expelled by his party last month. It was assumed a by election would be...
11:47 Sun 24th Apr 202220 answers, last by sandyRoe 19:23 Sun 24th Apr 2022
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The End Is Nigh…

Yesterday Boris Johnson lost his Party. - Tory MPs rebelled to force a Parliamentary Inquiry into Partygate. - A senior Tory told Boris ‘The gig is up’. - Downing Street tried to avert the disaster,...
06:45 Fri 22nd Apr 202249 answers, last by 10ClarionSt 20:06 Fri 22nd Apr 2022
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Sinking Of The Russian Cruiser Moskva

The Moskva sank on 14 April 2022 after being damaged by fire. Ukrainian officials said their forces hit Moskva with two R-360 Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles, setting her on fire in heavy seas. The...
08:51 Fri 15th Apr 202270 answers, last by davebro 16:56 Sun 24th Apr 2022
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Ukraine - Everyone Called It Wrong

Russia thought victory would take 48 hours. The US largely agreed. The EU put a lot of effort into diplomacy to avoid a war believing Ukraine would be no match for the Russian Army, and would fall...
07:41 Fri 15th Apr 202235 answers, last by Stargazer 14:37 Tue 19th Apr 2022
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Red Wall Tory Triggers By-Election

Wakefield might be an interesting by-election. Northern seat. red wall Labour for decades won by the Conservatives in 2019. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61113265...
17:27 Thu 14th Apr 202219 answers, last by andy-hughes 15:46 Fri 15th Apr 2022
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Partygate - Met Police Useless

Sue Grey independently investigated lockdown restriction breaches in January, and amassed a great deal of evidence. She was about to publish her report before the Met Police belatedly launched an...
13:30 Tue 12th Apr 202265 answers, last by DTCwordfan 20:33 Thu 14th Apr 2022
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Has Sunak Blown His Chance At Becoming Prime Minister ?

// there is also a whispered agreement that there is another factor keeping Johnson in No 10 – the fast disintegration of Rishi Sunak’s reputation as a viable alternative. Tory MPs who spoke to the...
10:28 Sat 09th Apr 202225 answers, last by Togo 19:33 Mon 11th Apr 2022
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Flights Cancelled Because Of Perfect Storm

EasyJet and BA have cancelled hundreds of flights. // EasyJet expects to cancel hundreds more flights this week due to high levels of Covid-19 among its crew, amid wider disruption at airports and...
13:20 Tue 05th Apr 202234 answers, last by DTCwordfan 22:10 Wed 06th Apr 2022
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3 Years Of Bumbling Boris As Pm

Here is the result - Cost of living the highest for 40 years - Inflation the highest since the 1970s - Tax burden the highest since the 1940s - OBR cut this years economic growth prediction by half -...
10:36 Tue 05th Apr 202264 answers, last by dannyk13 14:56 Tue 05th Apr 2022
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Should The Eu And Uk Lift Sanctions On Venezuela And Iran?

We live in a changing world. We have voluntarily followed the US in imposing sanctions on Venezuela and Iran, though we don’t really have much of a quarrel with them. We won’t buy oil and gas from...
08:21 Sat 12th Mar 20225 answers, last by Deskdiary 19:06 Sat 12th Mar 2022
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Star Trek: Picard.

Season 2 off to a great start. Shame about Star Tr3k: Discovery. Season 4 has been terrible....
14:25 Sat 05th Mar 202210 answers, last by Gromit 09:12 Fri 11th Mar 2022
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Uk Government Debt Levels At The Highest For 60 Years.

Government interest payments hit a record high in January. Interest payments hit an eye watering £6.1bn last month, the highest amount for a January since records began. Last year they were £4.5bn....
13:48 Tue 22nd Feb 202215 answers, last by youngmafbog 18:44 Tue 22nd Feb 2022
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Revolting Tories

// Conservative MPs are organising a revolt against the prime minister over the scrapping of a ban on the imports and sale of fur and foie gras. Government sources have confirmed to the Guardian that...
17:16 Mon 21st Feb 202227 answers, last by THECORBYLOON 01:52 Tue 22nd Feb 2022
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Very Very Offensive

‘Tales from the Serengeti’ - don’t watch it now on iPlayer....
10:31 Mon 21st Feb 202214 answers, last by Ken4155 17:59 Mon 21st Feb 2022
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Wordle Tuesday 15Th February

The New York Times version, and the original site have different answers today. Make sure you go to NYT.
14:08 Tue 15th Feb 20226 answers, last by THECORBYLOON 14:46 Tue 15th Feb 2022
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Wordle Saturday

Wordle has moved to the New York Times website today. Other that the word ‘Wordle’ now in the Times’ font, it is exactly the same...
13:14 Sat 12th Feb 20224 answers, last by cashier 16:29 Sat 12th Feb 2022
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One Law For Them, A Different Law For The Rest Of Us

120,000 Fixed Penalty Notices (on the spot fines) were issued last year for breaking lockdownrules. For some House Parties, £10,000 was levied on those organising them. All issued by the police...
14:59 Thu 10th Feb 202223 answers, last by Gromit 13:59 Fri 11th Feb 2022

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