I bet JC could also nail a touchline conversation.
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His speciality is the cross field kick though
Following on from these two examples of the current government actually doing the right thing...
There's a 3rd right thing
Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England
Humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish and end to puppy farming also in new package of animal welfare lawswww.theguardian.com
Let me tell you the good things the government has done in 2025 – because it certainly won’t | Polly Toynbee
It’s all there: more apprenticeships, more rights for workers and renters – and most of all, a focus on children. What a shame Labour wavers about saying so, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
More doing the right thing.
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Government waters down farm inheritance tax plan
The government has now said it will lift the intended threshold from £1m to £2.5m.
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Merry Xmas to you all!
We may disagree every now and then, but i wish you all the best, and to have a cracking holiday!
We may disagree every now and then, but i wish you all the best, and to have a cracking holiday!
According to AI...
In A Christmas Carol, Bob Cratchet - an underpaid, almost destitute Dickensian victim of capitalism - earns 15 shillings a week.
Which is about £32,000 p.a. adjusted for inflation.
UK average salary for a bookkeeper in 2025 is £26,848
In A Christmas Carol, Bob Cratchet - an underpaid, almost destitute Dickensian victim of capitalism - earns 15 shillings a week.
Which is about £32,000 p.a. adjusted for inflation.
UK average salary for a bookkeeper in 2025 is £26,848
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John Simpson: 'I've never seen a year as worrying as 2025'
2025 has been a year of multiple major conflicts and it is becoming clear that one of them has geopolitical implications of unparalleled importance.
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I said after Brexit, I could see another major war in Europe coming and the years since have only made me feel like this is more probable and bigger than I previously thought.
Sarina Wiegman an honorary dame as Lionesses and Red Roses get honours
Leah Williamson was named an OBE and four other Lionesses were made MBEs, while Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean were given a damehood and a knighthood
NB: 31 of the men's 2003 squad were honoured.
CBE for Johnson.
OBE for Wilkinson and Leonard.
MBE for every other player.
Whilst Woodward got a knighthood.
This world cup win (and grand slam) is no less of an achievement, but 1/6 as recognised
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Tbh, the honours system is a complete joke anyway.
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Sarina Wiegman an honorary dame as Lionesses and Red Roses get honours
Leah Williamson was named an OBE and four other Lionesses were made MBEs, while Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean were given a damehood and a knighthood
NB: 31 of the men's 2003 squad were honoured.
CBE for Johnson.
OBE for Wilkinson and Leonard.
MBE for every other player.
Whilst Woodward got a knighthood.
This world cup win (and grand slam) is no less of an achievement, but 1/6 as recognised
No less of an acheivement? Seriously?
Are the 2 RWC wins the zame in your view?
It's great at acknowledging some massive charity work people do. My wife's uncle got an MBE for working for the RNLI on lifeboats since about age 18 to 75.
On the other a friend of mine got a BEM for what I can essentially tell is "doing her job" but its one of those career paths in public service that will lead to a damehood.
Political appointees are the worse though.
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My cousin got an MBE I think it was for assisting in the evacuation of Brits from Japan back when the tsunami hit (They were in the British diplomatic service over there at the time).
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If it was genuine achievements only then fine. But when someone spending nearly 60 years of their life rescuing people and saving their lives only warrants an MBE and then a politician who has done very little for 15 years gets a knighthood for bugger all, then it's a complete joke.
Charity work, and telling the government to get tey ****. I kind of like it when people refuse or hand them back.
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Disability charity chief condemns UK government as she rejects MBE
Tressa Burke, chief executive officer of the Glasgow Disability Alliance, says the situation facing disabled people in the UK is "simply intolerable".
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I didn't know where to put this so I'm putting it here because this is a very busy thread.
Wishing everyone a...
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Wishing you all a very Happy New YearI didn't know where to put this so I'm putting it here because this is a very busy thread.
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I spent the evening with the fam in an English rugby club. There was a quiz. I was planning on staying there till midnight but left when one question was: what was the score in the last England v Wales match.
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Oh yeah, happy new year *****.
Happy New Year, *****, unless you're terrorising pets and wildlife with your damned back garden fireworks 
Otherwise I love you all, even that guy. (You know who you are )
Otherwise I love you all, even that guy. (You know who you are )
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