Howard Swift

Retired public sector Development Economist, creative writer, obsessive compulsive weeder - views my own

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@benhowlettuk @Cambridge_Uni I think you might mean that you are an alumnus

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@tomhfh That's not our sun but Tau Ceti? Does that track?

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@JamesFl Notable that Greater Manchester is more populous that 18 US states - let's call those 'villages' - or more than half of those put together - collectively they make up a 'hamlet'

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@JamesFl Don't worry, he resigned this morning.

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@ClaireSkri53002 @HarryWorcester You can however safely replace the contents if you wish. If your tastes change, probably best to treat yourself to a new jar rather than taint new product.

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@KeithPrinceAM @reformparty_uk @RobKenyonReform .wishing you and 16000 Havering Muslims a joyous Eid. I bet they'd like to hear the same sentiment from you.

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@_RobertSchultz Agreed. Totally misses the point of 'hospitality'

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@PaulEmbery Nothing wrong that a few uPVC windows wouldn't sort out. Pay for the front and get back for free.

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@KemiBadenoch We may need to review the funding arrangements for the Louisiana purchase.

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@tomhfh ok-TOP-uh-deez

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@MrVoodoo69 @PatrickChristys The problem was that he was addressing his own darts team. He was widely disliked. Only 5 people attended his funeral.

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@JamesFl "Every person has the right to arrange their financial affairs within the law to pay the lowest amount of tax possible stated by Lord Tomlin in the 1936 case Inland Revenue Commissioners v Duke of Westminster.

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@willhollis_tv @JohnHealey_MP Look after yourself, Will

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@kixky @Mr_Husky1 I'm only 64 but regularly sent telegrams when at university. I say I sent them; I had my valet send them.

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@aznnorth @jmlund18 @Amelia558rs @grok The generation that brought you the internet, the World Wide Web, the PC. Those people would have achieved an age that anyone younger might never reach.

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@Jindo_1307979 811105

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@ILA_NewsX @Nigel_Farage @Keir_Starmer @DavidLammy Schoolboy error. You have Union Flag upside down.

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@Number10cat We visited today the Monastery of St Nicholas of the Cats in Akrotiri in Cyprus. There were piles of cat food like you would expect in heaven.

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@Christo21189842 @iamtomskinner And yet you watched it and wasted brain cells telling me of your regret

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@Cat205107 @HoodedClaw1974 @RoyalFamily @wabbey Have you not celebrated Diwali? Why would you not extend the Christian spirit to EVERY other faith?