Peter Warner

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@afneil Never understood why live forests shipped across the Atlantic is better than dead forests in the Selby coalfield next door.

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@PaddyBriggs @JohnRentoul @sonofr 1630’s Ship Money

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@TiteJonathan @holland_tom Single sculls?

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@JohnRentoul The (missing) finger in the nose at traffic lights gag was a great favourite of my father’s.

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@lisamarkwell @JohnRentoul @DavidMills73 @Simon_Kelner Or as Arnold Weinstock said on being made Chairman Emeritus of GEC after 33 years as Managing Director: "It's from the Latin, 'e' meaning 'without'..."

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@afneil I think it’s “The Cousins’ Wars” but yes!

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@afneil And was in many ways an extension of the English Civil War with its theme of opposition to arbitrary power which had driven much of the first half 17C emigration in the first place

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Fine, everyone can assess their own risk. Problem is they are then moving the dial for everyone not just themselves.

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@BBCNews There were many other ways to write this.

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@DrFrancisYoung @holland_tom Spoilsport

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@AndrewCooper__ @Dannythefink “When I go, I want to go peacefully like my grandfather did in his sleep, not yelling and screaming like his passengers” Bob Monkhouse

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@1Finches @RevRichardColes Ah my mistake it’s Run not Rum, in the Banda Sea.

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It’s not even like she’s actually interrogating him. It’s more like having an unpleasant relative at a family gathering who just sits there criticising everything and everybody #r4today

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@Classicbritcom “I’m a doctor, and I want my sausages.”

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@RugbyInsideLine High and late. Pretty much like his contribution to the World Cup.

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@sjamesjourno @BumbleCricket Senior Service was the Navy brand (obviously)

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@NorthantsPolice Multiple helicopters flying at tree level for last two hours NN12, look military or police. Can you shed any light?

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@RobDotHutton @BethRigby I thought I remember it hanging between 4 and 3 at the time.