@holland_tom Don’t mean to undermine the White Star Line marketing team’s new campaign - I loved it! And pitied Ismay by the end. But, I thought: were there really no women or kids even remotely close by to bring forward and take those spots you exonerated the men for taking? Seemed strange.
@SophieRunning Quite a few weeks! For me absolutely the worst part of the whole thing was the insomnia. But it gets better after you can do away with the position restrictions
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@OwenJones84 Problem is, you know you're being uncharitable and disingenous in sharing this clip. He quite likely means, and seems to be trying to go on to explain, that how deaths (e.g. from/with Covid) are categorised is an important issue to clarify when comparing national responses.
@thehistoryguy Probably it inspired the relief of Minas Tirith scene, but likely not Helms Deep since the relieving force was on foot in the book (although there was still the sally out on horseback).
@holland_tom@TheRestHistory Do @HexhamAbbey for its extant 7th century crypt built by St Wilfrid (better than Cuthbert) and its centuries' worth of other building/rebuilding (there're even some 15th century Danse Macarbre painted panels) plus a nice cafe.
@holland_tom@TheRestHistory Most of all it would be nice if you could nail down a pithy definition of the phenomenon - with the amount the word is bandied around these days that would be extremely helpful!
@OwenJones84@Sadist87@felixthepants Not if the feeling of betrayal by Labour has only been growing since the last “good” result in 2017. Likely 2019 was only a hold due to the split in the Brexit vote. Add in Johnson-the-deliverer and I think it makes sense why this time there hasn’t been return to normal service.
@OwenJones84@Sadist87@felixthepants Surely though that was because in 2017 no one had yet successfully delivered Brexit and the full extent of the mess leaving would become was not clear. In 2019 we were at peak Brexit mess hence Brexit Party did well. Now Johnson has delivered it.