@CutMyTaxUK 'A country that tries to tax its way in to growth, is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle'! (Winston Churchill)
The Day of Days approaches: on this night in 1944, in the final moments before heading to Normandy, 22nd Independent Company officers from 6th Airborne synchronise their watches. On the Left: Captain Robert de Lautour (possibly the first man to land, killed 20 June 1944) #DDay82
From this evening, I'll begin my series of posts for the D-Day commemorations.
I'm starting off with a first-hand account from a veteran who parachuted into Normandy on this very evening in 1944.
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@BBCBreakfast did Peter Kyle just say every now and then the electorate gives you a ‘…..tap on the shoulder…..’
I’d say it’s more of a ‘kick in the bollocks’.
@sommecourt I think her Aunty had an Aunty from Australia….. bits are falling into place. I think they must’ve fought on western front (as opposed to Middle East, Ottoman theatre) is that right?
@sommecourt hi Paul, I wonder if you can help me. My wife’s Aunty has shown us war medals belonging to her Uncle. It’s 14/18 war medal but it has his name
1098 pre T.F. Price 13 L.H.R A.I.F
Do you know what regt this is?
@BlickyIan@Ryanair@UK_CAA Going to Valencia with @Ryanair in July, no choice as alternative is to drive the width of the country. Dreading it….. flew to Italy with them about 15 years ago, terrible experience….
"A woman is a gender."
Zack Polanski, Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales and a member of the London Assembly, saying outright that he doesn't believe women are human - that he believes we are nothing more than a man's fetish.