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Winterishere @thedevilinme (5217) • Northampton, England 13 May

Anarchy in the United Kingdom parliament once again as the Labour party try to take out their leader. Keir Starmer is pretty dull, as are his policies, and the country hasn't been inspired by him, resulting in a shellacking in the...

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The attacks on Jewish men in the United Kingdom

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1731) 2 May

Some days back, 2 Jewish men were stabbed in North London, several months ago, a Jewish cathedral was attacked with some people feared dead. The hatred on Jewish people worldwide cannot be justified, though Israel is also...

stabbing

jews

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Suddenly , winter is back in the United Kingdom

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1731) 13 Mar

There has been some relief for the past few days as the weather got warmer withthe sun coming out everyday. Suddenly it became windy and colder again, throwing people into confusion. The British weather is truly confusing. They...

winter

springs

summer

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From beating the Spanish Armada to the Royal Navy Costa Brava fleet.

Winterishere @thedevilinme (5217) • Northampton, England 10 Mar

So post World War Two the Royal Navy was 14,000 plus vessels strong, an Island nation ready to run the Empire but repel invaders. Today it's not so good, just 63 vessels to secure the Kingdom although we do still have 40 Admirals...

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Britains most popular train fare dodger to go to jail

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1731) 17 Jan

A man who has dodged paying for train fares more than 112 times has been arrested and will likely face several months jail term. He is known to avoid paying train fares around London area and has been seen by many people escaping...

london

train

crime

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United Kingdom to start charging tourists 1 .31 pound daily tourist tax

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1731) 2 Dec

It looks like a small money but it could still reduce the number of people visiting the United Kingdom annually. The UK ill start charging a little over 1 pound daily to tourist who intend to be in the country even for few days....

tourist

money

people

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Sill on British Deputy Prime Minister Registration

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1731) 8 Sep

The British deputy prime minister resigned few days ago following her tax default related cases. This goes a long way to show that laws are only made for commoners, otherwise the deputy prime minister would have been arrested and...

tax

england laws

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The UFO Capitol of the United Kingdom

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 11 Jan 25

A town of about 10,000 inhabitants has this distinction. In January of 1992, Bonnybridge began getting these sightings. They get sightings all of the time, about 300 sigtings each year. They have asked the government to...

ufo

sighting

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Cool Coins in the UK: Guess Who?!?

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 12 Mar 24

I saw this article about the UK pop star George Michael was engraved on collectible coins. It is a good tribute to his famous song "Last Christmas," which became famous across the globe. I wish I could have one or two of these...

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In Raas hotel I had lovely time with my friend John and his wife.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 5 Aug 23

Today is happy friendship day. Today I cherish my memories with John Pheasant from UK and his wife from West Indies. I conducted a lecture in NLUJ where he was the speaker. In Raas hotel I met him years back with my family. Those...

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What Is Their Aim? (Harry and Meghan)

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 5 Jan 23

As the Harry and Meghan of the royal family story continues to unfold and become darker and more ominous, as well as accusatory, I am becoming more and more curious as to what their aim really is here. To tell a story? To make...

royalty

prince harry

monarchy

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King Charles III will we ever get used to him?

rosyrose @vickyrose (2236) • Cooma, Australia 16 Sep 22

I know that to some non UK countries and colonies, it will not mean too much but to those who are used to the Queen and her personality, will we ever get used to accept Charles? There was even an announcement that read, ‘ Queen...

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Flippin' Spellcheckers

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21504) • London, England 12 Aug 22

Normally I don’t mind spellcheckers, but sometimes they can be very irritating. Not unreasonably the myLot spellchecker is set for US English, and as the photo shows it isn’t happy with my spellings of some common words, in UK...

spellchecker

english langauge

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One Million Covid deaths in America is upon us.

Winterishere @thedevilinme (5217) • Northampton, England 17 Mar 22

Yesterday saw the Lowest Covid deaths world-wide since April, 2020, at 4300 officially. Clearly the combination of the Omicron variant being milder, and having heavily vaccinated populations and natural immunity from infection...

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Dubai Expo experience

Presenthere @Presenthere (157) 10 Dec 21

I packed up my bags for a Dubai trip shortly ago. I went there to catch a glimpse of the Dubai Expo 2020. Technology and nature come together in this fascinating fair. The ideas of various countries were on full display in this...

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Is life still so expensive in UK

Elie Bouba @coolsite (544) • United States 27 Sep 21

I remember I was in London long time ago , went to fish and chips place it was so expensive and the portion was so small. I am from USA and when I go to eat out , the portion is big that I can hardly finish half of my plate....

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More restrictions in UK

Mrki Krki @mrki444 (15162) • Croatia (Hrvatska) 3 Jan 21

As I hear UK already have big restrictions - bars and pubs closed, sport games without audience. Now Boris announce even tougher rules. Looks this rules will not be applied on entire country than on specific regions. Can it be...

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Another fine mess...

pgn @pgntwo (22405) • Derry, Northern Ireland 27 May 20

Anyone who watched black-and-white TV will be familiar with the two characters shown here, their infamous catchphrase, and the scrapes they got themselves into (and occasionally, out of too!). Alas, the farce that is politics in...

politics

cards

bnw

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You wouldn't get me out of this library hotel in Wales!

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 8 Feb 20

There is a hotel in Northern Wales in the UK that houses a collection of 150,000 books. These books were once owned by William Gladstone, a UK politician. He wanted people to be able to enjoy his books and that these books allow...

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National Storytelling week

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 7 Feb 20

.... is nearly over. The first week of February is dedicated to this holiday. The holiday is celebrated in the UK, but it's something I'd participate in for sure. Who doesn't like telling a good story? From what I can find this...

national storytelling week

holidays

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