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3 months

Just heard a British person call a corner shop a "bodega" and I want to die

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Is it because it is, in fact, a £1.3m home?

‘Why am I struggling to sell my £1.6m home?’

Property millionaires left in limbo as ‘next-time buyers’ fear stretching their mortgages

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At a National Trust garden in the rain. 14 yr old: "This is like the opposite of somewhere an influencer would go."

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7 years

Most Guardian headline ever?

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How ancient lentils reveal the origins of social inequality

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Already excited for the 8000 word NYT "state of Britain" essay this photo is going to illustrate

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C4 News to woman at shop: "How is social distancing working for you?" Woman: "I'm hardly doing it at all. Because if you do it, you give in to the virus." FML

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3 years

This is why you need negative, can't-do people in organisations who kill shit ideas.

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4 months

For those of us who remember Hackney Wick in 2004, Hackney Wick in 2024 is insane

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3 months

The "Sleepy Keir" thing (a direct retread Trump's "Sleepy Joe") just reminds me how the current Conservatives can't resist US culture war stuff, even when it doesn't work at all and has everyone saying "WTF?"

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4 years

My name is Reek.

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4 years

Dom Cummings was right today to set out in full detail how he made his decisions in very difficult circumstances. Now we must move on, fight this dreadful disease and get our country back on her feet

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Can we have those separate counters in butchers that sell 10 different types of paté, please?

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7 years

All that's gone wrong with London in a sentence.

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Some rather nice infill newbuilds in Deptford

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4 years

When all this is over, I'm never going for another frigging walk in the park again.

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13 yr old: "You're like the opposite of a key worker."

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@MichaelPDeacon Fancy

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I mean, I'm not a property expert, but...

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4 years

Public Enema

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5 months

This IMO is one of the worst things about the post 2010 Conservatives. They will never spend £1 today to save £10 tomorrow.

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The deliberate and cynical destruction of Sure Start stands out - against stiff competition - as one of the worst long-term policy decisions taken by a British government in recent decades.

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2 years

Did a lemon write this?

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9 months

Victorian path in Brockley

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1 year

Quite like this. Rowan Atkinson writes a piece on electric vehicles. PLOT TWIST: he turns out to be very knowledgeable, piece is sensible and balanced

I love electric vehicles – and was an early adopter. But increasingly I feel duped | Rowan Atkinson

Sadly, keeping your old petrol car may be better than buying an EV, says actor Rowan Atkinson

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4 years

Ha. Love this 1987 Canary Wharf slogan.

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@alexrubner Well quite. Return it to car breakers' yards, collapsing warehouses and weeds, I say.

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3 months

Tell me you struggle with moderately complex ideas without telling me you struggle with moderately complex ideas

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Global warming is dreadful today.

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8 months

Looks like Sadiq is having the last ULOLZ

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New pollution data reveals startling success of London ULEZ. Numbers of old, filthy vehicles have halved and particulate and other pollution averted is more than pollution from London’s airports.

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1 year

I too am unrecognisable from a photo of me taken 42 years ago. Anyone else?

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2 months

@bugsandfishes + £100k, easy

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6 months

"Succession" but with bagels

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Britain's 'oldest' bagel shop is set to re-open a month after suddenly closing amid 'family spat' - after new directors are recruited and 'management change' is planned for Brick Lane institution

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6 years

If a job that pays under £50k is "low-skilled" then 87% of jobs in the UK are low-skilled.

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4 years

There's always a tweet. Always.

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What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.

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1 year

Everyone's lives would have been much easier if the Mail had just poached Boris Johnson from the Telegraph without all the stuff in between

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2 years

Me to Underground Guy, "Damnit, my Oyster card isn't working again. This keeps happening. Can you let me out & then see if we can read my card on your reader?" Underground Guy: "It won't work." Me: "How can you be so sure?" UG: "Because you're tapping your National Trust card"

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3 months

I mean, yeah. But the day to have had this conversation was the day before Cameron called the Referendum.

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The more the Tories talk about the things Reform wants to talk about, the more they feed the beast

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6 months

"Before defeat turns into humiliation" was 9 months ago. We're now at "before humiliation turns into annihilation"

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I think he wrote, in a 90s TV review, "Richard [Madeley] is in the unfortunate position of being not quite clever enough to realise he's not quite clever enough." Great line.

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2 years

Very sad news that Victor Lewis Smith has died...just 65. A very funny writer, reviewer and radio and TV producer

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6 months

Hahaha. This is so my favourite punishment for people who trash heritage and think they can ignore planning.

Crooked House: Owners of wonky pub ordered to rebuild

An enforcement order requires the building to be built back to what it was prior to the fire.

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3 years

Has anyone ever made a WhatsApp group video call not by mistake?

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10 months

Still convinced that, if Remain had focused 50% of their energy on spelling out the risks of roaming charges, the vote would have gone the other way

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Mobile roaming: EE prompts anger as it increases price by 150%

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2 years

I'm reading this as an endorsement of the UK, not a condemnation

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3 years

Just cycled to Crystal Palace and back, past literally hundreds of single occupancy cars in stationary or crawling traffic. I mean, it's not hard to see where the air pollution comes from, is it?

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9 months

Never change, Whitechapel

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4 years

Hoping that my grandchildren will live to see a news cycle free of Princess Diana.

Reuters

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BBC appoints former judge to lead Princess Diana interview inquiry

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1 year

Quite like this 1980s(?) vaguely castle-style building in Lewisham

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2 years

Graph which explains a lot about the current state of the UK housing market

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4 years

*small voice* "I actually think Matt Hancock looks kind of OK and normal in the picture everyone's laughing at."

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2 years

I spoke to literally hundreds of people at The Emirates Stadium and they were all massive Arsenal fans

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I've spoken to literally hundreds of people in The Queue (The Elizabeth Line) over the last two days and not a single one regretted it. No matter how long they queued.

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@LucyInTheSky22 Kate Middleton Truthers are my new people

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11 months

Traditional East Dulwich scenes like this, once common, are now vanishingly rare

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8 months

Hard to imagine how much of the electorate the phrase "Lawson Boom" resonates with. I'm 52. The Lawson Boom happened when I was 14-16. To remember it properly you'd need to be at least 62 (and probably 72 to have benefited). Most people are probably thinking "Nigella??"

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5 years

Thoughts and prayers with anyone who finished a Brexit analysis piece 20 minutes ago.

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6 months

DLR is good. Weaves on elevated tracks through mix of skyscrapers and older buildings like some cyberpunk future, you can pretend you're driving, often runs when there are strikes on the Tube, is convenient for my house. 8/10.

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New DLR trains coming soon to improve frequency and reliability of service! The DLR is the busiest light railway in the UK, and we believe that by improving the DLR network we will make journeys in London brighter for everyone. Learn more ⬇️

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5 years

What a time to be alive.

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1 year

Always excited to see a new front opening up in the Culture Wars

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4 years

@MattTempest Me neither. Quite possibly because in the 70s and 80s there were a lot of people around who had actually fought in World War 2, rather than a lot of people who think they did.

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3 years

I mean, imagine actually spending time engaging with people who don't agree with you.

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7 years

@rosieatlarge A minor point, but what's with the hyphenation of Star Wars? Surely a real fan who grew up with it would know it's not hyphenated. Or is incorrect hyphenation the new ALL CAPS?

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Top tip. Broccoli is a flower, so keep it in a vase or glass like flowers (in the fridge). Lasts for weeks

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@Chimpman PITCH: EastEnders 2024, with Phil Mitchell running a Korean taco pop-up or something

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7 years

Awesome. I've got the title and the cover of my new self-help book.

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2 years

Modernist churches have the best hipster architecture

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3 years

Already excited for the next Tory government which will position itself as nothing to do with this Tory government.

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3 years

London parenting observation. I was always a bit unsure how great London was for kids when they were younger. But the eldest is now 14 and being a teenager in London looks amazing (pandemic notwithstanding). Grew up in a commuter town and am retrospectively jealous.

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7 years

Hi @LDShadowLady My 6 year old, Claudia, who loves your stuff has asked me to tweet this to you.

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4 years

Me (to teenage daughter): "You can have a small glass of wine if you want." TD: 'When I start drinking, it won't be with you, Rhymer."

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3 years

If only someone had known about these fatal flaws beforehand...

John Simpson

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3 years

Not from the Guardian but the Telegraph: 'The collapse of trust can be traced to the fatal flaws in Boris Johnson’s personality. The latest crisis in No 10 is no fleeting embarrassment; but a game-changer that has stripped the PM of any remaining credibility.'

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London estate agents insist market is 'booming' after woman pays £1bn for house on Downing Street - via @newsthump

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2 years

Incredible work

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4 years

"As a freelance journalist blessed with an inheritance as well as a venture-capitalist husband..."

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11 yr old and 7 yr old made me coffee in bed. Me: "This coffee tastes strange. Is it special Easter Coffee with chocolate?" 11 yr old (almost wetting herself with laughter): "No. It's special April Fool's coffee with Fish Sauce."

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@markcatchlove Good, but an incredible change. It used to be all wasteland and scrapyards. Now it feels like some mini Ibiza.

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@RebeccaCNReid It's like the joke round our way. If you live in small or medium house, you're probably in the media or advertising. If you live in a big house, you work in the City or are an older creative. But if you live in a huge detached house you're a retired social worker or ex-Marxist

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I'd go one further. He's a ruthless nihilist who saw English Nationalism as the most convenient vehicle for his ambitions. He doesn't believe in anything other than himself.

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I don’t think Boris Johnson is a Conservative, I think he’s an English nationalist, says Chris Patten who fears for the Union on @bbcR4Today #NoDeal

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It's my birthday which is like a LinkedIn Work Anniversary but for being alive.

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1 year

Have really noticed recently that, if you own one cat, it's just a cat and that's great. But if you own 2 cats, it feels like you have a feline faction or voting bloc in your house. Would be wary of owning 3 cats for this reason

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"Queuing utopia"? Queutopia was right there, FFS

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3 years

"Why doesn't Brexit look like it did in my head?"

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From @DanielJHannan : The Government’s new Brexit vision looks like thin, watery, tasteless gruel

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3 years

Imagine having the energy to be this tiresome day in, day out

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Peak London pundit. The Observer’s Sonia Sodha on the bbc discussing the cost of living crisis with a leg of iberico jamon on the kitchen island.

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Well, that escalated fast...

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@realGarethP Yh, in this context redbrick should be an adjective not a noun

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3 years

A minor point, but have just been reminded that Sarah Vine thinks Lebedev dresses "impeccably" rather than like someone who has been to a Ralph Lauren sample sale, drunk

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2 years

Always excited to see how Matt Hancock can debase himself even more than the last time!

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2 years

The PM & Chancellor got the big calls right during the pandemic & are now leading the fight against Putin's illegal war in Ukraine They have rightly apologised. We must now move forwards & get on with delivering for people

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Please, please, please let Johnson go today. Because it's my birthday.

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@DrMatthewSweet @GBNEWS @frangopoulos My favourite thing about Steyn is that he started out as an arts critic

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When I want to buy, I go to eBay. When I want to learn, I go to Facebook Marketplace.

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@edcumming Hipsters got no respect for psychogeography and liminal places

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Unbecoming.

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Michelle Obama wrote the best seller Becoming. What will be the title of Melania’s book?

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3 years

Front garden iz jungle.

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Meghan: "I wasn't just being thrown to the wolves, I was being fed to the wolves." Trying to work out if there's any difference, either literally or figuratively

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@supermathskid Good news though! Both of the first two groups were the right age to be raised on ridiculous myths of British exceptionalism and derring-do (which were often being cynically used to cover up our shabby post-war decline).

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@sharonodea Hardly anyone ever likes you or hates you as much as you think they do. Mostly, they're thinking about themselves.

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"On day 2, I had to wipe my bum with snowballs" Me on the romance of being stuck in a tent for 3 days in a blizzard.

My winter of love: The true test of a relationship? Sixty-five unwashed hours together in a tent

We were stuck on a trek in the Andes during the worst blizzard in 20 years. Luckily we had Travel Scrabble – unfortunately, we had no toilet roll

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@Otto_English

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"I don;t want to hear a fucking word from smug sensibles..." And therein lies the problem.

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I don't want to hear a fucking word from smug sensibles saying this defeat lies at Corbyn's feet. This defeat lies firmly with the media and the politics of lies, hate, and division that has fucked our country.

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TBH, not being Shaun Bailey or Lozza Fox is probably the only idea he really needs right now.

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Really @spectator - "running away like a girl"?

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@mocent0 @MysteriosoX Insanely maxed out London workers' cottages would be my Mastermind specialist subject

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"What do we do best in the world?" "TV" "Cool. Let's wreck it."

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I mean, we've all done it, right? You're online late at night, you've had few and before you know it, you've clicked and granted export licenses to a deeply unpleasant regime.

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[deep breath] Some of my best friends are Tories. Me for @guardianopinion

Sick of this Conservative government? That shouldn’t stop you having Tory friends | Rhymer Rigby

If you want to change how someone votes, “Fancy a pint?’ is a good start, writes Rhymer Rigby

www.theguardian.com

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