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02-21-2021, 10:59 AM
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English local politics in action
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02-21-2021, 12:10 PM
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As Chesterton says, anything worth doing is worth doing badly.
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02-21-2021, 12:17 PM
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My favorite bit is from 7:26 to 9:45 of the the eighteen-minute edited version (starting here), ending with the very dry Britney Spears reference.
It could have gone worse, though.
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02-21-2021, 01:31 PM
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Shows you how we built the British Empire.
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02-21-2021, 02:48 PM
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And why the American colonies rebelled.
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02-21-2021, 03:00 PM
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That’s a cracker, Julie. I do think the English do this sort of thing exceptionally well (ie badly).
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02-22-2021, 01:46 AM
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My eldest sent me this, knowing it would tickle me. Now, whenever I try to tell her anything she says, "You have no authority here, Jackie Weaver!!"
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02-22-2021, 04:21 AM
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02-22-2021, 08:19 AM
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Speaking as a local (but not a parish) councillor, I'm inclined though to agree with the chairman that Jackie Weaver has no authority here.
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