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@montaillacman
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I know it's a long shot but does anyone know what a trebuchet is?
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Arrived in the UK last night from France. Had all the quarantine forms filled in and ready. Guess what? No-one stopped us, no-one looked at the forms, nothing. Drove straight out of the terminal and on the road. Quarantine? It’s a joke!
#Quarantine
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Not an entirely happy bunny being stuck in the back corner.
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How brave, off to support his convicted felon multimillionaire mate, when there are people queuing at food banks in his constituency. Well done
#Clacton
, you’re getting exactly what you voted for.
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France: wear a mask in shops, cinemas, etc; observe distances; show a vaccination certificate or test result in a restaurant.
UK: be sensible
France: 4,500 daily average cases
UK: 44,000 daily average cases.
Spot the difference? Oh, and the French way really isn’t hard.
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Watched Macron tonight. 23 minutes looking straight at the camera, straight talking substance.
Watched highlights of Johnson tonight. Wiffle, waffle, wave me arms.
Glad I live in France.
#CoronavirusOutbreak
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@archer_rs
@HeleneMidhurst
We had Brexit voting Brits with a holiday home near us, they used to come for six months of the year. We pointed out they couldn’t do that post Brexit. “Very unfair, typical EU” they said. Put their house on the market. “We’re buying in Spain.” 🥴
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I MADE IT…….
Today is my birthday. I’ve graced the planet for 75 years, ¾ of a century.
That’s a few weeks less than the NHS, but I’m in better condition, and a few weeks more than King Charles, but I’m less of a drain on public resources.
Happy birthday me.
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If the queues into Dover are due to P&O ferries, how come they’re only on one side of the channel?
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I’ve had a few “Why don’t you move back to England?” and “The UK is much better these days” messages recently. Sorry to disappoint, but I’m staying put, and here are a few reasons why. 🧵
This is our house, and this is our view.
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Dafty and Crafty in tandem here, completely ignoring the fact that Ireland is in the EU, and the UK isn’t. Yet another Brexit bonus!
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Goodbye United Kingdom hello Little England.
I’m now betting that by the time of the next election....
Ireland will be re-united
Scotland will be independent
Wales will be pushing for independence
Foodbanks will have trebled
NHS will be private
I’ll still be living in France.
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@NicolaSturgeon
@joannaccherry
I’m not Scots, and until this all went pear shaped I wasn’t much of a fan of you or the SNP. But you have demonstrated remarkable consistency, calmness and clarity. I am now a convert, and a fan!
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@frostieK1210
The sort that’s doing his/her job and reasonably expects to do so without suffering verbal or physical abuse from some numbnut that can’t be arsed to check parking restrictions before they head off.
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A nifty little trick for those of us who might have to tackle the little beasties this summer.
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French Health Minister - Dr. Olivier Véran, neurologist.
UK Health Minister - Sajid Javid, banker.
Perhaps this goes some way to explain the difference in their approach to dealing with Covid.
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French Senate has just approved the extension of the Passe Sanitaire (health pass) until the end of July next year. Anyone over 12 will need to show a negative test result or vaccination certificate to get into a restaurant, cinema, or large event, or to get on a train or plane.
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The cavalry is on its way to Brussels this morning. I hope they get a hearty breakfast and do a good job of putting across the view of the majority.
#RevokeA50
#Brexit
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My doctor told me that now I’m older I need to install a bar in the shower. What do you think?
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Conversation in Paphos departures..
“Where you flying too?”
“Bordeaux.”
“Oh?”
“We live near there.”
“Oh?” he thinks…. “Do they understand you then?”
“Pretty much.”
Nudges his wife “See, I told you they all speak English.”
“No, no. We speak French.”
“Oh? Bugger that!”
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@GavinCunnea
@AdamBienkov
There never, ever was EU control in the UK. There was the ability to import the 40% of food you need from the EU without paperwork, additional checks, and at lower cost. Shame you couldn’t see the con for what it was.
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@Brownskinned06
Me, my wife, and everyone we know around here. But then we live in France, where mask wearing, distancing and health passes are the norm.
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What’s the chances of this appearing in a UK newspaper? It’s the view from New York courtesy of the NYT.
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If I moved back to the UK could I buy a house with land, on a hill for £250,000? Could I run it for £200 a month? With 2 state and 4 private pensions between us we wouldn’t have to pay income tax would we? Could I eat out for £15? Would the weather be kind?
Thought not.
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- Over 600 Covid deaths in 1 day
- Asylum seeking refugees being flown to another continent
- Ukranian refugees drowned in red tape
- Law breaking PM being fined on a daily basis
- Brexit chaos on the roads of Kent
I’m ashamed to be British. I’m applying for a French passport.
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@AndyGJBurge
@BBCNews
Exactly the same can be said of Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys et al, who begrudge paying their workers, but love paying dividends.
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@tonyblackburn
Don’t come and drive in rural France then Tony. We’ve had 30kph limits in towns and villages for ages. People just get on with it.
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@Lordflashh3art
Don’t try France then. We got a local joiner to come and measure up for a nice, robust, wooden garage and car port. “I’ll bring the estimate next week” he said. That was 6 years ago. Still waiting.
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@CL_microscopy
Unlike in France, where we recently received our new Withdrawal Agreement residency cards, which we can show as we enter or leave the country. Simple, effective, cheap. Goodness knows why the UK can’t do something similar to save the angst.
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It’s quite amazing that the woman who represents Dover in Parliament still hasn’t understood what Brexit actually means to her constituents.
This week I called for action to be taken on Dover’s roads.
Dover is becoming almost as famous for its traffic jams as for its White Cliffs, as reported in the Dover Express.
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@KHarveyProctor
Speaking as a primarily left-leaning, anti Tory, ageist emigrant, it’s the “Rule Britannia” sort of jingoistic nonsense that got the country into the state its in. Unless you stop dreaming of an unattainable Empire you’re doomed entirely.
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@B_E_Andre
Cameron winning a majority in 2015. The Tory manifesto promised a referendum on EU membership, and I smelled a rat. Sold up and left before FOM was taken off me.
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@kevinhollinrake
@DanielLambert29
@mrjamesob
Billions of pounds of benefits? Retooling at bottle manufacturers, recalibrating bottling machines, recalibrating handling machines, redesigning and producing boxes, redesigning and printing labels, et al. I’m not in the business and I can see you won’t make money from this.
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@10DowningStreet
Hurrah! Onions from New Zealand! 0.08% increase in GDP! Not a huge lot to be enthusiastic about is there.
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@eurotyke
Don’t think so. Border Force asked us in Calais if we had the quarantine forms completed as they would be checked on arrival, and we would be fined if we didn’t have them or they were incomplete. We were waved out of the terminal on arrival, no-one stopped us.
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“JERSEY’S largest oyster producer says he stands side-by-side with aggrieved French fishermen and will even support a potential 'peaceful' port blockade – if it goes ahead.”
So why is the Navy involved? Polling Day stunt?
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@ScottSgerrard
@diadem_official
@ESPNAssignDesk
@SteveAllenPics
I think the clue is in his handle. He earns his living taking pictures.
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How to be a statesman.
To you, she was your Queen.
To us, she was The Queen.
She will be with all of us forever.
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@connorjbyrne
@gibbsy66
I lived through the 50s, 60s, 70s, you get the picture. There were always “issues”, Aldermaston, Greenham Common, miners strike, 3 day week. But it’s as if the UK fell off a cliff. It started in 2010 when the Tories/Libs took over and the decline has accelerated since.
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@GeorgetaGavril1
@John2017abc
@RosieisaHolt
@Philsbodydouble
Because, allegedly, he spoke to the Chinese equivalent of a Foreign Secretary yesterday. I don’t know about you, but I always roll out the flag of the country I’m making a call to. 😉
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Oh the irony of that front page. “Turn back the migrants” headline alongside a full length image of a successful and much lauded …….. migrant.
#BetterReadTheBeano
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PS. A couple of other notables.
It’s very, very quiet here. A few tractors, a few cars, the odd plane going over.
None of our permanent neighbours speak English, but one of our nearest neighbours has a vineyard.
We don’t have street lights, the night skies are glorious.
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@GuitarMoog
@FranceMadeEasy
@theresa_may
Sadly this is going to run, and run, and run for years yet. Thank you David Cameron for your weakness and total ineptitude.
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@hobbitoncentral
24° is not too hot when you’re not very mobile. The elderly, and younger ones with reduced mobility need warmth.
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@JamesWoodfield
Done and retweeted. I’m old enough to remember pecks, farthings and furlongs. Who in their right mind would want to go back to that?
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@pritipatel
What a team indeed. All but 3 of them descended from migrants. Guess the team at the next Euros won’t be quite as diverse.
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@McCallum_Smith
@Annaisaac
Never mind the cameras, every person going into and out of Downing Street is logged. Date and time of entry and exit is recorded. The Met know who was there, when, and for how long. So if a large number left work late one night it would be recorded, and they could be questioned.
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It has 7,200 sq metres of ground, a pool, 2 sheds, a summerhouse and a garage. It has a tree lined drive, and is set back from the road.
It’s a mile from the village and the nearest restaurant, where lunch will cost us €18.50 (£15.67) for 4 courses including wine and coffee.
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We don’t pay income tax thanks to the French tax system and the government bending over backwards to make life easy for pensioners, though we do pay an accountant €90 a year to ensure things stay that way.
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@ProfColinDavis
@WCountryVoices
And you think the people that can affect this watch snooker do you? All this does is alienate people to your cause, which isn’t a clever thing to do.
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8 years ago today, after spending 3 months living in a gite, with our furniture in storage, we were finally reunited in our new home in France. Still here, still very happy.
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@Jo_WhiteheadUK
@yorkshirefloss2
German railways just reduced all fares by 10% to encourage more train use.
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There are 3 towns with weekly markets within easy reach, and 4 supermarkets in our nearest big town.
Our doctor is 8 miles away, as is the hospital. I can get an urgent appointment the same day, and non urgent within a week.
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We paid the equivalent of £210,000 for this place just prior to Brexit. We pay €115 (£97) monthly in local taxes (Council tax). We pay €100 (£85) monthly for electricity and €30 (£25) a month for water (note: we have a swimming pool).
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@larrylamb47
What’s a disgrace? The advert, the foreign companies, or the British government? My money would be on the British government.
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Two hours twenty minutes of questions. Not one question dodged. Straight answers. No waffle. No picking out soft questioners.
Depressing to watch if you’re a visiting Brit.
@SebastienneL
I'll take President Macron over fishi Rishi any day of the week and twice on Sundays. Thankful I live in France ❤️🇨🇵
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@AdiGaskell
@tconnellyRTE
@rtenews
I think that’s a technique employed almost exclusively by the UK, and not the rest of the world. 😉
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@Humanists_UK
@inknook
What twaddle.
I was taught respect at home, by my parents. I did the same with my kids.
What are kids going to gain from a 40 minute lesson about something they don’t understand.
This is a parental responsibility, don’t shirk it, like you shirk everything else.
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Moving to France!
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@Mandoline_Blue
@CliveWismayer
I daren’t tell my sister, it just leads to rows. There is nothing Joe Public can do to change what’s about to happen. Those that know what’s coming will prepare. Others, like my sister, will find out the hard way.
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@CarrollJackie99
It seems like India is a decent country to be hospitalised.
Great news: My second PCR was now negative after 5 days and I will be released today. 🎉 — Sadly of course this also is the end of my little hospital food blog. So here’s one last picture of yesterday’s dinner. (delicious as usually)
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@lee_b65
@EUflagmafia
I’m 72, and I’m not sure what planet your Dad was on. Pre 1973 the UK was limping along from one crisis to another. The sick man of Europe was an apt description. The country has prospered immensely in the EU, and has now ensured a fairly rapid return to being sick, and poor.
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@BillyVacant
@guse_guse
She gets an hour with the deputy Foreign Minister, with a “brief” presser afterwards. Macron got 6 hours with Putin and long, after midnight, presser. UK no longer a big, relevant player.
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Speaking at the daily press conference, Ruth May admitted it had been “personally frustrating to see people clearly not social distancing”.
I must admit getting your hair washed, cut and coloured when socially distancing is a pretty neat trick. Double standards anyone?
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@GBNEWS
@Logan11007489
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
The only person J R-M has humiliated is himself. Sad person.
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@tonyblackburn
I’m delighted to say I have never seen an episode. It’s always struck me as mindless tripe.
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@lisaocarroll
@yorkshirefloss2
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Ladies and gentlemen, I give you a sitting Tory MP and Government Minister. Sad really.
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Who else in rural France has these in their commune? They’re our new village rubbish and recycling bins. You can dump as much recycling as you want, but you need an access card to open the bin, and get rid of rubbish bags. On trial until 2025.
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15 years ago today we drove up to Peyia in Cyprus to get married. 8 years ago today we packed up 2 cars and a caravan and headed off to Portsmouth for a whole new life.
We’ve shared some fun, and some adventures, and I love my beautiful wife to bits.
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@beema68
You’re not interested in arguing, so I won’t. But in answer to your points….You’re wrong. I don’t. I do. Are they really? I won’t. I do.
Enjoy your life.
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@acameron78
@JulienHoez
Tell that to our American neighbours who arrived on Tuesday, and got exactly the same treatment. It’s what happens to 3rd country nationals. Oh, and it’s also what David Cameron supported and voted for.
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@tommycfcharris
My 3 year old grandson isn’t too busy at the minute as his nursery has been shut. I reckon he’d do a pretty good job.
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@JamesCleverly
Your lot are in power, you have been for 12 years. You run some of these franchises directly. You are Network Rail. Don’t sit on the sidelines blaming everyone else. We see you, this is at your door.
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@BetckeTimo
@LizWebsterSBF
@mikegalsworthy
I really cannot understand why the UK government won’t issue residency cards, it’s pathetic. I have one here in France, and it is essential to get back into the country without any hassle. Mine was free, but I would have happily paid a fee for it.
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@bazhsw8183
Before you run away with yourself, there are 327 athletes in Team GB, and 32,172 schools in the UK. That’s roughly 100 schools per athlete. If you just take medal winners (67 last time), that’s 480 schools per medal winner. Not every school will get a visit, it’s impossible.
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@MammaCliff
@FredMadagascar
@stephenctimms
Never forgetting all those EU workers who have decided to return home rather than jump through innumerable hoops to stay where they’re not really welcome.
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@_save_ukraine_
No, and Clement Attlee was PM when I was born. So I’ve lived through Attlee, Churchill, Eden, McMillan, Wilson, Douglas-Home, Callaghan, Heath, Thatcher, Major, Blair and Brown. The decline started with Cameron, but now the UK is bouncing on the bottom.
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@diaoaks
There are some incredibly sad people in the world that can’t accept differences. All the children in this thread deserve love, support, smiles and chocolate cake.
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@vja1999
@RishiSunak
This is awful, no-one should be living like this.
Me? Aged 74, wearing shorts and tee shirt, with log burner lit (all day when it’s really cold). Paid NI all my working life. Don’t pay income tax on our pensions (high threshold for pensioners). But then we’re in France.
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