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“ small order fee ” because to deliver the meal would have involved a 45 minute drive across the capital . Algeria cancelled the order and had a pizza instead .
Why ? Just why ?
A London man has completed a sixyear challenge to leave his car in every parking space outside his local Sainsbury supermarket in Bromley . Gareth Wild used a spreadsheet to keep track of his efforts to fill all the 211 available parking spots , and concluded , “ There ’ s a lot of questions about car parks .”
He reckons they ’ re “ a good snapshot of English life .” We reckon he may be off his trolley .
Quotes
“ I ’ ve got so much I want to say about the First Amendment as I sort of understand it but it is bonkers .”
– Prince Harry on the USA ’ s treasured First Amendment .
“ You ’ re nothing , frankly , but the Prince of Woke Social Justice Warriors .” – Fox News host Sean Hannity on Prince Harry ’ s comment above .
“ Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt .” – Abraham Lincoln .
“ I am of an age where I am now terrified if I can talk about any of these subjects that I am going to say something that I should not say .
It is a minefield on virtually everything . If you are of a certain generation , you are not sure what you can or what you can ’ t say .” – Former British prime minister Tony Blair , now 68 , apparently bowing to the woke mob on May 12 during a Breakfast TV interview .
“ I loathe these self-righteous so-called woke people telling us what to do , say and think all the time ...
You can ’ t have an opinion or joke about anything anymore or they get mortally offended and want you ruined . They ’ re sucking all the fun out of life .” – An 80-year-old Australian lady in London quoted by Piers Morgan .
“ Common sense has now been defeated in this country .” – Peter Hitchens writing in the Mail on Sunday last month .
“ As bad as drink drivers .” – Andrew Lloyd Webber on people who refuse to be given a Covid vaccine .
Grateful acknowledgement to the following papers from which some of this material is extracted : Daily Mail , Daily Mirror , Daily Express , Independent on Sunday , Mail on Sunday , The Sun , The Sunday Times , The Times and The Telegraph .
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