Von der Leyen again

Ursula von der Leyen made a speech in which she said the EU had goofed up over Brexit. I have a number of articles collected in response to this speech, which I will add to this page at a later stage. But today I have reproduced an article entitled “Goofy” from EuroIntelligence, because it is…

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Fishguard

A town on the Welsh coast, once a herring fishery port, latterly the ferry port to Eire, who knows what’ll become of it now while we’re out of the EU.

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Miles & More

Miles and More is broken again. I have logged a fault call via their webform. I hear nothing else aprt from the acknowledgement, but four weeks later, I have another go, and it seems to be fixed; I have authorised the use of their “TRAVEL-ID”, which I hope will give me access to their partner…

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The Greens in London

Someone suggested that Lewisham Deptford was the Green’s No 1. Target at the next general election. It surprises me, but I had a look at the last London Assembly Party votes by ward across London. Darker green is the stronger support. This chart shows green votes by ward, and the darkest colour signifies between 800…

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Pixabay’s Content licence

The featured image comes from pixabay and is credited to Heike Baerbel. It has been shrunk. It’s use is controlled by the Pixabay Content licence. … This seems to be aimed at ensuring that pictures in the database are not used to earn an income. The wording on this restriction was unclear to me, and so…

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Ka-52 “Alligator”

I came across this article, in business insider, and their No 1, most deadly helicopter gunship is the Ka-52 “Alligator”. I think the picture below/overleaf is dramatic, and I also think shows one in Red Army (or Air Force) livery.

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Internationale

I find it hard to believe, but I have not yet posted my soundtrack of the Internationale which I use as a ring tone to this wiki. Well, here it is! For more see also ringtones and revolution, which talks about the film and Finland Station and explains the featured image.

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