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    Originally posted by Gangster Octopus View Post
    Yeah, so? He was one of the many Poles (amongst others) who made their way to the UK either during or after the war.
    I'm not saying anything other than it he must have been in the part of Poland nearest Russia for that to have been his personal experience. The poles killed 12 germans for every Russian fatality, but if he was stationed in the East he would have been fighting a desperate rear guard action against the Russians, and the Germans would have barely crossed his mind. The big caveat that military historians always have to put on soldiers personal accounts is that this is what the war looked like from their individual perspective, and while what they saw might be true for them, it may not be reflective of the wider experience.
    Last edited by The Awesome Berbaslug!!!; 18-09-2020, 12:17.

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      And as it's part of a joint trust with County Durham, Memorial Hospital Darlington is also on enhanced measures


      https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/#

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        anyone know how this is going to work

        https://twitter.com/robertjoseph/status/1307724309226565634?s=20

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          I would imagine at the very least TSB and Santander would go for Spanish authorisation (maybe TSB more likely), given they have Spanish parents.

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            So the TSB didn't remutualise then?

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              oh look


              https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1307787433614901253?s=20

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                Could that go on the (totally unrelated) Super Injunction thread?

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                  The Express is reporting it, so this one is fair game and looks like it's going to run.

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                    And the La Repubblica article has now added some detail previously omitted:

                    According to the website Flightradar24, Johnson’s alleged return flight from Perugia started at 8.27 am on Monday by a Embraer Legacy 500 jet, landing at 9.39 am local time at the RAF British military airport Northolt....
                    According to sources from Perugia airport, the return plane was supposed to take off at 7.45 am that day. However, apparently there was a problem because it took off 40 minutes later than the scheduled time. That Monday morning, September 17th, Johnson and the British Home Secretary, Priti Patel, were due to visits in London, then everything was cancelled at the last moment. That afternoon Downing Street added that Johnson “was in London and attended a coronavirus meeting in the morning”.

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                      Gotta love getting caught out by a small provincial airport bragging about its use by VIPs

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                        Can't find anything this morning. Am i looking in the wrong places?

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                          Originally posted by Sporting View Post
                          Can't find anything this morning. Am i looking in the wrong places?
                          If you're looking on the BBC then yes - but many of the UK newspaper websites are reporting it (or at least saying "it is being reported that").

                          Robert Peston is saying on Twitter that the press office is saying he wasn't in Perugia that weekend as he was at his son's christening at Westminster Cathedral. Which was a private ceremony so there were no photos. Well, there were photos but some bigger lads took them and ran off. And the priest went to another school on the other side of town, so you wouldn't know her.

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                            This is the story as reported by La Repubblica https://www.repubblica.it/esteri/202...ia_-267989244/

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                              Originally posted by Walt Flanagans Dog View Post

                              If you're looking on the BBC then yes - but many of the UK newspaper websites are reporting it (or at least saying "it is being reported that").

                              Robert Peston is saying on Twitter that the press office is saying he wasn't in Perugia that weekend as he was at his son's christening at Westminster Cathedral. Which was a private ceremony so there were no photos. Well, there were photos but some bigger lads took them and ran off. And the priest went to another school on the other side of town, so you wouldn't know her.
                              Robert Peston should read the sign on his door. It say "Political Editor ITV News", Not "Boris' mate always ready to help him out of a jam "

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                                The use of "her" at the end of WFD's post gave me a right belly laugh.

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                                  Originally posted by ad hoc View Post
                                  This is the story as reported by La Repubblica https://www.repubblica.it/esteri/202...ia_-267989244/
                                  Pretty clear, Suarez being seen as more newsworthy than Johnson visiting a Russian oligarch is interesting.

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                                    Flight tracker has a private plane departing Northolt on Friday at the time the newspaper reports.

                                    Johnson lies and lies again, some of his lies become his truths, believe nothing that comes from his mouth.

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                                      If jo whatshername had backed Corbyn could have had a referendum ​​​​​

                                      https://twitter.com/independent/status/1308035913042350080?s=21

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                                        The Telegraph (of course) has now gotten the director of Perugia Airport to say that the whole thing was a case of mistaken identity due to staff having confused Blair with Johnson (notwithstanding the fact that the airport's original press release mentions both).

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                                          And they look almost identical

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                                            Quite

                                            I can almost see a severely visually-challenged member of staff taking Luis Suarez for Tony Blair (or vice versa), but Johnson is another matter entirely.

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                                              So how do we square this with certain insinuations?

                                              https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ret-italy-trip

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                                                he's been twice fired for lying. He's the only politician you can accuse of lying outside the Houses of Parliament.

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                                                  Call me a cynic, but the Cathedral's statement does not appear to confirm the PM's presence at the ceremony

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                                                    Originally posted by ursus arctos View Post
                                                    Call me a cynic, but the Cathedral's statement does not appear to confirm the PM's presence at the ceremony
                                                    Yes, All they need do is publish a photo of a fawning PM with his son. Great PR work, too.

                                                    (You are no cynic.)

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