Paul Brownjohn @Paulos_the_fog@social.cleverlibre.org

@Magnumificent
I would say, also, then pass it through a sieve to make sure there are no damned lumps! Then add some more butter and some finely chopped chives and more butter

Good to see the Euro has crept up past parity with the US$. My mid-market ticker says it stands at $1.0358 right now.

Also glad to see the £ sterling sagging again against the Euro

@TollyTB

The old joke goes
"How do you tell if someone went to Harvard University?"
Answer: "because they'll tell they did within 5 minutes of meeting you!"

I actually met a Harvard alumnus and he did and he looked puzzled when I burst out laughing when he said it.

If you run a Windows 10 machine and look on your taskbar at the bottom of the screen there will be a little icon usually showing the weather and the temperature. If you click on that icon, it takes you to a Microsoft news page where you will find links to news items from it seems mainly extreme right wing adult comics like the Daily Mail, the Daily Express and, strangely, the Hindustan Times. This latter publication, for some reason, favours the Russians volubly in their genocide against Ukraine; indulging in school playground verbiage to cheer on the Russians at each of their imaginary victories.
I find this very difficult indeed to understand as the Hindustan Times, whilst hardly a highly respected publication internationally, is nevertheless a national newspaper of some note in India.

@Neverfadingwood

Many years ag, I was fascinated to learn the origin of the phrase to 'curry favour with...'

According to the Oxford English dictionary, the 'curry' part refers to the act of combing or grooming a horse (as in curry comb; an item that will be familiar to horsey folk) and the 'favour' part is a corruption of Favel, the colour of the Devil's horse. So the original derivation was to 'groom the devil's horse'.

@pete @TimWardCam @PaulSchleifer

Poor sad bästards! Germany is No 2 after China in exporting manufactured goods having long since overtaken the USA in that regard. They have universal healthcare, sick pay, 20+ days paid holidays, paternal and maternal leave and a host of other benefits that would make the average American green with envy, but of course their state is a complete failure!

@fs @Andy_European @UKLabour

Well certainly Corbyn was mealy-mouthed in his pronouncements about the EU but the evidence is that historically, he voted against every measure that was pro-EU during his career in the HoC.

@villavelius

Actually, I am 100% in favour if ID cards being issued but only if it is done properly; i.e. that it is mandatory for every single citizen and legitimate resident, free of charge and is backed by a database containing a wealth of information about the holder thus it can act as a driving licence, as proof of one's status within the healthcare system (entitled to free treatment or not) as proof of one's immigration status and a host of other useful data can be stored in it.

However, if it is done in the half-cocked, brain dead manner that most tory policy is implemented then it's just another waste of time and money down the drain (into tory chums pockets)

@villavelius

I'm not the slightest bit interested in arguing about it. So far as I am concerned, it's a measure that is designed to suppress the votes of those who are most likely to vote Labour or more generally against the current government of scum.

There is absolutely no evidence whatever that voter fraud of any sort was significant in any constituency and it is, therefore, a solution to a non-existent problem!