Itâs all so tiresome.
They just canât help themselves.
I really wish these âpatriotsâ knew a bit more British history.
Sittingbourne and Sheppey were strategically important to the British Empire, not its beating heart. Their advantages were their proximity to London, access to the Thames estuary and, in Sheerness, a Royal Navy dockyard.
But times change. Containerisation transformed commercial shipping, favouring ports like Tilbury and Southampton, while naval restructuring saw dockyards like Sheerness close as Portsmouth and Devonport became increasingly important.
The docks arenât coming back to North Kent for much the same reason they arenât coming back to Canary Wharf. That economic era is over.
London was the Empireâs political, financial and commercial powerhouse. Yet the very same people who romanticise Britainâs imperial greatness never miss an opportunity to slag off the city that made so much of it possible. The irony!
North Kentâs future prosperity lies not in recreating its industrial past, but in embracing its proximity to London. Faster connections via High Speed 1, perhaps even an Elizabeth line extension, alongside substantial housebuilding on both brownfield and greenfield land, could attract professionals priced out of London while giving existing residents better access to the capitalâs jobs and opportunities.
Thatâs how you regenerate North Kent. Not by pretending itâs still 1850.
Anyway, I look forward to Chazz losing his deposit. Bon chance x
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"There's a very long litany of people not being held to account."
Double MOBO award winning musician Soweto Kinch explains why he thinks the UK should engage in 'reparative justice' for its involvement in the slave trade.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Slave owners were compensated in the 1830sâ40s, not 2015. The government borrowed to fund this, later refinancing the debt into bonds redeemed in 2015. Those repayments went to bondholders, not as slave-owner compensation.
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She is in danger
Iâm sorry but this is totally unacceptable @thesnp @PoliceScotland
This person is clearly a danger to women!
So why the fuck is he out on bail???????
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Mate you are mental beyond belief. What is wrong with you. Constant outbursts and hysteria. Do you know how they used to treat female hysteria in Victorian times? Thatâs what you need. Probably.
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I live on earth and Iâm voting @RestoreBritain
Anyone remember a star on the Soviet flag? First time Iâve ever seen the starđ¤Ł
A new Mandela Effect is rising.
Since when does the Soviet flag carry a star above the hammer and sickle?
Many of us remember it clearly without one.
If you recall the flag without the star⌠you may be from the old Earth.
Shifted into this denser, clown-world timeline.
The memory itself is the proof.
The body knows.
The soul knows.
We are not crazy.
We are remembering.
I miss the old Earth too.
Yet we are here now to hold the Light and anchor a higher one.
Who else feels this?
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wtf btw
Na zdjÄciu Marta Ludwika, cĂłrka krĂłla Norwegii. Obok niej murzyn, Durek Verrett. W roku 2024 wziÄli Ĺlub.
Durek ma oczywiĹcie dĹugÄ
kartotekÄ policyjnÄ
, jest recydywistÄ
, przestÄpcÄ
i kompletnym, obĹÄ
kanym szurem. UwaĹźa siÄ za szamana i jak sam twierdzi, dziÄki swoim szamaĹskim zdolnoĹciom nawiÄ
zuje kontakt ze zmarĹymi i leczy raka za pomocÄ
zióŠi korzeni.
Dlaczego ona to zrobiĹa?
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âDandiâ đđ
Yugoslav map of Britain & Ireland from the 1980s, with English place names amusingly rendered phonetically to reflect their pronunciation.
Credit: Reddit user TheKingMonkey who explains the maps origins:
"From a display on the wall of the âMuseum of the 80sâ in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Iâm not sure why I like the Serbo-Croat (or at least thatâs what I assume it is) names for the cities as they look like they are almost phonetic attempts at English language pronunciations."
Also see 20 Similarities & Differences Between The Countries Of The Former Yugoslavia: brilliantmaps.com/former-yugâŚ
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