Tony Jones

No, it's far worse than that.

Hope you feel better soon Debs
(Maybe s/he is off sick too?)

The same was said of email and the Internet, steam power, and probably the Wheel.
The result is always the same.
Luddites were/are right!

Sorry, I don't do Grauniad clickbait anymore, since thwy demanded "money or data."
But I notice the quotation marks, which which suggest that nobody was really blocked from anything.

About time!

I often get asked if I'm German, or occasionally Dutch.
My theory? I'm clearly not French (schoolboy errors!), but I do take a bit of trouble over French vowel sounds. Which might make me sound a bit "not-English!"

Nor are you.

Please learn to spell "defecated" correctly.

TNT Sport are doing some, if you have access to their channels.

Pardon?
Oh, THAT Tony.
OK, carry on.

My first and third cars - great vehicles.

Only to the British!

"Imposter Syndrome" - I had that quite often as a Baptist minister!

France has already dispatched the Charles de Gaulle

It was on an exercise, no ship involved was carrying ammunition. The USN knew this, as they'd been invited.
Plus, refusing to aid the survivors is against the Law of the Sea. Every sailor of every natioality knows this, and relies on it.

I think I'm inclined towards Samantha, more than Luigi, in a discussion of what constitutes Anglo-Saxon.
Is that racist?

L'inclusion française !

I'm a 74yr old left-hander, and I didn't know these existed either!

I thought teachers were happy to knock off on Friday night?

The ex-military angle isn't the big thing here. It's the fact that Russia is allowed to compete at all!
While Ukraine can't wear outfits which show a map of their country.

In the rain.

No problem. They'll be left in a garden two streets away.

You could just, you know, NOT watch it.
I manage that quite well.

Kremlinology for American politics should be a degree course - especially as the Kremlin runs the White House!

You just won the Internet for tonight!

Award him a Black Belt-up of the First Dan.

No cat is owned by anyone.

War Crimes trials only ever happen to the losing side.