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No second state visit for Trump This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...

Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

YouTube video by CriminOlly Amazon are changing the way you own your Kindle books - you have 10 days to react

For all Kindle users out there, if you don't know about this upcoming change, please watch!

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Word of the Day: Quibble - To argue about small unimportant details: "Instead of quibbling about who was right, they should find a solution to the problem.:

A Saturday word of the day!

Word of the Day: Doge - A noun. The most important government official in an Italian city-state. "The Doge ruled Venice for many years."

A word of the day for Thursday! 🙂

Word of the day: Goofy. Meaning = Stupid or silly. "Looking at the picture, I thought I was really goofy in my teens."

A new word of the day :) #english #eslteacher #wordoftheday

Word of the day: Malarkey. Things which you think are silly or untrue. "I don't believe in ghosts and all that malarkey."

A word of the day on this very grey day... #englishlearning #english #englishlanguage #wordoftheday

Word of the Day: Baloney (Noun) - Something that is silly or not true. (Source: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English). "I think that what you've just said is a lot of baloney."

A word of the day :) #englishlearning #english #englishlanguage

Making public procurement completely open and transparent should be a given. None of this “business confidentiality” crap.

Word of the Day: Thrift. Wise and careful use of money, so that none is wasted. [Source: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English]. "My grandfather always had the virtues of thrift and hard work."

Here's another Word of the Day :)

The impact of fraud and error on public funds 2023-24 - NAO overview We estimate that fraud & error cost the taxpayer £55-81 billion in 2023-24. This report introduces impact of fraud & error on public funds.

Today’s National Audit Office report on the impact of #fraud and error on public funds reveals a staggering loss for taxpayers of between £55 billion and £81 billion last year. Even at the lower estimate, that’s equivalent to losing the entire UK defence budget to fraud and error in a single year.

Word of the Day: Sanctimonious. An adjective. 'Behaving as if you are morally better than other people, in a way that is annoying.' Source: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Quotation: "It's that sanctimonious air that people can't stand."

Here's today's Word of the Day. Sanctimonious.

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