25-12-2019, 02:01 PM
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Re: It's official, Big Ben will chime on 31st January
Originally Posted by summer
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No I didn't know that Solasch....I learn something new everyday
Truce today it's Christmas...Merry Christmas to you and yours .
A propos learning, did you know that in the netherlands christmas lasts two days (just as easter)?
25-12-2019, 03:35 PM
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Re: It's official, Big Ben will chime on 31st January
Originally Posted by Solasch
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I'm afraid 1984 is history, in all meanings of the word.
25-12-2019, 04:05 PM
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Re: It's official, Big Ben will chime on 31st January
Originally Posted by Judd
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1984 was a warning of what could happen when unelected bureaucrats elevate themselves into positions of power.
25-12-2019, 05:34 PM
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Re: It's official, Big Ben will chime on 31st January
That doublethink sounds appropriate coming from someone who lives where it sounds suspiciously like they have 2 Santas and probably have the longest Christmas period anywhere else in the world.Come on, own up .. you just want to wear your clogs out dancing don't you.
25-12-2019, 06:36 PM
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Re: It's official, Big Ben will chime on 31st January
Originally Posted by Morticia
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That doublethink sounds appropriate coming from someone who lives where it sounds suspiciously like they have 2 Santas and probably have the longest Christmas period anywhere else in the world.Come on, own up .. you just want to wear your clogs out dancing don't you.
And sure, I like my clogs. Never dance on them though.
25-12-2019, 08:23 PM
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Re: It's official, Big Ben will chime on 31st January
Originally Posted by Judd
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I have. Have you?
It was long past 1984 I realised it had all come to pass.
29-12-2019, 07:18 PM
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Re: It's official, Big Ben will chime on 31st January
Originally Posted by Meg
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The new Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has said '' The great bell in Parliament's Elizabeth Tower should be rung on Jan 31 if MPs "wish to do that", stating that the UK's formal departure from the EU on Jan 31 will be a "significant moment''Bercow tried to block it but we will have our bell to mark our long awaited freedom from the EU
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