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Dan Waterfield retweeted
Best anecdote in Carol Thatcher's book about her father is when Sir Denis boarded a train at Paddington in which the only empty compartment was reserved for Rosewood Psychiatric Hospital.
Denis travelled alone and in comfort as far as Reading when "all these chaps piled in", accompanied by a male nurse, who counted them before the train moved off.
'One, two, three, four ... who are you?"
"I'm the Prime Minister's husband."
"Six, seven, eight, nine..."
Dan Waterfield retweeted
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There was a chap at Oxford who came up in the 80s to research the 4 year tenure of a Yorkshire bishop. He spent 40 years on it, draining an inheritance left on condition it was spent on his education. Daily Mass (sometimes several times a day), lobster every day at Brown's next to the Oratory (hence the gout), magnificent dinner parties for miscreants, oddballs and grad students, and generous to charity. His fingers were so fat that his signet rings appeared stuck to them. Having spent every last penny, he was evicted from his apartment and became a monk some 3 years ago. No wife, no kids, and I don't think the DPhil ever got finished.
Top 5 most eccentric human beings I’ve met in my life. Bless him.
Charging the car in Hamilton en route to the bay of plenty to see White Island erupting.
An unstable, murderous place filled with chemical substances that authorities suggest avoiding, hamilt—
Dan Waterfield retweeted
There is no mystery with the 1% of atheists who believe in God, this has already been discussed by our greatest scholars:
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I've finally been doxxed after all these years.
Un video de un bebé con vello facial se ha vuelto viral, generando miles de reacciones. Los expertos recuerdan que cada caso debe evaluarse con un profesional de salud.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
El video parece modificado con IA según análisis de inconsistencias en el vello facial durante movimientos e iluminación artificial. No hay confirmación independiente de un caso médico real.
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Have any of you actually bothered to read this book
He’s currently defending himself by claiming that he doesn’t need to know everything and that he’s still learning.
He’s been doing the job since 2018.
Dan Waterfield retweeted
And we thought we had a problem with our judiciary.
BREAKING:
The first rioters and looters have been sentenced in France.
The judges practically refuse to hand out prison sentences:
🔴 Toulouse – Ylan, 18 years old. Throwing a Molotov cocktail at police officer
- Sentence: 12 months suspended + 140 hours of community service + deprivation of voting rights for 3 years.
- Max. sentence: 10 years in prison
🔴 Lille – 3 men, including 2 illegal migrants. Arrested with bags filled with loot from Micromania and Calzedonia stores.
- Sentence: 10 months in prison with custody warrant + 2-year territorial ban (for the 2 undocumented migrants).
- Max. sentence: 5 years
🔴 Lille – Father of a family with a crowbar, attempted break-in at a store.
- Sentence: 10 months in prison with custody warrant + 3-year ban on demonstrations.
- Max. sentence: 7 years
🔴 Lille – 23-year-old man, launching fireworks at police
- Sentence: 12 months under electronic monitoring + 140 hours of community service.
- Max. sentence: 5 years
🔴 Reims – Sahel W., 19 years old. Looting a Carrefour
- Sentence: 105 hours of community service.
- Max. sentence: 7 years
🔴 Reims – Hugo M., 20 years old. Looting a Caviar boutique.
- Sentence: 4 months under electronic monitoring.
- Max. sentence: 7 years.
🔴 Rouen – Tunisian delivery driver, looting of a gold buyback shop (16,000€ worth of jewelry in his pockets). Repeat offender.
- Sentence: 8 months in prison with custody warrant + revocation of 6 months suspended from a previous conviction.
- Max. sentence: 14 years
🔴 Rouen – Anthony, homeless. Looting of the Courir boutique. Repeat offender.
- Sentence: 6 months in prison + 6 suspended.
- Max. sentence: 14 years
🔴 Rouen – 26-year-old unemployed man. Looting of Micromania. Repeat offender.
- Sentence: 6 months under electronic monitoring.
- Max. sentence: 14 years
🔴 Rouen – Nicolas, garbage collector, and Zakaria. Throwing projectiles at police and insults.
- Sentence: 12 months under electronic monitoring.
- Max. sentence: 5 years
🔴 Lyon – Mohamed, illegal migrant. Looting of Louis Vuitton boutique (6 wallets, 2 pairs of glasses, one pair of pants, one leather bag, and one fabric bag).
- Sentence: 6 months in prison with custody warrant
- Max. sentence: 7 years
🔴 Lyon – Cheima, 30-year-old woman. Looting of JD Sports store
- Sentence: 8 months suspended.
- Max. sentence: 7 years
🔴 Lyon – Sophia, 27 years old. Already 9 convictions including thefts. Looting of JD Sports store.
- Sentence: 12 months under electronic monitoring.
- Max. sentence: 14 years
🔴 Lyon – Adam, 19-y-old Swiss national. "Black bloc" from abroad. Arrested leaving a looted Monoprix + resistance
- Sentence: 12 months suspended.
- Max. sentence: 7 years
🔴 Perpignan – 20-y-old man, throwing a construction barrier at 2 police officers.
- Sentence: 6 months under electronic monitoring
- Max. sentence: 5 years
🔴 Perpignan – 21-y-old man. Throwing objects at police and vandalizing the city. Ski goggles, t-shirt as balaclava, and reinforced gloves.
- Sentence: 10 months under electronic monitoring.
- Max. sentence: 7 years
🔴 Perpignan – 22-y-old Amazon delivery driver, already one prior conviction. Scooter theft after demonstration with face concealment, in a group and break-in
- Sentence: 8 months under electronic monitoring.
- Max. sentence: 10 years
🔴 Limoges – 20-y-old woman. Looting in stores and at City Hall (later destroyed by fire)
- Sentence: 6 months in prison with custody warrant + 18 suspended prob.
- Max. sentence: 12 years
🔴 Pau – 43-y-old man. Throwing objects at police
- Sentence: 6 months under electronic monitoring.
- Max. sentence: 5 years
🔴 Nîmes – 24-y-old PE teacher. Throwing objects that injured a police man (3 days of leave).
- Sentence: 18 months suspended prob.
- Max. sentence: 5 years
🔴 Grenoble – 10 people. Looting
Sentences: from 4 months suspended to 8 months served (served for 1 individual already convicted to suspended in June).
Max. sentence: 7 years
