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If Farage feels “awkward” on hearing foreign languages on a train, he's made some strange decisions in life. From his perspective, his German wife must feel permanently "awkward" - not something you would wish upon your spouse. And obviously he would feel miserable visiting his in-laws with all that German speaking around him (in the train, in the restaurant, and even in the streets)
Commented Nov 8, 2020 on Farage's dangerous appeal at Stumbling and Mumbling
Farage's dangerous appeal
Nigel Farage’s effort to rebrand the Brexit party as an anti-lockdown faction poses the question: what’s the link between being pro-Brexit and anti-lockdown? It might seem there’s none. Sure, anti-lockdowners are proclaiming the virtues of freedom. But the anti-migrant sentiment Farage stirred u...
Deirdre, not Dierdre (Blitzkrieg, not Blitzkreig etc)
Graft - funny to discover the English as opposed to US meaning of that one!
Commented Feb 14, 2020 on Thatcherism's death at Stumbling and Mumbling
Thatcherism's death
Thatcherism is dead. Boris Johnson’s love of big infrastructure projects conflicts with her preference for markets and caution about spending public money. His pulling out of the single market contrasts with her hailing it as “a fantastic prospect for our industry and commerce.” His increase in ...
Housing & life cycle needs are badly adjusted. We either need to move more or have a better functioning rental market
Small kids. Need: a garden. Get: apartment/too small house
Big kids. Need: mobility for the kids (city centre/public transport). Get: a house with a garden
Post kids. Same as previous but smaller. Time for music, cinema etc. Get: a house with a garden, half empty. Or perhaps an even bigger one
Retired. Need: A place in nature & a studio in town for culture. At least as long as living independently. Get: a house with garden. Still half empty but now a bit run down. First floor unused because of the stairs.
Commented Oct 18, 2019 on 260,000 people in Buncombe County, NC—Asheville.... at Grasping Reality by Brad DeLong
260,000 people in Buncombe County, NC—Asheville....
260,000 people in Buncombe County, NC—Asheville. That is 60,000 households, low which perhaps 40 are in the nationwide top 0.1% with an income of 1.6 million a year or more. That is, I am told, the range in which one should perhaps start thinking about whether one wants an 8,000 square-foot house...
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