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    • Captain Caveman on The Cost Of Truth: “Mate. Context again. You’re reading an awful lot more into what I’ve said again, and as a result, you’re getting…Dec 21, 14:06
    • Mia on Bad Santa: ““The reason the US goes along with it is because they fund US elections to the tune of billions in…Dec 21, 13:54
    • Captain Caveman on The Cost Of Truth: ““I am not interested in having an argument with you …” For someone (supposedly) “not interested” in having an argument,…Dec 21, 13:46
    • robertkknight on Bad Santa: “Ditto… Although it was a half-day and he and colleagues went to the nearest boozer for a swift hauf an…Dec 21, 13:27
    • Geri on Bad Santa: “Well said, Mia. & The reason the US goes along with it is because they fund US elections to the…Dec 21, 13:13
    • Mia on Bad Santa: “Their labelling has been implemented and has much less information about the ingredients of the product and the origin. This…Dec 21, 13:08
    • Mia on Bad Santa: “Lidl used to have a lot of Scotch lamb, lovely joints for roasting, leg steaks etc. The same amount of…Dec 21, 13:06
    • Geri on Bad Santa: “The Tories were supposed to be introducing a shiny new version of labelling. Dunno what happened to that. Probably abandoned…Dec 21, 12:56
    • auld highlander on Bad Santa: “Snake oil ya galoot.Dec 21, 12:40
    • Mia on Bad Santa: “Currently, if you order food online from Sainsburys, for lamb, for example, you are simply given the option New Zealand…Dec 21, 12:38
    • Gordon on Bad Santa: “It’s it’s specialist subject!Dec 21, 12:37
    • znovak on The Cost Of Truth: ““They haven’t been stolen. They’ve been captured & will be part of negotiations.” They ran bogus referenda there, let Duma…Dec 21, 12:34
    • Mia on Bad Santa: ““It’s a rare “gen0cide” that could be ended by releasing 100 or so hostages” Whose intelligence are you trying to…Dec 21, 12:22
    • James on Bad Santa: “Aye, more Main drivel right enough. Shite, even. Speaking of shite, US food regs allow shite in the human food…Dec 21, 12:20
    • PacMan on Bad Santa: “I have no problem with “hormone pumped beef” and the “chlorinated chicken” in the UK as long as they are…Dec 21, 12:13
    • Robert Hughes on Bad Santa: “The destruction of the E.U has been a long-term objective of feral U.S ” Foreign Policy ” and is now…Dec 21, 12:13
    • Zander Tait on Bad Santa: “Drivel.Dec 21, 11:58
    • Peter McAvoy on Bad Santa: “Abolish the house of lordsDec 21, 11:56
    • Hatey McHateface on Bad Santa: “TBQH, I’m more interested in what’s in the green bottle. The comments BTL are far from being a barrel of…Dec 21, 11:49
    • Socrates MacSporran on Bad Santa: “Ma auld (now Sainted) Faither was a member of the Old Scottish Unionist Party. After it was taken over by…Dec 21, 11:45
    • Zander Tait on Bad Santa: “Drivel.Dec 21, 11:43
    • Socrates MacSporran on Bad Santa: “Ne’erday is the more-traditional Scottish winter holiday. I started working in 1963 and worked Christmas Day on my first two…Dec 21, 11:33
    • Hatey McHateface on Bad Santa: “I’ve heard that the millions of tourists who visit the USA every year, gorging themselves on the “hormone pumped beef”…Dec 21, 11:32
    • Anne on Bad Santa: “My father worked on Christmas day as well.Dec 21, 11:32
    • PacMan on Bad Santa: “The HOL is nothing but another non-job to keep ex politicians from causing trouble to their respective parties. That’s the…Dec 21, 11:30
    • gregor on Bad Santa: “The Refreshments: Rock’n’roll X-Mas: I’m the Real Santa: “I´ve been around a long long while Ridin´ round in Christmas-style I´m…Dec 21, 11:24
    • sarah on Bad Santa: “It changed to being a public holiday in Scotland some time in the 1950’s, I think.Dec 21, 11:22
    • PacMan on Bad Santa: “And a lot of these Brexit voters complain that they never got the Brexit that they voted for. I voted…Dec 21, 11:15
    • PacMan on Bad Santa: “Using that logic, the attack on farmers using inheritance tax is a dog-whistle to their support as a rouse to…Dec 21, 11:07
    • gregor on The Cost Of Truth: “Guardian (2022): Keir Starmer: I will abolish House of Lords to ‘restore trust in politics’: “…the Labour leader has told…Dec 21, 11:06
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