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  1. @EdRooksby "Bog all", I think is the technical phrase.
  2. @thirstygargoyle Weirdly, Montenegro uses the euro without being in the zone. Maybe the pirates are smart... @LOcculta @danman1916
  3. @LOcculta @danman1916 @thirstygargoyle *sigh* think of how many decades it took to get out of the sterling zone...
  4. @danman1916 @LOcculta @thirstygargoyle Not quite as glamorous en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolivaria…
  5. @LOcculta @thirstygargoyle Hugo Chavez could sort us out with some cheap oil, at least.
  6. @thirstygargoyle @LOcculta There's a case to be made for us getting out of the EU altogether and joining ALBA...
  7. @dlknowles Vietnam having been part of China for about a thousand years, you take his point.
  8. @timothy_stanley I bet Alex Jones knows already.
  9. @DavidAllenGreen I still maintain that Dave's big problem is not having been fagged enough at Eton.
  10. @alphabetofbeing What exactly do Regress have to do to get expelled?
  11. Fab review of new Regina Spektor album from @jdforward blogs.forward.com/the-arty-semit… cc @meganmoore93
  12. @PennyRed Bon. Allez, ma brave!
  13. Greg Palast Vultures' Picnic: stunning. Everyone should read this book shar.es/qjcVv < and first, read the review by @MadamMiaow
  14. Goodnight, folks.
  15. And here's one for @dolphinmaria, today is also the feast of St Ursula Ledóchowska (1865–1939).
  16. Today in the Extraordinary Form we celebrate St Maria Magdalena de Pazzi (1566-1607).
  17. @ALucieSmith @timothy_stanley Personally I go for the Jacobite succession. So we should be under Francis II now...
  18. @OTSOTA He was, yes. Started out in the Danish social democracy before WWI.
  19. @stroppybird @dolphinmaria It's arising from a bit of work I was doing with the JP Cannon letters.