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Guardian: "Ben Jennings on the UK's growing Covid death toll – Britain, set to reach 100,000 deaths before the end of January, has one of the worst coronavirus fatality rates in the world" Telegraph:   It snowed!  Independent:  Times:  Evening Standard:  Ministers won't commit to reopening schools in England after Easter holidays
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on Boris Johnson potentially relaxing lockdown — The government will look at the possibility of lifting some restrictions in England from mid-February, Boris Johnson has said" Telegraph:  Sturgeon: SNP will hold Scottish independence vote if it wins in May Matt:  Independent:  English schools not expected to start fully reopening until at least March Times:  Alex Salmond inquiry: Nicola Sturgeon hits back at ‘false’ claims Evening Standard:  New quarantine rules expected for travellers to UK Mail: PAUL THOMAS on... quarantine for travellers  David Squires: 
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Jan 26, 2021 22:49
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Of course Blower thinks the Working Time Directive is bad. What an absolute cretin
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Jan 27, 2021 00:29
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Cloud Potato posted:Telegraph: oh no, anything but... being subject to human rights laws and... a limit on how much my employers can make me work. how terrible wow, it's a cartoon about scottish politics expressed through kilts and haggis with... an actual valid point? what strange times these are
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on the deadliness of the UK Covid variant — Boris Johnson has insisted his government ‘did everything we could’ to limit coronavirus deaths and expressed sorrow after the total UK death toll exceeded 100,000 on nearly every metric" Telegraph:  UK Covid hotel quarantine system to target travellers from high-risk areas Matt:  Independent:  Times:  Evening Standard:  Mail: PAUL THOMAS on... the EU vaccines row 
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Jan 27, 2021 23:54
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Pretty poor taste but I guess that's what you'd expect from the mail (then again they were historically quite big fans of national socialism..)
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on Boris Johnson's slow progress in tackling Covid – The UK is still a long way from bouncing back despite weeks of lockdown" Telegraph:  Matt:  Independent:  Times:  Evening Standard:  Sturgeon questions whether Johnson's trip to Scotland 'essential' *down Mail: PAUL THOMAS on... HS2 protesters' tunnel vision 
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on Boris Johnson visiting Scotland – Boris Johnson has urged Scottish nationalists to stop ‘talking endlessly’ about another independence referendum and concentrate instead on recovering from the Covid pandemic" Telegraph:  Matt:  Independent:  After Bert Thomas. Times:  Evening Standard:  UK vaccine strategy 'paying off' as latest trials boost stockpiles Mail: PAUL THOMAS on... millennial humour 
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Jan 30, 2021 01:52
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Jan 30, 2021 02:44
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why does that independent one keep drawing ginger arlene foster
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on the woes of Boris Johnson – With support for Scottish independence rising, a furore from the fishing industry over the Brexit deal and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the prime minister has rather a lot on his plate" Telegraph:  Hong Kong: China will no longer recognise British national overseas citizens Matt:  EU to publish revised rules after Covid vaccine border fiasco Independent:  After Henry Le Jeune. Times:  Mail:  'Ignore them - they're probably here to steal our vaccines' Stephen Collins: 
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Observer: "The Covid vaccination row – People are dying as AstraZeneca and the EU clash" Sunday Telegraph:  How EU’s floundering vaccine effort hit a fresh crisis with exports row Sunday Times:  Mail on Sunday: 
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Jan 31, 2021 20:37
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Jesus gently caress, how many years ago was Swampy?
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Feb 1, 2021 14:23
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goatface posted:Jesus gently caress, how many years ago was Swampy? He's at it again, so it's topical.
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Oh, is he actually at the new dig? I've obviously not been paying enough attention.
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goatface posted:Oh, is he actually at the new dig? I've obviously not been paying enough attention. Yep! 'I couldn't be prouder': Swampy and 16-year-old son in HS2 tunnel protest Guardian:  "Ben Jennings on the UK's Covid vaccination programme – The early success of the UK’s Covid vaccination programme has pushed Boris Johnson ahead in some opinion polls despite total deaths passing 100,000" Telegraph:  UK may help EU before domestic vaccination programme complete, says Liz Truss Matt:  Independent:  UK to apply to join free trade pact with nations on other side of world Times:  Alexei Navalny protests: Moscow in lockdown as police detain thousands Evening Standard: 
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Blower, make your loving mind up. Either you're a COVID denier or you get to be mad about the EU wanting the vaccine they paid for, you can't do both.
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Blower is the perfect reflection of local rural Midlands news site comments this weekend, "EU trying to steal our vaccine that doesn't work."
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on the reaction to Myanmar's military coup – Myanmar’s military has taken power in a coup and declared a state of emergency, hours after detaining Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the ruling party" Telegraph:  Ursula von der Leyen suggests UK compromised on vaccine safety Matt:  Independent:  Times:  Mail: PAUL THOMAS on... lockdown care homes  David Squires: 
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Feb 2, 2021 19:05
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Jesus Christ is that the Independent supporting the coup
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Dabir posted:Jesus Christ is that the Independent supporting the coup it's the take of everyone who's heard of the rohingya genocide but not the specifics of who's actually running about committing atrocities
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on UK border controls to combat Covid variants - Scientist have called for curbs on UK arrivals to halt South African Covid variant but say closing borders is impractical" Telegraph:  Six Nations ball in England's court but France carry huge potential threat Matt:  Kent Covid variant '30 per cent more deadly' Independent:  Times:  Capt Sir Tom Moore dies at 100 after testing positive for Covid Evening Standard:  Golden Globes upend history as three female directors nominated Mail: PAUL THOMAS on... door-to-door testing 
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Is that picture in the bottom right of the Mail one a haunted death mask or is it meant to be nelson mandela
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After getting several disturbing results for 'South Africans' and 'South African flag' Paul finally figured out how to sign out of Mac's old account on the work laptop.
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on Labour's patriotism strategy – The party has defended its renewed focus on British values and the union jack after a leaked strategy document was criticised by some" Telegraph:  Matt:  ‘A managerial Mephistopheles’: inside the mind of Jeff Bezos (with bonus Stephen Collins illustration!) Independent:  Times:  Alexei Navalny: 1,000 arrested after protests over jailing of Russian opposition leader Evening Standard:  Extend furlough or risk mass unemployment, industry and unions warn Sunak Mail: PAUL THOMAS on... a statue for Captain Tom 
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on the Northern Ireland protocol furore – Arlene Foster, leader of the DUP, has urged Boris Johnson to scrap parts of the protocol after Brexit-related food shortages in the region" Telegraph:  ‘Pandemic burnout’ on rise as latest Covid lockdowns take toll Matt:  Independent:  Times:  After Gillray. Bonus! Morland's animated cartoon. Evening Standard:  Mail: PAUL THOMAS on... Keir Starmer's patriotism 
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Hate to agree with Matt but I could go for 10 days in a hotel about now. Sometimes it's nice to get away from home for a bit even if all you do is lie in bed watching crap telly and reading.
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on plans to detain some arrivals to the UK in quarantine hotels – The government is planning to quarantine international arrivals from high-risk countries from 15 February" Telegraph:  Matt:  Negative interest rates in UK are a possibility, but far from a certainty Independent:  The i paper:  Times:  Stephen Collins: 
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Observer: "Michael Gove admits to a sinking feeling over Ireland – The Cabinet Office minister told the Commons the Irish Sea border deal was posing ‘serious problems’" Sunday Telegraph:  Ursula von der Leyen: UK is Covid vaccine 'speedboat' compared with EU 'tanker' Matt:  Sunday Times:  Executive who sold cladding for Grenfell to appear before inquiry
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Welp. My computer’s WiFi dongle has finally died, so I’m reduced to phone posting. https://imgur.com/a/9TVHA1e
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Cloud Potato posted:Welp. My computer’s WiFi dongle has finally died, so I’m reduced to phone posting. Guardian - Ben Jennings  Telegraph - Blower  £650,000  Independent - Adcock  Times - Morlan  Evening Standard - Adams 
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Hah. Three hours after spending ~£20 on its replacement, and the little bugger's back up and running. Hey-ho. Guardian:  "Martin Rowson on vaccines and coronavirus variants – The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine offers as little as 10% protection against the Covid variant first seen in South Africa, researchers have suggested" Telegraph:  Gavin Williamson plans phased return to English universities in March Matt:  Covid travel rule-breakers could face 10-year jail terms, says Hancock Independent:  Times:  Holyrood inquiry split over publication of Alex Salmond evidence Evening Standard:  Mail: PAUL THOMAS on... vaccinating migrants  David Squires: 
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gently caress off Paul.
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Paul read The Nome Trilogy and he's worried about 700,000 little folks in ethnic hats arriving in a single 40' container.
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Love my green variant
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Cloud Potato posted:Hah. Three hours after spending ~£20 on its replacement, and the little bugger's back up and running. Hey-ho. for the art history nerds the Rowson is after John Tenniel's Jabberwock 
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https://imgur.com/XyDg71X https://imgur.com/AmWDYhW and https://imgur.com/a/uXeQKq3 Yeesh. EDIT: Guardian:  "Steve Bell on the Queen and Treasury's windfarm windfall – The Queen and the Treasury could receive an offshore windfarm windfall of up to £9bn over the next decade, after an auction of seabed plots attracted runaway bids from energy companies including BP" Telegraph:  Matt:  Independent:  Times:  After Chas Addams, you know the one. Evening Standard:  Texas lawyer, trapped by cat filter on Zoom call, informs judge he is not a cat Mail: PAUL THOMAS on... lockdown holidays ban 
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OK, new Wi-Fi dongle is here, let's see how it does. Guardian:  "Martin Rowson on the UK government's Covid travel quarantine rules - Two former Conservative attorneys general and backbench MPs have branded the government’s threat to impose 10-year jail sentences on travellers who try to conceal journeys from Covid hotspots as an abuse of power" Telegraph:  Independent:  Five shocking videos from the Capitol attack shown at Trump’s impeachment trial Times:  Evening Standard:  UK government faces Tory MPs backlash over fund to fix cladding; Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler magazine, dies aged 78 Mail: PAUL THOMAS on... holiday jail risk 
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