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Phil Porter
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Formerly philip_porter in the other place Centrist dad. Mamil. #itfc.
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Sure. There are lots of factors. In many cases (apparently) they are following family members. The ubiquity of the English language makes us attractive too. I canā€™t provide data/references for any of this, so gave the only google-able fact I knew.

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One answer is because failed asylum seekers in France, canā€™t apply anywhere else in the EU. But they can apply in the UK post-Brexit

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Is this the worst sentence ever in a booker longlisted novel? ā€œDenuded of its usual gloating composure, Sketchā€™s face looked as pale and raw as a womanā€™s without her make-upā€

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Thereā€™s something about my brain that means I can never parse all the negatives in sentences like this.

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Apparently one of the first emails he wrote was to Paddy Ashdown and it was something like ā€œHi paddy. It is me, Tony here ā€¦ā€ all written in block capitals. Inevitably Ashdown assumed it wasnā€™t really him.

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It is a market failure. Clothing companies bid to be the exclusive supplier to a school. The schools naturally choose the highest bid, and the cost goes to parents. The market drives prices up, not down.

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Good plan! Iā€™m going to hope I can get a ticket for a match or two this season.

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Just amazing times.

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Yeah. Doing this in the middle of a riot is a significant aggravating factor. Iā€™ve no idea what the right sentence is here

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How did this water-butt end up on the floor? I have literally no idea

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Phil Porter
@philipporter.bsky.social
Formerly philip_porter in the other place Centrist dad. Mamil. #itfc.
54 followers302 following296 posts