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View More This sculptor combines art with geometry to create unique shapeshifting mechanismsThis tweet is the most incredibly accurate description of British weather
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Okay, here in Britain we’re not known for great weather. But we sure as hell can turn it into one killer tweet.
Having gone through the “Beast from the East”, and then the “mini-Beast from the East”, Brits are even more fed up with the weather than usual.
To sum up our meteorological woes here’s comedy writer Aaron Gillies, a.k.a. Technically Ron.
How the seasons work in the UK:
Jan – Cold
Feb – Still Cold
Mar – Still cold but snow now
Apr – Rain
May – More rain
Jun – Why is it still raining
July – BEES
Aug – Oh god it is so hot
Sept – I miss the heat
Oct – Heat is simply a memory
Nov – Cold
Dec – Cold but with capitalism— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) March 18, 2018 Read more…
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It’s not uncommon to see members of the UK Parliament from the opposite sides of the political spectrum agree on matters of national unity or security — after a terrorist attack or a huge natural disaster, for example.
But Thursday’s display for the “urgent question” at the House of Commons, after the U.S. president retweeted three videos from extreme far-right, anti-Muslim group Britain First, is in many ways unprecedented.
While Home Secretary Amber Rudd kept an institutional profile, reiterating the government’s line that Donald Trump was “wrong” to retweet Britain First and confirming his state visit has been postponed until further notice, other MPs went much further, venting their anger and condemnation at Trump’s words. Read more…
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Britain is not buying into Black Friday and it’s a point of national pride
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That’s right: it’ll take more than some sales to get through our national crustiness.
Increasingly over the past few years, it’s seemed that Black Friday has landed on British soil. But although shops are offering events and deals as they do in the US, the consumer reaction seems relatively tame.
Aaaaaand it’s open for Black Friday. The one keen guy 10 seconds in 😂 pic.twitter.com/py5bKw7olT
— Kate West (@Katewest0) November 24, 2017
And the doors are open…. the rush came and went (quickly) #BlackFriday @BBCLondonNews @BBC_HaveYourSay pic.twitter.com/jkUjFnhwMo
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View More Britain is not buying into Black Friday and it’s a point of national prideA whole country is tracking a minister’s flight back to the UK to maybe get fired
Britain is a strange place, at least in its post-Brexit form.
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Britain’s health service uses long Twitter thread to explain why it needs more black people to donate blood
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The NHS, Britain’s national health service, has launched into a long Twitter thread to explain why it’s calling for more black people to donate blood.
Using celebrity GIFs and millennial slang, the Blood and Transplant social media team seemed to be trying to preemptively fend off possible allegations of racism while explaining that blood groups are more or less common in different ethnic groups:
People from Black African and Black Caribbean ethnic backgrounds are also more likely to have the rare subgroup called Ro — about “ten times more likely than a white person,” the NHS said. Read more…
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