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Actually in some cases it is. 18 is the age of consent in the UK where the older person is in a 'position of trust', eg: a teacher, social worker, relative, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Offences_(Amendment)_Act_2000

Inane Dutch catchphrases (there's a million of them). The latest one I read is "Put a thread on the bobbin" which I think is equivalent to "Put a cat among the pigeons"?

It's still strange as she was always going to be queen anyway regardless of how popular/unpopular she is.

A bit off-topic but I've been paying full water rates for years despite being a single-occupant entitled to a 25% discount. The reason is that for a long time the the bill was in the name of a former occupant (even though I was always the one who paid it) and it took me a very long time and the...

Could we not just move Coventry to Cornwall then all of us can be happy?

It reminds me of the unexploded bomb scare in Belgrade Plaza in 2008. The police set up a cordon wide enough to contain an atom bomb, let alone the 50Kg bomb that was actually unearthearthed. I posted at the time (in the now defunct Telegraph forum) I thought it was more an exercise in control...

From memory Thatcher was just a so-called 'stalking horse' and no one was more suprised than she was when she topped the first poll?

I've never forgiven Boney M. for murdering his version of Mary's Boy Child!

That depends on whether you prefer Lucy to Kate, many of us didn't.

Kate was replaced by Lucy after six episodes.

Ghosts is doing well over there I believe, can't stand it myself.

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This was the scene in a Dutch town last night where fireworks were banned:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/01/prince-andrew-lawsuit-virginia-giuffre-effort-block-rejected

Lovely displays in Spon End but all of them to the north of me. Nothing to see from the south-facing window not even from the Butts Stadium which I think used to have a display every new year?

She's in Doctor Who tonight of all things!

Riley Square, Bell Green (date unknown)

As luck would have it!