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For those about to Tory..
Magpies have long been thought to be birds of omen. I am not superstitious. Yet during the election campaign I could not help but notice single magpies all the time. Perhaps you only notice what you are looking for, as from the beginning of the campaign the polls were clear that I would lose North East Somerset and Hanham. I wrote to my boarding school children when the election was called to warn them of the impending defeat, but unfortunately they cannot read my handwriting.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-worst-thing-about-losing-my-seat/
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Just catching up on this thread and realised that a phenomenon I'd noticed on holiday seemed to be covered. Mooching about in southern Italy, I encountered what my family took to calling the "Hugo". The millennial Englishman stubbornly wearing a linen shirt, tailored shorts and either driving/boat shoes (with those ghastly secret socks) or leather sandals, all in near 40C heat. Why?