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dawww dawwwwwww cutest new year post is cutest.

For understanding what is happening to the world; Worse Than 2008.

Via Fly, I think; what really intrigues me about this article is that it says things that would never be said by a right-wing writer in the USA, especially this:

As it happens, I reluctantly take the view that Mrs Thatcher was right to take on the trade unions as she did, even though the human consequences were dire. But Mr Farham – who accurately states in his letter that there are “hundreds of thousands like me” – has every right to believe what he does. He is a British citizen just as much as the most ardent of Thatcher fans, with the proviso that, as a miner, he probably worked harder and risked more for his country than they did.

Because in the USA you have to be on the right to be considered a citizen. Otherwise, you are some foul thing that is not to be spoken of in polite company.