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Quote of the Day

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Tim Newman

From commenter John Galt at Samizdata:

Presumably the NHS is described as a National Treasure because foreigners ask where on earth we dug this shit up from?

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Quote of the Day

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Tim Newman

From French President Nicolas Sarkozy:

Mr Sarkozy said that the question of an early French [military] withdrawal from Afghanistan would arise if security conditions were not re-established.

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Quote of the Day

Posted on July 31, 2006 by Tim Newman

Lotteries are a tax on those who don’t understand maths.

– The Remittance Man.

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