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15 Feb, 5 tweets, 1 min read
This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, can I just repeat what a great favor you do your country. The government's visage as the face of Britain has been one of lording arrogance. You show the world that Britain has another face.
Interestingly the example provided by @MerriamWebster is in itself a case in point:
"Wherever French voters had turned, somehow there was still a neoliberal lording over them in the Élysée Palace, favoring the diktats of the European Union, the forces of unregulated markets, the juggernaut of globalization."
The dictionary writes of the chosen examples:

"These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'lording.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors."
I am much relieved.

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Hver gang min fireårige datter står og vasker hænder synger hun:

Vaske hænder
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På med vand og sæbe
Væk med alt det slemme
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