dagblog - Comments for "Dr Jekyll &amp; Ms. Hyde on #Brexit: Duty (free) Calls" http://dagblog.com/link/dr-jekyll-ms-hyde-brexit-duty-free-calls-29059 Comments for "Dr Jekyll & Ms. Hyde on #Brexit: Duty (free) Calls" en Hyde's joke that "we're all http://dagblog.com/comment/271318#comment-271318 <a id="comment-271318"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/dr-jekyll-ms-hyde-brexit-duty-free-calls-29059">Dr Jekyll &amp; Ms. Hyde on #Brexit: Duty (free) Calls</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I followed through with one of her links:</p> <div class="media_embed"> <blockquote height="" width=""> <p>Duty-free shopping with the EU is coming back, if we leave without a deal.<br /><br /> People travelling to EU countries will be able to buy beer, spirits, wine and tobacco without duty being applied in the UK.<br /><br /> Read more <a href="https://t.co/a46CvaE8lJ">https://t.co/a46CvaE8lJ</a> <a href="https://t.co/uqvzPtoFbO">pic.twitter.com/uqvzPtoFbO</a></p> — HM Treasury (@hmtreasury) <a href="https://twitter.com/hmtreasury/status/1171454868277489664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2019</a></blockquote> </div> <p>Where is vaping? <img alt="laugh" height="23" src="http://cdn.ckeditor.com/4.5.6/full-all/plugins/smiley/images/teeth_smile.png" title="laugh" width="23" /></p> </div></div></div> Sat, 14 Sep 2019 13:35:46 +0000 artappraiser comment 271318 at http://dagblog.com The combo of the lede and the http://dagblog.com/comment/271308#comment-271308 <a id="comment-271308"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/dr-jekyll-ms-hyde-brexit-duty-free-calls-29059">Dr Jekyll &amp; Ms. Hyde on #Brexit: Duty (free) Calls</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The combo of the lede and the photo illustration had me lol as soon as I clicked!</p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><em>The government’s no-deal advertising blitz includes promises of cheap booze and cigarettes, and we might well need them</em></span></p> <figure class="image"><img alt="Boris Johnson and Gavin Williamson at Pimlico Primary school, September 2019" height="336" src="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6ea760134695ab6dd3166563bcf5d5157a57f516/0_131_5568_3341/master/5568.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=8143fa294aee552ae667f4ebeb4c7029" width="560" /><figcaption>Caption‘<em>Johnson wandered miles off script.’ Boris Johnson and Gavin Williamson at Pimlico Primary school, September 2019. Photograph: Toby Melville/AFP/Getty Images</em></figcaption></figure><p>And then I had the naughty thought: geez those Pimlico kids don't really look like they are the issue of Tory parents...</p> <p>And then I thought: geez it must be tough to write a Proustian-style novel these days, reality is so so so much more imaginative. No wonder Tom Wolfe died, he couldn't compete anymore?</p> </div></div></div> Sat, 14 Sep 2019 03:08:34 +0000 artappraiser comment 271308 at http://dagblog.com