Has You Voted? Local Elections Test Nationwide Apathy

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  1. sydney_horn

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    That'll give you the squits mate....as well as diabetes.
     
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    Aren't you supposed to be on your uppers? Bloody champagne socialists.
     
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    I voted on local issues but it was through somewhat clenched teeth. Hillingdon council shifted slightly to the left but It's been incredibly well run by the Tories for more than a decade whereas neighbouring borough Harrow has had all sorts of issues with their Labour council which has meant even in the current climate it shifted to the Tories.

    When it comes to the next GE though unless either side can pull it's finger from it's rectum Lord Buckethead will be getting my cross again.
     
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    Last few days in Santiago, Bayamo, Granma y Holguin.

    Went to El Cobre yesterday to get my blessing from the Virgin de la Caridad and to ask for much aché and a tranquil life.

    Today to ask about work as an English teacher. I don't think I'm going to bother coming back to England señores.
     
    Clive_ofthe_Kremlin, May 12, 2022
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    Also of course to see Fidel's tomb and the graves of Martí and Mariana Grajales. Also the Moncada barracks where the Revolution started.

    Very content here.
     
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    Good for you. Live where your heart is.
     
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    VIRGEN DE LA CARIDAD DEL COBRE.jpg
     
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    El viejo San Lazaro

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    Clive_ofthe_Kremlin, May 12, 2022
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    Flowers for the virgin and the '57 Chevrolet we were riding in yesterday...

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    Clive_ofthe_Kremlin, May 12, 2022
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    Love the car. It's always cool seeing vintage stuff like that still on the road.
     
    Arakel, May 12, 2022
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    With original motor still running too!

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    Clive_ofthe_Kremlin, May 12, 2022
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    Fresh fish, rice and salad for lunch at the little beach of lovers...❤❤❤❤

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    Clive_ofthe_Kremlin, May 12, 2022
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    Looks lovely, Clive. Glad you're having a good time!
     
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    1957 English Ford Prefect at the rent house in Santiago...


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    Clive_ofthe_Kremlin, May 12, 2022
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    In Santiago there are a whole pile of locos like me!
     
    Clive_ofthe_Kremlin, May 12, 2022
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    My view from where I'm sitting now...

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    Clive_ofthe_Kremlin, May 12, 2022
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    Someone's nicked your tabletop.
     
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    Or comfortable Chinese bus with air conditioning or comfortable train.

    In Cuba there is all the transport


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    Clive_ofthe_Kremlin, May 12, 2022
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    Like the mujer cubana there is not.

    Mulatas de fuego!

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    Clive_ofthe_Kremlin, May 12, 2022
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    That the family Clive?
     
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  21. Clive_ofthe_Kremlin

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    Errr nope. Cifriana Kremlin on the right. Santiago friend on the left.
     
    Clive_ofthe_Kremlin, May 12, 2022
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    Santiago Catedral by day and by night...

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    Clive_ofthe_Kremlin, May 12, 2022
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    If they can have spotless clean streets in Cuba through the radical idea of sweeping them every day, then why is that impossible in grubby litter-strewn England? No profit in it?

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    Clive_ofthe_Kremlin, May 12, 2022
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    Ecological bus service

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    "....And how useful it is to delve into the extraordinary history of our people! How many teachings, how many lessons, how many examples, what an inexhaustible source of heroism! Because no people on this continent fought more for their freedom than the Cuban people." - FIDEL

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    It’s a phenomena known as the Gazebo Effect.
     
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    ZZ Top would approve of such a sharp dressed man.
     
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    Yes definitely. But San Lázaro is Babalú Ayé, not Chango.

    Chango is Santa Barbara.

    However my Saint is Orula - Norwich colours unfortunately. Yellow and green. Cifriana is with Yemayá - blue and white. The goddess of the sea, the moon and motherhood. At the beach she had to walk backwards into the sea and throw silver coins over her shoulder.

    With all the Aché we've asked for, the Hornets can't fail to win the championship title next year. You'll see.
     
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    Might be of interest and familiar to you: an image that's been doing to rounds on Brazilian SM:

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    And as my Brazilian friend put it:

     
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