{"id":2138,"date":"2020-09-10T20:56:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T20:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/?p=2138"},"modified":"2020-09-11T14:22:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T14:22:39","slug":"10-downing-street-is-anyone-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/10-downing-street-is-anyone-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Downing Street is anyone at home?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This is the captain of your ship &#8230;.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Published: 10 September 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"185\" height=\"185\" data-attachment-id=\"2142\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/10-downing-street-is-anyone-at-home\/image-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-1.png?fit=185%2C185&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"185,185\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-1.png?fit=185%2C185&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-1.png?resize=185%2C185&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-1.png?w=185&amp;ssl=1 185w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-1.png?resize=24%2C24&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-1.png?resize=36%2C36&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-1.png?resize=48%2C48&amp;ssl=1 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWokey, Wokey!!\u201d No, that can\u2019t be right. Sorry Nigel, what was that? \u201cA bunch of metro-liberals \u2026\u201d and? Sorry, I can\u2019t hear you. I\u2019m being shouted down by a rabble of Extinct Liberals. Wait whilst I close the window. Ahh that\u2019s better. Thank heavens I paid the extra \u00a333,000 and had Everest fitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The question I wanted to ask before I was so rudely deplatformed was, what was Billy Cotton\u2019s TV show catchphrase? Oh, it was \u2018Wakey, Wakey!!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">OK, so the next question is not so much whatever is happening in the UK but who is letting it happen? I knew I should never have left the country when it needed me, but I had no idea that the government left as well? &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10 Downing Street is anyone at home?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Putting aside for the moment that the coronavirus crisis was placed in the hands of the Arse &amp; Elbow Committee, we have seen Churchill\u2019s statue and the Cenotaph vandalised, public statues chucked hither and thither, Black Laughs Matter rampaging through the streets virtually unchallenged and unchecked, Extinction Rebellion blocking newspaper printing presses \u2026 If the government is not responsible for giving the loony left a hall pass, who is? Now look here Mr S &#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">But such decline is not without its humorous side. Take the <em>Mail Online\u2019s<\/em> article \u2018Furious row over appointment of Tony Abbot \u2026\u2019 An indepth analysis of the accusation that Tony Abbot is a transgressor of all PCisms. He is a \u2018misogynist, he is sexist and a climate change denier\u2019, so something from up North claims. Forget the fact that he has secured significant trade deals for the UK. Here is a man (that will work against him to be sure!) who had he a statue would be well advised to strap on its lifebelt quickly. But wait a moment, wasn\u2019t the left&#8217;s anti-Brexit campaign almost entirely predicated on economic repercussions? Mind you, race, sexism and gender issues have always been Labour\u2019s safety net. If in doubt, denounce it about. After all, the last thing leftist opponents to Brexit want to see are those good old trade deals coming in thick and fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">British universities get a Phd in Predictability<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">On the BLM front the ball keeps rolling and gathering, er, snow. News is that British Universities are falling over themselves to issue solidarity statements. No news is good news and there is no news here. As everybody knows, the British education system is an industrial canning factory for liberal-left hobby horses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The silver lining is that whilst we are young we tend to read <em>The Guardian<\/em> but later, when we leave university, when life becomes just that bit more real, and we have jobs to keep, houses to buy, children to look after, mortgages to pay, we wake (present tense of woke) up and suddenly find ourselves becoming more and more conservative, until we finally reach the stage where we are reading <em>The Daily Mail<\/em>. Well, you know what they say about liberalism, it is like a bad case of acne: some grow out of it and some are scarred for life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It must matter to someone &#8230; surely?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Top of the amusement pops has to be the announcement by a young, black, female activist, a BLM leader, that she is planning to form the first black-led political party in Britain. Allegedly, whitey will be excluded from leadership roles and there has been some suggestion on Twatter of white enslavement. Someone should advise this young lady that the UK does not end at Lewisham and that if she intends to all-aboard the UK political bandwagon the first thing she needs to learn is the art of concealing her party\u2019s &nbsp;true intentions behind a smoke and mirrors manifesto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">As for taking control of the country by the political route, all I can say is good luck with that one. Nobody else has ever pulled it off. And my advice to anyone attempting it, short of don\u2019t bother, is if you ever clear the starting blocks watch out for that last minute election hurdle, the old \u2018don\u2019t throw your Labour or Conservative vote away on a small party\u2019 trick. It works for the old two-party combo every time. As for slavery, I thought we were already slaves ~ slaves to political correctness. Time for a quick burst of the Rule Britannias!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It&#8217;s a funny old world, innit!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">At this point I suck my teeth ~ that is one solidarity I learnt years ago ~ and it should stand me in good stead as we also learn that in the United States out of \u2018respeck\u2019 the most important association for teaching English in higher education has adopted the resolution that black students can ditch \u2018standard English\u2019 and focus exclusively on &#8216;Black language&#8217; instead. I know I am now referring to the good old US of A, but as we saw with the BLM riots things tend to skim across the pond these days a good deal faster than they used to. It\u2019s enough to make \u2018me eddy at me\u2019 (which is, to you, \u2018make my head hurt\u2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">And finally (if only it was), again in the USA, but you can buy it in the UK through <em>Amazon,<\/em> is the latest solidarity act in the form of a new book called <em>In Defense of Looting<\/em>. No, this is not me attempting to be satirical. Like a man accused by the left as being unsuitable for the role of UK trade envoy, even though he has already secured \u2018huge trade deals\u2019,\u00a0 because he is \u2018sexist\u2019 and has said some naughty things, this book and the rest of the madness is actually, really out there, which only goes to show that if nothing at all else matters Political Correctness most assuredly does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10 Downing Street is anyone at home?<br>\u2018Wakey, Wakey!!\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" data-attachment-id=\"2144\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/10-downing-street-is-anyone-at-home\/creepy-hands\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/creepy-hands.jpg?fit=967%2C725&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"967,725\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"creepy-hands\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/creepy-hands.jpg?fit=625%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/creepy-hands.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"10 Downing Street is anyone at home?\" class=\"wp-image-2144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/creepy-hands.jpg?w=967&amp;ssl=1 967w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/creepy-hands.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/creepy-hands.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/creepy-hands.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/creepy-hands.jpg?resize=24%2C18&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/creepy-hands.jpg?resize=36%2C27&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/creepy-hands.jpg?resize=48%2C36&amp;ssl=1 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption>(Photo credit: Stefano Pollio: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/ZC0EbdLC8G0\">https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/ZC0EbdLC8G0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent Posts:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Now lookee here!!<\/em><\/strong><br>\ud83d\ude09<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/land-of-wokes-snowflakes\/\">Land of Wokes &amp; 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Water Tower Otradnoye (Georgenswalde) is outstanding Among the Kaliningrad region\u2019s many examples of red-brick Gothic architecture, water towers are an interesting group. Towers in a broader architectural context are one of Gothic\u2019s principal aesthetics. It is these that best achieve\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/water-tower-otradnoye-georgenswalde-is-outstanding\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u0427\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0434\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0435<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Water Tower Otradnoye (Georgenswalde) is outstanding<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rz-Mick-Hart-in-Otradnoye.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Promotional banner for Seaside Retreat showing a rustic seaside villa, beachgoers, and a man with a drink at a seaside cafe table at sunset.\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rz-Mick-Hart-in-Otradnoye.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rz-Mick-Hart-in-Otradnoye.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rz-Mick-Hart-in-Otradnoye.png?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"14926\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/otradnoye-kaliningrad\/rz-mick-hart-in-otradnoye\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rz-Mick-Hart-in-Otradnoye.png?fit=1536%2C988&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,988\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mick Hart in Otradnoye\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rz-Mick-Hart-in-Otradnoye.png?fit=625%2C402&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/otradnoye-kaliningrad\/\">Otradnoye Kaliningrad &#8211; a little gem on the Baltic Coast<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-05-31T19:54:28+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">31 \u043c\u0430\u044f, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Otradnoye is one of those places you cannot have enough of 31 May 2025: Otradnoye Kaliningrad &#8211; a little gem on the Baltic Coast In my previous post, I wrote about an evening spent in the Villa Gretchin, a guest house of which I cannot speak highly enough; its interior, accented with East Prussian Baroque\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/otradnoye-kaliningrad\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u0427\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0434\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0435<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Otradnoye Kaliningrad &#8211; a little gem on the Baltic Coast<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rz-Villa-Gretchen-Otradnoye-Kaliningrad-region.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Villa Gretchen in Otradnoye\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rz-Villa-Gretchen-Otradnoye-Kaliningrad-region.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rz-Villa-Gretchen-Otradnoye-Kaliningrad-region.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rz-Villa-Gretchen-Otradnoye-Kaliningrad-region.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"14860\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/villa-gretchen-in-otradnoye-what-you-need-to-know\/rz-villa-gretchen-otradnoye-kaliningrad-region\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rz-Villa-Gretchen-Otradnoye-Kaliningrad-region.jpg?fit=900%2C1196&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,1196\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Villa Gretchen, Otradnoye, Kaliningrad region\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rz-Villa-Gretchen-Otradnoye-Kaliningrad-region.jpg?fit=625%2C830&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/villa-gretchen-in-otradnoye-what-you-need-to-know\/\">Villa Gretchen in Otradnoye \u2013 what you need to know<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-05-20T22:20:02+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">20 \u043c\u0430\u044f, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">What I didn&#8217;t know I soon did, and I liked it very much 20 May 2026 \u2013 Villa Gretchen in Otradnoye \u2013 what you need to know We arrived in the small seaside town of Otradnoye (formerly Georgenswalde) in an area with which I am not acquainted. It was one of those hotch-potchers, consisting of\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/villa-gretchen-in-otradnoye-what-you-need-to-know\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u0427\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0434\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0435<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Villa Gretchen in Otradnoye \u2013 what you need to know<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Congratulations-Reform-UK.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Congratulations Reform UK in your 2026 local election success: a red, white and blue patriot&#039;s map of the UK\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Congratulations-Reform-UK.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Congratulations-Reform-UK.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Congratulations-Reform-UK.png?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"14811\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/vote-green-for-migrant-detention-centres\/congratulations-reform-uk\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Congratulations-Reform-UK.png?fit=900%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Congratulations Reform UK!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Congratulations-Reform-UK.png?fit=625%2C833&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/vote-green-for-migrant-detention-centres\/\">Vote Green for Migrant Detention Centres Near You!<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-05-10T12:46:43+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">10 \u043c\u0430\u044f, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Farage\u2019s enrichment gift to the Greens: &#8220;You get what you vote for!&#8221; 10 May 2026 &#8211; Vote Green for Migrant Detention Centres Near You! First off, congratulations to Nigel Farage and Reform UK for his and his party\u2019s ground-shifting performance in the May 7th local elections. I\u2019m not sure that I can agree with him\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/vote-green-for-migrant-detention-centres\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u0427\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0434\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0435<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Vote Green for Migrant Detention Centres Near You!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Its-all-so-peculiar.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Life in the UK - It&#039;s all so peculiar. 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Published: 10 September 2020 \u201cWokey, Wokey!!\u201d No, that can\u2019t be right. Sorry Nigel, what was that? \u201cA bunch of metro-liberals \u2026\u201d and? Sorry, I can\u2019t hear you. I\u2019m being shouted down by a rabble of Extinct Liberals. Wait whilst I close the window. Ahh that\u2019s better. 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They have tried terrifying and jabbing you into submission, they have weaponized immigration and now the banks are putting the boot in. 24 July 2023 ~ Don't Let Them Kill Cash When the news broke about Farage having been turned\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0412 &quot;Meanwhile in the UK&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Meanwhile in the UK","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/category\/meanwhile-in-the-uk\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Don\u2019t Kill Cash","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Globalist-Bank-of-Woke-min.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Globalist-Bank-of-Woke-min.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Globalist-Bank-of-Woke-min.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Globalist-Bank-of-Woke-min.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Globalist-Bank-of-Woke-min.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5442,"url":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/colston-woke-statue-4-scratch-the-itch-of-history\/","url_meta":{"origin":2138,"position":3},"title":"Colston Woke Statue 4 Scratch the Itch of History","author":"Captain Codpiece","date":"14 \u044f\u043d\u0432\u0430\u0440\u044f, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Woke up children! I don\u2019t think Colston cares that much! Published: 14 January 2022 ~ Colston Woke Statue 4 Scratch the Itch of History Woke Watch PC UK! {Case 4} Congratulations! Hoorah! Yippee! Great celebrations throughout the land of Wokedom! Hark! 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The media landscape has more\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0412 &quot;Meanwhile in the UK&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Meanwhile in the UK","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/category\/meanwhile-in-the-uk\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Woke UK Banks","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WOKE-Bank.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WOKE-Bank.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WOKE-Bank.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WOKE-Bank.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WOKE-Bank.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}