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So many spineless Michael Fabricants in his cabinet. Israel doesn’t do ceasefires.

My feeling about Kanye is that as well as being bipolar he probably is a bit mental too. Creative artists often are - if you can call him that.
There’s probably a better term for it, but what I mean is he thinks and does things that most people would never even dream of.
When he applies it to his music, he comes up with stuff that has the power to surprise.
It’s why he’s a multimillionaire.

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I think Donald Trump may now be in the running for the Nobel Peace Price after this ceasefire.

No address found for him is weird as well. Massively shifty little fabricant

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Bet someone’s letting him live in their property for free. Bit like the owner of JCB paying Boris Johnson’s rent.

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That was my thought too

Not a political bribe, merely a friendly agreement

He was round his mate George Osborne’s as well, all fun and games to them isn’t it

First I’ve heard of this. Obviously smoking kills and should be discouraged but whoa, lifetime ban for the potential consumer of the tobacco?

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Someone pointed out that you might end up with a 40 year old stood outside a shop asking a 50 year old to go in and buy a packet of fags for them.

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Cigs will cost £200 a packet in 2049 when that 40 year old is asking the 50 year old to buy them anyway.

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Anyone born after 2009 knows that a raspberry cheesecake vape is the way to go.

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Fuck yeah I’m down with it

They banned vapes here a while ago and I stopped for a bit but then realised they still sell them everywhere. But they’re getting harder to come by now and I’ve basically quit for the last couple of months

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As long as I’m still free to fall off the wagon occasionally and cane 40 cigs while I’m on a long weekend in Malaga, I have no issue with this

In fact they should have free cigs for fiftysomething ex-smokers in pubs and clubs, if you can prove that you just want a few blasts while you’re pissed with your old mates then you get a pack of 5

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Banning ten packs was dumb AF for this exact reason. I don’t mind having a few on a big night out but now the only option is a big pack that you have loads left over or a vape that lasts over a week.

I probably haven’t smoked a real cig since I left the UK though. It’s deeply uncool here and I don’t want the smell on me

Only time I’ve smoked since my son was born is when on drunk weekends with my mates.

And now I do neither. What a boring sod.

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I quit smoking in 2011. Was on 40 a day. I think a pack of 20 fags was like 5-6 quid, I was getting duty free baccy for the last few years I smoked so 50g was around a fiver.

How much is 20 cigs and a like a 25g pouch of baccy these days?

Best part of 20 quid at least

Ā£3.7million

So when I was in Spain and saw 20 Luckies for about £3, I got involved quick sharp

£16 (most shops) or up to £18+ (from garages and such).

I don’t really drink now, don’t do do drugs and quit cigs a couple of years ago but occasionally get a pack for a night out, I need something to do with my hands / brain

Found I can do that without a full smoking relapse