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Labour MPs Demand Higher Gambling Taxes to Protect Public From Addiction as the Treasury Admits It Has Developed an Uncontrollable Addiction to Other People’s Money

Government Urged to Seek Professional Help After Displaying Classic Symptoms of Taxation Dependency, Including Compulsive Revenue Collection and Denial of Spending Problems WESTMINSTER, LONDON - Britain's Treasury has become the subject of an unprecedented economic intervention following growing concerns that government ministers may have developed an uncontrollable dependency on collecting…

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Tin Opener Defeats American Engineers Who Flew to Stoke

Silicon Valley Flies to Britain to Ask How the Tin Opener Works STOKE-ON-TRENT - A delegation of American technology executives landed in Britain on Thursday seeking urgent guidance on the most important invention of the coming artificial intelligence emergency, which several of them described as "a thing for the beans."…

Genesis (Tower of Babel)
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Transport for London’s 300 Translators Can’t Explain Delays

The Tube Driver's Perspective: Babylon Had One Language, London Underground Has 300 Ways to Say Absolutely Nothing OXFORD CIRCUS, LONDON: Transport for London has reportedly commissioned a comprehensive review of its announcements after discovering that the greatest obstacle to communication on the Underground is not London's linguistic diversity but the…

Royal Palace Passing Parade
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Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip Stayed Married 73 Years by Avoiding Each Other

Palace With 775 Rooms Credited as Marriage Counsellor LONDON, England — Modern couples spend thousands on therapy, weekend retreats and podcasts about emotional intimacy. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip managed 73 years of marriage using a cheaper strategy, provided you already own several palaces: stay out of each other's…