Why is Starbucks using a programme it promotes to improve conditions for growers in the Global South to reduce its declared profits in the countries where it sells its drinks?

I remember him writing a few years ago that he could never understand why anyone would order takeaway… Why waste money when cooking is so enjoyable and no one is ever tired at the end of the day…? It reeked a little of Jamie Oliver and the turkey twizzlers

Tag yourself. I’m “elite” trade union official

Waking up in a cold sweat screaming “OMOV! OMOV!”

Remember Scottish labour students conferences? Remember? I do…

Just saw it. TBH I was a bit disappointed. I felt it lacked accumulation of tension and then the deus ex machina (pardon the pun) didn’t do much for the strength of the narrative, either. It was no “Young Pope”… Let’s put it that way

Totally. Mine are “¿qué sé yo?” and “es lo que hay”. And ditto, also used involuntarily in English and also calqued into French, too much bemusement from my interlocutors

Nice to meet you! I like wordblank. In Scots we have a word “tartle” which is when you see someone you have met before but blank in their name.

I’d go further and say any amount is better than nothing. Can’t count how many times couple of words has bought good will from folk, even if we end up defaulting to another language.

A1 gets you enough to read a basic menu and ask for directions, that’s already a big help travelling! #langsky

Pero es el lector quien tiene lástima? O le tenemos lástima al lector? Añoranza lingüística ?

And yet, in Quebec it’s vendredi fou…