I was under the impression it was partially due to him feeling the 'U' made the words feel "too French", and he supposedly really hated the French (apparently he was a bit of a fan of the ol' racism), but mainly he wanted something new and uniquely American - and English spelling was even more regional, wild and inconsistent back then, so he hoped to simplify it, bring it some consistency, ideally whilst also telling the French to piss off.
It wasn't this one I was thinking of, but this will do just fine, thank you :)
Worth reading just for the "comments" column :)
Quick question - does anyone have the link to that "Tories being voted out" bingo card website? It was posted a few days ago, but I can't find it.
[EDIT]
Found it -
Feddit thread - I've probably not formatted the link properly
Torygeddon Bingo Website
I think I've mentioned previously, but these really are beautifully done. So nicely balanced and composed. Thanks again for sharing :)
Please someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think bourbons are past the point of having separate brands any more. We eat so many of them (nationally, not personally), that 40p "Happy Shopper" bourbons are basically the same as £2 Marks and Spencer ones, and are probably made in the same factory.
This is like when Kraft bought Cadbury's and started to do mash ups nobody wanted.
Aha, that explains why every possible item of food has a new "Oreo" flavoured version.
You can use the box to collect cats in.
Three little posers.
The taste is questionable, but whoever actually did the tiling has done a brilliant job.
T̶o̶m̶m̶y̶ ̶R̶o̶b̶i̶n̶s̶o̶n̶ Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.
"Tommy Robinson" is his LARPing name, where he roleplays a common football hooligan who doesn't have numerous previous convictions for assault and various types of fraud.
[Edit] I had written "Steven" instead of "Stephen".
"Our Nige, he's just like a normal bloke he is, you know. He's one of us. Rather than being a private-school-educated, upper class, millionaire career politician with a background in the financial sector, he's just a normal everyday ex-financial-sector career politician, that's also a millionaire, and also upper class and also private-school-educated. He's only been a politician for 25 years, so he's pretty new at it and a fresh new anti-establishment underdog. He's just a normal bloke trying his best"