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Something's afoot at Notre Dame
Something's afoot at Notre Dame
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Macron announces fund starting tomorrow for rebuild. Surely not needed when all the Vatican has to do is organise a car boot for 10 minutes?
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that will go down well with the yellow vests.... a shake the tin fund for some old building whilst families are expected to work for buttons....
place was falling apart last year anyway. Macron is only using this as a distraction. He'll milk it for all its worth |
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Insurance will go through the roof.
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Claim form lost in fire imo
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Orange flames against the blue sky as described on radio ,every viewpoint taken ,standing room only !
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“Orange flames” quotes won’t go away ..
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BBC just showed lots of locals outside singing and paying their respects.
I've never seen so many white people in one place. |
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and no one deaded
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Amazing
Burns all night and not even destroyed, just to going to get a modern day face lift Twin Towers??  Wonder what evidence got destroyed last night? |
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Yes lets see if they blame the Yellow Vests.
A does it and blames B, that's how it works these days. |
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300 million donated to bring it back,yet same people would donate zilch to build decent house,s for people,strange auld world, if billionaires are prepared to cough up for a refurb ,destroying historic buildings could be the way forward
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Francois-Henry Pinault and President Macron are so shocked at the destruction of one of France's most iconic cultural symbols that within hours they have pledged millions of pounds towards it's repair and yet the latter seems totally unconcerned by the destruction of French culture per se
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i'd like to see our Arab friends in Saudi cough up an oil well; peace across religions etc etc
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300 million would be lucky to get around 1,500 apartments on the outskirts of Paris.
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Who are these guts ready so quickly with their cash? Proberly make the place satanic
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but of course the grunts will have to pay. I see a few paintings couldn't be 'saved'. Sothebys on standby for a decade or so
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They soon cough up tax payers money when its one of their buildings
Anyone heard anything about the glenfell tower building funded after its fire? they were more interested in knocking it down |
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laughable, if the catholic church don't pay for the restoration. More dosh flows through it's coffers than 10 Arab Kings
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Of course, bap
 They will be swimming in money, and it was only a few weeks ago they were being criticised by the Pope himself |
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all it will take is a toilet seat from The Vatican
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imagine that in Sothebys "And here we have one heartily used toilet seat by 11 Popes" "Can i start with £100 million?"
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Aother insurance scam hmmmm?
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Glad I'm not the only one with a suspicious mind.
The rich pledge millions before the site is cold. Renovation was ocurring meaning some valuables had been previously removed. All other artifacts have apparently been saved. The Spire was built in the 1860s so hardly ancient. Macron comes out weeping drawing sympathy and probably ending the yellow vests protest. Tusk wastes no time in making political gain: "You will also rebuild your cathedral," he said, asking all 28 EU countries to help in that effort. "The burning of the Notre Dame cathedral has again made us aware that we are bound by something more important and more profound than treaties. Today, we understand better the essence of that, which is common, we know how much we can lose. And that we want to defend it – together." Theresa will no doubt be laying flowers by Good Friday.. |
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Less than a month before the burning of Notre Dame, 'Newsweek' reported that Catholic Churches have been vandalised across France.
. https://www.newsweek.com/spate-attacks-catholic-churches-france-sees-altars-desecrated-christ-statue-1370800 |
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Precisely no-one will be surprised to learn that many people who don't have French names are openly celebrating the destruction of the magnificent Notre Dame.
. https://twitter.com/DamienRieu/status/1117852138531479552 |
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If the contractors are to blame won't their insurance cover it? I'm not sure I'd be offering any dosh until after an investigation and an insurance claim.
Very odd. |
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From alun's newsweek link:
Last Sunday, the historic Church of St. Sulpice in Paris was set on fire just after midday mass on Sunday, Le Parisien reported, although no one was injured. Police are still investigating the attack, which firefighters have confidently attributed to arson. |
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I'm wondering whether the Parisian Plod will be joining the dots, given that there have been umpteen attacks on Catholic churches in France? (Plus of course the 2016 cowardly murder of the 84 year old priest in a Rouen church).
By now, their Met cousins across the Channel would surely have brought in the Fortune Telling Squad, complete with their crystal b@lls, and pronounced that the conflagration was started by a person with 'Mental Health' issues. |
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Reynard • April 15, 2019 11:19 PM BST
If there is evidence to suggest arson (a number of churches and synagogues in France have been the subject of arson attacks in recent months) this information may be suppressed for the greater benefit of the state . |
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Maybe that's why Julian has left his embassy hidey hole
 Going to expose the hideous deceit of lies and corruption at the heart of the Macron administration  |
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The average tree surgeon's public liability and pro indemnity insurance can cover up to and beyond £10m.
He will have to fulfil various safety obligations to qualify if a claim is made. Contractors working on the Notre Dame would be insured for 20 times that and would need 24 hour security. The insurer would of course split the liability with other companies once all H&S requirements are met. Why anyone rich or poor would donate to this is beyond me. |
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Damage inside isn't nearly as bad as I'd thought it would be
 . I'd forgotten it might have (and did have) a stone vaulted ceiling between the inside and the roof area. With a quick visit to "base de la maison" and some YTS joiners, they'll soon have it all fixed up in time for the second coming, the rapture, judgement day, Brexit, whichever comes first. (and my money's not on the latter). |
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Im absolutely flaming about this
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Macron attended the scene with his great-great grand mother, o sorry its his wife
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Rank hypocrisy- million of children starving = silence,old church building catches fire = tragedy
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Quasimodo is have reported to have said nothing to do with me I was at home watching back to the future when I left the cathedral I got two weeks back pay and a lump sum
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Encore! Encore!
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