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334 points dcminter | 1 comments | 04 Jul 25 09:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.256s | source
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l3x4ur1n ◴[04 Jul 25 13:31 UTC] No.44464393[source]▶
Is there really such a mice problem at Downing street that people catch mice during dinner?
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1. cjs_ac ◴[04 Jul 25 14:45 UTC] No.44465022[source]▶
Yes, Number 10 Downing Street is three eighteenth-century houses joined together. When cleaning dirt from the industrial revolution off the building's facade, it was discovered that the bricks underneath were actually yellow, but it was soon painted black because people were so used to seeing it that way on TV.

More generally, Britain and its former empire are and always were governed strictly on a least-effort, least-cost basis. There is a lot of wealth and splendour in this country, but it's privately owned; the public realm is rather run down.