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The ongoing pandemic might have changed the way auctions are performed, yet it hasn’t quenched car collectors’ thirst for vintage Bugattis. Surprisingly, the five most expensive vehicles sold at international auctions last year were all made by the French manufacturer, showing just how sought-after these incredible machines have become.
The Five Most Expensive Classic Cars Sold at Auctions in 2020 Were All Bugattis 4 Feb 2021, 8:57 UTC ·
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Due to the new coronavirus that rapidly spread across the globe last year, our daily lives have drastically changed. Social distancing measures forced us to stay at home as much as possible, and many events that we were looking forward to have either been canceled or moved online.
One of them married Nicky Hilton, Paris’s sister. Another is an environmental activist in Santa Monica, California who crossed the Pacific Ocean in “Plastiki,” a craft made of recycled plastic bottles. Another tragically died just two weeks ago at age 57. They invest, run business interests, donate generously to a variety of causes, and not one of them has ever caused a forest fire with laser beams.
Today’s Rothschilds aren’t as rich as Bezos and Gates, but they still command the attention of antisemites and conspiracy mongers. Case in point: Just over two years ago, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia suggested in a Facebook post that the 2018 Northern California wildfires were started by PG&E, in conjunction with the Rothschilds, using a space laser, in order to clear room for a high-speed rail project.
One of them married Nicky Hilton, Paris’s sister. Another is an environmental activist in Santa Monica, California who crossed the Pacific Ocean in “Plastiki,” a craft made of recycled plastic bottles. Another tragically died just two weeks ago at age 57. They invest, run business interests, donate generously to a variety of causes, and not one of them has ever caused a forest fire with laser beams.
Today’s Rothschilds aren’t as rich as Bezos and Gates, but they still command the attention of antisemites and conspiracy mongers. Case in point: Just over two years ago, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia suggested in a Facebook post that wildfires in California started by PG&E, in conjunction with the Rothschilds, using a space laser, in order to clear room for a high-speed rail project.
How Rory Bremner s spoof calls as frantic John Major staved off Tory Eurosceptic rebellion
Impressionist s portrayal of then Prime Minister in hoax calls to rebellious MPs was so realistic potential rebellion was quashed
30 December 2020 • 12:56pm
Comedian Rory Bremner as politician John Major in a sketch from the BBC television impression show Rory Bremner broadcast in 1991
Credit: Don Smith/Radio Times/Getty Images
When Rory Bremner telephoned the Conservative Party’s “awkward squad” to impersonate a “frantic” John Major pleading for support, the comedian hoped only that his mischievousness would make wonderful television.
But, the impressionist was so convincing that the troublemaking MPs decided to “lay off” the then prime minister “saving his bacon”, files released by the National Archives in Kew reveal.