zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml • 9 months agoBedbug crisis sparks political row in Paris as insect ‘scourge’ continuesexternal-linkmessage-square19 fedilinkarrow-up1125
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minus-squareDoubledee [comrade/them]hexbear8·9 months agoIt's a UK English thing, a row is a fight, they would describe the US Congress fighting over the shutdown as a row. link
minus-squareDolores [love/loves]hexbear7·9 months agoin westminster parliamentary procedure, when there is a disagreement the two partisan groups get together and competitively row in a race up the Thames, winner taking the victorious position on the matter. link
What's a "political row"?
It's a UK English thing, a row is a fight, they would describe the US Congress fighting over the shutdown as a row.
in westminster parliamentary procedure, when there is a disagreement the two partisan groups get together and competitively row in a race up the Thames, winner taking the victorious position on the matter.