“Good, i’nt it?” said Kath Long, when asked on Wednesday how it felt to be married to the luckiest man in Britain. The retired landlady from Scunthorpe still looked in shock, five days after her lorry driver husband, David, beat odds of more than 283bn to one to scoop a second £1m prize on the EuroMillions lottery within two years.
A British couple have won £1million in the EuroMillions lottery for the second time in 20 months - beating odds of more than 283 billion to one - and will finally move out of their static caravan.
Millionaires David and Kathleen Long from Scunthorpe will leave their small Lincolnshire bungalow and buy a mansion, as long as it has a bar and games room.
Last time the couple decided against moving and bought a new home for Mr Long's 81-year-old mother Joan instead.
The reaction of Guardian readers is unbelievable, and they call themselves progressives?
Unobtanium Robin7
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They represent the feckless, something for nothing cretins that make up the bulk of this country.
I honestly can't stand them and I loathe the way that society panders to them. Personally I'd hound them out of existence. The UK no longer needs a traditional working class.
What we can't farm out to other nations we have a large intelligent, educated and motivated immigrant workforce to pick up the slack.