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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    A joke from Moscow. - As a reservist you have been mobilized! - Who are we fighting with? - The Nazis - Yes, but against whom?
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Constituency changes round here would probably result in him not being MP here anyway. And he has muttered about doing something else. He is on the ball and I think he will understand - I did say a couple of other things in the email which would have pointed him in the direction of getting it.
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    We will not borrow to fund day-to-day spending, but will invest thoughtfully and responsibly in infrastructure right across our country in order to increase productivity and wages. Our fiscal rules mean that public sector net investment will not average more than 3 per cent of GDP, and that if...
  4. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Lots of people questioning the basic arithmetic there and suggest nearer three times that cost.
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    GBP still dropping - now 1.0848
  7. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The UK chose to join the EU. That cannot be said of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with respect to the USSR.
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Despite being part of the USSR for years, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were very keen to leave. Vyborg didn't manage to remain Finnish. Russia was all too happy with questionable matters of belonging and governing when it was in the driving seat.
  9. oyster

    In-line wire connectors, what a great idea :)

    I'll tell you that Wago have been available for years! In multiple formats. https://www.screwfix.com/search?search=wago But the last house I had to do several bits of wiring, the cables were so short in the back boxes, it was effectively impossible to use Wago or any other connectors. (I...
  10. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I've just sent my (tory) MP an email wishing him well in his new job. :) (Smiley added but that is literally what I said.)
  11. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I consider LT's government now as acting without a mandate. We, not even the ones who voted tory last time, do not endorse these policies. They were not on the table at the last GE - neither to be accepted nor rejected.
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

  13. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The selloff in the pound is gathering pace – sterling is down two cents against the US dollar. At just $1.105, sterling is getting worryingly close to the $1.10 level. The pound has also shed a eurocent against the euro to €1.132 – this sterling slump isn’t just about the strong dollar. Neil...
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    People deciding whether it is going to hold or fall - as well as genuine need for currencies. Could go either way from where we are.
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Pound dropped further to 1.1100 - not even a half-hearted boost from knowing what KK has announced rather than the uncertainty from not knowing.
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Going down. 1.1180 and falling. African Grey and Norwegian Blue, here we come.
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The issue would appear to be how we get from here to there - and what happens en route.
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Novichok and polonium are reframing the conflict.
  19. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Have you all got up this morning and felt a wave of relief washing over you? Thank goodness for Truss and her dismissals rejecting the threat of Putin and his missiles. Liz Truss dismisses Putin’s nuclear threats as sign of desperation
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.