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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Any plans to send Stanley Johnson to Rwanda as an unwanted immigrant from France?
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Lady Sue Gray? (Not imputing her - but surely some people have thought of that option?)
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    How to act when you think you have got away with something and simply can't hide your relief: 13.04 Johnson: 'I am very grateful to the Met for their work' Boris Johnson has been speaking for the first time since the Metropolitan police concluded their investigation into Downing Street parties...
  4. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    “Rwanda plan is ‘long overdue’ to thwart callous people traffickers, insists Tory stalwart PRITI Patel's controversial proposals to send asylum seekers seeking to enter to the UK illegally to Rwanda has been welcomed by fellow Essex Tory MP Andrew Rosindell.”...
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    When will Sue Gray's report appear? Looks like Raab is either confusing or being misquoted. Telegraph says ministers have already been named. Politics latest news: Sue Gray has right to name senior officials fined over partygate, says Dominic Raab Dominic Raab has insisted it is up to Sue...
  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Johnson really is doing his best to antagonise absolutely everyone: US delegation arrives in Europe for talks on Northern Ireland and Brexit Nine-strong team led by close Biden ally will visit Brussels, Dublin and London in significant intervention on division over NI protocol...
  7. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    There's probably a difference between a large catering situation and a domestic one. The big containers will be lilely to remain hot, rather than warm, for much longer. Allowing truly massive over-cook.
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    They claim that the design was intended to be very efficient in terms of aerodynamics, weight, etc. so as to maximise the advantage of not carrying a heavy battery. It did look more appealing on the road than on the page/screen.
  9. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Today, for the first time, my eyes alighted on a Riversimple Rasa. And it was being driven in the road. I was driving so cxouldn't take a photo - found this: The one I saw had stickers on the side "H2e". Probabley some sort of demonstrator/test car.
  10. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The UK's Food Standards Agency has this: Titanium dioxide From 7 February 2022 the use of titanium dioxide (TiO2 - E171) as a food additive is no longer permitted in the EU and in Northern Ireland, due to the application of the Northern Ireland Protocol, following the publication of...
  11. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Even if no-one opened their gobs, anyone who can spend a bit of time round Westminster would have narrowed the names down to a tiny handful within a few days. Start with around 270 male tory MPs. Remove those under 50. Remove a few obvious ones (the transgender one seems unlikely, and Johnson...
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Completely agree. I've also just found out that Titanium dioxide has been banned from foods in the EU. And am trying to catch up with the current status re medicines and the same issues in the USA, Canada, etc. Pretty sure we have not (yet?) banned it. Adding: Titanium dioxide...
  13. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I wonder how long until we find out who this is: Tory MP arrested on suspicion of rape and banned from Commons MP arrested on suspicion of indecent assault, sexual assault, rape, abuse of position of trust and misconduct...
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The chairman of Marks & Spencer has backed government plans to override parts of the Northern Ireland protocol, saying that some food exported south of the border now requires 700 pages of customs documents, partly written in Latin. Archie Norman, a former Conservative MP, called on the UK...
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    This thing was having a meeting in Northern Ireland: Just what does it say to have a blue tie over your flies?
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Just as easy to suggest that Finland and Sweden would not have joined NATO had Putin not invaded Ukraine. Effectively for a second time (Crimea is what I mean.) You know, the old reaping and sowing.
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Re Sweden and Finland and NATO: "Russia, Putin said, had no problem with Finland or Sweden, so there was no direct threat from Nato enlargement which included those countries, Reuters reports." One word: Vyborg. I don’t think that Finland has forgotten or forgiven the USSR for taking over this...
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I used to like the tiny bits of kidney you would often get on a pork chop. Then, years ago now, a place I worked served kidneys in their canteen. The entire building smelled like a filthy urinal in the summer. That had a major impact on my choice of offal. Tender lambs liver is, I think...
  19. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Because stewing liver and kidneys makes them pretty much inedible. Back many years, we were fed liver casserole, the liver having a texture closer to sawdust than any recognisable food. There might be some offal that is edible after long cooking. (And I was assuming cooking the dish...
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    On one pound, without paying for fuel, I think beans would be prominent. Tesco offer some at around £2.30 per kilogram. Which is a lot of beans when cooked. (And you might find some even less expensive.) I often make a lentil and hock soup - lentils, onion, carrot, potato, and a hock. The cost...