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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes - that is all it is. But there are few recognized treatments for the pain. Another is capsaicin - they anaesthetise you with lidocaine then apply, effectively, hot chilli juice. Afraid cold as in peas has not been much help.
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Starmer storms the moral high ground by this response re Carrie and her activities: The Labour leader said: “I approach politics on the basis that we should treat people with respect. We can profoundly disagree but we should treat people with respect. And I would take exactly that approach with...
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Grossly unfair to Zlatan - even if, in Jimmy Carr style, a joke.
  4. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I went to pick up a prescription for a local anaesthetic skin cream/ointment to help with ongoing shingles pain. The pharmacy couldn't initially find it but then laughed - but I didn't know why. When I eventually picked it up - it is Vagisil. I might be the only male having had that prescribed...
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Offer Classics courses to all existing and prospective Labour MPs? :)
  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Damned feint praise: Boris Johnson is “not a complete clown”, his new communications director has said as he revealed the prime minister initiated a defiant rendition of Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive when the pair met last week.
  7. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Why were the children, or was it rodents, in control until now? Johnson allies insist ‘grownups’ in charge of new team at No 10 Allies of Boris Johnson have insisted that “grownups” are now in charge of his operation as he heads into critical week for his beleaguered premiership that could see...
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Remind me, did they put Shipman in charge of the GMC? Or Sutcliffe in charge of Women's health? Boris Johnson must stay in place to deal with the “hugely damaging” No 10 parties scandal and the cost of living crisis because they are his responsibility to fix, according to the former Tory leader...
  9. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    This is, if true, an extremely concerning ramping up of the rhetoric: You’ll need a tank division to drag me out of Downing St, Boris Johnson tells allies https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/youll-need-a-tank-division-to-drag-me-out-of-downing-st-johnson-tells-allies-g65c6j65b Do you think...
  10. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Someone says it is inevitable: Boris Johnson’s desperate efforts to save his premiership were undermined on Saturday as one of his most loyal backbench supporters said it was now “inevitable” that Tory MPs would remove him from office over the “partygate” scandal. In an interview with the...
  11. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The tories appear to be riven by feuds. Probably a good idea to remember that a feud requires at least two parties.
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Wait for Priti Patel to order the navy to push him back...
  13. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Even if that were the case, the difficulty of getting replacements will undermine Johnson still further. After all, few sailors volunteer to join the crew on a sinking ship.
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Now another one has gone, that ties Johnson to Churchill - V-sign versus losing V aides. Mind. Hitler had V1 and V2...
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Well, he made it overnight, but now: Another adviser reportedly quits after ‘meltdown day’ at No 10 Elena Norozanski, Boris Johnson’s special adviser on women and equalities, is latest to resign I-Yi-Yi-Yi, In China, they do it for chili So let's lose an aide that's worse than the other aide...
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I think the end of Johnson is a four gone conclusion.
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The only one who really earns his keep.
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Mark Reynolds and Dan Rosenfield have also now resigned from Number 10.
  19. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Will he make it to the morning? Downing Street's communications chief resigns - report Jack Doyle has resigned as director of communications at Downing Street, according to the Daily Mail’s Jason Groves. And this won't help: Johnson, Patel and Home Office 'rebuked' over...