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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ..now see the ambiguity. The French is precise. They would .. (probably ) have used duo, tribit etc had they been in use
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It is a diversion from Brexit, but I am not sure I fully agree. In my early school days, there were class sizes of 45 plus. Any children with serious learning difficulties were just ignored . There were employment options for many.. as cannon fodder , a delivery lads, door men, porters ...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    My silver service days terminated in 1971.when I was a student
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Who is being obtruse. ?. The 8 binary character sequence is unequivocally an octal..which is what the French have chosen. So they will measure data rates in ko etc.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I agree with you on this one. What the BBC might have done is accurately reported what the PM had said, during the election campaign and then added each and every time. But he has declined to be interviewed on this topic.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I have served on interview panels, student reviews, professional admission ,Syllabus accreditation examination boards in both France, UK, Ireland and Germany.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And what is Octal except group of 8.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    On the contrary. There is an internal logic in French nouns which defeat s the English language. Taking just a few examples.. in French the modern TV is not digital it is numerical ,bytes are octals . And so it continues. Students in French schools learn logic and mathematics at levels beyond...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. and with a realisation that sometimes the best goods come in small parcels..
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Then you don't know how to apply!. Ignorance is no defence. I had an occasion to engage with the French medical system. A power cable on a lawn mower exploded and damaged my hand. I should have gone for treatment immediately, but left it a few days and it was getting serious. I paid some 50...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    National Insurance ..and we have it here also, is just taxation wearing a different suit. Being as I was in the public service, I paid it at a lower rate, but was then therefore ineligible for a number of benefits dental , eyetests glasses . Of course the non insured driver will get...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It also pays for the uninsured innocent pedestrian or cyclist when hit by an uninsured car driver. What you fail to realise is that I have,as have the nearly 6 million of us on this Island" skin in the game." A section of the UK is legally linked with us. The WA mark 2 does not alter that fact.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    My points of reference are Ireland, France, and the UK. I was subsidising my daughter there for a number of years, I have family there and relations in Wales, London and Liverpool,and nephews scattered elsewhere. My experience of living in Mayfair is however extremely limited!.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    So you don't know about car insurance then ?. As part of the licence provision in being allowed offer car insurance, the companies are obligated to protect protect persons who are hit by NONINSURED drivers. A consortium of the insurance companies pays into a fund,to cover damage to third...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    50 your experience of France in no way corresponds. with mine. In each particular you list ,I have counter experience. That includes the range of technology on offer, the quality of food ,vegetables in supermarkets , especially the quality of food in smaller lower cost restaurants and road...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    When you leave,you leave, you get no say in who we invite ..so on this topic just shut up!.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Are you sure that the educational stipends for student nurses in NI are any different than in mainland UK?. .. I am not.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    But the train service in France is just so much better than in the UK. It works!.
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    Actually Colations in Ireland is relatively new. The party which has been in power most often since 1922 is FF ,and it has been able to run governments on its own. FG generally has not been able to do that and needs coalitions. But unlike the UK, both parties are more central . With FF being...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    If Ireland had a single constituency with 160 seats , and used the system we have now,yes the overall representation in the Dail would closely mirror the popular vote .. but not the first preference popular vote , the eight hundredth preference would matter just as much. A persons vote...