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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That is a valuable graphic!.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Does that matter?. What matters is the objective truth in those 98 statements, . If you have counter arguments voice them!.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    No. Some countries in the EU want to push for an EU Army, some don't. The UK by staying in would have strengthened the case for not having one. The army is an aspiration,not a forecast and not fake news ,not a lie
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. no bloody way.. they were needed at home to force the intricacies of digital filters into reluctant minds...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ..on a trip to Siagon, and going down stairs to the swimming pool at my hotel, I missed my turn and I came across a large bare room..bare that is except for the 40 or so night staff who were sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags . So if you are happy that your staff are being treated like...
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    A very fair question. I live very close to the Border ,just south of Dundalk. They have rebuilt and extended a Customs facility in the town. This would I think be for checking paperwork. I see a huge yard being built and equipped at Dublin port. But I do not see bails of razor wire and concrete...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    No, but you then apply for the clean sheets every week bonus discount!
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Then you are simply not trying hard enough.. as opposed to this website where you are simply trying.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Of course..but needs must so for example Hotel Pennsylvania on Time Square , Manhatten constantly gets bad reviews ,is low cost and still survives..there is a market at every price point. No I have not stayed there, a junior colleague had and advised ne.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ..ABTA statistics... 49% of all overseas holidays by UK people in 2018 were prepaid package holidays.!
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ..Of course they are not for the smart lads ,working in the media..,but there are still millions of morons around . are not those payday loans and ..is Brexit not proof of that?.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    You are not being sensible.. The major travel companies arrange with hotels block bookings in the Autumn and Winter months and the market areas they will operate in . So the hotels serving fresh fruit salads will pitch their product at price points which will be unattractive to very cash...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The key point is that when faced with a short acute challenge , with fixed assets, the hotels will immediately reduce their prices,on the grounds that any revenue is better than none. Once the immediate opportunity or crisis has passed ,say by mid September, they will re-evaluate their position...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That Government is long gone. And even if they were still in place,it was at best an empty promise. Since the Government merely proposes to the HoC ,who make the decision.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I would not single anyone out. The people who were supposed to be living with this day to day were the Brexit Secretaries and their civil servants.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Because the UK never asked,never put proposals,never made suggestions. The Backstop is the Backstop a method of ensuring no hard border on the Island of Ireland. It is for the UK to define how they can meet that requirement while having customs divergence. Our view is show us the technology...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    A time limited backstop is useless.. even BJ agreed with that. A Backstop with agreed technological targets and performance guarantees is not. Even the installation of an agreed external validation body ,similar to the Weapons subcommittee on the GFA,would be fine. Is it not about time that the...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The following comes from todays Irish Times. David McWilliams is an economist banker person who has written a number of books and articles about Irelands woes.... " The Brexit saga has become a bizarre hostage situation: Boris Johnson is the kidnapper, the ransom is the backstop and Ireland is...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Are we talking pre or post Emancipation.mid 1850s ?. I think general slavery was abolished before it was legal to be Catholic and hold office.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ..well they were protected from having to wear that heavy English Crown,since 1706