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  1. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Heroically hopeless might be a better description
  2. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    From the Financial Times " prime minister Boris Johnson referred to the inability of his health secretary, Matt Hancock, to increase coronavirus testing capacity at the start of the pandemic as “totally ******* hopeless”, according to private messages disclosed by his former top adviser...
  3. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Which leads you straight back to that paragraph in the original withdrawal agreement where this government mentioned it was likely to do whatever it wanted to.
  4. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    As anticipated when you play the greased piglet's numbers game with vaccinations To gain political advantage with those people easily impressed
  5. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    If only Pity about the state of the tide :cool: An Artillery Tank???
  6. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Courtesy of New York Times " Mr. Johnson (whose reputation for not just surviving career-ending controversies but thriving on them has earned him nicknames like “Teflon Johnson,” “Houdini” and, less flatteringly, “the greased piglet”) Now probably the nickname that will stick This amusing...
  7. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    This is very naughty
  8. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    He looks like one of the Vogon guards from "The Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy"
  9. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Or the rest of us either
  10. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I really don't know how to feel about this... End of the line? How Brexit left Hull’s fishing industry facing extinction The Kirkella, the distant-water trawler owned by UK Fisheries that has been forced to stop operating since Brexit. The Kirkella, the distant-water super trawler owned by UK...
  11. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    An Irish View on the G7 EU gives Johnson a reason to be constructive on NI protocol Cost to the UK of failing to find a way forward will be more than a few sausages And my view? To have any hope of making Brexit work we might as well sacrifice the sausages to the discworld Crocodile God...
  12. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Rupert Murdoch writes down value of Sun newspapers to zero Move follows £200m loss caused by Covid-19 pandemic and one-off charges related to phone hacking The only place where the demise of the Sun would be lamented is in on Building site Chemical toilets, where normal toilet rolls get...
  13. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I had my Brompton fitted with a simple throttle only system some years ago, for one reason. To be able to transport it in the car boot when caravanning. And now? rarely use it, but my Woosh Big Bear is giving sterling service after 3,500 miles in one year and the only repalcement? One damaged...
  14. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Behold the monster you've created.........just add names here....
  15. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The Telegraph is really pushing it's luck today " Joe Biden should should keep his sneering anti-British, anti-Brexit views to himself Before insulting the Prime Minister, the president should remember that people in the UK voted to leave the EU and take back control Even though the referendum...
  16. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Unfortunately there are still millions of Brexiteers that would fail this test
  17. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Does he really think the rest of the G7 will countenance this?
  18. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And they couldn't screw any more money out of us for munitions too
  19. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Sheer comedy genius at work Transformative L@eadership?
  20. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I see Boris wants to ditch the term "Special relationship with America as it makes Britain seem "needy and weak" My tweeted response Johnson tells Biden that he feels the term 'Special Relationship' makes Britain seem “needy and weak” - Biden says "Glad you feel that way, remember to ask How...