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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    There is a fundamental misunderstanding about voting, about majorities, about decision making. We saw so very clearly that the wafer-thin brexit referendum was against the views of so many. But the ones who got slightly more votes acted as if the 48.1% who didn't vote for brexit were worthless...
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    My mother probably always voted tory. Despite having a disdainful opinion of the long-term local tory MP. Never even considering joining any party. Was incensed as some governemnt decisions that affected her. Having a second husband who could be quite forceful about some issues such as striking...
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I didn't check closely, but I don't think it was going that low! :)
  4. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The aircraft noise today has been astonishing - possibly more than we've ever before noticed. As if a WWII 1,000 bomber raid is preparing! But looks like one solitary aircraft:
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I think she is like the person in the class who can sit and do their English exercises, or sums. Quite good at managing a narrowly focussed function. But fails when trying to manage the complexity of the real world.
  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    However, the real fraud in this election is that either candidate should be standing rather than the voters not being eligible. ein Clownpaar
  7. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    There will be some who rely on oil, gas cylinders, diesel generator, etc., suppliers of which operate very differently - usually pay on delivery or collection. Could make it difficult to manage. But those people should not be excluded.
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Violet Mary Elizabeth Bott Truss, lisping spoiled daughter of the local nouveau riche millionaire (whose companionship William reluctantly endures, to prevent her carrying out her threat "I'll thcream and thcream 'till I'm thick").
  9. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Wrong is wrong is wrong is wrong .... No matter what else you say. Jacob Rees-Mogg: I was wrong to say Brexit would not cause Dover delays Minister blames France for recent problems and suggests Britons might go to Portugal instead “Yes, of course I got it wrong, but I got it wrong for the...
  10. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Some very sensible idiotic plans here: Liz Truss plan means lower pay for public service workers in poorer areas Unions say favourite for PM’s job will face ‘opposition every step of the way’ if she pushes plans through Liz Truss last night revealed plans to cut pay for public sector workers...
  11. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Or Appendix D of this lists medicines agencies around the world. From Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wfhrlmb5983coaj/helvella%20-%20Thyroid%20Hormone%20Medicines.pdf?dl=0
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I didn't mean it as a dig at you. Rather, it seems the standard everywhere I have looked. Some hints as to where to look - but they are not vaccine-specific: Outside the UK There are other routes outside the UK. For example, the USA's FDA has a reporting mechanism...
  13. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    In years to come, maybe it will be like much of Wales? Chapels put up for decreasingly remembered, ever more obscure sects, cults, or whatever you call them, now so often converted to other uses.
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Do bears shittim the wood? And on another tack, I feel a bit on the smug side. Our local reservoir has a capacity of 10,500 million litres. Which should see us through. But I don't know how far its water can be piped.
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Although obviously incorrect, I assumed it was obvious. :-)
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Even of you allow much flexibility in accuracy or the process, the point remains, it needs an original to have existed. You can't have a replica Oyster De Luxe Roadster. However skilled you are.
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I mentioned crazy petrol prices the other day. This was in Western Telegraph: Morrisons Haverfordwest – 189.9p for unleaded/194.9p for diesel Llanteg Service Station – 179.9p for unleaded/191.9p for diesel Asda Pembroke Dock – 175.7p for unleaded/183.6p for diesel Pelcomb Service Station –...
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Just one question. How can it be a replica? The meaning of REPLICA is an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist.
  19. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Sunak's turned it round. He'll win in a landslide victory with this policy: £10 fine for an NHS no-show, says Rishi Sunak Tory leadership hopeful vows to act after 15m GP appointments go to waste The system would be "temporary" as the NHS tries to clear the Covid-19 backlog of more than six...
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Could anyone want them in office? I noticed this in that rag: BORIS JOHNSON "got Brexit done", a 58-year Labour voter said as she expressed her support for the outgoing Prime Minister, echoing calls by waves of Tories who think Mr Johnson should not have resigned as Conservative leader. By...