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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Be interesting to see what they actually did on the platform. After all, we have heard that everything has been downloaded (possibly more than once) and is stored somewhere.
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Biden is a careful person who plans carefully and in detail. It is obvious that he has been preparing for inauguration day and will be ready. What chance of working at all, let alone closely, with make-it-up-as-you-go-along Johnson? Change-your-mind-every-five-minutes Johnson? Plastic...
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Herd immunity? Inasmuch that itself is a spread-inhibition due to acquired immunity, it really isn't majorly different to vaccination, anyway. But what else can you even imagine as an answer? A medicine we can take forever that protects us? Living in a gigantic gaol which prevents...
  4. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Stinky-Pinky Parler-vous? Revealed: Tory MPs and commentators who joined banned app Parler Nadine Dorries, James Cleverly and Michael Gove joined the platform favoured by Trump supporters...
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Pretty much what many of us have been expecting. Thought the lawyer's words are interestingly circumspect. ‘He has an obligation to them’: Attorney for ‘QAnon shaman’ asks Trump to pardon rioters Jacob Chansley, a 33-year-old man from Phoenix, was one of the most recognizable perpetrators of...
  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Quite a lot appeared on accounts which have now been locked. And retweeted, etc., from there.
  7. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Savaged by a dead sheep? This was said by combative UK Labour politician Dennis Healey on being criticized by the mild mannered Tory minister Geoffrey Howe in the UK House of Commons in June 1978.
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Shock!!!! Horror!!!! Sir Keir Starmer praises Government! Starmer told Sky News: “This government is very good whenever there is a problem at saying it’s somebody else’s fault. At a time like this we need the home secretary to take responsibility herself for this. At the very least she should...
  9. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    These things are not like faucets (OK - taps to you and me) - that you turn on and off as needed. NEWS 16/01/2021 12:55 GMT Donald Trump's Far-Right Extremist Army Has Turned On Him The monster that Trump created doesn’t need him anymore...
  10. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    By constituent country: Population (2019) Number of vaccinations Percentage England 56,290,000 2,769,164 4.9195% Northern Ireland 1,890,000 114,567 6.0617% Scotland 5,460,000 224,840 4.1179% Wales 3,150,000 126,376 4.0119% 66,790,000 3,234,947 4.8435%
  11. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    No wonder New York has had such a bad problem with Covid-19: Lemon Ice King of Corona https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g47542-d523343-Reviews-Lemon_Ice_King_of_Corona-Corona_Queens_New_York.html
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That the EU seems to be viewing defence somewhat differently might have looked very different were we inside the club. If USA has withdrawn (to a considerable extent), and EU defence is possibly growing, that leaves us...
  13. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Lack of mention of UK in a piece like this would once have been unthinkable. Trump has trashed America's most important alliance. The rift with Europe could take decades to repair Analysis by Luke McGee, CNN Updated 0515 GMT (1315 HKT) January 16, 2021...
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    A diet of worms for leave.eu: ‘Internexit’ for Leave.EU as domain name temporarily suspended Error message greets visitors to site registered in name of Irish businessman who claims he does not know campaign group...
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    BMJ report: Covid-19: Norway investigates 23 deaths in frail elderly patients after vaccination BMJ 2021; 372 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n149 (Published 15 January 2021) Cite this as: BMJ 2021;372:n149 https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n149
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    At least the Kaiser Chiefs realised The Future Is Medieval and we are a Long Way from Celebrating.
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    If so, why are there are any crims not charged, or in gaol, or whatever?
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Covid tongue: More people are presenting with ‘Covid tongues’ and ‘strange mouth ulcers’ after coming down with coronavirus, according to the professor leading the UK’s Covid Symptom Study app...
  19. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Wales has moved to tighten things: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/coronavirus-welsh-government-mark-drakeford-19629676
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    A while ago, we were regaled with allegations that voting Democrat was something you'd only do if you wanted to support the billionaires. Looks like voting Republican, or denying Biden's win, doesn't actually mean you are not supporting billionaires. Billionaires backed Republicans who sought...