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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Let us also consider that Dominion is actually a Canadian headquartered company, allegations of this seriousness (if anyone could take them at face value) have a major international dimension. Canada isn't just any old country, they have a huge land border and considerable trade and numerous...
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    There is at least some amusement value from Barnier. (Johnson incites anger and despair.)
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    An awful lot of the contacts they have traced are the people who actually live with the infected person. Like they can't say to each other, over the breakfast table, "I have Covid-19, perhaps you should request a test". Not quite the same embarrassment factor as an STI.
  4. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Is that "again" or "still"?
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Speaking of bets, have bookies paid out on bets for the US election?
  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    An open and honest government leading us to recovery? Or a bunch of incompetent charlatans, idiots, with entirely selfish motivations? England's test and trace system hit by 'huge' IT problems last month Exclusive: issues delayed calls to vulnerable coronavirus patients, NHS emails show The...
  7. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And if He doesn't, do we get a bank holiday for a funeral?
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I am so pleased the most important things are being decided: Extra bank holiday announced for Queen’s 2022 platinum jubilee Government confirms four-day weekend to mark the Queen’s 70-year reign
  9. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Couldn't help... I'm not a trolley pusher, I'm a trolley pusher's son I'm only pushing trolleys 'till the trolley pusher comes.
  10. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    She barely fulfilled the brief last year...
  11. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I think multiple votes should have been the plan. First to agree to work out what the options are. Second to choose among them with many details having to be presented. Third to confirm. Or something like that.
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    There are many occasions I am glad I do not work at number 10, or anywhere near. (Not that any of them would want me, of course!) This is an event which reinforces that. What a bloody mess. And just what has Carrie got to do with it? Lee Cain: PM's senior aide resigns amid infighting at No...
  13. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Live nasty; die nasty?
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It is not the governor's decision. Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Wednesday that the state will conduct a hand recount of ballots cast in the 2020 US election. Tuesday, the Trump campaign and the state's Republican Party sent a letter to Mr Raffensperger requesting...
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Oh - and the money isn't out of his own pocket but from his campaign funds pot. Just in case it looked as if he was being generous.
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Raffensperger is the one in charge of the election in the state!
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Details? Links? The only one relevant to this election is about someone who works in a care home. That one person has something like 134 items - if all the counts of allegations are one allegation for each vote, 11,000 is nowhere near enough.
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Given that, is it not possibly odd that Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler tried to get Raffensperger - who is getting this audit done - to step down? Loeffler appears to be losing the special senate race.
  19. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The issues with the US system include lack of senatorial representation for DC (and Puerto Rico). As well as the crazy senator:elector ratios. About 67:1 difference between California and Wyoming.
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Mary Poppins will be upset... Brexit uncertainty may cause sugar shortages in Northern Ireland, warns firm Tate & Lyle Sugars is warning supermarkets of sugar and syrup supply issues next year Tate & Lyle Sugars, a prominent corporate backer of Brexit, has warned of sugar and syrup shortages...