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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    An interesting election promise from the potential EU Commission president today. .. Ursula has stated that she is in favour of allowing the UK More time ,to complete democratic processes, post October!,should it be necessary. Of course she also reiterated the centrality of the Backstop type...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I am somewhat perplexed.. why would Mr RM have wanted Europe to win a world cup in Cricket,when there was an English team playing?. So he was stating the obvious,I have heard of the legendary British sense of fair play, but that would have been ridiculous
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    Help! Lights - again!

    Get real... A bicycle lamp will be 5 watts, car headlights will be around 120 up to 200 watts. The only reason why bike lights seem bright is because ones eyes have accustomed to the darkness . Seen by a incoming car they are just visible.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And in the Irish Times reports that the new president of the EU ,due to be ratified tomorrow,... We have an agreement, it is a good agreement , no going back there.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Perhaps the intention is to make a better deal when rejoining the EU?.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    "I think not..." Yes that about sums you up.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. perhaps it is we think two were enough!.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Looking at the thread title might give a clue
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    If you sit outside a synagogue, that would be plausible..but otherwise irrelevant.. Can you indicate in what possible way this refers to Brexit?.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    History also has a way of showing that the rights of the dispossessed get vindicated in the long term.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. funny how you ignore the 15.8 million who voted against
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Boy ..do you actually read anything through?. Ireland can take the hit, NI cannot..and who do they belong to?. The civil servents in NI who are doing their job,without oversight or control from either their own parliament or the bigger one in Westminster,have produced these statistics...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. Ediiorial from the Irish Times today.... (Note while 55k is larger than 40k, it is three times less serious,as the RoI population is hree times bigger....) "it is estimated 55,000 jobs will be at risk in Ireland if the UK crashes out of the EU. In Northern Ireland, the cost of no deal...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    They are less likely to jump out ranting.. its all part of Cool Britannia
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ..From the Irish Times.... Of today "The Government is exploring the idea of checking live animals and animal products from Britain as they arrive at ports on the whole island of Ireland if there is a no-deal Brexit, Leo Varadkar said on Friday. This week, the Government repeated that it...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Was there a more recent vote?.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ..Let me help you..The European Union Parliamentary elections, which returned majorities for pro EU stance parties and punished those who were ambivalent
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ..Do we take this as an apology?. Incidentally I would disagree with an assertion that" No Jews were hurt".. whenever untruths are thrown around ,it damages the credibility and standing of others.
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    Charging an ebike battery using a car charging station

    That is a death wish!. Just putting it in context, a standard domestic socket has no difficulty in outputting 13amps at 220 v or 2.8 KW. . A good electric bike battery might be 500 WHr, so were it capable of absorbing the power from a Mains socket, it would fully charge in 10 minutes. The...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I like to think it was the development of a middle class used to trade,which ended the stranglehold . The requirement to have an emancipation of women, resulted from the Norman invention of Primogeniture.. Other societies including the earlier Gaelic society had a much more equal treatment of...