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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Probably one of the problems with proprietary sat navs. Google ones update every few days.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Why they did not just move it to a safe place and let it burn out?. Its what they did back in the day in West Belfast.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    There is less stored energy in the electric batteries than in a petroleum product. Proof... The limited range of electric vehicle, despite being 3 to 4 times more efficient in converting its energy store into locomotion
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Being wise in retrospect is easy,but there are some lessons which the UK could have taken from Ireland. We have had two major constitutional changes in recent years,both of which are were potentially highly devisive. .. abortion and same sex union. What was done in both cases was that long...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Are you having some difficulty with the meaning of words,the structure and syntax in the English language then?. And don't get yourself in a tizzy, of course you have explained little.. None of your postings have explained anything yet,so why spoil your unblemished record.?
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes the little Irish people want to live in their country.. we call them leprechauns. The big Irish people like living here also. .. we call them humans... So what was your point.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Let me see now, are we referring to the extraordinary demand for Irish Passports from Britons in the UK and of course our friends in the North "Last year the passport service received 200,000 applications from British-based people directly to Dublin or through its office in London – although...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. not so. .. while we will be happy to have the Hen Parties and Stag do as before s ,there will presumably be a passport control at Dublin port and Airport , for those coming from or going the mainland UK. There is already passport control on any boat and flights to the Continent so no...
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    Don't worry, we will have no problems accomodating you anywhere on the island of Ireland. You see we don't recognise you NI people as foreign and British, .. We see you as ourselves, but with slightly funny accents, .. Just like people from Cork or Kerry , but with slightly more...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Fingers, you are either terminally stupid or are feigning it. Even I, an outsider can appreciate the difference between the British Parliament and others. The British parliament is the supreme law making body in the UK and cannot be bound by anything ..not even the contradictory laws and...
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    Flecc, I am puzzled by the current legality. Presumably some kind of resolution must be passed to change the agreed date of 29 to some other date. Tommie kindly produced the relevent section of the withdrawal act stating that 29 th was the date, but allowing a Crown Minister to alter it. It...
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    There will be free trade between NI and RoI in the short term. UK customs will be examining all shipping from NI to Scotland and Dublin to UK etc They will apply tariffs on any Non Identified as NI originating produce .Dublin port has set aside land for the equivalent . It is likely that...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Can people not properly read this CSV data? . It is not stating that someone signed in as JR M 9759 times. It is stating that in the area codes identified as being in the constituency of JRM that the system recorded 9759 votes..
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Actually I must concur with Tommie on this point. Unless there is some real movement in Westminster, the 12th April is as real as it gets. Listen to the EU Council comments. Mrs Merkel can only stall that decision for so long. Unless the UK gives her a good argument , the 12 is the day.
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    Duh! Have you read what the UKs HMRC DECISION for dealing with NI and RoI is in the event of a crashout? . It rightly has Ulster Farmers in a tizzy. Basically it is the simple East West border. We can live with that as an interim measure. .. We dont want to but we can live with it,as we...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ..see my later posting re the petition...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    You may be right, you may be wrong. But there is a world of difference between a claim and a fact. Now not being privy to the inner workings of the security systems the web management team at the Westminster site are using, unless your correspondents are capable of seeing the tally going up...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I am assuming that it is counting the days since the total number of votes reached the minimum threshold for consideration eg. 10k and 100k At the current rate the petition will be at 6 million by tonight.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Fair point. But we are talking 1million per day,and with no advance publicity . It will be very interesting what happens tomorrow. , People back at schools and work.having had a weekend where this was getting aired There is ,i surmise a great level of apathy, a sort of resignation and a...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It will be interesting... . There is a distinction between the Muller investigation indicting ,which the report says has concluded ,and people being indicted by other state agencies. That subtlety seems to have been missed by US media. Put another way, since this investigation is now...