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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I wouldn't cruise on the Severn/Hafren right now...
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Minimum alcohol pricing comes in on Monday, so won't be "cheap" any more ... :(
  3. oyster

    Help! In need of expert report regarding Impulse motor fault

    Well, legally, it is the retailer who is responsible. But not much help if they go bust or won't help.
  4. oyster

    Help! In need of expert report regarding Impulse motor fault

    I am not convinced that the shop needs to be aware of the issue in order to be responsible. Otherwise, can you imagine any shop ever accepting responsibiity for anything? Other than managing their reputation, they would always claim they didn't know. Or a shop would never sell anything that...
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Rain was just as wet. Cold just as cold. Wind just as, errrm, blowy. :)
  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    What a wonderful day. Markets collapsing. Covid-19 now confirmed in Wales. Reading about all your problems. (I hasten to add, not a criticism of your posts and not without understanding.) Compounded by vicious wind, darkness and very heavy rain really and truly lashing the house. Pussycat has...
  7. oyster

    ... someone remembered the bike scheme

    Sophos was gearing up for a private life – then someone remembered the bike scheme Due dil 101 By John Oates 27 Feb 2020...
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Ah! So that's why the PM is in hiding? And Eustice tries not to meet anyone in Ironbridge.
  9. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Someone is rushing to resolve things. https://www.spadjobs.uk/ 10 days old Created on 2020-02-17
  10. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    What a nice way to treat your staff. (Assuming there was no behaviour which would obviously deserve instant action.) Priti Patel 'tried to have Home Office official sacked on Christmas Eve' Permanent secretary refused request, leading to tensions, and official took retirement
  11. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Despite stiff competition.
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The good news comes thick and fast. Ten more days flooding from the Severn/Hafren, and... UK to withdraw from European arrest warrant Government document reveals plans to ditch tool that allows for fast extradition of criminals
  13. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Just "lie".
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    USA has its first case of unexplained covid-19 - and (what a surprise?) DT unable to reassure "the markets".
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    What would do us all a favour is Johnson himself walking. Short planks come to mind.
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Surely he HAS to contest it on the grounds of it being a court telling a government what it must, or must not, do? :)
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Another day of confirmation that in this best of all possible worlds we have the finest of all possible PMs at the helm of the greatest of all possible governments: Heathrow third runway ruled illegal over climate change Appeal court says decision to give go-ahead not consistent with Paris...
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Just so that our former partners know what you wrote: Ein Stück Pisse. Un morceau de pisse. Un pezzo di piscio. Kawał sikania. Un pedazo de meada. Um pedaço de mijo. Mīkla gabals. I'd hate to deny them their laughs.
  19. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Well I never... UK says it will consider walking away from Brexit talks in June Negotiating mandate reveals Johnson seeks Canada-style deal and ‘regulatory freedom’
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    A month ago some comments on what was then perceived were less angry than I would have expected. Has anything changed? Or is it just that it is getting closer and the impact more obvious? https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/farm-policy/what-the-new-agriculture-bill-contains-for-farmers