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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Well Brexit must mean exiting Britain!.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    How comeProf. Milford still has to work 10 years beyond retirement age?. Some might suggest that is elder abuse in Wales. But with a staff complement of 216 lecturers it might be difficult to figure out who was superannuated.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I understand the sentence, but what about the fact. Reirterating what I said , where is the agreement with the EU. ?. I suspect, unless you have information to the contrary,that it is within and contingent the 512 page Deal. .. . I have not been able to find anything outside of that. Do...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I am happy you will be able to fly to Zurich and back, but where is the agreement for Paris?. There was a major debate in HoC around Halloween , was there a conclusion?. The British aviation website is not clear on the subject.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Oh dear would one not read a full nuanced report rather than reading selected subsections of another report, generating conclusions which were not in the more balanced Bloomberg report, this individual revisits old tripe, unfit for human consumption. .
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    I did suggest not to take my word for it... Read any of the newspaper articles of the time. But it was widely acknowledged that the killer punch was the threat of no EU access. Oh and welcome back Tommie!.
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    Yes!. Don't take my word for it. There were other bits added about being outside NATO, that the RN shipyards and submarine bases would have to close and come south, and they would be thrown out of the sterling area.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I cannot understand your terminology.. . What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.. The reason the Scots are a bit miffed (ok not a bit), is that the reason they accepted union with England was BECAUSE it ensured remaining with the EU. Then ,no sooner is that done,and the ink nearly...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Well l try this for size... The reason why the Scottish independence referendum was lost was because of a project fear type statement that they would be outside the EU and would need to go through a lengthy process for admittance. FACT not speculation. Then no sooner than this is over , but...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That type of posting is beyond tiresome.. He did not lie, he said "conned " . No-one is disputing that a referendum was held, no one disputing that the leave majority was 1,200,000 more than the remain minority out of the 34,000,000 or so votes, .. which as I am tired of pointing out,meant that...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It is not very funny ..was it?. Very strained
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Brussels itself is not a large city, but it is part of the most densely populated region in Europe, with tens of millions within a a two hours train drive . To munster a demonstration of thousands is no big effort, particularly when the weather is still ok. Every society has its contents, its...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Read the Rodgers speech referred to ...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And Fingers, As we all have a duty to respect facts... What aspects of the Galileo system were unique to the UK?. My understanding is that it has its roots in the US GPS system of 1973... .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    An excellent comment... If you want an unbridled capitalism,and cronyism with no protections for workers,the poorer, negligible health services, short brutish lives, there are plenty of places on earth to go. The EU sought a different path. Yes it is as sheltered environment, one in which...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    What we want we don't always get... I am very ambivalent towards an EU army,and the UK being within the EU would have been a protection against that. There is no such thing as free lunches, and all those freedoms you want have a price. I assure you that EU civil servants, have faces and of...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The rules for admission to the EU are more stringent, and of course the major concession or recognition that the UK can withdraw A50 prior to 30th. March , lapses on that date. You could expect the Channel islands, and Gibraltar and sundry other items to appear in such negotiations. So I would...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    You must stop looking in Brown Thomas and Marks and Spenser,and do what ordinary mortals do.. Dunnes Aldi, Lidl,
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The so what is that the cost of raw materials ,and those items you cannot produce at home,goes up. Those straight bananas are now more expensive. The gas you import from Russia is more expensive
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I fully agree with you that total war is in a completely different league of misery . The point is that this is a totally self inflicted misery. Moreover it is not what you as a people voted for, and that statement is untrue.