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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    You can legitimately say that, but equally you must concede that sterling has dropped from 0.72 up to 0.90 , that is the a 26% deviation... . That is not speculation but fact!.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes he was, lived in Salthill,Galway as a child.. whether he should have been hung as a traitor when Ireland was not an ally of England, was a moot point. .. According to some people he was an obnoxious little git ( offensive term), but that in itself is not a capital offense.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. I had a wry smile as I was writing that sentence.. It's an old expression.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Two points.. 1. True nobody knows how bad a no deal deal will be.. yours, mine,uncle Tom Cobbley are all guesses. But from this stage there is No-one, with any credibility is suggesting it will be an improvement on the current arrangement. 2. Possibility you are correct and the UK...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Let's see how.. They may very well be decent sensible people,but this is something outside your, their and my experience.,so sensible they may be but prudent is not the adjective I would add. . If the UK had been bounced into a war footing, against their will, and without planning then the...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Perhaps you might then emulate him or her?.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    We might be agreeing here also. There is no requirement for a second UK referendum, that is window dressing . She can say with a level of honesty, that she has honoured her pledge to negotiate a Brexit which respects the result of the first referendum..and it was the parliament which thwarted...
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    Which e-bike for the wife? (Bosch motor Qs)

    As a motus user for 2000km I fully agree with you. Lazy sod that I am, I often use the touring position.. and I don't have the health condition you have, but my area always has a lot of wind..
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    N The error to which I was referring is that the EU has never offered or presented referendums or referenda. You have been presenting opinions and reading postings on this site for so long now, that you are either slow of learning... Which I doubt, or you are being deliberately obtruse...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Actually what you wrote was that the EU has a history of offering (multiple) referenda.. . . There was an obvious and intended implication.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I did in fact read that article,at the time when this question was previously raised, and as I was a party to the discussion at the time, I attempted to read through the first of the referendum material..as I posted some two weeks ago , it was not in an acceptable form to be voted on. Reading...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Flecc may be better placed to answer, but my understanding is that the UK still has a substantial car industry, but rather than making the branded names ,they are involved in subassembly and piece parts as part of pan European production.. Braking systems , engine management systems , fuel...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Are you really that dense?. The EU has ,to the best of my knowledge, never offered a referendum. A referendum is a vote taken by a population in a nation state...of which there are 28 at present, in order to accept or reject a major proposal presented by the EU. Most countries do not have the...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And who are you going to charge?. Visitors from the EU wanting to see the sights of London.. your tourism office won't like that. Lorry drivers bring in the food you need.?. Your airports have already a headage payment on people using them. People passing over the 300 miles of common border...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Trying to get somewhat back on at least one of our topics, is latex not the major consitutant of the "no more leaks " bicycle tube sealants?
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Have you and the other participant in this name calling and point scoring competition have any idea how tedious it is?.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    What she could do is to make an obvious statement.. my way or the highway. This deal is the only one on the table. Accept it or reject it. If you reject it, my next action will be a bill to revoke Article 50. As I see it the extreme hardliners are currently a busted flush. She would come...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The EU have developed a deal, there will be as much clarification as the UK requests on this . The EU will not blink..it cannot blink . The ball is totally back in the UK court now. They can demand an extension.... Which I admit was a surprise to me, they can can withdraw the actual...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I was not saying sinister, but look to the region's... Why is Wales and Scotland and certainly NI as poor as they are relative to London?. Why is it that consortia of London Dentists etc own vast tracts of Scotland?.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    There is another possibility of course. That the people closer to the seat of power,eg the Home Counties, have systematically gamed the system so that those on the peripheral areas are denuded of investment .