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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Aha! Just realised why it is called Yellowhammer. Its song describes what we will be eating come no-deal, crashout brexit: "little bit of bread and no cheese". They have until 23:00 to publish. Scotland Yard on standby to start arresting at 23:01... :)
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Black. Kettle. Calling. Pot. The Brexit party’s leader, Nigel Farage, has been heavily criticised by Johnson’s team as “not fit and proper” in an outright rejection of his offer of a pre-election, no-deal Brexit pact.
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    But there should be plenty of mushrooms.
  4. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Handbags across the water?
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    But we all know ferries are figments of Grayling's imagination.
  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    What on earth is a non-floating pontoon? Broken? Sunk? ;) (Of course, if it is non-floating, it would be on earth.)
  7. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Careful. That was three.
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes, I do. The Eurasia Tunnel: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supplying a finance package worth US$150 million. Other components of the US$1.245 billion financing package include a $350 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and financing and...
  9. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Now maybe have a look at this document: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/197294/SEA6_Hydrography_POL.pdf And then decide where to build the bridge.
  10. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/10/no-10-request-user-data-government-website-sparks-alarm
  11. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Well, all of Europe except Malta, the Balearics, Sardinia, Crete, Cyprus, Dodecanese, the Hebrides, Orkney, Shetland, the Friesian islands, .... I agree that there might have been some sense in using the boring machines on another project. (Just not this one!) And which bit of Wales? Holyhead...
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    One imagines that most people would come back as well. They could achieve the "going somewhere and coming back" with a bridge 30 metres long and save a fortune.
  13. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    1) At least the garden bridge only wasted £53 million. 2) He might save a few quid by building it from a few miles from Macrihanish to somewhere near Ballycastle. It **looks** a bit shorter. 3) I'd be interested in a dam. Think of the electricity generation potential. 4) "Bridge" begins with a B...
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    If it is OK for BJ to break the law, is it OK for us to do so also? Whether failing to pay tax, voting multiple times, speeding, .... Be ironic if BJ's protection police arrested him.
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Seems to me that the government was attempting to deliberately exploit non-registration of college students at the beginning of term on their choice of potential GE date. I'd hardly call that the hallmark of a government that upholds democracy. (We have in the past seen several campaigns across...
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    a) Why would the EU want to allow a country that is in such a disastrous state as to support rejoining be allowed back in? b) I'd rather not have gone through a disaster, with no certainty of coming out the other side with a semblance of an acceptable state. c) Any terms for rejoining would be...
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Prorogation petition. Reads rather like "stuff you": Government responded This response was given on 9 September 2019 Read the response in full The UK will be leaving the EU on 31 October whatever the circumstances. We must respect the referendum result...
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The Liberal Democrats are set to officially back revoking article 50 in an attempt to position themselves as the most pro-EU political party. The move would effectively sever the chances of an alliance with Labour at a forthcoming general election. The Lib Dem leader, Jo Swinson, said she...
  19. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Can I really believe Gove said this: Gove says the question for MPs is, are they willing to ignore data protection legislation, the ECHR and the normal conventions of government, just so that Grieve’s curiosity can be satisfied.
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That we have to see HoC taking strong steps to achieve this... 19:32 MPs vote to force government to publish no-deal plans and advisers' messages by majority of nine MPs have backed the Grieve motion requiring the release of some no-deal planning documents, and private messages from Number 10...