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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Tell those who want to vote tory or support brexit that it is on Thursday the Ninth of December. The rest of us will vote on Thursday the Twelfth of December.
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Look out for election interference. #121219 is the colour Russian Black. It is also the part number of a Euro nut, make of that what you will.
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Defined as: To move forward at high speed, often with minimal control.
  4. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    No wonder he didn't want proper scrutiny.
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It's the way you Tell 'em.
  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    What a torrent of foulness has been unleashed by brexit: Police are investigating a crowdfunding page that advocated killing the anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller. The page, which has been on the GoFundMe website since April, sought to raise £10,000 for a hitman to kill Miller, but did not...
  7. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The statements and claims in the article include several which appear to me to be facts. Perhaps you could tell which which statements are not facts?
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I was, sadly in several ways, waiting to see this story: Migrant deaths: Britain faces exclusion from elite EU policing unit Brexit warning over anti-trafficking body comes as lorry driver is charged with manslaughter...
  9. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I'm certainly not worried for myself. But I am concerned at what other, more important, things will not get done, cannot be made, etc.
  10. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I am not that worried about them implementing their policies, of course many would be watered down before hitting the statute book. But I am concerned about them representing a vote from me as a mandate to go ahead with any brexit at all. And I see no way of expressing that in a vote for...
  11. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Seems we might have to make our own pigs in blankets this year. (And in future?) Due to lack of seasonal workers. Mind, I always make ours (pretty darned easy, aren't they?) so won't directly affect us.
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Wouldn't take many extra labour votes to beat Crabb. Conservative Stephen Crabb 18,302 43.4 +3.0 Labour Philippa Thompson 17,988 42.6 +14.5
  13. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The obvious answer is that he thinks the tories will get a majority. Unfortunately, labour seems to be at least perceived as making that very likely. My own difficulty is that I cannot vote tory, have great difficulty in voting labour without them actually being against brexit (even if their...
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Frustrate their knavish tricks.
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The Telegraph's version of Project Fear: Homeowners could have to convert garages and conservatories into polling stations to ensure a Christmas election can go ahead Bloomin' ridiculous. Makes it sound as if every one of us who has a garage will have to make it a polling station. (I bet...
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    They sure failed to resonate. But government campaigns should be informational rather than promotional. And, just how many of those who wish to remain would ever have resonated? I wonder how much of the costs, if any, they will recover? Wouldn't be at all surprised to read that they have...
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Labour not believing BJ: Labour will only support the prime minister’s push for a general election if a no-deal Brexit is taken “off the table”, Jeremy Corbyn has said. He declined to say whether or not Labour will back moves for an election if the Commons votes on the matter on Monday. In an...
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Very. Had just been reading the Guardian version. I can understand civil disobedience, and recognise that it can result in violence. But totally deplore the invocation of violence to some political end.
  19. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Hopefully, Mark Drakeford of the Welsh Assembly will write a similar letter.
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Now the story separates tractor and trailer. Initially police said the lorry had entered the UK via Holyhead in north Wales. But amid a swirl of information, they later said the trailer – the rear section of the vehicle, containing the bodies – travelled from Zeebrugge into Purfleet, Essex, and...