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For goodness sake, Tusk. Not a three months. A thousand years, please.

So long as enough people stop reciting the just get it done mantra. Just revoke A50 doesn't flow quite as well.

He lies everywhere else.

Second reading. They LOST the short scrutiny. They voted against by 322 to 308; a majority of 14.

One person's view. But this time, from inside one part of the operation. Heaven help us if no deal actually happens. Because, even with the best efforts of civil servants like me, Operation Yellowhammer won’t be enough, even with its enormous price tag. Not even close. And while – outrageously...

Agreed. And Barclay got it wrong first time. I suppose this means every tinpot, occasional eBay seller will be affected, as well as bigger traders. (Over the years, I have bought a number of things from eBay sellers located in NI.)

I have never really had much doubt about my remain viewpoint. But I have from time to time tried to consider whether leaving has any vaildity or sense to it. The sort of statement you quote make me surer than ever, even if leave had some good points, not that I actually found any, this is...

:) I was thinking about 22 yard chains! http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/length.htm#rchain The complexities of older measurements is astonishing. Things like a wool stone being 14, 15 or 24 lbs. There were good reasons and it all made sense in context, but...

Should there ever be another such Act, I am sure it will cover signing and change the requirement not to be sent, but delivered, by a time.

The choice of running order and how long to spend on each story has long been, in my view, very badly misjudged. There are times a very simple story is expanded and pushes out other stories which might be more important or, by being more complicated, need longer time. Classic is when someone'...

From that first twitter link: Mike Butcher #RegisterToVote‏Verified account @mikebutcher Oct 20 German TV put the #PeoplesVoteMarch at 2.2 million, according to a German methodology for estimating crowds And from another one...

You missed the chain!

Don’t you love the fact it is made from Italian leather?

I wouldn't have nearly so much of an issue with selling goods in pounds, ounces and other associated measurements if people actually understood them. I regularly have to deal with the old grain as a measure for medicines. And I see people struggle with the fact that it is a little under 65...

<revenge>I'll never vote tory or for the current MP because of their part in brexit, however it turns out.</revenge> Trouble is, I'd never vote tory anyway.

Those of us who grew up with it would, I'm sure, be fine. Despite ready reckoners, etc., I think those who have never used £sd would struggle for a considerable time. Perhaps especially if all our phones had £sd calculators which would tend to avoid the need to do it in our brains. The other...

There is a little party trick based on £sd where you secretly write down an amount on a piece of paper and put that somewhere where everyone can see it is untouched. Then get someone to choose an £sd value and do some simple arithmetic. The answer comes out to what you wrote - and then reveal...

I agree it looks that way which is why I said earlier that the Supreme Court might be the ones who actually determine whether or not he has complied. We could end up with the EU accepting it but the SC still saying he failed to comply. As alluded to earlier, it is like sending an unsigned...

The Benn Act says: The Prime Minister must seek to obtain from the European Council an extension of the period under Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union ending at 11.00pm on 31 October 2019 by sending to the President of the European Council a letter in the form set out in the...

Not many laughs at the moment. Thank you.