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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Not being very aware of the details of the fishing industry, would the five days make much difference? I always thought that, for most fish, freshness was very important.
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Not the whole world, Mexico will be paying for a wall...
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Not sure what you are getting at there? Except links are really important as they make the internet work, indeed they make Europe work...
  4. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    200 billion in 1946 GBP would be worth how much now? Chopping HS2 might (or might not) be a good idea. Stuff all to do with brexit. (Actually, staying on the EU we might have managed to get at least some funding out of "them".)
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The brexit coach and horses turned into pumpkin, mice, rat and lizards long ago. And there isn't anyone going round with a glass slipper.
  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Alun Cairns: Boris Johnson would set up 'union unit' as PM https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48819619 How Boris Johnson’s Scotland problem could keep the Tories out of power https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/01/boris-johnson-scotland-tories-union
  7. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    A company which, though otherwise sound, goes bust due to no-deal will affect all its workers, its owners, its management, its suppliers, etc., is likely to have a greater impact on wealth passing down generations than inheritance tax or whatever is put in its stead. There are many stories of...
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I'd prefer him to be entirely written out of history, but on the basis that is impossible, I'd get some satisfaction from the thought that BJ could become the only leader of the tories when in government who never became PM. And then lost the next GE (if not already displaced as tory leader) by...
  9. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I quote - and how right this is: In today’s deeply interdependent world, the whole idea embodied in such ringing metaphors as “taking control,” “making our own laws” and “getting our country back” is fundamentally, intellectually and factually flawed.
  10. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Just imagining the pronunciation problems JH would engender if he was known and referred to as living in Machynlleth. (Not that he does, of course.)
  11. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    For example: Tory Brexit rebel Wollaston ‘prepared to step down’ to help a Remain alliance The MP for Totnes says politicians should urgently prepare for the likelihood of a ‘populist’ autumn election And I have been wondering whether Ken Clarke will do something?
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    But if he can't get anything through the HoC... ?
  13. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And... How Brexit party won Euro elections on social media – simple, negative messages to older voters Analysis highlights key to success of Farage party and identifies dozens of pro-Brexit bot accounts...
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    This morning, I thought ABB Asea Brown Boveri had mounted a major advertising campaign. But no, they hadn't. However, Anyone But Boris are in full war cry. Stories of previous bad behaviour towards a wife, even if he wins the tory election, he'll not be PM, and on. Sounds like there are many...
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I know of many people who purchase one of their medicines from abroad. Several reasons, not least the high price the NHS pays has rendered one of them virtually unprescribable. Whereas importing is a fairly reasonable price. Many are reasonably happy to do so rather than be totally refused...
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    £125,000 is actually quite a large gift in the eyes of most people.
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    With range being up to what? 1000?
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    You can buy it soft or hard, by the pound or by the yard, Chitterlin's the stuff to give the troops! And brexit is about as appealing.
  19. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Should be - but not if we leave and that is both why and when we change our rules to allow GMO products which are currently not allowed. And bromine-based flour conditioner. And the fabled chlorinated chickens.
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Who was responsible for designing a building which requires all this? Wouldn't anyone sensible have installed extra lights (and appropriate controls) so no-one ever needs to do all that? Just switch the dead or flashing one off, and a spare on. (Or any of many other possible approaches.) Do you...