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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    We are also supposed to listen to Jesus, Buddha, the prophet, or whoever else. Or are we supposed to confine our listing to those with UK passports?
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Just why... Would anyone want to be tory leader? What a lovely bunch. Mark Field: police receive reports of assault after minister grabs climate protester Calls for Mark Field to resign over Mansion House incident while another Tory MP reports abusive messages from party colleague which...
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Unlike BJ who says he did vote in the council elections then remembered (was reminded, I am sure) they were not being held in his location.
  4. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    What we need is something more like one of the very best Open University programs dissecting each candidate calmly, logically, allowing evidence to be examined, etc. Not a bear pit.
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    They have plenty of that!
  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Ah! Now you are talking. Quite a number of the heads at MT's were sculpted by my step-father. Including Henry VIII and his wives. I know exactly what they are inside: They lack heart, courage and brain. Now where did I hear that before? At least in the film, each of the characters only lacked...
  7. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I have to keep reminding myself that there's only 160,000 or so members...
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    He went on to insist that his mistaken remark that the imprisoned British-Iranian citizen Nazanin Zhagari-Ratcliffe was teaching in Iran “didn’t make any difference”.
  9. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    About time all those who have at various times criticised or rumbled him spoke out. In loud and well-publicised voices. Where is Chris Patten? Those who dismissed him from various roles ("jobs" sounds altogether too onerous for BJ)? Those who have real knowledge and understanding of his character?
  10. oyster

    Amazing what you find on Sustrans 4

    I was all too happy for him to get by as fast (ha!) as he could. I remember as a child seeing such things and almost liking the smell of the burning coal. Is it because they use different coal? Or that I am older? The smell was pretty rank. This little bit is open to traffic for a few yards...
  11. oyster

    Amazing what you find on Sustrans 4

    Out for a gentle, pleasant ride this evening - and it was lovely - when there was a strange noise. To begin with I thought it was from the nearby railway line - but no, nothing there. As it got louder, I saw it: (Technically, it is not on the main Sustrans 4 but a little branch that serves...
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Implemented a measure to help protect us against fake medicines. Unsafe medicines stolen in Italy 'entered NHS supply chain' Criminal gangs sold ‘falsified’ drugs to UK pharmacies, Channel 4’s Dispatches reveals All medicines in the UK have carried a unique barcode since February 2019, which...
  13. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Except it apparently happened two weeks (or so) later.
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    YouTube has it as episode 2:
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Why did I hear "another Chernobyl surprise" as by The Eagles?
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I rather appreciated this comment: Tom Peck of the Independent: "People are criticising @BorisJohnson for not turning up to this Channel 4 debate but, in fairness, it is Father’s Day. He’s got a lot of places to be."
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I see Trump is now quoting the delightful Katie Hopkins. Seems three murders in London are worth his attention to get at Khan. Whereas a quadruple shooting in West Des Moines, Iowa (15/06/2019) can be ignored.
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    As a remainer, may I be spared that fudge? ;)
  19. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Interesting opinions from one of experience: Kenneth Clarke: ‘If there’s no other way you’ve got to bring the government down’ The Tory veteran talks of his dismay at the ‘fantasies’ of the leadership race and his fears if Boris Johnson becomes PM...
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It wasn't a suggestion. It was a statement about the inhumanity of your proposed approach.