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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. unity at last Tommie, .. I really appreciate the inclusive " our" in your sentence... For what it is worth FG , has always been in favour of international engagement perhaps even NATO. so their support would always be a given. FF would have been more reluctant, and would want to stick to...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. I am confused,..well that won't come as a surprise, but why was Threasa May armed with a suicide vest and pepper spray, has it anything to do with cabinet meetings?
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    New Legal Speed Limit: What should it be?

    I hit 50km hr on my motus ebike a number of months ago, a decent hill and a tail wind of about 20km hr. , I would have had another 10km in me and the gears, but I chickened out... A few days ago travelling at 25km hr the wind and rain chill froze my face,.. as in could not move lips or wrinkle...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Certainly there is no doubt in my mind.... And I don't think it originated on this island.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Somebody is telling lies.... Ms Foster has stated today that they only got sight of the draft yesterday morning. She also said that the british Government had said that the Irish.. that is Dublin government had prevented or insisted in preventing them seeing it before that time. More precisely...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. w WEll we really like to drink our tea, so the most important person is the person who hogs the teapot!!!
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    We have finally figured out the holdup in the Brexit negotiations.. the waterford whisperer has the low down... For those not in the know, the modh coinnealach is the conditional case in irish grammar and causes difficulty for all students, myself included.. it is a favoured part of the...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    No. And the true fact is nobody else does either. My belief is that it would hurt us badly in the south. Our energy market and our agricultural supply chain is strongly integrated on an all ireland basis. Our domestic retail sector works seamlessly with UK based distributors .e.g . Tesco...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The article by O'Neill is so riddled with inaccuracies that it is not worth dissecting.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    There is a slightly better article by David Trimble in the actual spectator magazine dated 2nd december. There are a few points in it I would disagree with, particularly his contention that Leo was attempting to come accross as more green than SF and or posturing in the likelihood of a general...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I hope so.. hopefully it will all be" much ado about nothing"
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    In that department, our family preference is a sparkling wine called "clairette de die", .. as close as the spelling checker will allow me..about the same price. We used it instead if champagne at a recent wedding... Very pleasant.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The implication would be that the UK as a whole will retain regulatory compliance in those areas . So the DUP need not be worried , UKIP on the other hand...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Those numbers are true, I suspect, and in part reflect the drop in sterling. If we to go further afield say France both UK and Irish consumers would do much better on alcohols. I doubt whether you would find many French people prepared to drop 100euro on a bottle of champers...25 euro more...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Will it still be the british and irish lions?.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    As I did 14 months ago when the pound plummeted.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Thank you...for the reference. The soul cleansing is optional.
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    Is an undercurrent of racism and misogyny undermining The UK Electric Bike industry?

    There is no value in speculating. Cosybike has made a statement . It might be about anything. A few of us(. At least 3 ) have requested him or her to clarify. Either they do or do not... Both tell us something..... Lets leave it at that..
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    See my response to Zathlan, as to why it is still premature to do so. This saga is not yet played out. Either you cannot accept that this is the biggest event for the UK in 60 years, or it has overwhelmed you to the extent that you just want to walk away... And I can appreciate the latter...