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A First Brexit has not yet happened, the talks have just started. Second. Do you not think that there have been a number of ominous signs already 1. Sterling plunged against the euro. 2. Banks and financial services companies looking for premises in Europe 3. Reduction in the number of foreign...

.. read all my posts no backtracking, just a failure of comprehension on your part.

Perhaps I did not develop my point sufficiently. I was thinking more of when central authorities put or force large numbers of immigrants together .without making attempts to integrate them into their society. My . thinking was of the banliues in Paris or that district in Belgium and even the...

Statistics dear boy statistics. .. since 36 million voted and roughly 50% went either way, 52\ 48, it stands to reason that both populations had equal ratios of average, above average and below average. And no it does not strike me as being condescending. Other commentators have hinted that...

I am not sure that that was the actual point the poster was making. I read it as , if immigrants come in and no attempt is made to integrate them into the host society, the same pressures , and oppressions they were fleeing from will re emerge. The same bullies, tyrants, gangsters who thrived...

Yes of course thank you for pointing it out, how was I to know, .. degree in mathematics notwithstanding, , how stupid of me to believe that whatever the average is , 50% will be above it and 50% below it. Only in a Brexit controlled universe is it different. You can take comfort in the...

1. No stupid questions only stupid answers.. usually. 2. Slight correction to above, when you draw current from a battery at a high rate it actually delivers less energy than if you draw it off more slowly. So suppliers will quote energy delivery in terms of current.so the 13 amp usage will...

... Tommie, according to that article more people have drowned this year alone crossing into Europe than died in the 9/11 event. Your sympathy for the plight of your fellow man is breathtaking. The ultimate cause is global population growth, and the proximal causes are war driven by the wealthy...

There is no top speed limitation, I hit 50 kmhr downhill on a non dongled Bosch motored Raliegh Motus. Of course the motor was not assisting above 26.9kmhr. Approx 15.5mph. It starts to get scary at those speeds and what if scenarios start to play out . Skid, rut, car wrong side etc. The...

I'm not sure what point you are seeking to make. The negotiators will , if there is cooperation from the UK side present their conclusions to the EU parliment, who will then vote. It will be qualified majority voting, so neither Ireland or any other country will have a veto. Whether the UK...

I could never understand the concept of the list system. When you send representatives, you are sending the character of the person to represent you.

Not quite. The European parliament ,of which Ireland has membership, agreed the terms of reference for the Barnier group. Only when conclusions are reached, will there be another say. The UK group sought to dilute and divide that by attempting to have a specific irish UK group on designing new...

.. as it might also be from Catalonia, with unrest there.

.. as I said it's the people. IN Ireland we know who our MEPs are.

I admire your optimism. Consider if you had a relative who was engaging in what you considered self destructive behaviour, say alcoholism, reckless gambling. Feckless behaviour joining a religious cult, out of character with their previous sober maybe staid existence. Activity that you truly...

No. It's not the system, it's the people. That's an excuse. PR has a better chance of getting a more representative selection , than the first past the post, which accentuates difference .

All the more reason why the electorate should ensure that they select good quality candidates. Has the UK a tradition of so doing?

Donnie, thinking about this a little more, a 4 mile round trip is just a short cycle and many of the options being discussed , including my own are probably overkill. For many women, the prospect of getting up on a big 28 inch wheel bike could be daunting, and much smaller frames and wheels...

By poor Brexiteers do you mean impoverished or was it affectionate condescending?. According to very recent predictions, euro sterling might reach parity! . That would be a whopping 40% sterling devaluation approximately in a two year period. For an exporting economy good news, certainly ...

For the type of action this poster wants, I suspect that panniers will not be a high priority .. although I use one of the cheap Halfords types and it is fine for the lock, some rain gear and if necessary up to 4 litres of milk.. Logically a battery mounted low on the frame should be more...