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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It's good! Couldn't help thinking of parallels between the unseeing of The City & the City and the descriptions of unknowing.
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Pleased to see: Mueller seeking more details on Nigel Farage, key Russia inquiry target says Exclusive: Jerome Corsi to Guardian – ‘They asked about Nigel’ Key Brexit figure Farage has denied involvement with Russia
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Tonight, say, TM can see the utter impossibility of getting her version of brexit through. She spends sleepless hours, wakes up and says: I have done everything I can to create a workable deal. Parliament will not pass it. So the best option for the UK is to remain. There will be an emergency...
  4. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Boris Johnson says: It’s vassal state stuff as for the first time in 1,000 years this parliament will not have a say over the laws that govern this country. The implication being that we very definitely HAVE HAD A SAY despite being subject to EU membership (as he would likely put it).
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Let us also remember that less than ten years ago there was discussion about sharing aircraft carriers with France. (Supported by the tories in the guise of the coalition.) I cannot conceive of such an arrangement that did not imply lots of co-operation way beyond a timeshare on a boat. Of...
  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And there I was thinking it was certain bears who were not overburdened... “When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at...
  7. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Where is the "horrific, awful, you cannot be serious, understand why you posted, appreciate the message" button?
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Before EU is an entirely different situation to being suddenly post-EU.
  9. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    So just why the untold millions of pounds spent on creating new cold stores, on advance purchasing medicines, on the generators for NI? Your "no need" smacks of utter complacency. If all those in position in Tesco, Boots, NHS and energy hadn't planned and we really did need it, we'd all be...
  10. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Paper tigers they might be but they have already caused massive and disproportionate damage. One day we’ll wonder how these Brexit fanatics seized the nation Polly Toynbee Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg are only paper tigers. A Commons vote will expose them for the paltry force...
  11. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I don't think there are that many other than themselves who are going to aggrandise them. At least, I hope there aren't.
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The slime bags have found something they can support which is difficult for most of us to disagree with. Of course, both are in the party of government which could have acted years ago, even during the coalition, had they really cared: Jacob Rees-Mogg and Boris Johnson join FOBT rebellion
  13. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Without anaesthetic.
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Have you not seen what has already changed? Lost European Medicines Agency Spent an unbelievable amount of money in so-called planning and so-called preparations Lost who knows how many companies Prevented proper investment Precluded proper forward planning for all of us Seen almost every...
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Remember the ones which were paper, wire and a blob of what appeared to be bitumen? Not meaning to be facetious, but even poppies should not be made of plastic.
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    But Putin, aahh!! Putin, he would have made it to the Russian cemetery even if he had to ride bareback - himself and the horse - and he'd have ensured there were photographers every clip and clop of the way to show it.
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    At least he turned up - unlike a certain potus in France.
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Anyone see the BBC report about stockpiling for brexit? The cost must be phenomenal and the scale is huge. But, if things do go horribly wrong, will it be enough? Brexit: Inside warehouse where food is being 'stockpiled' Its shelves are crammed full of boxes - this is one of the warehouses...
  19. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The man speaks some truths: Welsh ports not ready for no-deal Brexit, says Carwyn Jones Asked if Welsh ports are ready to deal with a potential breakdown in the Brexit talks leading, Carwyn Jones said: "No, I don't think any port is ready to deal with that situation yet. "We have been...
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It is extremely hard to imagine JRM doing anything that was actually generous or in the least not putting self-interest right at the top.