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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    What a low bar she must have set.
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Utterly predictable - and predicted. Not, perhaps, the exact numbers, but the impact: UK car sales suffer biggest fall since financial crisis – business live All the day’s economic and financial news, as UK’s SMMT warns that Brexit uncertainty and the diesel emissions scandal has hurt demand...
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Are we not already IN uncharted territory, Mrs May?
  4. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Genes are also far more complex and subtle than most realise. It isn't just the code but everything that affects gene expression. Including all those wonderful things like nutrients.
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Is the tense of importance? My first thought was that they are not currently but he did not want to say or imply anything about the future.
  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    They will help with the cooking.
  7. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Blame-shifting in place. It is not the government at fault. No, no, certainly not. Not "no-deal" itself. Nor brexit. Nor the lack of Ramsgate to Ostend ferries. It will be the industry. With the trite wording: "if everybody does what they need to do..." Bleeding obvious. But if they don't, who...
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Really?
  9. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I suggest that issues will start well before 30/03/2019 so that actual day might make little difference. Other issues will arise in the weeks, months and years afterwards. For a very simple example, some transport companies might not want their lorries stuck in the UK on 30/03/2019. Fleet...
  10. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Based on Wiki's claim of British army numbers, that represents 36.81% of the regular army plus 74.07% of the reserves. ... in case of civil unrest, to help at airports, and ensure the safe delivery of fuel and medical supplies... Interesting to consider that (apparently) British army numbers...
  11. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Keep going and you might catch up. https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/brexit-for-once-some-facts.24369/page-2177#post-476959
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The Data Protection Act did exist and they could have broken laws in other countries - EU and non-EU - prior to GDPR.
  13. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Really? Wouldn't that result in the opposite refraction to what we actually observe?
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Take your pick - Redwood or Clarke. John Redwood says UK is losing sight of Brexit benefits Ken Clarke responds to MP by saying Brexit dividend was always a complete myth https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/05/john-redwood-uk-brexit-benefits-ken-clarke
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Will they rename it Petabissen? (Bissen = bite which is at least close to byte. Or bit.)
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Of course the average can be raised. But that DOES NOT make all schools exceed the average except as I described earlier - sloppy thinking and sloppier words.
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    watt hours NOT W /hr Watts per hour could be the rate at which the your body increases its output. A rather different concept that makes no sense in the context you used it.
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Please would you explain "w per hour"? Just how can you make all schools achieve above average? (Unless you go off playing ducks and drakes with the various possible meanings of "average".) You appear to understand with respect to IQ but how on earth can you achieve it with school results? At...
  19. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    "Ships" probably can be hired/chartered readily. The availability of suitable vessels - that can operate from Ramsgate and Ostend harbours, that are in acceptable state of repair, that can accommodate the required cargo (HGV roro, I assume), etc., narrows down the options dramatically. I...
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Two leaders whose new year messages have been placed together on the Guardian's front page. Compare their negotiating positions...