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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. I would thought that the answer to 2 was obvious.. white, very short hair and union jack flag tattoos.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ... Surely by relays of flying fish, those submarines are under the water and pidgeons don't like water .. really!!! Please be realistic.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. well certainly not againstst those retaliatory nuclear strikes . But the logic of the need to write the thing on goat or calve skin in advance of the meeting escapes me. I f you want to preserve a record of what was said for historical accuracy , would it not make sense to transcript after...
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    Looking for perfect commuter..

    .. the slightly cheaper Motus has dereilliur and there is a more expensive one with hub gears. . Last year they were listed at the same price but now I think the hub geared one is 200 extra. The bosch active line motor is fine for ordinary commuting in my opinion. A nice feature of the Bosch's...
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    still not to sure what to make of bosch ebike system

    ... I take that as no apology then?.. otherwise fair comment.
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    still not to sure what to make of bosch ebike system

    Shame,Shame on you gubbins, this thread had all the makings of one to rival the Brexit one and there you go , using facts and common sense. Look at all the topics you have nipped in the bud, we were only getting started on orthopedics and biomechanics, we had only a few entries on muscle fibre...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ... No as I stated a few times before the letter was sent, once A50 triggered the UK is no longer in the driving seat . That is why I made the suggestion last week that the EU as an act of humanity , petition the ECJ to have the previous letter set aside, on the grounds that there is now no...
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    Looking for perfect commuter..

    ... Here I will again sound like a broken record... Look at the Raliegh Motus. Perfect for your distance 6 miles in broken London traffic, probably 35 minutes commute... , And save 1500 . Get it fitted with panniers and get slime filled tubes and when the tyres eventually wear out replace with...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. thank you for your comments, which are appreciated, however I am not sure references to blinkered and colonists is particularly helpful in the context of a population both sides that have had a seige mentality for many decades. Under those conditions populations will become inward...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Oh dear does that mean that next weeks headline will be" cyclists to blame for London bridge killings ". I don't think in fairness Boris should be castigated for a decision made 10 years ago
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    A .. I have no need to refer to websites to recall the last 50 years, I lived it. So no neither did I refer to those incidences of where the Miami showband were slaughtered or the assassination attempt on Bernedette Devlin, foiled only by a British soldier with medical expertise, or the...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. as another citizen of Ireland, I would hope that we can leave much of this morass of murder, corruption behind us. Neither side.. IRA and it's fellow travellers, INLA, etc or the loyalist murder gangs , UVF, UDA etc , or the British security forces involved have a proud record. There were...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. which part of not gaining overall control can be termed " winning. " The Tories lost significantly more seats than they had , Th Labour party gained significantly more seats than they had going into the election, the difference between overall winning control was 2500 votes or 250 volts ...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ... Define weak . Modern countries have effective civil services , the role of ministers primarily is to be a citizens control on these services. .. army, police, taxation etc. . Strong government is not necessarily good governance. Robust state institutions leads to good governance, when...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ... According to the tally's of those who do these things , had labour achieved 2500 extra votes in specific key constituancies, they would have had an over all majority, similarly had the Tories achieved an extra 250 votes in others they would have had their majority. So making absurd claims...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Irrespective of how well they are organised, without the numbers they are ineffective... she doesn't have to do that, with her group, which apparently ran a successful campaign against the instructions of the central party, she now has clout. She can simply declare herself the Scottish...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ... The comments by Ruth Davidson of the Scottish cons , give hope of rational Brexit negotiations. There is no way that even if she joined with the southern cons , and with the support of the DUP that the hard Brexit deal has a chance of surviving.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ... The Tories probably assume that the DUP are the same as the unionists or as they were the Ulster unionist party. There uup, of which there are now no members in the UK parliament, were indeed very similar in outlook and makeup to the traditional Tories.. landowners, rural, or if urban...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. nope... I guess your comment is tongue in cheek but the border poll and simultaneous referendum in the ROI is as formal as it gets ...international treaties, lodged with UN etc. Carrying on this train of thought.. the DUP were the only party who did not agree with the Belfast agreement...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .... Let me be very bold here... The pact with the DUP and Tories only works because SF and it's predecessor have a policy since 1919 of abstaining from taking their seats in Westminster. They have now no difficulty in taking their seats in the Irish Dail , once also subject to the same...