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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Under water? :) Merci, M. Cousteau
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Might not be as overt as other organisations, but absolutely it has a political dimension. It is simply impossible to have a trade organisation without such a dimension.
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Any trade deal which comes about from the queue that formed will very likely be primarily to their advantage (other countries/organisations), not ours.
  4. oyster

    eMTB owners photo and ride thread.

    There is another one which now claims 60,000 lumens. :)
  5. oyster

    eMTB owners photo and ride thread.

    How long will it run at 53,000 lumens? Long enough to unlock, switch on and mount your bike on a dark night?
  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Could Banksy be the answer? Let him frame Article 50...
  7. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And even before it has been agreed, let alone happened, we are getting lots of bad things happen. Like loss of the European Medicines Agency. There are many people from the EU living in the UK who have felt increasing pressure on their lives. All decisions about the future are confused and...
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes - nasty epithets have been all too common throughout and applied in both directions. I disagree strongly with those who voted for brexit. Even if leaving the EU were right, those who were promoting it and leading the campaign seem deeply flawed to me. But I am certainly not out to hurl...
  9. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Your interpretation that this applies only to the groups named is itself simplistic. Universal Soldier doesn't only apply to people of two specific heights: He's five foot-two, and he's six feet-four
  10. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    After Plaid Cymru talking about wanting to remain and the possibility of independence, we see SNP as below. Looks to me as if brexit is, as predicted, causing major doubt about the viability of the UK remaining in existence - let alone in the EU. SNP could back second Brexit referendum tied...
  11. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Aha! Ignorant of Chilean politics, now I see why this has happened this year - and not last. Sebastián Piñera Only the first billionaire president of Chile. And: Piñera's victory meant a shift towards the right, breaking two-decades of center-left political leadership and becoming the first...
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Of course, Chile wouldn't be trying to get the UK on-side in its continuing disputes with Bolivia, Peru and (I think to a lesser extent) Argentina? When I was at school "two" was more than "one". What is the other one? As for "already", weren't most of the countries of the world supposed to be...
  13. oyster

    Dogshit proof mudguards

    That is what I fitted - and I really never think about it. It is just there and does its job. Got SKS Shockboard Front and, similarly, never think about that either.
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The slightly hidden side. May secretly woos key Labour MPs to back her Brexit deal Senior Tories press ‘national interest’ case for supporting PM to avoid no-deal outcome Theresa May has drawn up plans for a secret charm offensive aimed at persuading dozens of Labour MPs to back her Brexit...
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Millionaire refuses to take down '******* to Brexit' poster Council tells Pimlico Plumbers founder he must apply for planning consent for sign Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/oct/05/millionaire-refuses-take-down-*******-brexit-poster
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And for those of us without family?
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    If you were a jockey you’d be banned for excessive use of crop.
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Good to see JC getting a grip... https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2018/oct/04/melania-trump-and-a-lego-bugatti-thursdays-top-photos#img-2
  19. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    There are those who would argue that far from being worth even £1, the cost to the country of his ego and rant is far far more than even he would ever be paid.
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Was he an immigrant? ;) You know, with a name like that...