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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Which bit of the GRU got the funding together for this? In line for Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle the First-Called The chosen one? The new film that claims Trump's election was an act of God Harriet Sherwood in Lynchburg, Virginia It was, everyone agreed, a miracle. The unexpected...
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Who'd have thunk it? Top story: Auditors reveal increased EU spending Hello – it’s Warren Murray rounding up the news this morning. It will be around £39bn, the government has insisted, but in reality the Brexit “divorce bill” might rise due to tens of billions of euros in spending...
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Seems quite obvious from where we are now that Russian involvement in the USA wasn't for a specific policy end - but to undermine everything the country can do. Divide the population. Reduce credibility across the globe. It doesn't matter one whit if some of DT's policies are directly...
  4. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Ah - some nice French confit de canard. What an excellent idea. :)
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    So, I ask, what are you going to put in your brexit stockpile? Tesco could stockpile food after Christmas to prepare for no-deal Brexit Supermarket CEO warns capacity for storing fresh food for UK would be ‘very, very limited’ Tesco is set to take action after Christmas to fend off food...
  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    She probably misunderstood the advice given. They meant she should be drinking Putin's health with a large Dancing Queen in her hand. (A drink made with one part Stolichnaya Oranj and one part cranberry juice. Garnish with lemon.)
  7. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    In these days of megamillion information leaks from facebook (and many others), of third-degree interrogation of anyone who wants to open a bank account, of having to multiply prove identity to solicitors, accountants, even GPs, just why can these donors expect anonymity? And how can it be...
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Is that a threat or a promise? (Not that you could believe either.)
  9. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Speaking to MEPs in Strasbourg, Timmermans said he was astonished by the failure in the UK to see the importance of EU membership to keeping the peace in Northern Ireland. The former Dutch foreign minister told MEPs: “How is it possible that people coming from the UK maintain that there is no...
  10. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes, as a prop when this headline gets re-run: Boris Johnson's water cannon farce reveals why he will never be prime minister http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2015/07/16/boris-johnson-s-water-cannon-farce-reveals-why-he-will-never
  11. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I had - mainly because I got bored. :)
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    In all humility, my arse. Johnson listed his achievements as mayor of London, a reminder to colleagues of his ability to win over a predominantly liberal electorate, and a retort to the chancellor, Philip Hammond, who had suggested his greatest success to date had been the “Boris bike”...
  13. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    With the brexit bonus we won't need tax cuts. Will we? ;)
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Like constipation treated by laxatives? "No, you are no longer constipated. But you have to take this laxative every six hours. And it is never going to be quite the same as when you had free movement."
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Just who do you think would buy the DUP? However far down river. (Unless they still have the odd 100 million or so in their back pockets.)
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Interestingly different rules in (North) Macedonia re referendums: Macedonian PM issues ultimatum in name-change battle Zoran Zaev tells opposition MPs to back proposal or he will call early election With all results in on Monday, the state electoral commission announced that voter...
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Work expenses??? We don’t all get MP expenses! Legit or not.
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    A good Brexit is like Narnia, Middle Earth, Shanrgi-La, Neverland. Can never exist. And when you read about these places, somehow people aren't burdened with making money and the daily grind. UK manufacturers cut spending plans as Brexit fears rise Only one-third of companies expecting to...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    'I am not allowed not to agree': Julie Girling on being a remain Tory MEP Jennifer Rankin in Brussels Expelled, MEP reveals deeper estrangement from a party that has mostly embraced Brexit
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I wouldn't be at all surprised if any other countries which just might have been possible leavers have taken a look at the shambles and realised that they do not want the same sort mess in their country.