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And now... Sports minister resigns over chancellor's delay to gambling curb Tracey Crouch launched review that cut fixed-odds betting terminal stakes from £100 maximum to £2 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/01/sports-minister-resigns-over-chancellors-delay-to-gambling-curb

What is the current legal status of the Leave EU mob (as in the headed paper of the letter in the screenshot)?

Regarding the slogan in the picture below: And you believed them? Brexit: EU fishing row threatens to snag May’s customs union plan Key countries unwilling to cede tariff-free access to EU without deal on fishing in British waters A British fishing boat in Brixham...

And not before time: Arron Banks faces criminal inquiry over Brexit campaign NCA launches investigation into Banks and others linked to £2.9m spent by leave campaign The National Crime Agency has launched an investigation into Arron Banks and other people and groups linked to the leave...

I await Danidl's opinion on an M1 checkpoint.

But having the EU effectively impose their will on the UK is precisely what the remain camp have been insisting is NOT acceptable. So just how is this bizarre and, to my mind, seemingly impossible one-way system going to solve the acceptability issue? The more extreme remainers, who really want...

Unfortunately, I think that great-grandmother having been Irish doesn't provide this option to me: Brexit: Irish passport applications from British have surged since EU referendum, figures show Over 44,900 applications received in first six months of 2018 - compared with 46,000 in whole of 2015...

Which means that we have no control whatsoever on EU products coming into the UK. Anyone can duck by using the NI border. The more we wish to diverge from the EU, the more incentive there might be to do that.

Sports Direct worry me on many grounds. They have sat there acquiring and acquiring over the years - and still are. How come they have the wherewithal to do so? They must, surely, be approaching or in the area of being a dominant player? That is, they will be in a position not just to compete...

EU prepares for a no-deal Brexit amid lack of progress on talks EU seminars will cover citizens’ rights, transport, border controls and financial services

There is a thread about this started by soundwave. http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/sports-direct-to-close-evans-cycles-stores-in-rescue-deal.32999/ (Thread might be a bit of a grand term given there is currently only the original post.)

And I thought it meant that a town in Kent was going to become part of the EU while the rest of the UK left! How dumb can I be. :oops:

How about a warmer based on chemical reaction rather than electricity? I can imagine something like the one linked below - perhaps round and pops into the handlebar? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zippo-Re-Useable-Hand-Warmer/dp/B0136IHOS8

Can't blame the Guardian for not reporting negatives about no-deal. No-deal Brexit would trigger lengthy UK recession, warns S&P Credit agency warns of property price falls, unemployment doubling and inflation spiking in latest grim forecast Britain’s economy will suffer rising...

Even the minister doesn't know how... Employers must check EU nationals' right to work, says minister Caroline Nokes tells MPs firms will have to check eligibility after a no-deal Brexit – but does not know how...

More the Crazy Paving of England.

Get the Vogons in...

I found this Guardian piece both interesting and pertinent: The new 50p has echoes of the first, disastrous Brexit Charlotte Higgins This won’t be the first time a British coin has celebrated a schism with the rest of Europe...

And talking of going back in time, chocolate goes back a further 1500 years... https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/29/origin-of-chocolate-shifts-1400-miles-and-1500-years-cacao-ecuador

It wasn't the EU that invoked Article 50, was it? Flights could be disrupted after Brexit, Chris Grayling admits Transport secretary says EU would be to blame for any turmoil for not starting talks Flights could be disrupted after Brexit, the transport secretary has admitted, but he said...