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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    How odd that the government has suddenly announced the fortification of flour with folic acid? Folic acid to be added to flour in effort to reduce serious birth defects Ministers reject food industry objections in major U-turn over compulsory fortification This has been discussed for...
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    Giant Evo display fogging up

    Much appreciated the update - please keep doing so (sorry OP!).
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    So all MPs, at least those who have not been remainers throughout, and possibly others such as leave campaign organisers, say they are sorry. Then what? Do they all resign? Do we have hundreds of by-elections? A general election? And who would be in the running? Surely not those who had to...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Brexit bounty... Millions to lose £52 a week with universal credit, report shows Pressure on chancellor to announce increase in benefit funds in budget Of course, also needed to pay an extra £60,000 to judges to improve their morale. (What happens to the morale of a person struggling...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Is it possible?
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The same Chuck Norris that Wiki says this about: Carlos Ray Norris (born March 10, 1940) is an American martial artist, actor, film producer and screenwriter. After serving in the United States Air Force, he competed as a martial artist who won many championships, and has since founded his own...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Since when were manifesto commitments adhered to with a religious zeal regardless that though they always were nonsensical, that has now become obvious like a lighthouse on a pitch black night?
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Agree - the blame is absolutely not with the EU and I didn’t mean my response to imply that at all.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Just why should anyone in the UK accept any limitation within the UK's borders? Not content with depriving us of the four freedoms vis-à-vis the 27, are we to also have additional limits imposed inside our own borders? Even if the limit is that there needs to be some sort of documentation...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Brexit is a turkey, but ... Brexit blamed for price rise for Christmas turkeys Fall in pound and uncertainty has led to farmers paying more to attract or retain EU workers
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    They need to be PURGED
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Getting onto the really serious issues now! From rail safety to Spotify access: the key no-deal Brexit notices We look at the areas likely to be most affected by fallout from Britain crashing out of the EU...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    By Jove! I think I've got it. Watch NI, W and S leave the UK. Rename England (slightly) as the English Union. They can be in the EU and out of the EU at the same time!
  14. oyster

    Windy but it's not that windy?

    I did cycle in to work - wished I hadn't bother with waterproofs - only a handful of drops. More concerned about going home. Gusting 66 apparently at the moment. Added: Also cycled home. One hell of a lot windier and quite a lot of rain. But it felt surprisingly good.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Bad news We are the only country in the World to NEED a Suicide Minister.
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Didn't know Chris Morris had been taken to the Supreme Court?
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I find it inconceivable that 12 weeks is adequate as both a punishment and, what is so often touted, a deterrent. Possibly we should bring back banishment? If it is good enough for innocent Windrush scandal people, and that has been the effect of the policies implemented if not in name, it...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Would have saved a fortune if we'd bought the Sukhoi Su-34 ;)
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Just saw this ridiculous story! How much time, money and effort are going into this fiasco? Irish cheesemaker stockpiling cheddar in case of no-deal Brexit Ornua, owner of Kerrygold and Pilgrims Choice brands, says it is preparing for uncertainty Lisa O'Carroll in Dublin Of the 200,000...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    No no no Don't it always seem to go, That you don't know what you've got Til its gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot Second Kent motorway is possible post-Brexit lorry park M26 earmarked as holding lane for HGVs if customs checks into EU become necessary Work has started on...