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  1. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Other than MPs at the top of the movement, no they weren't. Overwhelmingly Leave voters did not mention uncontrolled, the mantra was always "cut immigration". .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    But: We had to pay PSA almost 10% of their investment to keep it going. The vans will all switch to PSA's Peugeot platform and engines which are already made in the mainland EU, making it easy to close Luton at any time afterwards. Luton only has a one year guarantee, the rest is just hope...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I didn't say you did. Brexiters were overwhelmingly for cutting immigration. You are the one now spinning by being selective about their occupations. Immigrants are still immigrants, whatever their occupation. And as for narrow viewpoint, that's rich coming from a Brexiter, the very...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Well done Brexiters, so this is your version of the mythical £360 millions a week to the NHS: We stop paying into the EU and spend the money on salaries bringing in the immigrants you want to keep out. .
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    BBC children in need

    Ideal, direct help where it's needed from every penny given. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Prices slashed and an even worse obesity epidemic? .
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    BBC children in need

    Most of the larger ones are unfortunately. A high proportion of incumbents make their careers in charity, making career moves between those organisations. Whilst presumably on a suitable skills basis, this does tend to define the sector as business. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I don't know, followed the laws but never interested in following the family. Perhaps rule bending to avoid embarrassment since we seemed to have become short of suitable successors at times, as witness our German/Greek extended royal family. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Here's an interesting development. Russian friends the Chinese have arrested the head of Interpol on corruption charges. Now the predicted replacement to head up Interpol is a senior interior ministry Russian, Alexander Prokopchuk. Maybe he'll investigate the Salisbury poisoning. :D .
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    Protecting Battery Terminals Against Corrosion

    Vaseline also works if you already have it. Long ago it was a preferred option for this purpose. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It's probably a leftover of primogeniture, particularly the Absolute Primogeniture act of 1772 which only allowed a male to succeed to the throne and was in force until 1925. Then we reverted to the primogeniture that the Normans introduced in 1066, male preference. That was changed in 2013 to...
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    What is the best lightweight Ebike to buy?

    Perhaps an outdoor 13 amp socket. A single outlet spur without source fuse wired from an existing ring main socket is within the current regulations. But only one socket on the spur. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Link to this item .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    All the hot air emanating from Westminster, Brussels and Paris contributing to global warming? .
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    halfords ebikes seem to have had a price hike?

    To offset the Black Friday discounts perhaps? Gotta do something to keep the shareholders happy! .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    So pedelecs is even more deviously cunning than we suspected. :( .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It's usually the source that locks the copyright image, so in this case perhaps pedelecs protecting its own. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That's the UK as the 51st US state. So much for regaining control. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    True, a poll has shown a big swing to Remain from their very marginal referendum Leave vote. Wales is now decidedly Remain, leaving only England in the UK wishing to Brexit. Thinks, how about a coup? Scotland, Ireland and Wales banding together and throwing England out of the UK? ;) .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    If you ask people in England if they are worried about Scotland or NI leaving the UK because of anything, I can guess their reply. Polls a few years back showed they'd be happy about them being outside the Kingdom. It's one reason why the government quickly ruled out a national vote on...