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It's all verv well for you living in spacious, sparsely populated Scotland, but in densely populated towns and cities a large excess of cats and dogs is a really serious problem, often for those animals as much as for the humans. And judging by the rat infestation problems in large towns and...

Now you are just being silly. I'm sure you know as well as most of us that the EU has clearly stated from the outset that we cannot leave with a better deal than we have already. As Danidl and I have stated no link is necessary for such a widely known fact, you might as well ask for link to...

Also a menace at times since it can be a very persistent problem relating to one spot. Pet ownership really needs more legislative control: Dogs should be subject to compulsory chipping and registration. Each household subject to a two dog limit for registration. Dog owners should require an...

That would be difficult, Danidl lives in the RoI and I live in South London! I do have London-Irish friends though. :) .

Dog ownership is an epidemic in this country now. Not content with one, many people have two, three, four of more, ensuring their natural pack behaviour puts then even more out of control. Even more ridiculous are that many of those owners don't even walk their dogs, paying professional dog...

As amply demonstrated, no source necessary. No cloud cuckoo land here, just acknowledgment of what we do know. That is the EU's insistence that we leave with less than we had, and the logic that they cannot depart from that. .

No statement needed. If you believe we will have payment free access to trade with the EU without being a member while others are paying for it, you really are living in some sort of cloud cuckoo land. Wouldn't many of the other 26 immediately demand the same? The EU's fundamental absolute...

Premature. You're forgetting that we will be paying annually for trade access, just like Norway for example. And you were wrong in that earlier post in saying it looks like a hard Brexit. A decidely soft one has just been indicated by the negotiations. .

Just to avoid any future misunderstanding, there are two with the name Stevew in this forum, the new one with a stop between steve and w. The long standing Stevew has posted well over a hundred times, is a keen cyclist and for a while ran a mobile cycle repair business. I wouldn't like to see...

Capital letters for Merry Christmas but not for the happy new year. Does that mean you think things are going to go downhill from January on Steve? ;) .

As a cyclist I did get one shot dead by its owner, so a small victory. Of course the antipathy is both ways, numerous dogs chase cyclists with murderous intent, and that's why the one above was shot. .

It amuses me that Brexiters seem satisfied with the outcome of the first stage of the Brexit talks when they have so obviously lost yet again. To explain: The War over Europe Ever since we joined the Common Market in 1973, the anti-Europeans (now called Leavers) in our population have been at...

I suppose that's an appropriate response in the age when virtual reality became possible. .

The facts as currently known are that the conclusions just reached in Brussels are not definitely not what Brexiters wanted. They wanted closed UK borders, full UK sovereignty and no departure bill. They've lost all three, that's fact. .

Of course Michel Barnier would say that, it's the official position, but it doesn't match the actuality of what was conceded by the UK. He's too good a diplomat to stir up Brexiters by highlighting the UK concessions. As for Gisela Stuart's comments, it's just her opinions. How is an open...

There's nothing alternative about that preventing the outcome I proposed will happen. There are some simple facts that Brexiters like yourself like to ignore: The provisional agreement on the Irish border and no Irish Sea red lines means we are potentially in an open market with the EU...

Not special sand, just ordinary sand use in building etc. During the program it was mentioned the amount of sand used annually was the equivalent to that used if a concrete wall 20 metres tall and 20 metres thick were built around the equator. Since you can't receive the i-player, here's the...

But we shouldn't just blame the motor industry and governments, the most guilty of all are us. While you are obviously right about having better public transport instead, I'm pleased that I've lived through an era when I could own one and sometimes two cars, a pickup, a motorbike, and enjoy the...

Yes, the Irish Times is the only one that got to the core of our position. Some say it's soft Brexit, but it isn't even that since the whole UK is remaining in the customs union and single market, without attaching those names. Basically we already match the EU requirements, and regulatory...

The truth is as I posted earlier, we are effectively staying in the single market and customs union, that is what today's agreement was about. No hard border in Ireland and none in the Irish sea means that has to be the case. Theresa May's insistence on the opposite is just playing for time...