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  1. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Or a UKvision contest, bagpipes and harps prominent. :( .
  2. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That's funny from Boris, considering he was the one who navigated the SS Brexit onto the rocks. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The Galileo satellite navigation network, operating now but around a year before it reaches highest resolution. We've been contributing to it's installation but will have ongoing payments to use it at its best in each subsequent year. . .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That's about £2000 per income tax payer in the UK, but of course they won't be paying the bill. London with 13% of the UK population pays 33% of the total tax take, so will probably pay £17 billions of the bill and on past record is resilient enough to be able to do that. Whether the rest of...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And the applications for German citizenship by UK nationals has surged by 361%. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes, it amounts to a 7% nett loss, no more than the drop we all suffered due to the 2008 recession. Most have bounced back from that and so will the EU from this new reduction. .
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    Throttle question - again!

    If, as I suspect, the Swytch kit is being fitted to an old ordinary bike, it will be illegal to have a throttle. That's because you will be creating a new pedelec, regardless of it having old constituents. If the Swytch kit is replacing an existing motor system on an early e-bike, you could...
  8. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I agree, I'm dreading the next six months of dreary obsession with a royal couple. I'm sure Theresa May is absolutely delighted with both the news items you mention, anything that gets the media off her as a subject is welcome from her point of view. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    David Davis would be likely, Boris Johnson isn't well positioned enough at present. If they had any sense though they'd choose one of their upcoming young members, fresh blood to bring new inspiration. .
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    Rubbee X Introduction

    No problem, a two part mudguard can easily be stayed with cross links between the front and rear section stays. There are mudguard kit parts available from bike part specialists like St Johns Cycles. The Viking friction drive bikes of a few years back used two part rear mudguards: .
  11. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Only as a temporary sticking plaster. The arguments against are exactly the same as those against our leaving the EU, the clue being in the word peasant. A poor and declining future. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Enlarging the UK as the peasant's republic on the fringe of Europe. Some solution! .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    A little bit better than just hope I think, their potential to split into two parties is more evident now than ever before. If Brexit goes sour as I'm sure it will, that split could actually happen as the majority moderate Remainer faction distance themselves from those who caused their...
  14. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The Referendum and its Brexit outcome does have a good aspect though. It's done more damage to the Conservative Party than anything else in my lifetime, and will do much more yet. It could even become terminal. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes, here's some detail It was that Thatcher woman again. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Trouble is that the European Parliament decisions have to be referred to the EU Council for approval. Catch 22. .
  17. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It would already be the best of 3: 1975 Remain 2016 Leave 2017/8 Remain So it's 2 to 1 Remain .
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    Dowsing for Water

    But surely Dowsing is how the Welsh border is found? That would account for how it's continuously changed ever since the Romans left. ;) .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes, another billion should do it, though once the DUP realise they are virtual billions they might kick up. .