Nick_G
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Yes I posted that link a few days back. Uncomfortable reading for some I'm sure.
Oh Britain, what have you done (part XXII)?
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Yes I posted that link a few days back. Uncomfortable reading for some I'm sure.
Nick_G
pfm Member
LOL! Newsthump hits the nail on the head:
http://newsthump.com/2017/10/13/cri...-crime-after-movement-gains-religious-status/
http://newsthump.com/2017/10/13/cri...-crime-after-movement-gains-religious-status/
MVV
pfm Member
...and another here:
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...ll-join-conservatives-to-block-no-deal-brexit
Our 'leaders' may be finally waking up to the fact that they have a responsibility and a duty of care to their constituents that goes beyond their own narrow self interest.
jackbarron
Chelsea, London
Excellent.
Im delighted at the revelation that Brexit will become a religion, as I quite like the idea of stoning the Brexit-blasphemers until they are dead.
Especially that smug prick Lionel in the pub who keeps using facts and research to make my belief system look ridiculous.
Jack
FireMoon
pfm Member
All government departments would have to have some sort of contingency paper/plan for such a decision. One of the truly outrageously corrupt places we find ourselves in is, the PM negotiating in effect on behalf of her spouse's business interests above that of the country. Mr May has a huge share portfolio that includes Bayrock etc G4S and the Tories will undoubtedly try to replace the umpteen thousand extra civil servants needed in case of brexit with on the cheap badly trained G4S personnel.
Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
It's called optimism. I can understand why you might not recognise it, it's a rare commodity in this place.
Still
he said his naim was ralph
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lsinclair
pfm Member
It's called optimism. I can understand why you might not recognise it, it's a rare commodity in this place.
I’m optimistic - I think ‘no deal’ might be rejected by the Commons when they are asked to vote on it.
MVV
pfm Member
Bloptimism which is a bit like botulism; you go to bed all cosy having 'taken back control', wake up paralysed, realise the bully beef sandwich was a mistake and slowly die in agony.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new.../4527915/Army-says-goodbye-to-bully-beef.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new.../4527915/Army-says-goodbye-to-bully-beef.html
Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
Brexit is a traincrash however it's delivered and whoever is driving it.
TBH, blind optimism is all we have left.
MVV
pfm Member
You do have to wonder if this is the plan. Screw the talks up so badly that Parliament blocks it and blame the EU and assorted enemies of the people.
Works quite well; the less lunatic brexiteers get to save face, the Conservative party avoid carrying the can, voters can say 'we was robbed, it would have been fine', UKIP get their jobs back and everyone can pretend it never happened and carry on as before. Ohwer'e off to sunny Spain vivaespania! Bloody foreigners coming over here straightening our bananas, etc, etc.
Works quite well; the less lunatic brexiteers get to save face, the Conservative party avoid carrying the can, voters can say 'we was robbed, it would have been fine', UKIP get their jobs back and everyone can pretend it never happened and carry on as before. Ohwer'e off to sunny Spain vivaespania! Bloody foreigners coming over here straightening our bananas, etc, etc.
Still
he said his naim was ralph
Absolutely. If ever there was a time for blind optimism it is now.
merlin
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It's called optimism. I can understand why you might not recognise it, it's a rare commodity in this place.
Were you optimistic that Nigel and Boris could just lead us away and we could start spending that £350m on our NHS in time for the winter crisis Seeker?
Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
No. Even thick old me knew it was a load of hoop.
My comment was aimed at the "Is it me or is everything going to shit? I hope there'll be insurrection." vibe that permeates this place.
notaclue
pfm Member
We are engaged in the treacherous (soon-to-be) crime of "talking down Britain".
Anyway, I'm afraid the news just doesn't get any better...
"Britain is £490billion poorer than thought and no longer has any reserve of net foreign assets to help protect against any damage to the economy from Brexit.
The revision to the national accounts in the ONSs so-called Blue Book means that the UKs net international investment position has collapsed from a surplus of £469bn to a net deficit of £22bn - equivalent to a quarter of GDP.
The revised figures show the country owns far fewer international assets and owes far more to foreign investors than previously thought.
Half a trillion pounds has gone missing, said Mark Capleton, the UK rates strategist at Bank of America."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...reveal-uk-490bn-poorer/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw
TheDecameron
Unicorns fart glitter.
As March 2019 approaches, I'd recommend blind drunk instead. Hammond, god bless him- if he's still politically above ground, might knock 5p off a pint of beer in the Spring budget to ease the pain.
..and it's official! Dig For Victory-
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...be-avoided-if-no-brexit-claims-chris-grayling
We're going to grow our way out of trouble.
lsinclair
pfm Member
Relax - when the £350m a week starts rolling in well have that sorted in 25 years.
richardg
Admonishtrator
Holy smoke and mirrors! Who's been doing the books, Tesco?
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