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  • RobD said:

    Scott_P said:

    RobD said:

    I don’t think either side wants to do less business.

    But that is "the will of the people"
    The will of the people was to leave the EU. ;)
    ...and about twenty others things as well according to many ardent Leavers.

    They know the mind of the electorate by some strange kind of nationalistic voodoo that was inherited from the Celts... or the Danes...or the Saxons, or the Spanish, or some other immigrant/invader population
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    I was under the impression they were going to release the details today, but not so.
  • Meanwhile Raab says we need to be true to our commitment to the Northern Ireland backstop and he hopes it won't ever come into effect but if it does it should be for a "very finite short period".
  • RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,700
    edited September 2018

    Meanwhile Raab says we need to be true to our commitment to the Northern Ireland backstop and he hopes it won't ever come into effect but if it does it should be for a "very finite short period".

    We’re selling out the Orangemen.

    Hurrah.
  • Should that be "Splitting News"?
  • Bike sharing firm Mobike is to pull out of Manchester after losing 10% of its cycles each month to theft and vandalism.

    The Chinese firm said too many had been stolen, dumped in canals and bins, had locks hacked off or been set on fire.

    Manchester has become the only city among 200 worldwide to lose the service because of persistent crime.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-45422065

    SAD...
  • RobDRobD Posts: 59,936

    RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    It'd become democratically essential when a party was elected with a commitment to hold a new referendum.
  • TykejohnnoTykejohnno Posts: 7,362

    RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    Cameron had to win a GE before we had a chance of the EU referendum so I would say a political party would have to do the same for a second referendum

    It's called real votes.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 37,389

    Jonathan Freedland gets to the heart of the Labour anti-Semitism row here:

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/05/jewish-concern-corbyn-israel-palestine-antisemitism-ihra

    comments were being allowed but the Guardian mod is closing them any minute... the reaction best summed up by one cultist

    olly potts 7m ago

    Blown out of all proportion. We enlighted people know what this is really about. And most of us know coybrn has not got a racist bone in his body.
    My favourite comment on another CIF thread was from a Corbynite which said roughly

    ‘Corbyn and his supporters don’t have a racist bone in their body that’s why we know the Jews are behind the smears against Corbyn’
    My favourite was the one who phoned Ian Dale, and explained that no one in the Labour Party hated Jews, but they all hated Zionists; that Zionists controlled most Western governments and the banks; that the creation of the State of Israel was the worst crime ever committed against humanity.
  • stodgestodge Posts: 13,910

    poll Euro elections France party lists

    Macron 20% - En Mache
    Lepen 17% - Rassemblement Nationale
    Sarkozy's lot 15 % - La droite Republicaine
    french corbynites 14 % - La France Insoumise
    socialistes - 6 %

    I imagine Macron will run again in 2022 if he wants to and Marine Le Pen will be the FN candidate again. Vauquiez will presumably run for Les Republicians but I've no idea who will run for the Left (doubt it will be Hamon or Melanchon).

  • Sean_F said:

    Jonathan Freedland gets to the heart of the Labour anti-Semitism row here:

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/05/jewish-concern-corbyn-israel-palestine-antisemitism-ihra

    comments were being allowed but the Guardian mod is closing them any minute... the reaction best summed up by one cultist

    olly potts 7m ago

    Blown out of all proportion. We enlighted people know what this is really about. And most of us know coybrn has not got a racist bone in his body.
    My favourite comment on another CIF thread was from a Corbynite which said roughly

    ‘Corbyn and his supporters don’t have a racist bone in their body that’s why we know the Jews are behind the smears against Corbyn’
    My favourite was the one who phoned Ian Dale, and explained that no one in the Labour Party hated Jews, but they all hated Zionists; that Zionists controlled most Western governments and the banks; that the creation of the State of Israel was the worst crime ever committed against humanity.
    The new improved Labour Party, now with added nuts.
  • stodge said:

    poll Euro elections France party lists

    Macron 20% - En Mache
    Lepen 17% - Rassemblement Nationale
    Sarkozy's lot 15 % - La droite Republicaine
    french corbynites 14 % - La France Insoumise
    socialistes - 6 %

    I imagine Macron will run again in 2022 if he wants to and Marine Le Pen will be the FN candidate again. Vauquiez will presumably run for Les Republicians but I've no idea who will run for the Left (doubt it will be Hamon or Melanchon).

    I thought there was talk of the FN going with the younger Le Pen, that is far less tainted with dodgy connections?
  • RobD said:

    RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    It'd become democratically essential when a party was elected with a commitment to hold a new referendum.
    A fine principle.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 37,389

    stodge said:

    poll Euro elections France party lists

    Macron 20% - En Mache
    Lepen 17% - Rassemblement Nationale
    Sarkozy's lot 15 % - La droite Republicaine
    french corbynites 14 % - La France Insoumise
    socialistes - 6 %

    I imagine Macron will run again in 2022 if he wants to and Marine Le Pen will be the FN candidate again. Vauquiez will presumably run for Les Republicians but I've no idea who will run for the Left (doubt it will be Hamon or Melanchon).

    I thought there was talk of the FN going with the younger Le Pen, that is far less tainted with dodgy connections?
    The younger Le Pen is far more hardline, though.
  • Sean_F said:

    Jonathan Freedland gets to the heart of the Labour anti-Semitism row here:

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/05/jewish-concern-corbyn-israel-palestine-antisemitism-ihra

    comments were being allowed but the Guardian mod is closing them any minute... the reaction best summed up by one cultist

    olly potts 7m ago

    Blown out of all proportion. We enlighted people know what this is really about. And most of us know coybrn has not got a racist bone in his body.
    My favourite comment on another CIF thread was from a Corbynite which said roughly

    ‘Corbyn and his supporters don’t have a racist bone in their body that’s why we know the Jews are behind the smears against Corbyn’
    My favourite was the one who phoned Ian Dale, and explained that no one in the Labour Party hated Jews, but they all hated Zionists; that Zionists controlled most Western governments and the banks; that the creation of the State of Israel was the worst crime ever committed against humanity.
    I always ‘liked’ the comment that said the holocaust was almost certainly faked but if it happened well The Jews deserved it.

    What is it about Jews that drives people mad?
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,413
    stodge said:

    poll Euro elections France party lists

    Macron 20% - En Mache
    Lepen 17% - Rassemblement Nationale
    Sarkozy's lot 15 % - La droite Republicaine
    french corbynites 14 % - La France Insoumise
    socialistes - 6 %

    I imagine Macron will run again in 2022 if he wants to and Marine Le Pen will be the FN candidate again. Vauquiez will presumably run for Les Republicians but I've no idea who will run for the Left (doubt it will be Hamon or Melanchon).

    I put the chances of a second round vote Macron vs Melenchon as 20%

    Lepen has stalled but Melenchon is still gaining votes. The PS looks as if its had it. If it does get to Macron v Melenchon that could be a tight second round
  • Bike sharing firm Mobike is to pull out of Manchester after losing 10% of its cycles each month to theft and vandalism.

    The Chinese firm said too many had been stolen, dumped in canals and bins, had locks hacked off or been set on fire.

    Manchester has become the only city among 200 worldwide to lose the service because of persistent crime.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-45422065

    SAD...

    Not sure but who is the Mayor
  • RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    We won’t have a another referendum.

    If we Rejoin it’ll be via a manifesto commitment to Rejoin.

    A Sovereign Parliament and all that jazz.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 48,749

    Meanwhile Raab says we need to be true to our commitment to the Northern Ireland backstop and he hopes it won't ever come into effect but if it does it should be for a "very finite short period".

    We’re selling out the Orangemen.

    Hurrah.
    Limbo Brexit...
  • stodge said:

    poll Euro elections France party lists

    Macron 20% - En Mache
    Lepen 17% - Rassemblement Nationale
    Sarkozy's lot 15 % - La droite Republicaine
    french corbynites 14 % - La France Insoumise
    socialistes - 6 %

    I imagine Macron will run again in 2022 if he wants to and Marine Le Pen will be the FN candidate again. Vauquiez will presumably run for Les Republicians but I've no idea who will run for the Left (doubt it will be Hamon or Melanchon).

    I put the chances of a second round vote Macron vs Melenchon as 20%

    Lepen has stalled but Melenchon is still gaining votes. The PS looks as if its had it. If it does get to Macron v Melenchon that could be a tight second round
    Macron v Melenchon would in many ways resemble Thatcher v Foot. A far-left Eurosceptic ideologue versus a divisive, high-octane reformer.
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,413

    RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    We won’t have a another referendum.

    If we Rejoin it’ll be via a manifesto commitment to Rejoin.

    A Sovereign Parliament and all that jazz.
    that would be "brave"
  • Bike sharing firm Mobike is to pull out of Manchester after losing 10% of its cycles each month to theft and vandalism.

    The Chinese firm said too many had been stolen, dumped in canals and bins, had locks hacked off or been set on fire.

    Manchester has become the only city among 200 worldwide to lose the service because of persistent crime.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-45422065

    SAD...

    Mancs being a bunch of thieving scallies?

    Say it ain’t so.
  • Bike sharing firm Mobike is to pull out of Manchester after losing 10% of its cycles each month to theft and vandalism.

    The Chinese firm said too many had been stolen, dumped in canals and bins, had locks hacked off or been set on fire.

    Manchester has become the only city among 200 worldwide to lose the service because of persistent crime.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-45422065

    SAD...

    Mancs being a bunch of thieving scallies?

    Say it ain’t so.
    Its a good job they didn't try Liverpool....runs for cover.....
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 37,389

    Sean_F said:

    Jonathan Freedland gets to the heart of the Labour anti-Semitism row here:

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/05/jewish-concern-corbyn-israel-palestine-antisemitism-ihra

    comments were being allowed but the Guardian mod is closing them any minute... the reaction best summed up by one cultist

    olly potts 7m ago

    Blown out of all proportion. We enlighted people know what this is really about. And most of us know coybrn has not got a racist bone in his body.
    My favourite comment on another CIF thread was from a Corbynite which said roughly

    ‘Corbyn and his supporters don’t have a racist bone in their body that’s why we know the Jews are behind the smears against Corbyn’
    My favourite was the one who phoned Ian Dale, and explained that no one in the Labour Party hated Jews, but they all hated Zionists; that Zionists controlled most Western governments and the banks; that the creation of the State of Israel was the worst crime ever committed against humanity.
    I always ‘liked’ the comment that said the holocaust was almost certainly faked but if it happened well The Jews deserved it.

    What is it about Jews that drives people mad?
    Paul Johnson was impressed by an article in an Egyptian paper which argued that the holocaust was a myth, but if it happened, it was carried out with the assistance of Zionists, and was in any case, a good thing.
  • RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    We won’t have a another referendum.

    If we Rejoin it’ll be via a manifesto commitment to Rejoin.

    A Sovereign Parliament and all that jazz.
    that would be "brave"
    Why do you hate democracy and the will of the people ?
  • Bike sharing firm Mobike is to pull out of Manchester after losing 10% of its cycles each month to theft and vandalism.

    The Chinese firm said too many had been stolen, dumped in canals and bins, had locks hacked off or been set on fire.

    Manchester has become the only city among 200 worldwide to lose the service because of persistent crime.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-45422065

    SAD...

    Mancs being a bunch of thieving scallies?

    Say it ain’t so.
    Its a good job they didn't try Liverpool....runs for cover.....
    Liverpool has a lower crime rate than Manchester.
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,413
    edited September 2018

    stodge said:

    poll Euro elections France party lists

    Macron 20% - En Mache
    Lepen 17% - Rassemblement Nationale
    Sarkozy's lot 15 % - La droite Republicaine
    french corbynites 14 % - La France Insoumise
    socialistes - 6 %

    I imagine Macron will run again in 2022 if he wants to and Marine Le Pen will be the FN candidate again. Vauquiez will presumably run for Les Republicians but I've no idea who will run for the Left (doubt it will be Hamon or Melanchon).

    I put the chances of a second round vote Macron vs Melenchon as 20%

    Lepen has stalled but Melenchon is still gaining votes. The PS looks as if its had it. If it does get to Macron v Melenchon that could be a tight second round
    Macron v Melenchon would in many ways resemble Thatcher v Foot. A far-left Eurosceptic ideologue versus a divisive, high-octane reformer.
    could do, but Lepen in a run off has too many people on the Left who wont vote for her. Whereas chunks of the old FN are in poor WC communities which used to be very red. I think its easier for an extreme left wing candidate to take on Macron than an extreme right wing one.
  • I'm sure you'll enjoy this comment from Stephen Kinnock just as much:

    https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1037356417836113925
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,413

    RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    We won’t have a another referendum.

    If we Rejoin it’ll be via a manifesto commitment to Rejoin.

    A Sovereign Parliament and all that jazz.
    that would be "brave"
    Why do you hate democracy and the will of the people ?
    I dont. I simply point out we now have a precedent in a referendum and it would be a brave government which ignored it.

  • GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 19,469
    edited September 2018

    Bike sharing firm Mobike is to pull out of Manchester after losing 10% of its cycles each month to theft and vandalism.

    The Chinese firm said too many had been stolen, dumped in canals and bins, had locks hacked off or been set on fire.

    Manchester has become the only city among 200 worldwide to lose the service because of persistent crime.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-45422065

    SAD...

    Mancs being a bunch of thieving scallies?

    Say it ain’t so.
    They regularly end up in the Tyne here in Newcastle.

    Edit: Mobikes not Mancs :smiley:
  • RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    We won’t have a another referendum.

    If we Rejoin it’ll be via a manifesto commitment to Rejoin.

    A Sovereign Parliament and all that jazz.
    that would be "brave"
    Why do you hate democracy and the will of the people ?
    I dont. I simply point out we now have a precedent in a referendum and it would be a brave government which ignored it.

    It would be in the context of Brexit being a long term disaster.

    We wouldn’t have time to fanny about with another referendum.
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,413

    RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    We won’t have a another referendum.

    If we Rejoin it’ll be via a manifesto commitment to Rejoin.

    A Sovereign Parliament and all that jazz.
    that would be "brave"
    Why do you hate democracy and the will of the people ?
    I dont. I simply point out we now have a precedent in a referendum and it would be a brave government which ignored it.

    It would be in the context of Brexit being a long term disaster.

    We wouldn’t have time to fanny about with another referendum.
    Why would 27 EU countries want to take on a basket case then ?
  • CarlottaVanceCarlottaVance Posts: 60,216
    edited September 2018

    I'm sure you'll enjoy this comment from Stephen Kinnock just as much:

    https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1037356417836113925
    And I'm sure you'll enjoy this one (from the horses mouth, not second hand) too:

    https://twitter.com/MichelBarnier/status/1037315948502568961

    Edit - and from today, not last Monday....
  • I'm sure you'll enjoy this comment from Stephen Kinnock just as much:

    https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1037356417836113925
    Tsk. That should be "mortes" surely?
  • Meanwhile Raab says we need to be true to our commitment to the Northern Ireland backstop and he hopes it won't ever come into effect but if it does it should be for a "very finite short period".

    I'm glad a UK politician finally seems to understand the meaning of the term "backstop".
  • RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    We won’t have a another referendum.

    If we Rejoin it’ll be via a manifesto commitment to Rejoin.

    A Sovereign Parliament and all that jazz.
    that would be "brave"
    Why do you hate democracy and the will of the people ?
    I dont. I simply point out we now have a precedent in a referendum and it would be a brave government which ignored it.

    It would be in the context of Brexit being a long term disaster.

    We wouldn’t have time to fanny about with another referendum.
    Why would 27 EU countries want to take on a basket case then ?
    As an example and history repeating.

    Plus as part of our ascension terms they’d ask us for a 999 year deal and if we wanted to Leave early our exit bill would be 10 trillion pounds and us to exit on WTO.
  • I'm sure you'll enjoy this comment from Stephen Kinnock just as much:

    https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1037356417836113925
    Tsk. That should be "mortes" surely?
    I'll take your word for it. It's all rather "the wages of sin is death" .
  • YorkcityYorkcity Posts: 4,382

    I'm sure you'll enjoy this comment from Stephen Kinnock just as much:

    https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1037356417836113925
    Do the authorities in the UK know the real names of the Russians who carried out the attack ?
    I believe , I heard that the documents they were traveling on were false.

  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,413

    RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    We won’t have a another referendum.

    If we Rejoin it’ll be via a manifesto commitment to Rejoin.

    A Sovereign Parliament and all that jazz.
    that would be "brave"
    Why do you hate democracy and the will of the people ?
    I dont. I simply point out we now have a precedent in a referendum and it would be a brave government which ignored it.

    It would be in the context of Brexit being a long term disaster.

    We wouldn’t have time to fanny about with another referendum.
    Why would 27 EU countries want to take on a basket case then ?
    As an example and history repeating.

    Plus as part of our ascension terms they’d ask us for a 999 year deal and if we wanted to Leave early our exit bill would be 10 trillion pounds and us to exit on WTO.
    riiight

    on the other hand when youre resident in Frankfurt none of this will concern you

  • RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    We won’t have a another referendum.

    If we Rejoin it’ll be via a manifesto commitment to Rejoin.

    A Sovereign Parliament and all that jazz.
    that would be "brave"
    Why do you hate democracy and the will of the people ?
    I dont. I simply point out we now have a precedent in a referendum and it would be a brave government which ignored it.

    It would be in the context of Brexit being a long term disaster.

    We wouldn’t have time to fanny about with another referendum.
    Why would 27 EU countries want to take on a basket case then ?
    As an example and history repeating.

    Plus as part of our ascension terms they’d ask us for a 999 year deal and if we wanted to Leave early our exit bill would be 10 trillion pounds and us to exit on WTO.
    riiight

    on the other hand when youre resident in Frankfurt none of this will concern you

    I shall still be British. My heart will still beat and ache for this country.
  • Yorkcity said:

    I'm sure you'll enjoy this comment from Stephen Kinnock just as much:

    https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1037356417836113925
    Do the authorities in the UK know the real names of the Russians who carried out the attack ?
    I believe , I heard that the documents they were traveling on were false.
    They were official Russian passports - but the police believe the identities are false.....how do you get a genuine Russian passport under a false identity?
  • Yorkcity said:

    I'm sure you'll enjoy this comment from Stephen Kinnock just as much:

    https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1037356417836113925
    Do the authorities in the UK know the real names of the Russians who carried out the attack ?
    I believe , I heard that the documents they were traveling on were false.

    I'd be somewhat surprised if secret agents travelled under their real names. I mean most of us on here don't use our real names.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 37,389
    https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1037359934999076865

    This is what Parliament would look like if only 18-24 year olds had the vote.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 57,237
    Sean_F said:

    https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1037359934999076865

    This is what Parliament would look like if only 18-24 year olds had the vote.

    Have all the 18 to 24 year olds left North Ireland?
  • rpjsrpjs Posts: 3,787

    RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    We won’t have a another referendum.

    If we Rejoin it’ll be via a manifesto commitment to Rejoin.

    A Sovereign Parliament and all that jazz.
    that would be "brave"
    Why do you hate democracy and the will of the people ?
    I dont. I simply point out we now have a precedent in a referendum and it would be a brave government which ignored it.

    It would be in the context of Brexit being a long term disaster.

    We wouldn’t have time to fanny about with another referendum.
    Why would 27 EU countries want to take on a basket case then ?
    They’ve taken on plenty of basket cases before. Might be the best outcome: UK crashes its economy and becomes 100% Objective One territory and lives high on the euromonies hog for years to come!
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 82,158
    edited September 2018

    Yorkcity said:

    I'm sure you'll enjoy this comment from Stephen Kinnock just as much:

    https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1037356417836113925
    Do the authorities in the UK know the real names of the Russians who carried out the attack ?
    I believe , I heard that the documents they were traveling on were false.
    They were official Russian passports - but the police believe the identities are false.....how do you get a genuine Russian passport under a false identity?
    It is clear from the response from day one the UK has intelligence about how this came about, but it is not for us plebs to know. The response has been one which no western government would make without being certain, there was no wishywashy language, it was fingers pointed right at Putin.
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,413

    RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    We won’t have a another referendum.

    If we Rejoin it’ll be via a manifesto commitment to Rejoin.

    A Sovereign Parliament and all that jazz.
    that would be "brave"
    Why do you hate democracy and the will of the people ?
    I dont. I simply point out we now have a precedent in a referendum and it would be a brave government which ignored it.

    It would be in the context of Brexit being a long term disaster.

    We wouldn’t have time to fanny about with another referendum.
    Why would 27 EU countries want to take on a basket case then ?
    As an example and history repeating.

    Plus as part of our ascension terms they’d ask us for a 999 year deal and if we wanted to Leave early our exit bill would be 10 trillion pounds and us to exit on WTO.
    riiight

    on the other hand when youre resident in Frankfurt none of this will concern you

    I shall still be British. My heart will still beat and ache for this country.
    You do realise Mrs Merkel is trying to make it easier for brits to become a german citizens

    von Adler has a certain ring to it
  • Yorkcity said:

    I'm sure you'll enjoy this comment from Stephen Kinnock just as much:

    https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1037356417836113925
    Do the authorities in the UK know the real names of the Russians who carried out the attack ?
    I believe , I heard that the documents they were traveling on were false.
    They were official Russian passports - but the police believe the identities are false.....how do you get a genuine Russian passport under a false identity?
    Sounds like a Mossad job
  • rcs1000 said:

    Sean_F said:

    https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1037359934999076865

    This is what Parliament would look like if only 18-24 year olds had the vote.

    Have all the 18 to 24 year olds left North Ireland?
    I don’t think Norn Iron was polled.
  • RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    We won’t have a another referendum.

    If we Rejoin it’ll be via a manifesto commitment to Rejoin.

    A Sovereign Parliament and all that jazz.
    that would be "brave"
    Why do you hate democracy and the will of the people ?
    I dont. I simply point out we now have a precedent in a referendum and it would be a brave government which ignored it.

    It would be in the context of Brexit being a long term disaster.

    We wouldn’t have time to fanny about with another referendum.
    Why would 27 EU countries want to take on a basket case then ?
    As an example and history repeating.

    Plus as part of our ascension terms they’d ask us for a 999 year deal and if we wanted to Leave early our exit bill would be 10 trillion pounds and us to exit on WTO.
    riiight

    on the other hand when youre resident in Frankfurt none of this will concern you

    I shall still be British. My heart will still beat and ache for this country.
    You do realise Mrs Merkel is trying to make it easier for brits to become a german citizens

    von Adler has a certain ring to it
    I will never take up citizenship of another country.

    I’d sooner eat pineapple on pizza say nice things about Mark Reckless.
  • RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    We won’t have a another referendum.

    If we Rejoin it’ll be via a manifesto commitment to Rejoin.

    A Sovereign Parliament and all that jazz.
    that would be "brave"
    Why do you hate democracy and the will of the people ?
    I dont. I simply point out we now have a precedent in a referendum and it would be a brave government which ignored it.

    It would be in the context of Brexit being a long term disaster.

    We wouldn’t have time to fanny about with another referendum.
    Why would 27 EU countries want to take on a basket case then ?
    As an example and history repeating.

    Plus as part of our ascension terms they’d ask us for a 999 year deal and if we wanted to Leave early our exit bill would be 10 trillion pounds and us to exit on WTO.
    and we will still probably take it
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,413

    RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    We won’t have a another referendum.

    If we Rejoin it’ll be via a manifesto commitment to Rejoin.

    A Sovereign Parliament and all that jazz.
    that would be "brave"
    Why do you hate democracy and the will of the people ?
    I dont. I simply point out we now have a precedent in a referendum and it would be a brave government which ignored it.

    It would be in the context of Brexit being a long term disaster.

    We wouldn’t have time to fanny about with another referendum.
    Why would 27 EU countries want to take on a basket case then ?
    As an example and history repeating.

    Plus as part of our ascension terms they’d ask us for a 999 year deal and if we wanted to Leave early our exit bill would be 10 trillion pounds and us to exit on WTO.
    riiight

    on the other hand when youre resident in Frankfurt none of this will concern you

    I shall still be British. My heart will still beat and ache for this country.
    You do realise Mrs Merkel is trying to make it easier for brits to become a german citizens

    von Adler has a certain ring to it
    I will never take up citizenship of another country.

    I’d sooner eat pineapple on pizza say nice things about Mark Reckless.
    I still have contacts in Germany.

    you can get a really big office in Chemnitz
  • RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    We won’t have a another referendum.

    If we Rejoin it’ll be via a manifesto commitment to Rejoin.

    A Sovereign Parliament and all that jazz.
    that would be "brave"
    Why do you hate democracy and the will of the people ?
    I dont. I simply point out we now have a precedent in a referendum and it would be a brave government which ignored it.

    It would be in the context of Brexit being a long term disaster.

    We wouldn’t have time to fanny about with another referendum.
    Why would 27 EU countries want to take on a basket case then ?
    As an example and history repeating.

    Plus as part of our ascension terms they’d ask us for a 999 year deal and if we wanted to Leave early our exit bill would be 10 trillion pounds and us to exit on WTO.
    and we will still probably take it
    Please M Barnier, may I have some...more
  • They should have invited me there to do the translations.

    That said these days when I speak French I end up sounding like Officer Crabtree.
  • RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    We won’t have a another referendum.

    If we Rejoin it’ll be via a manifesto commitment to Rejoin.

    A Sovereign Parliament and all that jazz.
    that would be "brave"
    Why do you hate democracy and the will of the people ?
    I dont. I simply point out we now have a precedent in a referendum and it would be a brave government which ignored it.

    It would be in the context of Brexit being a long term disaster.

    We wouldn’t have time to fanny about with another referendum.
    Why would 27 EU countries want to take on a basket case then ?
    As an example and history repeating.

    Plus as part of our ascension terms they’d ask us for a 999 year deal and if we wanted to Leave early our exit bill would be 10 trillion pounds and us to exit on WTO.
    riiight

    on the other hand when youre resident in Frankfurt none of this will concern you

    I shall still be British. My heart will still beat and ache for this country.
    You do realise Mrs Merkel is trying to make it easier for brits to become a german citizens

    von Adler has a certain ring to it
    I will never take up citizenship of another country.

    I’d sooner eat pineapple on pizza say nice things about Mark Reckless.
    I still have contacts in Germany.

    you can get a really big office in Chemnitz
    Ditto. I would rather eat pineapple pizza, well-done stake and be spit roasted by Mark Reckless and Nigel Farage than leave this wonderful country to the swivel-eyed loons
  • Interesting change in Democrats method for electing their candidate for POTUS. Apparently super delegates will only be able to pledge their vote to a candidate, if no candidate got a majority from the pledged delegates.
  • Loving how the Corbynites are so keen on due process now .... that's why they wanted to send the novichok to the russians to check if it was them.
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 33,504
    First tie in County Cricket since 2003. Somerset (192 & 77) vs Lancashire (99 & 170)
  • RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    We won’t have a another referendum.

    If we Rejoin it’ll be via a manifesto commitment to Rejoin.

    A Sovereign Parliament and all that jazz.
    that would be "brave"
    Why do you hate democracy and the will of the people ?
    I dont. I simply point out we now have a precedent in a referendum and it would be a brave government which ignored it.

    It would be in the context of Brexit being a long term disaster.

    We wouldn’t have time to fanny about with another referendum.
    Why would 27 EU countries want to take on a basket case then ?
    As an example and history repeating.

    Plus as part of our ascension terms they’d ask us for a 999 year deal and if we wanted to Leave early our exit bill would be 10 trillion pounds and us to exit on WTO.
    riiight

    on the other hand when youre resident in Frankfurt none of this will concern you

    I shall still be British. My heart will still beat and ache for this country.
    You do realise Mrs Merkel is trying to make it easier for brits to become a german citizens

    von Adler has a certain ring to it
    I will never take up citizenship of another country.

    I’d sooner eat pineapple on pizza say nice things about Mark Reckless.
    I still have contacts in Germany.

    you can get a really big office in Chemnitz
    Cheers, I will need a lot of living space in Germany, these chaps sound like the people to ask about that.
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,413
    now it appears the germans are saying they havent moved on Brexit

    currency boys confused
  • Loving how the Corbynites are so keen on due process now .... that's why they wanted to send the novichok to the russians to check if it was them.

    If I wasn't such a peaceful person I'd rather hope that someone would send the novichok not to the Russian but to Jeremy Corbyn and the whole leadership of the Momentum Party
  • now it appears the germans are saying they havent moved on Brexit

    currency boys confused

    whoops, they don't need us more than we need them after all!
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,413

    RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    We won’t have a another referendum.

    If we Rejoin it’ll be via a manifesto commitment to Rejoin.

    A Sovereign Parliament and all that jazz.
    that would be "brave"
    Why do you hate democracy and the will of the people ?
    I dont. I simply point out we now have a precedent in a referendum and it would be a brave government which ignored it.

    It would be in the context of Brexit being a long term disaster.

    We wouldn’t have time to fanny about with another referendum.
    Why would 27 EU countries want to take on a basket case then ?
    As an example and history repeating.

    Plus as part of our ascension terms they’d ask us for a 999 year deal and if we wanted to Leave early our exit bill would be 10 trillion pounds and us to exit on WTO.
    riiight

    on the other hand when youre resident in Frankfurt none of this will concern you

    I shall still be British. My heart will still beat and ache for this country.
    You do realise Mrs Merkel is trying to make it easier for brits to become a german citizens

    von Adler has a certain ring to it
    I will never take up citizenship of another country.

    I’d sooner eat pineapple on pizza say nice things about Mark Reckless.
    I still have contacts in Germany.

    you can get a really big office in Chemnitz
    Cheers, I will need a lot of living space in Germany, these chaps sound like the people to ask about that.
    they dont get hung up on borders, they have a very flexible approach,
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 37,389

    RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    We won’t have a another referendum.

    If we Rejoin it’ll be via a manifesto commitment to Rejoin.

    A Sovereign Parliament and all that jazz.
    that would be "brave"
    Why do you hate democracy and the will of the people ?
    I dont. I simply point out we now have a precedent in a referendum and it would be a brave government which ignored it.

    It would be in the context of Brexit being a long term disaster.

    We wouldn’t have time to fanny about with another referendum.
    Why would 27 EU countries want to take on a basket case then ?
    As an example and history repeating.

    Plus as part of our ascension terms they’d ask us for a 999 year deal and if we wanted to Leave early our exit bill would be 10 trillion pounds and us to exit on WTO.
    riiight

    on the other hand when youre resident in Frankfurt none of this will concern you

    I shall still be British. My heart will still beat and ache for this country.
    You do realise Mrs Merkel is trying to make it easier for brits to become a german citizens

    von Adler has a certain ring to it
    I will never take up citizenship of another country.

    I’d sooner eat pineapple on pizza say nice things about Mark Reckless.
    I still have contacts in Germany.

    you can get a really big office in Chemnitz
    Cheers, I will need a lot of living space in Germany, these chaps sound like the people to ask about that.
    Be careful if they should offer you special treatment.
  • Yorkcity said:

    I'm sure you'll enjoy this comment from Stephen Kinnock just as much:

    https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1037356417836113925
    Do the authorities in the UK know the real names of the Russians who carried out the attack ?
    I believe , I heard that the documents they were traveling on were false.

    I'd be somewhat surprised if secret agents travelled under their real names. I mean most of us on here don't use our real names.
    One of them should have used the name Edmund Dorf.
  • Yorkcity said:

    I'm sure you'll enjoy this comment from Stephen Kinnock just as much:

    https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1037356417836113925
    Do the authorities in the UK know the real names of the Russians who carried out the attack ?
    I believe , I heard that the documents they were traveling on were false.

    I'd be somewhat surprised if secret agents travelled under their real names. I mean most of us on here don't use our real names.
    So we should look for secret agents among the ranks of the anonymous posters on pb? A daring suggestion.
  • Raab not taking any rubbish from the committee.....(and he's had a fair bit...)
  • RobD said:

    if it was genuinely 59% and maintained that level, when would a second referendum become irresistible. Any Leave advocates/fans prepared to give a view?

    I think Labour would be more likely to shift their stance. But it isn't at 59%, so a bit of a moot point.
    and at what point would the opinion polls need to get to before it was democratically essential to have another referendum do you think? (theoretically at least?)
    We won’t have a another referendum.

    If we Rejoin it’ll be via a manifesto commitment to Rejoin.

    A Sovereign Parliament and all that jazz.
    that would be "brave"
    Why do you hate democracy and the will of the people ?
    I dont. I simply point out we now have a precedent in a referendum and it would be a brave government which ignored it.

    It would be in the context of Brexit being a long term disaster.

    We wouldn’t have time to fanny about with another referendum.
    Why would 27 EU countries want to take on a basket case then ?
    As an example and history repeating.

    Plus as part of our ascension terms they’d ask us for a 999 year deal and if we wanted to Leave early our exit bill would be 10 trillion pounds and us to exit on WTO.
    riiight

    on the other hand when youre resident in Frankfurt none of this will concern you

    I shall still be British. My heart will still beat and ache for this country.
    You do realise Mrs Merkel is trying to make it easier for brits to become a german citizens

    von Adler has a certain ring to it
    I will never take up citizenship of another country.

    I’d sooner eat pineapple on pizza say nice things about Mark Reckless.
    I still have contacts in Germany.

    you can get a really big office in Chemnitz
    Cheers, I will need a lot of living space in Germany, these chaps sound like the people to ask about that.
    Living space is not a term best used in Germany. Come to think of it, maybe that is why Ken Livingstone likes Hitler so much, he would be Ken Lebensraum (well almost)
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 52,628
    Sean_F said:

    https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1037359934999076865

    This is what Parliament would look like if only 18-24 year olds had the vote.

    This Graphic was brought to you by Logan's Run.

    Who the fuck bothers creating this shit?

    I want to see one where only Official Monster Raving Loony Party members are allowed to vote......
  • now it appears the germans are saying they havent moved on Brexit

    currency boys confused

    Officially no one will "move" - you won't be able to see any movement for the fudge......the possible news today is that the fudge may be more German than Belgian....
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 52,628

    Raab not taking any rubbish from the committee.....(and he's had a fair bit...)

    To drink?
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 42,992
    Pretty damning on Mobikes quitting Manchester. The only one of 200 cities. I use them a bit in London but their operating areas aren’t contiguous.

    As for the Russians that is almost unbelievably bad tradecraft.
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    edited September 2018
    Sean_F said:

    https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1037359934999076865

    This is what Parliament would look like if only 18-24 year olds had the vote.

    It's always been like that. I've voted Labour twice in general elections, when I was in my early 20s and mid 20s.
  • Yorkcity said:

    I'm sure you'll enjoy this comment from Stephen Kinnock just as much:

    https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1037356417836113925
    Do the authorities in the UK know the real names of the Russians who carried out the attack ?
    I believe , I heard that the documents they were traveling on were false.

    I'd be somewhat surprised if secret agents travelled under their real names. I mean most of us on here don't use our real names.
    So we should look for secret agents among the ranks of the anonymous posters on pb? A daring suggestion.
    добрый день whoops, let that one slip
  • YorkcityYorkcity Posts: 4,382

    Yorkcity said:

    I'm sure you'll enjoy this comment from Stephen Kinnock just as much:

    https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1037356417836113925
    Do the authorities in the UK know the real names of the Russians who carried out the attack ?
    I believe , I heard that the documents they were traveling on were false.
    They were official Russian passports - but the police believe the identities are false.....how do you get a genuine Russian passport under a false identity?
    Thanks for the clarification.
    I imagine our intelligence agencies , would know their real identities if they are russian intelligence.

    Regarding their passports must have been undertaken by a Russian agency.

    I suspect our agencies would not know they were false , until after the event ?
  • Yorkcity said:

    I'm sure you'll enjoy this comment from Stephen Kinnock just as much:

    https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1037356417836113925
    Do the authorities in the UK know the real names of the Russians who carried out the attack ?
    I believe , I heard that the documents they were traveling on were false.

    I'd be somewhat surprised if secret agents travelled under their real names. I mean most of us on here don't use our real names.
    So we should look for secret agents among the ranks of the anonymous posters on pb? A daring suggestion.
    I've had my suspicions about a few to be fair
  • Raab not taking any rubbish from the committee.....(and he's had a fair bit...)

    To drink?
    Some of the committee might have......more interested in grandstanding "how can you support this fraudulent vote? Can you guarantee none of Britain's 1 million diabetics will die?" than asking actual questions.....
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 42,992
    And on a further disappointing note, Tesco is shutting its wine by the case business. It had a decent selection which, because nobody bought them, they inevitably discounted heavily eventually.

    Some cracking Rully on there still at a great price.
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,413

    now it appears the germans are saying they havent moved on Brexit

    currency boys confused

    Officially no one will "move" - you won't be able to see any movement for the fudge......the possible news today is that the fudge may be more German than Belgian....
    well you can read it lots of ways, Did the germans break the omerta and then backtrack ? Did reuters get too far ahead of themselves ? Any way the pieces are moving.
  • Yorkcity said:

    Yorkcity said:

    I'm sure you'll enjoy this comment from Stephen Kinnock just as much:

    https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1037356417836113925
    Do the authorities in the UK know the real names of the Russians who carried out the attack ?
    I believe , I heard that the documents they were traveling on were false.
    They were official Russian passports - but the police believe the identities are false.....how do you get a genuine Russian passport under a false identity?
    I suspect our agencies would not know they were false , until after the event ?
    They were back in Moscow before it was clear it was a nerve agent...
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 52,628

    Raab not taking any rubbish from the committee.....(and he's had a fair bit...)

    To drink?
    Some of the committee might have......more interested in grandstanding "how can you support this fraudulent vote? Can you guarantee none of Britain's 1 million diabetics will die?" than asking actual questions.....
    You'd think Theresa May might just have an issue if any of Britain's 1 million diabetics will die....
  • Russian spies were much better when they had agents who attended the finest university in the world.

    #CantGetTheStaffTheseDays
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 52,628
    "Field, who has been approached by the law firm Mishcon de Reya....."

    Buy popcorn futures.....
  • Yorkcity said:

    I'm sure you'll enjoy this comment from Stephen Kinnock just as much:

    https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1037356417836113925
    Do the authorities in the UK know the real names of the Russians who carried out the attack ?
    I believe , I heard that the documents they were traveling on were false.

    I'd be somewhat surprised if secret agents travelled under their real names. I mean most of us on here don't use our real names.
    So we should look for secret agents among the ranks of the anonymous posters on pb? A daring suggestion.
    I've had my suspicions about a few to be fair
    Not me I hope !!!!
  • stodgestodge Posts: 13,910
    Sean_F said:

    https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1037359934999076865

    This is what Parliament would look like if only 18-24 year olds had the vote.

    "This looks about right to me" - J. Corbyn
  • They can resolve this one in seconds and just let the anti semitism ones fester for months.

    Priorities.....
  • algarkirkalgarkirk Posts: 12,615
    Is it time to consider how many possible outcomes there are over Brexit for, say, a year from now, and what the relative likelihoods are?
    I can think of these:

    No WA, crash out, and obviously going badly
    No WA but going better than most thought
    No WA because we have somehow switched to remain
    No WA because the date of 29 March has been changed
    WA and transition till 2020, and a blind or fudged Brexit
    WA etc but some new associate status
    WA and Chequers
    WA and amended Chequers
    WA and Swiss deal
    WA and Norway deal
    WA and Canada (+ as many plusses as you want)
    WA and a unique, bespoke cake like deal (call it a 'Boris')
    WA and WTO
    WA and reapply to join during transition.

    Apart from a new ice age, WW3 and being hit by a meteorite how many other possibles are there? And can we reckon on the chances?
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,413

    Raab not taking any rubbish from the committee.....(and he's had a fair bit...)

    To drink?
    Some of the committee might have......more interested in grandstanding "how can you support this fraudulent vote? Can you guarantee none of Britain's 1 million diabetics will die?" than asking actual questions.....
    You'd think Theresa May might just have an issue if any of Britain's 1 million diabetics will die....
    Select committees have just become laughable - did Cummings ever appear before DCMS ?
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 37,389
    stodge said:

    Sean_F said:

    https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1037359934999076865

    This is what Parliament would look like if only 18-24 year olds had the vote.

    "This looks about right to me" - J. Corbyn
    Essentially, the whole country would vote like Liverpool.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 37,389
    Who says he's professional?
  • True crime podcast Serial will return for a third season later this month, creator Sarah Koenig has announced.

    Season one was great, season two terrible.
  • algarkirk said:

    Is it time to consider how many possible outcomes there are over Brexit for, say, a year from now, and what the relative likelihoods are?
    I can think of these:

    No WA, crash out, and obviously going badly
    No WA but going better than most thought
    No WA because we have somehow switched to remain
    No WA because the date of 29 March has been changed
    WA and transition till 2020, and a blind or fudged Brexit
    WA etc but some new associate status
    WA and Chequers
    WA and amended Chequers
    WA and Swiss deal
    WA and Norway deal
    WA and Canada (+ as many plusses as you want)
    WA and a unique, bespoke cake like deal (call it a 'Boris')
    WA and WTO
    WA and reapply to join during transition.

    Apart from a new ice age, WW3 and being hit by a meteorite how many other possibles are there? And can we reckon on the chances?

    Welcome to PB and a good few choices there
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