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  • RobDRobD Posts: 59,936

    I know that Karen Bradley is not the smartest cookie, but she surely hasn't just removed the rights of hundreds of thousands of people in Northern Ireland to participate in any future border poll or rerun of the EU referendum. If she has, it is not only explosively anti-democratic, but also profoundly and dangerously provocative.

    https://twitter.com/jonlis1/status/1114240713603022848

    I don't think giving an incorrect answer changes the law/regulations.
  • MikeSmithsonMikeSmithson Posts: 7,382
    New thread
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 48,741
    isam said:

    Foxy said:

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    Foxy said:

    Charles said:

    Foxy said:

    kinabalu said:

    Revoke would be a dreamy outcome. If that happens I'm going to round up a posse of pals in Hampstead and we'll get the train up to Barnsley and reassure the locals that their concerns about globalization will be addressed.

    Sounds a great outing to make peace with the Leavers. I will bring some hummus and quiche to cheer them up.
    You are a sneering tosspot sometimes @Foxy
    I am from a northern mining town myself. Just making some gentle humour.

    The EU is not the source of Barnsleys problems. Or my hometown of Wigan.
    40 years of Neo Liberalism on the other hand
    And how is Brexit going to help that?
    Indeed, that is the real question that needs to be addressed whether we Revoke or No Deal.

    How do we remake the country, economy and society so that the left behind are no longer left behind. We can only be a united country again when it works for everyone.
    A question eI asked twice the other night and only @Cyclefree managed a reply

    If the result is overturned, what will those in charge do to make the lives of the 52% minority better?
    If the result is sustained, then what will those in charge do to make everyones lives better?

    This is why the PD matters.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 59,936

    New thread

    And you didn't even grab the first. Very noble of you.
  • rpjsrpjs Posts: 3,787

    Foxy said:

    O/T. For any of our medics here; If esophageal cancer has blocked the pipe so much that a rod had to be pushed through before a stent could be fitted, and then the stent has failed, is a feeding tube possible? I can't find anything about this

    It is possible to do a feeding gastrostomy. This is an opening from the upper abdomen to the stomach, so food gan go directly into the stomach. It is also possible to do Total Parental Nutrition intravenously.

    The prognosis though at this stage is very grim indeed, and palliative care may well be kinder.
    Thank you. That is what I feared. My brother - nine years older than me.
    So sorry to hear that. My father succumbed to oesophagal cancer; you have my deepest sympathy, it is a hard thing to see a loved one suffer from.
  • OblitusSumMeOblitusSumMe Posts: 9,143

    I know that Karen Bradley is not the smartest cookie, but she surely hasn't just removed the rights of hundreds of thousands of people in Northern Ireland to participate in any future border poll or rerun of the EU referendum. If she has, it is not only explosively anti-democratic, but also profoundly and dangerously provocative.

    https://twitter.com/jonlis1/status/1114240713603022848

    She surely doesn't have the power to do that. She's just made a stupid mistake.
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 34,698
    RobD said:

    New thread

    And you didn't even grab the first. Very noble of you.
    There are still a few firsts available on the new thread to be bagged by the look of it. :smile:
  • kinabalukinabalu Posts: 42,238

    Well why not start now.

    How does Rotherham benefit from thousands of Eastern European Roma moving there ?

    I think the obvious answer is the right one there. It doesn't. I think these issues are real and not at all trivial.
  • brendan16 said:

    Apparently the Home office has already removed the words European union from the front page of all new passports being issued even though we haven’t left yet. They assumed we would leave on 29 March.

    Some Guardian readers are very upset as they wanted an EU momento before the new blue passports come in. Susan Hindle Barone is outraged and feels absolutely sick about it!

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/05/uk-removes-words-european-union-from-british-passports

    As it happens, my new (replacement) passport arrived today and I can report it is burgundy with "EUROPEAN UNION" right at the top of the front cover, above "UNITED KINGDOM OF..." It is quite fancy inside with lots of pictures and security stuff. I will treasure it.
  • brendan16brendan16 Posts: 2,315
    edited April 2019

    brendan16 said:

    Apparently the Home office has already removed the words European union from the front page of all new passports being issued even though we haven’t left yet. They assumed we would leave on 29 March.

    Some Guardian readers are very upset as they wanted an EU momento before the new blue passports come in. Susan Hindle Barone is outraged and feels absolutely sick about it!

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/05/uk-removes-words-european-union-from-british-passports

    Oh well, guess we can’t revoke now. It’s done.
    Nigelb said:

    brendan16 said:

    Apparently the Home office has already removed the words European union from the front page of all new passports being issued even though we haven’t left yet. They assumed we would leave on 29 March.

    Some Guardian readers are very upset as they wanted an EU momento before the new blue passports come in. Susan Hindle Barone is outraged and feels absolutely sick about it!

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/05/uk-removes-words-european-union-from-british-passports

    This Guardian story is of rather more significance.
    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/05/france-spain-and-belgium-ready-for-no-deal-brexit-next-week
    They will agree an extension in the end after making us sweat until Wednesday night
  • another_richardanother_richard Posts: 26,624
    kinabalu said:

    Well why not start now.

    How does Rotherham benefit from thousands of Eastern European Roma moving there ?

    I think the obvious answer is the right one there. It doesn't. I think these issues are real and not at all trivial.
    Well done you listened.

    Now it strikes me that the people who extol the benefits of FOM have a tendency to live in upper-middle class safe havens and are thereby protected from the socioeconomic downsides FOM can bring.
  • brendan16brendan16 Posts: 2,315

    I know that Karen Bradley is not the smartest cookie, but she surely hasn't just removed the rights of hundreds of thousands of people in Northern Ireland to participate in any future border poll or rerun of the EU referendum. If she has, it is not only explosively anti-democratic, but also profoundly and dangerously provocative.

    https://twitter.com/jonlis1/status/1114240713603022848

    It is just badly worded.

    Irish referenda are normally used to amend the Irish constitution so have a more formal status than our advisory ones. But it is odd that referendum voting rights aren’t reciprocal although general elections voting rights are. We don’t elect the UK head of state so denying UK nationals a Presidential vote in Ireland is fair enough.
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 22,039

    Foxy said:

    Foxy said:

    Charles said:

    Foxy said:

    kinabalu said:

    Revoke would be a dreamy outcome. If that happens I'm going to round up a posse of pals in Hampstead and we'll get the train up to Barnsley and reassure the locals that their concerns about globalization will be addressed.

    Sounds a great outing to make peace with the Leavers. I will bring some hummus and quiche to cheer them up.
    You are a sneering tosspot sometimes @Foxy
    I am from a northern mining town myself. Just making some gentle humour.

    The EU is not the source of Barnsleys problems. Or my hometown of Wigan.
    40 years of Neo Liberalism on the other hand
    And how is Brexit going to help that?
    The EU is a capitalist hegemony. Only Brexit gives us the chance to unleash full-blooded socialism.
    Railway Nationalisation?
    That's only the start, comrade!
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