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The Ballad of No Deal “WTO” Brexit – politicalbetting.com

SystemSystem Posts: 12,125
edited December 2020 in General
imageThe Ballad of No Deal “WTO” Brexit – politicalbetting.com

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  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 53,696
    Huh?
  • dr_spyndr_spyn Posts: 11,300
    not first like Trump.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 48,456
    I hope you guessed my name,

    But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game..
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 56,829
    DavidL said:

    Huh?

    Oh come, come, come, it's No Deal Brexit
  • CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 42,639
    Hmm. I just hope you are right.
  • Peter_the_PunterPeter_the_Punter Posts: 14,281
    Lol! That's a hoot.

    Well done, K.
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 28,185
    Off Topic

    Gorgeous Gavin pulls rank on the Borough of Greenwich!
  • Peter_the_PunterPeter_the_Punter Posts: 14,281
    Betfair suspend Next President market.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 48,456
    Follow me now and you will not regret
    Leaving the life you led before we met
    You are the first to have this love of mine
    Forever with me 'till the end of time..Oh yeah!
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 62,378
    rcs1000 said:

    DavidL said:

    Huh?

    Oh come, come, come, it's No Deal Brexit
    I thought it was Australian Deal.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 51,292
    Kinabalu is better than a bad deal.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 62,378
    Peter_the_Punter said:

    Betfair suspend Next President market.

    I hope that's a good sign.
  • geoffwgeoffw Posts: 8,660
    rcs1000 said:

    DavidL said:

    Huh?

    Oh come, come, come, it's No Deal Brexit
    O come, O come, Emmanuel,
    and ransom captive Israel
    that mourns in lonely exile here
    until the Son of God appear.

    Refrain:
    Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
    shall come to you, O Israel.

    p.s. 'Israel' is a placeholder
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 53,696
    rcs1000 said:

    DavidL said:

    Huh?

    Oh come, come, come, it's No Deal Brexit
    And how does a no deal Brexit not exist? It’s about a 40% chance we will have that in just over 2 weeks, arguably better than 40% if you pretend to treat the EU Parliament seriously.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 62,378
    https://twitter.com/hendopolis/status/1338607150030065664
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 56,829
    Peter_the_Punter said:

    Betfair suspend Next President market.

    They've caught wind of California's electors voting en mass for Trump!
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 95,788
    Well that's a unique header, kinabalu.
  • FF43FF43 Posts: 17,208
    As John Le Carré has died recently, I recommend this wonderful bit of writing by him about his father who was a notorious fraud and conman.

    Remarkable echoes of Boris Johnson, including living for the day and for an unobtainable future but never for the time-being. How he could charm people who knew they were being sold a pup but went along with it anyway. A shared interest in Churchill. The levels of self-deception.

    Well worth a read.

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/02/18/in-ronnies-court
  • RochdalePioneersRochdalePioneers Posts: 28,781
    Love the piece @kinabalu

    Thinking about no deal at the weekend I had "Gimme the Prize" by Queen stuck in my head...
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 95,788
    rottenborough said:

    https://twitter.com/hendopolis/status/1338607150030065664

    Do they mean to suggest the new strain is the reason it has risen a tier, as that's how it reads?
    rcs1000 said:

    Peter_the_Punter said:

    Betfair suspend Next President market.

    They've caught wind of California's electors voting en mass for Trump!
    If only it could have been seen coming!
  • IshmaelZIshmaelZ Posts: 21,830
    Peter_the_Punter said:

    Betfair suspend Next President market.

    And every other WH2020 market
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 62,378
    Spare a thought for Sunak tonight.

    Another emergency budget early in the New Year?
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 56,829
    rottenborough said:

    rcs1000 said:

    DavidL said:

    Huh?

    Oh come, come, come, it's No Deal Brexit
    I thought it was Australian Deal.
    You could be right.

    I asked my wife if we could move to an Australian style arrangement. She's under the mistaken impression I'm talking about a future where I spend more time drinking beer and watching cricket.
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 53,696
    kle4 said:

    Well that's a unique header, kinabalu.

    I am not sure that I have drunk enough to be on here tonight. Laters.
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 49,764
    Government taking Greenwich to court isn’t going to end well
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 28,185
    Great thread header.
  • IshmaelZIshmaelZ Posts: 21,830
    Rolling Stones are overrated, and no deal is currently as likely as deal.
  • alex_alex_ Posts: 7,518
    Biden about to win again.
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 49,764
    IshmaelZ said:

    Rolling Stones are overrated, and no deal is currently as likely as deal.

    No deal is better than a great deal. If you see what I mean.
  • alex_alex_ Posts: 7,518
    edited December 2020
    Is there a reason why Johnson has suddenly out of the blue stopped referring to an Australian deal, and back to referring to "no deal, trading on WTO terms"? Is it that he's suddenly realised that he HAS to agree a deal and he's desperately trying to reverse ferret against the alternative?
  • Fysics_TeacherFysics_Teacher Posts: 6,283
    California has voted, making Biden President-Elect. Again.
  • AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    Betfair have only gone and friggin suspended their presidential markets I see.
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 28,185
    IanB2 said:

    Government taking Greenwich to court isn’t going to end well

    It looks like a hostage to fortune for me. Better if Gavin had turned a blind eye to Greenwich.
  • ManchesterKurtManchesterKurt Posts: 921
    alex_ said:

    Is there a reason why Johnson has suddenly out of the blue stopped referring to an Australian deal, and back to arguing "no deal, trading on WTO terms"? Is it that he's suddenly realised that he HAS to agree a deal and he's desperately trying to reverse ferret against the alternative?

    Wasn't someone from the Ozzie government on TV over the weekend talking about how dreadful their 'trade deal' with the EU is?
  • alex_alex_ Posts: 7,518
    BIDEN WINS!!!
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    Amusing kinabalu.
  • alex_alex_ Posts: 7,518
    ManchesterKurt said:

    alex_ said:

    Is there a reason why Johnson has suddenly out of the blue stopped referring to an Australian deal, and back to arguing "no deal, trading on WTO terms"? Is it that he's suddenly realised that he HAS to agree a deal and he's desperately trying to reverse ferret against the alternative?

    Wasn't someone from the Ozzie government on TV over the weekend talking about how dreadful their 'trade deal' with the EU is?
    Ex Prime Minister. Do you think that was it? I doubt many people noticed?

  • geoffwgeoffw Posts: 8,660
    IshmaelZ said:

    Rolling Stones are overrated, and no deal is currently as likely as deal.

    Rolling Stones over eighty you say? Nearly, but not quite.
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    Fysics_Teacher said:

    California has voted, making Biden President-Elect. Again.

    It's official now.
  • FF43FF43 Posts: 17,208
    alex_ said:

    Is there a reason why Johnson has suddenly out of the blue stopped referring to an Australian deal, and back to referring to "no deal, trading on WTO terms"? Is it that he's suddenly realised that he HAS to agree a deal and he's desperately trying to reverse ferret against the alternative?

    Absolutely no-one else refers to No Deal Brexit as Australian Terms now. Even irredentist No Dealers call it WTO terms.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 56,829
    Perhaps unexpectedly, California has given its 55 Electoral Votes to Biden, tipping him over the 270 mark.

    Congratulations President Elect Biden.
  • Fysics_TeacherFysics_Teacher Posts: 6,283
    It's a shame they changed the rules so that the vice-president is no longer the runner-up for president.
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    ManchesterKurt said:

    alex_ said:

    Is there a reason why Johnson has suddenly out of the blue stopped referring to an Australian deal, and back to arguing "no deal, trading on WTO terms"? Is it that he's suddenly realised that he HAS to agree a deal and he's desperately trying to reverse ferret against the alternative?

    Wasn't someone from the Ozzie government on TV over the weekend talking about how dreadful their 'trade deal' with the EU is?
    No. It was a defeated ex PM.

    Not all politicians see eye to eye. John Major says Brexit is dreadful.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 62,378
    Philip_Thompson said:

    Fysics_Teacher said:

    California has voted, making Biden President-Elect. Again.

    It's official now.
    "Joseph R. Biden Jr. was affirmed as the president-elect on Monday as members of the Electoral College pushed him past the 270 threshold to win the White House, all but ending a disruptive chapter in American history in which President Trump sought to use legal challenges and political pressure to overturn the results of a free and fair election."

    NYTimes

    "all but ending"...
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 56,829
    ManchesterKurt said:

    alex_ said:

    Is there a reason why Johnson has suddenly out of the blue stopped referring to an Australian deal, and back to arguing "no deal, trading on WTO terms"? Is it that he's suddenly realised that he HAS to agree a deal and he's desperately trying to reverse ferret against the alternative?

    Wasn't someone from the Ozzie government on TV over the weekend talking about how dreadful their 'trade deal' with the EU is?
    I thought Turnbull was just sticking the knife into Abbott, but that may have been my imagination.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 62,378
    alex_ said:

    BIDEN WINS!!!

    I put my "Byedon 2020" t-shirt on especially this evening.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 122,226
    https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/1338612330829996032?s=20
  • alex_alex_ Posts: 7,518
    On America, and the bonkers contortions some of the Republicans are using to argue that the fight goes on. On the logic of the Trump supporting argument there were 3 elections on Nov 3rd.

    The most important was the Congressional election - because they decide what electoral college votes to approve on Jan 6th (and thank God the Democrats won that - which you could be forgiven for forgetting given the way the House election has been reported). The second most important was the State Legislature (!) elections, because they choose the representatives to send to the Electoral college.

    Oh and there was one other election - the election for President. But really, that is pretty irrelevant in the grand scheme of things!
  • DecrepiterJohnLDecrepiterJohnL Posts: 27,568
    .
    IshmaelZ said:

    Peter_the_Punter said:

    Betfair suspend Next President market.

    And every other WH2020 market
    except the Trump exit markets which are still open.
  • alex_alex_ Posts: 7,518
    FF43 said:

    alex_ said:

    Is there a reason why Johnson has suddenly out of the blue stopped referring to an Australian deal, and back to referring to "no deal, trading on WTO terms"? Is it that he's suddenly realised that he HAS to agree a deal and he's desperately trying to reverse ferret against the alternative?

    Absolutely no-one else refers to No Deal Brexit as Australian Terms now. Even irredentist No Dealers call it WTO terms.
    Philip does ;)
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 95,788
    HYUFD said:

    https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/1338612330829996032?s=20

    I know the very occasion itself is a little strange given the system, but I find the wild cheering somewhat hilarious in these videos from the announcements. Yes yes, it's the formal conclusion of the election process and all that, so it is a moment of excitement, but it's even less suspensful than the announcement of the winner of a by-election, since there at least some people watching won't know who had won.
  • pingping Posts: 3,805
    Well well well
  • AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    I have suddenly got the fear, can someone assure me the Betfair ECV handicap markets work in the way I think they do and not to he other way.

    I. E. Biden wins the ECV 48.5 market.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 56,829
    Today's XKCD:

    https://xkcd.com/2397/
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 34,571
    Completely off topic...

    I have taken to watching iPlayer to relieve the tedium of daily home gym sessions and came across this lovely 1968 documentary on the Flying Scotsman. Highly recommended even for if like me you're not really a train buff.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p011vfqw/4472-flying-scotsman

    PS Other recommendations welcome!
  • Stark_DawningStark_Dawning Posts: 9,657
    alex_ said:

    Is there a reason why Johnson has suddenly out of the blue stopped referring to an Australian deal, and back to referring to "no deal, trading on WTO terms"? Is it that he's suddenly realised that he HAS to agree a deal and he's desperately trying to reverse ferret against the alternative?

    I suppose he used 'Australia-style deal' when he wanted the EU to think he was sanguine about a crash-out, and was trying to squeeze out any possible last-minute concessions. Now a deal's been agreed (probably), the priority is to make the ERG look like chumps for suggesting 'WTO terms' was anything than other dangerously idiotic.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 56,829
    This XKCD on Covid is spot on:

    https://xkcd.com/2395/
  • dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 29,340
    edited December 2020
    Nice one @kinabalu.
    You have directly realised the emptiness of its inherent existence.
    Does the PM also perceive it? I am not so entirely convinced.
  • kamskikamski Posts: 5,125
    Barr replaced as AG
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,293
    AG Bill Barr has resigned.
  • alex_alex_ Posts: 7,518
    kle4 said:

    HYUFD said:

    https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/1338612330829996032?s=20

    I know the very occasion itself is a little strange given the system, but I find the wild cheering somewhat hilarious in these videos from the announcements. Yes yes, it's the formal conclusion of the election process and all that, so it is a moment of excitement, but it's even less suspensful than the announcement of the winner of a by-election, since there at least some people watching won't know who had won.
    As i mentioned earlier, it appears that a large chunk of the conspiracist supporting right have been genuinely shocked as they have been watching the "votes" roll in. That is the extent of the world that has been constructed to them by the Right wing media from the real wingnut sites right up to large chunks of Fox News.

    I've been following a lot of this recently, and to be honest it really isn't that surprising that so many people believe that Trump has been robbed. These are people who don't have a great deal of understanding of the political or judicial process and desperately rely on their favoured media outlets to tell them what's going on. And they've been not just misled, but blatantly lied to repeatedly. And not just by fringe people. They have been lied to by individuals at the very top of US Govt all the way up to the President himself. If you don't receive any challenge to what you hear AT ALL, then you are likely to believe it.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 56,829
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    AG Bill Barr has resigned.

    If Barr won't do what you're asking, you must be asking for some pretty kinky shit.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,293
    rcs1000 said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    AG Bill Barr has resigned.

    If Barr won't do what you're asking, you must be asking for some pretty kinky shit.
    I think Trump wanted Biden prosecuted for violating The Logan Act.
  • DecrepiterJohnLDecrepiterJohnL Posts: 27,568
    Alistair said:

    I have suddenly got the fear, can someone assure me the Betfair ECV handicap markets work in the way I think they do and not to he other way.

    I. E. Biden wins the ECV 48.5 market.

    Yes, and the 63.5 one, but Trump wins 81.5.
  • AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    edited December 2020
    rcs1000 said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    AG Bill Barr has resigned.

    If Barr won't do what you're asking, you must be asking for some pretty kinky shit.
    Barr's sole reason to exist is to maintain Republican power no matter what the long te damage is.

    Clearly he thinks there is currently no way of retaining Republican power.
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 28,185
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    AG Bill Barr has resigned.

    Commander-in-Chief's tanks on the streets tomorrow a step too far for A.G. Barr?
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 77,853
    All the numbers disappeared for both backing and laying.
  • IshmaelZIshmaelZ Posts: 21,830
    geoffw said:

    IshmaelZ said:

    Rolling Stones are overrated, and no deal is currently as likely as deal.

    Rolling Stones over eighty you say? Nearly, but not quite.
    White pensioners playing black music badly.
  • pingping Posts: 3,805
    edited December 2020
    BETFAIR SETTLED!!!!!
  • MikeLMikeL Posts: 7,643
    CNN:

    Senate Majority Whip John Thune said that Joe Biden is President-elect once he crosses 270 electoral votes and says efforts to challenge the results in Congress are “not going anywhere.” He said “it’s time for everybody to move on” after today.

    https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/electoral-college-vote-2020-biden-trump/index.html
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 95,788
    edited December 2020
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    AG Bill Barr has resigned.

    I really find it hard to conceive quite why Barr has now found the line where he cannot support Trump.

    Though I suppose really him going was inevitable:

    Attorney General Bill Barr has reportedly compared Donald Trump's attacks on him as a “deposed king ranting" after the president apparently raised the possibility of firing him.

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/bill-barr-trump-election-biden-b1772174.html

    I guess Barr was willing to do and say pretty much anything, so long as you actually manage to win the election first.
  • DecrepiterJohnLDecrepiterJohnL Posts: 27,568
    DecrepiterJohnL said:

    Alistair said:

    I have suddenly got the fear, can someone assure me the Betfair ECV handicap markets work in the way I think they do and not to he other way.

    I. E. Biden wins the ECV 48.5 market.

    Yes, and the 63.5 one, but Trump wins 81.5.
    At one point I accidentally backed Biden -81.5 but realised a few minutes later when I was not green in the market I had intended, so was able to "red up" for only a small loss. Such are the perils of having 18 tabs open for my occasional price updates here!
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 77,853
    Alistair said:

    rcs1000 said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    AG Bill Barr has resigned.

    If Barr won't do what you're asking, you must be asking for some pretty kinky shit.
    Barr's sole reason to exist is to maintain Republican power no matter what the long te damage is.

    Clearly he thinks there is currently no way of retaining Republican power.
    I thought it was to advocate for the toad people, as Moscow Mitch does for the turtle people.
  • RobertGilesRobertGiles Posts: 24
    They seem to be settling it. Hurrah!
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    rcs1000 said:

    This XKCD on Covid is spot on:

    https://xkcd.com/2395/

    XKCD like Matt does really excellent and insightful comics rather than worrying about impressions.

    I liked this one.

    https://xkcd.com/2396/
  • DecrepiterJohnLDecrepiterJohnL Posts: 27,568
    Betfair has started to settle the presidential markets!
  • AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    Next President has settled!!!
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,293
    I'm off to bed, if Betfair haven't settled by the time I wake up then I will go medieval* on them.

    *Well write a sternly written letter.
  • Fysics_TeacherFysics_Teacher Posts: 6,283
    Philip_Thompson said:

    rcs1000 said:

    This XKCD on Covid is spot on:

    https://xkcd.com/2395/

    XKCD like Matt does really excellent and insightful comics rather than worrying about impressions.

    I liked this one.

    https://xkcd.com/2396/
    This one is probably the most universally applicable:


  • AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    I win 73 pence
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    ping said:

    BETFAIR SETTLED!!!!!

    Thought they would today.

    Be a farce to drag it further.

    Congratulations to all winners and hope some cleaned up the free money of recent weeks.
  • Beibheirli_CBeibheirli_C Posts: 8,163
    IshmaelZ said:

    Rolling Stones are overrated, and no deal is currently as likely as deal.

    I completely agree. Just another shouty band. I never understood why people raved about them
  • Peter_the_PunterPeter_the_Punter Posts: 14,281
    Pulpstar said:

    All the numbers disappeared for both backing and laying.

    Been settled.
  • DecrepiterJohnLDecrepiterJohnL Posts: 27,568
    DecrepiterJohnL said:

    Betfair has started to settle the presidential markets!

    It is fun refreshing the balance and seeing it rise as Betfair works its way through the markets. (That's enough aftertiming! -- ed.)
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 38,528
    Settled!
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    Fysics_Teacher said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    rcs1000 said:

    This XKCD on Covid is spot on:

    https://xkcd.com/2395/

    XKCD like Matt does really excellent and insightful comics rather than worrying about impressions.

    I liked this one.

    https://xkcd.com/2396/
    This one is probably the most universally applicable:


    That is my life.
  • IshmaelZIshmaelZ Posts: 21,830
    DecrepiterJohnL said:

    Betfair has started to settle the presidential markets!

    Yes, it has settled my next pres and winning party bets

    Kerching!!!!
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 95,788
    Oh my god - Trump's announcement about Barr is not full of ranting that Barr is a stupid thicko loser and inexplicable capitalisation and punctuation. He even thanks him in the second on
    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1338614499981602819

    Someone else wrote it, didn't they?
  • AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    They've all settled. It's over its over. The long nightmare is finally over.
  • Fysics_TeacherFysics_Teacher Posts: 6,283
    Beibheirli_C said:

    IshmaelZ said:

    Rolling Stones are overrated, and no deal is currently as likely as deal.

    I completely agree. Just another shouty band. I never understood why people raved about them
    They did do this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4irXQhgMqg
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,293
    kle4 said:

    Oh my god - Trump's announcement about Barr is not full of ranting that Barr is a stupid thicko loser and inexplicable capitalisation and punctuation. He even thanks him in the second on
    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1338614499981602819

    Someone else wrote it, didn't they?

    He probably thinks the acting AG will do his bidding.
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 49,764
    ping said:

    BETFAIR SETTLED!!!!!

    Don't all withdraw at once.....
  • CrabbieCrabbie Posts: 55
    DecrepiterJohnL said:

    Betfair has started to settle the presidential markets!

    Hallelujah!

    Money arrived in my Betfair account and I’ve just withdrawn it.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 95,788
    Philip_Thompson said:

    rcs1000 said:

    This XKCD on Covid is spot on:

    https://xkcd.com/2395/

    XKCD like Matt does really excellent and insightful comics rather than worrying about impressions.

    I liked this one.

    https://xkcd.com/2396/
    His 'What if' and 'How to' books have made useful stocking fillers the last few years when I'm not sure what to get someone.
  • alex_alex_ Posts: 7,518
    kle4 said:

    Oh my god - Trump's announcement about Barr is not full of ranting that Barr is a stupid thicko loser and inexplicable capitalisation and punctuation. He even thanks him in the second on
    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1338614499981602819

    Someone else wrote it, didn't they?

    A lot of Trump's tweets clearly aren't his work these days.
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 34,571
    Philip_Thompson said:

    rcs1000 said:

    This XKCD on Covid is spot on:

    https://xkcd.com/2395/

    XKCD like Matt does really excellent and insightful comics rather than worrying about impressions.

    I liked this one.

    https://xkcd.com/2396/
    Yes they are good.

    I had to look at this one for a while before I got it:

    https://xkcd.com/2394/
  • alex_alex_ Posts: 7,518
    Any chance Williamson might be out by the end of January?
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 49,764
    Philip_Thompson said:

    Fysics_Teacher said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    rcs1000 said:

    This XKCD on Covid is spot on:

    https://xkcd.com/2395/

    XKCD like Matt does really excellent and insightful comics rather than worrying about impressions.

    I liked this one.

    https://xkcd.com/2396/
    This one is probably the most universally applicable:


    That is my life.
    You should stop reading your own posts.
  • kinabalukinabalu Posts: 41,947
    DavidL said:

    rcs1000 said:

    DavidL said:

    Huh?

    Oh come, come, come, it's No Deal Brexit
    And how does a no deal Brexit not exist? It’s about a 40% chance we will have that in just over 2 weeks, arguably better than 40% if you pretend to treat the EU Parliament seriously.
    My thesis is that it's a bogeyman with no real world chance of happening which has been used with great skill by Boris Johnson to get where he is - and is being used by him now one last time to create the desired atmosphere in which to finally Get Brexit Done - with the inevitable deal.
  • BluestBlueBluestBlue Posts: 4,556
    Very good, positively Sphinx-like. But if you don't exist, how can there be a song about you?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjEiB59yn1Q
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