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It’s always about Charles ?ydoethur said:
These are puns about Hardy, sir. Why the dickens would you change the subject?Charles said:
It’ll be hard times if you do.ydoethur said:
I was attempting to find desperate remedies.Nigelb said:
A seriously obscure pun.ydoethur said:
I think you're just Tessing us.Foxy said:
I remember them standing in the Eighties.williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
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Your coat is no less than your Jude, sir.williamglenn said:
Apparently taking a break to read a French magazine helps. It’s called the Nouvel Obs cure.ydoethur said:
OK, you've lost me there. Which Hardy does that refer to?Nigelb said:
No, ydoethur only trumpets his major successes.viewcode said:
But Jude-icious.Nigelb said:
A seriously obscure pun.ydoethur said:
I think you're just Tessing us.Foxy said:
I remember them standing in the Eighties.williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
(I will admit I know his short stories rather better than his novels, which I find overlong and tedious. In fact I think I've only ever read one right the way through.)0 -
I will be voting for the same party as I voted for in the last Euro election.Pulpstar said:
Will you be voting for LabourSandyRentool said:
I do hope so. I like d'Hondt. A proper PR system when the constituencies are big enough. Much better than that AV rubbish. Or STV - that really is nonsense on stilts, what with all that surplus votes business and taking a week to finish the count.eek said:It looks like any extension is going to require EU Parlaimentry elections
https://twitter.com/alexebarker/status/1106632167235481600
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He's got into another fine mess. Oh, wrong Hardy!ydoethur said:
These are puns about Hardy, sir. Why the dickens would you change the subject?Charles said:
It’ll be hard times if you do.ydoethur said:
I was attempting to find desperate remedies.Nigelb said:
A seriously obscure pun.ydoethur said:
I think you're just Tessing us.Foxy said:
I remember them standing in the Eighties.williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
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So long as you don’t want to kiss me....viewcode said:
That's quite a good response. Please accept this Laurel. And a Hardy handshake...Nigelb said:
A Hardy lot ?williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
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You were way out. Give it a West.SandyRentool said:
He's got into another fine mess. Oh, wrong Hardy!ydoethur said:
These are puns about Hardy, sir. Why the dickens would you change the subject?Charles said:
It’ll be hard times if you do.ydoethur said:
I was attempting to find desperate remedies.Nigelb said:
A seriously obscure pun.ydoethur said:
I think you're just Tessing us.Foxy said:
I remember them standing in the Eighties.williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
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No. I have never been more disgusted at the political process and its representatives. Having wrested control of foreign policy away from the executive they have shown themselves entirely inadequate to wield it.nico67 said:A question for everyone .
Will you miss Brexit . Politics has never been more chaotic and interesting , I’m sure we’re becoming addicted to this .
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Interesting, thank you.ydoethur said:
It wasn't called Norsex, but Northumbria, referring to a geographical feature (the Humber) rather than the people.viewcode said:
No independence for Wessex until the following:williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
* A majority is achieved in referenda in Wessex. Essex, Sussex and Middlesex
* They tell me - and I mean this quite sincerely - what the arse they have done with Norex? There has to have been one, surely.0 -
[It's a line from Blazing Saddles]Nigelb said:
So long as you don’t want to kiss me....viewcode said:
That's quite a good response. Please accept this Laurel. And a Hardy handshake...Nigelb said:
A Hardy lot ?williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
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There was a ruler called 'King of the North Saxons' during the time of the Nordic Kingdom of York in the ninth century. But I don't think it was considered a country and certainly the name hasn't survived even though the area involved must have covered most of what is now Northumberland (a corruption of 'Northumbria'.)viewcode said:
Interesting, thank you.ydoethur said:
It wasn't called Norsex, but Northumbria, referring to a geographical feature (the Humber) rather than the people.viewcode said:
No independence for Wessex until the following:williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
* A majority is achieved in referenda in Wessex. Essex, Sussex and Middlesex
* They tell me - and I mean this quite sincerely - what the arse they have done with Norex? There has to have been one, surely.0 -
That was always going to be the case, that there couldn't be any uncertainty whatsoever in the minds of the EU, about whether or not we would be members in July, in advance of the EU elections in May.eek said:It looks like any extension is going to require EU Parlaimentry elections
https://twitter.com/alexebarker/status/1106632167235481600
I hope those in favour of an extension are looking forward to "Tommy Robinson" MEP taking his seat in the European Parliament?0 -
The FT have got hold of the EU ambassadors briefing notes on an Article 50 extension .
Clear if the UK wants a long extension it will have to have EU elections . Even if the UK had an extension for a year if it doesn’t send MEPs by July 1st then the UK extension is terminated .
What’s not clear is whether the EU would allow some get out clause to send the current UK MEPs back if an election wasn’t held .0 -
Sorry about your news Big G. There seems to be a lot of bad news around at the moment sadly.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Thanks Dr Foxy - it is a bitter blow to happen in a few weeksFoxy said:I see Dr Fox has been hard at work on major trade deals:
https://twitter.com/LiamFox/status/1106190636850561025?s=19
Though actually it merely appears to be a continuation of existing arrangements via the EU.
Sorry to hear the bad news Big G. Cancer at a young age is often an aggressive form.0 -
If people are willing to vote for the Neon Nazi, then it says a lot about them that is deplorable.Sandpit said:
That was always going to be the case, that there couldn't be any uncertainty whatsoever in the minds of the EU, about whether or not we would be members in July, in advance of the EU elections in May.eek said:It looks like any extension is going to require EU Parlaimentry elections
https://twitter.com/alexebarker/status/1106632167235481600
I hope those in favour of an extension are looking forward to "Tommy Robinson" MEP taking his seat in the European Parliament?0 -
If you get the votes you get a seat, that's how it works. You don't keep nazis out by not having elections.Sandpit said:
That was always going to be the case, that there couldn't be any uncertainty whatsoever in the minds of the EU, about whether or not we would be members in July, in advance of the EU elections in May.eek said:It looks like any extension is going to require EU Parlaimentry elections
https://twitter.com/alexebarker/status/1106632167235481600
I hope those in favour of an extension are looking forward to "Tommy Robinson" MEP taking his seat in the European Parliament?0 -
So you think Brexit is a great liberal free-trade project but predict the election of Tommy Robinson if it's denied? What does that tell you about your initial judgement?Sandpit said:
That was always going to be the case, that there couldn't be any uncertainty whatsoever in the minds of the EU, about whether or not we would be members in July, in advance of the EU elections in May.eek said:It looks like any extension is going to require EU Parlaimentry elections
https://twitter.com/alexebarker/status/1106632167235481600
I hope those in favour of an extension are looking forward to "Tommy Robinson" MEP taking his seat in the European Parliament?0 -
I have learned two things tonightydoethur said:
There was a ruler called 'King of the North Saxons' during the time of the Nordic Kingdom of York in the ninth century. But I don't think it was considered a country and certainly the name hasn't survived even though the area involved must have covered most of what is now Northumberland (a corruption of 'Northumbria'.)viewcode said:
Interesting, thank you.ydoethur said:
It wasn't called Norsex, but Northumbria, referring to a geographical feature (the Humber) rather than the people.viewcode said:
No independence for Wessex until the following:williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
* A majority is achieved in referenda in Wessex. Essex, Sussex and Middlesex
* They tell me - and I mean this quite sincerely - what the arse they have done with Norex? There has to have been one, surely.
* The reason for the disappearance of Norsex
* Sainsbury's gin and dry tonic is nice but makes me burp 0 -
What’s confusing say the UK extends to June 30 th .
Then in the middle of June revokes Article 50 having not had EU elections .0 -
No reason you should.ydoethur said:
OK, thanks. Not heard of that one before.Nigelb said:
The Trumpet-Major.ydoethur said:
OK, you've lost me there. Which Hardy does that refer to?Nigelb said:
No, ydoethur only trumpets his major successes.viewcode said:
But Jude-icious.Nigelb said:
A seriously obscure pun.ydoethur said:
I think you're just Tessing us.Foxy said:
I remember them standing in the Eighties.williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
(I will admit I know his short stories rather better than his novels, which I find overlong and tedious. In fact I think I've only ever read one right the way through.)
There was a deal of his stuff on the syllabus when I studied English. I loathed his novels; some of the poetry is rather good, though.
I was probably one of the 0.1% of readers (and there weren’t that many of them) who really enjoyed Howard Jacobson’s ‘Peeping Tom’ - which, although not a very good novel, burned brightly with its hatred of Hardy.
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The worst thing is that they don't even have to vote for him by name, he'll likely be high on the UKIP party list.Foxy said:
If people are willing to vote for the Neon Nazi, then it says a lot about them that is deplorable.Sandpit said:
That was always going to be the case, that there couldn't be any uncertainty whatsoever in the minds of the EU, about whether or not we would be members in July, in advance of the EU elections in May.eek said:It looks like any extension is going to require EU Parlaimentry elections
https://twitter.com/alexebarker/status/1106632167235481600
I hope those in favour of an extension are looking forward to "Tommy Robinson" MEP taking his seat in the European Parliament?0 -
Yes, Mrs Foxy is at the sharp end of sorting out social care for her mother this week. The frail old dear is fading away. While Brexit paralyses our Parliament, life goes on.Sandpit said:
Sorry about your news Big G. There seems to be a lot of bad news around at the moment sadly.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Thanks Dr Foxy - it is a bitter blow to happen in a few weeksFoxy said:I see Dr Fox has been hard at work on major trade deals:
https://twitter.com/LiamFox/status/1106190636850561025?s=19
Though actually it merely appears to be a continuation of existing arrangements via the EU.
Sorry to hear the bad news Big G. Cancer at a young age is often an aggressive form.0 -
Wouldn't Mercia have been the most likely candidate for "Norsex", given that it would have adjoined Wessex and Middlesex?viewcode said:
I have learned two things tonightydoethur said:
There was a ruler called 'King of the North Saxons' during the time of the Nordic Kingdom of York in the ninth century. But I don't think it was considered a country and certainly the name hasn't survived even though the area involved must have covered most of what is now Northumberland (a corruption of 'Northumbria'.)viewcode said:
Interesting, thank you.ydoethur said:
It wasn't called Norsex, but Northumbria, referring to a geographical feature (the Humber) rather than the people.viewcode said:
No independence for Wessex until the following:williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
* A majority is achieved in referenda in Wessex. Essex, Sussex and Middlesex
* They tell me - and I mean this quite sincerely - what the arse they have done with Norex? There has to have been one, surely.
* The reason for the disappearance of Norsex
* Sainsbury's gin and dry tonic is nice but makes me burp0 -
That's another one I'll cheerfully admit to not having heard of!Nigelb said:
No reason you should.ydoethur said:
OK, thanks. Not heard of that one before.Nigelb said:
The Trumpet-Major.ydoethur said:
OK, you've lost me there. Which Hardy does that refer to?Nigelb said:
No, ydoethur only trumpets his major successes.viewcode said:
But Jude-icious.Nigelb said:
A seriously obscure pun.ydoethur said:
I think you're just Tessing us.Foxy said:
I remember them standing in the Eighties.williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
(I will admit I know his short stories rather better than his novels, which I find overlong and tedious. In fact I think I've only ever read one right the way through.)
There was a deal of his stuff on the syllabus when I studied English. I loathed his novels; some of the poetry is rather good, though.
I was probably one of the 0.1% of readers (and there weren’t that many of them) who really enjoyed Howard Jacobson’s ‘Peeping Tom’ - which, although not a very good novel, burned brightly with its hatred of Hardy.0 -
Is he actually a member? And if so how will Batterns UKIP do against Farage's Brexit Party of one?Sandpit said:
The worst thing is that they don't even have to vote for him by name, he'll likely be high on the UKIP party list.Foxy said:
If people are willing to vote for the Neon Nazi, then it says a lot about them that is deplorable.Sandpit said:
That was always going to be the case, that there couldn't be any uncertainty whatsoever in the minds of the EU, about whether or not we would be members in July, in advance of the EU elections in May.eek said:It looks like any extension is going to require EU Parlaimentry elections
https://twitter.com/alexebarker/status/1106632167235481600
I hope those in favour of an extension are looking forward to "Tommy Robinson" MEP taking his seat in the European Parliament?0 -
But it was south of the North. If that makes sense.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Wouldn't Mercia have been the most likely candidate for "Norsex", given that it would have adjoined Wessex and Middlesex?viewcode said:
I have learned two things tonightydoethur said:
There was a ruler called 'King of the North Saxons' during the time of the Nordic Kingdom of York in the ninth century. But I don't think it was considered a country and certainly the name hasn't survived even though the area involved must have covered most of what is now Northumberland (a corruption of 'Northumbria'.)viewcode said:
Interesting, thank you.ydoethur said:
It wasn't called Norsex, but Northumbria, referring to a geographical feature (the Humber) rather than the people.viewcode said:
No independence for Wessex until the following:williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
* A majority is achieved in referenda in Wessex. Essex, Sussex and Middlesex
* They tell me - and I mean this quite sincerely - what the arse they have done with Norex? There has to have been one, surely.
* The reason for the disappearance of Norsex
* Sainsbury's gin and dry tonic is nice but makes me burp0 -
Why do you persist in mocking this kind of things? It’s important to these islands with whom we have a long shared history. It may not be as significant as the US oust EU but they need to be doneFoxy said:I see Dr Fox has been hard at work on major trade deals:
https://twitter.com/LiamFox/status/1106190636850561025?s=19
Though actually it merely appears to be a continuation of existing arrangements via the EU.
Sorry to hear the bad news Big G. Cancer at a young age is often an aggressive form.0 -
Slightly O/T but I had one ear to Sky and they were talking about the internet presence of politicians.Sandpit said:
That was always going to be the case, that there couldn't be any uncertainty whatsoever in the minds of the EU, about whether or not we would be members in July, in advance of the EU elections in May.eek said:It looks like any extension is going to require EU Parlaimentry elections
https://twitter.com/alexebarker/status/1106632167235481600
I hope those in favour of an extension are looking forward to "Tommy Robinson" MEP taking his seat in the European Parliament?
T May 1.5 million internet dodahs they were using
Magic Grandad - 5.4 million
T Robbinson - 17.6 million.
I was surprised to say the least, but Mr Robinson as an elected politician certainly has a potential after i heard those figures.
Also on a more disturbing note is that railing against Muslims seems to be very popular.
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Indeed, but if we leave the EU we won’t need the elections.edmundintokyo said:
If you get the votes you get a seat, that's how it works. You don't keep nazis out by not having elections.Sandpit said:
That was always going to be the case, that there couldn't be any uncertainty whatsoever in the minds of the EU, about whether or not we would be members in July, in advance of the EU elections in May.eek said:It looks like any extension is going to require EU Parlaimentry elections
https://twitter.com/alexebarker/status/1106632167235481600
I hope those in favour of an extension are looking forward to "Tommy Robinson" MEP taking his seat in the European Parliament?0 -
Man in crowd: Rabbi, is there a proper blessing for the Tsar?Sandpit said:
I hope those in favour of an extension are looking forward to "Tommy Robinson" MEP taking his seat in the European Parliament?eek said:It looks like any extension is going to require EU Parlaimentry elections
https://twitter.com/alexebarker/status/1106632167235481600
Rabbi: The Tsar?
Man: Yes, a blessing for the Tsar
Rabbi: (thinks furiously) Of course! God bless and keep the Tsar...far away from us.
- "Fiddler on the Roof".0 -
The DUP aren't known for compromising.williamglenn said:0 -
A tale of two cities?ydoethur said:
These are puns about Hardy, sir. Why the dickens would you change the subject?Charles said:
It’ll be hard times if you do.ydoethur said:
I was attempting to find desperate remedies.Nigelb said:
A seriously obscure pun.ydoethur said:
I think you're just Tessing us.Foxy said:
I remember them standing in the Eighties.williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=210 -
What happens when a new country joins mid term? By-elections?nico67 said:What’s confusing say the UK extends to June 30 th .
Then in the middle of June revokes Article 50 having not had EU elections .0 -
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You're just trying to twist matters.Charles said:
A tale of two cities?ydoethur said:
These are puns about Hardy, sir. Why the dickens would you change the subject?Charles said:
It’ll be hard times if you do.ydoethur said:
I was attempting to find desperate remedies.Nigelb said:
A seriously obscure pun.ydoethur said:
I think you're just Tessing us.Foxy said:
I remember them standing in the Eighties.williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=210 -
One thing is certain - he's twenty grand poorer than he was when he got up this morning:Foxy said:
Is he actually a member? And if so how will Batterns UKIP do against Farage's Brexit Party of one?Sandpit said:
The worst thing is that they don't even have to vote for him by name, he'll likely be high on the UKIP party list.Foxy said:
If people are willing to vote for the Neon Nazi, then it says a lot about them that is deplorable.Sandpit said:
That was always going to be the case, that there couldn't be any uncertainty whatsoever in the minds of the EU, about whether or not we would be members in July, in advance of the EU elections in May.eek said:It looks like any extension is going to require EU Parlaimentry elections
https://twitter.com/alexebarker/status/1106632167235481600
I hope those in favour of an extension are looking forward to "Tommy Robinson" MEP taking his seat in the European Parliament?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47586480
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Which is why they won’t allow the extension past the EU Election Day, unless the Treaty is ratified by both sides and we can no longer revoke A50. The situation you describe would bring absolute chaos to the EU, as the Parliament would be incorrectly constituted.nico67 said:What’s confusing say the UK extends to June 30 th .
Then in the middle of June revokes Article 50 having not had EU elections .0 -
It was Angles not Saxons in the Midlands and North.ydoethur said:
It wasn't called Norsex, but Northumbria, referring to a geographical feature (the Humber) rather than the people.viewcode said:
No independence for Wessex until the following:williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
* A majority is achieved in referenda in Wessex. Essex, Sussex and Middlesex
* They tell me - and I mean this quite sincerely - what the arse they have done with Norex? There has to have been one, surely.
A Norsex would have been in the Herts-Beds-Bucks area if it had ever existed.0 -
It is just as well for Grayling that Adonis had that spell at transport. Otherwise he would be in a league of his own for mind-bending incompetence rather than just the worst transport secretary of all time.Scott_P said:0 -
Beans-on-Naanralphmalph said:
How the other half live!Freggles said:
Nice work. I was chef today.MarqueeMark said:The Missus has been cookin' - here's mi tea tonight:
STARTER:
CRISPY DUCK SALAD
WITH
HOISIN AND ORANGE DRESSING
MAINS:
MAPLE SYRUP AND SOY-MARINADED SALMON
WITH
A GINGER AND CHILLI BROTH
AND
DIM SUM
PLUS
EGG-FRIED RICE
DESSERT:
BLOOD ORANGE AND APRICOT SOUFFLE
WITH
BACO DI ROMA BISCUITS CONTAINING ORANGE AND ROSEMARY
CHEESEBOARD
STARTER:
NO
MAIN:
SLIGHTLY BURNT BAKED POTATO
WITH
MEDIUM SPICED CHICKEN AND CASHEW NUT CURRY
PLUS
APPLE AND BLACKCURRANT SQUASH TO DRINK
DESSERT:
CADBURY'S CREME EGG AND CADBURY'S CARAMEL EGG0 -
My judgement is that enough people will be absolutely furious at having Brexit denied by the political classes, that they’ll elect anyone prepared to turn the system upside-down.williamglenn said:
So you think Brexit is a great liberal free-trade project but predict the election of Tommy Robinson if it's denied? What does that tell you about your initial judgement?Sandpit said:
That was always going to be the case, that there couldn't be any uncertainty whatsoever in the minds of the EU, about whether or not we would be members in July, in advance of the EU elections in May.eek said:It looks like any extension is going to require EU Parlaimentry elections
https://twitter.com/alexebarker/status/1106632167235481600
I hope those in favour of an extension are looking forward to "Tommy Robinson" MEP taking his seat in the European Parliament?
Also, the vast majority of people still think UKIP is Farage’s party, they don’t know it’s now Stephen Yaxley-Lennon’s party - and the EU election is run on a closed party list basis.0 -
Yes it has not been a good week but thank youSandpit said:
Sorry about your news Big G. There seems to be a lot of bad news around at the moment sadly.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Thanks Dr Foxy - it is a bitter blow to happen in a few weeksFoxy said:I see Dr Fox has been hard at work on major trade deals:
https://twitter.com/LiamFox/status/1106190636850561025?s=19
Though actually it merely appears to be a continuation of existing arrangements via the EU.
Sorry to hear the bad news Big G. Cancer at a young age is often an aggressive form.0 -
UKIP may lose votes if Yaxley-Lennon is on the ballot. Also I would guess that he would not be at the top of the ballot, since longserving Kippers would take those spots.Sandpit said:
That was always going to be the case, that there couldn't be any uncertainty whatsoever in the minds of the EU, about whether or not we would be members in July, in advance of the EU elections in May.eek said:It looks like any extension is going to require EU Parlaimentry elections
https://twitter.com/alexebarker/status/1106632167235481600
I hope those in favour of an extension are looking forward to "Tommy Robinson" MEP taking his seat in the European Parliament?0 -
Agreed. The new arrangement will be no better than the one they already had through the EU and possibly worse. If No Deal goes ahead, it will definitely be worse because their exports will be displaced by Chinese ones as they lose their preferential trade status.Charles said:
Why do you persist in mocking this kind of things? It’s important to these islands with whom we have a long shared history. It may not be as significant as the US oust EU but they need to be doneFoxy said:I see Dr Fox has been hard at work on major trade deals:
https://twitter.com/LiamFox/status/1106190636850561025?s=19
Though actually it merely appears to be a continuation of existing arrangements via the EU.
Sorry to hear the bad news Big G. Cancer at a young age is often an aggressive form.0 -
He is the best funded politician in UK according to Sunday Times. Huge #s of small donations online.SandyRentool said:
One thing is certain - he's twenty grand poorer than he was when he got up this morning:Foxy said:
Is he actually a member? And if so how will Batterns UKIP do against Farage's Brexit Party of one?Sandpit said:
The worst thing is that they don't even have to vote for him by name, he'll likely be high on the UKIP party list.Foxy said:
If people are willing to vote for the Neon Nazi, then it says a lot about them that is deplorable.Sandpit said:
That was always going to be the case, that there couldn't be any uncertainty whatsoever in the minds of the EU, about whether or not we would be members in July, in advance of the EU elections in May.eek said:It looks like any extension is going to require EU Parlaimentry elections
https://twitter.com/alexebarker/status/1106632167235481600
I hope those in favour of an extension are looking forward to "Tommy Robinson" MEP taking his seat in the European Parliament?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-475864800 -
Jacobson is a good writer, but that one was pretty obscure three decades ago.ydoethur said:
That's another one I'll cheerfully admit to not having heard of!Nigelb said:
No reason you should.ydoethur said:
OK, thanks. Not heard of that one before.Nigelb said:
The Trumpet-Major.ydoethur said:
OK, you've lost me there. Which Hardy does that refer to?Nigelb said:
No, ydoethur only trumpets his major successes.viewcode said:
But Jude-icious.Nigelb said:
A seriously obscure pun.ydoethur said:
I think you're just Tessing us.Foxy said:
I remember them standing in the Eighties.williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
(I will admit I know his short stories rather better than his novels, which I find overlong and tedious. In fact I think I've only ever read one right the way through.)
There was a deal of his stuff on the syllabus when I studied English. I loathed his novels; some of the poetry is rather good, though.
I was probably one of the 0.1% of readers (and there weren’t that many of them) who really enjoyed Howard Jacobson’s ‘Peeping Tom’ - which, although not a very good novel, burned brightly with its hatred of Hardy.
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Fusion food.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Beans-on-Naanralphmalph said:
How the other half live!Freggles said:
Nice work. I was chef today.MarqueeMark said:The Missus has been cookin' - here's mi tea tonight:
STARTER:
CRISPY DUCK SALAD
WITH
HOISIN AND ORANGE DRESSING
MAINS:
MAPLE SYRUP AND SOY-MARINADED SALMON
WITH
A GINGER AND CHILLI BROTH
AND
DIM SUM
PLUS
EGG-FRIED RICE
DESSERT:
BLOOD ORANGE AND APRICOT SOUFFLE
WITH
BACO DI ROMA BISCUITS CONTAINING ORANGE AND ROSEMARY
CHEESEBOARD
STARTER:
NO
MAIN:
SLIGHTLY BURNT BAKED POTATO
WITH
MEDIUM SPICED CHICKEN AND CASHEW NUT CURRY
PLUS
APPLE AND BLACKCURRANT SQUASH TO DRINK
DESSERT:
CADBURY'S CREME EGG AND CADBURY'S CARAMEL EGG0 -
Although Brexit has caused a lot of division it has on the other hand allowed a lot more cross party co operation in terms of amendments .
It does show that on certain issues MPs from different sides can work together.0 -
It was a mixture (hence why the client king of Bernicia used 'King of the North Saxons'). But also, the distinctions between tribes may have been quite minor. We don't know as much as is sometimes thought, and a lot of what we 'know' may of course be wrong.another_richard said:
It was Angles not Saxons in the Midlands and North.ydoethur said:
It wasn't called Norsex, but Northumbria, referring to a geographical feature (the Humber) rather than the people.viewcode said:
No independence for Wessex until the following:williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
* A majority is achieved in referenda in Wessex. Essex, Sussex and Middlesex
* They tell me - and I mean this quite sincerely - what the arse they have done with Norex? There has to have been one, surely.
A Norsex would have been in the Herts-Beds-Bucks area if it had ever existed.0 -
Sorry to hear that. We have been there with our family and now, at our age, we just pray we will not be a burden on our dear family at some time in the futureFoxy said:
Yes, Mrs Foxy is at the sharp end of sorting out social care for her mother this week. The frail old dear is fading away. While Brexit paralyses our Parliament, life goes on.Sandpit said:
Sorry about your news Big G. There seems to be a lot of bad news around at the moment sadly.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Thanks Dr Foxy - it is a bitter blow to happen in a few weeksFoxy said:I see Dr Fox has been hard at work on major trade deals:
https://twitter.com/LiamFox/status/1106190636850561025?s=19
Though actually it merely appears to be a continuation of existing arrangements via the EU.
Sorry to hear the bad news Big G. Cancer at a young age is often an aggressive form.0 -
0
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Won't need *those particular* elections.Sandpit said:
Indeed, but if we leave the EU we won’t need the elections.edmundintokyo said:
If you get the votes you get a seat, that's how it works. You don't keep nazis out by not having elections.Sandpit said:
That was always going to be the case, that there couldn't be any uncertainty whatsoever in the minds of the EU, about whether or not we would be members in July, in advance of the EU elections in May.eek said:It looks like any extension is going to require EU Parlaimentry elections
https://twitter.com/alexebarker/status/1106632167235481600
I hope those in favour of an extension are looking forward to "Tommy Robinson" MEP taking his seat in the European Parliament?0 -
Oh, I am quite fond of Fiji, my GG Grandfather spent some years there in the 19th Century as a missionary, but Dr Fox is being economical with the truth. He hasn't improved any trade deal or saved any money, merely replicated EU deals.Charles said:
Why do you persist in mocking this kind of things? It’s important to these islands with whom we have a long shared history. It may not be as significant as the US oust EU but they need to be doneFoxy said:I see Dr Fox has been hard at work on major trade deals:
https://twitter.com/LiamFox/status/1106190636850561025?s=19
Though actually it merely appears to be a continuation of existing arrangements via the EU.
Sorry to hear the bad news Big G. Cancer at a young age is often an aggressive form.
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The ballot papers show the candidates, so if UKIP try to put him up, his name will be there.Sandpit said:
My judgement is that enough people will be absolutely furious at having Brexit denied by the political classes, that they’ll elect anyone prepared to turn the system upside-down.williamglenn said:
So you think Brexit is a great liberal free-trade project but predict the election of Tommy Robinson if it's denied? What does that tell you about your initial judgement?Sandpit said:
That was always going to be the case, that there couldn't be any uncertainty whatsoever in the minds of the EU, about whether or not we would be members in July, in advance of the EU elections in May.eek said:It looks like any extension is going to require EU Parlaimentry elections
https://twitter.com/alexebarker/status/1106632167235481600
I hope those in favour of an extension are looking forward to "Tommy Robinson" MEP taking his seat in the European Parliament?
Also, the vast majority of people still think UKIP is Farage’s party, they don’t know it’s now Stephen Yaxley-Lennon’s party - and the EU election is run on a closed party list basis.0 -
What has your Nan done to deserve that? She sent you birthday presents and everything!Sunil_Prasannan said:
Beans-on-Naanralphmalph said:
How the other half live!Freggles said:
Nice work. I was chef today.MarqueeMark said:The Missus has been cookin' - here's mi tea tonight:
STARTER:
CRISPY DUCK SALAD
WITH
HOISIN AND ORANGE DRESSING
MAINS:
MAPLE SYRUP AND SOY-MARINADED SALMON
WITH
A GINGER AND CHILLI BROTH
AND
DIM SUM
PLUS
EGG-FRIED RICE
DESSERT:
BLOOD ORANGE AND APRICOT SOUFFLE
WITH
BACO DI ROMA BISCUITS CONTAINING ORANGE AND ROSEMARY
CHEESEBOARD
STARTER:
NO
MAIN:
SLIGHTLY BURNT BAKED POTATO
WITH
MEDIUM SPICED CHICKEN AND CASHEW NUT CURRY
PLUS
APPLE AND BLACKCURRANT SQUASH TO DRINK
DESSERT:
CADBURY'S CREME EGG AND CADBURY'S CARAMEL EGG
(I know, I know...
) 0 -
I believe so. Farage and Batten had a big falling out over it, that led to Farage setting up his new party.Foxy said:
Is he actually a member? And if so how will Batterns UKIP do against Farage's Brexit Party of one?Sandpit said:
The worst thing is that they don't even have to vote for him by name, he'll likely be high on the UKIP party list.Foxy said:
If people are willing to vote for the Neon Nazi, then it says a lot about them that is deplorable.Sandpit said:
That was always going to be the case, that there couldn't be any uncertainty whatsoever in the minds of the EU, about whether or not we would be members in July, in advance of the EU elections in May.eek said:It looks like any extension is going to require EU Parlaimentry elections
https://twitter.com/alexebarker/status/1106632167235481600
I hope those in favour of an extension are looking forward to "Tommy Robinson" MEP taking his seat in the European Parliament?
https://news.sky.com/story/tommy-robinson-becomes-adviser-to-ukip-leader-gerard-batten-115606820 -
But it must have adjoined the other "Sexes" - if you know what I mean. Northumbria is hundreds of miles away.ydoethur said:
But it was south of the North. If that makes sense.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Wouldn't Mercia have been the most likely candidate for "Norsex", given that it would have adjoined Wessex and Middlesex?viewcode said:
I have learned two things tonightydoethur said:
There was a ruler called 'King of the North Saxons' during the time of the Nordic Kingdom of York in the ninth century. But I don't think it was considered a country and certainly the name hasn't survived even though the area involved must have covered most of what is now Northumberland (a corruption of 'Northumbria'.)viewcode said:
Interesting, thank you.ydoethur said:
It wasn't called Norsex, but Northumbria, referring to a geographical feature (the Humber) rather than the people.viewcode said:
No independence for Wessex until the following:williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
* A majority is achieved in referenda in Wessex. Essex, Sussex and Middlesex
* They tell me - and I mean this quite sincerely - what the arse they have done with Norex? There has to have been one, surely.
* The reason for the disappearance of Norsex
* Sainsbury's gin and dry tonic is nice but makes me burp0 -
I know he is an advisor, but is he a member?Sandpit said:
I believe so. Farage and Batten had a big falling out over it, that led to Farage setting up his new party.Foxy said:
Is he actually a member? And if so how will Batterns UKIP do against Farage's Brexit Party of one?Sandpit said:
The worst thing is that they don't even have to vote for him by name, he'll likely be high on the UKIP party list.Foxy said:
If people are willing to vote for the Neon Nazi, then it says a lot about them that is deplorable.Sandpit said:
That was always going to be the case, that there couldn't be any uncertainty whatsoever in the minds of the EU, about whether or not we would be members in July, in advance of the EU elections in May.eek said:It looks like any extension is going to require EU Parlaimentry elections
https://twitter.com/alexebarker/status/1106632167235481600
I hope those in favour of an extension are looking forward to "Tommy Robinson" MEP taking his seat in the European Parliament?
https://news.sky.com/story/tommy-robinson-becomes-adviser-to-ukip-leader-gerard-batten-115606820 -
I was actually joking about said "foodstuff"viewcode said:
What has your Nan done to deserve that? She sent you birthday presents and everything!Sunil_Prasannan said:
Beans-on-Naanralphmalph said:
How the other half live!Freggles said:
Nice work. I was chef today.MarqueeMark said:The Missus has been cookin' - here's mi tea tonight:
STARTER:
CRISPY DUCK SALAD
WITH
HOISIN AND ORANGE DRESSING
MAINS:
MAPLE SYRUP AND SOY-MARINADED SALMON
WITH
A GINGER AND CHILLI BROTH
AND
DIM SUM
PLUS
EGG-FRIED RICE
DESSERT:
BLOOD ORANGE AND APRICOT SOUFFLE
WITH
BACO DI ROMA BISCUITS CONTAINING ORANGE AND ROSEMARY
CHEESEBOARD
STARTER:
NO
MAIN:
SLIGHTLY BURNT BAKED POTATO
WITH
MEDIUM SPICED CHICKEN AND CASHEW NUT CURRY
PLUS
APPLE AND BLACKCURRANT SQUASH TO DRINK
DESSERT:
CADBURY'S CREME EGG AND CADBURY'S CARAMEL EGG
(I know, I know... )
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Is anyone clear about what they actually do want in terms of what the EU might actually deliver, as opposed to what they don't? Or is this an impossible dream. Just wanting to know.....and trying to keep it simple.logical_song said:
The DUP aren't known for compromising.williamglenn said:
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He’d have a hard time getting past you.ydoethur said:
You're just trying to twist matters.Charles said:
A tale of two cities?ydoethur said:
These are puns about Hardy, sir. Why the dickens would you change the subject?Charles said:
It’ll be hard times if you do.ydoethur said:
I was attempting to find desperate remedies.Nigelb said:
A seriously obscure pun.ydoethur said:
I think you're just Tessing us.Foxy said:
I remember them standing in the Eighties.williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
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Yes. Happened when Sweden joined. IIRC.logical_song said:
What happens when a new country joins mid term? By-elections?nico67 said:What’s confusing say the UK extends to June 30 th .
Then in the middle of June revokes Article 50 having not had EU elections .0 -
Fucking hell, Chris Grayling couldn't organise a pregnancy on a council estate.williamglenn said:0 -
I saw a story about him a couple of weeks ago on the subject, but damned if I can find it now...Foxy said:
I know he is an advisor, but is he a member?Sandpit said:
I believe so. Farage and Batten had a big falling out over it, that led to Farage setting up his new party.Foxy said:
Is he actually a member? And if so how will Batterns UKIP do against Farage's Brexit Party of one?Sandpit said:
The worst thing is that they don't even have to vote for him by name, he'll likely be high on the UKIP party list.Foxy said:
If people are willing to vote for the Neon Nazi, then it says a lot about them that is deplorable.Sandpit said:
That was always going to be the case, that there couldn't be any uncertainty whatsoever in the minds of the EU, about whether or not we would be members in July, in advance of the EU elections in May.eek said:It looks like any extension is going to require EU Parlaimentry elections
https://twitter.com/alexebarker/status/1106632167235481600
I hope those in favour of an extension are looking forward to "Tommy Robinson" MEP taking his seat in the European Parliament?
https://news.sky.com/story/tommy-robinson-becomes-adviser-to-ukip-leader-gerard-batten-115606820 -
No, not a burden, merely part repayment for the care and attention she gave to Mrs Foxy and I when younger.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Sorry to hear that. We have been there with our family and now, at our age, we just pray we will not be a burden on our dear family at some time in the futureFoxy said:
Yes, Mrs Foxy is at the sharp end of sorting out social care for her mother this week. The frail old dear is fading away. While Brexit paralyses our Parliament, life goes on.Sandpit said:
Sorry about your news Big G. There seems to be a lot of bad news around at the moment sadly.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Thanks Dr Foxy - it is a bitter blow to happen in a few weeksFoxy said:I see Dr Fox has been hard at work on major trade deals:
https://twitter.com/LiamFox/status/1106190636850561025?s=19
Though actually it merely appears to be a continuation of existing arrangements via the EU.
Sorry to hear the bad news Big G. Cancer at a young age is often an aggressive form.
I cannot remember an argument that I have ever had with her or my late Father in Law. Indeed she used to infuriate Mrs Foxy by taking my side in a few issues ;-)
Not impressed by Health Services on the Island btw. I am not surprised with this:
http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Health-Care-News/isle-of-wight-trust-admits-failing-terribly-in-reports-to-coroner-who-was-left-wanting-to-weep-0 -
So after negotiating a brexit deal with a firm with no ships, he now has to renegotiate a no-brexit deal with a firm that does have ships. Well, he's trying all the combinations, I'll give him that...williamglenn said: 0 -
Anyhoo. Train arriving at station. Laters.0
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He’s a one-man fiscal stimulus.TheScreamingEagles said:
Fucking hell, Chris Grayling couldn't organise a pregnancy on a council estate.williamglenn said:0 -
And? It also adjoined the kingdom of the East Angles. Why not then 'West Anglia?'Sunil_Prasannan said:
But it must have adjoined the other "Sexes" - if you know what I mean. Northumbria is hundreds of miles away.ydoethur said:
But it was south of the North. If that makes sense.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Wouldn't Mercia have been the most likely candidate for "Norsex", given that it would have adjoined Wessex and Middlesex?viewcode said:
I have learned two things tonightydoethur said:
There was a ruler called 'King of the North Saxons' during the time of the Nordic Kingdom of York in the ninth century. But I don't think it was considered a country and certainly the name hasn't survived even though the area involved must have covered most of what is now Northumberland (a corruption of 'Northumbria'.)viewcode said:
Interesting, thank you.ydoethur said:
It wasn't called Norsex, but Northumbria, referring to a geographical feature (the Humber) rather than the people.viewcode said:
No independence for Wessex until the following:williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
* A majority is achieved in referenda in Wessex. Essex, Sussex and Middlesex
* They tell me - and I mean this quite sincerely - what the arse they have done with Norex? There has to have been one, surely.
* The reason for the disappearance of Norsex
* Sainsbury's gin and dry tonic is nice but makes me burp0 -
And Today his botched privatisation of probation services claimed another casualty when Interserve collapsed, leaving 40 000 on probation to be picked up by othersTheScreamingEagles said:
Fucking hell, Chris Grayling couldn't organise a pregnancy on a council estate.williamglenn said:
https://www.publicfinance.co.uk/news/2019/03/public-sector-likely-suffer-collapse-interserve0 -
None of those things are points. Number 3 is particularly hyperbolic while conveying no information whatever.Recidivist said:Point 1) They were well aware of it.
Point 2) It is at a much greater in scale now.
Point 3) The stench reaches up to the very top of the party.
Point 4) The die-hard Corynites (not you, BTW) deny and excuse anti-Semitism.
Point 5) Labour has become a fertile breeding ground for anti-Jewish rhetoric and feelings, attracting more such rhetoric and comments.
Okay, you've gone from being wilfully ignorant to blindly stupid now. Or trolling.
I've provided you lots of information in the past - and you choose to just put your head in the sand.0 -
They are, but only if they judge it to be in their interests.logical_song said:
The DUP aren't known for compromising.williamglenn said:
Their advantage is that no one can outflank them.0 -
Nigel Dodds has warned Theresa May the DUP will never “waver” on the party’s Brexit red lines as she battles to persuade them to back her deal.
https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/foreign-affairs/brexit/house/house-magazine/102554/excl-nigel-dodds-warns-theresa-may-we
...So, the DUP claim they won't waver on red lines, meaning they need something new. The EU insist they won't waver on offering anything new. May has nothing new to offer without the EU giving her something, and no legal wrangling will help unless Cox suddenly thinks his previous opinion was bollocks, and the DUP deciding to believe him on that?
I do get there's always a lot of tough talk, but quite where there is even room to maneuver I am struggling with.0 -
Not nearly as businesses will have wasted trying to deal with this uncertainty right up to the point of departure. It's really unforgiveable.SouthamObserver said:When the May Deal does pass - thanks to the votes of MPs who said they would never, ever vote for it - how much money would they have cost the country in wasted No Deal preparations?
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Mercia, East Anglia and Northumbria were Angle kingdoms, not Sacon ones- indeed I understand there is still a notable genetic difference between Essex and Suffolk. Angles were not North Saxons, though were still Germanic.ydoethur said:
And? It also adjoined the kingdom of the East Angles. Why not then 'West Anglia?'Sunil_Prasannan said:
But it must have adjoined the other "Sexes" - if you know what I mean. Northumbria is hundreds of miles away.ydoethur said:
But it was south of the North. If that makes sense.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Wouldn't Mercia have been the most likely candidate for "Norsex", given that it would have adjoined Wessex and Middlesex?viewcode said:
I have learned two things tonightydoethur said:
There was a ruler called 'King of the North Saxons' during the time of the Nordic Kingdom of York in the ninth century. But I don't think it was considered a country and certainly the name hasn't survived even though the area involved must have covered most of what is now Northumberland (a corruption of 'Northumbria'.)viewcode said:
Interesting, thank you.ydoethur said:
It wasn't called Norsex, but Northumbria, referring to a geographical feature (the Humber) rather than the people.viewcode said:
No independence for Wessex until the following:williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
* A majority is achieved in referenda in Wessex. Essex, Sussex and Middlesex
* They tell me - and I mean this quite sincerely - what the arse they have done with Norex? There has to have been one, surely.
* The reason for the disappearance of Norsex
* Sainsbury's gin and dry tonic is nice but makes me burp
Mercia was 'West Anglia' if you like; Northumbria 'North Anglia'. But loyalties to old homelands back then were not necessarily that strong: loyalties were first to an individual lord. And kingdom names could be connected to other things than an ancestral homeland or tribe on the other side of the North Sea.0 -
Seems like a brief aberration now. How to make compromise seem in their interests is the question?Sunil_Prasannan said:0 -
and people tell us Brexit would have gone so much more successfully if the leavers had been in charge!viewcode said:
So after negotiating a brexit deal with a firm with no ships, he now has to renegotiate a no-brexit deal with a firm that does have ships. Well, he's trying all the combinations, I'll give him that...williamglenn said:0 -
The hardcore Leavers have to decide whether no Brexit is worse than a bad Brexit. They’re dithering.kle4 said:Nigel Dodds has warned Theresa May the DUP will never “waver” on the party’s Brexit red lines as she battles to persuade them to back her deal.
https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/foreign-affairs/brexit/house/house-magazine/102554/excl-nigel-dodds-warns-theresa-may-we
...So, the DUP claim they won't waver on red lines, meaning they need something new. The EU insist they won't waver on offering anything new. May has nothing new to offer without the EU giving her something, and no legal wrangling will help unless Cox suddenly thinks his previous opinion was bollocks, and the DUP deciding to believe him on that?
I do get there's always a lot of tough talk, but quite where there is even room to maneuver I am struggling with.0 -
I bow to nobody in my disdain for Chris Grayling, but I think it's worth pointing out that this comment is both misogynistic and betrays a consecending attitude towards people living in social housing. Besides, I suspect Grayling would struggle to organise a pregnancy in any residential environment, as he is too busy up fucking over the whole country to focus on anyone specifically.TheScreamingEagles said:
Fucking hell, Chris Grayling couldn't organise a pregnancy on a council estate.williamglenn said:0 -
I grew up on a large estate.OnlyLivingBoy said:
I bow to nobody in my disdain for Chris Grayling, but I think it's worth pointing out that this comment is both misogynistic and betrays a consecending attitude towards people living in social housing. Besides, I suspect Grayling would struggle to organise a pregnancy in any residential environment, as he is too busy up fucking over the whole country to focus on anyone specifically.TheScreamingEagles said:
Fucking hell, Chris Grayling couldn't organise a pregnancy on a council estate.williamglenn said:0 -
I believe that Sam Cam grew up on an estate nr Scunthorpe...TheScreamingEagles said:
I grew up on a large estate.OnlyLivingBoy said:
I bow to nobody in my disdain for Chris Grayling, but I think it's worth pointing out that this comment is both misogynistic and betrays a consecending attitude towards people living in social housing. Besides, I suspect Grayling would struggle to organise a pregnancy in any residential environment, as he is too busy up fucking over the whole country to focus on anyone specifically.TheScreamingEagles said:
Fucking hell, Chris Grayling couldn't organise a pregnancy on a council estate.williamglenn said:0 -
I have a lot in common with Samantha Cameron.Foxy said:
I believe that Sam Cam grew up on an estate nr Scunthorpe...TheScreamingEagles said:
I grew up on a large estate.OnlyLivingBoy said:
I bow to nobody in my disdain for Chris Grayling, but I think it's worth pointing out that this comment is both misogynistic and betrays a consecending attitude towards people living in social housing. Besides, I suspect Grayling would struggle to organise a pregnancy in any residential environment, as he is too busy up fucking over the whole country to focus on anyone specifically.TheScreamingEagles said:
Fucking hell, Chris Grayling couldn't organise a pregnancy on a council estate.williamglenn said:
We both have long standing links to Sheffield and we both love David Cameron.0 -
That’s bleak. House!ydoethur said:
You're just trying to twist matters.Charles said:
A tale of two cities?ydoethur said:
These are puns about Hardy, sir. Why the dickens would you change the subject?Charles said:
It’ll be hard times if you do.ydoethur said:
I was attempting to find desperate remedies.Nigelb said:
A seriously obscure pun.ydoethur said:
I think you're just Tessing us.Foxy said:
I remember them standing in the Eighties.williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=210 -
That is much like our relationship with both sets of parents and with our children so busy in their jobs we do not want to cause them problems , but we have no way of knowing our future possible care plans, so we just all concentrate on being familyFoxy said:
No, not a burden, merely part repayment for the care and attention she gave to Mrs Foxy and I when younger.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Sorry to hear that. We have been there with our family and now, at our age, we just pray we will not be a burden on our dear family at some time in the futureFoxy said:
Yes, Mrs Foxy is at the sharp end of sorting out social care for her mother this week. The frail old dear is fading away. While Brexit paralyses our Parliament, life goes on.Sandpit said:
Sorry about your news Big G. There seems to be a lot of bad news around at the moment sadly.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Thanks Dr Foxy - it is a bitter blow to happen in a few weeksFoxy said:I see Dr Fox has been hard at work on major trade deals:
https://twitter.com/LiamFox/status/1106190636850561025?s=19
Though actually it merely appears to be a continuation of existing arrangements via the EU.
Sorry to hear the bad news Big G. Cancer at a young age is often an aggressive form.
I cannot remember an argument that I have ever had with her or my late Father in Law. Indeed she used to infuriate Mrs Foxy by taking my side in a few issues ;-)
Not impressed by Health Services on the Island btw. I am not surprised with this:
http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Health-Care-News/isle-of-wight-trust-admits-failing-terribly-in-reports-to-coroner-who-was-left-wanting-to-weep-0 -
Isn’t Norsex what Ulsterman practice before marriage?another_richard said:
It was Angles not Saxons in the Midlands and North.ydoethur said:
It wasn't called Norsex, but Northumbria, referring to a geographical feature (the Humber) rather than the people.viewcode said:
No independence for Wessex until the following:williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
* A majority is achieved in referenda in Wessex. Essex, Sussex and Middlesex
* They tell me - and I mean this quite sincerely - what the arse they have done with Norex? There has to have been one, surely.
A Norsex would have been in the Herts-Beds-Bucks area if it had ever existed.0 -
A few are. But it's whether the DUP care either way that matters.AlastairMeeks said:
The hardcore Leavers have to decide whether no Brexit is worse than a bad Brexit. They’re dithering.kle4 said:Nigel Dodds has warned Theresa May the DUP will never “waver” on the party’s Brexit red lines as she battles to persuade them to back her deal.
https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/foreign-affairs/brexit/house/house-magazine/102554/excl-nigel-dodds-warns-theresa-may-we
...So, the DUP claim they won't waver on red lines, meaning they need something new. The EU insist they won't waver on offering anything new. May has nothing new to offer without the EU giving her something, and no legal wrangling will help unless Cox suddenly thinks his previous opinion was bollocks, and the DUP deciding to believe him on that?
I do get there's always a lot of tough talk, but quite where there is even room to maneuver I am struggling with.0 -
In that tweet he’s entirely factual. Nothing economicalFoxy said:
Oh, I am quite fond of Fiji, my GG Grandfather spent some years there in the 19th Century as a missionary, but Dr Fox is being economical with the truth. He hasn't improved any trade deal or saved any money, merely replicated EU deals.Charles said:
Why do you persist in mocking this kind of things? It’s important to these islands with whom we have a long shared history. It may not be as significant as the US oust EU but they need to be doneFoxy said:I see Dr Fox has been hard at work on major trade deals:
https://twitter.com/LiamFox/status/1106190636850561025?s=19
Though actually it merely appears to be a continuation of existing arrangements via the EU.
Sorry to hear the bad news Big G. Cancer at a young age is often an aggressive form.0 -
There’s also the fashion obsession ?TheScreamingEagles said:
I have a lot in common with Samantha Cameron.Foxy said:
I believe that Sam Cam grew up on an estate nr Scunthorpe...TheScreamingEagles said:
I grew up on a large estate.OnlyLivingBoy said:
I bow to nobody in my disdain for Chris Grayling, but I think it's worth pointing out that this comment is both misogynistic and betrays a consecending attitude towards people living in social housing. Besides, I suspect Grayling would struggle to organise a pregnancy in any residential environment, as he is too busy up fucking over the whole country to focus on anyone specifically.TheScreamingEagles said:
Fucking hell, Chris Grayling couldn't organise a pregnancy on a council estate.williamglenn said:
We both have long standing links to Sheffield and we both love David Cameron.
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Was it a Volvo or a Ford?TheScreamingEagles said:
I grew up on a large estate.OnlyLivingBoy said:
I bow to nobody in my disdain for Chris Grayling, but I think it's worth pointing out that this comment is both misogynistic and betrays a consecending attitude towards people living in social housing. Besides, I suspect Grayling would struggle to organise a pregnancy in any residential environment, as he is too busy up fucking over the whole country to focus on anyone specifically.TheScreamingEagles said:
Fucking hell, Chris Grayling couldn't organise a pregnancy on a council estate.williamglenn said:0 -
To be fair if it hadn’t been for you lot fucking around the deal would be done by nowTheScreamingEagles said:
Fucking hell, Chris Grayling couldn't organise a pregnancy on a council estate.williamglenn said:0 -
That was before todays meetings and Dodds upbeat assessment.kle4 said:Nigel Dodds has warned Theresa May the DUP will never “waver” on the party’s Brexit red lines as she battles to persuade them to back her deal.
https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/foreign-affairs/brexit/house/house-magazine/102554/excl-nigel-dodds-warns-theresa-may-we
...So, the DUP claim they won't waver on red lines, meaning they need something new. The EU insist they won't waver on offering anything new. May has nothing new to offer without the EU giving her something, and no legal wrangling will help unless Cox suddenly thinks his previous opinion was bollocks, and the DUP deciding to believe him on that?
I do get there's always a lot of tough talk, but quite where there is even room to maneuver I am struggling with.
We will know by tuesday so not much more can kicking
Anyway, talking of kicking, far more important than brexit is tomorrow when Wales claim the Grand Slam0 -
Not good for either of you, Big G or Foxy. Wish you both well.And, Big G, losing someone from a generation below you is hard. Very hard. Been there, done that.0
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That sounds like aprivatised water company!ydoethur said:
And? It also adjoined the kingdom of the East Angles. Why not then 'West Anglia?'Sunil_Prasannan said:
But it must have adjoined the other "Sexes" - if you know what I mean. Northumbria is hundreds of miles away.ydoethur said:
But it was south of the North. If that makes sense.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Wouldn't Mercia have been the most likely candidate for "Norsex", given that it would have adjoined Wessex and Middlesex?viewcode said:
I have learned two things tonightydoethur said:
There was a ruler called 'King of the North Saxons' during the time of the Nordic Kingdom of York in the ninth century. But I don't think it was considered a country and certainly the name hasn't survived even though the area involved must have covered most of what is now Northumberland (a corruption of 'Northumbria'.)viewcode said:
Interesting, thank you.ydoethur said:
It wasn't called Norsex, but Northumbria, referring to a geographical feature (the Humber) rather than the people.viewcode said:
No independence for Wessex until the following:williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
* A majority is achieved in referenda in Wessex. Essex, Sussex and Middlesex
* They tell me - and I mean this quite sincerely - what the arse they have done with Norex? There has to have been one, surely.
* The reason for the disappearance of Norsex
* Sainsbury's gin and dry tonic is nice but makes me burp0 -
West Anglia as a term exists - the railway line from London Liverpool Street to Cambridge via Harlow, for example.ydoethur said:
And? It also adjoined the kingdom of the East Angles. Why not then 'West Anglia?'Sunil_Prasannan said:
But it must have adjoined the other "Sexes" - if you know what I mean. Northumbria is hundreds of miles away.ydoethur said:
But it was south of the North. If that makes sense.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Wouldn't Mercia have been the most likely candidate for "Norsex", given that it would have adjoined Wessex and Middlesex?viewcode said:
I have learned two things tonightydoethur said:
There was a ruler called 'King of the North Saxons' during the time of the Nordic Kingdom of York in the ninth century. But I don't think it was considered a country and certainly the name hasn't survived even though the area involved must have covered most of what is now Northumberland (a corruption of 'Northumbria'.)viewcode said:
Interesting, thank you.ydoethur said:
It wasn't called Norsex, but Northumbria, referring to a geographical feature (the Humber) rather than the people.viewcode said:
No independence for Wessex until the following:williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
* A majority is achieved in referenda in Wessex. Essex, Sussex and Middlesex
* They tell me - and I mean this quite sincerely - what the arse they have done with Norex? There has to have been one, surely.
* The reason for the disappearance of Norsex
* Sainsbury's gin and dry tonic is nice but makes me burp
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It was, at one time at least, a Co-op based on Peterborough.Charles said:
That sounds like aprivatised water company!ydoethur said:
And? It also adjoined the kingdom of the East Angles. Why not then 'West Anglia?'Sunil_Prasannan said:
But it must have adjoined the other "Sexes" - if you know what I mean. Northumbria is hundreds of miles away.ydoethur said:
But it was south of the North. If that makes sense.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Wouldn't Mercia have been the most likely candidate for "Norsex", given that it would have adjoined Wessex and Middlesex?viewcode said:
I have learned two things tonightydoethur said:
There was a ruler called 'King of the North Saxons' during the time of the Nordic Kingdom of York in the ninth century. But I don't think it was considered a country and certainly the name hasn't survived even though the area involved must have covered most of what is now Northumberland (a corruption of 'Northumbria'.)viewcode said:
Interesting, thank you.ydoethur said:
It wasn't called Norsex, but Northumbria, referring to a geographical feature (the Humber) rather than the people.viewcode said:
No independence for Wessex until the following:williamglenn said:Wessex independence?
https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1106601471745904642?s=21
* A majority is achieved in referenda in Wessex. Essex, Sussex and Middlesex
* They tell me - and I mean this quite sincerely - what the arse they have done with Norex? There has to have been one, surely.
* The reason for the disappearance of Norsex
* Sainsbury's gin and dry tonic is nice but makes me burp0 -
So did I.TheScreamingEagles said:
I grew up on a large estate.OnlyLivingBoy said:
I bow to nobody in my disdain for Chris Grayling, but I think it's worth pointing out that this comment is both misogynistic and betrays a consecending attitude towards people living in social housing. Besides, I suspect Grayling would struggle to organise a pregnancy in any residential environment, as he is too busy up fucking over the whole country to focus on anyone specifically.TheScreamingEagles said:
Fucking hell, Chris Grayling couldn't organise a pregnancy on a council estate.williamglenn said:0 -
Vauxhall or Toyota?Charles said:
So did I.TheScreamingEagles said:
I grew up on a large estate.OnlyLivingBoy said:
I bow to nobody in my disdain for Chris Grayling, but I think it's worth pointing out that this comment is both misogynistic and betrays a consecending attitude towards people living in social housing. Besides, I suspect Grayling would struggle to organise a pregnancy in any residential environment, as he is too busy up fucking over the whole country to focus on anyone specifically.TheScreamingEagles said:
Fucking hell, Chris Grayling couldn't organise a pregnancy on a council estate.williamglenn said:0 -
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Hell yes.Nigelb said:
There’s also the fashion obsession ?TheScreamingEagles said:
I have a lot in common with Samantha Cameron.Foxy said:
I believe that Sam Cam grew up on an estate nr Scunthorpe...TheScreamingEagles said:
I grew up on a large estate.OnlyLivingBoy said:
I bow to nobody in my disdain for Chris Grayling, but I think it's worth pointing out that this comment is both misogynistic and betrays a consecending attitude towards people living in social housing. Besides, I suspect Grayling would struggle to organise a pregnancy in any residential environment, as he is too busy up fucking over the whole country to focus on anyone specifically.TheScreamingEagles said:
Fucking hell, Chris Grayling couldn't organise a pregnancy on a council estate.williamglenn said:
We both have long standing links to Sheffield and we both love David Cameron.0
