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I can't get my mind to process the idea that, in the event of an "Out" vote, there will be no tightening of border controls, customs etc between Northern Ireland and the Republic. Surely it goes against everything the "Out" side says it wants to achieve - ie tighter controls ove...

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Seeing Major and Blair together made me wonder how much older Major was, only 10 years as it happens. Doesn't look it, on appearances it could be the other way round. Wasn't he famously the one who ran away from the circus to be an accountant? That was how The Comic Strip presented it. Sadly, the t...

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Morning all, and thanks for HindleA for the link to Osborne's grilling from Andrew Neil last night. BBC leading on the fact that Sarah Wollaston has chaneged from "Leave" to "Remain" over the Leave campaign's "untrue" assertion that leaving the EU would free up £350 mil...

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Did anyone see Andrew Neil interview George Osborne? According to some outers on the web, Neil tore him a new one.

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As discussed yesterday, Brexit would be all the fault of Corbyn:

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Barney Farmer on Justin Welby's contribution to the EU debate:

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If Corbyn and pals want to take potshots at anyone, the useful idiots in Brexit Labour would be a better target. But that would mean attacking some old Campaign Group pals, so it doesn't happen. What they've done, with the cross party gloss they've given to the loony right is worse than Harman and ...

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Steve Bell's latest cartoon & ...If strip are very apposite (need to scroll down for the latest ...If)

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If Corbyn and pals want to take potshots at anyone, the useful idiots in Brexit Labour would be a better target. But that would mean attacking some old Campaign Group pals, so it doesn't happen. What they've done, with the cross party gloss they've given to the loony right is worse than Harman and ...

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yahyah wrote:
StephenDolan wrote:
PaulfromYorkshire wrote:The other scenario where UK votes Leave but Scotland has voted Remain is of course another hideous possible outcome.
London and Scotland remain, the rest of England leave. May you live in interesting times...

<ahem> Wales is not part of England

Ditto Northern Ireland

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If Corbyn and pals want to take potshots at anyone, the useful idiots in Brexit Labour would be a better target. But that would mean attacking some old Campaign Group pals, so it doesn't happen. What they've done, with the cross party gloss they've given to the loony right is worse than Harman and ...

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Q: Would there be a border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic? No, says Farage. He says the Republic was sensible enough not to join the Schengen area. Q: So how would you stop EU citizens coming to Ireland, and then travelling to Northern Ireland? Farage says that is something you wou...

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Evening all,
Rowson gets better & better

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... eu-cartoon

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Muhammad Ali now. If Trump is elected as well, I think 2016 might be the worst year for humanity since WW2. Whatever one's thoughts on boxing, there's no denying that Ali deserved to be called "The Greatest". Quote from before the Rumble in The Jungle with George Foreman: "I done wre...

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ohsocynical wrote:
HindleA wrote:It is all relative,I suppose.
13:46 - 16:35 Was it something you said?

Where is everybody?

I've been cutting down a leylandii hedge

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Good morning all. Absolutely gorgeous day in Co. Wexford. After a day in the garden yesterday I have what the locals call a "farmer's tan", red arms as far as the biceps then ghostly white. Forecast is for more of the same for the rest of the week :dance: Martin Rowson has another excellen...

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My husband brought this to my attention, he wasn't surprised to hear it, thinks the whole thing stank anyway. The only strange thing is that it is The Taxpayers' Alliance who are the ones fuming about it. 'West Ham's £12,500 donation to Conservative Party raises 'serious questions' over 'dubious st...

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ohsocynical wrote:you can bet your sweet patootie

What a wonderful expression!

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HindleA wrote:http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016 ... led-people

In the US they even have ‘sub-minimum’ wages for disabled people
Mary O'Hara

Afternoon all.
Didn't a Tory minister in the Coalition govt. suggest this (Owen Patterson?)

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Tubby Isaacs wrote:There's a ban on paying people to deliver leaflets? I don't get this at all.

Probably not a ban on paying people to deliver leaflets, but the costs would need to be declared.

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ohsocynical wrote:Hah! Here's one of Eions bombshells.

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Hi Ohso - you've missed a "h" from the start of your URL?

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Morning all. Steve Bell's cartoon in today's Guardian is wonderful:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... it-cartoon

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Morning all. A meaty Corbyn speech. Plenty to chew over. Let's see what the political commentators reference from it (or even reference that it took place!) http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/jeremy-corbyn-lse-politics-of-hope/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Some goo...

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yahyah wrote:Some seem to think, mistakenly, that Kirsty W has defected to Labour.

Kirsty Wark has defected to Labour

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Tubby Isaacs wrote:I don't know if that's true about an equal pay claim. They could increase basic pay.

How? They've had budget cuts of £260 million in 9 years (2012 - 2020)

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Kirsty Williams ‏@Kirsty_Williams 53m53 minutes ago The blatant sexist language was bad enough but Neil Hamilton actually talked about dodgy deals with a straight face. He always could, as could his wife. "Shame", "embarrasment" and "scruples" are words missing from th...

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Well. (Hear Catherine Tate's Nan there). Windows just installed Windows 10 on my PC without a by your leave. What a ........ liberty. Fucking Cortana can go fuck right off. Need I say more? If you want to watch DVDs on your PC you need to download the appropriate player from the Microsoft web site ...

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Spectacular bearded vulture spotted for first time in UK Ornithologists hope for glimpse of species reported to have been seen in Wales and west country (Guardian) Anyone? I hope it stays safe. Edited to have another go at the link http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/16/bearded-vulture-...

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Barney Farmer's Male Online on the Boris latest:

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Morning. Sky's chief political correspondent has tweeted about Tory battle bus expenses in Chippenham https://twitter.com/joncraig" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Morning all, & thanks for that, Yahyah As a Chippenham resident I emailed the Chief Constable of Wiltshire ...

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Loach film on shame of poverty in Britain moves Cannes to tears http://nr.news-republic.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=4&articleid=64344845#.VzcoZtW-ac4.twitter" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I confess to feeling a bit uneasy about this, maybe it seems like airing ou...

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What is the Tory election expenses story and why isn't it bigger news? Spending by the Conservative Party on the 2015 General Election campaign is currently being investigated by several police forces. What is going on? And why isn’t it a bigger scandal yet? http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016...

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Morning all. Woke to hear the Radio 4 announcer tell me the Dept of Educ have fckd up again by prepublishing yet another one of their tests .... and are going to launch an investigation into how that could have happened. They sound absolutely out to lunch. But I have to say I'd probably rather have...

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Morning. Have been listening to Radio 4 since before 7am. No mention of the Bristol win. If the situation had been reversed, and it was a Labour wipeout, I'm sure their editor would have noticed and invited a host of 'moderates' to cause trouble. Afternoon. @yahyah, the BBC local news didn't report...

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If anyone wants to see the BBC at its best, watch tonight's Hillsborough documentary on IPlayer

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Martin Rowson's take on the London Mayoral Election:

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Love the graffito on the wall

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HindleA wrote:Anybody watching the Baftas?

In a quid pro quo with my wife, I'm having to suffer The Durrells on ITV so that I can watch the Hillsborough documentary on BBC 2 at 9

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From the Bristol Post Website: Labour have done it. They have taken at least 37 seats out of 70 in the local elections which gives them an overall majority in the council chamber. Together with Labour's Marvin Rees sweeping to victory in the mayoral election, the party has now seized power of the ci...

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Kerry McCarthy ‏@KerryMP 26s27 seconds ago Labour wins two out of the three Ashley seats, another loss for the Greens. Bloody hell - have we done it? Yep. Britain Elects ‏@britainelects 2m2 minutes ago Labour has GAINED Bristol City Council from no overall control. :rock: And UKIP have lost their o...

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Yes, he was born in 'Nam (as its known locally) & grew up near Telford 'Nam ? The Daily Mail will be accusing him of belonging to the Viet Cong. I think I would prefer 'Nam than Telford.......should've got himself moved across to Wolvo! Having lived in both Chippenham & Telford I'd be incli...

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Yay Marvin :dance: I think I may have mentioned once or twice Bristol was the one to watch. I'm now officially a Corbyn fan. This was the one for me where he could have had an influence and that influence appears to have been extremely positive. :D And Corbyn is from Chippenham, which is only 1/2 a...

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Yay Marvin :dance: I think I may have mentioned once or twice Bristol was the one to watch. I'm now officially a Corbyn fan. This was the one for me where he could have had an influence and that influence appears to have been extremely positive. :D And Corbyn is from Chippenham, which is only 1/2 a...

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But later on she was pictured celebrating Middlesbrough's promotion to the Premier League (probably over a pint & a parmo in The Navigation)

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@Gilsey. If you are around - Up the Boro!!

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The Male Online's reaction to the London Mayoral election

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letsskiptotheleft wrote:Hearing on the wireless that plans for super fast broadband have been dropped.

Apparently people living in the countryside don't want it.

It was the lead story in The Telegraph this morning. I posted a link earlier this afty

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:I know that Jo Cox was vocal around the time of the Syria business, but has she been mouthing off that much lately?

She was on BBC Breakfast this morning mouthing off about Corbyn

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Also from The Telegraph, the government have stopped the universal roll-out of "superfast" broadband to rural areas because not everyone wants it! Ministers halt automatic broadband roll-out for rural families because 'not everyone wants to be connected' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...

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Hodges may have left The Telegraph, but his spirit lives on: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/06/why-david-cameron-should-be-praying-for-sadiq-khan-to-become-may/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Why David Cameron should be praying for Sadiq Khan to become mayor of Lon...

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:The silver lining there is that I can think of few who could do a better job of discrediting the UKIP cause (and more quickly)

And (as per my post yesterday) I can safely go back to The Vine Tree pub in Norton, Wilts. again

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