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Eric_WLothian

#TridentMisfire seems to be getting some traction :twisted: Seems like a storm in a teacup to me. It would be naïve to think that a piece of equipment of that complexity (the missile or the submarine) could be guaranteed to be 100% fault-free. If it was guaranteed, there would be no need to test th...

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/23/the-guardian-view-on-the-trident-failure-an-alarming-cover-up The Guardian view on the Trident failure: an alarming cover-up Editorial "There is a justifiably growing sense that Mrs May’s preferred style of government is secretive, risk ave...

Eric_WLothian

#TridentMisfire seems to be getting some traction :twisted: Seems like a storm in a teacup to me. It would be naïve to think that a piece of equipment of that complexity (the missile or the submarine) could be guaranteed to be 100% fault-free. If it was guaranteed, there would be no need to test th...

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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/23/brothers-jailed-trafficking-poland-sports-direct-shirebrook More on Brothers jailed for trafficking people from Poland to work at Sports Direct And C4 Dispatches currently airing a programme about textile factories in the UK (Leicester?) paying their...

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I am not suggesting we have a left wing Trump. I am merely observing what we are looking at with respect to communications/campaigning and noting that it will take different stories and different people telling them to reach different people with different views. Come back Alastair (Campbell)? Is A...

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https://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2017/jan/22/the-new-robot-revolution-will-take-the-bosss-job-not-the-gardeners The new robot revolution will take the boss's job, not the gardener's Advances in artificial intelligence mean a second wave of change is approaching – and it is not th...

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I am not suggesting we have a left wing Trump. I am merely observing what we are looking at with respect to communications/campaigning and noting that it will take different stories and different people telling them to reach different people with different views. Come back Alastair (Campbell)? Is A...

Eric_WLothian

Oh, for heaven's sake, NZ Lamb and Butter are far, far superior to that Welsh stuff. Can't believe that there are those of you that want home produced stuff...the Home & Colonial Stores in Monmouth were a delight to behold. Cries loudly : Will no one think of the English!? http://swillingtonorg...

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Many leave campaigners specifically argued that leaving the EU didn't mean leaving the single market. Indeed, they very deliberately gave very little information on what leave would mean at all. They specifically lied about spending £350m a week on the NHS. Supporting the triggering of article 50 f...

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Gilsey is right. The EU would find a way to call it off, and I think offers will be made to that effect. But being able to call it off, with an unquestioned legal position, would be a boost. "You don't want us back in, arguing our deregulation stuff inside again, do you?" They could, of c...

Eric_WLothian

Agree with what you've said, I think there's a need at this point to (while still accepting A50 will be declared) at least stand against T.May's claims that everyone is coming together & are impatient for process to start. Maybe pushing for clarity on whether process is revocable, and/or scope ...

Eric_WLothian

Gilsey is right. The EU would find a way to call it off, and I think offers will be made to that effect. But being able to call it off, with an unquestioned legal position, would be a boost. "You don't want us back in, arguing our deregulation stuff inside again, do you?" They could, of c...

Eric_WLothian

Indeed. But I still wouldn't trust it. We are increasingly being led by a bunch of dangerous buffoons. I fear we are in uncharted territory. The assumption seems to be that the Irish court won't want to judge the issue and will push it up to the European court, which will give a definitive judgemen...

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A50 will be revocable or not depending on what's useful to whoever's in charge at the time. I think that has become rather clear. Since we are no longer dealing with what pretends or aspires to be or even appear rational then we will need a different approach to have any kind of effect. It seems to...

Eric_WLothian

A50 will be revocable or not depending on what's useful to whoever's in charge at the time. I think that has become rather clear. Since we are no longer dealing with what pretends or aspires to be or even appear rational then we will need a different approach to have any kind of effect. It seems to...

Eric_WLothian

https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/think-youll-get-a-free-bus-pass-at-60-think-again/ SNP consulting on increasing age eligibility for bus pass. (N.B.note response by Libdem) Mike Rumbles is quite correct in saying it was the Lab/Libdem coalition that introduced the free bus passes in Scotland. (Can't r...

Eric_WLothian

My opinion of the Libdem party,or whatever they are calling themselves this week ,and consistently so is the" Tories with extra spivery".Slimeballs,with very few exceptions.Any misfortunate contact with their representives I have had only emboldens that view.Duplicitous shits 'r' us. That...

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Hopefully people who are still members and who agree with OBM's post will make their views clear to their branches. If the membership exert pressure over the way Brexit is being mismanaged by the leadership, Corbyn will surely have to do something or be shown to be a hypocrite. With any luck he mig...

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Tubby Isaacs wrote:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2nVsmxWgAAYbe4.jpg

Brexit is now basically the Tory Government.

8% of UKIP were against Brexit or 'don't knows'? Why do they support UKIP?

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So the parties of the 52% are the Tories and Ukip the parties of the 48% are the Lib Dems, SNP, Greens and PC. the party of the 0% is Labour. Not so long ago it was conventional wisdom that the EU would destroy the Tory party..... Not true. The SNP do not represent the views of the 48% (or the Scot...

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The national railway company, NS, said that its renewables target had been met a year earlier than planned All Dutch electric trains are now powered by wind energy, the national railway company NS has said . “Since 1 January, 100% of our trains are running on wind energy,” said NS spokesman, Ton Bo...

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At the moment, Article 50 allows an EU Member State to secede from the Union by giving two years notice to the relevant authorities. However, as from March 31st 2017 – a date just nine months away next weekend – Article 50 will be subject to the dreaded Qualified Majority Vote (QMV)…that is to say,...

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HindleA wrote:They are mynah injuries.

Bloody immigrants - using our resources.

Eric_WLothian

HindleA wrote:Some injuries in the earlier ice skating competition.Thankfully,I have a specific clause in my insurance policy to cover any resulting costs.

Does your insurance insist that you personally maintain a 24/7 presence or can RSPB A&E be used if appropriate?

Eric_WLothian

Asking the impossible: A cross-party group of MPs has urged Prime Minister Theresa May to make clear whether she intends to stay in the EU single market and customs union before Brexit talks begin at the end of March. Am I missing something, or is there an EU input to negotiations? Whether we stay i...

Eric_WLothian

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/13/theresa-may-tell-gp-surgeries-give-patients-appointments-want/ Theresa May to tell GP surgeries to give patients appointments when they want them or face funding cuts They should call back and say they want to see her right now to discuss! Group appointmen...

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British Red Cross volunteers are responding in 10 rest centres across Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. So far, 25 volunteers and two staff members have been deployed and they have seen more than 120 people who have been evacuated from their homes. Mike Adamson, the British Red Cross chief ...

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Fed up with Farage's radio show? Try this instead: Nicola Sturgeon has been warned not to breach Holyrood’s ministerial code after it emerged she is to write a weekly column for a Scottish tabloid newspaper. Next week Ms Sturgeon will become the first Scottish First Minister to contribute a regular ...

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WelshIan wrote: Maybe Nissan's Brexit deal is that they get to run the hospitals in Sunderland?

With Jeremy ?unt in charge, best not to give them ideas!

Eric_WLothian

The NHS do run expensive machines at unsocial hours, it's not uncommon round here to get an appointment for an ultrasound scan at eg 8pm on a Friday evening. Of course it does. That wasn't the point. The point is that you don't make different levels of use according to day/time (see a car plant ). ...

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If the problem is divide and rule, the weaker of the two opponents should step aside. nowadays, that means Labour should get out of the way of the SNP who in Scotland now dwarf them. The Greens have even less support - should they 'get out of the way' as well? Personally, I don't support the idea o...

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I think she can't win a second referendum. So if independence is the yardstick, she will fail. But hegemonyin Scotland, she's succeeded. She's ruled out a referendum in 2017 (not that it's within her power to call one anyway). Also, she's not campaigning for 'remain' - she's campaigning for a separ...

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Sturgeon's in a right fix regarding Brexit. She played her own part in it by smearing Labour as 'red Tories' and sneering at Miliband. You betcha she wanted Cameron back in Number 10 ... Is she? I think politically it is great for the SNP. Like the Lib Dems they can stand for Remain, while the Tori...

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Tubby Isaacs wrote: We're negotiating with Germany, are we?

The last Tory PM to negotiate with Germany didn't do it terribly well. Given the current foreign secretary's diplomatic skills, I await the outcome of any of his negotiations with some trepidation.

Eric_WLothian

Tubby Isaacs wrote:
Pedant alert.

Lloyd's is the insurance market thing.

Lloyds is the bank.

If we're being pedantic, Lloyds might be the bank but could also be the pharmacy.

Eric_WLothian

:lol: Tim Farron's line that Corbyn has become the "cheerleader" for the Tories is unsurprisingly attracting a few chuckles. Does he think we've all forgotten 2010-15 already? Perhaps not, but which other party is speaking up for the 48% who voted against Brexit (hard, soft or multicolour)?

Eric_WLothian

yahyah wrote:Interesting to see that since Wendy Deng banked her divorce settlement she's found solace in the company of a young man a quarter the age of Rupert Murdoch.

Is he called Tony?

Eric_WLothian

tinyclanger2 wrote:PS. Was apricot jam.
(for the purposes of showing off).

Showing off would be apricot conserve.

Eric_WLothian

Non-notifiable crime has fallen from 40.49 to 22.21 crimes per million passengers over the same period. Crime stats seem to me to incorporate a lot of guesswork. How is non-notifiable crime measured if it's not notified? Police Scotland / Scottish Parliament figures are equally dodgy - "Number...

Eric_WLothian

That's something that's been suggested here too- the conductor travel on every service but basically in a customer services/ticket inspection role. It looks pretty wasteful to me. And how are they going to help the driver in practice with safety? Just there to help evacuate? How often is that could...

Eric_WLothian

That's something that's been suggested here too- the conductor travel on every service but basically in a customer services/ticket inspection role. It looks pretty wasteful to me. And how are they going to help the driver in practice with safety? Just there to help evacuate? How often is that could...

Eric_WLothian

Shocked I tell you shocked! Chris Grayling taking the side of a privatised company in dispute with a trade union............ No cant believe it.Must be one of the fake news stories! (Satire....I hope) He's basically taking his own side. The government has ordered driver only operated trains, and th...

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I think it probably is better. Among other things, they don't need to grovel to rUk to give them a currency union. The EU have (allegedly) ruled out any separate Scottish deal. The European Union has confirmed to STV News it will not negotiate separately with the Scottish Government over Brexit. A ...

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2017 has brought us at least one positive development - Louise Mensch has "hidden" her Twitter account. There's always a corresponding down side: Nigel Farage to present daily radio chat show on LBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38517624 Is Salmond still running a phone-in there?

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Probably want him as far from UKIP as possible. All the time he's still around, people will think of Farage as UKIP leader. Funny you should say that - Farage interviewed on BBC news at 10. Obviously the BBC still consider him to be some sort of leader. (Apparently the Ambassador is part of the est...

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refitman wrote: Got 2 in my wallet.

That's where most people up here prefer them to be - in their wallets!

Eric_WLothian

HindleA wrote:My granny told me about such things.Do the various Scottish banks still print the pound,note as a matter of interest ?Any plans to phase them out etc.I happen to have some in a locked wallet somewhere.

Only Royal Bank of Scotland still print a few £1 notes. I haven't seen one for years.

Eric_WLothian

HindleA wrote:Viewers of a certain age remember the threepenny bit

...or even the occasional silver 3d coin. If you were lucky you got change for 6d. (NB - I was very young then).

Eric_WLothian

HindleA wrote:To combat counterfeiting apparently.Viewers of a certain age remember the threepenny bit

snap!

Eric_WLothian

Bit puzzled by the need to change the pound coin. It'll mean councils will have to change parking meters to take the new coin, and supermarket trolleys that use a pound coin will have to change as well. It'll look like a 50p. Maybe that's intentional (inflation round the corner)? Harder to counterf...

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