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Eric_WLothian

Eric - what do you make of this ? https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/second-scottish-independence-referendum-weeks-away-from-being-called/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Not sure our collective nerves will be able to stand another slog it out independence referendum. First thin...

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HindleA wrote: SpaceX successfully launches and lands Falcon rocket from historic spaceport

For a moment, I thought somebody must have patched up Peenemunde.

Eric_WLothian

Eric - what do you make of this ? https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/second-scottish-independence-referendum-weeks-away-from-being-called/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Not sure our collective nerves will be able to stand another slog it out independence referendum. First thin...

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Tubby Isaacs wrote:Any word from James Duddridge? Surely, "Get Bercow!" hasn't died on its arse following more evidence he was dead right, has it?

Memo from HM to palace chef:
"Donny's coming to dinner tomorrow. I fancy a middle eastern menu for a change. Failing that, Mexican will do".

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Tubby Isaacs wrote:That doesn't count. .

Alt Fact.

Neo-Nazis are created by multiculturalism, as Brendon O'Neill said, in those words.

Alt Fact.

Two alt facts make a fact.

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Trump's made up some outrage that happened in Sweden "last night". CNN was discussing just now if the Democrats are going too far. Own goal? Donald Trump is right, there was a recent attack in Sweden. By neo-Nazis on a refugee centre US President could have been referring to largely under...

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/15/church-of-england-in-turmoil-as-synod-rejects-report-on-same-sex-relationships Church of England in turmoil as synod rejects report on same-sex relationships Clergy vote against report by 100 to 93 in blow to archbishop of Canterbury as he tries to char...

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Bloody EU winds coming over here, dropping their pollution: Nigel Farage has blamed Germany for creating the air pollution that is blighting British cities. The accusation comes after the European Commission sent a "final warning" to the UK for repeated breaches of legal limits in parts of...

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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/12/kirk-douglas-i-never-thought-id-live-to-100-thats-shocked-me Kirk Douglas: ‘I never thought I’d live to 100. That’s shocked me’ One of the good guys 8-) All those films, Saturday afternoon at the pics. Tara Bulba, Heroes of Telemark, queuing up in the br...

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It seems odd that people should be being cold shouldered or nudged into going because they fail to be cheery and optimistic or party loyalists to the point of causing obvious stress to themselves. Well, I'm a (relatively) cheery pessimist and not a party member/loyalist, so while I may not post oft...

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Campaigners opposed to Donald Trump's travel ban are celebrating after the White House said it would not challenge an appeals court ruling in the Supreme Court. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-latest-travel-ban-muslim-supreme-court-challenge-a7574541.html and with that...

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I can't read all of this as its behind paywall, but not looking good for some Leak reveals low‑priority industries for Brexit talks http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/leak-reveals-low-priority-industries-for-brexit-talks-q020z5clb" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; It's al...

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I see Guido has picked on that Reform report which suggests that public sector staff could be replaced by robots. That'll be the report that came out, reported by Schools Week, and noted on here...on Monday. On the ball as usual I see... Obviously doesn't read the right papers - it was in the Indy ...

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Something to add to the 'alternative facts' list: The frontrunner to become President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the European Union claims to have served as the head of a Scottish educational institution, despite the fact there is no record of its existence. Ted Malloch, a political scientist and ...

Eric_WLothian

Yes - democracy can't work if people not engaged (or engaged only on basis of hatred of other /unknown/new) You mean like this Tory (although his membership may not be entirely hatred-based)? The Scottish Government has denied a Cambridge student who burnt a £20 in front of a homeless man is a “dir...

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Thank you, so not as bad as it looked - thankfully The telegraph reported it as ' explosion at nuclear plant near channel islands '. Sounds like we're gearing up to live as though Europe doesn't actually exist at all. Tbf, it's not far from the CI ! How long till the "Fog in Channel - Continen...

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Any more new on the French explosion? Look big on here Vocal Europe ‏@thevocaleurope BREAKING | Major Explosion at #Flamanville nuclear power plant in #France. The reason of the explosion is not known yet https://twitter.com/thevocaleurope/status/829703907274276865" onclick="window.open(t...

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Tubby Isaacs wrote:
SpinningHugo wrote:
The border will have to be rUK and NI.
Won't VAT have to be aligned?

Don't see why - the RoI rate is different to UK rate anyway. Trying to align NI & RoI rates would be a nightmare for HMRC though.

Eric_WLothian

HindleA wrote:No.
Me neither
True

As far as I can tell()

Some 'thinking outside the box' needed.

What about the EU becoming, on paper, part of the UK. No - I haven't thought it through as that's not compulsory.

Eric_WLothian

Maybe I'm missing something, but I just don't see how RoI can be in the EU and NI out, without a closed border (or free movement of people). The same applies to Sturgeon's demands for a separate immigration policy for Scotland. In both cases, a migrant could just go to whichever country has the eas...

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Labour Lords face down abolition threats and table eight amendments to Article 50 bill EIGHT AMENDMENTS The eight amendments from Labour’s frontbench in the Lords are: Guaranteeing the UK Parliament will vote on the final deal before the European Parliament (something the Government conceded in the...

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HindleA wrote:Just had a lasagne by coincidence.It was neigh bad.

A Galloping Gourmet recipe?

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/09/concerns-raised-over-brexit-impact-on-free-movement-of-horses Concerns raised over Brexit impact on free movement of horses The sports horse industry (for that's what it is) contributes millions to the economy. (and that's separate to the racing indu...

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HindleA wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... are_btn_tw

Steve Bell on John Bercow and Donald Trump

...and on the BBC news- Farage on John Bercow and Donald Trump

Eric_WLothian

Vote Green. At least it makes sense and they believe it, even if not every t is crossed. They don't make any sense up here. No Ts crossed whatsoever on this issue. MSP Ross Greer of the Scottish Green Party has said he expects details of a second independence referendum to be revealed within the ne...

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/feb/05/government-to-help-older-people-downsize-to-free-up-family-homes Older people to get help to downsize to free up family homes Housing white paper to incentivise building of sheltered accommodation to encourage older people to sell large houses ...but ...

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/feb/05/government-to-help-older-people-downsize-to-free-up-family-homes Older people to get help to downsize to free up family homes Housing white paper to incentivise building of sheltered accommodation to encourage older people to sell large houses ...but ...

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PaulfromYorkshire wrote: They might want to see the prodigal child getting a gentle admonishment, but why would they say no?

Too close to Trump?

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The Observer view on parliament’s sovereignty over Brexit MPs must stand up for democracy and ensure a second referendum https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/05/parliament-must-ensure-second-brexit-referendum" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I have two problems...

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AngryAsWell wrote: Very good.
Except when you live that every day, through every word you type
A sensitive subject for me, but I won't be made to feel ashamed of my dyslexia, I had enough of that at school.

No offence intended - just a dig at the unreliability of technology!

Eric_WLothian

Oops! Afraid I got it wrong as well. Dyslexia makes me over reliant on spell check, if I don't get a red line I take it as right. I also had a brother-in-law who's name was "Denis" with one "N" so doesn't look odd to me (....or maybe I spelt his name wrong all that time and he n...

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Are US Homeland Security officials normally patrolling Dublin airport? Yes, seems so https://www.dublinairport.com/at-the-airport/passenger-information/us-preclearance-facility" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; From the website: "Dublin Airport is one of only a handful o...

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Meanwhile Trump continues to tweet through his private account. Imagine if issues about private or public control of online activity had been an issue in the election campaign? You have to hope that there are enough fawning royalists amongst the tory grandees to seriously slap May down over this no...

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Just by the by, I asked for this on DVD at Christmas and watched the first one last night. Today is the 84th anniversary. And from Thursday night, it is being repeated on BBC4: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074kmy" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I'm a little disturbed b...

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tinyclanger2 wrote:yes. RoT doesn't have a complete monopoly on pedantry.

Well, to be pedantic there's no such thing as an incomplete monopoly - he either has a monopoly or he doesn't.

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Jezza allegedly beat a hasty retreat when a Press Association reporter asked about the Stoke Labour candidate calling him ''an IRA supporting friend of Hamas career politician'' in a Tweet last year. Iain Gray hiding in a sandwich shop when confronted by SNP supporters didn't do Scottish Labour any...

Eric_WLothian

Of course they "should", everybody should. But in reality a lot of politics is about deciding when to compromise and when to make a stand. (and another thing supporting A50 doesn't do is preclude anybody from supporting rejoining the EU in the future - not impossible if Brexit turns out a...

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Its not as simple as that, unfortunately - most Labour seats voted for Brexit. And can we please stop talking about "the 48%" (or indeed "the 52%") as some homogenous bloc who all believe the same thing? Not least because around half of "remain" voters think the refere...

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Am, let's say, "disappointed" to discover that having a different view from a bigoted idiot renders me "sneering". They have no idea how this is coming across, do they? In support terms, it seems weird (to me) that the LP are chasing a portion of the 17M votes that are already m...

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Bloody Brexit - holidays in Europe likely to be more difficult/expensive and now the alternative's been delayed: Plans for legislation to enable the development of the UK's first commercial spaceports have been delayed by Brexit, BBC Scotland understands. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-387684...

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Daily Record headline gets it right:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38781808

Eric_WLothian

HindleA wrote:"unsurprising heartburn"

No... I give up. I'm no good at anagrams.

Eric_WLothian

It wasn't very good.The chef was crap and service worse.I didn't leave a tip. I hope you crossed off the service charge as well :) Michel Roux Jr admits restaurant staff get no share of service charge https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/dec/15/michel-roux-jr-restaurant-staff-no-share-serv...

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While I'm chuckling and massively off topic and possibly repeating posts from earlier in the week, did anyone else watch the 'Allo 'Allo tribute the other night? I was so prepared to be disappointed and find the show out-dated after all these years. But it seemed better than ever. Packed with laugh...

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NonOxCol wrote:A US poll suggests that, by a 42:39 margin, Trump voters believe he should be allowed to use a private email server.

God bless America.

Bet MI5 agree

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Sorry Bonnylad, but I just couldn't thank you for that. The image is still etched on my eyeballs. Eek!! Apologies-I should have posted a warning! It is pretty raw... eew Try this: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2017/jan/26/steve-bells-if-trumps-pet-boris-has-a-special-trick

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/26/mexican-president-cancels-us-visit-border-wall-nieto-trump Mexican president cancels US visit over Trump's order to build border wall I do hope this is true: The biggest winners from the construction of Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful, powerful” wall alo...

Eric_WLothian

Indeed. But I'll put on record I'm not a secret admirer of Cameron or Osborne. I'm a non secret loather. Would it matter if you were? As I understand it, this is an open forum. As far as I'm concerned, if a Tory supporter wants to contribute, that's fine by me - as long as their contribution is pol...

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The party's international affairs spokesman Alex Salmond said in a statement that it would table fifty amendments to any Article 50 legislation, including one which makes the UK government seek unanimous approval on the triggering of Article 50 from the Joint Ministerial Committee, which comprises ...

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HindleA wrote:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hmrc ... nse-claims

Press release
HMRC releases most optimistic Self Assessment expense claims

Can't help wondering who was responsible for No 7 on the list. ("Don't tell 'im Smith").

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