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HindleA wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... ding-falls

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It's behind the paywall but I love the headline for Simon Heffer's review of JRM's book The Victorians. http://i64.tinypic.com/25h3io0.jpg The best bit about this is that the only positive review I've seen of it was from Andrew Roberts: "A full-throated, clear-sighted, well-researched and extr...

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https://sluggerotoole.com/2019/05/20/the-brexit-party-look-set-to-dominate-at-the-european-elections-in-great-britain-as-the-conservatives-collapse/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The predicted results & chart are interesting (tried to attach chart but think it will app...

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/14/boris-johnson-could-be-challenged-in-court-on-brexit-vote-claim" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; A judge will next week decide whether to summon Boris Johnson to court after the first hearing of a crowd-funded private prosecuti...

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I'm still pondering the conundrum of a political party fulminating about the alleged loss of democracy whilst not allowing people to become members and therefore to have any influence over the party's policies or even being able to change the leader. It gets worse (it's from LBC via express, so alr...

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Hasn't she done that already? That was for the meaningful vote on accepting the agreement, whereas this is for the withdrawal bill, to implement the, umm, agreement, before it's agreed ?? ... https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/withdrawal-agreement-bill" onclick="window.o...

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"Trade with the United States: Council authorises negotiations on elimination of tariffs for industrial goods and on conformity assessment " https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2019/04/15/trade-with-the-united-states-council-authorises-negotiations-on-elimination-of-tar...

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-europe-47885014" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Taoiseach (Irish prime minister), Leo Varadkar, has suggested that the UK would be able to have a say in trade deals if it forms a customs union with the EU.

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Saturday Night Live
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Bugger, now feel sorry for her, not sure if that was the intended response..

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"The common sense solution to the Brexit crisis comes from business, not politics" https://sluggerotoole.com/2019/04/02/the-common-sense-solution-to-the-brexit-crisis-comes-from-business-not-politics/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I think it would basically invol...

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Grace: "Wiggling buttocks enliven existential hell of Brexit debate" https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/01/wiggling-buttocks-enliven-existential-hell-of-brexit-debate" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Worth watching accompanying video for Ed Miliband's rea...

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Robert Peston had this on Tuesday, but I'm wondering if was just misinformation (from Cox or Sedwill) ? "Why Theresa May can’t ignore the result of the indicative votes" https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/03/why-theresa-may-cant-ignore-the-result-of-the-indicative-votes/amp/" onclick=...

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'17millionsignatures' https://17millionsignatures.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The Challenge "Should it reach 17.4 million respondents then I am sure there will be a very clear case for taking action" Andrea Leadsom MP 21 March 2019, sarcastically commenting ...

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PaulfromYorkshire wrote:It was quite a good determined face to be fair. She'd obviously been practising for the last hour

Botox is Botox.

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Google it :twisted: "The headlines missed the real Bercow story. He’s de facto implementing last week’s Benn amendment: the Commons now has the lead in deciding what get’s voted on for Brexit" labour-uncut.co.uk/2019/03/19/the-headlines-missed-the-big-bercow-intervention-hes-implementing-...

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Google it :twisted: "New Alresford has independent shops, a tourist information centre, a central conservation area , four tea rooms, five pubs and is a terminus as with Alton of the Watercress Line , a steam-worked heritage railway at Alresford railway station . Of its population, 25.9% are a...

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@willow
It's definitely all above my head,
but someone's asked Jolyon Maughum, his view on the article, his response was
"I think it's cobblers, I'm afraid."
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"No Deal Brexit may be unlawful — a view from Rose Slowe" https://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2019/03/19/no-deal-brexit-may-be-unlawful-a-view-from-rose-slowe/amp/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; In conclusion, if the UK is unable to leave the EU in a constitutionally co...

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Lyrics from The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot are in my head now Beautiful tune, borrowed for 'Back home in Derry' [youtube]C7UWm5nXXqQ[/youtube] https://www.wordsinthebucket.com/back-home-in-derry-christy-moore-singing-bobby-sands" onclick="window.open(this.href);ret...

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I can't see that there is any realistic chance of any extension being considered unless or until she has a clear and cleared plan - if she puts off the vote again, and goes asking for a short extension so once the vote is passed there is time to put it into effect, I think there is a very very stro...

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https://www.itv.com/news/2019-03-17/what-the-pm-offered-the-dup/ "The prime minister’s frantic last attempt to persuade Northern Ireland’s DUP to back her third meaningful vote on Tuesday involves a promise that if the controversial backstop is ever triggered, Great Britain would adopt any new...

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https://www.itv.com/news/2019-03-17/what-the-pm-offered-the-dup/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "The prime minister’s frantic last attempt to persuade Northern Ireland’s DUP to back her third meaningful vote on Tuesday involves a promise that if the controversial backs...

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https://sluggerotoole.com/2019/03/15/nigel-dodds-rejects-a-lame-attempt-to-play-the-orange-card-to-revive-mays-deal/#disqus_thread" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; In the advice, the Attorney General states that Britain will be able to end the backstop if it having a “sociall...

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Jon Snow @jonsnowC4 A Lawyer contact tells me that the legal world is aware that the Attorney General said NO last night to the validity of Mrs May's 'new EU deal'...he been told to go away and find a way to say YES: A cohort of lawyers has been summoned. Seeing as he only seems able to speak in up...

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http://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/03/01/news/no-us-deal-for-the-uk-unless-all-of-ireland-protected-from-brexit-border-fall-out-1562852/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Let there be no doubt. Irish America stands with the Irish north and south who are ada...

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"Brexit: An idiot's guide to the United Kingdom leaving the European Union" https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/brexit-an-idiot-s-guide-to-the-united-kingdom-leaving-the-european-union-1.3781560?mode=amp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; bit old, (4th Feb) but h...

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Dear Paul, Are you sending someone a Valentine’s Day card tomorrow? Well spare a thought for Labour. Reports suggest that thousands of their members are falling out of love with them. Could it be the broken promises, plans for higher taxes or pledges that would wreck our economy? Whatever the reaso...

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https://sluggerotoole.com/2019/02/13/uk-media-must-up-its-game/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "UK media must up it's game" Here’s a question for future historians: will the UK media be blamed as much as its politicians, should Brexit really hit the skids in just ...

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https://app.standard.co.uk/2019/02/01/brexit-will-finish-off-our-current-leaders-says-tory-mp-nick-boles/content.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Brexit will finish off our current leaders, says Tory MP Nick Boles" Do you remember years ago when Theresa May st...

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"Donald Tusk's special place in hell looks like where we are right now"(Grace)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... -right-now" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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HindleA wrote:Not that I have been to such a convention.

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hmm.

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.thegua ... ly-reports" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"Queen to be evacuated if Brexit turns ugly – reports"
Sounds like a job for Dyno-rod.

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citizenJA wrote:I wonder what made me think of goats

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https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/s ... because-he" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"Chris Grayling thinks people say Chris Grayling is rubbish because he supports Brexit"

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http://ukandeu.ac.uk/can-a-better-deal-replace-the-backstop/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Can ‘A Better Deal’ replace the Backstop?" . One of the annexes to this protocol (on ‘Irish Border Measures’) is set to “continue in force” even if the protocol is termina...

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-deal-vote-eu-parliament-theresa-may-verhofstadt-irish-backstop-border-a8751986.html?amp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Brexit deal to be vetoed by EU Parliament if British MPs try to amend it, Guy Verhofstadt says&...

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https://sluggerotoole.com/2019/01/29/delay-delay-and-more-delay-high-noon-next-week-latest/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Delay, delay and more delay…. High Noon next week – latest!" Some interesting snippets such as A Cabinet source who has sat in meetings with...

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Companies press Brexit panic button in further blow to Theresa May P&O opts for Cypriot flag, Sony confirms HQ move and Pets at Home stockpiles cat food Why is this a further blow to Theresa May? Unless the Guardian is trying to portray her as a naive victim. Why do they think she could have ex...

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/21/ancient-scottish-stone-circle-was-built-in-1990s I love the way the guy from the council turns an embarrassing faux pas into a positive by praising local knowledge and skill in creating such a convincing fake and the need to record modern recreations ...

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What is trading services, exactly? All I got from the linked document above was this Trading services include the maintenance of direct labour and service organisations, such as civic halls, retail markets and industrial estates, and commercial activity. I think it's just councils selling services ...

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Morning all. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2019/01/can-conservative-mps-change-leader-without-consulting-their-members "Can Conservative MPs change leader without consulting their members? Some Tories believe they could elect a new prime minister amongst themselves – before giving m...

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https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2019/01/can-conservative-mps-change-leader-without-consulting-their-members" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Can Conservative MPs change leader without consulting their members? Some Tories believe they could elect a new prime mi...

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https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/sam-mcbride-the-dup-faces-a-historic-brexit-decision-with-uncertain-consequences-1-8776237/amp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Time is running out for the DUP to decide between the softest of Brexits and the hardest of Brexits – and th...

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https://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2019/01/legislation-and-the-legislature-our-guide-to-how-the-government-can-deliver-its-brexit-deal-or-no-deal-and-whether-parliament-can-block-the-latter.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Our guide to how the Government...

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https://m.facebook.com/1498276767163730/posts/2248533055471427/ Robert Peston @Peston Ministers tell me that @theresa_may will lose the meaningful vote on Brexit in ten days but that none of them have a clue what she will do then. This is serious (link: https://www.facebook.com/1498276767163730/pos...

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I think that 1. May won't lose a confidence vote in the commons unless she passes her deal - in which case we will have finalised the withdrawal agreement, but the DUP will then almost certainly withdraw from their supply and confidence agreement and the government will fall, or 2. She loses the 'm...

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/19/labour-demands-emergency-debate-on-escalation-of-no-deal-brexit-plans PM highly unlikely to get meaningful Brexit deal changes - Starmer I'm still unclear what in the agreement Labour, as opposed to the ERG and DUP, object to and there is no further ...

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Exiting the European Union Committee Oral evidence: The progress of the UK's negotiations on EU withdrawal, HC 372 Wednesday 19 December 2018 http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/exiting-the-european-union-committee/the-progress-of-the-uks-negotiations-on...

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Mark Steel https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyn-stupid-woman-feminism-boris-johnson-tories-daily-mail-littlejohn-a8692891.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; It’s true that in July, chancellor Philip Hammond was seen mouthing the words “stupid woman” at a fema...

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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/12/2 ... _disaster/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"Mark Zuckerberg did everything in his power to avoid Facebook becoming the next MySpace – but forgot one crucial detail… No one likes a lying asshole"

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