Thursday 22nd August 2019

[refitman]

Morning all.

[RogerOThornhill]

Morning all.

I was in the library yesterday all day - over 100 plans catalogued! - and sat there open-mouthed at Trump's latest.

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Denmark is a very special country with incredible people, but based on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s comments, that she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland, I will be postponing our meeting scheduled in two weeks for another time....

12:51 AM - 21 Aug 2019

And to think that there are relatively otherwise sensible people who think that we'll get an excellent trade deal with the US without having to give anything in return...

[AnatolyKasparov]

It will be a bigly YUGE deal, have no doubt about that.

[gilsey]

Apparently this is what the Greenland thing is about.

Anders Åslund
@anders_aslund
At this time, Denmark is standing up alone against Russia over Nord Stream 2, which the US has failed to sanction. Trump should have gone to Denmark to grant US support. Instead he demands Danish territory & recommends that Russia is readmitted to the G-7. Trump = Putin's puppet.

[RogerOThornhill]

I know this is widely known but Tim Martin really is a special kind of dimwit.

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[AnatolyKasparov]

Apparently this is what the Greenland thing is about.

Anders Åslund
@anders_aslund
At this time, Denmark is standing up alone against Russia over Nord Stream 2, which the US has failed to sanction. Trump should have gone to Denmark to grant US support. Instead he demands Danish territory & recommends that Russia is readmitted to the G-7. Trump = Putin's puppet.

Well, that's me shocked.

[HindleA]

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Being dead is a lifestyle choice

[HindleA]

The World would be a far better place if the likes of IDS stopped negatively contributing.

[PaulfromYorkshire]

I know this is widely known but Tim Martin really is a special kind of dimwit.

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Funny you should mention him. I just asked myself the question if I was on a desert-ish island with just one pub and it was a Wetherspoon would I go for a beer?

[gilsey]

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[PorFavor]

Good morfternoon.

Nothing has changed then. EU politicians are merely noting the passage of time - albeit in diplomatic language.

[AnatolyKasparov]

Good morfternoon.

Nothing has changed then. EU politicians are merely noting the passage of time - albeit in diplomatic language.

And our PM still thinks he can bluff them into giving him what he wants.

[Willow904]

If the 75 retirement age was to be applied retrospectively, I wonder how many Tory voters would support it.......

[HindleA]

"That's different"They won the war as a two year old,don't you know FACT.

[HindleA]

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[AnatolyKasparov]

"That's different"They won the war as a two year old,don't you know FACT.

And they have WORKED HARD FOR EVERYTHING, and won't let you forget it.

[citizenJA]

Good afternoon, everyone.

[Willow904]

Those currently of working age already need more years of NI contributions to qualify for a basic state pension than current pensioners. The concern about the auto-enrolment into private pensions has always been that it may be used as a figleaf in the future for the gradual erosion of state pension provision, making the retirement years of future generations even more precarious.

Although I think endless petitions can become overused and lose their impact, I did think this one was worth signing as I want the assholes who came up with this to know that even suggesting such a policy is completely and utterly unacceptable, let alone implementing it.


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[RogerOThornhill]

I saw this pile of nonsense on that Twitter.

Free schools: taking the state out of the school

https://www.taxpayersalliance.com/free_ ... the_school

A typical state school is controlled by and funded through local authorities,

Funded yes, controlled no. Not since the late 1980s.

Most importantly free schools set their own curriculum and school hours, giving teachers more freedom, breaking with the state school status quo and introducing much needed competition into education.

Oh right. So who could - at a stroke - give the same freedom to every school I wonder?

I wonder if she realises where her school's money comes from exactly?

And who could shut them down if they wanted as has happened elsewhere?

[PorFavor]

Did anyone else here see the photo' of Boris Johnson with his foot up on the table whilst he was meeting Emmanuel Macron? I hope no wine was spilled on the sofa.



Edited - typo

[citizenJA]

Did anyone else here see the photo' of Boris Johnson with his foot up on the table whilst he was meeting Emmanuel Macron? I hope no wine was spilled on the sofa.

Edited - typo

Johnson isn't PM material.