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  1. #331
    Hope is the denial of reality

  2. #332
    Yes but the UK is. If British farmers want to fish in British waters and sell their products to Britain . . .
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    ℬeing upset is understandable, but be upset at yourself for poor planning, not at the world by acting like a spoiled bitch during an interview.

  3. #333
    Except he was talking about someone from the Isle of Man. Yet another one of his inane anecdotes with no basis in reality.
    Hope is the denial of reality

  4. #334
    IoM has a limited but (for them) significant relationship with the EU/EEA, through the UK's accession treaty. They enjoy some of the benefits of access, and have similar obligations as other rule-taking third parties.
    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."

  5. #335
    Quote Originally Posted by RandBlade View Post
    I said a 10 year standstill agreement in place of a 2 year transition agreement then backstop. Basically in other words a 10 year transition.
    So, a 10 year backstop instead of 2 year one?

    What?
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    Quote Originally Posted by RandBlade View Post
    That's a shame.
    No, this is Brexit. The one you voted for.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
    Except he was talking about someone from the Isle of Man. Yet another one of his inane anecdotes with no basis in reality.
    Yes, that doesn't change what I said. In future we could set it so that the Isle of Man fisherman trading within Britain wouldn't have to follow that regulation.
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    So, a 10 year backstop instead of 2 year one?

    What?
    No the backstop is what they want to come AFTER transition.
    Quote Originally Posted by Hazir View Post
    No, this is Brexit. The one you voted for.
    Indeed and I said at the time that if there are negative consequences for eg financial services that it is a shame. Nothing has changed.

    Macroeconomically we have record employment, wages growing faster than inflation and even as a whole the financial services sector has seen more job gains than job losses since the vote. Macroeconomics is how the country should be run but that can be cold comfort for the microeconomic exceptions that lose out.
    Quote Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer View Post
    ℬeing upset is understandable, but be upset at yourself for poor planning, not at the world by acting like a spoiled bitch during an interview.

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    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."

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    @Randy: let's see if you are this sanguine when it hits your business.
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    Lancashire is self-sufficient in horse manure.
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    Lol, sending Elizabeth II to Brussels as a stand in for an unwilling PM to request more time?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hazir View Post
    Lol, sending Elizabeth II to Brussels as a stand in for an unwilling PM to request more time?
    There's only one way to resolve this.

    Does the EU have any spare heirs?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
    Didn't anyone bother to tell Bojo the Clown he could stop campaigning for Brexit?

    Or is he so insecure about Brexit that he still feels even Brexitards needs to be nudged towards the (Br)exit?
    Congratulations America

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hazir View Post
    Bojo the Clown
    Stop. That's really mean and unfair.
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    I stand corrected; Bojo the Buffoon.
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    Professional imbecile. Hard to think much higher of those who vote for him.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/b...them-1.3960638
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    Will the Buffoon even have a working majority in the HoC?
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    Hope is the denial of reality

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
    What a pathetic insinuation-filled article of nothingness.

    Years ago Boris made a trip which he declared publicly and fully at the time in the register of interests. Shocking!

    The Met won't discuss security details when the Guardian questioned them. Shocking!
    Quote Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer View Post
    ℬeing upset is understandable, but be upset at yourself for poor planning, not at the world by acting like a spoiled bitch during an interview.

  21. #351
    It's really rough when the leader of a modern western nation is not only a racist liar but also functionally indistinguishable from an actual idiot:

    Last edited by Aimless; 07-22-2019 at 03:25 PM.
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  22. #352
    I live like a 10 minutes from work, so I always get to hear the tail end of the Today Program when commuting, and they're always finishing up with these discussions at the end of the program about who's going to be in PM Boris's cabinet, what his first steps are going to be etc.

    Since I have not bothered to look up the date of the result announcement beyond "some time in July", from the context I can never tell if they're talking hypothetically or if it has been confirmed at some point since I last saw the news that's he has won, and having covered the actual news and reactions earlier in the program are now using the 10 minute slot at the end for a bit of theory-crafting about what he'll do next.

    And so for 10 minutes I get to experience the reality where Boris Johnson has actually become Prime Minister, rather than the one where he is merely extremely likely to become Prime Minister but has not yet done so. It's not a very pleasant place.
    Last edited by Steely Glint; 07-22-2019 at 04:50 PM.
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    I'm sorry, I actually did consider the harmful impact my phrasing was likely to have on your wellbeing. Indeed, I briefly panicked after writing that and had to make sure he wasn't already PM. But it looks like that shitshow is still ahead of us
    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."

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    Tic, toc, tic, toc not for much longer.
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    ℬeing upset is understandable, but be upset at yourself for poor planning, not at the world by acting like a spoiled bitch during an interview.

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    Almost as inane as frictionless re-entry
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    Good thing though he doesn't have any furniture to move into Downing street.
    Congratulations America

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    "I don’t understand how a man whose entire prep for anything seems to consist of drawing a cock and balls – but in Latin! – on a sheet of paper, ends up in high office."

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