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binkylilyput Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Alan Medic Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Please clarify Gulliver. Were you suggesting I > was > > ar*e gesturing? If so, what does it mean? > > > Haha! Nope, not at all Doc, was agreeing that > these phrases are annoying new buzz words It's from rap - so it has been misappropriated and I ban you all from using it :) I can do it (talk like a millennial) too see. anyway I'm off to my safe space (that's the bit in front of the bar at the pub)

More and more people getting into it now. I didn't see it, It didn't happen. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/manchester-united-jose-mourinho-refuses-to-accept-unbeaten-run-a7548631.html

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A potted history of the UK?s relationship with the > EU (from the FT): > > UK: Can we join? > > EU: Non. > > UK: Go on, please. > > EU: OK then. > > UK: We want a rebate. > > EU: Here is a rebate. > > UK: We want a single market. > > EU: Here is a single market. > > UK: We want EU expansion to the east. > > EU: Here is EU expansion to the east. > > UK: We want opt-outs on Schengen, on social > policy, on the charter of fundamental rights, on > the euro? > > EU: Here are all your opt-outs. > > > > UK: Bye! about right No wonder they think, why did we bother :)

titch juicy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > I can't see Trump making such a heartfelt apology > though. He strikes me as someone who has never apologised. Look he even removed an apology given by Obama's admin http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-administration-website-apology-lgbt-gay-mass-discrimination-state-department-a7544551.html and strangely the spanish version of the white house website.

and about the original statement about child deaths she said "I must have been crazy; I should have answered the question by reframing it and pointing out the inherent flaws in the premise behind it. Saddam Hussein could have prevented any child from suffering simply by meeting his obligations. As soon as I had spoken, I wished for the power to freeze time and take back those words. My reply had been a terrible mistake, hasty, clumsy and wrong. Nothing matters more than the lives of innocent people. I had fallen into the trap and said something I simply did not mean. That was no one's fault but my own". Both her and Trump have the same 'engage brain before mouth' issue it seems. Edit: - Full Article - https://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/170/41952.html and it's not kind to her - but many developed countries would still use sanctions IMHO as a weapon knowing people would die.

BrandNewGuy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Albright also said last year that there's a > 'special place in hell' for women who didn't > support Hillary Clinton. The intolerance of the > 'tolerant'. She did apologize with .. "If heaven were open only to those who agreed on politics, I imagine it would be largely unoccupied."

This is where I begin to use bleach - loads of it. And there are many people like me. And that's terrible for the environment (I think) - but you can't let things rot.

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > joom Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I was told by the builders in the summer that > they > > were going to be be selling for ?800k each! > > They're so small it's insulting. Greedy > > developers. > > > Well if people are willing to pay that sort of > money for that sort of house, you can't really > blame the developers for asking for it, can you? It is the market - if people won't pay that they'll reduce, and the government has been making BTL less attractive (so will probably be brought to live in).

miga Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dunno about insignificant - 5th by GDP, top 10 > army, financial capital of the world in London, > culturally influential, a handful of elite > universities etc. etc. Not the most powerful > empire any more, but that finished 100 years ago. > I'll go out there and make a bold statement that > it's a lot more tolerant and inclusive than most > European countries. > > One thing I've noticed is that, as far as > prejudice goes, a lot of people aren't very fond > of Great Britain abroad, ascribing to it all sorts > of historical nefarious politicking (with a decent > basis in the truth, to be fair). We still do the politicking - EU countries will now always associate us as the country that nagged and nagged (then got) the best deal - then left anyway. Our Universities have a huge influence - so many world leaders are graduates - yet we're talking about not letting so many foreigners in

and in PMQs he prepared one line and couldn't improvise when May had already done the white paper

Just tolerated - but this 3 line whip is a joke - he hated the EU all along Call in International Rescue :)

Fighting over pennies as it'll be up to 70% :) It's black friday again

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Legacy is what many are after, it's all that stops > them disappearing into nothingness. > > Corbyn is in a once in a hundred year alignment, > so he's milking it for all it's worth. There's a > book and lefty lecture circuit to see him well > into his dying days. > > PMTM knows she'll not see it all through, so the > 'PM who triggered Article 50' title will have her > back on Question Time for the next 20 years, so > enough time to write and witter on about what > could have been. Logically I don't think he'll still be around to fight 2020 But he's a survivor so he might :)

Jules-and-Boo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > he's a rat catcher ;-) She's taken him with her to the US then ;)

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm sure Trump can't wait to stroke the Downing > Street pussy... > > https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/M > i2coQa8xjhKo1ptnnN4Gkiy9ps/fit-in/1024x1024/filter > s:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2011/04/17/4/192/1 > 922243/f45a179251a8b5c5_royalcat2/i/Pictures-Larry > -Downing-Street-Cat.jpg Awwww it's Larry Where's his rival Palmerston - together below http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2016/12/27/JS103485314_Paul%20Grover_Larry%20No10%20having%20a%20fight%20with%20Palmerston%20Foreign%20Office-large_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq3i-P_4EEvYwG_oqoG8OUF6TlO_uqRzE5_DFQcS-QDDY.jpg

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It was such a special relationship that they > didn't trust us with nuke technology meaning that > we had to go it alone in the 50s. That said as > we were all lefties they did it for our own good. > Discuss! > > We were such a special friend that we shipped out > agent orange during the Viet Nam war due to unrest > in the US. > > Ah history eh? Nukes are like Warp speed in Star Trek (but not as benign) You have to develop it yourself first. I think (to prove yourself).

When it comes to intelligence and all the murky stuff that goes with it Britain leads the way. Even David Milliband (now pro migrant and leading International Rescue) - and I'd have him back as leader of the remainers - probably knew what was going on with extraordinary rendition etc (or maybe he didn't). Edit: So May won't want to talk about that stuff

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As for the 'special relationship' I can't be the > only one who cringes when I hear UK politicians > talking about it? It's so clearly something that > only the UK cares about, it comes across as so > needy - "you do like us don't you, we're special > aren't we? Aren't we? Say we are..." It was real ... but you weren't supposed to mention it. we've changed.

Muley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And make the foxes pay for it? > Personally, I'll be water boarding any squirrels > entering my garden. only the Grey migrant ones the red ones are pure british - I was brought up with that too :)

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Would someone explain to me what's so special > about this relationship? They all refer to it but > it seems entirely meaningless. Is it make believe? Not a trump supporter by any means but he's courting the UK - that bust of Churchill made obvious in his office for instance. Sky mention Obama putting us at the back of the queue again this morning - it's not of if he said that as Cameron told him to.

geobz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 8:10 this morning delayed by 7 minutes to London > bridge. > > Its worth noting down that guys, because its > alright when the train is 8:10 just on the train > station and then we enter it and think everything > is alright. But arriving 7 minutes late to London > bridge due to congestion outside and bad > management needs to come up. for Thameslink service 7 minutes is slightly better than average.

TheArtfulDogger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why was Corybn panting on about bargain bucket > Britain in PMQ ... Where did that expression come > from ? It's Burns night so at least the Mirror brings Scotland into it and Ally Macleod and the dog (which is apparently true) http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jeremy-corbyns-burns-night-pmqs-9689771

And now there is to be a White Paper (good) but poor Corbyn totally wrong footed at PMQs (he was obviously going to ask for one) ... but it is another back down by May because of revolts

jaywalker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Cheese makers, if they want to sell cheese in East > Dulwich then they have to make it in East Dulwich > and only employ people born in East Dulwich (that > way we will get better off and know who we really > are). But when they grow (because they're good at making cheese and want to employ more workers and sell cheese to Peckham and Camberwell. Should they then be prevented from doing so, or should they have to set up cheese factories in Peckham and Camberwell employing local people (and thus having no economies of scale).

apbremer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The unelected House of Lords is a silly old > anachronism that has little real power. Whilst it > could still play silly games with Brexit > ultimately it has to answer to the Commons which > has a number of sanctions, even the ultimate one. > My main gripe about Brussels, apart from open door > mass migration, the crazed euro project, "ever > close integration" and the enormous cost to the UK > taxpayer, is that decisions are made by an > unelected arrogant elite which cannot be held to > account by anyone. As to wholesale corruption, The > Big Boss Juncker presided for more than 20 years > over Luxembourg, whose sole industry is tax > avoidance, and denies even knowing anything about > it. Say no more. But 'unelected arrogant elite' is exactly what the so called 'liberal elite' in London have been called - and they are set to gain more power. In fact we are set to become just like Luxembourg was. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/netherlands-brexit-tax-avoidance-trade-deal-lodewijk-asscher-theresa-may-conservatives-a7527656.html