diable rouge

Tuesday 10th July... France v Belgium (19.00) Wednesday 11th July... Croatia v England (19.00)

Quarter Finals Table... All to play for...

Raab C Brexit :) Apparently he's got a black belt in Karate, so we'll definitely be leaving the SM/CU if the EU knows what's good for them...

We live in strange times. At this point, the England manager is supposed to resign...#itscominghometoroost

And it all started off so well...

If this is true and there are the numbers, then she will have to face a vote of no confidence... She would win it as there simply aren't enough Brextremists to defeat her, but the much bigger problem she could face is if they then start voting against her in the HoC. Labour have already said that the Chequers deal doesn't pass their tests. The big irony in all this is that the Brextremists are now relying on the EU to reject the deal...

It's coming home...

Saturday 7th July Fixtures... Sweden v England (15.00) Russia v Croatia (19.00)

Double bluffing...that's sooooo pre-Glasnost

Where is everyone?...Let me out!

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As mentioned above, if the mildest suggestion that > our government may have got things wrong, or that > it's at least worth investigating alternative > explanations, is to be classified as conspiracy > theorism, that's a very sorry state of affairs. I'm sure you'll get over it Comrade...

Looks like a betting bot, or cold it be Euros in disguise? Friday 6th July Fixtures... Uruguay v France (15.00) Brazil v Belgium (19.00) Allez Les Bleus!...

Text sent to all Tory MPs this evening from their Deputy Chief Whip... I expect this 'on messaging' goes on with all the parties. Ken Clarke's reply would be interesting...:)

Of course, what I meant to type was 11-30pm...tonight! :)

True, nothing wrong with doubting authority etc, it's to be encouraged, but supplanting it with conspiratorial whataboutery kinda undermines it...

Last 16 Table... 1st two Quarter Finals tomorrow...

It's already kicking off after a leak of the 'third way' plan. We're gonna need more popcorn... https://twitter.com/HughRBennett/status/1014886216687374336/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1014886216687374336&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fpolitics%2Fblog%2Flive%2F2018%2Fjul%2F05%2Fbrexit-david-davis-refuses-to-deny-reports-hes-told-may-her-new-customs-plan-wont-work-politics-live

Any takers on a sweepstake as to what time Thick as Mince will tender his next resignation threat? I'll go for 11-30am, just after the elevenses break when DD twigs that only Garibaldi and Bourbon biscuits are on the table...you can only push a man so far.

"The greatest threat to humanity is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge." - Stephen Hawking...

Exactly, their line is that they reckon they can negotiate a deal with the EU that won't make us worse off, which is just more 'cakeism'. As Strafer rightly pointed out, the EU is rules-based, you can't pin this on them and accuse them of not being flexible, or wanting to punish the UK for leaving. They are doing exactly what it says on the tin, something we co-wrote as a major member. The problem at the moment is that the UK Gov is still negotiating with itself...

Well you wouldn't know would you, it would sort of go against the whole ethos of espionage if the public knew everything. There are a number of unexplained deaths of Russians in the UK, who might or might not have been spies. We'll probably never know. Maybe you should apply your own 'return to first principles' and ask yourself why would a Russian mafia type go to such extraordinary lengths to use an expensive and deadly nerve agent, with all the expertise needed in procuring it, transporting it, and finally administering it, all at great risk to their own lives, when a simple bullet to the head in typical mafia stylee would suffice?...

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If the choice for parliament is Norway Option or > No deal .. I think the majority is Norway. But would it pass Labour's 6 tests? One being that any deal must not make us worse off than we are now. With the Norway option we would be worse off. Labour couldn't vote for either... :)

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Return to first principles and ask why Russia did > do it? Skirpal had been tried and convicted > (correctly) of being a British double agent. He > served a prison sentence for it, during which he > could have been killed at any time without the > world blinking an eyelid. Instead he was > exchanged in a spy swap with the UK and lived in > the UK, then the Russian state decided to murder > him? You've answered your own question. He was more valuable to the Russians alive than dead i.e. a future spy swap. Had they killed him earlier they would've gained nothing, but by keeping him alive they at least get some of their spies back. This is long-term standard espionage trading-off, swap a 'traitor' for a 'hero'. Once exchanged, then he can be bumped off, a warning to others not to consider becoming double agents...

There is an issue with buses, but why bring it up this week of all weeks. He could've at least mentioned the Brexit Bus :) Anyway, if anyone is feeling even the slightest bit sorry for the Maybot, don't... https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/the-chequers-summit-cannot-save-mays-premiership

At last, Corbybabes uses his 6 questions at PMQs to finally talk about the B word...Buses. FFS.