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Trivial amount compared to government and industry money spent for preparing for a no deal, and the further costs if we went for this. Or to put into further context a small percentage on what we will spend restoring the houses of Westminster. And lower than Ress Mogg's net worth.


Although if someone had to stump up for it it should be Dave. Although unlike RM that would bankrupt our ex-PM, Can't find info on TM, but much much smaller riches.

diable rouge Wrote:

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> Bank of England stated that Brexit had cost ?40bn

> up to May last year, so double that at least.

> That's ?80,000,000,000,000.

> What a waste of money, Revoke A50 NOW!!...



You?ve confused your billions with trillions there Red Devil.

keano77 Wrote:

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> Sigh...such a golden age. Britain booming, 240

> pence to the pound, yards, feet, inches,

> fractions, pounds, ounces, gallons, pints, fluid

> ounces etc etc

>

> None of this EU Monopoly money and metric nonsense


Jumpers for goalposts.


Spam fritters.


3 channels on the telly.


Oh yes, let?s be having you!

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> We had none of this S**te when we joined in the

> 70's Welcomed with open arms.

>

> Hotel California .

>

> 'Relax,' said the night man,

> We are programmed to receive.

> You can checkout any time you like,

> But you can never leave!

>

> Foxy


Who is stopping us from leaving Foxy? Have the news got it wrong and it?s the EU who has been coming to London asking for extensions? The uk could have left in March if it had really really really really wanted to - it?s got nothing to do with the EU that parliament has decided that it doesn?t want to leave without a deal.


It?s such a simple concept, yet I?ve come across well educated people who don?t get it: The EU has no say over whether, as current EU members, we stay or leave. We can leave without a deal whenever we want, and if The UK changes its mind it can choose to stay unilaterally. What?s so difficult to understand about that? Is it the word ?unilaterally?? Maybe people don?t understand what the unilateral concept means in this context.


(Please don?t say ?it?s the backstop?, because the backstop has nothing to do with the uk ability to unilaterally leave without a deal, or revoke and stay)

keano77 Wrote:

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> Sigh...such a golden age. Britain booming, 240

> pence to the pound, yards, feet, inches,

> fractions, pounds, ounces, gallons, pints, fluid

> ounces etc etc

>

> None of this EU Monopoly money and metric nonsense


I swing both ways, can't beat a good old fashioned foot and inch, and have even been known to go the extra mile and exchange fluid ounces. But when I'm feeling really adventurous I like to dabble in grams and candelas.

Does that mean I'm bimetric, or should that be biimperial, or perhaps it's bimetricimperial, although a bit of a mouthful that last one, so to speak...

keano77 Wrote:

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> Sigh...such a golden age. Britain booming, 240

> pence to the pound, yards, feet, inches,

> fractions, pounds, ounces, gallons, pints, fluid

> ounces etc etc

>

> None of this EU Monopoly money and metric nonsense


When I studied Physics we learnt it all in metric (SI units) even though it was 1987.


One day I picked up a book in the university library describing physics in Imperial units - just WOW - and I thought what I studied was complicated.

JohnL Wrote:

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> Faisal Islam is off (Sky News) ... but then he's

> back (BBC News)

>

> One of the best Polictical hacks IMHO.

>

> https://news.sky.com/story/faisal-islam-a-front-ro

> w-seat-in-a-roller-coaster-of-mutating-political-c

> rises-11691196


Sky's news is mileskilometers better than the BBC's, far more factual than the Beeb's perceived 'balance'. Will be interesting to see whether FI changes how he reports and tweets...

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