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49 minutes ago, cmarshall said:

The British have to accept that from now on the most powerful English-speaking country in Europe is Ireland as a member in good standing of the EU.  That is especially true with respect to political influence with the US, where both Dems and Rs support the Good Friday Agreement.

 

The Brexiteers had championed a free trade agreement with the US as the very reason for Brexit.  Now that they will not get any such agreement any time soon, they are singing a different tune.

 

It is breath-taking to watch the Tories wreck their own country.  Som nam na.

What kind of units on which scale do you apply when placing UK below Ireland?

1 hour ago, mfd101 said:

The EU has a right. The UK has a different right.

 

The two rights are incompatible. So they will just go round in circles.

two rights making one wrong?

(sounds a wee bit like nitting, maybe thats what they do in the backroom between disputes)

tough life being a refugee,

even tougher on Gree. islands winter time, plenty of rough weather there wintertime

1 hour ago, bendejo said:

I'm not informed on this situation, so I'm asking in curiosity: if Scotland were to secede from UK, is there any sort of guarantee there would be a successful agreement for EU membership?  A newly independent nation is going to need "friends."

 

 

no, there is no guarantee

6 hours ago, Rookiescot said:

And you will keep going round that block. Because of Brexit.

I am OK. I dont have a UK state pension. My money comes from elsewhere. So the fall in the pound has been manageable for me.

However there are a lot of guys here living only on their state pension and the actions of you guys voting for Brexit has had a massive impact on them.

You did that. You voted for that.

The hardships those guys face is because of you and the rest of your Brexiteer chums. 

Come January though. It will be you who is hit hard in the pocket. Lets see how well that sits with you. 

I will sit here in the shade. Take a swig of beer and say "Well you get what you vote for".

jeez, one shall hear a lot before the ears fall off,

are you out of wits and knickers today?

seriously suggesting that people who believe that Brexit is the way to go should none the less

vote remain in order to secure more happiness for retirees on state pension in  LoS?

3 hours ago, evadgib said:

Rejecting marxist socialism at a guess. 

(York rather than London BTW)

you find a lot od that in London? marxist socialism?

as far as I have read there is a political movement in the Shetlands with the

goal to sep. the shoals from not only SNP but UK.

might face a somewhat bumpy road ahead I would guess

22 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

It depends upon what country you are mailing a letter or package to.

Select the country to check to see what is available. https://www.thailandpost.co.th/un/rate_result/?country_code=US&weight=30

thanks, useful, but,

what I find is calculated cost of shipments by various services to various desitinations

not info on availability of service as such?????

49 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

Philippe Sands QC, a professor of international law at University College London, said: “Every international lawyer is familiar with the Vienna convention on the law of treaties, and its article 27, which reflects a general principle: ‘A party may not invoke the provisions of its internal law as justification for its failure to perform a treaty’.

“There is simply no way around this binding rule – to opine that parliament is sovereign is, in this sense, hopeless.”

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/sep/11/brexit-override-plan-would-breach-vienna-convention-qc-says

 

Is Johnson now going to pull the UK out of the Vienna convention?

bloody hell, abut time you and other treaty treaty nutters on here get real

which countries are adhering to the treaty treaty as gospel and letter by letter?

Wonderland? yes

Fantasyland? yes

Fairyland? yes

any other lands? hardly

international law is pretty soft stuff

its adhered to as long as it suits

and!!!

its not a question of UK jumping the bandwagon, its about selective application

(the softness in nature is sometimes pretty useful and not all negative,

 to the extent "members" agree you can bend things a looong way to achieve mega results quick quick)

6 hours ago, tribalfusion001 said:

The guy is a plank.

who is?

or are you one of these Asians having challenges with pronouncing and spelling prank corectly?

27 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

People here are talking about it going to "international courts". Could anyone suggest which court it would go to, bearing in mind any international court worth its salt would have to be truly independent - which rather removes any of the "European Courts" from the equation!

 

It is all about sovereignty isn't it? For me and many the whole bloody business, going back to the Maastricht Treaty and beyond, is all about sovereignty. The UK took back it's sovereignty and now it is exercising it. Domestic opponents can tick and winge, but the fact remains that they lost the various referendum and elections which led to this government being formed, with a primary purpose of taking us out of the UK.  European enthusiasts can tick and winge but the fact remains that the UK decided, through a democratic process, to take back that sovereignty and leave the EU. The UK's supreme court has ruled that Parliament cannot be bound by its predecessors signatures on treaties, that is a very clear UK constitutional point, and always has been. On matters of sovereignty Parliament is supreme, and is not bound by any other body or court, domestic, European or "International".

if any, it would have to be the one in The Hague, file a case before Xmas and you might get some feedback

within 3 years, (and; there are no sanctions available)

I hope the international law nutters on here note your comments on sovereignty and supremacy,

as of 1st January and hangover, UK law rules in UK and the national assembly and the cabinet are responsible to UK law,

not some odd treaty text

(a couple of exceptions exist)

it was said above that most GRPs on the river were not registered with Marine Dep,

that may be so,

but I would strongly advice against that unless you are Thai

make sure you have registration (tabien ruua) (its mandatory) and insurance (its mandatory)

and your own driving ticket in order

even more on the Fitzgerald accident from US Navy Times;

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2020/09/03/national-transportation-safety-board-faults-us-navy-for-fitzgerald-collision/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Navy DNR 9.4.20&utm_term=Editorial - Navy - Daily News Roundup

at last,

US Navy Times on the Fitz, and the findings of the US civil investigation.

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2020/09/03/national-transportation-safety-board-faults-us-navy-for-fitzgerald-collision/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Navy DNR 09-03-20&utm_term=Editorial - Navy - Daily News Roundup

If I have understood it correctly there are at lest 2 more investigation reports to surface,

the US military investigation report

the Japanese civil investigation report

9 hours ago, Airbagwill said:

Not in my book - Vendeals with possibilities whereas Eulers deal with existing fact.

yes,

as I say, facts are contained within the universe of possibilities

2 hours ago, Airbagwill said:

Interested to hear why you consider it to be a Euler diagram

as far as I remember I think the following is reasonably correct;

all Venn diagrams are also Eulerdiagrams.

some Eulerdiagrams are also Venn diagrams

in this particular case with somewhat "fuzzy" description of the sets

I think it would be appropriate to stick with Euler rather than Venn

blue tank in the middle reminds of old Honda Bent. 1960s some time

28 minutes ago, polpott said:

Sir Tim Berners Lee (British) used a pre existing American Military network to Create the World Wide Web. (www) now commonly referred to as the internet,

don't miks internet and www,

internet is just one of many substrates that www can be realised on

internet is primarily a transport network whilst www is an application that can be realised

on virtually any network

(internet from mid 70s about - www from very early 90s about)

17 minutes ago, Yinn said:

You technologically behind me. Sure. 

 

I grow up with internet, google. Airbag, ABS, Bluetooth, LINE, the cloud.

 

You. 1940’s Black white movie, encyclopedia, candles, high pants and a horse.

 

I feel sorry for you.

 

Changes....

 

ps. Japan is not “developing country”. Check your encyclopedia.

 

 

 

internet and ABS pretty old stuff, old

encyclopedia beets google hands down if  you are after accurate knowledge

high pants ???

Allard (preferred to Morgan) still a split activity?

Some activity in the US and some in UK, still?

Morgan no fun anymore, the last +8 was produced last year.

1 hour ago, TKDfella said:

Well, perhaps 'Rule Britannia...' should fade away but not for any political or leftist movement. From a purely practical and factual standpoint Britannia doesn't and can't be seen as 'ruling the waves' anymore.

depends on how far you look,

all this fuss in the wake of the BBC action many would consider to be a storm in a glass of water,

those waves are suitable for Britannia to rule

4 hours ago, Rookiescot said:

Little importance?

What are we going to eat then? Will British nationalism keep us sustained even though our belly's be empty?

Who is going to dig the potatoes up? 

try eating French spuds,

after digging 'em out the frogs export them willingly

there used to be pax transport boats from Minburi down the canal and through the gates

so that you could connect with the regular service to Pratunaam

these boats were running during rush hours only

close (100-200 meters) to the wet/fresh market in Minburi there are a couple of canals

the taxi boat guys hang out on the jetties there

several of the boats are soong dtoons with taxi meter engines, fast moving toys, can easily take 3 farang pax

rental shouldn't be a problem, I would discuss rental with the win