AlexRich

30 minutes ago, Handsome Gardener said:

Sticking an 'X' in a box without the faintest idea of the consequences (unless you're going to enlighten us now) doesn't involve an ounce of courage or conviction so you need to stop bigging yourself up. It involves blind faith based on nothing and a willingness to risk the 5th largest economy in the world to rid the UK of some foreigners!

 

Has anyone answered my question yet as to why the pound isn't flying given how wonderful Brexit is going to be ?

Your problem is that you think facts trump opinions and feelings ... not in the populist era, where ignorance and dumbassery is the new normal. Keep up!

Thailand cannot afford to lose young people with mathematical talent ... a sad ending to a young life, and terrible news for his parents and wider family.

45 minutes ago, placnx said:

For those who are non-Brits, please explain why the Tories would not have a leadership vote after 3 September. This happened to May, but failed. Among the Tory MPs, what percentage seems to currently back Brexit?

I believe the vast majority of Tory MP’s will back Brexit with a deal and smooth transition ... the problem is a no deal Brexit.

58 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Why would Johnson deliberately set an election date in October before we've left? All he has to do is set an election date for mid November. We'll be out by then so there will be no point voting for the Lib Dems, no point voting for the Brexit party and no point voting for Corbyn who has shown himself to be devoid of the stones to get anything done or even to form a position. 

 

Nope, this one's a non starter. Time for the losers to try and find another way to overturn the democratic vote. Maybe Dominic Grieve can go back to his plan of blocking the tax payers money being spent on education and housing for the poorest in society in the event of no deal. That will really help the country... 

Heard it all before. Since the referendum the Brexiteer predictions on here have been consistently wrong. Recently recall an argument with one about how it was impossible, by law, not to leave on 31 March 2019 ... and how his superior knowledge and legal understanding trumped mine. Not a sound from him since. 

If you believe that a government that will soon lose its majority (due to defections) can by pass parliament and engineer “no deal” good luck ... but you’ll look pretty foolish when it doesn’t happen. 

1 hour ago, pegman said:

If a non-confidence vote were to be lost could Labour try to form a government with Liberal Dem, Tory remainder & small party  support? Labour could promise a new referendum if the others granted their support.

There is murmurs of a Government of National unity, whose sole purpose would be to extend article 50 and put down a second referendum ... followed by a General Election.

Dominic Cumming’s comments are more propaganda than fact ... in September he’ll be eating his words.

I wouldn’t be in the least surprised if we end up revoking Article 50 to prevent a no deal outcome ... the failure to meet in the middle means that both sides are going for extreme outcomes. If a couple of Tory MPs defect in September it will all look so different. 

2 hours ago, Mansell said:

Yeah. Like it's really easy to understand a Geordie or Lancashire hot pot, or even a serious Liverpudlian.

I find it amusing how the English get all hot and bothered about us Scots getting our independence and immediately start all this doom and gloom stuff about Scotland's future.....I would worry about England's future, because right now it is a mess with England's version of Donald Trump in charge. All the nonsense he is spouting about Brexit and how he will get a great deal......the boy is dreaming. The EU will send him packing asap. How did we get in this Brexit mess? Mainly because the Tories without doing any research brought the country to a vote and were completely surprised by the result. And what do you have now a SNAFU. Good luck.

I was never in favour of Scottish independence, I liked being part of the UK within the EU. I can just about accept, although I don’t like it, leaving the EU with a sensible plan, but my red line is being dragged out on a no deal basis that no politician campaigned for, indeed all leave campaigners promised a “good deal”. The game changer for me is the inward investment that Scotland would gain from England leaving the EU ... Scotland would look very attractive to the growing economies of the Far East and America’s, looking for a base within the EU. It might work out really well.

The UK courts have no jurisdiction in Thailand. So any court decision would have no effect on a Thai living in Thailand. Your husband would have to take his case to a Thai court. I very much doubt that a Thai court would order you to return your son to the UK. I really don’t think that you have to do anything. I don’t think you have anything to worry about. 

Lots of comments on here post and pre referendum about getting out of the EU before it falls apart ... and it’s looking increasingly more likely that the UK will fall apart. Scotland and Northern Ireland for sure if they press ahead with a no deal exit.

Trump’s childish decision to drop the trans Pacific partnership gave the Chinese a vacuum to fill ... and destroyed any chance of exerting influence in the region.

2 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Why does this even make the news? Polyphallos is probably not that common, and a lottery win by itself.

Hence the phrase “happy as a dog with two dicks”!

7 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Life's a bitch, then you die!

I think it's:

"Life's a bitch, and then you marry one, and then you die"