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On 4/25/2019 at 12:41 PM, Loiner said:

The seats that will be lost by both LAB and CON at the next GE, due to their turncoat MPs ignoring the publicWhenever it is, just bring it on, their misdeeds won’t be forgotten by the electorate.

Whilst I agree, I'm not looking forward to the pound falling even further as a result of the continuing uncertainty in the money markets.

21 hours ago, sandyf said:

Those that are going to lose their seats at a GE have already lost them, whatever they do with their minds is not going to alter that.

 

TM will keep on asking in the hope that MP's get fed up sitting on the fence rather than on their seat.

Sadly, at this point it's all just political manoeuvering, which is why most of us have little interest until something else happens - other than responding to posts which with we disagree.

2 minutes ago, Spidey said:

Leave immediately equates to no deal Brexit, already ruled out and an absolute nightmare for UK. Hard border, no trade deals, no customs union etc.

 

May's deal is the obvious one for the vote, I prefer Corbyn's deal obviously but thought that Ken Clark's deal was an acceptable compromise. Choose 1 and put it up against remain.

 

The current thinking is that the vote would go to remain, which is why, of course, Brexiteers are so against another referendum.

Yes, leave immediately equates to no deal - ruled out by self-serving MPs, who ignore the fact that this leaves the uk with no negotiating position at all!

I've already said that at this point, we probably need another referendum - based on the obvious options:-

a) leave immediately

b) accept the eu/may 'deal'.

2 hours ago, ravip said:

More than the Sri Lankan intelligence service, the President & Prime Minister should answer.

Fortunately for them, they've closed down info. from media....

1 hour ago, Spidey said:

Maximum - 5 years. Shortest - 6 months. 3 years between referendums sounds reasonable to me, particularly as there's no light at the end of the parliamentary tunnel

Let the people decide!

 

 

I'm inclined to agree, but it depends on the question asked.....

1) Eu/May deal

2) Leave immediately

I'd be inclined to agree, even though the fear mongering has been continuous ☹️.

Nonetheless, the appalling eu/may deal is also well known nowadays, so this vote would be better than the endless prevarication/duplicity of our MPs.....

3 hours ago, geoffbezoz said:

Definitely not smart, but in the future when Trump is locked up and US support wanes it gives those from whom the land has been stolen a pretty damn good consensus as to which town should be designated for target practice.

As far as I can make out the US authorities support Israel's actions.

Trump is just the first to make this very clear.

It's sad that so many of us have lost interest.

I'd been watching since '97/'98, but am only marginally interested nowadays ☹️.  i.e. I don't care enough to pay to watch races, but every now and again will read the comments about races to see what is happening.

18 hours ago, Sunmaster said:

Dying is not always like switching an on/off switch. Many times it's a process where consciousness gradually leaves the body. 
Think about it this way,...consciousness is not a product of the body but rather the body is a product of consciousness. Consciousness was there before the body and will be there once the body is no more.
 

I know science lovers will surely descend upon me and rip me apart, saying I have no proof, but this is what I gathered from my studies and my personal experiences. Furthermore, the fact that people have left their bodies during surgery, and afterwards telling in details things that went on in and outside the operating room, are well documented by doctors. 

I hope you're right.

As a result of my childhood 'out of body' experiences - it's the hope that I prefer.

15 hours ago, malibukid said:

25-26 around the clock, even when i am not end.  the cat digs it.

Know what you mean.  Even though on the rare times I use aircon I set it on 28, I've noticed that my dogs rush to go to bed (during these hot periods when they know I'm using aircon), and are reluctant to leave the bedroom when I get up!

20 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Part of the fun of being a kid was drawing in the frost on the inside of your bedroom windows in the winter.

Whilst living as a child with my parents, we always had central heating - which is probably why it came as a shock when I moved out, and into a rented home with no CH ????!

Similarly I was very grateful for aircon when I first moved to Thailand - and I used to set it to 24C during the night!

Nowadays, I use aircon rarely - but am very grateful for it when it's unbearably hot.

19 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I'm not sure what you hope to learn from old folk these days. 

 

Anyone in the age group 60-90 has lived their adult lives through decades of full employment, the availability of welfare and student grants - if they didn't go to university they almost certainly had access to free first class apprenticeships - Real apprenticeships and a job when they had served their time.

If they bought a house in which to raise a family they got tax relief on their mortgage and have benefitted from house price inflation, if they had a half decent job (and are not stupid) they'll have a defined benefit pension and for those who didn't buy a home all of the above was available to them plus affordable rents. 

 

The very people who lived their lives through years of plenty stiffing the young. 

 

Time to listen to what the young have to say.

 

I agree with a lot of this, we were the lucky generation.

it changed in the 80's and 90's, and even more so in the '00's.

I'll never understand why so many are angry about those of us that enjoyed good company pensions - rather than how these good pension schemes were allowed to be demolished...

26 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

1. I believe there are some of them, sure.

2. I am also sure that enough politicians pretend to fight for what they think makes them most likely to get elected again - independent of their real opinion.

Great, we're getting somewhere?

You agree that very few politicians support leave, they are just desperately trying to find a way to get themselves re-elected despite their opposition to the leave referendum result?

Most of 'my group' certainly went home realising how lucky we were, and sending educational 'gifts' to the school we visited.

Sadly, the realisation fades after a while ☹️.

6 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Seriously?

If they want to make a difference, DON"T FLY.

Go somewhere they can reach by bus, train or car ( electric of course ).

Stop ruining other countries with your demands for flashpacker accommodation, stop ruining nice beaches with horrid concrete hotels, stop overwhelming fragile ecosystems by walking all over them, stop polluting the atmosphere with jet engines.

Even better, stay home and volunteer to work for a charity during your holiday.

 

Finally, stop with the faux concern for the environment, when things like "eco-friendly accommodation" is a charade.

Want "eco-friendly accommodation" go live in a cave and cook over a dung fire.

Agree with most of this, especially the "DON'T FLY" comment.  But at the end of the day sadly, none of care enough in this respect.....

I disagree when it comes to some 'eco-friendly' accommodation, as some of them are genuinely very basic - and only exist to show Westerners how lucky they are in their lives, compared to how unlucky are the indigenous population.

9 hours ago, aright said:

The negotiations according to Mr Gove.

"The UK will continue to abide by the EU-wide Common Fisheries Policy during the transition period, but ministers said that from 2020, the UK will negotiate access to its waters as an independent coastal state."

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/07/03/britain-sea-fish-200-miles-coast-first-time-decades-michael/

Yeah, right - but there is no way out of that 'transition period' unless the eu agrees......

13 hours ago, Laughing Gravy said:

So who are you! the British gentrie! I guess you are not British then or just like to sound like you are.

 

You can't sell your waters as it is part of the territory. You can let others into them Like the UK did under Heath. Luckily people have realised and we are stopping it.

"and we are stopping it"

Except 'we're' not - as our politicians are doing everything in their power to stop these types of actions.....

15 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

No Deal is still in the running, make no mistake about that. It's either that or Remain. Anything else is a waste of time and  money.

'It's either that or Remain. Anything else is a waste of time and  money."

Agree entirely, but politicians are desperately trying to come up with a way to remain, without the electorate realising this to be the case....

As a 'funny' aside, when I was very young my parents had a 'plaque' (can't think of the right word) on the wall saying "Conscience is the still, small voice that tells you you're about to be caught!"

Odd, how I still remember it after all these decades.  Probably 'cos it annoyed me as a small child, not understanding the meaning.

12 minutes ago, canuckamuck said:

 Enthusiasm for atheism springs from the awareness of sin and instinctual understanding of the penalty of sin. Any alternative that assuages the fear is embraced and revered. The real reason for hatred towards faith in others is that it pulls the curtain back on a primal fear.

Who's talking about "hatred"?  Personally, I feel sorry for them as they obviously need a 'crutch' in their lives.

Bear in mind that my mother is extremely religious, and now she's very old (and I too, am older and so more sympathetic) - which has resulted in my being happy that her faith makes her happy. ????

Getting back on topic....., yet another country that is not happy with the status quo, which has resulted in nationalist parties gaining a significant number of votes.