Brexit negotiations

[Nick W]

PIGS is Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain

Ireland is pocket change compared to the other 4. And the EU would happily dump them on us if they thought they could get away with it.


We would be better off getting both Irelands to merge and sort themselves out. Anytime in the last thousand years. England has only kept stirring up trouble there because it's a good excuse/training for a large standing army.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Anyway, I'd imagine that Don will find lots of cheap property in Portugal and I doubt that the fact that most of them are half built will faze him.   

He'll be used to seeing that sort of thing in Ireland! 

In fact you could probably describe Portugal as an Iberian Ireland, with the benefit that Don won't know whether the locals down the boozer are slagging off the Spanish or the Brits!   

[Sir Tigger KC]

PIGS is Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain

Ireland is pocket change compared to the other 4. And the EU would happily dump them on us if they thought they could get away with it.


We would be better off getting both Irelands to merge and sort themselves out. Anytime in the last thousand years. England has only kept stirring up trouble there because it's a good excuse/training for a large standing army.

No Ireland was included as it required an EU bailout and a not insubstantial loan from the UK and the group were known as the PIIGS. 

[Olympia5776]

Anyway, I'd imagine that Don will find lots of cheap property in Portugal and I doubt that the fact that most of them are half built will faze him.   

He'll be used to seeing that sort of thing in Ireland! 

In fact you could probably describe Portugal as an Iberian Ireland, with the benefit that Don won't know whether the locals down the boozer are slagging off the Spanish or the Brits!   

Ahha , I have a cunning plan ......

[Sir Tigger KC]

Anyway, I'd imagine that Don will find lots of cheap property in Portugal and I doubt that the fact that most of them are half built will faze him.   

He'll be used to seeing that sort of thing in Ireland! 

In fact you could probably describe Portugal as an Iberian Ireland, with the benefit that Don won't know whether the locals down the boozer are slagging off the Spanish or the Brits!   

Ahha , I have a cunning plan ......

You're a cunning linguist!   

[Lizzie Zoom]

The pound started it's fall today, so I quickly went to Sainsbury's to fill up at £1.214 per litre; cheapest it's been for months and months, which obviously will not last now!

Yes as I said earlier, you have May to thank for that. I filled up with super derv at 1.23 euro today. Cooking derv was 1.17. Fuel is going to go up anyway due to agreed lower production. Tilbo will have to walk everywhere!

Well that's sod law init!!

Go to Sainsbury's today and the price has fallen to £1.199 per litre!!

That's my reward for trying to be clever!

[Sir Tigger KC]

The pound started it's fall today, so I quickly went to Sainsbury's to fill up at £1.214 per litre; cheapest it's been for months and months, which obviously will not last now!

Yes as I said earlier, you have May to thank for that. I filled up with super derv at 1.23 euro today. Cooking derv was 1.17. Fuel is going to go up anyway due to agreed lower production. Tilbo will have to walk everywhere!

Well that's sod law init!!

Go to Sainsbury's today and the price has fallen to £1.199 per litre!!

That's my reward for trying to be clever!

Crude oil has been falling nicely of late. 

[Lizzie Zoom]

The pound started it's fall today, so I quickly went to Sainsbury's to fill up at £1.214 per litre; cheapest it's been for months and months, which obviously will not last now!

Yes as I said earlier, you have May to thank for that. I filled up with super derv at 1.23 euro today. Cooking derv was 1.17. Fuel is going to go up anyway due to agreed lower production. Tilbo will have to walk everywhere!

Well that's sod law init!!

Go to Sainsbury's today and the price has fallen to £1.199 per litre!!

That's my reward for trying to be clever!

Crude oil has been falling nicely of late. 

Ah right

Well I've just lost 90p by filling up yesterday and not today. Us motorist just cannot win can we?!

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Ye we can.Buy oil shares and hang on to them for 6 - 12 months.   

[STEMO]

It's all getting a bit farcical in the house these days, and there are some very angry MPs about. I thought, since the vote is only six days away, that I'd better resurrect this arguement thread. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Yay! 

[STEMO]

Yay! 

Don't you 'yay' me, yer bastard. Remainer, are we? 

[Varche]

Had a quick look in the thread , thought it might have all been sorted by now

9th Jan 2021

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Its very simple really. Parliament gave the power back to the people to take a decision. They were astonished when we took the wrong decision. Now they (and the rest of the establishment) are desperate to reverse the decision while swearing blind that they are doing everything they can to implement the decision, that we were actually too stupid to be allowed to make.
They know full well that EU negotiations always go to the very last minute, before anything is settled, yet they are trying to prevent their own country from have any negotiating leverage when we reach that point.
Its nothing short of treason imo.
Also, Bercow as an utter disgraceful excuse for a human being. I loathe that hateful little poison dwarf.

As for swivel eyed Soubry crying foul because people were nasty to her. Words fail me. 

If May really cared about the country as she claims to, and had a modicum of self awareness, she would have stood down after the last election and let someone else take over. She is a waste of skin.

[STEMO]

I knew I could rely on you to remain calm, Albs.