Brexit, for once some facts.

[oldgroaner]

negative on the tinkerbell in that clan ...but a serious infestation of Bellends tho`

We were all engaging in light hearted fun, too highbrow for you was it?

Well done tommie you are of course technically correct, every male member of the Bell clan does indeed come equipped with that part of the anatomy you rather crudely alluded to.
Is this some sort of confession on your part that the males in your area are lacking in this department?
Was that the motivation behind your joke? [emoji41]

 

[oldgroaner]

Always start the day with a joke: here's on in the Telegraph
"
The time has come to teach the political class a lesson: I'm back fighting for a real Brexit
NIGEL FARAGE
And in the Express
"
‘Chequers plan is a CON’ Leave Means Leave plots relaunch to ‘fight the battle of Brexit'
BREXIT pressure group Leave Means Leave is to be relaunched next month in an attempt to force Theresa May into pushing for a clearer break with the EU, leading Eurosceptics said last night."

Perhaps Putin will tip in another billion or so?

 

[Woosh]

The time has come to teach the political class a lesson: I'm back fighting for a real Brexit
NIGEL FARAGE

this comment from that article sums up the man:

QUOTE:

Good old Sir Nigel! Always looking for trouble! Always fuming about the EU. 'All your problems are down to immigration and all immigration is down to the EU'. To give him credit, its a great strapline even if 90% untrue.
Looks like he'll be repeating it soon!

 

[Woosh]

‘Chequers plan is a CON’ Leave Means Leave plots relaunch to ‘fight the battle of Brexit'
BREXIT pressure group Leave Means Leave is to be relaunched next month in an attempt to force Theresa May into pushing for a clearer break with the EU, leading Eurosceptics said last night."

meanwhile, a ComRes survey, commissioned on behalf of Brexit Express, shows that a majority in Labour constituencies that voted or brexit in 2016 would like brexit to be stopped except for the over 65.

http://www.comresglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/338650_Brexit_v2.pdf

 

[oldtom]

It seems like an awful long time ago that I warned of the real danger of giving extremist neo-nazi elements the oxygen of publicity but here we are, within a few months of probably crashing out of the EU, and the right-wing media is still publishing the poisoned dialogue of Nigel Farage in spite of the evidence from various parts of the UK, the US and other parts of the world that fascism is on the rise.

This high-ranking ex-police officer, with a better grasp of terrorist activities than most lay people, has this to say:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-45229850/ex-met-terror-chief-extreme-right-infiltrating-politics

Tom

 

[oldtom]

Meanwhile in other news, the UK's latest war machine, a platform for delivering American missiles into any country the US decides needs freedom, is undergoing trials and is about to get some practice at actual take-offs and landings using real jets.

These words from the war defence minister, Gavin Williamson, a name unheard of by 95% of the British public, according to a poll conducted in my local pub, should worry the man in the street.

From a BBC report:
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said the trip would "strengthen our special relationship" with US forces.

Note that he didn't just say 'with the US', he very clearly referred to their forces.

Tom

 

[oldgroaner]

Meanwhile in other news, the UK's latest war machine, a platform for delivering American missiles into any country the US decides needs freedom, is undergoing trials and is about to get some practice at actual take-offs and landings using real jets.

These words from the war defence minister, Gavin Williamson, a name unheard of by 95% of the British public, according to a poll conducted in my local pub, should worry the man in the street.

From a BBC report:
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said the trip would "strengthen our special relationship" with US forces.

Note that he didn't just say 'with the US', he very clearly referred to their forces.

Tom

Lets face it without them providing screening forces that we don't possess, Putin's "Convenient Target" wouldn't dare put to sea, would it?

 

[oldgroaner]

Found this bit of information the makes Trump's Space force notion seem ore nonsensical than ever.

"Lieutenant General Patrick J. O'Reilly, Director of the [US] Missile Defense Agency, said: “The design of Arrow 3 promises to be an extremely capable system, more advanced than what we have ever attempted in the U.S. with our programs. [...] This has to do with the seekers that have greater flexibility and other aspects, such as propulsion systems – it will be an extremely capable system.” It has a 99% 'kill' rate and will be able to shoot down satellites.'

Logically if it can do this "From the ground" what is a "Space Force" for?

 

[Woosh]

Logically if it can do this "From the ground" what is a "Space Force" for?

marketing.
it's like barely clad women selling cars, imagine love island candidates in astronaut's uniforms posing in front of those rockets.

 

[oldgroaner]

From "The Canary
"
After Farage calls medical experts a ‘disgrace’, one doctor tells him where to go

https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2018/08/17/after-farage-calls-medical-experts-a-disgrace-one-doctor-tells-him-where-to-go/

 

[oldgroaner]

marketing.
it's like barely clad women selling cars, imagine love island candidates in astronaut's uniforms posing in front of those rockets.

As with Virgin Airlines?

 

[Woosh]

As with Virgin Airlines?

Yes, I suppose. Except this time, it was Richard Branson who came to ask my wife and me how was the flight when we flew back from Barbados with VA. We were instantly sold!

 

[flecc]

Logically if it can do this "From the ground" what is a "Space Force" for?

To take the photos?
.

 

[flecc]

Yes, I suppose. Except this time, it was Richard Branson who came to ask my wife and me how was the flight when we flew back from Barbados with VA. We were instantly sold!

You should have said everything was perfect except the cost.

He might have given you a free trip.
.

 

[oldtom]

We were instantly sold!

How much did he get for you?

Tom

 

[Woosh]

You should have said everything was perfect except the cost.

He might have given you a free trip.
.

I was so starstruck, totally lost for word, could only mumble a feeble thank you.

 

[tillson]

this comment from that article sums up the man:

QUOTE:

Good old Sir Nigel! Always looking for trouble! Always fuming about the EU. 'All your problems are down to immigration and all immigration is down to the EU'. To give him credit, its a great strapline even if 90% untrue.
Looks like he'll be repeating it soon!

As you know, at one time I thought Farage had something meaningful to say and was perhaps a prominent political figure aligned with the general public’s mood. A rare commodity.

His moment came when the result of the Brexit vote was announced. That was the point when all eyes were on him. That was the time when he was obliged to step up and contribute leadership & guidance as we took the first steps along the road to Brexit and the vision he had sold to people.

Instead, he looked like a frightened rabbit caught in car headlights. He shrank away from the task and his responsibility to the public by resigning & attempting to melt into the background.

The same can be said for Johnson, he was expected to put himself forward for the top job and tell us all about the plan.

The truth is, both are chancers. Both have very little ability other than to quip and make big promises that they have no idea how to deliver.

I don’t think Farage will be so popular this time around. He’s simply seizing an opportunity out of the chaos he helped to create.

 

[Woosh]

His moment came when the result of the Brexit vote was announced. That was the point when all eyes were on him. That was the time when he was obliged to step up and contribute leadership & guidance as we took the first steps along the road to Brexit and the vision he had sold to people.

Instead, he looked like a frightened rabbit caught in car headlights. He shrank away from the task and his responsibility to the public by resigning & attempting to melt into the background.

Before the infamous poster, I used to watch his TV interviews and was impressed by his straight talking about various problems we have with the EU.

 

[oldtom]

I don’t think Farage will be so popular this time around.

Well, following his outrageous attack on doctors, I don't think you'll get any argument from this young woman:

A thread from Dr Rachel Clarke in response to Nigel Farage calling the British Medical Association an “absolute disgrace”...

“Disgraceful is an NHS hospice forced to close a *third* of its beds because some its nurses - wonderful, extraordinarily kind individuals - feel so unwelcome now in Britain they have been driven home to Spain, Portugal, Italy etc. 2/n

Disgraceful is the racism, abuse & hate unleashed by your foul & toxic referendum campaign - and, in particular, the racism towards EU staff we have witnessed, post referendum, in my own NHS hospital. 3/n

Disgraceful is dying patients trapped in their homes, in desperate need of an NHS hospice bed, who I cannot treat - because the beds are closed - because EU nurses have been driven away by post-Brexit hate. 4/n

Disgraceful is having to look a World War Two veteran in the eyes, as he weeps and trembles with relief that at last - at last - a hospice bed became available for his dying, desperate wife. 5/n

Disgraceful is an NHS *already* short of 40k nurses and 10k doctors, yet haemorrhaging more daily thanks to the hateful impact of Brexit. 6/

Disgraceful is the staggering - and sustained - 96% reduction in applications to the NHS from EU nurses since the referendum. 7/n

Disgraceful is people like you whipping up the hate that has caused all this misery - then trolling doctors like me who bear witness to its horrible, inhumane fallout, every day at work. 8/n

So, Mr Farage, next time you talk about disgrace, and seek to denigrate doctors like me, wash your mouth out and wind your neck in. 9/n

Because patients are vulnerable - so incredibly vulnerable. And if you really were a man of the people, as opposed to the racist demagogue you are, you would show some goddamn humility about the human cost of what you’ve done. 10/10 ends

And incidentally, @Nigel_Farage, if you want to debate the facts pertaining to Brexit and the NHS, please invite me onto your show to do so, rather than making ad hominem attacks on my profession. @LBC”


https://twitter.com/doctor_oxfo…/status/1030122574381023232…

Tom

 

[oldtom]

The wit of comedian, journalist and social commentator, Mark Steel, shines through once more with this assessment of the latest rumours about Jeremy Corbyn:



Tom