Brexit, for once some facts.
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谢谢，我们将不得不停止开会，因为这座丘陵山将引起注意！
Still it may come to pass this will be our normal language if Boris has his way!
With us (and "them") speaking Chinese and BJ spouting ancient Greek, there's no likelihood of any misunderstanding, is there?谢谢，我们将不得不停止开会，因为这座丘陵山将引起注意！
Still it may come to pass this will be our normal language if Boris has his way!
While they're at it they can build the promised 40 hospitals by the end of the year
www.businessinsider.com
A construction expert broke down how China built an emergency hospital to treat Wuhan coronavirus patients in just 10 days
The Huoshenshan hospital was modeled on the blueprints of a medical facility in Beijing, which was set to help tackle the SARS epidemic in 2003.
www.businessinsider.com
While they are at it, do you think they'd install 5G alongside the HS2 tracks (the Permanent Huawei?), in the trains and stations?While they're at it they can build the promised 40 hospitals by the end of the year
A construction expert broke down how China built an emergency hospital to treat Wuhan coronavirus patients in just 10 days
The Huoshenshan hospital was modeled on the blueprints of a medical facility in Beijing, which was set to help tackle the SARS epidemic in 2003.
There is probably loads of kit available at a knock-down price as no-one else is buying it.
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/checks-on-goods-after-brexit-1-6508123
Gove confirms border checks to be imposed from January 1 - despite PM’s denial
My response
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@TheNewEuropean
Nobody takes any notice of any promise or for that matter denial Boris makes, anyway, do they? Nothing to see here, etc.,etc.
Gove confirms border checks to be imposed from January 1 - despite PM’s denial
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Replying to
@TheNewEuropean
Nobody takes any notice of any promise or for that matter denial Boris makes, anyway, do they? Nothing to see here, etc.,etc.
For those given to thinking painful thoughts, this chart is a dilly
Ed Conway
@EdConwaySky
·
Feb 14
You might've thought all of that
would mean our politicians would think twice before boasting about those dodgy headline trade figs. Not a bit of it. This week
@trussliz
tweeted this about them:
Quote Tweet
Liz Truss
@trussliz
· Feb 11
Record breaking year for UK exports. New @ONS data out today shows that in 2019…
UK businesses exported £689.0 bn of goods and services
This is a 5.0% increase on 2018
Exports of goods to non-EU countries grew by 13.6% https://gov.uk/government/news/2019-was-record-breaking-year-for-uk-exports
First case in recorded history of a ship abandoning the rats
(And boasting about it!)
Ed Conway
@EdConwaySky
·
Feb 14
You might've thought all of that
would mean our politicians would think twice before boasting about those dodgy headline trade figs. Not a bit of it. This week
@trussliz
tweeted this about them:
Quote Tweet
Liz Truss
@trussliz
· Feb 11
Record breaking year for UK exports. New @ONS data out today shows that in 2019…
UK businesses exported £689.0 bn of goods and services
This is a 5.0% increase on 2018
Exports of goods to non-EU countries grew by 13.6% https://gov.uk/government/news/2019-was-record-breaking-year-for-uk-exports
First case in recorded history of a ship abandoning the rats
(And boasting about it!)
A little more detail
A US bank with London gold vaults shifted some of that gold from being "unallocated" to being "allocated". Effectively it moved it on its balance sheet. The gold stayed in the same vault but technically it shifted from UK ownership to US
In other words, a couple of clicks in a bank's spreadsheet caused the biggest fluctuation in Britain's trade figures in modern history. At least that's the most plausible explanation. Tho it raises further questions: why? Is the bank in trouble? And who owns the gold anyway?
A US bank with London gold vaults shifted some of that gold from being "unallocated" to being "allocated". Effectively it moved it on its balance sheet. The gold stayed in the same vault but technically it shifted from UK ownership to US
In other words, a couple of clicks in a bank's spreadsheet caused the biggest fluctuation in Britain's trade figures in modern history. At least that's the most plausible explanation. Tho it raises further questions: why? Is the bank in trouble? And who owns the gold anyway?
One of the Benefits of Brexit: Great slapstick
I wonder though at the designs on that tent she was wearing
Any resemblance to a Union Jack is purely co-incidental
England seems to have gone AWOL.
Is that a mistake or an attempt at humour?
Let us hope the Chinese are a better at making railways than they are at making tents
It looks like a teenager's first attempt at matching a complicated pattern when wallpapering their first flat.
Apologies are due to Woosh, that his countryman should be subject to Grievous bodily embarrassment from a so called ally... in Public
Look at the poor devil.
Imagine how his friends will taunt him over this
He'll never live it down.
I wonder though at the designs on that tent she was wearing
Any resemblance to a Union Jack is purely co-incidental
England seems to have gone AWOL.
Is that a mistake or an attempt at humour?
Let us hope the Chinese are a better at making railways than they are at making tents
It looks like a teenager's first attempt at matching a complicated pattern when wallpapering their first flat.
Apologies are due to Woosh, that his countryman should be subject to Grievous bodily embarrassment from a so called ally... in Public
Look at the poor devil.
Imagine how his friends will taunt him over this
He'll never live it down.
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I have it on good authority that St Patrick was not big into flag waving. This so called flag is yet another invention by perfidious Albion , who created it just 7 years before the 1801 Act of Union . Those Georgians were very big into their secret societies and KnightsOne of the Benefits of Brexit: Great slapstick
I wonder though at the designs on that tent she was wearing
Any resemblance to a Union Jack is purely co-incidental
England seems to have gone AWOL.
Let us hope the Chinese are a better at making railways than they are at making tents
Apologies are due to Woosh, that his countryman should be subject to embarrassment from a so called ally.
Look at the poor devil.
Wikepedia contains this reference
"Perfidious Albion is an accurate phrase used within the context of international relations diplomacy to refer to acts of diplomatic ignorance, sleights, duplicity, treachery and infidelity (with respect to promises made to or alliances formed with other nation states) by monarchs or governments of the UK (or England prior to 1707) in their pursuit of self-interest.
The British prefer to call it
The will of the people
St Patrick may not have been but it seems many others there are potty about them. Sheldon Cooper would be in seventh heaven there:
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Not to worry flecc, The only ones I would recognise are the provincial flags, . The GAA county colours , are well regarded , but only as sporting colours, ..like jockeys silks. We are not big into this heraldry thing... You will notice that the St Patrick flag logo only appears on "Royal " or Loyalist linked organisations ,again an attempt to stitch in a glorious past . The dark blue on the Presidential standard is a Leinster colour ,but the harp symbol long predates Guinness
One of Cummings new breed advisers Sabinsky
No room for the Unter Mensch in the Government
All far too familiar.
No room for the Unter Mensch in the Government
All far too familiar.
They just don't understand that a government, whether the individuals elected or those appointed by them, cannot just ignore the very laws that they have passed. Sure, this government hasn't done anything themselves to enhance employment protection, but unless they uphold the existing laws, any and every reason for the rest of us to abide by the laws they do pass simply disappears.
Cummings and Johnson face backlash over sacking of advisers
Union to pursue unfair dismissal case after ex-Treasury aide Sonia Khan was marched out of Downing Street
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/15/boris-johnson-dominic-cummings-backlash-sacking-sonia-khan
Cummings and Johnson face backlash over sacking of advisers
Union to pursue unfair dismissal case after ex-Treasury aide Sonia Khan was marched out of Downing Street
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/15/boris-johnson-dominic-cummings-backlash-sacking-sonia-khan
There is a place for eugenics and the obvious advantages it brings. Just because something has been misused by others is not a reason to permanently deprive ourselves of benefits.One of Cummings new breed advisers Sabinsky
No room for the Unter Mensch in the Government
All far too familiar.
It's just a question of having in place the legal safeguards to prevent abuse, just as we do already with human genetics.
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