Brexit, for once some facts.

[Nev]

Just so this doesn't get lost too

The Guardian have the story here.

'Truth twisters': rogue civil service tweet causes storm

Post on official civil service account apparently critical of Johnson’s press conference spreads like wildfire before being deleted

www.theguardian.com

 

[flecc]

UK government opposed to less than 2% of those laws.

But hardly reflecting the public's view, and as I implied, that's not relevant since it isn't what Brexit was about. This is about the pointlessness of a Brexit that isn't and for over three years never was.

The Brexiters didn't want anything EU but are keeping most of it and quite possibly even getting some more.
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[oyster]

Urgent change issued to UK courts. The accused is to be asked:

How Do You Plead, Guilty or Not Guilty or It Was Instinct?

 

[RossG]

I seem to remember at the time of the Great Repeal Bill as it was known, news reports saying it was now done and dusted thus paving the way forward for changes by future legislation. As you say though flecc easier said than done.

 

[flecc]

Still, I'd like anti dumping duty on Chinese bikes to go asap.

I see you corrected the Freudian slip.

I thought it was quite aposite drawing attention to dupe, considering how the EU measure was based on a lie!
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[flecc]

I seem to remember at the time of the Great Repeal Bill as it was known, news reports saying it was now done and dusted thus paving the way forward for changes by future legislation. As you say though flecc easier said than done.

Yes, even our pedelec law is a part of it. The last time we needed a change it took 12 years and we got something very unwelcome we didn't bargain for, a ban on throttles. So being able to make a change isn't always welcome with our quality of government. We now have the strictest bureaucracy free pedelec law in Europe.
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[RossG]

From the Sky News web tonight on the sighting of the Cummings vehicle...

' Sky News can confirm the registration number is that of a car Mr Cummings has got into in the past ,

Nuff said.

 

[Danidl]

Yes, even our pedelec law is a part of it. The last time we needed a change it took 12 years and we got something very unwelcome we didn't bargain for, a ban on throttles. So being able to make a change isn't always welcome with our quality of government. We now have the strictest bureaucracy free pedelec law in Europe.
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..Oh no you don't ... That would be NI!.

 

[oldgroaner]

Even in the Telegraph
"
Alarm in Cabinet that Boris Johnson's decision to back Dominic Cummings could cost lives
Boris Johnson gives Dominic Cummings his full backing as Cabinet ministers warn of risks to lockdown adherence

And in the Guardian

Tory whips apologise for urging MPs to support Dominic Cummings
Ministers face anger from constituents after defending aide’s 264-mile lockdown trip to Durham

 

[oyster]

Here come de bishops:

The Bishop of Leeds, the Right Reverend Nick Baines, said Mr Johnson was treating people "as mugs" and the Bishop of Bristol, the Right Reverend Vivienne Faull, accused the prime minister of having "no respect for people".

And the BBC website reports what I had been hoping for:

Meanwhile, in a statement posted on Twitter, Amanda Hopgood, leader of the Liberal Democrats on Durham County Council, said "a number of local residents have reported seeing Dominic Cummings on several occasions in April and May".
She said that "given the clear public interest" she has referred the matter to Durham Police to see if there had been a breach of the coronavirus regulations.

I guess additional reports were also what some of the media hoped would appear once the story got widespread enough.

The fat lady hasn't even got dressed yet.

 

[oyster]

Can't stand the guy in many ways, but he is tweeting well, according to this feed!:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1264788974540914689

 

[oyster]

Had a mixture of laughter and despair:

Woman in foul-mouthed rant after police stop her walking on beach — when she claimed she 'didn't realise Wales wasn't in England'
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/woman-foul-mouthed-rant-after-18305412

 

[oldgroaner]

Can't stand the guy in many ways, but he is tweeting well, according to this feed!:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1264788974540914689

Good heavens, do my old eyes deceive me?

 

[oldgroaner]

Had a mixture of laughter and despair:

Woman in foul-mouthed rant after police stop her walking on beach — when she claimed she 'didn't realise Wales wasn't in England'
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/woman-foul-mouthed-rant-after-18305412

Is she an American tourist by any chance?

 

[sjpt]

making much of Brexit pointless.

It would be a good outcome if we can limit the damage of Brexit to its being pointless.

 

[oldgroaner]

I.T.M.A.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1264648526719565824

 

[oyster]

Good heavens, do my old eyes deceive me?

Only if you missed "Parody"!

 

[oyster]

Is she an American tourist by any chance?

Brummie.

 

[Barry Shittpeas]

As far as Downing Street is concerned, I suppose today would be a good day for a terrorist attack. It would shift a bit of the focus. They’ve done 65K (across all settings I believe is the term) so far, a dozen more wouldn’t create a ripple.

 

[oyster]

I.T.M.A.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1264648526719565824

Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there!
He wasn't there again today,
Oh how I wish he'd go away!



When I came home last night at three,
The man was waiting there for me
But when I looked around the hall,
I couldn't see him there at all!
Go away, go away, don't you come back any more!
Go away, go away, and please don't slam the door...

Last night I saw upon the stair,
A little man who wasn't there,
He wasn't there again today
Oh, how I wish he'd go away...