ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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Weird Granny Slater wrote:Oh, my fur and whiskers, RH. If you had a Green Shield Stamp for every point you've ever missed, you might buy yourself a sharp mind.
I have never claimed, nor (as far as I'm aware) has anybody ever claimed on my behalf, that I am a 'reliable commentator'. Your respect for this subset of the ham-and-cheese mediocrities who dominate our media, political, scientific and academic classes nowadays is not a point in your favour.
What a childish rant. Facts, dear boy, facts......
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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I think you might have misunderstood Ray, I was laughing at your pot, kettle, black comment..... "And you, of course Grandad, are completely objective in everything you say or do." which still amuses me.
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ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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Jan Higgins wrote:I think you might have misunderstood Ray, I was laughing at your pot, kettle, black comment..... "And you, of course Grandad, are completely objective in everything you say or do." which still amuses me.
I didn't misunderstand you, Jan. My like was purely because you sometimes seem only capable of expressing yourself in a string of emojis. Beyond that, I couldn't really give one. If you dislike or object to my posts, then please respond with facts rather meaningless guff. You're presumably much happier now that you're not 'being told what to think and what to say'.
Excuse the emoji.
ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,027
I reckon that the quality of journalism is actually better than a lot of reports I've seen in "proper" newspapers. (Though the best of all, for me, was a Siobhan Kennedy piece for C4 news some time ago.)
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Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
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To suffer one of Hislop's humourless, cosy, establishment outlets may be regarded as a misfortune (generated by an aversion to criminal prosecution), but to suffer a second looks like carelessness.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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Weird Granny Slater wrote:To suffer one of Hislop's humourless, cosy, establishment outlets may be regarded as a misfortune (generated by an aversion to criminal prosecution), but to suffer a second looks like carelessness.
Hislop, Toynbee, blah, blah, blah. Shoot the messenger again.
Neil Moors- Registered: 3 Feb 2016
- Posts: 1,295
There are literally no benefits of Brexit for ordinary folk. There never were going to be any. However, I think those who advocate remain (and now rejoin), at this point need to remain quiet and let the evidence speak for itself. The burden should now fall on the Government to show us the benefits....
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ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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I've been a fan since before my teens but this is a chap who just last week signed a petition asking Laughing Boy and his cohort of liars to seek visa free access to the EU market. This is what he was saying before we left.
It's simply staggering how many people campaigned for 3rd country status so vehemently yet now moan once it has been achieved. Where are Farage and co now the fishermen are facing the reality of leaving the single market and customs union?
https://news.sky.com/video/roger-daltrey-not-impressed-by-brexit-question-11666728Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
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Weird Granny Slater wrote:To suffer one of Hislop's humourless, cosy, establishment outlets may be regarded as a misfortune (generated by an aversion to criminal prosecution), but to suffer a second looks like carelessness.
Oops, I don't think I explained myself at all well. I first heard of likely problems surrounding Transit guarantees (in a post-Brexit context) back in February 2017, from practitioners who had evidently thought of them earlier. It's taken another 4 years for me to read of them in the press, and in Private Eye of all places!
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Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,922
How's that vaccination program coming on in Europe eh?
I’ll bet those ham sandwich stealing Cloggy customs blokes aren’t laughing now.
"Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds"
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
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ray hutstone wrote:Hislop, Toynbee, blah, blah, blah. Shoot the messenger again.
'Messenger'? You couldn't find a less accurate description of Hislop and Toynbee; their partiality is as well concealed as a caterwauling soprano in a choir of solid basses. In any case, I suspect from the quality of the piece the job was given to a junior: it's strung together from anonymous secondary sources ('was reported to be', 'said to be') and punctures its own snootiness ('Drivers who often don't speak English') with basic spelling errors ('drivers are sent
their [my italics] for the compulsory Covid testing'). Either that or it's fallen further than I imagined.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
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Also:
ray hutstone wrote:Ah - a Sun reader, eh?
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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Captain Haddock wrote:How's that vaccination program coming on in Europe eh?
I’ll bet those ham sandwich stealing Cloggy customs blokes aren’t laughing now.
They'll be waiting for the fulfilment of a legally binding contract. Simple as that. As for the Grandad BS above, I really can't be bothered. Facts, dear boy, facts.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Ray, I suggest you read the 41 page contract with EU which has just been leaked!
'Best reasonable efforts' it says.
"Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds"
ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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Captain Haddock wrote:Ray, I suggest you read the 41 page contract with EU which has just been leaked!
'Best reasonable efforts' it says.
It was in that context that I made my comment. This is really not a gloating issue. Interpretations of 'best endeavours' clauses are fraught with legal complexities. Spare me your crass emojis.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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"Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds"
ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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I get a real sense that you're struggling to understand what that means. The reliance on emojis tends to support my case!
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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Pablo- Registered: 21 Mar 2018
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Here’s another one for Ray
