howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Captain Haddock
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Still true today. It's what Conservative governments do.
"Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds"
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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I was saying that another bloke in the queue for the soup kitchen the other day, where would be without the lovable Tories?
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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In 2014, 1.5 million people
a week used food banks in Germany. (via
www.bbc.co.uk.)
In UK foodbank use over one million three-day emergency food supplies given to people in crisis in 2016/17. i.e. Over
a year. (via
www.trusselltrust.org)"Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds"
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Two of the richest countries on Earth in a race to the bottom. Germany has 15 million more people than the UK so we are not doing too bad.
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Brian Dixon
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so 1 million a year is not much, but that's 1 million to many.
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Weird Granny Slater
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Captain Haddock wrote:Still true today. It's what Conservative governments do.
Remind me, who were 'our people' again? Oh yes, of course:
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
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"Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds"
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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In fairness they are always generous to their friends.
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Meanwhile unemployment at its lowest level since 1975!
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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and that's a fake figure to.add the people who are sangtiond and on govt,coarses it works out at 3 million plus out of work.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. And no doubt our yoof would prefer to be in France where youth unemployment is running at 23.4% rather than enjoying the 410,000 drop in UK youth unemployment?
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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yep,and pigs fly to
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Flying to find income inequality at its lowest for 30years?
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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This chap Juncker seems to be losing the plot over his hatred of us Brits, wasn't long ago he was saying that the English language should not be used in the EU Parliament as it was becoming redundant there. Someone might explain to him that it is the World's business language and also the second language of most EU members.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Yet again he shows how out of touch he is in wanting Romania and Bulgaria to join the Schengen Zone, both countries made it crystal clear that much as they like their citizens going abroad and hopefully sending money back they will not let in anyone of a different race due to them being seen as terrorists.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/eu-brexit-bulgaria-romania-schengen-area-immigration-passportless-jean-claude-juncker-president-a7944196.htmlhoward mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Interesting that David Davis thinks the wrangling over the "divorce" bill will carry on until March 2019 whilst the EU negotiators say that nothing can be agreed before it is finalised.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/14/britain-does-not-owe-eu-brass-farthing-brexit-bill-says-jacob/Jan Higgins
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If as it seems the EU side of the Brexit discussions are the ones being extremely difficult in order to try and wear us down into giving into their exorbitant financial demands, they will loose.
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Guest 1881- Registered: 16 Oct 2016
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Just because you don't take an interest in politics doesn't mean that politics won't take an interest in you. PERICLES.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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The Bishop wrote:
Is Boris pulling our chain?
.............. or pointing out how things could be when we've thrown off our shackles?
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"Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds"
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
