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Luiz’ passing range is superb, hope Deano can find a way to slot him into the 1st XI. Really rate him.

He’s scoring next then!

Better!

Movement of the ball is poor, Lansbury very rusty. No penetration to speak of. Not great so far.

Where I live now is a straight scrap between the SNP & Lib Dems - both raving Remainers, obvs. Very little point in voting this time, I’ve never had a knock on the door or even a piece of paper from the Tories, Labour or Greens.

Decent school? I thought you were at The Friary??!

There’s lots of debate about the utility of killing off the leadership of terrorist groups, based on the Darwinian process it unleashes. The more competent commanders tend to survive and make organisations even more extreme - almost exactly what happened with the transition from Al Qaeda in Iraq to ISI then ISIS. That said, I doubt anyone except his mother will miss Baghdadi too much. However, the rapid culling of senior ISIS figures does also open up the potential for a reunification between ISIS & AQ. The personal animosity between Zawahiri (AQ CEO) & Baghdadi is well documented, but ISIS always revered Bin Laden as the true leader of Jihadi - accusing Zawahiri of deviating from his path. With Baghdadi gone it’s at least possible that AQ launches a Mergers & Acquisitions play to re-absorb ISIS into a new super group. That’s a big potential problem for Europe because ISIS has built a substantial network for external operations which AQ would then acquire, in addition to the numerous provinces (Wiliyats) stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In summary killing Baghdadi doesn’t solve anything, but it is pretty satisfying as a stand alone event. Kudos to the dog.

All going to plan, comrades.

Sshhhh. You mustn’t disturb people when they’re catastrophizing: No-deal Brexit: 'Nothing is going to happen' at Dover and Calais, insists head of French ports  'If both sides do their homework, traffic will be completely fluid,' says the man in charge of Calais ”Dover and Calais will continue to work smoothly after Brexit, according to man in charge of the French Channel ports, who described concerns about the crossing as "bullshit".” But we’re all doomed. Apparently.

Here you go then, from diabetes.co.uk - the experts as it were.. This is called business continuity planning - just in case “People with diabetes that rely on insulinare being reassured that contingency plans are in place, should a no-deal Brexit go ahead.Diabetes UK report that all three main insulin manufacturers – Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi – have confirmed they are keeping additional supplies.The charity confirms all three pharmaceutical firms have gone "beyond the recommendations made by the government" and are stockpiling at least 16 weeks' worth of insulin.” Note, this is a ‘just in case’ measure, over and above the government’s own recommendations.

The doctor who it was later revealed is an active Remain campaigner? No wonder he was invited by May’s administration to contribute. Doctor in row with Jacob Rees-Mogg is Remain campaigner who hates Boris Johnson, social media posts reveal

Oh Stefan. It was confirmed months ago by the manufacturers that there’ll be no disruption to insulin supplies, or any other meds for that matter. Unfortunately Remainer extremists (note, they’re a small but very vocal minority) continue to try and terrify the public by peddling this nonsense, just to achieve their political goals. They’re deeply sick people deserving of our sympathy, & probably some professional help.

Anyone who really thinks we’re going to run out of food and medicine post Brexit should probably seek help when crossing the road. If I didn’t think Brexit was better long term for the country I wouldn’t support it.

Whilst rooting for the death on mass of your fellow citizens, have you ever paused and thought “wow, am I psychotic?” I’m guessing not, but maybe you should.

This is simply wrong, as the many compiled videos of leading figures on both sides saying that’s what leaving meant, demonstrate. I can’t be arsed to have a 3 year old argument with you though, so knock yourself out.

What a charmer. Have a word...

This is such a caricature. By all means have another referendum, after the promise to implement the result of the first one has been delivered. Also what leaving meant was clear: out of the customs union, the single market and ECJ jurisdiction. I’m quite happy to accept that’s a process rather than an event, but it still has to be delivered. If politicians are allowed to chin-off the result of one nationwide democratic vote b/c they don’t like it, the fundamental damage it will cause to faith in the entire system can’t be taken back. I realize some people think that’s a price worth paying, I think they’re profoundly & dangerously wrong.

On the whole I think the public did that in 2016, it’s the politicians who refuse to do so. Jo Swinson for example, has said that even if Remainers lost a second referendum she still wouldn’t accept the result. Without the losers consent democracy simply cannot work, b/c it makes a mockery of the entire process.

Take your point, but having now renegotiated a deal (despite all supposedly informed commentary to the contrary) if it's then blocked by Parliament I reckon he can build a winning campaign on that. Parliament Vs the People has been Cummings strategy all along. With the Jews best mate leading the opposition I think Johnson has a very good chance. The SNP are gagging for a GE too so I think he’ll get the numbers for it.

The EU can’t block the HoC sovereignty, neither can the Benn Act can’t instruct the EU in what to do. Only the UK government can negotiate international treaties, our MPs think otherwise but they are wrong - as the EU well knows.

Very possibly. I can’t see our Remain Parliament passing any form of deal. Will likely take a GE now to get to a resolution, but even then it’s not guaranteed unless Johnson gets a majority.

I don’t think that’s correct - but haven’t read the 64 page pdf yet! It seems that: 1) NI stays in UK customs union, so benefits from future UK trade deals with RoW. 2) NI continues to apply EU rules and regs that ensure no hard border in Ireland. 3) Every four years Stormont gets the chance to opt out of EU alignment by a simple majority vote - meeting the consent mechanism & democratic legitimacy in NI. The problem with 3 is not meeting the double majority required for constitutional change in NI under the GFA, so it may fall under legal challenge anyway. Conclusion: dunno yet.

If you prefer. Fact is May said the withdrawal agreement couldn’t be reopened. So did Brussels, Dublin, Paris & Berlin. Not only has it been reopened but the backstop has been removed which the same bunch of people said could never happen. I don’t like Johnson either, he’s a giant bell. But, he’s done the things that for last two years we’ve all been told couldn’t be done. That’s pretty good going, posh boy or not.

Danke.

I don’t really care what he believes in his heart of hearts, it’s not a theological test. The simple fact is he led the Leave campaign, won the referendum, became PM & now has a deal that - at the least - removed the backstop. Objectively that’s a pretty good effort.