snowychap Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, bickster said: possibly but it's hardly "sexy" is it, that would leave an awful lot of disappointed people True but it's incredibly significant. Probably Brexit discussions in a nutshell. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 (edited) Indeed. Pensive, eloquent and proper though his recent speeches in Parliament might have been, if you'd have asked me at any point in the last thirty or so years to whom would I be looking to help 'save' the UK in this process, it would not have been Oliver Letwin. I shan't be 'Thanking God', however, or going to bed with Letwin in my mind. But: Ta, Ollie. Edited March 26, 2019 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 It'll be bigger than an Avengers franchise movie, Letwin vs Geller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 26 minutes ago, snowychap said: Indeed. Pensive, eloquent and proper though his recent speeches in Parliament might have been, if you'd have asked me at any point in the last thirty or so years to whom would I be looking to help 'save' the UK in this process, it would not have been Oliver Letwin. I shan't be 'Thanking God', however, or going to bed with Letwin in my mind. But: Ta, Ollie. I remember when he was more famous for discarding a hundred or so government documents in a bin in St James's Park. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: I remember when he was more famous for discarding a hundred or so government documents in a bin in St James's Park. That was one of his better moments. Edit: I don't think they were gov documents, I think they were constituents' personal information. Don't mention Broadwater Farm. Edited March 26, 2019 by snowychap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Unlike previous iterations of Newsnight's 'predict the future of Brexit' segment, this one is mostly non-ridiculous and significantly less smug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 4 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Unlike previous iterations of Newsnight's 'predict the future of Brexit' segment, this one is mostly non-ridiculous and significantly less smug: Is Helen Thomas a hobbit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, snowychap said: Is Helen Thomas a hobbit? She's certainly extremely short, which rather makes you wonder why producers parked her on top of a bar stool for the segment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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VILLAMARV Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 21 minutes ago, snowychap said: Broadwater Farm. Yes, he is very racist isn't he. Oh DON'T mention it Sorry ignore me (****) He has also suggested we should start housing asylum seekers in prison ships sorry, sorry, I meant off-shore processing centres carry on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, VILLAMARV said: Yes, he is very racist isn't he. Oh DON'T mention it Sorry ignore me (****) He has also suggested we should start housing asylum seekers in prison ships sorry, sorry, I meant off-shore processing centres carry on To be fair, that doesn't mean that he can't be right when talking about processes of the House of Commons; 'democracy'; how to proceed with Brexit; how to negotiate between two otherwise obviously intractible parties, &c. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) 24 minutes ago, snowychap said: To be fair, that doesn't mean that he can't be right when talking about processes of the House of Commons; 'democracy'; how to proceed with Brexit; how to negotiate between two otherwise obviously intractible parties, &c. Quite. Like you said, hardly a person anyone ever thought they'd side with. A bit like Diane Abbott when she said his racist attitudes were pretty shocking even by the standards of 30 years ago Edited March 27, 2019 by VILLAMARV 1 too many when's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 5 minutes ago, VILLAMARV said: Quite. Like you said, hardly a person anyone ever thought they'd side with. A bit like when Diane Abbott when she said his racist attitudes were pretty shocking even by the standards of 30 years ago I think I've always tried to be of the position that one ought to be careful about the individuals that one might choose to declare to row in behind. That includes Diane Abbott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 1 hour ago, HanoiVillan said: I remember when he was more famous for discarding a hundred or so government documents in a bin in St James's Park. Or the “Wanted “ poster with £20bn reward Gordon Brown held up with his face on after he was told to disappear by senior Tory’s after some blunder during the election campaign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Just now, snowychap said: I think I've always tried to be of the position that one ought to be careful about the individuals that one might choose to declare to row in behind. That includes Diane Abbott. Perhaps my point got lost there. It was a surprise to me to find myself agreeing with Diane Abbott if that clears it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Anyone else want to set up a Rastafarian arts centre next to Letwins house though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 22 minutes ago, VILLAMARV said: Anyone else want to set up a Rastafarian arts centre next to Letwins house though? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 41 minutes ago, snowychap said: No. Disco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ml1dch Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Unlike previous iterations of Newsnight's 'predict the future of Brexit' segment, this one is mostly non-ridiculous and significantly less smug: Maybe I missed it, but none of them seemed to mention what it is that changes, resulting in the other 27 countries being willing to extend beyond April 12th. As none of their four predictions are likely to play out that way over the next two weeks... Edited March 27, 2019 by ml1dch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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