Getting Brexit done
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Re: Getting Brexit done
The headbangers, led by Daniel Hannan, are now claiming that (a) the Supreme Court has already ruled that the UK Parliament is sovereign over the entire world, and (b) it's ironically thanks to Gina Miller. It is difficult to imagine how the mind of these people works.
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The amount of charlie these f.ckers must be getting through....
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On a scale of 0 to “screaming to an empty room in front of a metric sh.t-tonne of US flags”?
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Re: Getting Brexit done
I thought it was fairly simple, approximately:sTeamTraen wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2020 6:21 pmThe headbangers, led by Daniel Hannan, are now claiming that (a) the Supreme Court has already ruled that the UK Parliament is sovereign over the entire world, and (b) it's ironically thanks to Gina Miller. It is difficult to imagine how the mind of these people works.
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I don’t think that word means what they think it does.sTeamTraen wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2020 6:21 pmThe headbangers, led by Daniel Hannan, are now claiming that (a) the Supreme Court has already ruled that the UK Parliament is sovereign over the entire world, and (b) it's ironically thanks to Gina Miller. It is difficult to imagine how the mind of these people works.
Fr’instance irony would be a political movement adamant they are motivated by the “restoration of parliamentary sovereignty” fighting tooth-and-nail any attempt to assert the supremacy of parliament’s sovereignty and then screaming treason when the courts uphold parliamentary sovereignty.
Still you can’t expect normal members of the public to fully understand such esoteric concepts of the British constitution vis-a-vis the EU ... what’s that you say ... MEP? Oh.
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Hannan really is the ignorant tw.t's ignorant tw.t.Little waster wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:52 pmI don’t think that word means what they think it does.sTeamTraen wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2020 6:21 pmThe headbangers, led by Daniel Hannan, are now claiming that (a) the Supreme Court has already ruled that the UK Parliament is sovereign over the entire world, and (b) it's ironically thanks to Gina Miller. It is difficult to imagine how the mind of these people works.
Fr’instance irony would be a political movement adamant they are motivated by the “restoration of parliamentary sovereignty” fighting tooth-and-nail any attempt to assert the supremacy of parliament’s sovereignty and then screaming treason when the courts uphold parliamentary sovereignty.
Still you can’t expect normal members of the public to fully understand such esoteric concepts of the British constitution vis-a-vis the EU ... what’s that you say ... MEP? Oh.
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Hannan didn't use the word irony though.
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No, but others did, and it would indeed be ironic, if it wasn't total bollocks.
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ahem
I predicted that the “solution” to the NI border would be just to do what the hell UK gov felt like and stare down the EU to build additional border structures.
I predicted that the “solution” to the NI border would be just to do what the hell UK gov felt like and stare down the EU to build additional border structures.
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I like the claim that this is so the Conservatives can give state aid.
Have you considered stupidity as an explanation
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Anyone else emailed their MP?
Anyone got a reply from their MP? Robert Largan hasn't acknowledged receipt of the email. I used his parliamentary email not the one he publishes.
Anyone got a reply from their MP? Robert Largan hasn't acknowledged receipt of the email. I used his parliamentary email not the one he publishes.
Have you considered stupidity as an explanation
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Cummings is well into DK land.
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I had a sane Labour MP (before that a Tory drone, and before that a Labour drone). My current MP is proclaiming the Japan trade deal.
Have you considered stupidity as an explanation
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Did the say, "ALMOST AS GOOD AS THE ONE WE HAD WHILE PART OF THE EU!!!!" ?
So much winning.
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Hurrah!
Rather than having no idea of how much we can bring with us when we return from other EU countries, we now have specific quantities - it must help to remove the uncertainty.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... sponse.pdf
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Rather than having no idea of how much we can bring with us when we return from other EU countries, we now have specific quantities - it must help to remove the uncertainty.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... sponse.pdf
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Ah, the old duty free limits have returned/are to be returning (oh god, what tense?). Weirdly nostalgic and not in a good way.Gfamily wrote: ↑Sat Sep 12, 2020 7:52 pmHurrah!
Rather than having no idea of how much we can bring with us when we return from other EU countries, we now have specific quantities - it must help to remove the uncertainty.
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https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... sponse.pdf
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I've got a reply from our potted plant MP, well an automated one from one of her team informing me that they cannot possibly reply unless I furnish them with my full name, address and phone number - because of constituencies or something. As I have written before I obviously did include all 3 e-mail addresses, two phone numbers and even my fax number (get with it kids).
Simple question really. Is she willing to break the law?
Simple question really. Is she willing to break the law?
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The constituencies thing is relevant. An MP shouldn’t answer correspondence from someone else’s constituency. So it’s not unreasonable for them to ask for that information first.veravista wrote: ↑Sat Sep 12, 2020 10:43 pmI've got a reply from our potted plant MP, well an automated one from one of her team informing me that they cannot possibly reply unless I furnish them with my full name, address and phone number - because of constituencies or something. As I have written before I obviously did include all 3 e-mail addresses, two phone numbers and even my fax number (get with it kids).
Simple question really. Is she willing to break the law?
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No, I get the constituency thing. It's just that they seem to use it as a delaying tactic every time I write - hence the exhaustive list of addresses. And besides, she knows of me as I was one of the first people to bring her a problem when she was first elected (due to child being stuck abroad) and brought it up last time I wrote.
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Well...only your phone number could make it clear where you live if it's a landline, and assuming the area code doesn't overlap with any constituency boundaries, and you could have moved since you last wrote (again just the phone number providing a link if it's a landline).veravista wrote: ↑Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:16 amNo, I get the constituency thing. It's just that they seem to use it as a delaying tactic every time I write - hence the exhaustive list of addresses. And besides, she knows of me as I was one of the first people to bring her a problem when she was first elected (due to child being stuck abroad) and brought it up last time I wrote.
Not sure why they could insist they need a phone number though.
ETA Emily Thornberry had an email auto reply saying you had to provide that info to get a response, which seems slightly more efficient. Except she never really bothered to reply anyway.
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To be fair, the allowances for alcohol seem to be a bit higher than pre-1992. IIRC it was 1 or 2 litres of spirits, which could be replaced with 2 or 4 of sparkling wine. The new 9 litres of sparkling wine is two 6-bottle cases of 75cl bottles. Obviously less than the current situation, but it seems to have been designed with an acknowledgement that people would be even more unhappy with the old numbers. For tobacco it seems to be back to pre-1992 levels; I imagine increasing that will be a key part of the next Brexit Party manifesto.FlammableFlower wrote: ↑Sat Sep 12, 2020 10:39 pmAh, the old duty free limits have returned/are to be returning (oh god, what tense?). Weirdly nostalgic and not in a good way.Gfamily wrote: ↑Sat Sep 12, 2020 7:52 pmHurrah!
Rather than having no idea of how much we can bring with us when we return from other EU countries, we now have specific quantities - it must help to remove the uncertainty.
allowances.PNG
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... sponse.pdf
Spoiler:
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