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    The UK Politics & Brexit Thread

    I am surprised by people are complaining about the EU being aggressive and rude. That is what it is. It is a difficult organisation. Previously we were one of the difficult to deal with, and now we are having to deal with the difficult to deal with. It's bizarre, it is as if we didn't know...
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    The UK Politics & Brexit Thread

    the post office was a trusted organisation. Beating it in court was unlikely. The people faced with those prosecutions faced humiliation. Their choice was a private or a public humiliation. Whoever it was at the PO that chose to sit on the information about their buggy software should be...
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    The UK Politics & Brexit Thread

    They are just people. We all let difficult decisions slide. Wouldn't the fact that N Sturgeon and A Salmond worked together for decades make it difficult for them to behave in the approved arms length way? It seems odd that people expect the proprieties to be perfectly maintained when we all...
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    The UK Politics & Brexit Thread

    It was the only place I could think of to put my ideas in front of epidemiologists. I did have an account with the telegraph reader group and with political betting but neither seem to be particularly visible in comparison.
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    The UK Politics & Brexit Thread

    Absolutely. It was very scary for a while. We were talking about possibly 500.000 dead within the year in January 2020. I have a feeling that there was a disconnect between the public health advice and the political focus on continued growth. Those must have been quite difficult...
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    The UK Politics & Brexit Thread

    How is hindsight relevant? I have been pushing for well over a year. Since well before the first lockdown. I'll not reveal my profession out of 'Englishness' but I do meet with public health officers and local political leaders. I'm curious about why you would choose an aggressive line on...
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    The UK Politics & Brexit Thread

    On the political management of our pandemic I think we missed a trick. From the very beginning in Feb 2020 I was throwing the idea of having a plan into the discussions being had by epidemiologists on the Conversation website. And anywhere else I thought i might get it noticed. To run our...
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    The UK Politics & Brexit Thread

    pleased to see some old familiar faces too.
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    The UK Politics & Brexit Thread

    I think it is about half a dozen years ago that I pushed off from this site because we were being blocked from discussing what was going to be a political upheaval. I welcome this thread and will watch it for a while before rejoining the fray. Thank you for the latitude.
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    Legal help/Advice Required Please.

    its all a bit Kafkaesque and a cheery finish makes for a better read thanks
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    MP shot, stabbed and kicked in her constituency

    a fifty quid fine and three points on my license would deter me from killing. You don't need to threaten me with life in prison or death to modify my behaviour. Justice is revenge exacted by the state in order to prevent family feuds etc. The law has other purposes, extracting tax, keeping...
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    MP shot, stabbed and kicked in her constituency

    I thought that to begin with, but on further consideration I believe it is very different. This attack was not designed to discomfort the general populace. I would doubt many people are more frightened today than yesterday. Lots of people are probably more depressed by our confrontational...
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    Going to say goodbye all

    It'll probably be Brian57 when I next log in. I'll be back.
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    100 Years of BMW - Mercedes Offer to BMW Employees

    Taking the mickey but I bet they will follow through with the offer.
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