Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms Monday Smiles

Never had any time for Cameron, made promises regarding EU on eg immigration he could never keep, then called a referendum on membership without understanding the under belly of current feelings in the UK and not understanding that 8 million (mostly young) would not turn out to vote and then immediately resigned when he got the answer he didn't like. Maybe not someone to have on your team when the going gets tough, as he may not have your back covered.

Well at least he will hopefully start repairing our relationship with the EU, impacted by Boris unnecessarily in many instances, so we can continue to work in close partnership. The Windsor Accord, the potential EU softening of the 90 day to 180 days rule for UK citizens with second houses in the EU, the potential delay of the 10% Certificate of Origin on battery content for car manufacturers are all signs that a more pragmatic approach will be adopted over time. as to be expected once the initial shock of leaving settled down.

Yes the timing was interesting between being appointed and promoted to HoL at the same time. No possibility of that being a "pay off" at all.

It's refreshing to see we hold our 'establishment' in such high regard, as everyone knows they all serve through public office the civic good

Then there are the 4.7 million expats, including 1.3 million living in the EU that are completely disenfranchised. Most of those would have voted to stay. Then we have to take into account the effect of Russian interference via false social profiles, paid opinion influencers and funded politicians. The Russians saw it as a great opportunity to drive a wedge into the EU.
Their latest stunt is called "Doppelganger": they produce fake news sites that have domain names very similar to real sites and are virtual copies of the real sites except for the fact that they disseminate false news.
Funny how the security services report seems to have been buried.

PS. None of this is actually a suitable topic for a Monday Smile.

PPS. Search "Russian doppelganger false news" if you want to know more.

One day a rather inebriated ice fisherman drilled a hole in the ice and as he peered into the hole a loud voice from above said,
There are no fish down there.”

He walked several yards away and drilled another hole and peered into the hole and again the voice said, “There are no fish down there.”

He then walked about 50 yards away and drilled another hole and again the voice said, “There are no fish down there.”

He looked up into the sky and asked, “God, is that you?”

No, you jackass,” the voice said.
“It’s the ice rink manager.”

^ ^

I live in hope Richard!

Peter,

Agree with you not for Monday smiles but would point out that my wife born and bred in Ireland now an ex pat has no voting rights on Irish matters, so equally disenfranchised........just like UK e x pats liking abroad, so no difference there in treatment.

Copied to the more appropriate "The Soap Box"