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Gandalf The White
08 April 2020 21:24:15


 


 


 



Originally Posted by: Saint Snow 


ROFL.


Where does the baby fit in? 😉


[I sense I might regret asking that question...]

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Saint Snow
08 April 2020 21:25:36


 


ROFL.


Where does the baby fit in? 😉


[I sense I might regret asking that question...]


Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White 


 


Say it in the style of Austin Powers.



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Gandalf The White
08 April 2020 21:32:07


 


 


Say it in the style of Austin Powers.



Originally Posted by: Saint Snow 


🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸


😀

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Sevendust
08 April 2020 21:37:32

Malta reported it's first Covid death today

westv
08 April 2020 22:18:43

Trump's latest comment on BJ


“But certainly he’s had a tough bout and he’s still going through a tough time, but he seems to be doing better and that’s good"

At least it will be mild!
JHutch
08 April 2020 22:33:24

Surprises me but Conservative voters give the thumbs up to a government of national unity* by 54% to 30%. 


https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2020/04/08/almost-two-thirds-brits-support-national-unity-gov


*that term is maybe a little vague to some people but the question defined it as where 'representatives from all the main political parties form a government together, for the duration of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis'


 

fairweather
08 April 2020 22:42:36


 


IMO, the Italians may well take the tack “if we can get through Covid19, is leaving the EU really that difficult in comparison?”


Originally Posted by: bowser 


...... or they might take the view thank God we are in the EU and have the potential to get aid to recover our economy with money that we certainly don't have ourselves?

S.Essex, 42m ASL
fairweather
08 April 2020 22:45:21


 


Yes, like you I do not like the New Brexit Party and many of the people who now make up the government. But I would never let my dislike extend to wishing Boris ill, particularly now when we need effective leadership.  He may have fallen short early in this crisis but he has improved. Plus he has a new child on the way.


Unless there is another monumental lapse of judgment we will not be ending the transition period on 31st December and will still be working with the EU. To add the economic shock of what will have to be an underprepared exit from the EU to the economic shock of Covid-19 would be wilful stupidity. 


Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White 


Yep, I agree with all of that (always a first!) and I think that is the common sense view.

S.Essex, 42m ASL
bowser
08 April 2020 22:49:00


 


...... or they might take the view thank God we are in the EU and have the potential to get aid to recover our economy with money that we certainly don't have ourselves?


Originally Posted by: fairweather 


Where is the money coming from?


i honestly think this thing has opened up plenty of fissures within in the EU. That doesn’t necessarily mean that countries will leave or the thing will collapse, but there is a lot of repair work to do. Let’s hope they put pragmatism before le project...

The Beast from the East
08 April 2020 23:05:20


 


This is such bollocks. You have no idea of how little the Greeks, Italians and the French trust the state and how rebellious they are. Some of them see us Brits as obedient sheep.


Originally Posted by: xioni2 


All 3 have had military on the streets or in control at various points throughout their recent history. We are not used to seeing lots of police around, let alone soldiers on street corners "show me your documents"


 


 

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The Beast from the East
08 April 2020 23:13:34


 


 


Lazarus more appropriate (as he wouldn't have 'resurrected' under his own powers, more relying on the skill of others.


Originally Posted by: Saint Snow 


As long as his legendary manhood is still functioning, I would imagine he will be keen to get balls deep in a nurse before discharge


 

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Gandalf The White
08 April 2020 23:16:41


 


IMO, the Italians may well take the tack “if we can get through Covid19, is leaving the EU really that difficult in comparison?”


Originally Posted by: bowser 


Covid-19 is transient; leaving the EU would not be.


If they left the EU there would only be one loser and it wouldn’t be the EU. 

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Gandalf The White
08 April 2020 23:17:54


 


As long as his legendary manhood is still functioning, I would imagine he will be keen to get balls deep in a nurse before discharge


 


Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 


Tricky with all that protective equipment and the need to stay two metres apart.

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The Beast from the East
08 April 2020 23:19:45

"We have some alternative facts for you"
Kelly-Ann Conway - special adviser to the President
The Beast from the East
08 April 2020 23:23:04


 


Tricky with all that protective equipment and the need to stay two metres apart.


Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White 


He can pass on his immunity to the nurse?


and perhaps child No 9 or 10 (minus the aborted ones)

"We have some alternative facts for you"
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CreweCold
09 April 2020 01:05:40
Let's just slam the door shut on what is happening here. Some people are, unashamedly, politicising this pandemic.

We don't need a government of national unity (Labour woefully unprepared and out of power for a long while now), there would be too many squabbles. What we need is the current government singing from the same hymn sheet.

On the subject of the EU, I'm not averse to an extension to trade negotiations but the fact is we have left and will carry on foraging forward regardless. This pandemic should not be sieged upon by remainers as some kind of proxy to try to undermine (once again) the original vote.

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JHutch
09 April 2020 02:46:21

Let's just slam the door shut on what is happening here. Some people are, unashamedly, politicising this pandemic.



We don't need a government of national unity (Labour woefully unprepared and out of power for a long while now), there would be too many squabbles. What we need is the current government singing from the same hymn sheet.


Originally Posted by: CreweCold 


  


I assume this was aimed at me. What i did was comment on how many Conservative supporters thought that members of the opposition should be brought into the government. Opposition party supporters thinking that doesn't surprise me but that many of the governing party agreeing with reaching across the aisle does. FWIW, i think that the current political situation is ok, Johnson and co got elected so they should get on with it while other parties are able to criticise their plans. I suppose that if the government was to fall for whatever reason then that could change but it doesnt look like doing so.


The reason for such a high % agreeing with a GNU may be that national unity sounds good at a time like this but i am not sure the two main parties wouldn't trust each other not to be trying to lay the blame with the other, so there may not really be much unity in such a national government.


 


 

Bugglesgate
09 April 2020 03:37:04


All 3 have had military on the streets or in control at various points throughout their recent history. We are not used to seeing lots of police around, let alone soldiers on street corners "show me your documents"


Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 


Sooooo, what country has more problems with "authority", the country that needs  armed military on the streets or a country that, by and large,   has an unarmed civilian  police force ?


 


 

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09 April 2020 04:04:19


Where is the money coming from?


i honestly think this thing has opened up plenty of fissures within in the EU. That doesn’t necessarily mean that countries will leave or the thing will collapse, but there is a lot of repair work to do. Let’s hope they put pragmatism before le project...


Originally Posted by: bowser 

Countries with economies largely dependant on tourism, such as Spain, Greece and Italy are going to take a big hit from this for some time and will need a lot of EU support.  I wonder if they’ll have enough resources.

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Retron
09 April 2020 04:06:08


 


In a way it is quite sad that Britain, once one of the leading manufacturing nations in the world, is now hugely dependent on the likes of China for goods (essential or not), and I would imagine that it is a similar story regarding the US. 


Originally Posted by: Chunky Pea 


It's relatively recent though. For example, my TV (which works fine) was made in Wales in 1999. It'll only get replaced when it breaks and it shows no signs of doing so. It was expensive (£700 for a 28-inch, bottom-of-the-range Sony Wega) but it's proved excellent value for money.


The factory's still going, too, but I've no idea what it makes these days!


https://www.wales247.co.uk/manufacturing-soars-to-6-4-million-products-at-sony-in-pencoed/


You can still buy quality goods made outside of China too. Our CPUs in our PCs aren't made in China, for example, although the motherboards they sit in usually are. Memory isn't made in China either, and the keyboard I'm using (5 years old) was made in the USA on the same production line that IBM used.


The snag with all of this is that "not made in China" goods carry a premium. People will have to get used to paying a bit more if we're to wean ourselves as a society away from China.


 

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