Hi @lisa – here’s another source of info on Boris.
Here’s a least one site and journalist (Peter Oborne) trying to keep up with the lies he tells.
Also he’s not as smart as his posh tones would suggest, but is lazy (as has been recorded by tutors, fellow students and even in a documentary when he was Foreign Secretary).

One hope that I’m…[Read more]

@lisa

Boris has an good and well educated  intellect

Well maybe. He certainly had an elite education (Eton and Oxford) and was apparently regarded as bright by his teachers, at least initially. They also concluded that he was bone lazy, and it may be noted that he didn’t get a First Class Oxford degree.

What his record does show is that he is an…[Read more]

@lisa

I totally sympathise with you & your orange headed twerp. Thing is, though, there are some who are equally twerpy, like Boris, and, like Trump, wouldn’t know the cost of milk unless their assistants gave ’em a heads up.

All are welcome to comment, obviously, Lisa. My point was that you may’ve seen “ah, the CONS are back in, let’s go and…[Read more]

Hi @lisa – I’m typing while needing to do something else so massive apologies if thsi is rushed.
Will write better tomorrow.

Blue post definintely needs attention too!

But just wanted to say from my standpoint – you can dip in and out of here just like everyone else does. No hierarchy. If someone joins tomorrow I’ll read their post just as…[Read more]

@lisa

The “Australian model” your sister writes about is worthless, I’m afraid. It’s a difficult thing to manage, you see.

There have been massive increases in pharmacological prescriptions and devices.

How do they ‘get around it’ to make a profit? They remove certain items from the PDB (the Pharma Day Book -see listing under Legislation July,…[Read more]

@pedant @lisa

Fair enough Lisa. You came back after 2 years away, knowing there’s a 1% “i’m a Leaver” on this Forum, by the regulars, to ‘rub it in.’

Also “hope the next season of Who is better than last year!” comment. If you read many of the regular’s posts in the past year or more, the new season was welcomed by & large. Sure, like anything,…[Read more]

@lisa

You are a fucking idiot.

Just fuck off.

ah – I’m late to the ‘party’ on this post General Election discussion in the pub (which is exactly the right place for it).

There’s a lot of things said and not sure I have either the knowledge or wisdom to ‘respond’ or even give my thoughts on it all.
However I also recognise that many here aren’t in the UK and are getting their insight from…[Read more]

@pedant

On Heaven 17 Lookee! It’s Justin Beiber time travelling with eyeliner.

Well, no, not really, as that’s offensive to musicians.

@whisht

Great doco!  @Cathannabel I think I posted a comment on the Sofa or Pub about Human League/Wikipedia/Bowie etc. But I could have imagined posting it (that happens a bit).

The thing with this Forum,…[Read more]

@Lisa Thanks so much for that. For a woman whose days are devoted to a toddler and massive looney-tunes dog, I’ve done a LOT of reading. So it’s nice to know I am finally approaching a sincere understanding.

There’s more to say, but right now I’m playing Trains 🙂

X

This issue has caused serious tensions and rifts in my own family, and maybe for that reason, I feel the need to put my soapbox away and at least try to understand and respect the Leave argument, and to find points of agreement. That’s hard within my family at the moment, because – well, families. So I’m very appreciative of the explanations given…[Read more]

@lisa

Again, a blase piece that dwells on the text of the GFA but has zero understanding of how that actually affects people on the ground on both sides of a hard border. It’s more useful, I think, to heed the warnings of former NI secretaries on both sides of the political equation, contemporary PMs who actually had to deal with the (boak)…[Read more]

@lisa

We can’t. The WTO has already ruled it out.

OK, I’ve been deliberately staying the hell away from Brexit (one of the advantages of no longer being a hack is that I don’t have to engage with this stuff every day).

@craig

That’s a pretty fair assessment and I pretty much stand with you on this. (Although I am one of those annoying gits who also has Irish citizenship so will avoid most of…[Read more]

Thanks @lisa for your comments. No big response from me just now. I’m mulljng it all over though.

@craig Basically everything you said I agree with. (Except Scottish Independence. If that happens I’ll never see anything but a Tory majority again in my lifetime. Please think it through!) But it’s really refreshing and kind of nice to get an…[Read more]

@lisa

The Conservatives don’t want the European Court of Human Rights to have any rule over the UK – because they want to “take back control”. So basically, they don’t want us to have any human rights. 🙂

The EU is not insisting on a hard border – it is pointing out that you can’t have Northern Ireland and Ireland without a hard border, if one…[Read more]

Hi @Lisa

The Scottish Government funds free University out of its own budget. So it will probably continue.

There is a mixed reaction to Brexit within the Scottish fishing industry. At first they hated the fact that, for example, the Spanish could come and fish in Scottish waters. So they voted for Brexit. Now that it looks like, even after…[Read more]

@lisa @idiotsavon @bluesqueakpip @pedant @thane16 and others

I might get myself in trouble now. As I’m having a quiet day I thought I would join in with my thoughts on Brexit – I will try to keep it brief (so possibly I might seem facile, but hopefully not).

I am in an interesting position as I think the people of Scotland would be better off…[Read more]

@idiotsavon @lisa @pedant

I have learned so much about Brexit and Leave (and Remain) since coming to this Forum for myself. I never was much into politics but I am glad I am becoming more interested by the day. As @bluesqueakpip suggested Politics and Brexit is very difficult -as an argument -to take and there is angst because of it (thank you…[Read more]

@lisa I think we’ve misunderstood each other. I invented Fictional California precisely in order to point out that it is, to borrow your term, a false equivalency. I did this because I thought you were the one equating California with the UK. So my apologies for that.

Anyway, no matter. We can both agree that it’s truly great what you’re doing in…[Read more]