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I thought Corbyn might resign if the council election results were truly hideous, and they are in parts - but not enough to make clear to him he should go. If he did it would be worth sticking £20 on benji's odds at 20:1.

I got home last night at 9.15pm after a long work day and could barely be arsed to vote. Glad I did though, only 10 votes in it at the end.

Wes isnt all bad.

Who said they weren't PR savvy?

Eurozone growth of 0.5% in Q1 versus an anaemic 0.3% in Britain and 0.2% in the US. http://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21721557-first-quarter-figures-probably-overstate-gap-between-two

I 'd rather work at what I do than spend my days in dull projects shaking hands

I hope I don't have to work until I'm 95.

Just waiting to go pop Jonny. Trillions in debt they are. Starvation across the EU followed buy cholera and revolution I tell thee. Brexit is the only answer.

The translation of that video is along the lines of "Ive been successfully lying to you for months suckers now the bstards in Brussels have let the cat out of the bag" In truth it looks like she is missing good advice. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/downing-street-chaos-theresa-mays-10268666

Fair enough, I didnt see it. I thought it was about a pre-emptive strike.

Thats fair comment - but May has made a rod for her own back by, like Cameron before her, raising expectations of what is achievable. If she had said from the outset we will go for EEA membership as an interim stage for 5-10 years whilst we prepare for full 'independence' that would have actually been a workable plan that most would have gone for. Now that would be seen as a massive climbdown. She's tried to out Maggie Maggie but she hasn't got the political nouse or brains to carry it off.

Its a tactic - raise expectations to unrealistic levels and then blame Brussels when you dont get what was never achievable anyway. If you understand negotiation you should know you wont get what the other party cant give you. And they cant give Britain an ala la carte deal which is better than EU membership because that would cause the whole union and single market to fall apart as everybody tried to get their own pick and mix.

Its a lie if you know, or should know because you've been told repeatedly, its not achievable. Lets be charitable and call it 'economical with the actualite'.

Im not being condescending. I respect your opinion. I was however mildly sarcastic, big difference. The irony is that the definitive decision on whether or not the ECJ was supreme in the UK was freely given a by a British Court. Theresa May's tactics are to claim victory by declaring we will break free of the tyrannical ECJ, ra ra go Britain - but then opt back in on a piecemeal basis. That isnt going to work, as this article explains and she has been told repeatedly by Merkel, Tusk and Juncker. Its a myth (lie) designed solely to get her elected and buy her more time in the hope something will miraculously turn up before she has to sign up to the Norway deal. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/27/cherry-picking-worked-theresa-may-home-office-wont-save-brexit/

So the Supreme Court will be the UK's supreme court? (except for the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, the General Council of the WTO and the International Tribunal for the Laws of the Sea). We got control back. phew

No the point is that May has been saying, untruthfully, that by leaving the EU you give primacy back to the British courts. That is untrue, for international matters international courts will continue to have primacy.

He should just say "no" and have most of the country behind him. I support renewal of Trident but would never want Britain to launch a first strike. Retaliation only.

I hope she is. Take back control and all that. Its all she's banged on about for nearly a year. I'd hate to think she was misleading us. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/17/theresa-mays-brexit-speech-full/

Thats an odd interpretation. Its doesnt say that at all. It simply points out that you have to have international courts if you want international agreements and co-operation - otherwise there is no mechanism to deal with disputes. We have existing commitments and any disputes about them are regulated by the bodies set up to deal with them - ie EU institution courts. We may subsequently leave the EU but that wont make the need for international courts go away unless wse withdraw from all contact with the world.

Very good article here about why Brexit will be far more legally complex than May thinks- and why her statements frequently contradict themselves. You cant have international agreements without some kind of international court to rule on disputes. Helena Kennedy is a QC and member of the House of Lords https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/03/theresa-may-cut-and-run-europe-illegal-trade-deal-another-galaxy

I saw this Michael Burke article from 2012 after Nolan's post about the Laffer curve. The last paragraph was scarily accurate. "But that is not to say tax cuts won't happen. Yet they can only come from cutting the incomes of workers and the poor. It will require stoking up resentments against the low-paid, immigrants, Muslims, foreign governments and the EU. It won't be funny". https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jun/27/laffer-curve-tax-cuts-rich-funny

The Presidents do own real shares but Joe Bloggs are in reality only members of the Trust, who own shares. Don't the Trust own about 48% so if the cattle don't do as they're told they could scupper Eisner with the support of perhaps just one minor president.

She doesn't like hard questions - goes very tense.

The other thing is those same people obsessed with everybody else getting a free ride on the back off their hard work are often retired, on a pension and frequent users of the NHS. They cost the state far more than unemployment related benefits.

Do you? There must still be lots of teams who compete in the Championship and lg1 without wealthy owners. Pompey should do fine based on gates. Getting into the PL is problem without a sugar daddy - but thats not something you have to worry about this year or next.