Whitey Grandad

On the contrary, the conditions were set precisely so that they would never be met. It was a political way of stating that the government was in favour of joining the Euro whilst making sure that we never would.

And so is accesss to the Single Market. What we need to do is to convince the other 27 that Britain, as an offshore crowded island, is a special case and as such requires special considerations. This will not be easy.

A plan so cunning that even Baldrick would be proud of it. There's just one question... ...how do we get this massive increase in exports to the rest of the world, and why aren't we doing it already? (Please don't say that we are being held back by the EU, my poor split sides would never heal up). Of course it's more possible that exports to the EU will fall by tens of billions and we could reach your target of 25% that way, but by that stage we would all be really stony broke and banging on the door begging to be let back in.

Thereby hangs one horn of a dilemma. In the words of the song, 'you can't have one without the other'.

Those figures are for Germany as a whole, nothing about UK-Germany trade.

Perhaps you'd like to check again? £61bn deficit with the whole EU, not just Germany. The figures are distorted somewhat by the 'Rotterdam Effect'. This is because a lot of the imports/exports go through Rotterdam which means the EU.

The Single Market is absolutely essential. Without it there would be trade but nowhere near as freely and easily as now. Where do you get this £100bn figure?

Well at least he won't be saving any rivals from relegation.

I expect he limped and struggled all the way to the bank.

Dissent would be just a yellow and the wording for a red has now been changed to 'offensve, abusive or insulting language and/or gestures'. On a Sunday morning it can be seen as a bit harsh to send someone off just for the actual industrial wording that was used so some referees will change their report of the words and issue a yellow for serious dissent.

Good idea but it needs enforcing. A few early red cards until it settles down might be needed.

Then you must be top of the list of targets

Built in Barrow-on-Furness, based in Faslane.

So do I

And gives us a seat on the UN Security Council.

The Russians agreed to enter the war against Japan 3 months after the defeat of Germany and indeed commenced operations on 8th August (between the two bombs) and I'm sure the Americans wanted Japan to be defeated before the Russians established any influence in the area. The invasion of Okinawa was so costly that the US balked at invading Japan itself. Morally, I'm in two minds about this. The firebombing of Tokyo killed hundreds of thousands and I struggle to see the difference between dropping one bomb or hundred. They all kill indiscriminately. The question we should be asking, I suppose, is whether Japan would have attacked Pearl Harbor if America had had nuclear bombs at the time.

'Good' that we are selling off our technological assets?

We could keep a sovereign base (with agreement). We have two in Cyprus.

It sounds like the same business model as Saints. Build up talent and then sell it on.

It was difficult to keep my eyes on the road.

Curve

But does it have to be Ballistic Missiles? Would air-launched or cruise missiles be as effective a deterrent?

I drove through town today and saw a dad and his son walking up the hill from the stadium both wearing their new shirts. I can't say that I liked them very much

Conservative Remainers might very well vote for another party that promises to negotiate re-entry.

I'd like to think that we've outgrown it.