Whitey Grandad

Thanks just a posh plank.

I always like a double entendre and you've given us one. The contrast between Crabb and Corbyn is astounding. The leader of the opposition has to be a credible alternative Prime Minister and has to be able to offer a plausible government team. Corbyn is way off either of those . I can see a future for Crabb either as PM or high office.

Make up your mind which side of the Atlantic you're standing on. Having a foot in each continent can get uncomfortable after a while.

I did mention in the preceding post that other cartoons were available. It's just that I couldn't find the one that you're looking for. Scotland wants to decide matters for itself. There's an enormous difference between the Union of the UK and membership of the EU, as you well know. The EU is not a political union in any shape or form. In any case, why should I try to achieve a balance? It's thinking like that that's got Britain into this almighty mess.

Me too. We don't want a Pellexit.

More relevant to Scotland perhaps:

That won't stop the Scots going. Just being told once again what to do by England will be enough. On another note (other cartoons and points of view are available):

True, which is why I can't see us getting anything. I smell a stalemate coming up. No settlement, no Article 50, repeat add infinitum. A letter in the Times this morning pointed out that John Chilcot would be free soon and we should put him in charge of negotiations. That would hold things up for at least ten years.

Free is not the same as cheap so it depends on how much he wants to earn and how it fits into our pay structure. Any new manager will have his favourites and will want to bring some to his new club so the upper management usually allow him some freeway just to show that they are backing him. Didn't he walk out on Hull?

Fair enough. I only hope you're right.

Why do you still care? (and thanks too to our Dutch friend)

That went when CMD resigned. It's one thing delivering a budget to the people but you have to get it through Parliament too. The country needs a plan. We know that we have chosen to leave but we don't know which door to take and which road to follow afterwards (avoiding falling coconuts on the way). Some paths will turn out to be blocked..

There is another way: The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 provides for general elections to be held on the first Thursday in May every five years.' However, there are two provisions that trigger an election other than at five year intervals: a motion of no confidence is passed in Her Majesty's Government by a simple majority and 14 days elapses without the House passing a confidence motion in any new Government formed a motion for a general election is agreed by two thirds of the total number of seats in the Commons including vacant seats (currently 434 out of 650)' http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/elections-and-voting/general/

Automation? I can recommend 'Player Piano' by Kurt Vonnegut written in 1952. Remarkably prescient it describes how society is fragmented between a small number of technocrats and the lower classes who have been replaced by machines. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_Piano_(novel) But I digress.

In a sense you could say that it was true. The economy had been recovering nicely but Labour's failure to engage effectively in the Remain campaign must have made a difference. Not the only factor though. Boris, the Daily Mail (other tabloids are available), Farage, misunderstanding and a lack of knowledge amongst the wider public...

Wouldn't that be 'orthography'? I suppose only the scholarly would know that

I saw that on the news earlier. He certainly doesn't come across as a man with authority and presence.

Ah - that might have been my doing.

I feel that way too.

The Punch and Judy show was quite good and the mushy peas in the chippy not bad. Mind you that was nearly 40 years ago.

Is he related to Nando? Sorry, just being silly. Is he any good?

I didn't see the links on my browser, make of that what you will. I read it. I don't know what a PhD has to do with anything. 12,000? As I thought. So, if you're selling to Germany what's the problem?

The gross never gets sent, only the net. Still a large amount of money but the only question is whether the cost of membership is worth it for the benefits.

They would, wouldn't they. They can't be seen to be interfering at this stage of the process. Everything in Europe happens away from the public eye and there will he all sorts of 'meetings' taking place in broom cupboards.