Lord Duckhunter

That’s illegal . You can’t reduce someone’s wages if they’re ill. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

This pony about the leaders of Brexit having “no plan” is also wide of the mark. People really should read Tim Shipmans excellent book which is neutral but full of factual accounts by people who were there, of what actually happened in each camp. During the debates the Leave campaign were attacked, not for having no plan, but for their plan. Angela Eagle in particular was tasked with attacking their plan during the big debate. Osborne & Cameron were sent onto Marr to attack their plan and the Remain campaign thought Leave had made a fundamental error that would cost them the vote. The error (in their eyes) , was setting out their plans for a post Brexit UK, out of the SM & CU. Shipman writes that Remain decided to go hard on this so everybody knew this was Leaves “plan”. They really thought by forcing Leave to reveal their plan, that would swing it. Of course the same people wanting this plan highlighted and attacked are now saying there was no plan. Whether the plan they had was workable or acceptable is another question, as is whether the public paid any attention or based their vote on it. By as far as possible in a referendum, a plan was mapped out by Leave leaders. Admittedly it was grudgingly dragged out of them, as they really didn’t want to campaign on too many specifics, but the Remain camp have gone from congratulating themselves on forcing the plan out into the open , to denying the existence of one. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Still doesn’t explain why Blackmore asked Ralph if he had a problem with Bertrand, Ralph’s waffle in response and then Dave droning on about “writing players off too early”. Dave & Blackmore have plenty of faults, but over egging stuff like this isn’t one of them, and even if they were,why didn’t Ralph answer “of course I haven’t got an issue with him, he’s just injured”. Perhaps Bertrand’s body language made Ralph think he wasn’t interested, but now he’s got to know him he’s realised it’s misleading. Let’s face it, he can look like he doesn’t care. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Looks like lawyers Herbert Smith Freehills agree with my earlier post that the NI border could have been included in the PD rather than the WD. Most papers picked up their analysis that it’s illegal under international law because it has no unilateral withdrawal mechanism, but I also notice they claim it breaks EU law regarding A50. They claim it’s “illegal as a matter of EU law” because A50 only allows the conclusion of an agreement that deals with separation issues, not agreements setting out a future relationship. To my my knowledge that’s 3 legal challenges to the BS. Trimble taking legal action because their will be no NI representation, which breaks the GFA. Illegal treaty because there’s no unilateral withdrawal mechanism. Is illegal under A50 because its part of a future relationship. I’m not saying any of these will be successful, but it may just ramp up the pressure to change the Backstop. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

City play in the League cup final and that’s why their Everton game was yesterday. Therefore Liverpool’s game in hand is that sunday. Just noticed they’re at Manchester Utd that day, so that’s their game in hand. That’s going to be some game. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Because A50 was deliberately written to 1. Discourage countries from leaving and 2. Give EU the upper hand when it came to negotiating the future. Lord Kerr who drafted it has admitted as much, it was never meant to be used. The sequencing of talks was something the UK couldn’t argue with apart from one important element. There is an argument to be made that the NI border should have been part of the future PD than the WD. The border between Spain & Portugal certainly would have been had the Portuguese been the ones leaving. Surely logic dictates that until you know the future relationship, you don’t know what border requirements are needed. Ireland have a veto on the future relationship so there’s absolutely no reason why we couldn’t have gone into an extendable transition period without the need for a backstop. Agreeing that was May & Robbins biggest error (and they’ve made plenty). But we are where we are and some sort of fudge around the temporality of the BS will probably be enough to get a deal done. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Does it though? Not according to the Brussels Broadcasting Cooperation. They stated the following. What does the Good Friday Agreement say about a hard border? A lot less than you might think. The only place in which it alludes to infrastructure at the border is in the section on security. During the Troubles there were heavily fortified army barracks, police stations and watchtowers along the border. They were frequently attacked by Republican paramilitaries. Part of the peace deal involved the UK government agreeing to a process of emoving those installations in what became known as "demilitarisation". The agreement states that "the development of a peaceful environment... can and should mean a normalisation of security arrangements and practices." The government committed to "as early a return as possible to normal security arrangements in Northern Ireland, consistent with the level of threat". That included "the removal of security installations". That is as far as the text goes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

David Trimble, who won a Nobel peace prize for his work on the GFA profoundly disagrees. In fact he is taking legal action because the WA contrivances the GFA, as it leaves NI without representation. So on one side we have Nobel prize winning politician that negotiated the GFA and on the other side we have clever **** on football forum. Not surprisingly, I’m going with Trimble on this one. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

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How can you lump Leavers and their opinions all together. George Galloway has a different version of Leave than Nigel Fararge. It’s like me saying Remain are all over the place, which version of Remain do you want to follow, Ken Clarke’s or Diane Abbott’s. I was happy with the version of Leave that the leaders of Remain told us would happen. Out of the Single Market and out of the Custom Union, but that’s just me. One thing for certain is a Tory cabinet couldn’t implement a a Socialist agenda and a Remain one couldn’t do similar for a Remain one. May’s deal is the best that a Remainer could deliver, because they started from a position that Brexit was something that needed risk managing rather than embracing. As May said herself, “you can’t deliver Brexit, if you don’t believe in it”. If reports are to be believed (and I’ve seen nobody dispute them) a comprehensive free trade agreement was offered for Britain back in March, to me (and I suspect most Leavers) that’s a far far better deal than the one May signed up for. So it’s just not true that May’s was the only deal available or possible. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Well said Dan Hodges “Watching senior Remainers siding with Tusk, I’m genuinely starting to wonder why Brexiteers don’t start campaigning for a 2nd referendum themselves. They’d have a gay old time, and end up smashing it 70-30 or 80-20. Remainers literally don’t have a clue”. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Driving to the Palace game I had the misfortune to listen to Solent. Blackmore asked Ralph if he had an issue with Bertrand. Ralph’s answer was a long winded load of waffle, they went back to the studio and Dave stated that he hoped Ralph hadn’t made his mind up over Bertrand “too early”. Thought the question a bit weird, felt Ralph’s answer unconvincing and wondered why Dave said what he did. Was also surprised nobody mentioned it on here. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

What on earth makes you think they’ll get their way. When has a big club ever complained about the pitch and gotten the game rearranged. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

That’s it then, proof that we need to stop Brexit. If a Rotary club millionaire has changed his mind, that’s good enough for me. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Probably the worst I’ve ever seen Firminho play, he was really poor. Baffling why they let Clyne go out on loan and are now having to play Milner there. The main difference between them and City is the midfield, Liverpool looked so pedestrian and plain in there, whereas City are really creative. Maybe different when Lallana is fully match fit, but at the moment City can break sides down easier imo. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Which EU country is the new X-Trail going to be built in? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

That’s some goal, class. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

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Like they did in the week and conceded 2 in the last 3 mins? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I’m puzzled as to what your issue is. Any country that has control of its immigration policy can decide the numbers and professions of its immigrants. If we’re short of vets it’s perfectly reasonable to let any vet from The EU or indeed anywhere else in the world work here. If Parliament so wish, nothing will change in respect of vets. If they decide to impose restrictions on veterinary immigrants , we can vote them out. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Clyne having a mare second half. Played the guy onside for goal and now booked after being out sprinted. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

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Everton down again, maybe worth an insurance bet on Silva being sacked. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

So let’s get this straight. According to you there are jobs that Brits don’t want to do. Being a leftie I presume you think it’s ok to pay people welfare, whilst they pick and choose jobs they deem good enough for them. There will not be a labour shortage after Brexit, not a chance. Don’t worry people will still want to serve your Latte, or wipe your arse, they maybe Africans or Asians or god forbid working class English, but you won’t notice much difference at all. I doubt immigration numbers will change much at all, especially with the sopping wet Parliament we have now. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

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