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And when the mods aren’t taking backhanders from happy hot tubs or fine-dining in Michelin-starred curry houses, they’re in the pockets of the Russians and deleting content on the Salisbury-thread.

You can just about see the pitch - but not much else if the ball's in the air and everyone is standing. Standing is the worst. Row 34 is pretty far back IIRC.

Its ****ing horrible pal - can hardly see anything down the kop end.

Van dork

And Miklos Horthy was a fine fellow too. #outofyourdepth

Closet gays involved in the dodgy end of the bodybuilding supplements trade according to the ever priceless Craig Murray

I posted some CCTV footage on here but the powers that be decided to pull it down

So we have scumbag hypocrites like LD all over every JC story, railing against the evils of antisemitism yet not a peep when the tories and kippers openly and enthusiastically align themselves with Orban.

You should loosen that tin foil hat pal - you’re cutting off the circulation to your brain.

So you were blathering on about Norway in 2016 too. Either way Switzerland is the way to go now? A country that has to accept more or less unalloyed freedom of movement; has no passport for financial services that are central to the UK economy; is barely involved in just-in-time production networks, so can stomach cross-border frictions. For what? Perpetual disputes with the EU over the application of EU regulation? Getting screwed by larger countries like Chinese, as Swiss have done in the name of an independent trade policy? Perhaps I’m missing something?

You were quoting DT articles referring to Norway. And yes for all intents and purposes Switzerland has freedom of movement. The only fillip to those who want to control immigration is a meek requirement that under certain conditions Swiss employers should notify local jobcentres of vacancies before recruiting outside Switzerland. Small fry that would never satisfy the jihadists.

Growth on a year ago - when that period has been relatively weak by historical and international standards. Breathless quarterly, monthly and in your case daily commentary is so tedious. As for the Brexit dividend myth, trust the ever gullible JJ to swallow it hook, line and sinker. There is no dividend whether because the UK doesn’t send £350m pw net; has already agreed to maintain subsidies for the farm and fisheries sectors up to the 2020 and honour economic development and research contracts beyond that; has to pay a divorce bill in the neighborhood of~£40bn; and the OBR, the governments official fiscal watchdog, has explicitly said that Brexit is more likely to weaken than strengthen the public finance which is already shaping spending commitments. Two years on and JJ’s probably still trying to work out what the Norway model is and why he’s munching on meat and two veg

The headbangers can’t even agree among themselves. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/eurosceptics-shelve-their-rival-brexit-blueprint-5rxnblpql

Bristols? How old are you? 55?

Afternoon Les. How do you think Brexit is going? Honest question.

It’s very simple - there are groups that have been systematically disadvantaged at the expense of others. That’s a historical fact - anyone in denial is either dim or massively disingenuous. Whether efforts to remedy that discrimination are proportionate and effective is a valid question; but their rationale is pretty clear. I also suggest you read up on equality of opportunity - a concept which is perfectly consistent with group-based policies if they ensure that everyone is competing on a level playing field.

He obviously hates the UK.

Good lad.

Yeh but we supposedly smashed the glass ceiling and showed other clubs how to do it.

Start of the NFL season, so its all good. ...await some triggered parochial response.

You can call it EFTA or the Norway option, fill your boots, it’s more or less the same thing.

I miss the swagger and fighting talk of Les if only for the shîts and giggles.

Ambrose Evans Pritchard is a mess - it’s the Norway option now is it? Let’s be clear for those on the simple side (hello JJ): the Norway model, for all intents and purposes, retains ECJ jurisdiction and freedom of movement as well as continuing to pay into the EU budget (see Barnier’s slide for the nth time). Members of the EEA still have to accept rules decided in Brussels with no real say in their formulation. They are still subject to the jurisdiction of an*international court, albeit it is a EFTA court rather than ECJ. Some argue that EFTA is subservient to the ECJ in interpreting and enforcing the single market rulebook; others maintain there is degree of dialogue between the EFTA court and the ECJ and that EFTA has managed to develop its own case law and principles within limits. Chequers, by comparison, has far more teeth to it. Note EEA members are not part of the EU customs union or the EU value added tax zone. As such it still means tariffs on a number of exports and companies facing costly and time-consuming cross-border formalities (rules-of-origin requirements). And while they may enjoy an independent trade policy, that independence is constrained practically by the fact that EEA members cannot meaningfully depart from EU regulations (a bar to any deal with the US, as Trump recently pointed out). Also note that EEA members may find themselves caught in the crossfire of any trade war between the EU and US: thus Norway did not receive the temporary exemption from US tariffs on steel and aluminium that the EU did - presumably because it lacks the clout of the EU and it’s strength in numbers. Finally the EU has signalled its intention to take back control of a number of financial functions currently provided by the City (e.g. euro trades and clearing) should the UK move to EEA status. As for the emergency break, the circumstances in which it can be invoked are minimal: Norway has never used the temporary power because it would trigger a retaliatory response from the EU -and Norway has had higher immigration levels per capita than the UK. But hey the Norway model is infinitely better than the shît show of a hard Brexit. More pertinent the screams of betrayal from the jihadists would be defeaning. The next time that LD in his boorish swivel-eyed way bangs on about leave voters all meaning the same thing by Brexit, I’ll point him to this work of art. Make your mind up lads. Absolutely pathetic

The Mitchells are out in force, I see

Soggy and moggy - a pair of plonkers.