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  1. What are you talking about Balders? A Lib Dem MP has resigned?
  2. Ken Clarke destroying Johnson.
  3. FTSE 100 is comprised of international companies that are reliant on foreign revenues (so do well when UK PLC and £ do badly). It also doesn't take into account the fact that other large cap indices around the world have grown over the same period (in italics to preempt the thickos possible next move). John's been told this numerous times before but he's a tad slow - I'd rather trust a toddler with a machete than John with data.
  4. And even Sked, the arch Eurosceptic with a chip on his shoulder, admits that most EU specialists are much more critical of the EU, even if they oppose Brexit (a far cry from your usual guff that suggests they're all unapologetic cheerleaders). Christ he's railing on about university hysteria yet allowed to publish on UK in a changing Europe run by Anand Menon which you've also accused of being EU stooges. This crushing McCarthyism is a bit selective or not very successful, is it pal And don't underestimate the LSE's role in early euroscepticism (leaving aside the long tradition of conservative-libertarian-thatcherite thought there thanks to the influence of Hayek). Did you attend UKIP's first national conference that was held in the LSE's prestigious Old Theatre? Maybe Les did.
  5. Hardly the type of loan that will put him in the shop window if he does well - that said, Turkish football is slightly better than Scottish football (see Forster and Moi)
  6. I miss his cute graphs with the wonky axes that never start in June 2016 and always look like the pound has gone up. Basically what you would expect from pompey poly's second most famous alumnus.
  7. Les loves parrroting JRM - btw did you see his encounter with the consultant neurologist who helped author the Operation Yellowhammer document on medicine shortages?
  8. FAO John Misselbrook £ now under $1.20. Should I realise my profits or wait a bit longer pal? Advice welcome. NB I will be doing the opposite to what you recommend
  9. Apples and oranges Les. You're comparing a politician with an economist or ostensible 'expert' (see below). https://www.ft.com/content/534e108a-4651-11e9-b168-96a37d002cd3
  10. Interesting piece Les, though watch it: Johnny 'Baldrick' Bognor will be here in a minute slating the staggering bias of the LSE (despite the LSE being the birthplace of the old UKIP).
  11. Even though increases in the UK national minimum wage since 1999 have had no real negative employment effects on the UK labour market - despite project fear from economists like Patrick duffer Minford, the Brexiter's go-to economist, who claimed that, at the time of its introduction and at very low levels, the minimum wage would cost over 200,000 jobs.
  12. Love the passion. Keep holding the club's feet to the fire pal - others won't.
  13. I miss these days https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/11366206/Gary-Neville-The-era-of-the-gaffer-is-over.html
  14. Despite the fact that I’ve consistently argued against a second referendum (and that’s not necessarily undemocratic)? So anyone who doesn’t accept a no deal Brexit is now undemocratic. You’re part of a cult Les, wake up pal
  15. A dog with Alzheimer’s has more sense than you Les. You’re probably the least sensible (and most ideological) Brexiter on here. And you’ve got some decent competition.
  16. The 4-2-2-2 didn’t help either. It’s a very narrow formation and the fullbacks don’t get much protection while being asked to get forward to provide the width. Danso largely managed it but Cedric was often miles away from JWP (and vice versa).
  17. Agree he’s got a motor and got up and down well but his touch and control are pretty clumsy.
  18. Can’t wait. It’s for games like this that Goa bought the club.
  19. If the Brexiters are good at anything, it’s playing victim and blaming others. If the EU extends the deadline, it makes it harder to claim the EU forced the UK out on Oct 31.
  20. Sibley the snake has come a long way since being nik nak’s teaboy.
  21. Find pockets of space is a skill - it requires movement and awareness.
  22. Ireland was given legal guarantees on a host of issues related to tax, abortion, defence and workers rights -the so-called ‘Guarantees’. The Irish public was presumably happy with the concessions, so changed its mind in a second referendum (with a bigger winning majority than no had secured in the original referendum). It wasn’t browbeaten into accepting the same thing it had rejected. In 2015, the Danish public voted against converting its permanent opt-on on justice into a flexible one. No concessions were forthcoming and the decision was accepted. It’s not terribly hard to follow.
  23. Because the UK establishment is far more ambivalent about the EU and integration than the French establishment. Read a comparative history of the two countries and while you’re at it explain why UK isn't part of the euro, schengen etc. Europhiles in this country have always been pragmatic and fairweather europhiles, unlike say France where the commitment to Europe runs far deeper among the establishment. Denmark held a referendum in 2015 on converting its full opt-out on justice into a flexible one and it was narrowly rejected by the electorate. The EU didn’t force it to overturn the decision. As I say there are lots of odd people harbouring weird conspiracies.
  24. Relations between No.10 and the Chancellor already falling apart. https://www.ft.com/content/bd453b20-cb13-11e9-a1f4-3669401ba76f
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