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Yesterday is history, there are 2500 year old Sumerian engravings that demonstrate how far back in time records began.
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I always used to find an excuse to work in one of the computer rooms on very warm days.
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Why not start a thread entitled "Nasty things committed by British people of European heritage" and see what happens.
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Regardless of the merits of the football on show, the VAR decision to award France a penalty for handball against Belgium was one of the worst ever made.
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Being in Lankyshire I feel that rooting for the Yorkies is approaching the territory of hoping for the Skates to avoid defeat.
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The United Kingdom and the Death of Boris Johnson as we know it.
badgerx16 replied to CB Fry's topic in The Lounge
I didn't know it needed rescuing. What I find amusing is the various "special interest groups", such as farmers and fishermen, effectively coming out with "this is not the Brexit we voted for", but each having different perspectives on what has gone wrong. -
The United Kingdom and the Death of Boris Johnson as we know it.
badgerx16 replied to CB Fry's topic in The Lounge
Is it in danger of not happening ? -
The United Kingdom and the Death of Boris Johnson as we know it.
badgerx16 replied to CB Fry's topic in The Lounge
We have a collection of Laws, Statutes, historical precedents, and established behaviours and protocols. Some is written, some interpreted, and some inferred. There is no such thing as "The Constitution of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". -
The United Kingdom and the Death of Boris Johnson as we know it.
badgerx16 replied to CB Fry's topic in The Lounge
We don't have a constitution. -
The United Kingdom and the Death of Boris Johnson as we know it.
badgerx16 replied to CB Fry's topic in The Lounge
Is this the point where that old chestnut gets rolled out; The majority of votes cast did not go to the party in power, so have we really got the Government people thought they were voting for ? -
The United Kingdom and the Death of Boris Johnson as we know it.
badgerx16 replied to CB Fry's topic in The Lounge
Once we have become a Republic and removed the Royal Prerogative on Prime Ministerial appointments, then perhaps we can introduce directly elected PMs. -
Temporarily top of the table 🙂 Meanwhile, Leicestershire totally taking the piss at Sussex.
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If he posted about crimes committed by WASP men then that wouldn't be racist, and shouldn't be on this thread.
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The United Kingdom and the Death of Boris Johnson as we know it.
badgerx16 replied to CB Fry's topic in The Lounge
Why ? The governing Party's mandate remains valid, and the electorate do not elect the PM, he/she is appointed by the Monarch. Edit: the scenario of a PM resigning on ill health grounds mid-term is exactly what happened in 1923 when Andrew Bonar Law got cancer and was replaced by Stanley Baldwin. Bonar Law himself had become PM the previous year without a GE when he replaced David Lloyd George, who had lost the confidence of his Conservative Party coalition allies. There was also the resignation of Macmillan in 1963, replaced by Alec Douglas-Home without a GE. And of course, the most famous example:- Churchill replacing Chamberlain when he wasn't even leader of a party. -
The United Kingdom and the Death of Boris Johnson as we know it.
badgerx16 replied to CB Fry's topic in The Lounge
1) "Shrink the State" is standard Tory mantra/dogma. 2) Most of what a Government does during it's term will not have been in it's manifesto. As it is, a manifesto is a combination of aspirations, smokescreens, and bald faced lies. -
The United Kingdom and the Death of Boris Johnson as we know it.
badgerx16 replied to CB Fry's topic in The Lounge
As I asked a little earlier in the thread, if a PM has to give up due to ill health mid term, does that, or should that, require a GE ? -
Have you managed to sneak access to a keyboard whilst your carer is on a break ?
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The United Kingdom and the Death of Boris Johnson as we know it.
badgerx16 replied to CB Fry's topic in The Lounge
If a PM with a large Parliamentary majority has to give up due to ill health half way through his term, would that require a GE, or can they simply hand over to a successor selected by their party ? -
Persecution
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It's the Borrowers returning what they don't need.
