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But sovereignty over our own waters trumps everything. Facts aren't relevant to the conversation. Just dig out your Union Flag boxer shorts and get ready to stand out in your front garden at 00:01 on the first day of our freedom from the EUSSR's colonial domination, and join in with the communal chorus of Rule Britannia, followed by 5 minutes of clapping ourselves for our achievement. After all, with our fleet of 8 Fisheries Protection vessels we most certainly will "rule the waves". ( Unfortunately, those British fishermen who can no longer fish in EU waters, and are not able to fish in UK waters, as you have detailed, will be ouf of work, but hey - we stuck it to those pesky foreigners ).

So, the Mercedes F1 team won it. Well done Toto and his engineers.

If you read back the last few pages of this thread, you'll find GM has a similar problem with dates and reality. Could you have a word with him ?

If the Sovereign cannot rule on sovereignty, who can ?

Yay! We beat the USA by a week. Go us ! Are you certain that no corners have been cut in reducing a development, testing, certification, and production timetable that usually takes years down to 7 months ?

They don't need to save money, after Dec 31st, we'll have an extra £350million a week available for the NHS 😉

Good practice for Jan 1st.

You are advised not to travel into a Tier 4 area: "Stay local"..

If we are a "colony", or have been so, where have the colonial administration and their enforcers been hiding ? Just the usual inflammatory bollox from a one trick pony, following on from dismissing anything that goes against your mantra as showing subservience to the EU jackboot. Can you find any independent reportage, that means not briefings for Britain, Guido, or the Daily Heil, that demostrates industry is ready for no-deal, and happy with such an outcome ?

Wes, as a counter point of view, try this from earlier this month https://www.britishchambers.org.uk/news/2020/12/brexit-24-days-24-huge-unanswered-business-questions Add to that the fact that in September the CBI told the Government that only 4% of their members supported no-deal, and 77% wanted a deal.

Truth!!!!!!!!!!!

OK, a few minor points. Firstly, could they not find a more up to date BofE survey ? The one they reference is more than a year out of date. Secondly, their analysis is flawed; when they claim that 80% of firms are ' ready' or 'ready as they can be', what they cover up is that less than 20% actually say they are 'ready', and that proportion is actually falling month on month, as is the proportion of 'ready as they can be'. Moreover, those claiming to be 'ready as they can be', the majority of businesses, say they anticipate falls in productivity, employment, and investment in the event of a no-deal.

Oh well, at least my Mrs will be in a good mood for our anniversary tomorrow. 😉

1) New sweepstake; which Cabinet minister breaks the new rules first ? I'm going for Hancock. 2) Has Boris just pissed all over peoples' Brexit parties ?

Christmas cancelled everywhere if your family don't live close to.

Bollocks to that !!!

You mean deaf linesman then ?

Oi, you regionalist.

Karen Carney on the BBC live text is not impressed with the ref.

Diallo to boss it against Fulham.

Didn't we win without Danny a few weeks ago ?

Oh come on, you're better than this. You know full well that the 50% is the UK's trade with the EU, and that this is at risk of tariffs if an FTA is not produced. Deliberately misreading something in an attempt to score pathetic points is beneath you. Leave it to Wes and me.

Evidence ?

Economically it is insignificant, politically it's where Boris has hung his balls. If it is worth throwing away any chance of a deal with the EU over that particular point of principle is a matter of opinion. Is it worth putting %50 of UK GDP in jeopardy for 0.1% ? You may think so, Wes certainly thinks so, I don't. If an FTA with the EU can be done by their conceding something on the 'level playing field' and the UK giving some ground over fisheries, surely the overall benefit to the economies on both sides is worth it. But of course it's only those pesky Eurcrats, propping up[ their sclerotic and failing cartel, that are causing an FTA to fail.

That would be fine if the contacts had some experience of manufacturing and/or supplying garments, let alone medical ones.