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The first paragraph is mine, the second is basically from the linked site - but then again I didn't try to hide the fact. Most of the first paragraph summarises the Texas lawsuit, as submitted to the Court, so it that's MSM then so is the lawsuit. ( It's posted on the Internet and quite easily found if you want to make your oiwn mind up for a change ). Keep your tinfoil hat on, they're coming to find you. Out of interest, what OS do you use, what browser, what e-mail service, and what Social Media do you access ?

The whole idea of the appeal pisses on democracy and common sense. The case revolves around whether the organisation managing the election in a specific state can make administrative or scheduling changes without reference to that state's legislature. The Supreme Court has previously ruled that this is entirely within the law and constitution, as such regulations are purely devolved and of no interest to Federal institutions, and this time around various states made changes to bring key dates forward to account for mail-in ballots and extend voter access due to the pandemic. Each state named in the suit made different specific changes, but none referred up to their State Congress. Texas extended the early voting period for the November 3, 2020 general election, extending it by six days to open on October 13, 2020, instead of October 19, 2020, as originally scheduled. Rules were also changed so that voters were required to be notified if their absentee ballots might be rejected due to signature mismatch, and election officials were required to give such voters a 'meaningful opportunity to cure' their ballots. Absentee/mail-in return locations were limited to one per county. Ergo - Texas made changes in the same way that they are disputing in the other states. https://ballotpedia.org/Changes_to_election_dates,_procedures,_and_administration_in_response_to_the_coronavirus_(COVID-19)_pandemic,_2020

Yes, but trade with the US and China is less than half of our trade with the EU, and when you add that in it makes over 2/3rds of our total trade would be on WTO terms, rather than slightly over 20%.

Did I disagree with him ? Or merely elaborate ?

NewsMax and OANN only qualify as news outlets under the broadest possible definition. They make Fox News look like a red top tabloid.

Not interesting, just desperate, pathetic, anti-democratic, and against the constitution. States are individually responsible for how they regulate and administer elections, Texas cannot determine how any other state makes it's regulations. ( PS, Texas made exactly the same changes as they are complaining about in the swing states. The only difference is that Trump won, so they aren't crying to SCOTUS ).

Daily death toll in the US is now higher than 9/11.

Indeed, but until we can sort out FTAs with our top 3 trading partners, the vast majority of our international trade, ( approx 70% ), is liable to WTO terms and tariffs. Bigging up the deals with the Faroes, Kosovo, Palestine, and Leichtenstein is papering over an extremely large crack.

Put him on ignore, or at least refrain from reponding to him. 😉

"Traitors" ? I get the impression that the phrase was personal, rather than aimed collectively at Brexiteers.

There are 28 agreements, with @54 countries - most of which hardly show up on GOOGLE Earth, let alone on our trade statistics.

We have an 'Agreement in Principle" with Canada to roll over their deal with the EU in lieu of negotiating our own agreement, which the Canadian PM said could take years.

Compared to the EU trade it is.

Singapore is #20 on the list of UK trading partners, if the EU countries are listed individually, #13 if the EU bloc counts as one, with a little over 1% of UK international trade..

According to the Government; https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-trade-agreements-with-non-eu-countries#trade-agreements-from-1-january-2021 That makes about 54, if I have counted correctly and you are happy to count each Caribbean Island as a separate country. ( How much trade to we have with those Global trading giants St Lucia or Dominica ? ). There is also the UK-Pacific agreement, with Fiji and PNG, or the Eastern and Southern Africa one with Mauritius and the Seychelles - that should keep the Balance of Trade going. The list also includes the Ivory Coast, the Faroe Islands, and Leichtenstein. Of our top 10 trading partner nations, the only one we have an agreement with is Switzerland - #10. If you count the EU as a single entity, we do not have agreements with any of the top 3: the EU, the USA, and China.

Two recounts in GA, so three counts in all, all of which, unsurprisingly, returned the same result.

How do you think the British Empire came to cover a third of the globe, knocking politely and asking if the locals wanted to have a nice cup of tea ?

Wes has a set group of phrases that he is confident in using, and rarely strays from his script; remoaner, vicar's daughter, grocer Heath, regain control, sclerotic EU, pillaging our waters. At least he tends to refrain from"traitors", or asking for Remain voters to be strung up with piano wire. PS: and his match assessments are usually spot on.

There was never a snowflake's chance in hell that the UK would negotiate with the US as equals. Given the way the Brexit 'deal' has gone I dread to think how an FTA with the yanks might turn out.

A 6 vote margin, the closest ever, for a single seat is being disputed here, with many votes appearing to have not been counted for various reasons. I don't see her bringing in a 'World Class" legal hit squad to try to overturn the entire national poll by claiming a dead Venezualan dictator fed suitcases full of votes to a secret server farm in Germany funded by China.

Now the Attorney General in Texas has filed a complaint asking for the results in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, and Michigan to be set aside. He claims that changes made to dates and procedures for mail-in ballots by those 4 states in advance of the election were unlawful, despite Texas making exactly the same changes - which he isn't worried about because Trump won. And the Supreme Court, ( with 3 Trump appointees and a strong Republican majority ), issued a unanimous 1 line dismissal of the first case from the Trump side, so far, to reach them. I didn't realise the US was so keen on pantomime season. As gets so often posted on the Brexit thread - "You lost, get over it !".

Travis Fimmel reprises his performance as Ragnar Lothbrock.

Have you only just realised ?

https://www.business-live.co.uk/manufacturing/end-road-ineos-500-job-18749024 However, it is understood that with enabling work preparing the site, as well as road infrastructure, the Welsh Government has spent around £5m supporting the project to date.

Just another 2-faced rat seeking to help himself above the rest of us and abandoning the floundering Brexit project he helped to promote. It was announced in August that this was likely, they are saving millions in start up costs by taking over a former SMART plant from Mercedes-Benz. The abortive plan for Bridgend will have cost the Welsh Assembly about £5m.