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  3. Posted

    On 18/04/2024 at 14:49, Yellow Fever said:

    Interesting - Perhaps the upper age should increase yearly like the smoking ban... Then the 30 year olds will never have a problem 🙂

     

     

    Commission proposes Brexit deal for 18 to 30 year olds

    Lisa O'Carroll

    The European Commission has proposed opening negotiations with the UK to allow free movement enjoyed before Brexit to millions of 18 to 30 year olds in a major post Brexit concession.

    It said it will now seek approval from individual EU leaders to start the talks which will see one of the most controversial elements of Brexit, a block on the right to live in each others countries visa free, partially eliminated.

    Under the envisaged agreement, both EU and UK citizens aged between 18 to 30 years would be able to stay for up to 4 years in the destination country, the European Commission said in a detailed statement.

    “The objective would be to facilitate youth exchanges, making it easier for young EU citizens to travel, work and live in the UK, with reciprocity for young UK nationals in a member state,” the Commission said.

     

    A good idea 

    Not going to happen, though 

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  4. Posted

    I can't agree with a law that will allow adults of a certain age to buy something that other adults a year younger cannot 

    Also, this is a devolved issue which only applies to England. I can foresee tobacco trips to towns across the borders in Scotland and Wales. People buying hundreds of fags at a time, maybe even "dealers" buying thousands for redistributing in England to the smokers. 

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    Ive not read much about Rayners case.

    Personally, I'm currently considering selling the only house I've ever owned. Because I haven't lived in it for many years, it seems I'm liable for CGT. As I want to use the proceeds to buy another house, this doesn't seem right. But the laws the law. Guess I'll need a lawyer 😧

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    2 hours ago, Midlands Yellow said:

    How Coventry had 3 matches left when everyone else was done down there is weird. That said I blame ourselves just as much for self imploding after winning the Milk Cup. 

    Our last game of the season was Chelsea away, also after the end of the "regular" season. It rained like hell and the pitch was totally unplayable. The ball was literally floating in some places 

    We won 2-1 and went home happy knowing that our place in division 1 was secure as there wasn't a snowballs chance in hell of Coventry winning 3 on the spin.....

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  8. Posted · Edited by How I Wrote Elastic Man

    13 hours ago, Herman said:

    I've never heard Carrie Brownstein but the rest of the list is pretty good. Gilmour being the only one I've seen in real life though.

    She's the one I've seen, several times in Sleater Kinney 

    Interesting that the forum no longer seems to allow some special characters for certain words. Let's try a few others 

    Dïck, Dîck, Dìck, ** 

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  9. Posted · Edited by How I Wrote Elastic Man
    I forgot the swear filter doesn't like **😠

    The 10 best guitar soloists of all time

    Loads of these sorts of lists pop up in my feed. They are largely subjective and just one persons opinion, of course, though I think there are a few names most would agree on.

    I have only seen one of the guitarists on this list, and that´s the one that´s probably the biggest surprise inclusion. I´ve also seen one that isn´t mentioned, but usually does feature on "best guitarists" lists

    • Eddie Van Halen
    • Prince
    • Jack White
    • Carrie Brownstein
    • Brian May
    • David Gilmour
    • Chuck Berry
    • **  Dale
    • Jimmy Page
    • Jimi Hendrix
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    1 hour ago, JUBWICKS75 said:

    Complete waste of time though, as previously mentioned I have a NCFC account, can't see they'll ban a member from buying tickets. But you carry on 😆

    You might get a ban if you have broken a T&C

    Happened to me at Luton back in the day 

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    This research briefing has considered the effects of the UK´s possible withdrawal from the ECHR. As well as the previously mentioned links with the GFA, there are also some implications regarding the Brexit deal, devolution and UN. I´m sure it would be possible to find a workaround for some of those, but I suspect it will take a lot of time, effort & money the country would be better off investing elsewhere. 

    "The European Convention is referred to in the Belfast/ Good Friday Agreement, the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the EU, and the devolution settlements with Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

    Departure could thus have implications for the peace agreement in Northern Ireland; ongoing cooperation in criminal justice procedures with the EU; and relationships with the devolved nations.

    Moreover, many of these obligations are also found in UN human rights treaties, or even in customary international law. This means the UK could still be bound by these obligations even if it were to withdraw from this treaty."

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    39 minutes ago, Yellow Fever said:

    Of course we can withdraw - the problem is of course is it's written into a great many aspects of our laws, the NI 'treaty' and many others such as the EU trade deal. Add to that only Belarus and Russia are outside it in Europe!

    Anyways - for all the obvious reasons leaving the EUCHR is 'for the birds' (notice period 6 months too). It's just a dog whistle by a desperate Sunak.

    My understanding is that the UK would need an act of parliament to repeal the Human Rights act in order to leave ECHR 

    I'm not sure Sunak would have the support in parliament to do  that 

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    2 hours ago, Naturalcynic said:

    Do you advocate the same approach with Gary Glitter’s music?

    I think "Rock and Roll" is still used in American sports stadia.  I  guess they either don't know or don't care?

    As a young boy in the early 70's, Gary Glitter was my first musical love. I had all his singles. It's difficult to even think of listening to him now 

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    9 minutes ago, Fen Canary said:

    Any consented land that’s undeveloped should incur taxes to discourage the practice. 10% of the land value annually should do the trick 

    That sounds ok to me, but If the developers have influence over local and/or national politicians, it might be awkward to implement 

    Another option is to bring all the empty homes the UK already has back into use

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    12 minutes ago, Barbe bleu said:

    Define 'suitable'. There's enough land for sure, but whether or not its suitable depends on what you value

     

    That's a good question 

    The answer would be land that all stakeholders agree is acceptable to build on. Councils, local communities, contractors...

    Nimbyism might get in the way. There was also an issue with developers buying land and sitting on it for years, I don't know if this is still a problem?

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    32 minutes ago, Fen Canary said:

    It’s really not difficult to solve. Simply build council houses at a rate of knots so young families currently priced out of homeownership can rent off the council rather than being forced into renting privately. Take away the demand for private rentals and you’ll see large numbers of them coming back onto the market as they’re no longer profitable, which in turn should reduce house prices.

    Rents could also be set in the council houses at 25% of household income, which would leave these families with cash to either save a deposit or spend in the wider economy creating jobs and economic growth 

    In principle this is a good idea 

    I have a couple of questions, open to anyone who wants to answer. I'm no longer as close to the action in the uk as I used to be 😊

    Does the uk have the available resources, including contractors and labour, to deliver this?

    Is there an issue with availability of suitable land?

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    1 hour ago, Graham Paddons Beard said:

    Charted as an import but was never released as a single in the Uk until the The Jam split up in 1982. 
     

    Live version of Tube Station on the 7”

    Weller at his finest. Doubt he’d want it to be a National Anthem though.  
     

     

    Maybe this one would be better 😊

     

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  25. Posted

    7 minutes ago, TheGunnShow said:

    Incredibly, it might be something that the British DIDN'T nick! 😉 

    there seems to be some debate about who wrote it, but almost certainly an Englishman.

    What´s in no doubt is that many countries have used it at some point. 

    I think I´d keep it for the UK, as it has been used so long, but England should have something different

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