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Another simpleton who prefers ignorant bigotry over any attempt to understand the difference between biological sex and socially constructed gender. Perhaps you might (just for for once) spend a few moments educating yourself about the plight of people faced with a genuine belief and trauma that their body defies their psychological gender identity. Indeed, why not start with Norfolk's very own Bond girl Caroline Cossey (Not a woman according to you) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Cossey

Do you have to remove a star if you lose to a 6th tier team?

https://bylinetimes.com/2024/01/26/tens-of-billions-in-government-and-council-pandemic-spending-unaccounted-for-as-local-authority-auditing-scandal-worsens/

All things that were perfectly possible without causing the grotesque economic and social self harm of Brexit.

About 300lbs of flab

So you voted for Brexit because you wanted to end low wages, yet you wouldn't vote for a rise in the minimum wage to end low wages. Do feel free to explain how Brexit has ended low wages and led to a rise in productivity. I think the many farmers who left tonnes of crops to rot in their fields would be very keen to avail themselves of your economic wisdom.

Raising the minimum wage and ensuring it's rigorous implementation was completely within the power of government while we were in the EU. So you voted for massive damage to the prospects of young people in the name of a policy that had nothing to do with EU membership. Well done!

Signs of Trump's growing dementia apparent yet again as he has another confused meltdown https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1750914971976843621?s=20

I voted for what I believed would be the best outcome for the entire country, and in particular for the young people who would inherit the outcome of the decision.

Don't be so ridiculous! No one has suggested Ukraine should join NATO while the current conflict is ongoing. It has only been suggested as an option when/if Ukraine successfully defeats Russia.

To all you poverty stricken families out there who can't afford to feed your kids, can you not just take LYB's advice and STFU with your whining about the effects of Brexit. Have you not considered just getting on with it and incorporating two days of fasting a week instead of your current one. https://x.com/kercle/status/1750853572701409592?s=20

I guess she didn't watch PMQ's this week, when all Sunak had to offer was the standard culture war BS about taking the knee, about Starmer's work as a defence barrister, about women with penises, etc, etc.

Hahahaha! Banging on about hormone treated beef (banned ages ago based upon huge amounts of medical evidence, btw) in order to ignore the FUNDAMENTAL point I made, that Brexit has rendered the UK feeble in trade negotiations. I repeat, Canada wouldn't dream of attempting to raise the idea of exporting hormone treated beef in EU negotiations. It is the sign of just how feeble the UK's position is that Canada made accepting it a condition of continuing talks. EVERY deal negotiated so far has resulted in a better deal for the other country compared to the UK. And what have we gained by rendering the UK so weak in trade negotiations? What non-trade benefits can UK citizens point to as worth the sacrifice? Sweet FA!

From what I understand all of those possibilities are being actively investigated.

Spot on BF! I find it weird that people think we should all pretend that because the decision to leave has been implemented we should now stop debating about its consequences and cease discussion about why it has failed and how we might salvage what we can from a dreadful deal. The absurdity of their view is perfectly demonstrated by their own logic, which would dictate that we should never have had the Brexit referendum because the UK public had previously voted to remain in the EU (by a far bigger margin btw) and so those wanting to leave should have shut their mouths and just got on with it.

So, NO answer. Why am I not surprised. Pathetic!

Good Lord! What utterly vacuous and disingenuous nonsense. This is not fundamentally an issue about hormone treated beef, it is fundamentally about how Brexit has rendered the UK a feeble nation at the negotiating table. The Canadians wouldn't even dream of raising hormone treated beef in negotiations with the EU, let alone withdrawing from negotiations on such a relatively trivial issue. Brexit was sold to the public on a plethora of lies about improving the lives of UK citizens through making the UK a stronger more independent nation. All of those lies have proven to be false promises. We are far weaker outside of the EU than we were within it. You may be able to write off these abysmal failures as "just the way it is", but for thousands of businesses and the people they employ these Brexit consequences are a very personal disaster.

Feel free to explain those other facets of the EU where Brexit has seen us make gains worth the massive costs Brexit has caused. BTW Utterly vacuous flag waving about "gaining our freedom" where you can not point to any substantive freedoms we have gained won't do.

And still the Brexiteer denial goes on. We HAD a free trade deal with Canada. It did NOT require us to import hormone treated beef. Brexit has been a massive blow to the UK's negotiating powers, which is precisely why the Canadians were so insistent on including accepting hormone treated beef as a condition of any deal. Our position is so weak they simply told us to F-off and slapped 245% levy on UK cheese. Similarly, India told us to F-off until we came back with proposals that included a massive increase in the numbers of Indian citizens with the right to emigrate to the UK. Every country in the world knows we are easy pickings after committing the absurd self-inflicted harm Brexit has delivered.

They are indeed actively investigating for very serious crimes (perjury etc). Whether that will turn out to be a cover up or genuine remains to be seen.

Indeed, "In your eyes". How comforting do you think that is for the thousands of businesses that have lost out because of the insanity of Brexit? I expect a government to be influenced by the best interests of the country, not some utterly false and decrepit notion of sovereignty that has proved to be a complete chimera.

I agree that a convenient health issue for Joe would truly be a Godsend. However, I still think that the people repulsed by Trump last time will be even more repulsed by him now. His recent speeches demonstrate a man who is going absolutely bat-sh*it crazy, and in full demagogue mode. As the pressure of his many trials mount up we can see the toll being paid is an increasing paranoia and dictatorial insanity infecting his rhetoric. The MAGA mob love it, but the traditional GOP and independents hate it. Fox News (yes, them) reported that 35% of Republicans who voted for Haley in NH have declared they would not vote for Trump in the election. Looking forward to Trump's meltdown (possibly later today) when the jury in the Carroll defamation trial announce the damages he will have to pay. I'm guessing it could be a lot closer to $100m than the $5m he was ordered to pay when found liable for sexual assault.

If only someone had explained properly the incredibly complex idea that businesses with a fiduciary duty to maximise profits for their shareholders would find a market of 450m people more attractive than a market of 67m people. How could anyone be expected to understand those figures???

And there you show your failure to recognise that Brexit has left the UK massively weakened in trade negotiations. A weakness that was exploited by Japan, New Zealand, and Australia, all of whom came out of the deals far better than the UK (Go ask the NFU). When we were in the EU we had a free trade deal with Canada called the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Economic_and_Trade_Agreement It did not require us to accept hormone treated beef. Outside of the EU our feeble bargaining position resulted in Canada demanding that we accept hormone treated beef or just F-off. Result: 240% tariffs slapped on Stilton and 2-years of wasted negotiations. That is Brexit reality before your very eyes, but I suspect you will continue to pretend it isn't.

Putin will be the happiest dictator in the world. We have to trust that as the election campaign progresses the sane section of the American public will recognise the utter lunacy of allowing the psychologically crazed narcissist and crook into power. The Maga morons will support him whatever he does. He could be shagging their wife in front of them and they would hold his wig in place to stop it slipping. But they represent a minority of the voters, and I fully expect the traditional GOP supporters and independents to unite against his vision of Gilead.