General UK politics VIII - The Last Tory

[Darat]

Didn't a lot of UK fishers sell their quotas to EU companies?

Yep.

 

[The Don]

Is there anyone here who didn't go to Grammar School?

Me.

Went to the local Comp.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Yep.

Does Grimesy know this?


Wait... Sorry, don't bother answering that.

 

[Ethan Thane Athen]

Is there anyone here who didn't go to Grammar School?

I went to the local comp. Got a string of 'A's in my GCSEs, did A levels at the local sixth form, went to Uni (first in my family to do so) and got a BSC (Hons) degree, and have a relatively senior position in what would probably be termed part of the establishment. My kids also went to the local comp etc and have Masters and Phds and tidy jobs / are still at Uni.

 

[Mojo]

You were unlucky. As in the case of Keir Starmer, those already in the system carried on with the remit they came in with.

It was streamed, so I carried on pretty much in the same classes with the same teachers.

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

EU deal in full

Starmer says EU deal will end 'huge' passport queues but Badenoch criticises it as 'pitiful'

The Conservative leader describes the prime minister's "hat-trick of deals" with the EU, the US and India as "own goals".

www.bbc.co.uk

So a slight tinkering about the edges then?

I've being seeing in the Graun about how great this deal is and how much money UK business will make, but all the coverage is completely devoid od any details.

 

[sinnikal]

The expat gammons over here are overjoyed that they will, again, be able to buy Richmond* pork sausages in the local shops - instead of having to go to Morrisons in Gibraltar and take their chances with Spanish customs on the way back home. Yes, there are a fair number of Brexiteers living here.

*For the non-brit people, I haven't eaten meat for years but my carnivorous friends tell me they are ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ rank.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

Nostalgic comfort food, I guess. Not actually good, but fondly remembered. The sort of thing Yes Minister joked about the EEC not allowing us to call "sausages" any more and suggested "emulsified high-fat offal tubes".

I looked them up: a whopping 42% pork.

 

[SteveAitch]

Wow, Peter Noone as an alumnus...? What a great contribution to mankind, 'No Milk Today' in his cheeky chappy way.


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Ah, Vixen is a snob, along with her other traits.

I await the page with a list of your school's alumni...

 

[Vixen]

Ah, Vixen is a snob, along with her other traits.

I await the page with a list of your school's alumni...

No, I think Peter Noone is great. Loved his records!



They play this a lot on the radio here. OK for whilst driving.


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[Vixen]

Nostalgic comfort food, I guess. Not actually good, but fondly remembered. The sort of thing Yes Minister joked about the EEC not allowing us to call "sausages" any more and suggested "emulsified high-fat offal tubes".

I looked them up: a whopping 42% pork.

We don't want them eating too much of their own.



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[SteveAitch]

'course you do.

And the list of your school's alumni?

 

[Carrot Flower King]

Darren is upset because Reform haven't been invited to take part in the Durham Miners Gala.

He's so upset he made a video.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1924556368486240765

So, add the history of the mining unions and the Labour Party in County Durham to that list of things the twunt doesn't understand.

It's a long list...

 

[Vixen]

'course you do.

And the list of your school's alumni?

Here's a clue:

 

[SteveAitch]

Not a very long list; care to expand on it?

Or are you expecting me to spend time doing the job for you?

I think we can add 'lazy' to your description.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

Not a very long list; care to expand on it?

Or are you expecting me to spend time doing the job for you?

I think we can add 'lazy' to your description.

Thanks to the feature that can not be named, in my feed it looked like you were picking a fight with Carrot Flower King!

 

[Andy_Ross]

The expat gammons over here are overjoyed that they will, again, be able to buy Richmond* pork sausages in the local shops - instead of having to go to Morrisons in Gibraltar and take their chances with Spanish customs on the way back home. Yes, there are a fair number of Brexiteers living here.

*For the non-brit people, I haven't eaten meat for years but my carnivorous friends tell me they are ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ rank.

Richmond Sausages are excellent.

 

[Andy_Ross]

'course you do.

And the list of your school's alumni?

Bob Champion, Rod Liddle, Selina Scott and some footballers.

 

[SteveAitch]

Bob Champion, Rod Liddle, Selina Scott and some footballers.

That your's or Vixen's?

 

[Andy_Ross]

Foreign Secretary David Lammy says the UK has suspended negotiations with the Israeli government on a new free trade agreement.

Speaking in the Commons, he said: “We have suspended negotiations with this Israeli government on a new free trade agreement. We will be reviewing co-operation with them under the 2030 bilateral roadmap.

“The Netanyahu government’s actions have made this necessary.”

UK suspends Israel trade talks and summons ambassador over 'intolerable' Gaza offensive

Foreign Secretary David Lammy says Israel's war in Gaza is entering a "dark new phase".

www.bbc.co.uk