Thought I'd start a new thread as this is going to be a major talking point this year...have not made up my mind yet...(unlike bucksfizz)....but thinking of voting for an exit as Europe is not doing Britain any good at all it seems....

Madeira was a better form of ballast than sand.

"Your"company and what are they called when they are at home.

? "Lost Causes".

Or Del Boy's Trotters.

oh hahaha

And just what is maderia Fred? Or do you mean timber?

It 11338 , I agree.

Definitely edited.

IT.

Tat is why some of my sauces tasted a little odd.

Iturama & Dilbert,

I haven't edited either of the aforementioned posts. If ever I edit a post for any reason other than a spelling or grammar correction, I always clearly point out the edit.

If you are unable to clearly read my writing, then I suggest you either go to Specsavers or back to school!

Oh, and Grieve has another amendment lined up today which, hopefully, the Speaker will allow a vote upon. If that goes through, then Maggie Dismay will effectively become Parliament's Bitch at the end of next week, having no authority of her own on Brexit, and forced to take orders from others.

And the really funny thing is that the Tories can't get rid of her for another 11 months, and Corbyn is extremely unlikely to be able to get a vote of no confidence through.

Let them reap what they've sown!

:o)

Anyone mention you Hils or just a guilty conscience ?

Directionless?

Dil Send an email to Dil View Dil's profile - 09 Jan 2019 12:00 - 11351 of 11355

"It 11338 , I agree.

Definitely edited. "

Paranoid?

My guess is that JC and many Labour party MPs are happy to see T. Dismay digging her own grave and that for many of her present fellow Neo-cons deeper and deeper.

I wonder where her corpses will be buried.

I wonder if she will, like the good lady she obviously is, will resign if her "Brexit" deal is rejected.

Perhaps, she will find somebody else to blame.

Martini.

"Paranoid".

No. Just observant!

I was responding to Dil’s post. But if the cap fits .....

Not sure why I'd either have a guilty conscience or be paranoid, but hey ho. It seems to me that it's the Brexiteers who are getting paranoid now they're starting to realise that Brexit most probably won't ever happen...

Talking of paranoia.....

Banking group HSBC has been forced to defend its new advertising campaign which has Brexiteers who view it as “anti-Brexit”.

The campaign, launched just days before Parliament votes on the government’s Brexit plan, celebrates the influence of other countries and cultures on the United Kingdom.

It references how much Britons enjoy drinking coffee from Colombia, watching American movies, assembling flat-pack furniture from Sweden and using mobile phones and tablets from Korea.

It talks about the country’s enjoyment of Dutch beer and foods from around the world like tikka masala.

The “We Are Not An Island” campaign is a continuation of the global bank’s “Together We Thrive” campaign which celebrates the UK’s diversity and multicuturalism. Regional variations have been used at billboard sites across the country.

Some Brexiteers complained the marketing campaign was “anti-Brexit” and took to Twitter to express their view.

MEP and former UKIP spokesman Patrick O’Flynn tweeted that the campaign was “really odd and ideologically aggressive”.

Columnist Tim Montgomerie tweeted: “We are an island actually - full of villages and towns your bank deserted; of cleaners you underpaid; and of money laundering and other laws you bent.”

He added: “Thanks for the lecture but we’ll manage without it.”

Twitter user Vince Cordall commented: “It’s about time we stopped naval gazing about the demise of the EU and started to appreciate the bigger picture.”

However, many others shared the adverts and billboards in support of the campaign.

Sandra Thompson-Drew said: “Saw this in today’s Metro I completely agree HSBC - we are part of something far, far bigger. Happy New Year and here’s hoping it’s a year that brings us together and not one that drives us further apart.”

Tiernan Brady said: “I simply love the HSBC ad - we are all connected & every bit of our lives crosses the lives, stories and cultures of others - we just have to notice. Anyway, I simply love the ad.”

Ben Tasker tweeted: “For a group who use the term ‘snowflake’ Brexiters really are a touchy lot. A set of fireworks, a single joke in a Doctor Who episode, and now a HSBC ad, all apparently Brexit snubs and causing upset.”

A spokesman for HSBC said: “We believe that the people, communities and businesses in the UK thrive most when connected and open.

“Our ‘Global Citizen’ campaign is central to this, and with the ‘We Are Not An Island’ ads we are reinforcing our strong belief that the things that make us quintessentially British are the things that make us inescapably international.”

Tikka masala - wasn't that created in Scotland? But I suppose that qualifies it. As for HSBC, I wonder what that stands for and where it came from.

Oh, the convenience of a screen shot.

The daft Tories that support all these amendments against their own are only going to find that once we have made a clean break they will be powerless and have to support TM if the want to keep their seats.