Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

I knew I read it somewhere

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36735469

Theresa May - the basics
Age: 59
Position: Home Secretary, MP for Maidenhead since 1997

Education: Grammar school, degree in Geography from Oxford University

Job before politics: Financial consultant at Bank of England

Haystack has found a new love, and has been programmed to defend her against all comers.

Dave btw, is no more, and has been deleted from Hays protection sub routine.



The tele was out amongst the punters looking for quotes, but it was all a bit disjointed..I suspect they had to edit quite heavily.

I am disappointed that we have lost Cameron. He was one of the best PMs for a long time.

TV news tonight is a wall-to-wall slugfest of ambitious Tories oozing obsequious platitudes in the hope of getting a job.

— Hugo Rifkind (@hugorifkind) 11 July 2016

Yes. Indeed, he did do a rather excellent job. A very classy guy and a phenomenally good orator too. Quite inspirational with it as well.

Why the hell he actually resigned, beats me. But in doing so, it makes him exceedingly honourable.

Yes, snake oil salesman are quite well known for having the gift of
the gab, and being able to deceive people with their smarmy comforting
words...But when they make promises on a regular basis and then break
them, without so much as a blush, and is complicit in many 'U' turns, then
eventually their character and honesty is rightly questioned on their suitability
as a PM..

Don't' pick and choose the bits you like Hays. The BoE was her first job after studying geography. That, together with a map of the tube, may have helped her to find the Bank, but I doubt she would have been much use to the Governor, except as a gofer.
Between 1977 and 1983 May worked at the Bank of England, and from 1985 to 1997 as a financial consultant and senior advisor in International Affairs at the Association for Payment Clearing Services.
In the 12 years she was at the APCS, she worked her way up to senior advisor.

Apparently she's going to give everyone a day off in May , she's calling it " May Day " not sure it will catch on . though it will help .

Theresa May will drive Tory members into the arms of Ukip

By
Norman Tebbit


12 July 2016 • 7:00am



Those close to Andrea Leadsom know that she hesitated before deciding to run for Conservative Party leadership because of her concern that it might impose a heavy strain on her 12-year-old daughter.

Now it seems that in the face of the intense smear campaign run by supporters of Theresa May, she concluded that the price of winning would be too high.


“Bitterly disappointed party members who campaigned successfully for Brexit will join Ukip”



Of course she never claimed that being a mother gave her an edge over the childless Mrs May. She merely expressed her natural pride in her family.

I suspect that much of the hatred she has suffered arises from her opposition to gay marriage as much as her Euroscepticism.

On Monday, the Chairman of the 1922 Committee of the Conservative Parliamentary Party, Graham Brady, announced that the contest for contest for the leadership of the Conservative Party was over. Mrs May will be given the coronation she has coveted and become our new prime minister within days. That will bring an end to what has been a sorry tale of blunders and back stabbings.

Mrs May, who campaigned for the United Kingdom to remain a part of the European Union and lost, will now go to Brussels and tell Herr Juncker that she made a mistake and that really she wanted to leave. Indeed, she will have to tell him that the deal which Mr Cameron brought back from his negotiations earlier this year was not, as she thought at the time, a proper acknowledgment of the concerns of the British people, but a grudging and inadequate response to our needs.

But I doubt that the jurors in Brussels will be convinced. They know, as we all do, that Mrs May is convinced our future lies in Brussels, not Westminster.




quote:

In recent years, the Tory ranks have shrunk from around 400,000 to something more like 150,000. Bitterly disappointed party members who campaigned successfully for Brexit now fear that the remainers have managed to turn defeat into victory and will join Ukip – alongside sensible Labour voters disgusted with both Mr Corbyn and Ms Eagle alike.




More: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/12/theresa-may-will-drive-tory-members-into-the-arms-of-ukip/

Expect a character assassination soon on Mr Tebbit .

news from brussels . Germany / france want talks with MAY
may as said she will not conceder article 50 till next year

she already sounds like CLIFF THORBURN THE GRINDER

The only thing I see wrong in that Tebbit clip is , why would she go to Merkel in the first place as May has said we are out and will set in motion article 50 or whatever in due course . Anything different and surely she has to get permission to do .

Hmmm?

Hmmm......I'm shocked, I was expecting a grey woman in a grey suit and
fancy sensible heels...

And i'm now a T.May supporter, and have put in my order for the six video
set......:}

For anyone who was looking for the catch....here it is




No Brexit until 2022? Philip Hammond warns EU exit could take at least four years



Philip Hammond, the Foreign Secretary Credit: Bloomberg


By Michael Wilkinson, Political Correspondent
12 July 2016 • 2:03pm




Philip Hammond, the Foreign Secretary, has warned that it could take four years for Britain's exit from the European Union to be agreed.

Negotiations for Britain's exit can only start once Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty is triggered. This process will take two years but agreeing future treaties could take an additional four years.

Asked by Alex Salmond, the SNP leader, whether it would take longer to negotiate Brexit than World War II, Mr Hammond said: "If a future treaty between the UK and the EU 27 is deemed to be a mixed competence it will have to be ratified by 27 national Parliaments.



story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/12/no-brexit-until-2022-philip-hammond-warns-eu-exit-could-take-at/

hate to disagree with you conspiracy lovers, but that's not a catch but merely a reiteration of how long it will or might take to get the jigsaw together

A bit like the post MaxK .

They are hoping the Brexiteers will die off in the meantime.

you guys are sometimes very silly
even simple commercial contracts can take a year in the cooking and here we're talking about something that is very complex for all sorts of good reasons

what i do not know is what happens during the gestation period
do all current arrangements stay in place?