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STEED 07-13-16 11:28 AM

Back to my Council..

My brown wheelie bin arrived and its bigger than my black one now being used for recycling. Its a mid size wheelie bin and my neighbour who has a XL Black bin took one look at the new rubbish brown wheelie bin and said..This is too (BLEEPING) small how the (BLEEP) am I going to get all my (BLEEPING) rubbish in that!

I have a feeling everyone else in the same situation will be having words with the council.

MGR1 07-13-16 12:55 PM

From STV: How Theresa May should approach her Scotland problem.

In short, remember that Scotland is still part of the UK and govern accordingly!

Mike.

Catfish 07-13-16 01:03 PM

^ would Scotland be able to remain in the EU, without England?
Would that even be possible?
I mean the UK as a whole has voted, not single countries it consists of.

MGR1 07-13-16 01:27 PM

In short, no.

The UK as a whole voted to leave, so the UK as whole leaves. For Scotland to be part of the EU, it would need to have a vote for independence sanctioned by the UK Government (no unilateral declarations here) become an independent country, then apply to join the EU in the normal way.

The choice we Scots now face is which Union do we value more, the UK or the EU, and how willing are we to go through with the economic dislocation of independence from the former, to join the latter.

There's also the little problem of inter-UK relations where Scotland appears to be increasingly seen as "foreign" by a percentage of people in England, i.e. not it's not really part of Britain. Mainly due to the devolution of power from London to Edinburgh and the divergence in political outlook.

Mike.

Oberon 07-13-16 02:07 PM

Oh Christ, Boris is Foreign Secretary....Boris...


https://media.giphy.com/media/oo4JwuqvXjpZu/giphy.gif

Skybird 07-13-16 02:34 PM

Boris Johnson as foreign secretary. The first volley fired against the EU negotiators. - The funny thing is: I saw it coming. :haha:

There will be war at the green table. :har: Or canibals' dinner, so to speak.

STEED 07-13-16 03:16 PM

Friend phoned me and asked did you see her give her speech to which I said no, why I asked?

http://images.dailystar.co.uk/dynami...620x/23009.jpg

He said she looked like Death and he feels she is the Grim Reaper! :huh:

Oberon 07-13-16 03:32 PM

The US State Department reacts to BoJo becoming Foreign Secretary:

https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-st...8438562-11.gif

https://www.buzzfeed.com/hayesbrown/...ZlK#.bled6J7ZK

Catfish 07-13-16 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 2418534)
Oh Christ, Boris is Foreign Secretary....Boris...

I guess Nigel F. would have been the better choice? :O:

Oberon 07-13-16 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish (Post 2418561)
I guess Nigel F. would have been the better choice? :O:

Nah, Godfrey Bloom. :O: :haha:

Torplexed 07-13-16 08:09 PM

Gotta be a quandary for Boris Johnson. He's just been given a pay cut of over 50% (no more money from the Daily Telegraph) and a job where he will regularly see May in the job he desperately wanted, while in his own job he will likely spectacularly fail.

Something to ponder is that should Hillary win, the end result of all this may be that three of the G7 powers will be headed by women (and one by a Trudeau). :O:

Catfish 07-14-16 01:41 AM

It seems Mrs May wants to punish those with jobs, who tried to gallantly chicken away after they "won" :D

Just of all Johnson for foreign secretary.. i wonder if the UK voters could be more concerned than the EU now :hmmm:

MGR1 07-14-16 03:24 AM

BoJo as Foreign Secretary?:hmmm:

Someone pass the popcorn please!

Mike.:haha:

HunterICX 07-14-16 05:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 2418534)
Oh Christ, Boris is Foreign Secretary....Boris...

imagine...well you where there when I suddenly realized that after hearing his god damn name ''Boris'' on the TV the whole evening (wasn't watching but could hear the TV from my room) that it was Boris Johnson they where yapping about when I red the online newspaper:
http://i.imgur.com/xgMWU2O.gif

STEED 07-14-16 07:14 AM

I am pleased that Gids the Git resigned. :D

Oberon 07-14-16 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by STEED (Post 2418687)
I am pleased that Gids the Git resigned. :D

http://seoblackhat.com/wp-content/up...01/pyrrhus.jpg

Jimbuna 07-14-16 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MGR1 (Post 2418514)
From STV: How Theresa May should approach her Scotland problem.

In short, remember that Scotland is still part of the UK and govern accordingly!

Mike.

I quite liked this piece:

Quote:

The SNP is expert at mining grievance from even the most innocuous act or statement. Theresa May could wallpaper Number 10 in tartan and change the national anthem to Ye Cannae Fling Pieces Oot A 20-Storey Flat and still the Nationalists would claim Scotland was being simultaneously ignored and victimised by Westminster.
:)

Jimbuna 07-14-16 07:31 AM

Well, now Gideon and especially Gove now know how it feels to have a knife stuck in the back.

Jimbuna 07-14-16 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MGR1 (Post 2418661)
BoJo as Foreign Secretary?:hmmm:

Someone pass the popcorn please!

Mike.:haha:

Yep, surprised me. Now the clown has the largest circus ring in the world to give his performance.

STEED 07-14-16 07:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna (Post 2418695)
Well, now Gideon and especially Gove now know how it feels to have a knife stuck in the back.

Gideon fate was tied in with Dave once he stepped down Gideon has no choice but to follow his master.

Gove was busy stabbing everyone else in the back he didn't see that he stabbed himself in the back.


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