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briantrumpet
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I dunno, you two vaguely entertained me for a little while.
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I dunno, you two vaguely entertained me for a little while.
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briantrumpet
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Well, this is breaking news. I'm sure Trump will extend his sympathy.
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briantrumpet
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More breaking news... the far right isn't having it all their own way...
secretsqirrel
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That’ll be Trump being influential again
C R
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The news from Poland aren't so good, though.
Stevo 666
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Are you going to pat them on head as well?
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briantrumpet
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Not breaking news, but if you like The Thick Of It, this is a really good piece about it today.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-...-armando-iannucci-peter-capaldi-rebecca-front
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-...-armando-iannucci-peter-capaldi-rebecca-front
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briantrumpet
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briantrumpet
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It's a betrayal of the thing we voted on that no-one knew what it was beyond the headline.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/19/uk-eu-brexit-reset-talks-starmer-summit
Pretty sure it will be modest, but better than nothing, being a small step in the right direction to mend the relationship.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/19/uk-eu-brexit-reset-talks-starmer-summit
Pretty sure it will be modest, but better than nothing, being a small step in the right direction to mend the relationship.
First Aspect
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As I recall, a key point of the Brexit campaign was how the EU would bite our hands off for a free trade deal, with no compromises, so why wouldn't we leave and have our cake and eat it?
It only became a sort of religious Brexit doctrine when it turned out to have been nonsense.
It only became a sort of religious Brexit doctrine when it turned out to have been nonsense.
bobzmyunkle
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It shouldn't be too difficult to argue the case this time should it? Specific changes, beneficial to the UK, the alternative already known and obviously less than optimal for all.
Come on Keith, show us your oratory skills.
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briantrumpet
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Yebbut we'll be following someone else's rules, won't we (but ignoring the fact that that's the case in all trade deals where you get privileged access)? Even Trump has discovered that international trade is a two-way thing, and that even the US doesn't hold all the cards.
bobzmyunkle
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Mutually agreed rules. I reckon that's the real problem, large numbers of Brexiter types have no friends, so are unused to the negotiation and compromise that is a largely unnoticed part of every relationship.
Bazzer
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Assuming he is referencing Jill Biden's doctorate, he is as dense as his brother Eric.
