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tricky
25 Apr 2023
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    Joanna
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    13 Jul 2023, 7:02 a.m. 13 Jul 2023, 7:02 a.m.
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    @chicago has written:

    What do you expect. He's Welsh....

    I won't take offence.. because he's a Taff (South Walian) and us Gogs (North Walian) like to be mean about them too.

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    Russ
    Squad 6402 posts
    18 Jul 2023, 6:52 p.m. 18 Jul 2023, 6:52 p.m.
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    bylinetimes.com/2023/07/17/gb-news-star-dan-wootton-unmasked-in-cash-for-sexual-images-catfishing-scandal/

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    podnli
    Squad 133 posts
    19 Jul 2023, 12:14 a.m. 19 Jul 2023, 12:14 a.m.
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    www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66235152

    Jenrick doing some jenricking: has written:

    The UK government has again rejected calls to exempt some tourists visiting Northern Ireland from the new Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA).

    The ETA is a permit which non-British and non-Irish citizens, who do not require a visa, will generally need to enter the UK.

    That will include international visitors who arrive in Dublin and then plan to travel to Northern Ireland.

    The NI tourist industry had proposed that some of those visitors be exempt.

    It suggested those visitors would only need an ETA if they planned to stay for more than a week.

    The industry feared that the ETA would discourage international visitors to the Republic of Ireland from making short or spontaneous trips to Northern Ireland.

    It was also concerned that organised coach tours would cut Northern Ireland from their itineraries because of increased bureaucracy and legal risk.

    But Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick said an exemption would result in "an unacceptable gap" in UK border security.

    He reiterated that there would be no checking or enforcement of ETAs at the Irish land border but that the permits had an important assurance role.

    So, they aren't going to exempt tourists visiting NI / the six counties from ETAs because it would be "'an unacceptable gap' in UK border security", but they aren't going to actually check or enforce these ETAs either.

    Apparently, this is supposed to make sense.

    If it works, below is a picture of one of the many border crossings near my childhood home. The change in tarmac indicates the UK/EU frontier.

    noborders.png

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    PNG, 1.7 MB, uploaded by podnli on 19 Jul 2023.

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    noodle
    Squad 999 posts
    19 Jul 2023, 2:21 a.m. 19 Jul 2023, 2:21 a.m.
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    Oh I dunno… isn’t it kinda cute that politicians think that a border, in the 21st century, is a barrier manned by a stern looking fella with a gun like in The Great Escape and not simply a the point at which the rules and rights of people and things change and only ever as strong as the will of politicians to monitor and enforce compliance therewith?

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    Ingo
    Squad 2646 posts
    19 Jul 2023, 7:13 a.m. 19 Jul 2023, 7:13 a.m.
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    @podnli has written:

    If it works, below is a picture of one of the many border crossings near my childhood home. The change in tarmac indicates the UK/EU frontier.

    noborders.png

    Which flash bastards get signposts and a fence?

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    tricky
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    19 Jul 2023, 10:24 a.m. 19 Jul 2023, 10:24 a.m.
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    I see that inflation is down, predominantly because energy and fuel prices are down. The energy companies have made their hay, back to the bankers with interest rates now.

    How you doin'?

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    chicago
    Squad 2552 posts
    20 Jul 2023, 4:05 p.m. 20 Jul 2023, 4:05 p.m.
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    And soon another British institution will vanish

    And so it begins….

    Chicago: Chocolate lover.

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    Loafer
    Squad 528 posts
    20 Jul 2023, 5:33 p.m. 20 Jul 2023, 5:33 p.m.
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    It's not a British institution any more anyway, though the Cadbury descendents still lord it up around here as if they're royalty.

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    Mangetout
    Squad 2425 posts
    20 Jul 2023, 6:41 p.m. 20 Jul 2023, 6:41 p.m.
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    Hang on: Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons Treatsize packs (14.4g) are being axed,and this is evidence of the end of an institution?

    Joanna likes this.

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    pantzcat
    Squad 278 posts
    20 Jul 2023, 7:10 p.m. 20 Jul 2023, 7:10 p.m.
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    @Mangetout has written:

    Hang on: Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons Treatsize packs (14.4g) are being axed,and this is evidence of the end of an institution?

    First they came for our Dairy Milk Buttons Treatsize packs (14.4g), then they came for our Freddos......

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    noodle
    Squad 999 posts
    21 Jul 2023, 6:01 a.m. 21 Jul 2023, 6:01 a.m.
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    @Mangetout has written:

    Hang on: Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons Treatsize packs (14.4g) are being axed,and this is evidence of the end of an institution?

    Yeah, don’t link to shitty local news clickbait without a clear warning, lads.

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    chicago
    Squad 2552 posts
    22 Jul 2023, 1:45 p.m. 22 Jul 2023, 1:45 p.m.
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    First chocolate. Now fish

    They will be coming for your beer next!

    Chicago: Sad.

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    tricky
    Board 7321 posts
    31 Jul 2023, 10:59 a.m. 31 Jul 2023, 10:59 a.m.
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    I see that the prime minister has been lying to the british people this morning, in order to undermine commitments to the environment and climate change, in favour of the oil and gas sector.

    All perfectly normal in a country to be proud of.

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    tricky
    Board 7321 posts
    3 Aug 2023, 12:05 p.m. 3 Aug 2023, 12:05 p.m.
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    The rich and entitled are spending too much on family holidays to disneyland.

    So up go your mortgage payments again, to persuade them to cut back.

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    Ingo
    Squad 2646 posts
    3 Aug 2023, 12:47 p.m. 3 Aug 2023, 12:47 p.m.
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    @RC is always going to Disneyland.

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    tricky
    Board 7321 posts
    3 Aug 2023, 12:49 p.m. 3 Aug 2023, 12:49 p.m.
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    We should make him pay our mortgage increase. It's only fair.

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