Brexit mega thread part 5 : new year new PM? Partygate continues...

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Has Truss been having voice coaching, or smoking too many cigars at illicit parties?

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[quote AuldAlliance]Has Truss been having voice coaching, or smoking too many cigars at illicit parties?

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Well famously Thatcher took elocution lessons. (When asked whether he thought it worked for her or not, the late Jonathan Miller described it as "like a perfumed fart") so maybe la Truss is following in her footsteps ?

I guess if she starts fucking miners we'll know the truth.

Just had a call from the CEO of a company I interviewed with offering me the job

Many thanks to all for the good vibes that carried me through. Looks like this is a 50% pay jump compared to the role I was in before Xmas too. Although DW and I have already factored in the extra fuel bills and general inflation. Still 2 days a week from home saves on petrol.

Excellent news, DGR!!!

Brilliant news, DGR! Congratulations!

Nice one DGR, congratulations!

Thanks all

Traffic through Rosslare up 371% in a year.

But covid ....

www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/rosslare-europort-irish-port-brexit-uk-europe-309560/

"When Irish eyes are smiling ..."

May I tip a glass to our Hibernian posters.

They really don't understand what they negotiated, oven ready deal...

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[quote DuncinToffee]They really don't understand what they negotiated, oven ready deal...

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The EU doesn't need our understanding. It needed our signature. Which - courtesy of Boris Johnson - they got.

All else is moot.

If the UK were serious about it, then it would renege on the agreement and accept the consequences. However (and it's telling) the moment there are real consequences to an action, no politician dare do it.

Which is almost but not entirely unlike my imagination of how Churchill would have behaved. Although asking what he would have done over the NIP is also moot, as he wasn't such a duplicious moron to have signed it.

In fact I'm surprised there haven't been more memes of Boris returning triumphantly from Munich Brussels with a piece of paper going "Peace in my mindtime" ...

[quote AuldAlliance]Has Truss been having voice coaching, or smoking too many cigars at illicit parties?

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Has she been at the dentists? It looks and sounds like half her mouth is still frozen.

Has she been at the dentists? It looks and sounds like half her mouth is still frozen.

Shades (again) of John Major and the downfall of Thatcher ...

You could be right, DGR
Or perhaps she's digging deep to try and unearth some gravitas?

twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1486239164488110082?s=20

I always said ROI would benefit. English speaking, close ties to the USA, already with expertise in pharma, IT, financial services and liked and respected in Europe. About time.
I did notice the DUP asking at PMQs for the Protocol to be dismantled and telling downright lies about its “damaging effects”.

I know James O'Brian was debating whether Truss had been taking elocution lessons to lower her voice at the end of last week. He even found an old clip and a recent clip to compare her past and present voices.

@borntobequiet

I always said ROI would benefit. English speaking, close ties to the USA, already with expertise in pharma, IT, financial services and liked and respected in Europe. About time. I did notice the DUP asking at PMQs for the Protocol to be dismantled and telling downright lies about its “damaging effects”.

Hopefully Brexit is pushing Ireland closer to the US - yet another pain in the treaty for the UK. Incidentally, have the DUP not got the memo yet ?

DW deserves a lot for putting up with me. Maybe a weeks break in Ireland could be on the cards ? (We've done Iceland, so it's in keeping with an alphabetical theme). And if it seems I am a little bit treasonous to enjoy the schadenfreude of the UKs decline ... well as DS has been told (as I was before him) "You're not really British anyway ..."

Where's good for accessibility ? I guess Dublin might be a good starting place ...

@DGRossetti if I ever go overseas again my itinerary will include both Ireland and Iceland, though my reasons for visiting both are to do with cricket. Ireland are currently associate members, something that Iceland hopes to be by 2025. Good luck to them both. Iceland want an international team to visit this summer to play on their one dedicated cricket ground. I'd love to see them plat their first game against international opposition, even if it's just an English village team.

I am happy to be wrong: there is a clearly defined Brexit bonus with this news about Rosslare.

Given the number of headaches caused by the NIP, it's good to know our western neighbour is benefiting from some growth as a result.

[quote DoctorTwo]@DGRossetti if I ever go overseas again my itinerary will include both Ireland and Iceland, though my reasons for visiting both are to do with cricket. Ireland are currently associate members, something that Iceland hopes to be by 2025. Good luck to them both. Iceland want an international team to visit this summer to play on their one dedicated cricket ground. I'd love to see them plat their first game against international opposition, even if it's just an English village team.[/quote]
Who'd have thunk ?

Canadas absence from international cricket remains a mystery.

Not that I care. Although I had a nice time at an awards ceremony at Edgbaston last year ...

Congratulations on the new job, DGR.

@DGRossetti

Just had a call from the CEO of a company I interviewed with offering me the job

Many thanks to all for the good vibes that carried me through. Looks like this is a 50% pay jump compared to the role I was in before Xmas too. Although DW and I have already factored in the extra fuel bills and general inflation. Still 2 days a week from home saves on petrol.

Oh that amazing news so happy for you.

Another one with the congratulations, @DGRossetti.

That's great news. :-)

Once again - many thanks. I start 7/2/2022 (or as I told my US friends 2/7/2022 ). So after that I'll be posting a lot less here.

So we've got until then to undo Brexit ...

Congrats @DGRossetti 🥂🍾🌟💐👏

Yay! for DGR - that sounds brilliant. Well done.