draculina

That’s going to be a problem, Drac.

As things stand, there is no majority in Parliament to ‘do the brexit’.

The people voted to  leave the EU.

But leave the EU how? hard brexit (Canada option), soft brexit (Norway option), no deal at all (WTO option)? No majority in the country for any of these.

Your wish has no more support than mine at the…[Read more]

Precisely, Paigey.

Theresa may demands that the EU put other options to Checquers, but they already have.

They said that if Britain wants the Canada option – the hard Brexit favoured by Rees Mogg – they can have a deal on that.

If Britain wants the Norway option – the soft Brexit favoured by Labour – they can have that.

They just can’t have…[Read more]

If we do have a hard brexit of some sort – and that is perfectly possible –

then your wish could well be granted.

moving within the US trading sphere is probably the likeliest thing that we could do in a world of major trading blocs and emerging markets.

But don’t expect the US to treat us any more kindly than they treat other dependencies,…[Read more]

Well, we know people can be treated badly, even brutally – we’ve seen that in jc – but that’s not what’s happening here.

It’s not a conflict between personalities.

It’s hard-nosed business dealing between political leaders defending their own interests. It’s hardly a shock that the EU should try to protect the republic of Ireland, who is part of…[Read more]

Well,

you do like to play games and you do appear in different guises.

It’s small wonder that people thought this character, Jack, was you, alfie.

He now appears not to be.

What with Q and this racist, it’s making jc harder to live in.

But there are ways for people to have a decent conversation and a laugh with each other, despite…[Read more]

He’ll become a traffic cone if someone reports that racist post. People have been thrown inside for bilious cracks like that.

I think you’re making everyone kinda sick, ‘Jack’

I can understand the feeling, dd, – the racism on one o the threads was a bit sickening, probably illegal, and Ms M was right to take a stand against it – but it’s not the boards which are inciting the abuse, but those using them. The same people who use the room(except for me)

Well, I think the Clintons are both duplicitous if only from their need for survival.

The conservatives hated them in the way that liberals hate Trump, whose honesty is far from certain, let’s put it..

The conservatives manufactured Clinton’s impeachment on superficial grounds. If a president were impeachable for having an affair, or for lying…[Read more]

Things are heading in the direction of another referendum in many ways, though I’m still opposed to that – at the moment.

I have learned not to underestimate Mrs May’s ability to slip out of a noose at the last moment, and the negotiations are likely to go on into the New Year, but her chances of surviving both her party and Westminster have…[Read more]

Ezra Pound, an unusually interesting American poet who moved to italy, was famous for slanging up his words. “Ole EZ HIS birthday”.

Linda,

the answer is definitely not.

But informally, we can use all sorts of non-grammatical words and sentences.

The people who condemn your style don’t seem to be especvially correct in theri grammar either.

GA has a different sense of humour than most of the rest of us.

Better, or worse?

Well, it’s all subjective

RAFLAOMTR

CBQKLF

OPFRZY

this really is not going away.

Don’t blame me for the mess, which is getting worser and worser.

For those who don’t know Siegfried Sassoon,

who had both rhyme and rhythm

I shamelessly copied and adapted him in the last 4 lines.

Ambassador,

I used to put down poems when they were posted here, but have decided to go to the opposite extreme and welcome all.

Encourage, and point in a better direction.

You could look up some of mizzy’s poems. They not only rhyme, but they have rhythm. The rhythm doesn’t always work, but she’s a natural poet because she has a…[Read more]

Tinks never comes in now.

There was a time when she and I and cosy were the only ones using these boards.

No, Ms M!!

I actually don’t know what the next episode will be like. It just occurred to me that nothing is seen of the Home Sec since the big flash at the end of Ep 3. We’re informed she’s dead, a private burial takes place, and PS hunk leaves the hospital in despair when he sees the nurse saying it’s over.

I just think Mercutio has a lot of…[Read more]