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    Quote Originally Posted by moehat View Post
    But he wasn’t as instrumental in bringing about a win for leave as Johnson.
    Debatable although perhaps if there had been a genuine counter argument presented by a Labour leader Johnson may have had to elaborate on his "get Brexit done" mantra

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    Those are my last thoughts on the matter (I knew it was a mistake to start)

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    Quote Originally Posted by moehat View Post
    But he wasn’t as instrumental in bringing about a win for leave as Johnson.
    The last thing Boris needed was Corbyn on his side.

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    Corbyn was like a wet week when it came to the referendum, played straight into the splitters hands. He should have campaigned strenuously for remain.
    I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
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    Everyone knew he was a leaver at heart. I know on the marches there were chants of ‘where’s Jeremy Corbyn’.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moehat View Post
    Everyone knew he was a leaver at heart. I know on the marches there were chants of ‘where’s Jeremy Corbyn’.
    And, arguably, given the opinions of some who know him, Johnson was a remainer at heart. Brexit merely being a means to further his own ambitions. It`s a funny old world!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by moehat View Post
    Everyone knew he was a leaver at heart. I know on the marches there were chants of ‘where’s Jeremy Corbyn’.
    And, like most politicians, he lied to suit his agenda, which was to defeat the Tories at his demise.

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    Why is a policy by a minister, (whose chief claim to fame is lucrative participation on a reality show, despite being concurrently paid by the taxpayer) to defund a venerable British institution a good electorial chocie?

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    And that small head knew that Impaire Et Passe would win the Champion Hurdle."

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    They’re not thinking about the next election, Colm. It’s a distraction tactic - nothing more.
    "Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".

    SlimChance, March 2018

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    According to Susie Dent it’s a sparple. But I don’t know if it’s a verb or a noun. Either way, it’s what they’re doing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grasshopper View Post
    They’re not thinking about the next election, Colm. It’s a distraction tactic - nothing more.
    They will run out of dead cats eventually.
    I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
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    Quote Originally Posted by walsworth View Post
    They will run out of dead cats eventually.
    I think they already have, tbh. As a diversion tactic, I don't think it's remotely working.
    "Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".

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    The 'red meat' initiative seems to have lasted a whiole day at least. The Navy boys, (Trafalgar, The Nile, Jutland, etc) must be pleased to honour their forebears by chasing Syrians on rubber ducks though the channel.
    "And still they gazed and still the wonder grew. That one small head could carry all he knew.

    And that small head knew that Impaire Et Passe would win the Champion Hurdle."

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    Makes you weep, doesn’t it

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    Putin will ride to the rescue by invading the Ukraine. Then Johnson can have his Churchill moment. Mark Francois is already dusting down his TA army kit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moehat View Post
    According to Susie Dent it’s a sparple. But I don’t know if it’s a verb or a noun. Either way, it’s what they’re doing.
    The use of the indefinite article indicates a noun but English is flexible enough for it to morph into a verb in due course.

    In archaic Scottish English it's a verb with a different meaning so the chances are some educated Scot down south has used it, no-one has known what it meant and an influencer of some sort has adopted it and attributed a new meaning to it ahead of putting it out on social media.

    It's how things work these days.
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    I caught former liberal democrat leader Tim farron speaking on BBC parliament recently about how our domestic animal welfare legislation could be improved since the leaving the E.U.

    But he also said if we sign trade deals with countries who have worse animal welfare than both us and the E.U then that would obviously be a backward step.

    I am not fully up to speed on the issue of us leaving the E.U and animal welfare but listening to him it sounded like the possible improvements of animal welfare (or lack of) could go in either direction based on the U.Ks government direction of travel.

    I wish I had time to watch the whole debate...
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    Quote Originally Posted by moehat View Post
    Putin will ride to the rescue by invading the Ukraine. Then Johnson can have his Churchill moment. Mark Francois is already dusting down his TA army kit.
    If Biden had been in charge in the 60's instead of JFK there wouldn't be a Johnson to talk about.........Trump and Putin would have sorted this mess out and invasion would never have been on the table but with this clown in charge Putin coulnd't give 2 hoots about what America or the UK thinks
    Formely Fist of Fury

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    Well I have spent several days trying to work out what the previous post is all about but must admit defeat.
    I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
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    Johnson checks which direction the crowd is going then runs to the front and says “follow me”.

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