Easing of Rules

[Mottie]

Just for the record, are you saying that your location wasn’t given as Greenock when you made that post?

He'll not answer just more obfuscation

I do not currently live or work in Greenock.

Feck me, it’s like trying to get a straight answer out of a politician. That wasn’t my question and you know it. Are you denying that you gave your location as Greenock at the time you made that post and stated that you drove to London "a hundred times a year"? Easy enough question. Stop swerving.

 

[JohnD]

I do not currently live or work in Greenock.

I do not currently need to visit East London every week.

Yet you pretend to think that I do.

Are you denying that you keep claiming I drive between Greenock and London?


As you know, I have travelled a lot.

I made about a hundred journeys a year through East London. Half were arrivals and half were departures. Some were additional local journeys. At times I was visiting Whipps Cross twice a day.

 

[Mottie]

You swerved the question again Johnny boy. I suppose some questions are just too difficult for you to understand, eh? Still, at least you attempted a (rather painful and embarrassing) swerve rather than your difficult question default mode 2 - pretend you didn’t see it. Learn from it - get your story straight next time you tell a fib to back up a post.

Now, come back quick with default mode 3 - "Mottie doesn’t care".

 

[noseall]

Y"Mottie doesn’t care".

Correct.

You do come across as selfish especially when bragging about your government hand-outs and lauding the fact that you are being paid to do nothing. And you have said yourself that you DO NOT CARE about the consequences of Brexit.

 

[Mottie]

Correct.

You do come across as selfish especially when bragging about your government hand-outs and lauding the fact that you are being paid to do nothing. And you have said yourself that you DO NOT CARE about the consequences of Brexit.

All for Lal's benefit. You weren’t shy about your 'handouts' if I remember. You seem to care more about the first world problems of the difficulty of getting timber, bricks and plaster instead of the third world problems of millions that are dying of hunger and thirst because they are unable to get food and water. Funny how people see things isn’t it?

Oh, and I do care about the consequences of Brexit, that’s why I voted for it. I never did expect instant benefits and fully expected the spite and retaliation we have seen from the greedy boys club, sorry, I meant the EU. I’m hoping to see benefits after about 10 years, probably around the same time Ellal may commit to making a decision about the Covid 19 vaccination programme.

Just look on it as a divorce. Short term pain for long term gain. I’ve said that all along and I’ve yet to see a divorcee say "I wish I hadn’t got divorced" ten years down the road.

 

[ajohn]

Just look on it as a divorce. Short term pain for long term gain.

Giving companies financial incentives has never really worked long term where it has been tried.

Over 10 years stuff from China will probably cost much more so some where else with cheap labour will come on stream. Africa is already getting clothing work just as S.Korea did initially. Taiwan took maybe 5 years or so to cease to be a cheap source of a number of items a long time ago now. India is making all sorts.

Manufacture - depends on the available market size but it's still easier to import from some where else.

The world - well one of it's ideas of the EU is to protect members from some of these factors.

So in what way will 10years out of the EU help the UK? The UK has it's own splinter groups - England, Wales, Scotland and even N Ireland.

TBH long term I do feel it may do the UK some good - a dose of reality for a large proportion of the population. Can't say I am very happy about it though but over an even longer period it may do some good.

 

[fillyboy]

Just look on it as a divorce. Short term pain for long term gain. I’ve said that all along and I’ve yet to see a divorcee say "I wish I hadn’t got divorced" ten years down the road.

I re-married my first wife.

 

[fillyboy]

I re-married my first wife.

Still happy with my Brexit vote though.

 

[Mottie]

I re-married my first wife.

Who are you, Richard Burton!

 

[JohnD]

Who are you, Richard Burton!

Author/translator of the Karma Sutra book of household hints?

 

[noseall]

You weren’t shy about your 'handouts' if I remember.

No, I claimed the first two on advice from my accountant. The first during much uncertainty and threats of zero work/materials/access to customers. The second I claimed after a big work slow-down due to personal health and (tenuous) Covid reasons.

I refused the other two.

You seem to care more about the first world problems of the difficulty of getting timber, bricks and plaster instead of the third world problems

Eh?

 

[SirGalahad]

I refused the other two.

You failed the one test required to be a Tory MP - to have your greedy paws in every pie.

 

[SirGalahad]

I don't understand this divorce metaphor - so have we found a partner or are we going to whore ourselves out to anyone for a £5 FTA? I mean what kind of divorce is it where you still meet your ex on a daily basis?

Currently we are legs wide open and the US have been enjoying the treats it seems with the Private Equity companies going on a mad tear buying up undervalued UK companies. They will load them with debt and then let them crumble under debt repayments. It's like a STD.

Now Rishi wants us to get into bed with the China and the Far East as we are still getting swiped left on Tinder. The world has changed since the last time we dated.

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

I only gave you a 'like' for all the metaphors. It was nothing to do with your sentiments.

 

[ajohn]

Currently we are legs wide open

More like bent over with back side orifice fully exposed.