The term mental spastic was to be taken in its most literal form. Nothing colourful about this.
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The term mental spastic was to be taken in its most literal form. Nothing colourful about this.
Two Professors
Two Mad Professors
Two Professors
Two Mad Professors
Strange that.Do you write for the Grauniad?This article was the one I was referring to.The EU (including the Eurozone) comment is to do with some Remain posters not being aware that not all EU countries are in the Eurozone,and was for clarification purposes.
Two Professors
Two Mad Professors
Wondered where you got 'mental spastic' from.It appears to be a condition in Germany and parts of Switzerland.As I can find no trace of a taint in my British bloodline,you are obviously mistaken,as usual.Perhaps you have caught it by association?Have you tried the psychopath test yet,I'm sure you'd pass with flying colours.
Er, my vocabulary?
Lincoln Imp
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- Feb 2, 2009
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No, this makes no sense to me at all. Are you all right?
As much as I have always been a Remainer, you really are revelling in anything vaguely detrimental to the UK are you not? Looking like a bit of a 5th Columnist perhaps.........
Two Professors
Two Mad Professors
Mental spastics are only of German or Swiss origin you simpleton.
Two Professors
Two Mad Professors
I will break it down for you into little pieces to make it easier for you to understand,then.Your comments about sugar beet farmers could have come directly from that newspaper article,so I was amazed that you had no knowledge of it.Perhaps you are not a Guardian reader,and I was mistaken.A poster on here did not seem to realise that Great Britain was not in the Eurozone,causing great amusement,so I am amazed you are not aware of this.Perhaps you are not a Brexit thread reader.
I am perfectly well,and thank you for caring,and in a great mood after Cal Crutchlow's excellent win in Argentina and Lewis Hamilton's fighting third place!
What on earth are you blathering on about?
I’m glad it’s not just me.
Pretty pink fairy
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- Jan 30, 2008
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ny-election-coalition-eu-crisis-angela-merkel
for whom the bell tolls
regards
DR
for whom the bell tolls
regards
DR
It’s sunny and 23 degrees today....keep coming my friends. My door is always open to help you.
Food industry not looking good. Want me to give Bob Geldof a call to feed you all?
It's Easter time, there's no need to be afraid
At Easter time, we let in light and we banish shade
And in my country of plenty we can spread a smileof joy
Throw your arms around the Little Englanders at Easter Time.
Barry 'The Constant' Gariner describes the Good Friday Agreement as a 'shibboleth' and Keir Starmer's six Brexit tests as 'meaningless'
https://www.theredroar.com/2018/04/...ement-is-a-shibboleth-in-brexit-negotiations/
"Shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner described the Good Friday agreement as a ‘shibboleth’ at a private meeting of MEPs in Brussels last month.
Dismissing the significance of the historic Northern Ireland peace pact ahead of its 20th anniversary on Tuesday, Gardiner said it should be ignored during the Brexit negotiations.
He went on to rubbish the six tests set by shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer as “meaningless” and unsuitable as a measure of whether Labour should vote for or against the Tory Brexit deal. He then told MEPs that if they voted against any Brexit deal Theresa May negotiated with the EU27 they would be voting to make Jacob Rees Mogg Prime Minister.
Gardiner was speaking at a seminar organised by the Rosa Luxemburg Stifung – the thinktank of Die Linke, the party that grew out of the remnants of East Germany’s former ruling Communists. The audience – visibly shocked – included Brian Carty, a senior adviser to Sinn Féin (whose MEPs sit with Die Linke in the European Parliament) as well as senior figures in Momentum.
This revelation comes after Labour’s embattled pro-Europeans were left horrified when Emily Thornberry told the Chatham House think-tank that Labour would vote for what she called a “blah, blah, blah” Brexit because the Tories’ withdrawal deal meant that Starmer’s tests would be met by a transition deal that postponed all the hard decisions for another 20 months.
Many in the PLP thought this amounted to little more than letting the Tory hard core Brexiters, who want to fudge all the hard issues, especially Northern Ireland, get away with it.
Starmer was quick to distance himself from Thornberry – despite having himself said much the same when dismissing the Brexit day of 29 March 2019 as merely “technical” Brexit and behind the scenes there were arguments in the whatsapp groups of pro-European MPs over whether to take the former DPP at his word or to increase the pressure on the Labour front bench to declare their opposition to any sort of Tory deal.
For now it looks like Starmer has won, as beyond Chuka Umunna’s heavy-hitting
assault on Thornberry most Labour MPs were quiet. A few eyebrows were raised, though, at John McDonnell’s excusing of the Shadow Foreign Secretary’s remarks as the sarcastic comments of a tired front bench spokeswoman – the video shows them to be anything but off-hand. In any case, Thornberry’s remarks were positively mild compared to those delivered by Gardiner.
It would appear that Gardiner’s comments are a clear breach of shadow cabinet collective responsibility on brexit, the reason given for Owen Smith’s removal from the front bench. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn may now come under pressure from MPs to demonstrate even-handed justice."
#moreLabourshambles
https://www.theredroar.com/2018/04/...ement-is-a-shibboleth-in-brexit-negotiations/
"Shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner described the Good Friday agreement as a ‘shibboleth’ at a private meeting of MEPs in Brussels last month.
Dismissing the significance of the historic Northern Ireland peace pact ahead of its 20th anniversary on Tuesday, Gardiner said it should be ignored during the Brexit negotiations.
He went on to rubbish the six tests set by shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer as “meaningless” and unsuitable as a measure of whether Labour should vote for or against the Tory Brexit deal. He then told MEPs that if they voted against any Brexit deal Theresa May negotiated with the EU27 they would be voting to make Jacob Rees Mogg Prime Minister.
Gardiner was speaking at a seminar organised by the Rosa Luxemburg Stifung – the thinktank of Die Linke, the party that grew out of the remnants of East Germany’s former ruling Communists. The audience – visibly shocked – included Brian Carty, a senior adviser to Sinn Féin (whose MEPs sit with Die Linke in the European Parliament) as well as senior figures in Momentum.
This revelation comes after Labour’s embattled pro-Europeans were left horrified when Emily Thornberry told the Chatham House think-tank that Labour would vote for what she called a “blah, blah, blah” Brexit because the Tories’ withdrawal deal meant that Starmer’s tests would be met by a transition deal that postponed all the hard decisions for another 20 months.
Many in the PLP thought this amounted to little more than letting the Tory hard core Brexiters, who want to fudge all the hard issues, especially Northern Ireland, get away with it.
Starmer was quick to distance himself from Thornberry – despite having himself said much the same when dismissing the Brexit day of 29 March 2019 as merely “technical” Brexit and behind the scenes there were arguments in the whatsapp groups of pro-European MPs over whether to take the former DPP at his word or to increase the pressure on the Labour front bench to declare their opposition to any sort of Tory deal.
For now it looks like Starmer has won, as beyond Chuka Umunna’s heavy-hitting
assault on Thornberry most Labour MPs were quiet. A few eyebrows were raised, though, at John McDonnell’s excusing of the Shadow Foreign Secretary’s remarks as the sarcastic comments of a tired front bench spokeswoman – the video shows them to be anything but off-hand. In any case, Thornberry’s remarks were positively mild compared to those delivered by Gardiner.
It would appear that Gardiner’s comments are a clear breach of shadow cabinet collective responsibility on brexit, the reason given for Owen Smith’s removal from the front bench. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn may now come under pressure from MPs to demonstrate even-handed justice."
#moreLabourshambles
and now he has tried to deny it 
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Pity they have published the audio and the transcript
Keep digging Barry!
[tweet]982929293582917637[/tweet]
Pity they have published the audio and the transcript
Keep digging Barry!
And it's only remotely connected to Brexit. Too many chain restaurants ..... the sort you and I wouldn't generally want to eat in anyway. That said, wander around the city most evenings and nearly all restaurants are busy - chain or independent.
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
and now he has tried to deny it
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Pity they have published the audio and the transcript
Keep digging Barry!
I appreciate that as someone with a morbid fascination about the Labour Party you read that on Guido Fawkes blog site and got all excited again and selectively copied and pasted most of the article from The Red Roar, but it's being being reported elsewhere too.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/pol...alls-belfast-agreement-a-shibboleth-1.3456240
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43706473
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/...deal-played-up-for-economic-reasons-crj2xgdbf
Indeed, he does seem to be in a pretty deep hole. So what do you think? Will Jezza sack him?
