What to discuss next ?

[Paddy]

economically it already is

80% of exports are sent to DE and the currency is informally pegged against the Euro

most big employers subsidiaries of German powerhouses

Milan.

I have a sudden craving

[Mordac]

If there was no Yorkshire Tea in the shop, what would you buy?

They should be prosecuted under the Trades Descriptions Act. Tea doesn't come from Yorkshire, but it's brown and muddy-looking, so I can see why some might be fooled.

[milanbenes]

I have a sudden craving

yes cuisine is similar, especially if you like meaty dishes, swein's haxe etc

countryside is similar, although southern DE has the advantage they are closer to the Alps and the Med

standard of living is similar, quality of life similar

architecture is similar

Milan.

[milanbenes]

pound is flying today

Trump in

Brexit out

what's not to like ?

Milan.

[NotAllThere]

They should be prosecuted under the Trades Descriptions Act. Tea doesn't come from Yorkshire, but it's brown and muddy-looking, so I can see why some might be fooled.

But Cornish Tea does come from Cornwall. Britain now grows tea! An Atricle about tea production in England

[BrilloPad]

Which would win?
Hamster fighting Gerbil

I took home gerbils from school for the weekend. SAturday there was a load of baby Gerbils. Sunday they were gone. A bit of a lesson for how cruel nature can be.

[BlasterBates]

Recap,

Trump's in and after the dust has settled everybody has agreed his policies aren't so bad after all

Brexit is out - similarly after the dust has settled everybody has realized that brexit never mean't brexit anyway

What now ?

Milan.

Well he is going to build a wall

Trump Shows Every Sign of Carrying Out Sweeping Immigration Crackdown - Bloomberg Politics

He'll spend a lot of time controlling the border. He may not spend very much time trying to get Mexico to pay for it. But it was a great campaign device," Newt Gingrich, a Trump surrogate and former House speaker, told National Public Radio.

A wall on the Southern border is estimated to cost possibly $25 billion. Spokesmen for McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin didn't immediately respond when asked if they support funding for it.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is advising Trump, said Thursday on CNN that "the wall is going to to take a while," but suggested Trump could "do it by executive order by just re-programming money within the immigration service."

The wall is an excellent idea as it will be like building the pyramids in ancient times sucking up huge resources and focussing everyone's attention. He can then argue that things will get better after the wall is built, but of course the wall will take 8 years to build.

You can see where this is going

[d000hg]

Trump's in and after the dust has settled everybody has agreed his policies aren't so bad after all

Huh? He's not in, the dust hasn't settled, and nobody has agreed that. In fact nobody knows what his policies are except that his first easy job is to double growth. After that he's going to get on to something a bit more testing.

[Flashman]

Recap,

Trump's in and after the dust has settled everybody has agreed his policies aren't so bad after all

Brexit is out - similarly after the dust has settled everybody has realized that brexit never mean't brexit anyway

What now ?

Milan.

Top Gear , sorry, I meant The Grand Tour, starts soon!

Brexit
Trump
Clarkson

Guardian readers not having a good time of it really.

[kaiser78]

Top Gear , sorry, I meant The Grand Tour, starts soon!

Brexit
Trump
Clarkson

Guardian readers not having a good time of it really.

Yawn yawn...