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Previously on "Taking your Mother and Father to Court for £5 Million."

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  • BrilloPad
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    Reminds me of my school friend Mike Hunt(yes really!). Father allegedly invented Malteser chocolate(I never believed it). Father bought him car, car insurance, motorbike. Mike then asked for Motorbike insurance about £30. His father got quite upset.

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    Well he lost his case and won't get another penny. Common sense prevails.
    And he has to pay both sets of lawyers fees...

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by motoukenin View Post
    Leaving our biggest trading partner on a deal even May has said wont be anywhere near as good as we have now
    Scientists and Engineers getting contracts cut because they will no longer be involved in major projects like Galileo, Fusion and Civil Engineering, Areospace etc. because they extend beyond 2019
    Yup - will be interesting to see how if at all the UK benefits from Galileo after contributing in some small way. But you can't have non-EU nations using the system.

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  • northernladuk
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    Well he lost his case and won't get another penny. Common sense prevails.

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    Ah Brexit again. What a surprise. Xoggoth will be pleased!

    To address your point, briefly, as this isn't a Brexit thread, Remainers invariably base their arguments on the way things are today with regard to the EU. They never give a moment's thought to the adverse way things are developing and are likely to become in the not too distant future.

    An analogy is those smug or resigned fools on the Titanic who preferred to stay inside in the warm, sipping brandy, while sensible people with foresight were braving the cold outside finding places on the fast dwindling supply of lifeboats.
    You're not allowed in the lifeboat until you've paid your bar bill.

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by motoukenin View Post
    Understand your sentiment, SAS makes some abrasive comments to people but when it comes to Brexit I don't see that anyone has ever made any real convincing arguments against his logic. ...
    Ah Brexit again. What a surprise. Xoggoth will be pleased!

    To address your point, briefly, as this isn't a Brexit thread, Remainers invariably base their arguments on the way things are today with regard to the EU. They never give a moment's thought to the adverse way things are developing and are likely to become in the not too distant future.

    An analogy is those smug or resigned fools on the Titanic who preferred to stay inside in the warm, sipping brandy, while sensible people with foresight were braving the cold outside finding places on the fast dwindling supply of lifeboats.

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View Post
    Eh???!!

    Does every post have to be elevated to Brexit?

    FTFY

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  • MarillionFan
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    Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View Post
    Eh???!!

    Does every post have to be reduced to Brexit?

    Only a Bremainer would say that.

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  • MrMarkyMark
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    Originally posted by motoukenin View Post
    Understand your sentiment, SAS makes some abrasive comments to people but when it comes to Brexit I don't see that anyone has ever made any real convincing arguments against his logic.

    Leaving our biggest trading partner on a deal even May has said wont be anywhere near as good as we have now
    Scientists and Engineers getting contracts cut because they will no longer be involved in major projects like Galileo, Fusion and Civil Engineering, Areospace etc. because they extend beyond 2019
    Loss of banking and many other jobs in other industries where they suspect a bad deal will hit their bottom line.
    A shrinking economy that will have bigger debts to manage and a country with one of the highest tax rates.
    Companies not investing because they know that skilled foreigners are needed to make any investment work.

    All I hear is that we will be getting control, but nobody seems to know what we will be getting control of, or that we will be creating new markets but no one know what new markets they are, feeble excuses that just don't bear any scrutiny, so I would say this guy is more of a Brexiter just going through life spending money hoping that it will all just turn out OK.
    Eh???!!

    Does every post have to be reduced to Brexit?

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  • motoukenin
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    Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View Post
    Works in IT, Walter Mitty type character, sound like anyone we know




    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...-for-more-cash
    Understand your sentiment, SAS makes some abrasive comments to people but when it comes to Brexit I don't see that anyone has ever made any real convincing arguments against his logic.

    Leaving our biggest trading partner on a deal even May has said wont be anywhere near as good as we have now
    Scientists and Engineers getting contracts cut because they will no longer be involved in major projects like Galileo, Fusion and Civil Engineering, Areospace etc. because they extend beyond 2019
    Loss of banking and many other jobs in other industries where they suspect a bad deal will hit their bottom line.
    A shrinking economy that will have bigger debts to manage and a country with one of the highest tax rates.
    Companies not investing because they know that skilled foreigners are needed to make any investment work.

    All I hear is that we will be getting control, but nobody seems to know what we will be getting control of, or that we will be creating new markets but no one know what new markets they are, feeble excuses that just don't bear any scrutiny, so I would say this guy is more of a Brexiter just going through life spending money hoping that it will all just turn out OK.

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  • Paddy
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    Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View Post
    Works in IT, Walter Mitty type character, sound like anyone we know




    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...-for-more-cash
    He is also an ex-navel officer. It’s typical of ex-military types; they believe the rest of the country owes them a living. They are the worst kind of people for paying bills and most are fantasists.

    Lottery couple sued by their own son who claims he was cut out of £101m fortune during drunken row 

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  • MrMarkyMark
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    I thought this was funny. They came across as the typical gay couple, pink pound, living it up, no cares in the world etc.

    His dad was super generous and he took the proverbial.
    Amazed me really, looks like a real case of shooting yourself in the foot

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  • MarillionFan
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    I thought this was funny. They came across as the typical gay couple, pink pound, living it up, no cares in the world etc.

    His dad was super generous and he took the proverbial.

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  • Taking your Mother and Father to Court for £5 Million.

    Works in IT, Walter Mitty type character, sound like anyone we know


    Michael Dawes was given £1m by his father and stepmother soon after their win, but the judge said nearly all of it had been spent within a month.

    About £550,000 was spent on a house in Portsmouth, where Michael lived, but he also gave nearly £250,000 to friends and his partner’s family, and quit a well-paid IT job.

    At one point, the pair were spending up to £30,000 a month, including £1,000 a week on groceries. The judge compared their lifestyle to “some sort of Walter Mitty existence”.
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...-for-more-cash

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