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johnthecretin

  1. J

    More anti motorist government (Welsh Assembly) rhetoric

    The business and economic case for an M4 relief road around Newport seemed to be very strong. However, the WA decided not to proceed on the basis that the damage to the environment was too great. OK. But now today as an alternative, the advisors to the WA have proposed that a permanent 50 mph...
  2. DoctorStrangelove

    I'm driving sideways for Xmas

    Ellie Goulding helps driver 'T-boned' by Royal Mail truck - BBC News Feck me, I saw something similar 20 years ago on the M4 with a Tesco artic and a little white car. Except the truck was doing 60. Looked sideways as I passed the truck and thought quietly to myself "That's fecking odd, boot...
  3. original PM

    Greta has done a Corbyn

    Corbyn is my hero. :rolleyes:
  4. woohoo

    You lot are under performing, beaten by a teenager.

    Greta Thunberg is Time'''s 2019 Person of the Year
  5. J

    Blackcurrants

    Is there a shortage? No blackcurrant jam in my local Tesco extra for some time. No straight blackcurrant squash either, only mixed with apple.
  6. Zigenare

    Socialism is so much more comfortable...

    ...with £3m in the bank. :grin Spear’s magazine - a bimonthly British magazine for high-net-worth individuals - reported that Jeremy Corbyn, MP for Islington North has a net worth of £3 million. The Wealth Management Survey has also said he has claimed over £3 million from the state since the...
  7. Zigenare

    Man Flu!

    Ok, following on from the "Weekend Thread" it looks like my weekend has been well and truly f*cked up! Little boy had his Flu Nasal Spray a week ago, since then he's been off school ill this week, the wife has caught the dreaded lurghty and as of yesterday so have I! Has anybody else on here...
  8. tazdevil

    Solutions to the Irish border issue

    Solutions to the Irish border issue: Eire leave the EU and agree a customs union with the UK. Eire leave the EU and re-join the UK. Eire agree with the UK that they’ll police each others border with real checks at external ports and simple electronic passes for freight at the internal border...
  9. DimPrawn

    Can we have something new to be angry about?

    I'm bored of the Aaron Banks thread and have a low attention span. Can someone please post something "offensive" so we can all have faux outrage again? TIA
  10. Moose423956

    PC killed in Berkshire

    Very sad, his family must be devastated. 10 males arrested aged between 13 and 30. Travellers perhaps? Someone at work lives near there, said there's a group parked up not far from where it happened. Link
  11. clearedforlanding

    GBP - How low will it go?

    With CUKers being my go to experts for all matters financial, I am wondering what you all think about the noise in the financial papers about GBP reaching parity with the USD? Parity with the EUR I expect and had budgeted for but with the USD? My UK clients still want to pay with Britcoins. It...

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