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    How d'you do

    Sagittarius and my name is Drone Sometime poster and longtime lurker Does a guy called Warbler still post here? Something of a politics guru with many interesting posts on Chit-Chat
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    Poll: Brexit - Two Years After

    In the previous poll 27 voted Stay and 20 Leave. It would be interesting to know how folk would vote now if a second referendum was to be held next Thursday Has your opinion changed two years on? Me? I'll just quote Omar Khayyam: I've heard great argument About it and about: but evermore Came...
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    Jonathan Meades on Jargon

    Anyone else watch this terrific programme? https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09xzsbp/jonathan-meades-on-jargon?suggid=b09xzsbp Long been an admirer of Meades so it was good to see him back after a lengthy interval as erudite, witty and waspish as he ever was Good review here...
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    Hinkley, HS2, Third Runway

    What odds would you lay me the Treble that Hinkley, HS2 and the Third Runway will all be scrapped? Or the Singles on each being scrapped?
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    Dallas Shootings

    An interesting article which puts into much-needed context the otherwise meaningless statistic I saw recently that '123 Blacks were killed by Police in 2015' Black Lives Matter White Lives Matter All Lives Matter...
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    Worthless, useless coppers

    An article debating the long-overdue abolition of the Penny and hopefully along with it the Tuppenny too http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36226813 The decimal Halfpenny was abolished in 1984 when its purchasing power was approximately 2p today The pre-decimal Penny (1d ~ 0.4p) was abolished...
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    Would you buy a second-hand seed from this man?

    "Getting hold of this seed is the equivalent of buying Red Rum for stud use." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-35744149 A big, big:lol:
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    If Norman Baker had been a looker...

    ...would he and Theresa have fallen out? It is I think common and accepted knowledge that Margaret Thatcher promoted chiselled, otherwise seriously wanting gents to her cabinet because they were chiselled: John Moore and Cecil Parkinson for example 'Norman Baker' is a deeply boring, even...
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