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Should the UK remain a part of the EU or leave?

  • Stay in

    Votes: 56 47.9%

  • Get out

    Votes: 61 52.1%
  • Total voters
    117
  • Poll closed .
An incredibly vague and unimpressive Dianne Abbott on the Marr show today, clarifying that when she said in a recent article that there should be a second referendum, what she actually meant was that this should be done through Parliament on behalf of the people, not by the people themselves.

Of course.
 
GoldhawkRoad said:
An incredibly vague and unimpressive Dianne Abbott on the Marr show today, clarifying that when she said in a recent article that there should be a second referendum, what she actually meant was that this should be done through Parliament on behalf of the people, not by the people themselves.

Of course.
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Probably still jaded from the darts.
 
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So, the cornerstone of the BBCs religious broadcasting, Thought for the Day, is being kept. Though it’s a bit odd to have this slap in the middle of the Today programme I’ve no problem with that. Mostly these little segments are boring sometimes thought provoking and occasionally funny in a WTF kind of way. The ‘thinkers’ are all profoundly nice trying to justify some of the awful things that happen in terms of their world view.

In a stunningly self referential segment they just had a discussion about it on the Today programme, with a bloke making the point that half the population say they don’t have a religion (although he seemed to assume this made them atheists, which it certainly doesn’t) and arguing that humanists should be allowed Thought for Today slots as well. I couldn’t really care less, but it would be somehow fitting, as some elements of humanism are quasi religious and deeply creepy. They don’t believe in a God, but have elevated humanity to take God’s place. And not all atheists are humanists.
 
sb_73 said:
So, the cornerstone of the BBCs religious broadcasting, Thought for the Day, is being kept. Though it’s a bit odd to have this slap in the middle of the Today programme I’ve no problem with that. Mostly these little segments are boring sometimes thought provoking and occasionally funny in a WTF kind of way. The ‘thinkers’ are all profoundly nice trying to justify some of the awful things that happen in terms of their world view.

In a stunningly self referential segment they just had a discussion about it on the Today programme, with a bloke making the point that half the population say they don’t have a religion (although he seemed to assume this made them atheists, which it certainly doesn’t) and arguing that humanists should be allowed Thought for Today slots as well. I couldn’t really care less, but it would be somehow fitting, as some elements of humanism are quasi religious and deeply creepy. They don’t believe in a God, but have elevated humanity to take God’s place. And not all atheists are humanists.
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Virtue signalling at the expense of the UK taxpayer. I usually turn over to LBC at 7.50 a.m. when TFTD is broadcast (especially if it's the saintly Ann Atkins), and generally don't turn back. The Today program is increasingly becoming less a current news program and more topical pop-story particularly after 8.00am. There's a dog with two noses been found in Peru. Right, let's do a five minute slot at 8.20 am. Ugh...
 
is this true

The UK exported 41% more* goods to the United States last year than we did to the EU27's largest economy Germany.

* Valued in US$.
 
kiwiqpr said:
is this true

The UK exported 41% more* goods to the United States last year than we did to the EU27's largest economy Germany.

* Valued in US$.
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Possibly. But our major export isn’t goods, it’s services. And why would it surprise you, Germany population 90m, USA 300m. So we export far more per head to Germany.
 
kiwiqpr said:
is this true

The UK exported 41% more* goods to the United States last year than we did to the EU27's largest economy Germany.

* Valued in US$.
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Check it out yourself, Kiwi. Use the same internet research skills that you use to find all the right-wing propaganda.
 
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