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On 15 Dec 2020 18:59:36 GMT Jeremy Double wrote: Of course, the UK never had any influence in the EU... Irrelevant. Brexit was about immigration pure and simple. If that clown Blair hadn't opened the flood gates to all the Igors and Olgas the minute the grasping east european countries joined and immediately held out their palms for silver I doubt Brexit would have happened. It is amusing however how all the Remoaners were claiming the sky would fall the minute they all started to leave yet now if you go into a Costa most of the staff are the British kids who were never given a chance before. Also all the east european security staff in my local supermarket have cleared off and been replaced by Brits. Brexit - so far - is working. Brexit hasn’t started yet. Wait until the new year... -- Jeremy Double |
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On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:06:07 +0000
Graeme Wall wrote: On 16/12/2020 11:24, wrote: Quite possibly, but I've heard numerous anecdotal reports on the radio and elsewhere of British kids in the past who applied to these sorts of jobs and were turned down in preference of EU workers. Cite? How am I supposed to cite stories from guests and callers on radio shows and opinion pieces I read ages ago? Thats why I said "anecdotal". |
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On 15 Dec 2020 at 18:59:36 GMT, "Jeremy Double"
wrote: wrote: On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 16:06:54 +0000 Basil Jet wrote: On 14/12/2020 08:56, wrote: On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 21:50:13 +0000 " wrote: On 12/12/2020 14:05, Graeme Wall wrote: Shouldn't they have done that before ordering the new trains? When the New York City Subway started commissioning and testing what was then the brand new R-38 in the 60s, they realised that there was loading no gauge on some of the tighter curves, particularly on the Fulton Street Line. This prompted the works to allow gauge clearance as well as removing some of the walkways around towers (signal boxes). IIRC something similar happened when the 73 stock arrived on the Piccadilly line. The new cars were longer and so the throw was greater and the tunnels linings around south ken had to be "shaved". The 2014 French example is the biggest I'm aware of. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27497727 Oops. Also it seems I'm rather out of date on French railways. When did SNCF become a train operator only? The EU mandated separation of infrastructure from train operation, following the pattern established in the UK by privatisation. This has been said time and time again but rarely seems to register. Firstly the EU Directive pre-dates the UK's 1993 Railways Act and secondly you will find that the EU only mandated separate /accounting/ for infrastructure and operations. It did not mandate separate /ownership/ although this is what the UK subsequently did. The idea was to allow independent freight and passenger operators access to the infrastructure under the same financial conditions as the incumbent and to maintain fair competition by making previously hidden subsidies transparent. Of course, the UK never had any influence in the EU... -- Robert |
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Graeme Wall wrote:
On 17/12/2020 08:43, wrote: How am I supposed to cite stories from guests and callers on radio shows and opinion pieces I read ages ago? Thats why I said "anecdotal". So you have no evidence that any of this actually happened. There's anecdotal reports that a flying saucer landed in Rendlesham Forest. That's just as likely. Anyone get its Number ? https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/200...flying-saucer/ GH |
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On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 18:45:16 +0000
Graeme Wall wrote: On 17/12/2020 08:43, wrote: On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:06:07 +0000 Graeme Wall wrote: On 16/12/2020 11:24, wrote: Quite possibly, but I've heard numerous anecdotal reports on the radio and elsewhere of British kids in the past who applied to these sorts of jobs and were turned down in preference of EU workers. Cite? How am I supposed to cite stories from guests and callers on radio shows and opinion pieces I read ages ago? Thats why I said "anecdotal". So you have no evidence that any of this actually happened. There's There's no evidence anything you say is anything but utter BS too. |
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On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 18:45:16 +0000 Graeme Wall wrote: On 17/12/2020 08:43, wrote: On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:06:07 +0000 Graeme Wall wrote: On 16/12/2020 11:24, wrote: Quite possibly, but I've heard numerous anecdotal reports on the radio and elsewhere of British kids in the past who applied to these sorts of jobs and were turned down in preference of EU workers. Cite? How am I supposed to cite stories from guests and callers on radio shows and opinion pieces I read ages ago? Thats why I said "anecdotal". So you have no evidence that any of this actually happened. There's There's no evidence anything you say is anything but utter BS too. If I say “Adolf Hitler” will that bring this converstation to an end? Sam -- The entity formerly known as Spit the dummy to reply |
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In message , at 13:47:44 on Fri, 18 Dec
2020, Sam Wilson remarked: wrote: On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 18:45:16 +0000 Graeme Wall wrote: On 17/12/2020 08:43, wrote: On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:06:07 +0000 Graeme Wall wrote: On 16/12/2020 11:24, wrote: Quite possibly, but I've heard numerous anecdotal reports on the radio and elsewhere of British kids in the past who applied to these sorts of jobs and were turned down in preference of EU workers. Cite? How am I supposed to cite stories from guests and callers on radio shows and opinion pieces I read ages ago? Thats why I said "anecdotal". So you have no evidence that any of this actually happened. There's There's no evidence anything you say is anything but utter BS too. If I say “Adolf Hitler” will that bring this converstation to an end? You need to ask Mike Godwin. -- Roland Perry |
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On 18/12/2020 14:11, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:47:44 on Fri, 18 Dec 2020, Sam Wilson remarked: wrote: On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 18:45:16 +0000 Graeme Wall wrote: On 17/12/2020 08:43, wrote: On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:06:07 +0000 Graeme Wall wrote: On 16/12/2020 11:24, wrote: Quite possibly, but I've heard numerous anecdotal reports on the radio and elsewhere of British kids in the past who applied to these sorts of jobs and were turned down in preference of EU workers. Cite? How am I supposed to cite stories* from guests and callers on radio shows and opinion pieces I read ages ago? Thats why I said "anecdotal". So you have no evidence that any of this actually happened. There's There's no evidence anything you say is anything but utter BS too. If I say “Adolf Hitler” will that bring this converstation to an end? You need to ask Mike Godwin. What does he know about Namibian politics? -- Basil Jet recently enjoyed listening to Beastie Boys - 1994 - Ill Communication |
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In message , at 14:30:20 on Fri, 18 Dec
2020, Basil Jet remarked: If I say “Adolf Hitler” will that bring this converstation to an end? You need to ask Mike Godwin. What does he know about Namibian politics? Dunno. It's almost 20yrs since I last met him. -- Roland Perry |
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