BREXIT! BREXIT! BREXIT!

[Seabass]

the 51st state of America. So pathetic.

We Merkins are looking forward to being reunited with our long-lost cousins from across the pond. I might even start adding those superfluous 'u's back to words like "colour" and "flavour" in solidarity.

[Scot Dutchy]

At least the English can return to the Imperial (American version) of weights and measures and keep their "pint" in their local pub.

[rainbow]

Not being a royalist, I must nevertheless admit to feeling quite sorry for Lizzy having to read out that drivel.

[Rum]

At least the English can return to the Imperial (American version) of weights and measures and keep their "pint" in their local pub.

We still do. Most liquid measures aren’t on both.

[Scot Dutchy]

The English (not British) pubs here were forced to changed. A pint here is a half litre jar.

[Svartalf]

same here, metric pint. what I find funny is that the original English pint is bigger than that, but American measures are significantly smaller.

[Brian Peacock]

Not being a royalist, I must nevertheless admit to feeling quite sorry for Lizzy having to read out that drivel.

It would have been a perfect speech if she'd been allowed to repeat the campaign slogans, "My government will bring forward legislation to 'Get Brexit Done!' and to secure a glorious new Empire that will last for a thousand years!"

[Rum]

Not being a royalist, I must nevertheless admit to feeling quite sorry for Lizzy having to read out that drivel.

It would have been a perfect speech if she'd been allowed to repeat the campaign slogans, "My government will bring forward legislation to 'Get Brexit Done!' and to secure a glorious new Empire that will last for a thousand years!"

Or more honestly ‘my government will oversee the break up the United Kingdom into its component parts’.

[rainbow]

Not being a royalist, I must nevertheless admit to feeling quite sorry for Lizzy having to read out that drivel.

It would have been a perfect speech if she'd been allowed to repeat the campaign slogans, "My government will bring forward legislation to 'Get Brexit Done!' and to secure a glorious new Empire that will last for a thousand years!"

Or more honestly ‘my government will oversee the break up the United Kingdom into its component parts’.

[pErvinalia]

[Scot Dutchy]

The only logical conclusion as I have always said is being taken; NI remaining in the EU economic zone. Of course Johnson is trying to save face; fuck the DUP.

Brexit talks continue after Boris Johnson makes concessions on Irish border

Prime minister fighting to get Democratic Unionists to back deal with Brussels

The Brexit negotiations are to resume with Boris Johnson still fighting to bring the Democratic Unionist party onboard with his deal with Brussels.

“The teams worked into the night and continue to make progress. They will meet again this morning,” a UK government official said.

The prime minister has the basis of a deal with the European commission after making major concessions to Brussels over the Irish border.

The deal would, however, create a customs border down the Irish Sea. A similar arrangement was rejected by Theresa May as a deal that no British prime minister could accept and the DUP made clear its reservations on Tuesday evening.

In a statement released after a 90-minute meeting at No 10 on Tuesday night, the DUP said it could not give detailed commentary amid ongoing negotiations but “it would be fair to indicate gaps remain and further work is required”.

Unification is not far away.

[rainbow]

...so BoJo has come up with a deal that is worse for NI than the one May negotiated?
*chortle*

[Scot Dutchy]

No he has done a U turn which the DUP are not buying. For NI is a far better result than in May's deal. The trouble is will it get through Parliament.

[Svartalf]

WTF? how come may's better deal was never accespted and bojo's POS would?

[Brian Peacock]

Because Boris has changed the order of the bullet points Svarty. Apparently this means he's played a blinder for Britain. Long live the Queen!!