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17 million people have just woken up after night down the boozer wondering if they did anything stupid last night.   My mate Pete.

Independence Day
24 Jun 2016

@webmaster - shouldn't you be moderating according to the terms not the members. http://dawlish.com/home/terms

Mr T   - Remember, the following are not allowed: (a) the promotion or distribution of any literature associated with election candidates, political parties or associated organisations; (b) the use of audio equipment, whether stationary or mobile, for the propagation of messages relating to an election; (c) oral communication for the purpose of eliciting voting intentions or influencing ...

I'm not sure what the purpose of those barriers are and they couldnt have been any uglier. They clearly don't deter cyclists,  but they have succeeded in making it impossible for my family to wheel our dinghy and kayaks along to Boat Cove.  So instead we now launch them in Teignmouth.  Then afterwards we eat at the Ship Inn instead of the Marine Tavern.    More money spent in Teignmouth, less ...

That's a fair point Margaret but the principle has been established and it's employers not the EU that are circumventing it.   T'was ever thus.

21 Jun 2016

If you weren't a member of a trade union that could horsetrade your 'rights' you were out on your own.  Ah yes, the good old days of the 70s.

20 Jun 2016

Roberta - you know that anyone from EU member states can still go and work there? http://www.lifeinnorway.net/move/immigration/immigration-europe/

20 Jun 2016

@Paul - before you get excited about trade deals away from the EU, go and familiarise yourself with the democratic reputation of the WTO.

20 Jun 2016

Is there a masculine form of 'stupid bint'?  The Webmaster let the last one through so I know it's not breaching the rules of the forum.

burneside is teeing this up because whatever the outcome he has to say 'I told you so'.