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Oct 2019
3:47pm, 4 Oct 2019
8,915 posts
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larkim
i think they are just putting out a blustering approach which allows them to tell the EU that no-deal is still on the table as far as they are concerned. Publicly conceding that no deal is off the table until the next extension date would, in Bojo's opinion as expressed through his leadership election campaign, neuter the negotiations.
It doesn't have to be true that they believe they can find a way around agreeing an extension, they just have to publicly say confidently that they think they can for the next couple of weeks.
It's a bit like me telling my kids that my wife and I have eyes in the backs of our heads and we know everything they do. I know it's not true, and they suspect it's not true, but they are reticent to get us to prove it.
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Oct 2019
3:51pm, 4 Oct 2019
32,616 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Johnson gov't talking to the public and media like they are little children? Yip, sounds about right.
More fool us (the public and the media) for not saying "Rubbish" like any canny kid would!  G
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Oct 2019
4:38pm, 4 Oct 2019
2,329 posts
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Fellrunning
If Boris ignores the Benn act and ends up behind bars he'll be a national hero. There is no loophole. He simply can't lose...
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Oct 2019
5:12pm, 4 Oct 2019
2,310 posts
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J2R
I hardly think BoJo is principled enough to go to prison for something like this.
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Oct 2019
5:34pm, 4 Oct 2019
5,377 posts
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jda
There's a well-known logic paradox here that keeps coming to mind, though I dont think it's a perfect analogy. So I won't bother explaining it
But in a more general sense, if someone is saying logically inconsistent things then you cannot rationally believe them to be honest, at which point you have little basis for believing any particular subset of their statements over any other subset. This seems to be the sort of game the govt of playing.
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Oct 2019
5:41pm, 4 Oct 2019
15,333 posts
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Bazoaxe
Boris has done that all his life.
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Oct 2019
9:29pm, 4 Oct 2019
2,742 posts
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FenlandRunner
Remind me. Wasn't Boris in the negotiating team a year or more back but he resigned?
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Oct 2019
9:43pm, 4 Oct 2019
3,563 posts
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run free
G wouldn't put it pass the politicians to do so. There's dirty play in politics.
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Oct 2019
5:12pm, 6 Oct 2019
16,103 posts
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Stander
Spotted yesterday on A14 heading towards Ipswich/Felixstowe.
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Oct 2019
5:17pm, 6 Oct 2019
9,588 posts
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Joopsy
They’ve been up for weeks.
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