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[TopCat]

The call is over, it's all over. Time for a wet lunch.

 

[cyril_smear]

Brexit just isn't the same without Mark Francois contributions.

I think he will be back shortly.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Urs VDL is a bit of a sticker for protocol and a bit clever. She must have been utterly appalled by what is going on

 

[The39thStep]

Sounds like good pragmatic stuff. Hope Johnson shifts too.

God knows who/what his sources are but its prob the most plausible account of the negotiations I have seen.

 

[TopCat]

what is the difference between a turnip and a Swede

anyways is it just size

don't mind a bit of turnip in stew but maybe i'm mistaking it for a swede

A turnip is more akin to a large radish. You can eat it raw. A Swede is more woody and requires cooking and lots of butter and pepper.

 

[Raheem]

I would take a cabinet call, given that it is not because the talks are over, to mean the UK is having to give significant ground somewhere.

 

[TopCat]

About 3 months

Globalism. Its mental. Do Australian people not like sprouts?

 

[Pickman's model]

A turnip is more akin to a large radish. You can eat it raw. A Swede is more woody and requires cooking and lots of butter and pepper.

If you dice a turnip and a swede, roast and serve with seasoning to taste they're very nice, as we'll soon find out

 

[TopCat]

One of the nicest dishes ever is a turnip daphinois. Dont stint on the cream.

 

[TopCat]

PM and EU chief agree to extend Brexit trade talks

Talks to find a post-Brexit trade deal will "go the extra mile" beyond Sunday's deadline in bid to reach agreement, says EU chief

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Pickman's model]

Globalism. Its mental. Do Australian people not like sprouts?

Many convicts faced with the option of a year in prison eating swedes, turnips and sprouts or seven years transportation to Australia with no certain meals opted for the latter, and their antipathy to sprouts is shared by their descendants

 

[TopCat]

Fucking hell. It continues.

 

[ice-is-forming]

Globalism. Its mental. Do Australian people not like sprouts?

You know, fresh sprouts are really expensive here. Most people buy frozen imported ones

 

[ska invita]

This is after the £350m for the NHS I assume?

Thats not allowed under WTO rules I gather?

PS Ive never eaten a turnip. Dont think ive even seen one in the supermarket. Might give it a try

 

[weltweit]

Do you think the EU are asking for £350 million a week for access to the single market?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

It's dented and rusty, that can. Nobody wants to pick it up.

 

[TopCat]

It's dented and rusty, that can. Nobody wants to pick it up.

A dog pissed in it.

 

[Pickman's model]

It's dented and rusty, that can. Nobody wants to pick it up.

No one wants to pick it up because it's covered in shit

 

[Ax^]

Fucking hell. It continues.

it will go all the way up to midnight on the 31st Dec

Boris and the Torys " the EU will Blink and give us what we want"

the EU "rolls eyes again"

 

[two sheds]

Thats not allowed under WTO rules I gather?

PS Ive never eaten a turnip. Dont think ive even seen one in the supermarket. Might give it a try

Hint: you need to cook them first.

 

[brogdale]

Fucking hell. It continues.

Until ...2300UTC 31st Dec (0000CET 1st Jan). (HT 2hats )

 

[TopCat]

It doesn't hurt the EU to extend, the pressure really builds up here.

 

[ska invita]

An anecdote with a sample of one person: I spoke to my sister who lives in Germany last night, asked her what she's seen about Brexit on the TV news - she said shes seen nothing and thought it happened already .Covid dominates news coverage there

 

[not-bono-ever]

Happy Christmas(talks are not over)

 

[gosub]

The call is over, it's all over. Time for a wet lunch.

A substantial meal surely

 

[Pickman's model]

It doesn't hurt the EU to extend, the pressure really builds up here.

Gives the supermarkets time to stock up

 

[TopCat]

A substantial meal surely

A scotch egg and a large bottle of red.

 

[TopCat]

Gives the supermarkets time to stock up

Look on the bright side eh?

Well it gives more time for leavers and remainers to find common ground and become friends again.

 

[Pickman's model]

Look on the bright side eh?

Well it gives more time for leavers and remainers to find common ground and become friends again.

You're ever the optimist

 

[brogdale]

Look on the bright side eh?

Well it gives more time for leavers and remainers to find common ground and become friends again.