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Post by Bagman on Feb 25, 2021 11:54:00 GMT
Being down in Cornwall myself I know that the fishermen of Cadgwith would be a bit put out being branded as Devonian
"Cornwall is a brilliant place to live, it's a shame about the neighbors though"
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Post by bernythedolt on Feb 25, 2021 20:12:10 GMT
Being down in Cornwall myself I know that the fishermen of Cadgwith would be a bit put out being branded as Devonian
"Cornwall is a brilliant place to live, it's a shame about the neighbors though"
I have close family who upped sticks and emigrated from the Home Counties down to Cornwall some years ago. They say half of Cornwall now comprises others who did the same (from London, Brum, Manchester, ...). The whole lot of them are united in moaning about us 'emmets' from 'up-country' though. 😁 Apparently the conversion process doesn't take long! 😁
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Post by michaelc on Mar 3, 2021 20:05:03 GMT
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Post by registerme on Mar 3, 2021 21:41:10 GMT
Not directly in response to michaelc, but I do hope that if anybody disagrees with me on anything, or wants to call me out about anything, they'd do it directly. This... "some said" or "a contributor or two..." doesn't really allow people a platform on which to respond. Am I tarred with this brush? I don't know. Can I be bothered? It doesn't really help debate .
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Post by jonno on Mar 3, 2021 22:15:20 GMT
Not directly in response to michaelc , but I do hope that if anybody disagrees with me on anything, or wants to call me out about anything, they'd do it directly. This... "some said" or "a contributor or two..." doesn't really allow people a platform on which to respond. Am I tarred with this brush? I don't know. Can I be bothered? It doesn't really help debate . Not sure I agree with you
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Post by adrianc on Mar 4, 2021 8:04:26 GMT
That's very specifically about the vaccination programme (managed by the NHS; unlike test-and-trace which was contracted out to Serco by the gov't, and is a hideously expensive cock-up). <looks at thread title> The vaccination programme is nothing whatsoever to do with Brexit. Every EU country rolled their own. We did ours whilst still subject to EU rules. Oh, and Bulgaria is well into the "everybody else" tier now, having vaccinated everybody in the higher tiers. A friend of mine (Belgian, spent years in Ireland, lived in the UK for a while, left because of the hostility to migrants) who lives in Sofia was done last week - he's about 40. While we're on the subject of the thread... Did you notice Rishi lying about Freeports in yesterday's budget? Over 18 months he's been peddling that same lie now... fullfact.org/europe/free-ports/researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CDP-2018-0211/CDP-2018-0211.pdfThere's over 80 in the EU, and the UK closed our last five in 2012.
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Post by ilmoro on Mar 4, 2021 8:27:05 GMT
That's very specifically about the vaccination programme (managed by the NHS; unlike test-and-trace which was contracted out to Serco by the gov't, and is a hideously expensive cock-up). <looks at thread title> The vaccination programme is nothing whatsoever to do with Brexit. Every EU country rolled their own. We did ours whilst still subject to EU rules. Oh, and Bulgaria is well into the "everybody else" tier now, having vaccinated everybody in the higher tiers. A friend of mine (Belgian, spent years in Ireland, lived in the UK for a while, left because of the hostility to migrants) who lives in Sofia was done last week - he's about 40. Is that true or has Bulgaria just started vaccinating anyone it can because take up in the priority tiers is so low they've abandoned any form of priority? Lowest vaccination rate in Europe at just 2.1% last week www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210225-bulgaria-scraps-vaccine-priority-lists-after-low-take-upm.dw.com/en/bulgaria-offers-covid-vaccinations-to-everyone/a-56710303Must be a very young population if it's done all the over 65s
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Post by adrianc on Mar 4, 2021 8:33:44 GMT
That's very specifically about the vaccination programme (managed by the NHS; unlike test-and-trace which was contracted out to Serco by the gov't, and is a hideously expensive cock-up). <looks at thread title> The vaccination programme is nothing whatsoever to do with Brexit. Every EU country rolled their own. We did ours whilst still subject to EU rules. Oh, and Bulgaria is well into the "everybody else" tier now, having vaccinated everybody in the higher tiers. A friend of mine (Belgian, spent years in Ireland, lived in the UK for a while, left because of the hostility to migrants) who lives in Sofia was done last week - he's about 40. Is that true or has Bulgaria just started vaccinating anyone it can because take up in the priority tiers is so low they've abandoned any form of priority? Lowest vaccination rate in Europe at just 2.1% last week www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210225-bulgaria-scraps-vaccine-priority-lists-after-low-take-upm.dw.com/en/bulgaria-offers-covid-vaccinations-to-everyone/a-56710303Must be a very young population if it's done all the over 65s Same difference, isn't it? The vacc's been offered to all the higher tiers, and everybody who wants it has been done. If a load of them are conspiracy-theory-believing idiots who refuse it, then... <shrug> ...that's their problem. Nowhere is making vaccination mandatory.
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ilmoro
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Post by ilmoro on Mar 4, 2021 8:44:17 GMT
Same difference, isn't it? The vacc's been offered to all the higher tiers, and everybody who wants it has been done. If a load of them are conspiracy-theory-believing idiots who refuse it, then... <shrug> ...that's their problem. Nowhere is making vaccination mandatory. True, just clarifying just in case anyone thought you were implying the Bulgarian rollout had been a great success story.
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Post by adrianc on Mar 4, 2021 8:51:30 GMT
Same difference, isn't it? The vacc's been offered to all the higher tiers, and everybody who wants it has been done. If a load of them are conspiracy-theory-believing idiots who refuse it, then... <shrug> ...that's their problem. Nowhere is making vaccination mandatory. True, just clarifying just in case anyone thought you were implying the Bulgarian rollout had been a great success story. I'm a goodly chunk older than my friend. It's going to be a while yet until I'm offered it here.
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Post by Badly Drawn Stickman on Mar 4, 2021 9:42:13 GMT
True, just clarifying just in case anyone thought you were implying the Bulgarian rollout had been a great success story. I'm a goodly chunk older than my friend. It's going to be a while yet until I'm offered it here. Is 'goodly chunk' Imperial or metric I can never remember.
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Post by r00lish67 on Mar 4, 2021 11:40:58 GMT
The BBC is going especially heavy on the latest Royal news, I notice.
I care equally about anything to do with this as I do for the Daily Mail taking a snap of a C-list celeb walking down the high street. I really could not give even the slightest toss who is right or wrong, as it has no implication on anyone either way.
Meanwhile, the whole 'breaking international law with the NI protocol again' thing is presumably safely tucked in the lifestyle section? It doesn't seem to be anywhere prominent, anyway. Just not as important I guess.
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Post by registerme on Mar 4, 2021 11:41:45 GMT
The BBC is going especially heavy on the latest Royal news, I notice. I care equally about anything to do with this as I do for the Daily Mail taking a snap of a C-list celeb walking down the high street. I really could not give even the slightest toss who is right or wrong, as it has no implication on anyone either way. Meanwhile, the whole 'breaking international law with the NI protocol again' thing is presumably safely tucked in the lifestyle section? It doesn't seem to be anywhere of note - not important I guess. ermm, it's on the front page? www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56278125
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Post by r00lish67 on Mar 4, 2021 11:43:57 GMT
The BBC is going especially heavy on the latest Royal news, I notice. I care equally about anything to do with this as I do for the Daily Mail taking a snap of a C-list celeb walking down the high street. I really could not give even the slightest toss who is right or wrong, as it has no implication on anyone either way. Meanwhile, the whole 'breaking international law with the NI protocol again' thing is presumably safely tucked in the lifestyle section? It doesn't seem to be anywhere of note - not important I guess. ermm, it's on the front page? www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56278125Isn't that link for the europe sub-section? here it's not: www.bbc.com/news or here: www.bbc.com/news/ukedit: in any case, your link for me comes up with "Karachi affair: French ex-PM Édouard Balladur acquitted" taking up the whole front page. The only Brexit story I see is "EU can't trust UK in post-Brexit talks" which doesn't really cover it (at least as a heading) often the way though isn't it? As well as interpreting things differently, we are all actually presented with different material with different placement.
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