Mrs Roops

You haven't destroyed the "fantasy", you've merely replaced it with your own. I'm still intrigued about the dogs - by judicious use of Google search (The Corner's in-house facility is a bit crap) I see you've mentioned them three times either as bull mastiffs or as a "rottie". Now my experience of service personell is limited to discussing procument issues but my limited knowledge of service dogs are that bull mastiffs and rottweiers are wholly unsuited to military duty.

In other words you can't answer the question.

Yeah, land reform is an issue around the world irrespective of the country's constitutional history. Your point is moot, if not irrelevant to the issue.

Ok, lets call you out on your trolling. Precisely why is Nadine "deluded"?

With your references to Xhamster and securing carnal relief services you run the risk of self-projection accusations... Tell me, these dogs, are they called Rambo, Tyson & Fury by any chance? Whilst you're here, do confirm that you drive a shabby 15 yr old Astravan with an almost empty bottle of Brut in the glove compartment. You've turned yourself into a parody.

Why? Has your own "feminine" ironer experienced a software fault? Or perhaps her brain has atrophied as her MoD lobotomised former grunt husband can't function like a human being without daily orders?

Pulling out the "racist" card then? In this country, parliament (namely the House of Commons) reigns supreme, not a figurehead monarchy.

As I said, the strategy is not without risks and is the start line for negotiation. For a start the "divorce bill" and any future trading deal is inexorably linked. I suspect with that stance the EU would blink first. The EU would have a massive financial hole should there be a hard Brexit. The UK has the money which Germany and France needs otherwise they have to plug the hole. 1/&2/ The Eurozone refers to states that have the Euro as their currency but I get the point you make. The euro and sterling have proven to be equally robust if you study 15 year currency trends. Food prices might blip but it won't soar. Business is business. The UK may need food but the EU farmers need a market. They could sell elsewhere but at a much lower price. Worse case scenario? Under WTO tariffs there would be a marginal price increase, OTOH the price of UK goods would be offset by the dip of Sterling against the Euro. Anyway, who said anything about bluffing? 3/ I don't have much time for Farrage, but he was right about one thing; the EU has weaponised the Good Friday Agreement to suit their purposes. A UK unilateral declaration committed to the Northern Ireland Agreement with no border controls on the UK side transfers the matter to where it belongs - between Eire and the EU. Remember, the UK is out of the EU and the Irish response should be an internal matter for the EU and its vassal state. 4/...which is why the UK should offer this concession. Of course as a retaliatory measure the EU could make life difficult for 1.2 million expats living in the UK but since the majority of UK expats are wealthy pensioners bringing money into the EU, think of the harm to local economies and employment should the EU act on spite. Locals on Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts wouldn't allow it. The last thing the EU needs is an additional 3.6 million citizens without a main source of income. That said, this issue is the most hypothetical. The UK is not going to kick out EU citizens and EU states are not going to kick out British expats. Political and Economic drama fine, human drama not so fine. 5/ Actually it was the EU that was threatening to exclude the UK from intel sharing. Despite incidences such as the Manchester bombing UK intel gathering is top notch. Most of the 27 other states have diddlysquat in intel gathering, none of them have anything like GCHQ and none of them have access to FVEY. 6/ Legally, the UK has no dues to pay and certainly not to the tune of £39 billion. If the EU have nothing to offer then that's fine - £39 billion to spend on UK needs and not 27 other grasping countries.

It means no political union, customs union and single market.

A Stepford wife? How boring. It would have been simpler if you said, "its all about me, me, me" You sure you weren't on the other side with a burka clad blow-up doll waiting at home?

Nadine these days is the media's rent-a-quote goto gal. That said, she is a Brexiteer who has indicated she will vote against the Brexit proposals as it does not follow the mandate laid down by the referendum result.

How so?

Poor woman, she has to tidy up your Soldier of Fortune mags in your room as well ironing your DPM's from Army & Navy surplus stores.

It was a major strategic error by the UK to let Mrs Merkel dictate the terms of negotiation that compartmentalised the divorce bill and future trading terms with divorce terms first followed by future relationship discussions. It forced the UK to use up the majority of its cards and it was obvious what would eventually happen. When Merkel made her position clear the UK should have gone nuclear at the outset with a unilateral declaration broadly on the lines I've given previously. Now that Merkel is a lame duck we should go in low and hard.

...with a mind-set like that, I'm guessing your Mum still irons yours.

That's the beauty of it - the five point plan is fully in accordance with the people's vote as exercised in the recent referendum. No mainstream political party is going to risk overturning the result. The leavers, who hold the romanticised view of cosmopolitan café society, still have the euro expats in the UK. (to be fair, its in our interests for them to stay).

If you're going to insult the puntership's intelligence (most of whom are British) with your "stoopid" comments justified by fake news then expect bruised nads once in a while. As to your question, well, Mrs May has boxed herself into a corner. Hammond's prophesies will not convince anyone as all past projections from the Dept of "Project Fear" simply have not materialised. Mrs May is a survivor but has paid too much attention to her SpAd's and needs to trust her own instincts. She could do no worse than press the Brexit nuclear button by going to Brussels saying, "sorry guys, the maths don't add up, parliament will not approve the plan, so here's what will happen" 1/ There is no money, we need the £39 billion to smooth the way for businesses to adapt to WTO rules. 2/ That's right we're going WTO. You export more to us than we to you. Let us know if you want to smooth things over for your exporters, we'll expect the same treatment for our exporters. 3/ We will continue to abide by the Northern Irish agreement. It up to you if you let Ireland do the same. Discuss it with them, not us. 3/ Euro ex-pats living in the UK can expect the same rights and benefits they currently enjoy. We expect that British Expats in the EU to be similarly treated. 4/ You'll continue to receive the best intelligence from our security agencies, of course we'll expect free access to your intelligence in return. Remember we have access to FVEY, you don't. 5/ You want some of our money? Fine, tempt us with something amazing. Granted, its a strategy not without risks but the current plan is one massive bureaucratic bog. With this hard-nosed approach Mrs May will win most of the Brexit vote at the next general election, as for the Leavers, many don't trust Corbyn (who's a closet Brexiteer in any case) and they certainly don't relish McDonnell manning the UK cash register.

Its telling that the sawmill became viable under new owners.

Now now, no need to be so defensive, you reek of bitterness and failure. The Valley Chadwells saw you coming.

Indeed I can. Physically you are in the emerald isle, where your mind resides is another matter...

You would help yourself if you stop posting the first thought that enters your head just because it sounds good. The reason for all this European ruckus is precisely because the EU does not want the UK to leave. That's called politics. It's perfectly in order for governments to lobby each other. As for "trust" the UK is notorious for playing with a straight bat when observing internationally agreed rules. Compare and contrast the UK being one of the handful of countries who contribute .7% of GNI to overseas development (Eire contributes a measly .2%) and is one of only five countries who pay in excess of 2% of GDP to defence as per NATO requirements. Eire weasels out of this requirement by electing not to be part of NATO yet hides behind the security blanket provided by the NATO EAPC arrangement. Irish airspace is defended by the UK military. With matters concerning EU law, Whitehall not only enforces legislation, it gold plates the rules resulting in euroregs being the most rigorously upheld in the EU - another reason I'm pro-Brexit.

Gosh, I'd forgotten, personal Armageddon due "very soon", but not today nor tomorrow...

Here's an obscure but nonetheless interesting statistic: 100% of Frenchman who invest in a firewood business in the middle of an area where most households are in receipt of free coal are going to get their fingers burnt.

I haven't seen it, that said, I would have thought it was incumbent on you to remember since you were the one that bought it up. I suspect that the "economist" wasn't "wheeled out" by Rees-Mogg only to make an about turn, instead it was yet another talking head which you latched onto 'cos it suited your bigoted Anglophobe narrative.