Remind me again why we left the EU

[SydneyRover]

BB to Sydney: "Sydney, maybe a big part of the reason the UK voted out was that it was becoming like Australia used to be, a penal colony for foreign criminals, the difference being that foreign criminals volunteered to come to the UK."

Sydney to BB: "And maybe the fact that there were/are 19,000 less police since 2010 to catch criminals played a big part in it."

BB to Sydney: "So you are saying a big part of the reason why foreign criminals came to the UK was because of the fact that there were/are 19,000 less police since 2010?"

Sydney to BB: "Please point out where I wrote anything of the sort bb, getting a bit desperate?"

 

I don't see anywhere where you have proven your case that ''a big part of the reason people voted out was that it was becoming like Australia''

If the colander fits? baby shark do do di do ..............

[Bentley Bullet]

Did you audition for the Riddler role in Batman.

Do you mean because he uses riddles like the Riddler with his mystifying, misleading, puzzling conundrums that are difficult to understand?

I see where you're coming from but I prefer him as Skippy because he skips giving answers when he's in a corner.

[drfchound]

Did you audition for the Riddler role in Batman.

Do you mean because he uses riddles like the Riddler with his mystifying, misleading, puzzling conundrums that are difficult to understand?

I see where you're coming from but I prefer him as Skippy because he skips giving answers when he's in a corner.

Yeah I get that BB.
Perhaps we could put the two together, Ridskip might be appropriate.
The skip is taken away because it is full of rubbish.

[Bentley Bullet]

He does provide a good insight into the mind of a typical Guardian reader though!

[SydneyRover]

what's new flurry?

[selby]

  Guardian readers should become a protected species there are so few of them.

[Not Now Kato]

  Guardian readers should become a protected species there are so few of them.

Yep, most of the ill informed read the likes of the Sun.

[Filo]

  Guardian readers should become a protected species there are so few of them.

Yep, most of the ill informed read the likes of the Sun.

Or listen to Talk Radio

[belton rover]

Guardian V TLOS

[SydneyRover]

I thought it was RT radio?

[River Don]

  Guardian readers should become a protected species there are so few of them.

I'd hazard a guess The Guardian has more readers now than it ever has because it's free online.

[SydneyRover]

Read being the most operative word, not so many cartoons I guess.

[belton rover]

Read being the most operative word, not so many cartoons I guess.

I’m not sure how tongue in cheek this is meant to be, Sydney, but dismissing and ridiculing people because they don’t read highbrow newspapers or listen to the ‘right’ radio stations is part of the reason this country isn’t what you want it to be.

[SydneyRover]

The Guardian is not highbrow, far from it, it's centre left and therefore appeals to those of the centre left and others that may want to read accurate well researched articles and from journalists that work by a code of ethics.

I would have thought that highbrow newspapers like the tele and the express and others would be the highbrow ones belton after all they appeal to the middle and upper middle professional classes.

And if you search back through the comments our resident mouthpiece for all things tory quoted from RT reasonably regularly which is kind of wierd as putin controls all russian media and they one of the uk's biggest threats.

[River Don]

The Express is highbrow but The Guardian isn't?. .. Riiiiight.

[belton rover]

The Guardian is not highbrow because it appeals to the centre left?

[drfchound]

Not a popular suggestion was it.

[selby]

  Must be doing well if they have to give it away. A paper to suit your reputation of cheap shots Syd.

[SydneyRover]

RT the radio kid, you must be concerned at going back to school aye?

[selby]

Just a hook needed, no bait required

[SydneyRover]

there's a pattern to your form selby, team loses ............. go to off topic act like a baby

[selby]

 Getting to be a regular, your easy though.

[selby]

  The EU, Norway, And the UK signed a fishing catch agreement for 2021 yesterday which agreed a catch worth £184 million to UK fishermen and gave them a larger catch %  on certain species in the North sea and is designed to maintain fish stocks.
 The agreement will be agreed yearly.

[SydneyRover]

Does this put UK fishers in a better position than last year selby?

[selby]

  According to the report yes with higher % of catching certain popular species and the sustainability of such as Cod stocks, and higher income in money terms.
  Syd it is to everybody's benefit for sensible agreement, The EU need to accept it or they will shove us into being a very problematic state just off shore, especially the financial industry in London.
  If things carry on as they are I can see the government giving them much more free reign.

[SydneyRover]

sustainability of fish stocks appear to be the main gain from this agreement, can't quite follow your last bit selby

[Not Now Kato]

Just a hook needed, no bait required

You remind me of the small boy sat on a railway bridge with a fishing rod.  A passer-by, taking pity on the child who obviously had problems and, to humour him, asked "How many have you caught then lad?".

The boy replied "You're the third!".

The passer-by smiled, knowingly, and walked away thinking to himself 'There are some people you just can't help'.

[selby]

You don't remind me of much at all Kato although ar lass  did say can I pick a cabbage up on my way home.

[ravenrover]

  The EU, Norway, And the UK signed a fishing catch agreement for 2021 yesterday which agreed a catch worth £184 million to UK fishermen and gave them a larger catch %  on certain species in the North sea and is designed to maintain fish stocks.
 The agreement will be agreed yearly.

Where do you think the extra fish will be sold Selby?

[selby]

Fish shops