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#41
Health / Re: Time for change?
Last post by Unlucky4Sum - October 05, 2024, 08:30:47 PM
Quote from: papasmurf on October 05, 2024, 07:41:02 PMAll spreadsheet data uses a formula, there is nothing sinister about that.
Are you deliberately missing the point here?
#42
United Kingdom Politics / Re: Bojo Calls For Referendum ...
Last post by Unlucky4Sum - October 05, 2024, 08:24:51 PM
Quote from: Borg Refinery on October 05, 2024, 08:10:01 PMWe are talking about foreign courts and talking about more than simply the ECHR.

Of course it's relevant, leaving the EU but not the ECHR has been a big impediment to implementing their Brexit agenda so why wouldn't they? That is the whole point of Boris's announcements
That's only because so many pro Brexiters either deliberately or inanely conflated the EU with the ECtHR.  And of course just didn't accept the whole concept of human rights in the first place.
#43
United Kingdom Politics / Re: Bojo Calls For Referendum ...
Last post by Borg Refinery - October 05, 2024, 08:10:01 PM
Quote from: Unlucky4Sum on October 05, 2024, 08:05:15 PMWhat's the relevance of EU law to a thread about the ECHR?

We are talking about foreign courts and talking about more than simply the ECHR.

Of course it's relevant, leaving the EU but not the ECHR has been a big impediment to implementing their Brexit agenda so why wouldn't they? That is the whole point of Boris's announcements
#44
United Kingdom Politics / Re: Bojo Calls For Referendum ...
Last post by Borg Refinery - October 05, 2024, 08:08:53 PM
Quote from: Unlucky4Sum on October 05, 2024, 08:01:02 PMThat would be the post where he was talking about the ECHR

He specifically pointed out he was referring to this bit in Barry's post:

QuoteForeign courts do not act in the interests of our country.
#45
United Kingdom Politics / Re: Bojo Calls For Referendum ...
Last post by Unlucky4Sum - October 05, 2024, 08:05:15 PM
Quote from: Borg Refinery on October 05, 2024, 05:42:24 PMYes, I assume you were referring to the ECJ perhaps? You didn't specify the ECHR and were talking about the City of London taking France and Germany to court.

What's funny to me is that the EU itself took Germany to court over ignoring the primacy of EU law.

Guardian

Germany is actually the largest breaker of EU rules too - link

I'm pretty sure when folks tell us there will be disaster and a run on the pound, most of the time, it can't be true because the countries that mostly hold the EU together [the likes of France and Germany] regularly ignore international law, EU law and other agreements and such without too huge a consequence. Not that that makes it right, of course.
What's the relevance of EU law to a thread about the ECHR?
#46
United Kingdom Politics / Re: Bojo Calls For Referendum ...
Last post by Unlucky4Sum - October 05, 2024, 08:01:02 PM
Quote from: Nick on October 05, 2024, 05:33:55 PMI was responding to Barry's post where he said foreign courts do not act in the UK's interest, nothing to do with ECHR. You're always looking for a fight.
That would be the post where he was talking about the ECHR
#48
Jokes and humour / Re: Funnys
Last post by cromwell - October 05, 2024, 07:52:55 PM
#49
Health / Re: Time for change?
Last post by papasmurf - October 05, 2024, 07:41:02 PM
Quote from: Unlucky4Sum on October 05, 2024, 07:12:17 PMSo you don't realise that those death rates EG in table 8 are produced by formulae?  And that the obvious place to have those formulae would have been in that spreadsheet? 

All spreadsheet data uses a formula, there is nothing sinister about that.
#50
General chat / Snail Mail
Last post by Barry - October 05, 2024, 07:22:56 PM
On Monday 7th October the price of a first class stamp goes up to £1.65.

The Royal Mail must have lost an immense amount of letter trade since the widespread use of email with attachments.
We rarely use 1st class letter post. My wife likes to send quite a few birthday cards each year, but they all get sent a week in advance, 2nd class post.
We have noticed recently that a week is barely enough, so would recommend 10 days to be sure of delivery.

Nice to see they are producing some "Who" stamps. Couldn't see Dr. Who on any of them. ;)