No Deal and supply of medicines

Well, it is very simple Jalima- did they work in the EU, or in the UK?

Neither of us have ever worked here, apart from a couple of Saturday jobs when I was in Lycée/6th Form - so we are not entitled to any pension or support here, and totally dependent on our UK pensions and reciprocal health care - 100%.

GillT57- we will be using our Swiss passports, bright red, in future- but not even those will allow us to by-pass the queues in Kent, or get us on a flight- or get us through the closed Channel Tunnel ...

Hope we don't have to share with slaughtered sheep and cattle, for sure.

It won't be worth coming, will it, by the sounds of it

So Swiss citizens when it suits but UK citizens (or British to the bone ) when it comes to haranguing others?

Because we are both British, and because we have lived in the UK all our adult life, and for OH from the age of 2

Very clear Maw - for me, adult life- for OH adult life + most of his childhood. Very simple - sorry it is beyond your comprehension.

Fully comprehend
Not the “confused” emoticon , but the “hmm” one

Gill....first of all, you should be very very careful about what you put on here, a public forum about a public figure ( in this case Arlene Foster) as it could be taken as libel ( there was a case on Mumsnet like this that was prosecuted.)
Secondly, she will do what is best in her view for NI.As will the others in the DUP.NI is an important part of the UK and it’s incredibly important to get it right for the pepople there.

Yes, jura I expect all travel in future will mean sharing space with slaughtered animals.You must get used to it.?

^ it’s incredibly important to get it right for the pepople there.^

Let's not forget that the 'pepople' there didn't want to leave the EU. Foster is not representing them.

Wrong Maizie as some of the people there did vote Leave.
In any case, it is important for all the people in NI that they are not cut adrift in any way at all from the rest of the UK.

oh I did understand Maw - could you please clarify what the 'hmm' is all about?

Which is perhaps why, Brexit is un-delivreable, and has been from the start- partly because of the Irish border- and the DUP.

What is the solution then - some of us have been asking for a very long time. The clear question was asked on 29th of September, I believe, and we have had not a peep out of any leaver, apart from 'trust them, they will deliver' - they can't deliver the impossible.

I know some NI people voted Leave, lemon but the majority voted Remain. So, if the 'will' of the majority is indeed paramount, she is not representing her country.

55.8% Remain to 44.2% Leave with a turnout of 62.7%

I'll ask again:

oh I did understand Maw - could you please clarify what the 'hmm' is all about?

About nationality. Many of you have made it clear that as I was not born and bred in UK, and only became British at the age of 22 - I am not really 'British'. Fair enough -

but are you saying that my OH, who just happened to be born abroad, of a British father, and full British ancestry to the Domesday book - is not really British- or not quite enough for your taste? Even though he lived and worked in the UK from the age of 2 and can't remember a thing about where he happened to be born. Really? If that is it - have the guts to say it outloud and own it.

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Has anyone questioned your Britishness?
I don't think so, certainly I have not as members of my family have more than one nationality
It's just the fact that you don't live here which confused me.

Oh, yes, many have. And I have taken it on the chin - but OH- no, no way.

I can understand why it confused you- and I explained why, as we moved abroad for a while, to look after my very elderly parents (now gone) - and are solely on British pension and no other income, and reciprocal health care- we are just as concerned. Especially has DDs and GDs are still there and we hve property there. I really don't wish to repeat again.

But the question is to Maw - as she was the one with the 'hmm' - she owes me an explanation for that 'hmm'. Others have questionned my Britishness again and again Jalima.

As for the sheep and cattle on the M26 - how long do you think a refrigerated lorry can refrigerate? And are live transporters refrigerated?

I don't think jokes about people traveling in refrigerated lorries are funny.

www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/21/trial-begins-over-deaths-of-71-migrants-in-refrigerated-lorry

They are going to be sorely disgusted in Tunbridge- for sure.

oh dear oldbatty
it was not my intention, nor jura's either, I am sure.

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Mawbroon, I await your kind and honest reply.

So, I'll repeat 'Not the “confused” emoticon confused, but the “hmm” one hmm'

what does 'hmm' mean, in this context. You say it, you own it.

Thank you for your concern Lemon about my comments regarding Arlene of the DUP, but you will note the imo ( in my opinion). She is not representative of her country, the figures quoted above show that, and if that is not enough, then why is the 35% ( pauses, waits for correction from several predictable posters), who voted leave a credible democratic vote? When will you people admit that this is a mess? There is not one thing that is going well about it, not one single thing, unless you can think of anything? Yes, I keep going on about it, but unlike some, I just cannot stick my fingers in my ears and pretend that everything is wonderful.