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Boris the nutter

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GagaJo Mon 09-Sept-19 22:55:02

Not fit for public office, never mind PM. NOT the way to behave in front of international press. Of course, NOT reported in the UK.

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SirChenjin Wed 11-Sept-19 09:19:05

The main obstacle to it is unexploded WW2 bombs still lying on the sea bed

I don't think that's going to be the main obstacle Gonegirl grin

Gonegirl Wed 11-Sept-19 09:35:24

Really?!

Fennel Wed 11-Sept-19 09:37:46

Gonegirl - you know what mental means? then you know latin.

Gonegirl Wed 11-Sept-19 09:41:33

forward thinking?

Gonegirl Wed 11-Sept-19 09:45:02

Still don't understand Dinaho's post.

Is it a roundabout way of saying that Boris is mentally challenged? (Or me perhaps?! grin)

SirChenjin Wed 11-Sept-19 09:51:31

Forward thinking? I take it you read the article that almcg2001 posted?

Gonegirl Wed 11-Sept-19 09:53:10

I don't know about a bridge to the moon, but in the first half of the last century how many would have thought we would ever put a man on the moon?

#forward thinking

SirChenjin Wed 11-Sept-19 10:03:13

#NotforwardthinkingjustanotherstupidideafromBoriswhoisclutchingatstrawsbecausehecantthinkofanothersolution

I take it you didn't educate yourself by reading what is actually involved in building, operating and keeping this bridge open then.

Labaik Wed 11-Sept-19 12:06:32

So, what happens when Scotland becomes independent, which looks pretty inevitable now?

SirChenjin Wed 11-Sept-19 12:18:39

Who knows - but further uncertainty, divisions, and unrest looks likely.

paddyann Wed 11-Sept-19 12:46:12

then Westminster will have to find the money elsewhere to fund its borrowing .How many billions of oil money has been wasted by WM ? Norway has less oil in its waters than Scotland does and it has a massive oil fund while Scotland has foodbanks....couldn't mak eit up could you!!

Lessismore Wed 11-Sept-19 12:51:43

No no no paddyann you are all deluded and confused. Things have never been better, there is no austerity, there are plenty of jobs. Some people like zero hours contracts, it suits their lifestyle.
Fee paying schools are for everybody and a bit of Latin is always useful.

SirChenjin Wed 11-Sept-19 12:51:48

Oh yawn Paddy.

Norway also has one of the highest levels of taxation and one of the highest levels of personal debt in Europe.

Labaik Wed 11-Sept-19 12:52:50

It's puzzled me right from when oil was first discovered in the North sea, where all the money went, given that we were an oil rich country [or Scotland is I guess].

Gonegirl Wed 11-Sept-19 12:55:49

No Sirchenjin I haven't educated myself on how to building effin' bridges. Sorry. grin

SirChenjin Wed 11-Sept-19 12:58:41

Tax cuts and poor investment Labaik www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/13/north-sea-oil-money-uk-norwegians-fund

SirChenjin Wed 11-Sept-19 12:59:22

No, I wasn't expecting you to teach yourself how to build bridges, just read the article grin

humptydumpty Wed 11-Sept-19 13:04:34

Does it really seem plausible, off the top of your head, that it's feasible to build a bridge to the moon?!

Gonegirl Wed 11-Sept-19 13:05:42

No!!! Who said it did? confused

Cold Wed 11-Sept-19 14:03:12

Well the last time Boris decided to build a vanity project bridge it all worked out very well didn't it? confused confused confused £53.5 million spent - including £43 million of taxpayers money and not a single brick laid! Think how that money could have helped with housing, healthcare, schools and social care!

The 10 mile Öresund Bridge between Sweden and Denmark was a much easier project but took years to complete and cost £3 billion

humptydumpty Wed 11-Sept-19 14:30:28

Sorry, bwteen Ireland and Scotland - don't know where on earth that came from!!!

SirChenjin Wed 11-Sept-19 14:52:37

www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2018/10/08/news/bridge-to-scotland-about-as-feasible-as-building-a-bridge-to-the-moon--1453026/

You didn't imagine a bridge to the moon humpty, this was linked to earlier by another poster! smile

humptydumpty Wed 11-Sept-19 14:57:10

Ah thanks, SirChenjin, I thought I was going mad! (haven't started on the gin yet so it's not that...)

Gonegirl Wed 11-Sept-19 15:00:27

grin

SirChenjin Wed 11-Sept-19 15:29:42

What do you mean you're not on the gin yet?? It's 3.30 woman, what have you been doing with your time?! grin