OT. The futures Bright, the Futures Brexit!!!

[Andy_Faber]

I used to entertain secret and wild fantasies about Grace Slick. Strangely she's about 77 now...so they must have been my first 'significantly older woman' fantasies. I don't know how any of that happened either especially as I'm still only 25 but she was gorgeous.

...and returning to reality...oh 'austerity' happened Swale - still is happening - but might it not have been worse without Clegg?

Don't touch the Swale blue touchpaper again....

Have we not done the Grace slick/Sonja Kristina top trumps on this thread already?

[ramAnag]

Don't touch the Swale blue touchpaper again....

Have we not done the Grace slick/Sonja Kristina top trumps on this thread already?

Spoil sport...just 'cos your Sonja story trumped everyone. Anyway she's fifteen (15!!!) years older than me so she stood no chance!
But Kate Bush and Stevie Nicks...now you're talking!
(IbRmaK'sbj)

[roger_ramjet]

Stick to the Mormons RA - Gladys Knight, Marie Osmond or any one of the Wolfgram sisterhood.....

[ramAnag]

I see the head of Rolls Royce (Warren East?) is the latest in a long line of businessmen to call for a 'soft' Brexit with as 'little change as possible'. Still what does he know compared to the likes of Farage, Johnson and Gove? He only runs one of the country's most prestigious companies that employs around 23,000 people in this country, many of them from Derby, whereas they...well what exactly have they achieved - other than feathering their own nests - entirely at the tax payers' expense?

[Andy_Faber]

I see the head of Rolls Royce (Warren East?) is the latest in a long line of businessmen to call for a 'soft' Brexit with as 'little change as possible'. Still what does he know compared to the likes of Farage, Johnson and Gove? He only runs one of the country's most prestigious companies that employs around 23,000 people in this country, many of them from Derby, whereas they...well what exactly have they achieved - other than feathering their own nests - entirely at the tax payers' expense?

I'm no longer in the areo environment but I'm guessing he will be looking out for number 1 (R-R) - and good for him, half my family work there - under the umbrella of a 'special arrangement' for the aero industry just like the 'special arrangement' being pushed by the auto industry. What that looks like from what I've seen (and this is from the commercial side, not the political side) is tariff-free movement of goods and services and labour (NOT 'people') where that labour can't be provided from within UK (plus I think students on relevant degrees).

[swaledale]

Don't touch the Swale blue touchpaper again....

Have we not done the Grace slick/Sonja Kristina top trumps on this thread already?

I'm chilled actually, things are just dandy, the Maybot is now hamstrung and funnily enough the government and many others are talking about a Brexit which suits the economy and jobs! Now i seem to remember saying a long time ago that economic reality would hit home, though I didn't expect it to be this soon!

Now if we can just get on a negotiate a sensible deal which will work for the majority in the UKm although obviously will leave the Farages of this world frothing at the mouth as they scream betrayal!!

[ramAnag]

Now the dust has settled and everyone has now excepted Brexit, Who would you like to be our next Prime Minister, I know most folk would want Nigel Farage but at the moment that's not possible.

Well, one year on - from the vote not the thread - and although the 'dust' is still anything but 'settled'...who'd have thought...UKIP is dead...Farage is some sort of radio presenter...the then PM is a nonentity...the current PM is not much better...and because of that referendum...prices are higher...holidays much more expensive...jobs less secure...wages no better...there's a shortage of migrant labour to harvest the crops and our Government, which is rapidly becoming the laughing stock of Europe, is dependent upon the approval of a bunch of Ulstermen whose views seem to be stuck in the nineteeenth century. So thanks Brexiteers and happy birthday...you must all be so proud.

[AdiSalisbury]

Quite a sweeping statement Mr Anag!

I am really happy, our government have taken forward the nation's decision and are now officially enacting it. I respect your opinion but disagree with your disapproval; I see good signs leading to a long and prosperous future ahead for yours and mine. You are welcome.

[ramAnag]

Quite a sweeping statement Mr Anag!

I am really happy, our government have taken forward the nation's decision and are now officially enacting it. I respect your opinion but disagree with your disapproval; I see good signs leading to a long and prosperous future ahead for yours and mine. You are welcome.

How politely put Adi. Not a sweeping statement though...just factual. I regularly agree with most of what you write but on this issue we'll have to disagree. Perhaps you could share the 'good signs' or tell me of one good thing that has happened to this country in the last year...other than a reduced Tory majority.

[roger_ramjet]

We won the under 19s football world cup thanks to the unstinting efforts of Teresa May; Ben Smith ran 401 marathons in as many days and then theres Tilly Sawford. You dont have to look in the political arena to see good things in this country