Posts by Pen-y-gors

The UK could afford to do a lot of things if it cancelled Trident and HS2. Like pay for a decent NHS and Education system. Closing the loopholes that allow rich bastards with their cash stashed abroad to avoid paying their fair share of tax would help too. And no, that wouldn't make them move abroad. And, to be honest, would we worry if they did? We'd just tax their income fairly before it left the UK.

Re: Yes....

Except it isn't.

And the amusing thing is they haven't been able to spend most of the 1st £1bn bung, as there is no minister or govt to authorise what to spend it on. Despite the NI NHS making the English and Welsh ones look like paradise.

They should have demanded cash in a very large brown envelope. (out of interest, how 'big' is a stack of £1bn in £20 notes? New Reg unit of volume?)

Re: Pensions

That has a certain charm. Basically England has full membership (in effect) but without any voice. Means that trade and free movement etc continues, but idiot UK politcians can't mess things up with their private arguments and insane prejudices. That's what Brexit means, isn't it?

Re: Scotland/Wales want increased powers locally

Strange idea. Yes, SF will be happy, but why should there be a return to violence? Irish unification will only happen when the majority in NI (and the Republic) want it.

And why would violence by Unionist terrorists cause Unionist refugees to come to England?

Re: Scotland/Wales want increased powers locally

I think that " Scotland/Wales want increased powers locally" must count as the understatement of the year. They want, and will get, full independence and then rejoin the EU, where they will have a lot more influence than they do in the UK.

The way the Tories have mishandled the whole fiasco, solely for their own perceived party benefit, is the best argument we've ever had for Indy. Basically could we do any worse?

Ironic that the narrow self-interest of the Conservative and Unionist party will be responsible for the break-up of the Union.

Re: "regulation on the Internet isn't going to stop nutters like this"

Probably both. And the same applies to right-wing nuttery. Don't advertise, educate, and number of right-wing terrorist nutters will tend to fall.

Re: Responsibility

1. Recognise sovereignty of Facebookia

2. Declare war on Facebookia.

3. Intern all Facebookia staff as enemy aliens

4. Seize all Facebookia property within the country as enemy property, including bank accounts.

5. When Facebookia beg for peace demand massive reparations.

Re: El Reg follows common sense!

Surely a good lawyer can identify some law that has been broken by the Heil when it shared this video. I mean, the Tories have criminalised so much.Possession and distribution of material likely to be of use to a terrorist? That';s always a good one, as it makes it an offence to have Google maps on your phone.

Please, please, please can someone prosecute the Heil for terrorism offences?

Re: It can be difficult, but..

Excellent point. They better not lock him up then, just in case. Let him go at once. Same applies to any violent and dangerous criminal really.

And of course, the same goes for Revoking Article 50, which it seems is now the preferred option of a majority of living voters (as opposed to religiously upholding the wishes of dead ones). There's a risk there maay be riots, so maybe we better not. Or we just go ahead and lock up the rioters.

Re: It can be difficult, but..

I'm sorry, you mustn't say that.

Re: DIY & Fingerprints

Obligatory Tom Lehrer song

I hold your hand in mine, dear

I press it to my lips

I take a healthy bite from

Your dainty fingertips

My joy would be complete, dear

If you were only here

But still I keep your hand

As a precious souvenir

The night you died I cut it off

I really don't know why

For now each time I kiss it

I get bloodstains on my tie

I'm sorry now I killed you

For our love was something fine!

Until they come to get me

I shall hold your hand in mine!

Re: CorelDraw

Yep. Love PSP. Gave them money for it. And I'm still using PHP 7.04 as my day-to-day graphics editor for straightforward stuff. Does everything I need.

Decided a few years ago that I should upgrade so got CorelDraw v something. I think I've used it about twice. Utter faff.

There are also plenty of upland areas where people only ever traverse a few fairly narrow paths, there being next to no reason to go tramping about on trackless upland moorland.

But in practical terms, it's quite tricky to design mobile masts so they only beam a 10m wide signal along the winding paths. Simpler to just have a tall mast that can cover the paths, with the adjacent moorland as a bonus.

The article makes the good point that if we're 'happy' (sort of) to have massive wind turbines (50m+) it seems silly to worry about a skinny phone mast. And a single 50m mast in the right position (on a hill not in a valley) can cover a heck of a lot of sheepwalks. So it would be sensible to have a policy that allows for 50m masts in specific situations - and if no-one lives there who will object? (Yes, I know, city-dwellers who don't want the 'view spoiled' when they're on holiday. Personally I am disgusted by the number of buildings and roads I see when I visit London. They shouldn't be allowed)

Re: Cheer up, what's the worst that could happen?

Kilty army?

Why would they bother? If the UK leaves the EU and there is a 'backstop' which results in different customs and trade rules in NI compared to the rest of the 'United' Kingdom, then that is in breach of the 1707 Act of Union, which is very clear that all customs, tariffs and trade conditions must be the same throughout the Kingdom.

So Scotland would have an excellent case to unilaterally leave the Union, based on breach of contract, and apply to the EU to take over the UKs membership, which I suspect would be granted in very short order.

Then we can build a wall again from Tyne to Solway!

[And totally unconnected - who can explain the spelling of tarriff, tarif, tarrif, tttaaarrrriiiffff, tariff ? why can't it be consistent with the r's and the f's?]

Re: @codejunky

In Wales it's 55:45 in favour of remain. Scotland is even higher.

Re: We all thought the same!

No: Only heroes die once.

"“A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once. It seems to me most strange that men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come.” "

(W. Shaksper, Julius Caesar)

Re: You can't make a cup of tea in 90 seconds

Urrgh! Pot still warm and half full???? Add more tea??

Dear Lord in heaven!

To make tea you need a) tea and b) boiling water. Adding tea bags to warm tea and topping up with boiling water does not do the same thing.

BURN THE HERETIC!

Norman? That's basically French.

Mais non, mon ami.

Normandy was invaded and settled by Vikings (the NORthMEN) - hence the succession arguments over the English throne between the Norwegians and the Normans. Yes, there was some French blood there, I'm sure, but really the Normans were about as French as the folc of North-folk are basically Welsh (in other words, quite a bit!)

From the fury of the Northmen deliver us, O Lord

Or, to put it another way,

From the driving skills of the Frenchmen deliver us, O Lord