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All theoretical of course, but it'd have been interesting to see the power balance within the Cameron-Clegg coalition (which would surely still have been the outcome in 2010, even with people's votes shifting a bit on account of actually, like, mattering and stuff) if there'd been a 3:2 Con-LD split in the number of MPs rather than the 5.5:1 it was under FPTP. Wonder how much more my team ( ) would have managed to get through. Or whether they'd have just ended up buckling anyway.

There's nowt as queeried as folk.

They're the gits that keep on giving.

That's what Rayvin asked, yes.

She's very clear.

Ooo, maybe it's the deal!

Still, at least all's well with that whole soft global power thing of ours. https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/foreign-office-brexit-failure-steve-bloomfield

We should just put this one in charge, she seems sane

Lots of interesting stuff in here, I thought: https://www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n19/james-meek/brexit-and-myths-of-englishness

Thank you (and thank you)

I may have failed to make good on this promise. Anyway, the GNR went pretty well, finished just outside 1:57 despite the unexpectedly warm conditions on the day and never really getting up a head of steam because it's so crowded. Royal Parks Half this Sunday for the second part of the challenge - only 15,000 or so runners compared with the GNR's 40k+, so it should be a little more pleasant on that front at least.

FYP

But Turkey is joining the EU, remember? Those leaflets we all got said so, so it must be true. Good news for the UK, we'll be readmitted soon enough!

Sounds a bit... Soviet

Didn't track back for either West Brom goal. Coward.

Eerily prescient.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-45727317 Another small illustration of the lunacy of playing chicken with the EU over a deal. These things will just keep piling up as things drag on. Companies and organisations understandably have little confidence in the assurances they're being given.

Can't think why

It's kind of weird that our government hates us all so much.

Just wait till he targets bong users on the breadline, then there'll be ructions.

Wearing two "70% OFF" tags as tassels.

Shockingly, Germany have beaten Turkey in the race to host Euro 2024.