[Boiler]

My husband (software tester) works for a branch of his current employer that's based primarily in Guernsey (you can draw your own conclusions about their tax affairs).

He's watching things carefully at the moment, since the threats to the electricity supply could definitely make things complicated.

That's why God invented the UPS and the Honda generator.

[Crabcakes]

I'm confident that someone on here (Arrer, I'm looking at you) will be able to furnish us with details of the relative strengths of the French and British armed forces. My money's on the cheese eating surrender monkeys being stronger.

We have us. France has their forces, and all their EU colleagues who would doubtless help.

Whoops.

[Bones McCoy]

My gunboat brings all the gammon to the polls.

(With apologies to Red)

[Oboogie]

I'm confident that someone on here (Arrer, I'm looking at you) will be able to furnish us with details of the relative strengths of the French and British armed forces. My money's on the cheese eating surrender monkeys being stronger.

We have us. France has their forces, and all their EU colleagues who would doubtless help.

Whoops.

Plus NATO members are bound by treaty not to attack other members. Any action against France would be suicidal for the UK.

[Oboogie]

The Channel Islands have never been in the EU, so didn't leave. How is this even happening? Anyone got a précis for those of us preoccupied by our national elections?

This might help.

[Tubby Isaacs]

The Channel Islands have never been in the EU, so didn't leave. How is this even happening? Anyone got a précis for those of us preoccupied by our national elections?

Good article here.

https://www.thelocal.fr/20210505/analys ... over-fish/

In essence, the dispute has nothing to do with Brexit and is everything to do with Brexit.

The complex pattern of fishing rights around and in between the Channel Islands has been a vexed question for centuries. Such rights were outside the EU Common Fisheries Policy.

In 2000, Britain and the Channel Islands government signed an agreement with France (The Treaty of the Bay of Granville) which established a pattern of rights for French boats up to 3 miles from the islands’ coasts. Last year, Britain and the islands said they were terminating the treaty as part of the “it’s all our fish now” policy as the end of Brexit transition approached. An interim deal was reached.

[Youngian]

The French fishermen didn’t really say that, did they?

[Spoonman]

The French fishermen didn’t really say that, did he?

Of course not. That headline was likely banged out by a DM reporter believing they're in a sailor outfit, gagging for the opportunity to send pleb bodies in for war games.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

The French fishermen didn’t really say that, did he?

QTWTAIN

[Youngian]

These French men of the sea might well be familiar with the Battle of Trafalgar but they’d know the outcome as well.

[Bones McCoy]

These French men of the sea might well be familiar with the Battle of Trafalgar but they’d know the outcome as well.

They would reference the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of ... ead_(1690)

[The All New KevS]

Johnson is probably hacked off that he couldn't declare victory tomorrow instead of yesterday, what with May 8 being VE Day*.



*And my birthday.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

And Fizz's.

[Bones McCoy]

You can't announce birthdays here - this is the WAR!!!! room.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

You haven't been to one of Fizz's birthday parties.

[Oboogie]

You haven't been to one of Fizz's birthday parties.

Assaulting Grandad isn't an act of war, it's a right of passage.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Ha! You should see the competitive streak in Pass the Parcel - and as for musical chairs...

[Samanfur]

Does she know how to play Monopoly yet?

[Malcolm Armsteen]

No but Spike has been inducting her into Cluedo...

It's the murdering bit she likes.

[Nigredo]

https://www.todayspapers.co.uk/fridays- ... uk-papers/

The usual suspects can’t help themselves.