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  1. dutchman

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    Are we to infer from that that you don't necessarily agree with Macron on other issues such as austerity measures at home and overtly colonialist policies abroad?
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    The Coventry Telegraph

    They must have read your post Nick and are now taking the piss? Coventry News: The latest Coventry news updates from CoventryLive
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    Why did Michel Barnier's latest Brexit remarks give the pound such a boost? Josie Dent, an economist at the Centre for Economics and Business Research, believes it’s a combination of factors. “I think the main message is a change of tone. It’s good news for Theresa May that he’s saying that...
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    That's normal though, even for respected financial sources. They say something 'soared' or 'plummeted' even if it moved by only 0.1 per cent. I long ago learned to ignore such headlines.
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    The Coventry Telegraph

    It was closed because they ran out of unpaid 'volunteers' to run it.
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    Why the f*** is this not headline news?!

    It was headline news seven days ago: Sick pervert abused 10-year-old girl in attic 'torture den' This was just a follow-up story.
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    It's lower because the BoE lowered interest rates after Brexit when they said beforehand that interest rates would have to rise because of Brexit. Brexit itself had no effect on the value of the Pound, one way or the other.
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    But they can still vote on the issue and that may be enough to tilt the result in favour of compulsory conscription (assuming that CDU/CSU doesn't already have a majority on the issue)..
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    It doesn't only apply to so-called 'refugees' but also to young people born in Germany such as your daughter.
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    Rachel Riley leaked photos

    The original Countdown babe: Carol Vorderman wows in sizzling unearthed snaps Countdown's Rachel Riley may now wow Channel 4's viewers on the show. However, before she took over the role in January 2009, Carol Vorderman was the only woman wowing maths fans. Unearthed snaps from the show show...
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    I wasn't referring to Mauritius but to the suggestion that Britain was 'losing its influence on the world stage since Brexit', as you well know.
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    Yes, forty-five years of history.
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    So Britain should abandon control over its own affairs in order to have more influence over other countries' affairs?
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    "They" as in "Those who have no loyalty to Germany" (or any other country as far as I can tell)
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    Poll: How long will Trump be President?

    This is why Trump will win a second term as President... The silly YouTube title refers to a separate discussion in the first half of the programme which I've deliberately skipped.
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    They would almost certainly leave the country rather than serve in the army. Win-Win.
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    Since the article is dated 26th August 2018, apparently not. The articles says the opposition Social Democrats rejected it. AfD supports it so there's a good chance of it becoming law.
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    Great idea! Germany mulls year of national service for young people and migrants Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party is floating the idea of a new form of compulsory national service in Germany for all young people and migrants. For over 50 years, all German men were...
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    Things you miss most about the 'old' Coventry?

    The Hearsall Inn and The Coombe Abbey Inn. "Black Horse"
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    Another 'glowing endorsement' of EU membership from a pro-EU newspaper! Greece was never bailed out – it remains a debtor’s prison and the EU still holds the keys | Yanis Varoufakis "Over the past week, the world’s media have been proclaiming the successful completion of the Greek financial...
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