= Сообщение: 8939 из 12489 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : David Rance 2:203/2 11 Sep 19 17:17:58 Кому : Ward Dossche 11 Sep 19 17:17:58 Тема : Brexit FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+5d79101e На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:292/854+122c265d = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== ============================================================================== On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 14:36:25 Ward Dossche -> David Rance wrote:
MvdV>>> Well, here the media have gone silent after Monday night MvdV>>> when John Bercow announced his resignation and Parliament blocked MvdV>>> general elections before 31 oct.
DR>> Retirement, not resignation. There is a difference.
WD> Bercow as Prime Minister? Hmmm ... I would like that. I think.
Not very likely because he will not stand again in the General Election.
DR>> Even "Yes, Minister" didn't get this chaotic! Who needs scriptwriters?
WD> And after Brexit is completed, nothing stops the UK from applying for WD> membership of the EU.
Oh, yes! Ha, ha! No-one's thought of that! ;-)
Actually, that's an interesting point. If there had been a vote when Ted Heath got us into the Common Market, I doubt very much if we would have joined in the first place. And anyway, we had to wait until de Gaulle had died. Wise fellow, that.
I think that those who wanted us to join only did so because de Gaulle wouldn't let us. It's sort of Groucho Marx in reverse: "I don't want to join any club that would have me as a member."
David
-- Formerly ICHTHUS (Reading) UK (1987-2007 R.I.P.) (2:292/854.110)
