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On 9/14/2018 at 11:27 PM, Ommadawn said:
Well, mainly on your ridiculous pessimism.
So absolutely nothing at all then. Fair enough, you're most certainly not alone.
I sincerely hope you do remain ignorant of the topic though, because the reality of what we seem likely to be heading towards is thoroughly depressing.
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3 minutes ago, eFestivals said:
I don't disagree.
The fudge will involve a form of words that doesn't rule out the wants of both sides, while suggesting they'll happen but not committing to anything. "we want the same things but more talks required" or something.
Much like the agreement last December that claimed these were committed-to things while also saying nothing was agreed until everything was agreed.
Oh sorry I see what you mean, a fudge to get a withdrawl agreement approved.
The only problem with the WA is that it may well preserve our trade and other treaty arrangements with the EU states. But that is not the case with non-EU states. Even with a WA, in March 2019 we leave the EU. Will all the states that the EU has trade agreements with really treat us as if we were still in the EU without a murmur? It seems unlikely.
What about the many other arrangements that go via the EU like the EU-US Open Skies agreement? With Trump in the White House it's absolutely not clear that agreements like that will still be honoured in the transition.
An extension to A50 is our best hope (assuming that reversing the referendum result is a non-starter).
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1 hour ago, eFestivals said:
that's why I reckon there'll be a fudge, so she doesn't have to.
At this point the EU are most interested in the money cos otherwise it puts them in an awkward spot, with no countries keen to pay more and other countries really only staying in because of the money that comes from the EU. Without the UKs money the EU becomes more unstable. A fudged deal secures the UK's payments to the EU while they re-adjust what they do.
As a 'world leader' it always was anyway. It's a matter of when, not if.
But they cant fudge access to the single market. Her red lines wont allow it. Free movement and oversight by the ECJ. No amount of money can get around that.
29 minutes ago, Ommadawn said:Looking forward to revisiting this post in a couple of years time
Can you explain, precisely, what your optimism is based on?
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32 minutes ago, eFestivals said:
realistically, it's going to play out how it's going to play out. Only the politicians might change it, and none of them seem to have any desire to.
Personally I think May will get a deal on the exit agreement, but with the difficult stuff of the actual details of a new trade agreement being fudged to kick it down the road.
Cos that means the EU will get its money, May will have her position propped up (cos the country will heave a sigh of relief), and there'll be a transition period.
And then it'll probably all go to shit in about a year's time when the EU make clear that they'll be no new trade agreement on the fudge, and May will be back to breaking her red lines or accepting a less-free-trade deal than currently.
It is a probable scenario. I cannot see how May can break her red line vows though. She's staked everything on them. She's a vicar's daughter. I cannot see her breaking her vows.
I am having to study the subject deeply for my job. I can categorically state that anything other than a U-turn and us remaining will fuck us. It's just a matter of whether it's by decapitation on day one, or death by a thousand cuts over a longer period of time.
Either way, the UK as we know it is doomed. Only geordie greig can save us.
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Nothing in this thread for weeks!
We're sleepwalking towards armageddon and even the politically aware on this forum have no desire to discuss it.
Be under no illusion, we are teetering on the brink of an utterly unprecedented event: the complete collapse of a major western economy and society.
It is a catastrophe of such huge proportions, that human beings are not able to process it. What we are being told will happen if we crash out is so enormous, our minds wont allow us to accept it might be true. It's part of a human beings psychological self-defence. It's why we can survive times of war.
It's a fascinating situation and will be studied by scholars for centuries. It's just a crying shame we are in the middle of it rather than observing from the sidelines.
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On 9/10/2018 at 3:21 PM, Supernintendo Chalmers said:
Great post. I'm a vegan too and had been struggling to articulate my reasons for choosing to disregard some aspects of the festival that could be deemed hypocritical
It's because your enjoyment of getting fucked up at the festival is more important to you than your ethics.
Which is fine, but it's really that simple.
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That's true but it doesn't matter. We no longer live in a rational world. Facts and reason are now meaningless.
Soon it will be just england and our parasite wales left clinging to each other.
It's fascinating to think we are living through an event which will be studied by future historians for centuries to come.
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18 hours ago, LJS said:
Funny how we never hear from Russy, our resident oil expert these days.
"In the first half of 2018 the price of Brent Crude oil averaged more than $70 a barrel."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-45495576
it's a tricky business predicting the future.
who cares about oil prices anymore? the UK is kaput.
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3 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:
Yeah I saw some in the front row of the upper tier and got very excited until I saw the price. Got a pair for half that further back.
Hope you have a good time mate. I saw Leonard cohen from the top tier and had an ace night.
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Anytime see Paul Simon? I cracked and forked out 85 quid on the back of it being the last ever gig, and it was worth it. The final hour was utterly sensational. Really quite emotional stuff and a privilege to be there.
James Taylor on the other hand is the absolute pits.
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Was going to go see him at the o2 until I saw the prices. Some seats in the top tier are £125! Utterly disgraceful and will ensure the atmosphere will be awful.
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My sauces tell me it's kylie. Then she'll duet with nick cave in his headline set later that day.
Easy.
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23 hours ago, Losing my hair said:
I've got a ticket for the Roundhouse gig and I'm so looking forward to it. Also got a ticket for RW next week - good times.
setlists have been amazing, lucky git!
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14 minutes ago, JoeyT said:
Following the adulation I've seen him get on here i'm going to give the music a go.
Where should I start? It would feel like i'd cheated if i went straight for the "essentials" or "greatest hits"
It's an impossible question really. Let Love In or Tender Prey seems like a good place, but almost all of their albums are different from each other, so even if you didnt like the two I've suggested, then you would probably like some of the others....
As someone else said, check out the greatest hits and then listen to the album of the tracks you liked off it. Most of the album tracks are better than the songs picked for the greatest hits imo...
Also, google "glastonbury 2013 nick cave jubilee street". It's well ace.
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I reckon they get more and more likely to be booked with every headline set they put in at the european festivals this summer. The reviews are nothing short of stellar. These are not small festivals either.
Why would glastonbury not want to book an act who is being reported as currently the best live act in the world? Not just in the music press but in the mainstream media too. It makes no sense at all.
Imagine booking a badly past it has-been like madonna over an icon at the top of their game? Would be utter lunacy (obviously there are 3 headliners so it's not an either-or situation, but the point stands).
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50 minutes ago, Declan said:
Needs to refresh his set a bit I think. Was the same at Primavera as at Manchester on the Arena tour last year. Why does he still play one of his weaker tunes - Red Right Hand? And everything off Push the Sky Away needs dropping.
From Her to Eternity was a triumph though. And it's cool that at 60 years old he's risen to arena level.
This is still the skeleton tree tour so it's to be expected that it's similar to last year's gigs. At least they've added loverman, do you love me and come in to my arms since then.
Jubilee street is one of the best things they've ever done. I reckon you're the only person on the planet demanding that gets dropped.
Red right hand is here to stay I suspect, given that it's probably what's brought a lot of new fans to them due to that crappy telly program.
I'd like to see stagger lee dropped, but that feels undroppable now too. Into my arms can also do one, they've got loads of better ballads than that. But now it's turned into a singlong it looks like that's here to stay as well... Oh well.
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4 minutes ago, The Nal said:
Not that I could see no. Defo some...errr... help.... on a track or two but he was singing.
wooderson will be fuming
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8 minutes ago, Gilgamesh69 said:
How did he ruin it? Gilmour appearing sounds like it would be a good thing...
just fucked it up quite badly by all accounts. Probably did it on purpose to ruin roger's gig
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5 minutes ago, parsonjack said:
More likely to be Mason given he's got the sticks out again recently......'One of These Days' anyone?
oh yeah that's a good shout. Would love to see them do saucerful of secrets
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31 minutes ago, Gilgamesh69 said:
Do people think he'll do anything special at his Hyde Park gig (e.g special guests) or is it "just another show"?
just another show I reckon. Hopefully gilmour doesnt turn up the ruin comfortably numb like he did at the o2 anyway.
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1 hour ago, The Nal said:
Rodge could certainly pull off a headliner spot. Incredible show in Dublin last night. Tour over in December though as it stands.
Did he mime??
I cant wait to see him next Friday. I am still loving his new album. I also echo the love for pros and cons of hitchhiking, fantastic album. Funny to think it could have been a pink floyd album and the wall a roger waters solo one.
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Cant really remember much about it. Robbie williams and pulp are my only stand out memories. I've just looked at the line up now, cant remember blur at all. Cant remember nick cave playing. Cant rremember any specific extra curricular activities either. Glastonburys from that long ago all blend into one mass of drink and drug fueled haze these days.
It sucks getting old.
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Finally crushed by the weight of her own corruption. Exactly as I predicted several pages back (probably).
I am here to offer my heartfelt condolences to LJS. It is never easy to lose a lover.
LOL