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Rather than the little local difficulty we've been fed by the media it rather looks like the second spanish civil war is about to break out. A complete mishandling of the matter by Madrid being the major factor. What we are seeing in Spain is what we've always been careful to avoid in the UK. It's also what could easily have happened if there had been an EU-style attempt to ignore or overturn the referendum result. The Catalans seem to be going about it in the right way in launching their own currency. If only the Greeks had had this much sense, or at least the sense to ignore the ECB and let the printing presses run whilst they still had the ability. Spain's plot to use Brexit to enslave the Gibraltarians is now looking like a silly joke, as yet another plank of the remainer case (the allegedly sensitive Gibraltar issue) is kicked away. Will the Basques seize this opportunity, or will the EU's mounting problems surface somewhere else first? The Leave campaign said we needed to be clear of the EU as soon as possible to avoid getting dragged into the looming mess with British forces becoming involved - we are not clear yet!

The BBC get around that one by selective reporting. i.e. always inviting their Guardinista friends in for interview, whilst only paying lip service to (or in the case of "global warming" and the EU, totally excluding) contrary views and evidence. bringing the UK to the world and the world to the UK has become bringing the UK to the EU and the EU to the UK! Merc, if what you say is correct then it's time to tear up the Charter and start again. Now seems to be just the time to do it, And, if the people like Smudge, who think the TV Tax is excellent value for money, don't want change, then the 75% of people who don't want to pay it (under threat of being criminalised) should be relieved of the threat. The minority will doubtless cheerfully shell out £600 right away, and progressively more as their numbers drop off.

My Cousin Peter our past away this month if anyone knew him his funeral will be held on Tuesday I think at Cowpen at 1:30 Peter lived in Bedlington station almost all his life his last place was virtually opposite the Percy arms which was handy for Peter