Remarkable how there is so much to laugh at in UK politics atm
Or are you on the wrong thread?
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It was a manifesto commitment, wasn’t it? Either way, it basically put the general party line on Europe into stark relief, they’d been able to fudge past the core massively pro-european stance up til then.
Think we’ve wandered aimlessly. Bit like the government
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Strangely compelling?
Or Idiocracy the movie?
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My clever Fitbit has auto-recognised my swim. Except that I never left the house and have no swimming pool. 
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109 yards in 24 mins??
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The fucking Skates sabotaged it
UK Navy aircraft carrier breaks
down on way to US
A Royal Navy aircraft carrier has broken down
off the south coast shortly after embarking for
exercises in the United States.
The 65,000-tonne warship left from
Portsmouth Naval Base, Hampshire, on
Saturday before an “emergingmechanical issue”
occurred, The Press Association reported.
The vessel’s departure had earlier been
delayed from Friday, August 26, because of a
technical issue. The Royal Navy was not able to
offer any further details or confirm if the earlier
technical issue was related to the mechanical
problem.
Specialist website Navy Lookout has reported
that the issue was caused by damage to the
starboard propeller shaft althoughthe UK
Ministry of Defence has not confirmed or
commented on this.
The website says a photograph of the carrier
leaving Portsmouth shows only a wake on the
port side suggesting a problem with the other
propeller shaft.
It states that, unless the problem can be
resolved at sea enabling the warship to continue
its journey to the US, it might need to go into
dry dock at Rosyth, Scotland, early ahead of a
planned inspection in 2023.
The GBP3-billion (USD3.52-billion) carrier
had a colourful send-off as it departed on
Saturday afternoon and passed thousands of
music-lovers at the Victorious music festival on
Southsea Common in Portsmouth.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
flagship is sailing to undertake training exercises
with the US Navy as well as the Royal Canadian
Navy and United States Marine Corps. The
programme is expected to include exercises with
the F-35B Lightning jets.
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World beating
With just one propeller working and heading north to Scotland with a bit of luck it should be good for a right turn around the top of the British Isles, back down the North Sea, right at Dover and back to Skateland for a repair.
On the other hand if it’s the other propeller, they’re fucked.
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I’m sure they can cop a nice long slow tug off
the Isle of Wight
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They’ll just go the other way around…
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