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The Italian situation is nothing to do with Brexit, that's a ridiculous assertion. People will be saying that Brexit is to blame for Greece next. The situation with Countries like Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal and others is long-standing and will continue whether the UK is in the EU or not. Financially, the EU is not working, full stop. And I doubt it will again, either with or without the UK. As for Corbyn, good on him. Seems democracy is thin on the ground at the moment, hopefully he landslides again. Eagle is just another Diet Tory.

I used currencyfair to xfer the money to my Mum and she withdrew it there. Otherwise, the fees are a pain.

Nah, it would probably start with the bacon being different and then go from there. Within about 2 weeks, it would be the worst place on Earth.

I lived in Austin for a year, it was ace. It would be savaged on this website though.

Most sane people knew it was bollocks as it was actually happening.

I was surprised that Blair had the temerity to show his face recently to comment on the Brexit result. I kind of thought he’d be keeping a low profile, what with the findings of this report due. Pretty much what a lot of people thought at the time, no WMDs, lackying to the Yanks, lying to Parliament and the people. A lot of people have said after the Brexit result that there should never have been a referendum and decisions like the EU vote are what elected MPs are for. Well, here’s a living, breathing example of why that logic is flawed; sometimes, ordinary people know better than Politicians driven by agendas. The Labour party is a basket case right now, and that’s Blair’s fault as well. The members want a Labour leader, the MPs want a Diet-Tory leader; this is all down to Blair. Leaves the door wide open for the Tories to establish a dynasty without breaking sweat. Blair’s legacy could actually be worse than Thatcher’s. Illegal wars, Dr David Kelly, saturation bombing of civilians, ill-equipped UK soldiers killed, lying to Parliament, widespread welfare dependency for cheap votes, widespread open-door immigration for cheap votes, alienation of middle England fostering the rise of far-right politics and parties, the rise of ISIS, increased instability in the Middle East … the list goes on. Oh yeah, and Cool Britannia. Thanks Tony.

This will go off topic into Oz bashing territory again. Took us a couple of years to abandon a lot of the UK-centric things we were clinging to and we never looked back. You're right, if you stay in that bubble, you never fully move on. Try a local FB group rather than a site of Poms, a lot of whom are dissatisfied with their lives.

I guess he missed the constant rain, floods, water levels halfway up people's windows etc. We were there for 6 weeks, I think there were 2 days it didn't rain and I saw the sky once. It was winter though so...

Odd that. I was in the UK last Xmas for 6 weeks and it rained every day. And there were massive floods on the news every day. And the weather was shite and horrible every day. Must have been a different UK.

You're doing the right thing going back in their summer. We went back in winter and anything more than getting out of bed was a complete chore.

I can't believe it's still on the telly.

I wish I knew you. You sound so interesting.

Nice touch!

I know what you mean, but every time I ask it, its acts all mute.

As you'll know, every house in Australia has cockroaches everywhere so it might be best if you just circle the City continuously in your plane and parachute to work every morning leaving your eldest child at the controls. You could always wing-walk to pick up your Hungry Jacks every night through the drive through. Tricky at first but we seem to manage. Good luck der Baron!

It used to be better when Coles shut at tea-time. I could get a cooked chicken coming home from work for $2 or $3. Now they're open late they never reduce them.

Sounds like a Craig David song. Took her for a drink on Tuesday, We were having medicals by Saturday. Sorry.

I'm quite passe about steak but there's a South African shop near me and they do a steak rub that transforms any piece of beef into something unbelieveable. Also, their curly wurly sausages are gorgeous athough my Mrs finds them slightly unsettling.

Pork Belly is ludicrous. I cannot get enough of it. My carnivore instinct is at full pelt lately. I'm a full-on Junior Pitmaster. I've watched a lot of Man vs Food recently and it's fuelled something insane.

I can't stop eating lamb, feel like Hannibal Lecter. I feel sorry for sheep, the tasty b@stards. Pork comes a close second. Beautiful.

So, my Bro rang today with tooth ache and they they said no appointment until May. Is that typical or what?

Just shows you the wastage in these places. It was an accident it was all discovered.

My Mum says this as well, she says the receptionists (first line support) try to diagnose her, if she doesn't want their say so, she has to wait 2 or 3 weeks to see a real Doctor.

Fair enough, I'll keep an eye out for you.

So do we. And you're right, it is. We're off to Busso for 4 days on Monday. Great down there.