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Mladic seeks release for medical treatment which prosecutors describe as disingenuous. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-4375666/Prosecutors-seek-block-release-Bosnian-Serb-Mladic-medical-treatment.html

Doubt over Doris' birthday resolved it seems. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/02/birthday-surprise-doris-day-discovers-95-two-years-older-thought/

Too far South for me though I've heard Lochmaben is nice. Depends if you mean commutable by public transport though.

Wrestlemania weekend. See ya when I'm back.

Where the hell is Gavin Esler going? Is he being booted because he's Scottish?

Review of the Best Picture nominees this year: The story of a black kid growing up afraid to admit to his friends he loves 1950s radio comedy in Goonlight. An alien's battle to be accepted in the world of advertising is frustrated by a colleague in Ad Rival. Denel Washington attempts to exploit his son's sporting prowess in Fencer. Andrew Garfield doesn't want to fight in World War 2. He wants to do the tapestry for it in Hacksew Ridge. Jeff Bridges has to decide whether to save the land or the sea in the climate change thriller Hill Or High Water. A group of inspirational black women from Glasgow get locked in a toilet and plan their escape in Midden Figures. Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone star in a musical based on the music of The Kinks in Lola Land. Dev Patel just wants to dress as a woman and become an international diva in the biopic Dion. The body of a former film star is washed up on the beach near Casey Affleck's home. What does the note signed "Elsa" mean? in Lanchester By The Sea.

Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4362214/Queen-Letizia-pays-respects-late-Infanta-Alicia.html

Drops out of movie project amid concerns for her mother's health: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4347386/Cher-quits-new-movie-deal-family-issue.html Her mother being Georgia Holt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Holt

Six page letter delivered notifying EU that Britain is leaving. Statement being made by PM to the House of Commons. History made. And history shall judge.

Brexit means Brexit and they're going to make a mess of it...

I don't know enough about the history of Wales. There is a highway from North to South though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A470_road not a motorway though and a part of it does appear to be local road. Trains, yeah agreed, why? Wales does appear to that part of the UK that contributed raw materials (coal, slate, copper etc) to other parts of the UK to manufacture or assist in the manufacture of finished goods. Mostly gone. Watched a recent Question Time from Wales and there does seem to be a divide between the North and South and a further divide between the rest of Wales and Anglesey. But I'd say most countries have a divergence of needs or opinions within them due to geography or what work is done in a particular part, etc, nothing unique to the individual countries of the UK. Wales has never had a distinct system of laws though, that is where it really differs from Scotland. What applies in England has always applied in Wales so they have a much more homogenous system with each other, whereas Scotland has had very distinct and different traditions. I well remember the dander being raised for example when Cameron was announcing "national days of celebration" for the anniversary of Magna Carta, something absolutely alien and inapplicable to Scotland. Maybe that different tradition contributes to a different sense of identity to other parts of the UK. Doesn't mean we have to stand alone. But when you are told to shut up and we have to "come together" after being told the different result in the referendum doesn't matter a jot... Well, who knows?

My copy of Phil's autobiography fell apart. Apparently a jacket was required. I'll join you in that coat DJL.

It's all crazy. Personally speaking, the UK flourished historically because all parts of it had something to offer and contributed to its success and therefore benefited to a greater or lesser degree from it. Not been like that for decades. Large swathes of all the constituent nations denuded of their main industries, little to no roll out of the benefits that London and the South East has been reaping and continues to reap from the rest of us. Brexit I believe was a cry for help from the country. "We want our country back" or summat. Make Westminster accountable to the country, and they'll be able to give us what we want. The answer? Thanks for your vote. London will be a special case and fuck your fishing industry, fuck your farmers, in fact fuck you all, like we have been doing since 1979. We forgot all about you and we'll suck the wealth from the regions to prop up the very people who benefited most and fucked you all in 2008. And will continue to do so until at least 2030. What's that? New giant oilfield discovered off the coast of Scotland? We'll have that, so fuck your independence vote. Wales? Heavily reliant on EU funding, because hey if they're going to do it, why should Westminster? Voted out. Now they'll be even poorer and why would Westminster want it otherwise? Will they see the benefits of more control? I doubt it. As BiblioG says, it's much more intermingled culturally, societally, etc etc. and heavily reliant on the public sector. If it gains something (such as a giant oilfield) I'm sure the calls might be different, but it will be a long while if ever that Wales could even consider independence imo.

Not such a happy birthday for Rear Admiral John Richard Hill, who died on his 88th birthday. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/212512/hill Do not ask me why they've put his picture upside down. Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Richard_Hill

Yikes! Could have been worse, pig shelters, awnings and trees. Hopefully no casualties. UK can't offer trade deals on tomatoes (why does it even have an "e" added btw?) as we get mostly ours from the Med.

Sentenced to life for 1974 attack. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-4356672/Carlos-Jackal-sentenced-life-1974-attack.html Note to France - it's the new terrorists you want, not the ones who are already locked up.

PS. Wish I was ginger. My ginger friends say they'd rather not be, but I am envious...

Didn't even wait for the letter....her only MP told us to fuck ourselves immediately. At least he's in the Cabinet unlike Labour's only Scottish MP, who isn't even in the Shadow Cabinet. And the Lib Dems only MP is still a self confessed liar. Oh gotta love it, come on...

Constitutional crisis as Westminster instantly rejects Scottish Parliament's decision.

FTFY

Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma, Dowager Duchess of Calabria, has died aged 99. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.es%2Fespana%2Fcasa-real%2Fabci-fallece-infanta-dona-alicia-borbon-parma-juan-carlos-99-anos-edad-201703281458_noticia.html&edit-text DDP Pick. Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infanta_Alicia,_Duchess_of_Calabria

Darlene Cates, who played the mother in What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, dead at 69. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4356850/Darlene-Cates-dies-aged-69.html Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlene_Cates IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0146055/

Dead: http://www.dw.com/en/first-german-golden-globe-winner-christine-kaufmann-has-died/a-38137826

BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-39414785

How's it going? See it has made landfall? Wall to wall coverage?