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on presentation of invoice and not some archaic 30-90 day arbitrary period to follow, then we would have no need for banks or lawyersI have just seen the two flaws in my plan!


which were bored through rock. This was back in 1966 so by now technology must exist to take away Brynglas Hill altogether and widen the road accordingly. I bet it would not cost £1.3bn but then again, those businesses who stand to make millions from the Black Route would be a might peeved. Maybe they are the alleged inward investors?


Staying with business, I am pretty angry at not being paid or not being paid quickly for my services. I was recently involved in litigation with a client. I had secured a huge grant for them from our Government and they refused to pay me. Solicitors, Barristers and a gallop through the Companies Act and finally, they settled out of court – some 2 years later. I had a similar incident recently with an inward investor from China. Using my newly developed legal skills I threatened them or perhaps persuaded them of the inherent advantages of paying me.


Let’s talk Brexit and look at all the stuff we buy from the EU. Practically every car on our roads was made in France, Germany, Italy or Spain. In fact, six out of seven cars sold in the UK in 2016 were imported. Then we have German supermarkets and Spanish high-street banks. Everywhere you look, up pops a European owned business. They sell to us in an unprecedented way which many politicians on both sides of the Chanel (I know) seem to have forgotten. They need us as much as we need them. Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Spain and Cyprus were all bailed out with our money. We would only have to threaten to boycott say, all Spanish holidays for one year and Spain would go bust. Others would follow. As for being threatened by the Germans, oh please. A sense of déjà vu there (oh no, that’s the French again), but you know what I mean. Instead of meekly asking for crumbs from the EU table we should be banging it with a clenched fist to wake them all up, give them a reality check and put the Grande back into Grande Bretagne!


Anyway, on a lighter note, a woman has twins, and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Turkey and is named Amal. The other goes to a family in Spain, who name him Juan. Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his mum. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wished she also had a picture of Amal. Her husband responds, "But they are twins. If you've seen Juan, you've seen Amal."


Finally, a bloke entered a local paper's pun contest. He sent in ten different puns, in the hope that at least one of the puns would win. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.


Auf Wiedersehen Mes Amis. They did! I have many friends in business who


are experiencing the same thing and as small businesses. Put simply, if we followed the example of some countries where one is paid


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