Called in once on the way back from somewhere as it was on our route, run by en English bloke, already had various views from friends (all French) about him which were confirmed when we called in. He basically said to look elsewhere. Not sure if it was because we were speaking in French (obviously) or because he just couldn’t be bothered. I think he turns over with the local ex-pat population, rather like the Lapin Blanc in Mirandol. It’s a bit of a desert as far as good bistro etc are concerned. Although try the Hôtel des voyageurs in Tanus, never got round to eating there but always heard it’s very good and copious local food, more aveyronnais than tarnais. 
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When we are in an “unknown” area, we look to see where the workers have parked their vans/vehicles. We know that if the grub is good enough for them, we will certainly enjoy it… 
(yes, you probably know that already, but not everyone does…)
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or ask the local buraliste or other commerçant or local - I get asked week in, week out where to eat
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yes, we found a real treasure recently, simply on info offered … we checked that info against the place we had previously earmarked… and… no contest. Had a wonderful time and look forward to going back again.
(The Boss asked us to be discrete in our praise as he does not want to be overworked… )
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True enough Stella, an empty resto car park is a bad sign, don’t touch it !!
Don’t know f you’ve tried it Andrew but the Corsic Aveyronnais just out of Cordes on the way to Albi is brill.
Also a resto called ‘O’ Tartines at Salvagnac on the Gaillac-Montauban road is a very nice transport-type resto. It’s self-service and is always busy with locals passing lories and cars plus a strong GB clientele.
Cycle past the CorsicAveyron quite often, everyone says it’s good but still haven’t eaten there - spend way too much time working or cycling! 
So, as usual this is failure to distinguish genuine concerns about the negative effects which could reasonably be expected post Brexit, claims made which were probably true but which subsequently haven’t been tested because the key individuals are no longer in post and/or we haven’t actually left yet and actual lies as espoused by the Leave campaign.
The budget is easy - while I agree there was a bit of project fear in Osborne’s claim of an ultra-austerity budget if the vote was to leave I think this has to be framed in context of Cameron’s “threat” (or promise) to send the A50 letter on the 24th of June - this, as we know, didn’t happen. I suspect, had we triggered the A50 letter immediately Osborne would, indeed, have gone on to a severe budget in pretty short order.
As to the stock market collapsing - certainly there is no form of Brexit which will do the British economy much good and I suspect a good many firms already struggling will find Brexit the final straw. Large car manufacturers are scaling back or moving out of the country and we have lost important EU agencies (despite David Davis mistakenly thinking we could keep them).
That the FTSE 100 rose is, and largely remains, an artefact of the low value of the £
As we haven’t left yet we haven’t fully tested the effect on industry or the economy - but no-one (apart from Javid using it as a lame excuse not to undertake an impact assessment) is now trying to claim Brexit will bring any economic benefit.
Immigration officers thrown out - maybe that claim was made, I don’t remember (do you have a more concrete reference than just stating it to be so). However it was always the case that the agreements between the UK and France over siting of customs and immigration officials to speed transit through Calais were a bilateral deal between the two countries and probably would survive Brexit per se. Of course they might not survive a souring of relations between the two countries caused by Britain’s exit from the EU.
The thing is if I say “If we do X, then I believe bad thing Y will happen” I am not lying
If I say “the cost of X is Y” when the cost is actually Z and I know it to be Z and I just want to stir opinion against X, then I’m probably lying.
The evidence is that, although 52% voted Leave in the referendum EU membership was not a big deal for almost everyone - polls in 2015 showed only 10-15% saying that they felt it important.
So if we’d never heard of the idea of a referendum 48% would have been happy and another 42% would not have been unhappy.
Cameron played a dangerous game to satisfy a minority group within the Tories over an issue which a minority of the population considered important and lost - we will all be counting the cost for decades.
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An S1 is an E121 Peter, I thought that was obvious 
If one is in receipt of a pension from an EU state and lives or goes to live in another then the state that pays your pension is your “competent state” and they will issue a E121 (S1) which you register in your new home and thet entitles you to the same level of public health care as the citizens of your new home at the expense of your competent state. For people who’s competent state is the UK this is a Brexit risk. You’re lucky, you have two competent states. Well, one incompetent state and France 
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It’s not often that I laugh out loud, but that was very funny!
Edited to say: maybe I should be crying but laughing is usually better!
If you haven’t reached peak Brexit (apologies if you have!) this podcast is very good.
Ex Tory Mps talking about Johnson’s deal. Definitely worth a listen if you have time. An enjoyable conversation in spite of the circumstances.
I have recently heard of the 2016 referendum being referred to as “an opinion poll in 2016” - I think that is quite appropriate given the findings of the Electoral Commission.
I think I may start referring to it as an opinion poll from now onwards as it wasn’t a genuine referendum. (call it denial if you wish!)
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Can you even call it that, as nobody really knew the consequences of what would happen if they voted Leave.
We are still being bombarded by Get Brexit Done, when this is only the Withdrawal Agreement.
I wonder how angry the non-thinking electorate will be when they find out this is only the first step?
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The problem is when the ‘car park’ is full of HGVs, cement mixers, car transporters - the heavy brigade. I went to a place with just such, way out in the countryside in Brittany. Long tables with the drivers of these vehicles having splendid lunches - and a bottle of v.r. in front of every one.
Come two-ish, this motley would be climbing back into their cabs, gunning the engines of these vehicles and making off down country roads, across rural Brittany… Scary.
I understand your apprehension… but I have noticed in recent years… more and more drivers are careful. They do not all quaff the jug of wine on the table… more and more are drinking water and some seem to like coke/pepsi…
As for us… I quaff most and let OH (driver) have a vague sniff at the wine jug… but we do drink a jug of water between us, as well.
Non-thinking is one way to put it. I’d go further - bone-headed ignorance. I say this on the basis of the analysis by the guru of UK sephology, Prof John Curtice [Strathclyde U].
His graph of L/R votes plotted against educational attainment is depressing to see. Curtice has it that this effect was more significant than the age graph.
70% grads - R.
70% no formal educational achievements whatsoever - L
And a sliding scale from R to L with the above at the two ends.
A clip on TV after the vote showed a public library in a heavily L voting ward. This library had been open for over a year and not one single book had been borrowed. Stunning. Awful.
Leave won on the basis of this and the endless repetition of the unquestioned, unanswerable slogan, “Take Back Control”. It was a masterpiece of meaningless but effective propaganda. We now have, “Get Brexit Done”, similarly vacuous, if not outright mendacious.
A summary of 3 recent polls [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-50123223] showed a majority approve of BoJo’s deal. Did those giving their opinions have to qualify by first answering the question, “What has been the principle problem with agreeing a deal and what is it about Mr Johnson’s solution that has proved to be more acceptable to MPs than Mrs May’s?”
The article does make the point that, “These figures are a reminder many voters have not necessarily been following the drama of the past week closely.”
Y’don’t say!
As for the sacred cow, democracy - yes, yes, it is the best worst option - I like the way it manifested in the case of RS Sir David Attenborough.
You will recall that the new polar research ship of that name was launched recently. But, if democracy had not been gently tweaked, it would not have had that name.
When the new ship was announced, the Gt British Public was invited to chose its name. The result, as in the wretched Brexit vote, would be honoured - they said.
Those responsible for this vote forgot the infinite capacity of the British to turn everything into a joke. The winner was ‘Boaty McBoatface’.
As with Brexit, about 3 years passed and the Duchess of Cambridge was presumably trying on a selection of hats. Launch day approached. The Institute [or whatever] announced that the ship would be named RS Sir David Attenborough.
Nobody quibbled with that because they also announced that whichever of the three unmanned r.c. subs was in service at any time would be … ‘Boaty McBoatface’.
Now that’s what I call democracy - the sensible version.
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Personally I still think brexshit is the most stupid ideaology that has been contrived in decades…
But even if the incredibly childish and petulant lying sulk Bojo egged on by the not even a tory in contempt Cummings try to force it through without adequate scrutinisation …it seems that others still do need time to scrutinise…???
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I have noticed that there are never pre-qualifying questions when people are asked whether they still want to Leave or Remain, so we never get any ides of their thinking, or non-think or bone-headed ignorance.
One thing that gave me some hope is that some of the interviewees said that they would not bother to vote again. would it were so, especially if they have to come out in December.
That’s the guy and you can add Bernard Jenkin and John Redwood too.
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