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The Brexit Bad News Just Keeps On Coming
I posted a link to this guy’s youtube video for July 2022 detailing Brexit disasters for nearly every day of the month.
The horror continues – see the youtube video for August 2022.
I’ve search the internet for someone posting similar on the Brexit benefits and found nothing; despite being a remoaner, I’m about the only person posting Brexit benefits.
So in the interest of balance, below is my list of Brexit benefits:-
- Blue passports
- The Crown Mark on pub glasses
- Mobile phone companies able to make roaming charges
(when using your phone in mainland Europe)
- Killing our honey-bees with EU banned pesticides
- Not having to insure ride-on lawnmowers used on private land
- Signage within Dartford tunnel spaced at yardage distances (in round numbers)
- The freedom to release as much raw sewage as we like into our rivers and coastal waters (and doing so), without fear of being prosecuted by the European Commission
Our water companies are certainly taking full advantage of that last benefit!
The horror continues – see the youtube video for August 2022.
I’ve search the internet for someone posting similar on the Brexit benefits and found nothing; despite being a remoaner, I’m about the only person posting Brexit benefits.
So in the interest of balance, below is my list of Brexit benefits:-
- Blue passports
- The Crown Mark on pub glasses
- Mobile phone companies able to make roaming charges
(when using your phone in mainland Europe)
- Killing our honey-bees with EU banned pesticides
- Not having to insure ride-on lawnmowers used on private land
- Signage within Dartford tunnel spaced at yardage distances (in round numbers)
- The freedom to release as much raw sewage as we like into our rivers and coastal waters (and doing so), without fear of being prosecuted by the European Commission
Our water companies are certainly taking full advantage of that last benefit!
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royfromaus
Because, Bob, when something is wrong and you quietly lie down and take it you’ll continue to be walked over in the future.
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//Hence why over 50% of the UK wanted to leave the EU//
But a large portion undoubtedly regret it after none of what was promised has occurred.
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Because, Bob, when something is wrong and you quietly lie down and take it you’ll continue to be walked over in the future.
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//Hence why over 50% of the UK wanted to leave the EU//
But a large portion undoubtedly regret it after none of what was promised has occurred.
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LadyCG
//When are people going to stop whinging about Brexit.//
When the promised benefits come to fruition?
If I sold you a brand new prototype car and told you it was the best mode of transport ever but the wheels fell off in the first week would you ‘get over it’ if I told you that you weren’t getting a refund because it was in fact a bag of spanners?
You’d probably want it to perform as promised…..I’d say tough, sold as seen.
Seems fair, yes?
//When are people going to stop whinging about Brexit.//
When the promised benefits come to fruition?
If I sold you a brand new prototype car and told you it was the best mode of transport ever but the wheels fell off in the first week would you ‘get over it’ if I told you that you weren’t getting a refund because it was in fact a bag of spanners?
You’d probably want it to perform as promised…..I’d say tough, sold as seen.
Seems fair, yes?
//I am pretty sure folk in Ulster have a different opinion...//
Indeed they almost certainly have, Corby. That’s why I expect the new Prime Minister to sort out the matter by (preferably) abandoning the Northern Ireland Protocol entirely or at least drastically amending it so that goods destined for use in Northern Ireland are able to move freely from other parts of the United Kingdom. I’m hoping that now the EU has realised that their plan to weaponise the Irish Border (in an attempt to thwart Brexit) has failed, that they may begin to behave a little more sensibly and pragmatically. But I’m not holding my breath.
//…when all the benefits of it have not even vaguely taken shape and the polar opposite has occurred to what we were told?//
Never believe what politicians tell you.
Has anybody mentioned that J P Morgan are planning to move most of their staff back from Germany to the UK, as a hedge against the power cuts that are likely to hit that country (and many other parts of the EU) in the winter?
Indeed they almost certainly have, Corby. That’s why I expect the new Prime Minister to sort out the matter by (preferably) abandoning the Northern Ireland Protocol entirely or at least drastically amending it so that goods destined for use in Northern Ireland are able to move freely from other parts of the United Kingdom. I’m hoping that now the EU has realised that their plan to weaponise the Irish Border (in an attempt to thwart Brexit) has failed, that they may begin to behave a little more sensibly and pragmatically. But I’m not holding my breath.
//…when all the benefits of it have not even vaguely taken shape and the polar opposite has occurred to what we were told?//
Never believe what politicians tell you.
Has anybody mentioned that J P Morgan are planning to move most of their staff back from Germany to the UK, as a hedge against the power cuts that are likely to hit that country (and many other parts of the EU) in the winter?
New Judge,
//Has anybody mentioned that J P Morgan are planning to move most of their staff back from Germany to the UK, as a hedge against the power cuts that are likely to hit that country (and many other parts of the EU) in the winter?//
You mean like jumping from the Bismarck onto the Titanic?
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//Has anybody mentioned that J P Morgan are planning to move most of their staff back from Germany to the UK, as a hedge against the power cuts that are likely to hit that country (and many other parts of the EU) in the winter?//
You mean like jumping from the Bismarck onto the Titanic?
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LadyCG
//Thanks, Gness :-)
Seriously though, no amount of lamenting is going to reverse Brexit, is it?
Rather than remonstrating, why not embrace the future?//
Yay, let’s rejoice in having the worst economy in the G7! Nobody beats us to rock bottom……can’t wait!
Coming last is definitely not a benefit in this shafting!
//Thanks, Gness :-)
Seriously though, no amount of lamenting is going to reverse Brexit, is it?
Rather than remonstrating, why not embrace the future?//
Yay, let’s rejoice in having the worst economy in the G7! Nobody beats us to rock bottom……can’t wait!
Coming last is definitely not a benefit in this shafting!
Ha any of the same old stuff from fatticus even stuff like ppe contracts which were badly handled but irrelevant to this discussion which is brexit. But its a good way of not answering the question of what's the point of banging on about it ...where should it lead?....apply to rejoin?
LAbour and Cons won't overturn brexit or change it much so the next election won't help unless we get a Liberal Green SNP coalition
LAbour and Cons won't overturn brexit or change it much so the next election won't help unless we get a Liberal Green SNP coalition
Something a bit more substantial than the 'this guy' in the video.
According to a poll commissioned by the European Council on Foreign Relations a few years ago the majority of Europeans expect end of EU within 20 years.
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Not a lot of confidence there then. It's my guess that we got out whilst the going was good. Cheer up!
According to a poll commissioned by the European Council on Foreign Relations a few years ago the majority of Europeans expect end of EU within 20 years.
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Not a lot of confidence there then. It's my guess that we got out whilst the going was good. Cheer up!
// J P Morgan are planning to move most of their staff back from Germany to the UK//
who can tell the future - see Naomi's millenarial prophecy above
Brexit - Poles were saying we can move ( again ) we have done it before.... now post Ukraine - we're staying ! oops you said you would leave - no we are looking for a bigger house for a bigger family
who can tell the future - see Naomi's millenarial prophecy above
Brexit - Poles were saying we can move ( again ) we have done it before.... now post Ukraine - we're staying ! oops you said you would leave - no we are looking for a bigger house for a bigger family
Brexists are quite relaxed about giving up a bit of sovereignty for the benefit of trade if it's for the USA or the CPTPP or the WTO... all of which either or do or would expect us to toe their lines even if they don't bother with courts or parliaments...
... the bit of "sovereignty" that Brexists really had a problem with was free movement... that was it... I do wish they would do the rest of us the courtesy of being honest about it.
as Hymie says... the damage is done and you have won... why keep pretending it wasn't all about immigration?
... the bit of "sovereignty" that Brexists really had a problem with was free movement... that was it... I do wish they would do the rest of us the courtesy of being honest about it.
as Hymie says... the damage is done and you have won... why keep pretending it wasn't all about immigration?
If you count the Canaries then yes, I've been to Europe since we were lied to by jingoistic toffs and found nothing had changed.
The people, even airport security, were polite and almost welcoming and the Irish couple who ran the bar where we were staying were delightful.
Came home to queues and sullen faces at two in the morning. Brings you back down with a bump.
Of course queues and sullen faces aren't a consequence of Brexit neccessarily, just plain old tradition.
The people, even airport security, were polite and almost welcoming and the Irish couple who ran the bar where we were staying were delightful.
Came home to queues and sullen faces at two in the morning. Brings you back down with a bump.
Of course queues and sullen faces aren't a consequence of Brexit neccessarily, just plain old tradition.
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