Brexit - or Article 50: the Phoenix!

[SocketRocket]

So all the main players who were up in arms about the prospect of a no deal Brexit, so much so they hamstrung the government with the Benn act, have now unanimously said they will vote against this deal!! No pleasing some people!

I’ve no idea what’s in the deal but if Nigel reckons it does not go far enough and Niccola says it goes too far it’s probably pitched about right.

Hopefully the EU will refuse an extension.

 

[Fade and Die]

Hopefully the EU will refuse an extension.

That’s what Drunker was hinting at.

 

[chrisd]

Of course they don't accurately state what will happen with Brexit - other than what we know will happen. And there are plenty of things that we know we will lose. There is little, if anything, that those who have had us leave can say will happen that will benefit us all in the short term to compensate for what we will lose. Ah yes - if I so choose I can wave my blue passport (but not for another 9 yrs) and celebrate...erm...and take advantage of...erm...and blame Remoaners...

Yeah right 😣

 

[chrisd]

But what does your barber think?

She agrees entirely with me

 

[Foxholer]

Hasn't the £39 billion reduced due to payments during the extension? I thought it was based on leaving on 31st March. Our monthly payments since then would bring it down by about £5 billion.

It has.
'Divorce bill' now around 33Bn

 

[ColchesterFC]

It has.
'Divorce bill' now around 33Bn

I'm surprised that Boris hasn't been more open in celebrating the fact that his agreement is much better because we're going to be paying £6 billion less than under May's deal.

 

[Foxholer]

I'm surprised that Boris hasn't been more open in celebrating the fact that his agreement is much better because we're going to be paying £6 billion less than under May's deal.

Probably too busy 'celebrating' the actual agreement!

Oh and it's only because we've already 'paid down' that money! So it's not been reduced!

 

[ColchesterFC]

Oh and it's only because we've already 'paid down' that money! So it's not been reduced!

Since when have the facts got in the way of what comes out of the mouth of a politician? We're paying £6 billion less for this agreement, I'm surprised they aren't shouting it from the rooftops.

 

[Taz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1184817365025996801

 

[Foxholer]

Since when have the facts got in the way of what comes out of the mouth of a politician? We're paying £6 billion less for this agreement, I'm surprised they aren't shouting it from the rooftops.

That would so easly be countered, even a politician wouldn't try to do that - as the counter would almost certainly have a more negative effect than the statement!

No such issue for Newspapers though, so could well see it used it for a headline, with subsequent reason in the 'small print'!

 

[3offTheTee]

Question - More important than Brexit.

From the 14713 posts on this thread how many has SILH had?

Guesses only please.

 

[BrianM]

The EU must be worried as well, losing one of there major contributors, could the EU even collapse?

 

[Mudball]

The poor will always be with us, you should know that. Even your EU security blanket has not managed to reduce them or improve their lot, only wealth creation has a chance of distributing it down the line and that comes down to the people who will be prepared to create and expand business, not those who prefer to stifle and over-regulate it. You mention job security, the EU has worked quite hard to entice jobs out of the UK and into other poorer EU member states. They have also used our money to protect inefficient food producers by artificially forcing up food prices by making produce from outside the club less competitive with the use of tarrifs and quotas, a lot of food produce are cheaper from outside the EU.

Love the ‘unbiased’ view that the EU is responsible for all our industries being decimated. Now we are looking to dominate the world with the same ones.
If I go back in history, it is said that the British Raj decimated the cloth weaving and hand loom industries in Western India by insisting that all cotton is sent off to Manchester et al thus starving the local industry of raw materials while also flooding the market with cheap English finished goods. So now we have successully overthrown the EU Raj, we should fine

 

[Foxholer]

Question - More important than Brexit.

From the 14713 posts on this thread how many has SILH had?

Guesses only please.

Raising entirely valid points or defending his concerns?
Certainly nowhere near as many as those by the 'bullies' condemning his posting without countering his, quite legitimate and reasonable, continued scepticism - your post above being an example!

 

[harpo_72]

But it doesn’t matter now, let’s see Saturday’s vote ..

Question - More important than Brexit.

From the 14713 posts on this thread how many has SILH had?

Guesses only please.

less than socketrocket

 

[Fade and Die]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1184817365025996801

Relax Angela... Scotland will be along shortly to make up the shortfall 😜

 

[Fade and Die]

Seems amongst other things Mutter is worried about a resurgent U.K.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....tential-competitor-to-eu-emmanuel-macron/amp/

 

[Dando]

Question - More important than Brexit.

From the 14713 posts on this thread how many has SILH had?

Guesses only please.

Only 1 new post but it’s just just been repeated over and over and over and over ....

 

[SocketRocket]

Love the ‘unbiased’ view that the EU is responsible for all our industries being decimated. Now we are looking to dominate the world with the same ones.
If I go back in history, it is said that the British Raj decimated the cloth weaving and hand loom industries in Western India by insisting that all cotton is sent off to Manchester et al thus starving the local industry of raw materials while also flooding the market with cheap English finished goods. So now we have successully overthrown the EU Raj, we should fine

Post in context. My post you quoted was in reply to SILH's comments relating to now the poor,food prices and small business would be affected by Brexit, not by me spontaneously ranting about it.
Regarding food prices:
https://iea.org.uk/blog/abolish-the-cap-let-food-prices-tumble

 

[Jamesbrown]

I’ve gave up caring about leaving, I just want to “win”. So I can stick my fingers up and laugh at remainers. I don’t care about Northern Ireland, I don’t live there.
Any deal is now a good deal. Let’s move on to the next calamity. This ones got boring now.