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OUT WITH A DEAL EATING OUR CAKE AND LOVING IT suck it up remoaners
And like a typical anti democracy remoaner he decided the will of the people should be ignored the minute the democratic result was in total fecking hypocrite 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Despite it being voted in to law by the commons the spineless two faced remoaner MPs have totally abandoned any morals and decided to ignore the will of the British people.
It will be remembered and no election or referendum will ever be the same again in this country.
The one thing that will come is a massive surge in the popularity of UKIP or a similar party in the future who stand for the 52%.
Happy Days.
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OUT AFLI SUCK IT UP REMOANER LOSERS
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Freedom of movement means lower skilled migrants coming across same as skilled migrants; the former harms lower skilled UK workers.
Trade deals are compromised by having to deal with 28 nations - as seen by the dear a few years ago where a Belgian province held negotiations up.
Yay, let's not have wars due to all being part of a superstate...
UK protection for workers goes above EU minimum levels in some areas, ie maternity rights.
Crime, security can be handled inside or outside of EU. After all, no EU nation other than Britain is part of Five Eyes. I'd suggest we give more info than we receive.
How so?
EU had fvck all to do with peace in Northern Ireland.
Wales is a Net beneficiary of UK money given UK is a Net contributor. As UK pays in more than it receives back, how are EU giving EU money to Wales?
“Trade with EU declining year on year.” > Not true. Exports for goods & services have risen pretty much year on year, from £133m in 1999 to £288m in 2018. Imports £145m in ’99 to £353m last year. Our %age of exports to the EU has dropped, I think that’s what you mean, but they still remain our largest trading partner and that’s growing in value.
“Freedom of movement means lower skilled migrants coming across same as skilled migrants; the former harms lower skilled UK workers.” > There is an impact on lowest paid UK-native workers, agreed. I’m not sure what we do about that, but leaving the EU is throwing the baby out with the bathwater, as the overall impact across all workers is positive.
Worth noting her that (a) the government white paper suggests little will change as workers are still going to be allowed to come here for temporary work (most of the problems are already associated with temporary work), and (b) studies have shown that EU workers on the whole make a more positive (fiscal) contribution to the UK than non-EU immigrants, and they are less of a drain on public funding than UK nationals.
“Trade deals are compromised by having to deal with 28 nations - as seen by the dear a few years ago where a Belgian province held negotiations up.” Yes, individual Member States have a say, which is obviously contradictory to the Brexiteer’s claims of an undemocratic super state. Combined, the EU is the largest trading bloc in the world, the largest economy and the largest ‘top partner’ for other countries (by some distance — EU top partner for 80 countries, US only for 20).
"Yay, let's not have wars due to all being part of a superstate... > We’re not a super state. Fine if people have concerns over how closely aligned we are, but there's no need for that kind of rhetoric. It simply isn't the case.
“UK protection for workers goes above EU minimum levels in some areas, ie maternity rights.” > We’ll have to see where this one leads. This will be a slow burner. The government have given assurances that rights will be preserved, but I wouldn’t trust them as far as I can throw them at the moment. And of course those promises could be meaningless after a change of government. I believe the ECJ has a reputation of being more favourable to workers than UK courts, so a small alarm bell there maybe?
"Crime, security can be handled inside or outside of EU. After all, no EU nation other than Britain is part of Five Eyes. I'd suggest we give more info than we receive." > Brexit threatens internal security, without a doubt. As proven by the government's preparations to potentially deploy the military. That may be sensible precautionary planning and hopefully not needed, but good ideas tend not to need plans to use the military to quash potential unrest! I struggle to see how looser ties with our closest neighbours can help with international security/terrorism, etc., but there we are.
"EU had fvck all to do with peace in Northern Ireland." > Yet the GFA is inexorably linked to our respective memberships of the EU and retaining that open border. There’s a firecracker waiting to explode into life again there if not handled properly.
"Wales is a Net beneficiary of UK money given UK is a Net contributor. As UK pays in more than it receives back, how are EU giving EU money to Wales?" > Redistribution of money that wouldn’t happen otherwise innit. Just look at the pathetic attempts so far with the promises of the ‘Shared Prosperity Fund’ (kicked into the long grass, incidentally).
Once again, it looks like Wales would be the big loser here with us losing out on £2.3bn of funding over 2021-27. Again, things could change here, but you only have to look at the UK’s efforts in this regard to see that investment in the regions is a low priority for Westminster (the Regional Development Agencies were scrapped in England in 2012; large-scale capital projects for Wales have been knocked back, etc., etc.).
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Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 10:54 - Sep 2 with 1470 views
Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 07:39 - Sep 2 by rockinjk
Rory Stewart is brilliant
He would walk an election
He's a very interesting character. I tend to agree with Bluey that he's a bit of a gimmick, but I'm not sure if that's constructed or simply a function of him going viral during the leader debates. There's certainly a lot more to him than many of the Tories who are constantly in the news. His background is a fascinating read - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Stewart
But if he's not prepared to sell out any of his values or morals in order to climb the greasy pole I suspect he'll never get anywhere near the top job.
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(No subject) (n/t) on 11:14 - Sep 2 with 1448 views
Corbyn doing a speech, ostensibly about stopping no deal Brexit but instead laying out how Labour would make things wonderful with him as PM, oh and it's the bankers who want no deal.
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Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 11:36 - Sep 2 with 1418 views
Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 11:40 - Sep 2 by jackrmee
Corbyn is now taking questions.
Q: If there were a second referendum, would Labour back a Labour leave option?
Q: Tony Blair says you should block a general election. But it sounds like you want one. Would you back one at any time?
Corbyn says he will do everything possible to stop a no-deal Brexit.
A vote of no confidence is still on the table.
It is not an either/or, he says.
He says he wants a general election. Labour would propose a referendum, with remain one option, and another decided by parliament.
I'm sure that makes Labours position incredibly clear, that.
I'd suggest however that one option on a referendum being decided by Parliament has the slight drawback that Parliament can't agree on any fvcking thing.
Well, they agreed on one thing.
The Brady amendment that rejected the backstop and sought alternative plans was backed by Parliament...
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(No subject) (n/t) on 11:51 - Sep 2 with 1399 views
Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 11:25 - Sep 2 by bluey_the_blue
Corbyn doing a speech, ostensibly about stopping no deal Brexit but instead laying out how Labour would make things wonderful with him as PM, oh and it's the bankers who want no deal.
He's a fúcking idiot.
A Starmer/Cooper ticket would blow Boris away.
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Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 12:58 - Sep 2 with 1343 views
Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 11:25 - Sep 2 by bluey_the_blue
Corbyn doing a speech, ostensibly about stopping no deal Brexit but instead laying out how Labour would make things wonderful with him as PM, oh and it's the bankers who want no deal.
Same as Johnson proroguing Parliament was ostensibly about many things but was actually about brexit. You didn’t mind that?
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Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 13:00 - Sep 2 with 1341 views
Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 11:45 - Sep 2 by bluey_the_blue
I'm sure that makes Labours position incredibly clear, that.
I'd suggest however that one option on a referendum being decided by Parliament has the slight drawback that Parliament can't agree on any fvcking thing.
Well, they agreed on one thing.
The Brady amendment that rejected the backstop and sought alternative plans was backed by Parliament...
The Brady amendment is a complete red herring as no one has come up with any alternate plans. So saying - ooh, that’s agreed, is a nonsense.
Edit to add - actually, the other thing they agree is that a no deal Brexit is a catastrophic act of self harm.
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Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 13:06 - Sep 2 with 1331 views
Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 12:58 - Sep 2 by londonlisa2001
Same as Johnson proroguing Parliament was ostensibly about many things but was actually about brexit. You didn’t mind that?
I'm pointing out that given Corbyn was giving a speech about blocking no deal Brexit, he spent at least 90% of his statement speaking about how great life will be under a Labour government so wasn;t really addressing the issue at all.
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Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 13:14 - Sep 2 with 1312 views
Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 13:00 - Sep 2 by londonlisa2001
The Brady amendment is a complete red herring as no one has come up with any alternate plans. So saying - ooh, that’s agreed, is a nonsense.
Edit to add - actually, the other thing they agree is that a no deal Brexit is a catastrophic act of self harm.
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The Brady amendment isn't a red herring, it was a rejection of the backstop. Parliament demand alternative arrangements. Government could come up with any number of alternate plans, EU say no, there's your impasse still.
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Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 13:15 - Sep 2 with 1307 views
I’m an accountant supporting small local businesses, Brexit will really harm, I’ve done a ton of research trying to understand Brexit. Along the way I’ve discovered some circles of self interest, I would like to share some of these with you. (thread)
Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 13:14 - Sep 2 by bluey_the_blue
The Brady amendment isn't a red herring, it was a rejection of the backstop. Parliament demand alternative arrangements. Government could come up with any number of alternate plans, EU say no, there's your impasse still.
Sorry Bluey but that is a fabrication.
The government haven’t come up with a single alternative plan . The EU have stated consistently that if they do they will listen.
The EU isn’t to blame for the backstop.
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Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 13:18 - Sep 2 with 1301 views
Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 13:16 - Sep 2 by londonlisa2001
Sorry Bluey but that is a fabrication.
The government haven’t come up with a single alternative plan . The EU have stated consistently that if they do they will listen.
The EU isn’t to blame for the backstop.
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I'm sue EU would really listen before saying "no", "non" et al. May voted to Remain. Backstop is the way EU keep us tied in forever, where only they can unilaterally let UK go...
The greatest, most effective, least costliest arrangement ever could be devised and EU would still reject it - not in their interests to agree,
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Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 13:26 - Sep 2 with 1293 views
Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 13:20 - Sep 2 by bluey_the_blue
I'm sue EU would really listen before saying "no", "non" et al. May voted to Remain. Backstop is the way EU keep us tied in forever, where only they can unilaterally let UK go...
The greatest, most effective, least costliest arrangement ever could be devised and EU would still reject it - not in their interests to agree,
You are just making things up.
May voting remain is irrelevant.
Nothing has been devised. Nothing.
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Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 13:27 - Sep 2 with 1292 views
Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 11:25 - Sep 2 by bluey_the_blue
Corbyn doing a speech, ostensibly about stopping no deal Brexit but instead laying out how Labour would make things wonderful with him as PM, oh and it's the bankers who want no deal.
Corbyn setting out his stall, "a vote for Johnson is a vote for Trump"
Tory confidence that they will easily win a GE seem misplaced to me. More evidence of the Sense of entitlement that pervades currently.
A hung parliament with the only question being whether DUP/ Tories outnumber the rest.
Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 13:16 - Sep 2 by oh_tommy_tommy
Suckers
I’m an accountant supporting small local businesses, Brexit will really harm, I’ve done a ton of research trying to understand Brexit. Along the way I’ve discovered some circles of self interest, I would like to share some of these with you. (thread)