indeed - though for an industry that uses 69% of the land, employs 1.5% of people and contributes 0.6% to our gross added value again i wonder how big an issue it really is in trade talks beyond a few bad headlines about chlorinated chickens
Brexited | the worst threads live the longest
- Thread starter Silva
- Start date
Full bodied gammon.
I had a gammon taxi driver once. Salt of the earth. Wouldn't want him as a neighbor mind etc etc etc
I still think so many points are being missed about the future relationship, not only with the EU but the rest of the world.
If the UK decide they want to eat chlorinated chicken that's up to them - but they won't be able to export any products using products that don't meet EU standards to the EU (and possibly elsewhere) because any agreements they have with the EU or other countres will be based on standards known to the EU and other countries outside the EU.
What will UK standards be after 31st December? Does anybody know, has anyone in the UK government even thought about it. Also bearing in mind that all agreements in place or being negotiated will have to be based on standards amongst other things, what will these standards be next year?
If Roger Daltrey wants to tour Europe and take a truckload of equipment on the tour. Will the transport agreement be in place there be a commercial licence available so his drivers will be able to drive, will he have the insurance. Temporary import exemptions, temporary import duty, tax exemption etc. Imagine the bureaucracy involved.
Have this weird feeling that people think things will carry on as before, with agreements in place many things probably will, without them, next year could be quite special, 'I didn''t realise that' will become a very common phrase, I'd wager.
Less than a month until we pass the deadline to request an extension to the transition phase.
We are leaving with a no deal brexit. A disaster for our economy which will already be fecked due to Corona.
We are leaving with a no deal brexit. A disaster for our economy which will already be fecked due to Corona.
exactly... the recession will be because of corona... but the eventual recovery will all be because of "getting brexit done"
that will be the narrative
I'm surprised we even bother turning up to negotiations.
It was hilarious to see BoJo tell Italian workers who left because of the outbreak "tutti benvenuti"
I'm convinced that the lasting impact of Brexit will be that the UK will welcome EU people into the country to work and live because we need them but will have effectively stopped our own population from doing the same around Europe. Struggling to see any positives.
There are 3 potential positives:
We may get some goods slightly cheaper than before.
We might sign freedom of movement arrangements with other countries.
The tories will need to find a new scapegoat.
After 5 years though, that is all I have been able to find. All have potential downsides as well. The list of potential and known negatives is extensive.
I'd love to hear from any who voted brexit if they still think it will be worth it.
Fecking lying bastards should be ripped apart by the press for breaking an important pre-election pledge. I'm sure Laura won't give a feck though.
Brexit was presented as an opportunity for this uniquely talented nation to free itself of EU shackles and look to the wider world. This always felt like simplistic nonsense but it now looks ridiculous with the rise of nationalism (of which Brexit was a portent) and increasing calls for protectionism. Also, the salesmen for this English exceptionalist, buccaneering Britain BS have been once and for all revealed to be dilettante charlatans by the UK government”s shambolic response to Covid-19.
But, to answer your question, our mighty fishing industry might benefit. Maybe it can increase its share of national GDP above 0.1%.
Yes. The argument that British people worked overseas before the EU isn't a good argument against the benefits of free movement.
There's nothing uniquely talented about this nation, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say you're being sarcastic
Blue Passports innit.
There's nothing uniquely talented about this nation, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say you're being sarcastic
Hahahaa
Wow is this thread still going?
Must be well into 'Barnier time' now on Brexit.... one last boot up the field for remainers, before Boris sits down with Angela to blow the whistle!
Must be well into 'Barnier time' now on Brexit.... one last boot up the field for remainers, before Boris sits down with Angela to blow the whistle!
This will end up with a no deal Brexit and the UK signing anything thrown to them by the US. The rich will make a killing, the tories would lose the next GE and Labour will end up having to sort this mess with one hand tied behind its back as the country would be owned by the US corporations
The EU should ring fence the EU. God forbid that the US is able to find a loophole in our market through the UK
The EU should ring fence the EU. God forbid that the US is able to find a loophole in our market through the UK
Last edited:
After four years we're not even at the end of the beginning. This time next year Boris will be pfiffling and pfaffling about the consequences of the inevitable 'no deal' while we have the popcorn out and Brexiters saying 'this isn't want we voted for (even though we knew what we voted for)" trying to explain that it was only really a protest vote against the government which they subsequently voted in yet again , twice, and since the UK left immigration is at its highest level ever.
What on earth are you on about?
This thread will be going another 10 years unless the Caf shut down or we all die.
Yes it probably will....Kiddies will be getting this tale told in the dead of night from their parents "Let me tell you a story ....once upon a time in euroland Baron Barnier wanted to keep all the fish for himself, but!!!
.... but de Pfeffel pfiffle pfaffle said no and the staple diet became mackerel and chips as he couldn't find anywhere close enough to sell fresh fish.
There's nothing uniquely talented about this nation, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say you're being sarcastic
Not exactly - I was presenting it in terms of the claims made by Brexiteers (the ideologue, Hannan type rather than the Daily Mail comment section types who just don’t like foreigners).
We are uniquely talented in terms of self-delusion, belief in unicorns and propensity to invoke WWII despite being born long after it finished.
Oven stuff is always a disappointment:
...Chicken chow mein (with of course chlorinated chicken), and with black pudding and tripe as a side order and sourced in the UK"
Blyth reckons Brexit is a good idea now as the EU is bollocksed
Apropos nothing, that's a really awful Twitter channel. The obnoxious (and juvenile) name doesn't help.
It’s a mixed bag on there. They have some plonkers on but some very interesting people too. Blyth is a Professor of economics used by many media organisations in the UK and US, from Fox to the BBC to The Guardian. He’s not pulled his opinion out of thin air whatever you think of it.
That's what seemed so strange. The quality of the guests and interviewees seemed in stark contrast to the channel itself.
Blyth has previously said that Brits voted for Brexit because ‘they’re morons’ but because of Covid the economic landscape has changed. The big issue being the Southern European economies, specifically Italy, who looked doomed to prolonged economic down turns with the social, political and economic knock-on effects that has for the rest of the block.
Last edited:
Seems like boris is setting it up for him to "put some tiger in the tank" with a deal in July...
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...pes-securing-brexit-trade-deal-given-boost-eu
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...pes-securing-brexit-trade-deal-given-boost-eu
A deal is close, they wouldn't say it if it wasn't
Oven ready to go... just pop it in the microwaveA deal is close, they wouldn't say it if it wasn't
It seems like some sort of agreement will be announced, but no one knows what, so much so that not many are even hazarding guesses. Some sort of interim 'carry on for a while as now' maybe?A deal is close, they wouldn't say it if it wasn't
Gammon is racist language?
Learn something new every day on the cafe!Gammon is an insult to Brexiters, whom tended to be older white men. But yeah, I'd also called a BAME Brexit voter a gammon too.
That was the transition period which Boris seems determined not to extend. Reading various articles it seems the top aim of the Uk government is to obtain a Canada style FTA, which if the UK satisfies the demands it probably will get and would be useful for a country like Canada on the other side of the Atlantic who are not reliant on smooth custom-free operations . Maybe Boris is planning to up anchor.
Whenever things have got sticky at home he has always just shuffled off to some other woman stupid enough to believe his lies...but I think Canada is generally more intelligent than that.