Brexit is going wonderfully as shown by these examples
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icowden
Squire
I think all the parties are too worried still about upsetting the people who voted for Brexit. I'm hoping that once Starmer has his boots under the table that we might see some sensible negotiation around freedom of movement, single market etc. It's not something that anyone is going to slap on a manifesto though.
Fab Foodie
Legendary Member
Am hoping too...
icowden
Squire
I saw a meme somewhere that said something along the lines of "a manifesto is a first date not a marriage".
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albion
Guest
Does not matter now. The ardent Brexit voters are Reform fodder anyway.
the snail
Active Member
I think probably the majority of people realise brexit was a stupid idea, badly executed, but would rather chew their own arm off than go through a repeat of the brexit process in reverse. It's pretty clear that Starmer has no intention of doing anything more than tinkering at the edges. He's specifically ruled out any change on the single market, which is the main problem with brexit imo, and there is really no route to fixing that without rejoining the EU.
BoldonLad
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Haven't heard that one before, but, rather apt. Full of promise, leading to disappointment and disillusionment.
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albion
Guest
Nissan is now an anachronism. Fully outside the EU investment has pretty much stopped.
China, I am sure, would have invested massively, for much the same reason Japan did, and before that, the US.
China, I am sure, would have invested massively, for much the same reason Japan did, and before that, the US.
icowden
Squire
I *think* they were aiming at the notion that a manifesto is the dating profile and how you behave on that first date and is very different to what happens once you are in that relationship where all sorts of stuff changes.Haven't heard that one before, but, rather apt. Full of promise, leading to disappointment and disillusionment.
Your idea works too though ;-)
Fab Foodie
Legendary Member
If you get farked on a first date you'll keep on getting farked whether you like it or not....
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albion
Guest
https://eandt.theiet.org/2024/07/29...elfth-position-world-rankings-latest-analysis
The decline continues. Manufacturing was always predicted to suffer near most. From 9th to 12th.
The decline continues. Manufacturing was always predicted to suffer near most. From 9th to 12th.
Fab Foodie
Legendary Member
British exceptionalism at its finest....
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albion
Guest
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/downing-...itains-richest-plumber-vowed-to-quit-britain/
Very patriotic to expect others to pay the Brexit dividedend.
Very patriotic to expect others to pay the Brexit dividedend.
icowden
Squire
The number of millionaires prepared to quit the uk is always hugely over-exaggerated.
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/09/08/why-the-rich-arent-leaving-or-coming-to-the-uk/
https://www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-n...k-for-boring-and-culturally-barren-tax-havens
For most of the super rich their wealth is already on holiday.
Beebo
Guru
He was a vocal critic of Brexit, but is now a big Reform UK supporter. Yet doesn’t want to pay back to society.
He make no sense. Spain has inheritance tax too. And Dubai is a Muslim country with very questionable laws and very few rights for the individual.
The media should spend more time calling out these tax dodgers rather than moaning about tax rises that will hit very few people.
