XB52 Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 1 hour ago, manaliveits105 said: Onwards and upwards comrades Huge boost to the economy of 0.08%😀😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobboM Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 That's fantastic news! Here's another exciting headline that doesn't deliver on its promise too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundermann Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 1 hour ago, RobboM said: That's fantastic news! Here's another exciting headline that doesn't deliver on its promise too! Christ, is Liam Fox still a thing? I mind, pre-Brexit, when he travelled to Norway to research how they view/ deal with the EU. He said that the EU was too left-wing. They said, 'no, it's too right-wing'. Tail between legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 1 hour ago, RobboM said: That's fantastic news! Here's another exciting headline that doesn't deliver on its promise too! Fantastic spin 😂 ,massive investment and job creation, none of which is coming to the UK is an "international vote of confidence". Meanwhile the UK car industry continues to shrink to the point of extinction. Which is exactly what was predicted by a brexit loon economics professor who said it was a price worth paying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 1 hour ago, XB52 said: Huge boost to the economy of 0.08%😀😀 Is this the deal the Express trumpeted was worth £12 trillion, which is four times the value of the entire UK economy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 On 14/07/2023 at 04:52, ri Alban said: IPlayer still recently had his live gig in Southend up and it's hilarious. Brexit loving Essex gets absolutely shredded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 CPTPP is a poor man's EU. It's not just a trading bloc, but also a sovereignty sharing deal (because ALL trade blocs are also sovereignty sharing deals) I must have missed the referendum on joining this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 1 hour ago, periodictabledancer said: IPlayer still recently had his live gig in Southend up and it's hilarious. Brexit loving Essex gets absolutely shredded. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 4 hours ago, manaliveits105 said: Onwards and upwards comrades So joining bigger blocs and having to play to their rules is a good idea to be celebrated now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Cade said: CPTPP is a poor man's EU. It's not just a trading bloc, but also a sovereignty sharing deal (because ALL trade blocs are also sovereignty sharing deals) I must have missed the referendum on joining this one. Baddenoch proudly and disingenuously telling us how we're joining a trading bloc of 450 million - half a world away. As thought there wasn't an equally sized and richer one that we turned our backs on on our doorstep Edited July 16, 2023 by periodictabledancer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobboM Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 3 hours ago, periodictabledancer said: Is this the deal the Express trumpeted was worth £12 trillion, which is four times the value of the entire UK economy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 5 minutes ago, RobboM said: Profits halve though?? Poor shareholders, hopefully they'll console themselves with the £700m+ in dividends they received in round 1 this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Cade said: CPTPP is a poor man's EU. It's not just a trading bloc, but also a sovereignty sharing deal (because ALL trade blocs are also sovereignty sharing deals) I must have missed the referendum on joining this one. If you didn't laugh you'd cry ..... https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade/U.K.-formally-joins-CPTPP-to-little-fanfare-and-low-expectations The main obvious beneficiary is Malaysia, which stands to gain tariff-free palm oil exports into the U.K., from up to 12% now, once the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership enters into force. The agreement is expected to give the U.K. economy a marginal boost of 1.8 billion pounds ($2.36 billion), or 0.08%, over 15 years, based on London's own assessment in April 2021. "The impact appears mainly cosmetic, for the U.K. to show it made a trade deal after Brexit," said Chris Devonshire-Ellis, chairman of Dezan Shira & Associates, an advisory firm that works with investors across Asia. "No one in Asia is taking the pact very seriously." The British government, though, is keen to promote the pact, noting that the Asia-Pacific bloc represents half a billion people and accounts for 12% of the global economy. However, the U.K. already has free trade agreements with nine of the 11 member states, many of which were rolled over from when the U.K. was a member of the European Union. Since the U.K. voted to leave the EU in June 2016, the Conservative government has sought to sign deals with other countries and regions to try to make good the leavers' campaign promise of "Brexit benefits," even though no partnership could realistically make up for the loss of frictionless trade with its nearest neighbor and the world's largest trading bloc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundermann Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 2 hours ago, RobboM said: Superb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundermann Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 Similar to above. Who TF actually buys the Express? At what age does someone suddenly think 'I'm now .... years and an auld fart who hates foreigners but likes Tories. That paper is for me.'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 46 minutes ago, Gundermann said: Similar to above. Who TF actually buys the Express? At what age does someone suddenly think 'I'm now .... years and an auld fart who hates foreigners but likes Tories. That paper is for me.'? Buttoned up the back if you buy their shite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 0.08% in 10 years. Is that it? Ffs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjambo Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 41 minutes ago, ri Alban said: 0.08% in 10 years. Is that it? Ffs! Mony a mickle maks a muckle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 6 hours ago, redjambo said: Mony a mickle maks a muckle! They must think we're all fools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobboM Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 11 hours ago, redjambo said: Mony a mickle maks a muckle! It's not even a mickle. It's a micro-mickle. Need to update the saying Hunners of micro-mickles make a mickle, Mony of which maks a muckle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjambo Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 1 hour ago, RobboM said: It's not even a mickle. It's a micro-mickle. Need to update the saying Hunners of micro-mickles make a mickle, Mony of which maks a muckle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SectionDJambo Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 7 hours ago, ri Alban said: They must think we're all fools. There only have to be enough fools. People will believe what they want to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Thor Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 2 hours ago, RobboM said: It's not even a mickle. It's a micro-mickle. Need to update the saying Hunners of micro-mickles make a mickle, Mony of which maks a muckle Sorry to burst the micro-bubble but it's actually the potential of a micro-mickle. the 4% loss of GDP however is very real and is indeed rather muckle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovecraft Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66224588 Arf! Come here and steal all our jobs!"!!!!"""!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 11 minutes ago, Lovecraft said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66224588 Arf! Come here and steal all our jobs!"!!!!"""!!!! A 7 man squad from Poland appeared on my site the day. I wonder where this shortage of roof tilers/Slater is. There's a major slow down on the sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Please come back and do all the jobs you used to do before we kicked you out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Lovecraft said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66224588 Arf! Come here and steal all our jobs!"!!!!"""!!!! Next, there'll be a lack of reproducing age males and it'll be "come over here and take our women!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 3 minutes ago, Cade said: Please come back and do all the jobs you used to do before we kicked you out And then **** off again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micole Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 2 hours ago, Lovecraft said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66224588 Arf! Come here and steal all our jobs!"!!!!"""!!!! But but but......we took oor country back we are a sovereign country .....blah blah blah. 🤦♂️🤦♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 49 minutes ago, Smithee said: And then **** off again! ....taking all your wages with you....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaliveits105 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Good adaptability shown by the Government here - onwards and upwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Thor Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Soft lad peppering threads and getting zero bites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 18 minutes ago, The Mighty Thor said: Soft lad peppering threads and getting zero bites Apart from your one ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i wish jj was my dad Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 On 16/07/2023 at 15:22, Gundermann said: Similar to above. Who TF actually buys the Express? At what age does someone suddenly think 'I'm now .... years and an auld fart who hates foreigners but likes Tories. That paper is for me.'? Despicable, lying b'stards. Still they hate the right people though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldChampions1902 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 2 hours ago, i wish jj was my dad said: Despicable, lying b'stards. Still they hate the right people though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Brexiters foaming at the mouth because the EU didn't call the Malvinas the Falklands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 On 16/07/2023 at 15:22, Gundermann said: Similar to above. Who TF actually buys the Express? At what age does someone suddenly think 'I'm now .... years and an auld fart who hates foreigners but likes Tories. That paper is for me.'? I think that when many people get really into an ideology, they'll push any old lie that they're asked to. Not because they necessarily believe it, but because their idea of greater good justifies, even necessitates, the lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldChampions1902 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) On 16/07/2023 at 06:46, manaliveits105 said: Onwards and upwards comrades I see that New Zealand, a member of the CPTPP you ‘promote’ in your post above , has just joined the Horizon EUROPE science programme. One of the largest in the world, with combined funding of 95 Billion Euros pa. A scheme the U.K. was a member of, until we chose Brexit. Presumably you will reflect on the reasons and recognise the irony? Or perhaps not. Edited July 21, 2023 by WorldChampions1902 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 When you "take back control" but get a worse deal.... Sporting a fish-patterned tie, Boris Johnson promised a “prodigious” increase in quotas when he outlined the terms of the UK’s exit from the EU on Christmas Eve 2020. But independence has not brought the hoped-for rewards. “We are at 50% of the quota that we had prior to Brexit, and we are taking longer to catch it,” Sandell says. As a result of the loss of quota and changes in access to Norwegian waters, the Kirkella will only make about six trips this year, and will spend more time in port. It will also have to sail to more distant waters, resulting in higher operating costs. Under the current agreement, the Kirkella’s quota requires it to fish only in Norway’s remote Svalbard zone, which has separate arrangements from other Norwegian waters. “Now we have a negligible amount of quota in the Norwegian zone, so all of our fish is in Svalbard,” says Sandell. “Previously, we would have gone to fish in Norwegian waters when the catch was better there, but now we are forced further north, which isn’t ideal, because you’ve got more ice and the weather is worse.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack D and coke Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldChampions1902 Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 2 hours ago, jack D and coke said: Epic fail! Hannan and Brexit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Thor Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 Wibble, something, comrades! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WorldChampions1902 Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 1 minute ago, jack D and coke said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 17 hours ago, jack D and coke said: what's he referring to ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Start the countdown to the 2024 launch of the EU "ETIAS " card (their version of the US ESTA scheme). And just for added inconvenience (unlike ESTAs) you can't apply for a group version. Thanks brexit !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 18 minutes ago, periodictabledancer said: what's he referring to ? Ah, OK, it's that fantastically nonsenical article in the Times about trying to get EU workers back - without having freedom of movement. Aye, that'll work - probably in the same way the UK scheme to "solve" the shortage of hgv drivers which resulted in EU carriers getting a huge advantages here which the EU did NOT reciprocate. According to the Times : Thousands of young European waiters, baristas and au pairs could be allowed to come to the UK for two years under plans to plug gaps in the British workforce. The Home Office has begun discussions with some EU countries after being asked by Downing Street to agree more youth mobility schemes to help improve the economy without raising record levels of net migration. Suella Braverman, the home secretary, and Robert Jenrick, the immigration minister, have proposed deals to a number of their European counterparts in recent months. In particular ministers are understood to be looking at France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland (struggling to see aspiring German /Swiss barristas coming here for the minum wage & sky high rents (assuming they can get a place to rent) — which is not in the EU — for deals involving workers aged between 18 and 30. So, blatantly discriminatory - that'll be appealing to the EU : "we don't want E Europeans , otherwise , what was brexit for ?". Any agreements would be reciprocal, - the hgv scheme wasn't & isn't. meaning young Britons would find it easier to travel and work in other countries. The schemes are likely to be tailored to each country - sounds very bureaucratic (how very "EU"). and could vary in age criteria, length of stay and the types of roles applicants could undertake. sounds very bureaucratic (how very "EU"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticJambo Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Insane! Let the two-bit crappy restaurants/pubs/bistros we all seem to weirdly fawn over in this country sink, is my shout. So many dodgy owners treating their employees like dirt, as they know there will be some other mug to fill in. Ffffin merry-go-round of crap service and average fare, at higher prices too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Thor Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Shock developments in 'what happens when you leave the club' news.... every Briton And everyone else from a third country. They knew what they were voting for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 1 hour ago, The Mighty Thor said: Shock developments in 'what happens when you leave the club' news.... every Briton And everyone else from a third country. They knew what they were voting for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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