Cont: Brexit: Now What? Part 5

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Captain_Swoop said:
Ministers that resign at Chequers will have their official cars withdrawn immediately and will have to make their own arrangements to return home.

Petty much?
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Not petty, Strong and StableTM ;)


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but it's alarming to think that the UK's post-Brexit situation might be determined by whether or not someone can be bothered to sort out their own transport home. If enough cabinet members have an Uber account and are prepared to use it then it could bring the government down, if not we could stumble into an unworkable situation without any opportunity for Parliament to do anything about it. :(
 
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More from Airbus on the subject of Brexit:

The chief executive of planemaker Airbus has accused the government of having no idea how to take the UK out of the EU without damaging the country.

Tom Enders said Downing Street "still has no clue, no consensus on how to execute Brexit without severe harm".
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44735505

I tend to agree, the latest proposal is yet another case of magical thinking.
 
I do think everyone is being a tad harsh here - of course it is going to take some time to work out what we want, but we need this to be as detailed as possible so when we invoke article 50 we will know what we are negotiating for and can pour through the excruciating detail line by line with the EU.

Can you imagine the world of hurt we'd be in if we invoke article 50 without any idea what we want, never mind the detail of our leaving? There can't be a person in the country so ignorant, stupid or crazy that they wouldn't think we need to know what we want before we start negotiating!





(I've decided I'm going to live in my own version of cloud cuckoo land as it seems to be the way our government is dealing with Brexit and if it's good enough for our PM it's good enough for me!! :drool: :drool: :drool::scared: :scared::shocked: :shocked: :yikes: :yikes: )
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Ministers that resign at Chequers will have their official cars withdrawn immediately and will have to make their own arrangements to return home.

Petty much?
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I live a few minutes down the road, I'll offer a lift to the nearest train station to any that resign on principal.

However, given that principal seems to be in short supply I think my evening is safe.
 
Darat said:
I do think everyone is being a tad harsh here - of course it is going to take some time to work out what we want, but we need this to be as detailed as possible so when we invoke article 50 we will know what we are negotiating for and can pour through the excruciating detail line by line with the EU.

Can you imagine the world of hurt we'd be in if we invoke article 50 without any idea what we want, never mind the detail of our leaving? There can't be a person in the country so ignorant, stupid or crazy that they wouldn't think we need to know what we want before we start negotiating!
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We were told that this is the going to be the easiest negotiation ever. I expect we could trigger article 50 on 3 29 and have it all agreed by half past.
 
Tom Enders is a German business executive working for a part German-state-owned (also part French and Spanish-state-owned) company. Of course he is going to say and do what he thinks is best for the business he works for - just as all business people do. Businesses routinely relocate their companies or divisions of their companies to whatever country or countries give them the best commercial advantages - and they do this without much regard to their workers. This is the way most businesses have always operated and will continue to operate, before, during, and after the Brexit process.
 
ceptimus said:
Tom Enders is a German business executive working for a part German-state-owned (also part French and Spanish-state-owned) company. Of course he is going to say and do what he thinks is best for the business he works for - just as all business people do.
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Yes, that's rather the point. He's not saying this because he's a remoaner trying desperately to overturn the wishes of the majority of the British people; he's saying it because it represents his best estimate of what his company is going to have to do to prosper after Brexit, and it involves shafting Britain. And since several other people in similar positions are making similar predictions, it adds up to the prediction that one of the main consequences of Brexit is Britain getting seriously shafted.

Dave
 
Lothian said:
Perhaps 2 hours. We need to teach these foreigners how the british queue first. I also expect some trouble. Donald has said the Americans want to be at the front of the queue, but we know their history of turning up late when we need them.
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Well they would obviously be in the white English-speaking cough! the Priority queue which will be shorter.
 
ceptimus said:
Tom Enders is a German business executive working for a part German-state-owned (also part French and Spanish-state-owned) company. Of course he is going to say and do what he thinks is best for the business he works for - just as all business people do. Businesses routinely relocate their companies or divisions of their companies to whatever country or countries give them the best commercial advantages - and they do this without much regard to their workers. This is the way most businesses have always operated and will continue to operate, before, during, and after the Brexit process.
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Exactly. And that won't be the UK post-Brexit.
 
ceptimus said:
Tom Enders is a German business executive working for a part German-state-owned (also part French and Spanish-state-owned) company. Of course he is going to say and do what he thinks is best for the business he works for - just as all business people do. Businesses routinely relocate their companies or divisions of their companies to whatever country or countries give them the best commercial advantages - and they do this without much regard to their workers. This is the way most businesses have always operated and will continue to operate, before, during, and after the Brexit process.
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Yes, I think that is his point.

He will do whats best for his company. As a few others have hinted at already.
 
Mr Fied said:
Yes, I think that is his point.

He will do whats best for his company. As a few others have hinted at already.
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Ah, but post Brexit we don't want companies that are motivated by such inconsequential things as commercial success, we want companies who are willing to do whatever is necessary to ensure the success of Brexit regardless of how that might impact their profitability.

Those rats who are deserting the ship just because it seems to be heading into choppy waters aren't the people we want - we want proper patriots like Sir James Dyson who have the best interests of the UK at heart and wouldn't dream of moving their manufacturing base out of the UK for financial reasons.......:rolleyes:
 
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