Cont: Brexit: Now What? Part 5

[Wildy]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44847404

Theoretically speaking then there's nothing stopping another referendum, but that would require Parliament to actually work. I understand your point then.

Do you think the EU is prepared to offer the UK the same deal they have signed with Japan?

Why would the UK want a deal with "Japan" crossed out and "United Kingdom" written above it? I thought the UK was supposed to be getting a bespoke deal that would give them everything they want?

 

[Wudang]

In related news post-Brexit we'll have a UK football team. This will be a world-beating team as each time they kick the ball they'll just move the goalposts so it counts as a goal.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Boris gave the PM a kicking in his resignation speech.

 

[Belgian thought]

True but pure show.

Had he balls and really cared for his country he would have made a point as soon as he saw his now beloved "Lancaster House" statement be diluted to what it now is. He could have stood after the Mansion House speech where already Brexit means Brexit started to become weaker.

No, he waited post Chequers to make a show. He probably wants to be PM, but does not seem to have the balls.

The possibility of Corbyn winning outright majority, should an election take place, would be a disaster for the UK. Current polls suggest he could.

The Tories know this.

His dream is perhaps for this (Corbyn winning a majority) to happen so then when post Brexit, under Labour, proves to be a short term disaster for the UK, he can come riding in to save the day.

What a deluded ball-less prick.

ETA: Always thought he was self satisfying prick when he played the bumbling buffoon on shows like HIGNFY in the early noughties.

 

[The Don]

The new Brexit secretary will be having his first EU meetings:

The UK's new Brexit secretary will hold his first talks with the EU's chief negotiator in Brussels later.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44880968

Good news if you're a customs officer.

Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Leo Varadkar has said his government is making contingency plans for "the unlikely event of a no-deal hard Brexit".

Mr Varadkar said that - even if there is a deal - Ireland will need 1,000 new customs officers and veterinary inspectors to deal with changes in trade rules with the UK.

 

[Mid]

The new Brexit secretary will be having his first EU meetings:



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44880968

Good news if you're a customs officer.

[sarcasm]Nice to see the EU 27 finally catching up with the UK's high degree of preparedness for a hard Brexit[/sarcasm]

 

[Belgian thought]

And at 13:00, the EU published its document urging member states to step up preparations for a no deal Brexit.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/inf...-preparing-withdrawal-brexit-preparedness.pdf

Very sobering and the timing of its publication adds extra pressure.

 

[Darat]

And at 13:00, the EU published its document urging member states to step up preparations for a no deal Brexit.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/inf...-preparing-withdrawal-brexit-preparedness.pdf

Very sobering and the timing of its publication adds extra pressure.

Typical - we now have a plan that has the complete backing of the Tories and the EU is trying to mess it up!

 

[The Don]

And at 13:00, the EU published its document urging member states to step up preparations for a no deal Brexit.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/inf...-preparing-withdrawal-brexit-preparedness.pdf

Very sobering and the timing of its publication adds extra pressure.

How typically sneaky and foreign - actually preparing for possible outcomes so as to steal a march on the UK which has adopted a traditionally "Corinthian" attitude.......

 

[GlennB]

Ah, this must be such a lot of fun for, let's say, retired expat Brits living in the EU who are wondering whether they'll continue to qualify for free local healthcare and whether their pensions might be frozen

 

[The Don]

Ah, this must be such a lot of fun for, let's say, retired expat Brits living in the EU who are wondering whether they'll continue to qualify for free local healthcare and whether their pensions might be frozen

Well Brexiteers are expecting companies to stay "loyal" to the UK despite the economic consequences. It's only fair that traitors who have chosen to leave this sceptred isle share the burden too

 

[Lothian]

Ah, this must be such a lot of fun for, let's say, retired expat Brits living in the EU who are wondering whether they'll continue to qualify for free local healthcare and whether their pensions might be frozen

They are welcome to return, plenty of jobs here picking fruit, albeit not so many healthcare professionals here. They can perhaps try for a quick consultation when they see them going the other way at the airport.

 

[The Don]

Businesses sensibly making plans for a no-deal Brexit

Across the board, firms feel the cliff-edge is getting uncomfortably close.

One food retailer told me "no deal is looking more likely - we are getting pretty worried. We're looking at a number of options to make sure we can get food into the UK."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44891784

edited to add.....

Food shortages, what better way to engender the Blitz spirit

 

[GlennB]

Businesses sensibly making plans for a no-deal Brexit

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44891784

edited to add.....

Food shortages, what better way to engender the Blitz spirit

This could get us Bs out of a hole ... I buy a boat with the remains of our cash and deliver Greek produce and pharmaceuticals. It's a long trip, but Greek tomatoes are sooo good and would fetch top $/£/€.

Do they still patrol the coves of Cornwall looking for smugglers?

 

[The Don]

This could get us Bs out of a hole ... I buy a boat with the remains of our cash and deliver Greek produce and pharmaceuticals. It's a long trip, but Greek tomatoes are sooo good and would fetch top $/£/€.

Do they still patrol the coves of Cornwall looking for smugglers?

Will you require hard currency or will pounds do ?

 

[P.J. Denyer]

This could get us Bs out of a hole ... I buy a boat with the remains of our cash and deliver Greek produce and pharmaceuticals. It's a long trip, but Greek tomatoes are sooo good and would fetch top $/£/€.

Do they still patrol the coves of Cornwall looking for smugglers?

Need a crew? I grew up in a South Coast fishing village and can suggest an alternative arrival point.

 

[ddt]

This could get us Bs out of a hole ... I buy a boat with the remains of our cash and deliver Greek produce and pharmaceuticals. It's a long trip, but Greek tomatoes are sooo good and would fetch top $/£/€.

Do they still patrol the coves of Cornwall looking for smugglers?

Be careful of the Italian coast guard, and make clear to them you smuggle food, not people, otherwise you may get shot at.

 

[GlennB]

Will you require hard currency or will pounds do ?

Marmite, bovril, Branston pickle ... delicacies would do fine. Swedes too (the veg, not the people). We grow them and our neighbours love the ones we give them, but you can't buy them here. Oh wait ... no UK veggie pickers. Can I smuggle in Greek Swedes too? This entrepreneurship thing isn't as hard as it looks. Boundless trade opportunities after Brexit!

 

[jimbob]

Tory Chief Whip instructed MPs to ignore pairing arrangements:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...te-chief-whip-theresa-may-backs-a8454441.html

The Remainers have been outmanoeuvred (again) by May's government lying to them.

 

[Andy_Ross]

This could get us Bs out of a hole ... I buy a boat with the remains of our cash and deliver Greek produce and pharmaceuticals. It's a long trip, but Greek tomatoes are sooo good and would fetch top $/£/€.

Do they still patrol the coves of Cornwall looking for smugglers?

You just have to go as far as Ireland, you can driver there and back