Cont: Brexit: Now What? Part 5

[3point14]

Well, except the workers in the car factories won't be striking. They just won't have anything to do:

https://www.theguardian.com/politic...xit-could-halt-production-at-uk-toyota-plants

 

[catsmate]

Well, except the workers in the car factories won't be striking. They just won't have anything to do:

https://www.theguardian.com/politic...xit-could-halt-production-at-uk-toyota-plants

And the miners and dockers are mostly gone.

 

[Craig B]

That doesn't leave much for an Empire - maybe Gibraltar?

That bit of the Empire isn't at all enthusiastic about leaving the EU. 96% of Gib votes in the EU referendum were for Remain.

 

[Ian Osborne]

That bit of the Empire isn't at all enthusiastic about leaving the EU. 96% of Gib votes in the EU referendum were for Remain.

And when we've left the EU, Spain will claim dibs on it.

 

[Wudang]

Well economists for brexit have the car industry problem nailed down

“You are going to have to run it down ... in the same way we ran down the coal industry and steel industry. These things happen.”

https://twitter.com/mikegalsworthy/status/1056490686638383104

 

[P.J. Denyer]

Well economists for brexit have the car industry problem nailed down



https://twitter.com/mikegalsworthy/status/1056490686638383104

And I'm sure they have a well thought out and feasible plan for what is going to replace it?

 

[Andy_Ross]

And I'm sure they have a well thought out and feasible plan for what is going to replace it?

Why? They never replaced any other industry.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

I never expected "There will be adequate food" to face serious competition in the eye-popping did-he-really-say-that stakes, but "You're going to have to run [the car industry] down ... These things happen" is pretty special.

 

[Lothian]

A special 50p coin is to be minted to celebrate Brexit. After 29 March 2019 it will be worth 20p.

 

[Archie Gemmill Goal]

I never expected "There will be adequate food" to face serious competition in the eye-popping did-he-really-say-that stakes, but "You're going to have to run [the car industry] down ... These things happen" is pretty special.

there will be adequate food... provided you are willing to eat at least one of your family for the good of the Empire. Perhaps the one that betrayed our great nation by screwing doors on cars for the evil Japanese invaders? We must purge these malign influences for the glory of the Divine Farage. Purity above all. No longer shall we slave at the feet of people who look a bit tanned and prefer olive oil to lard. No longer shall we eat fruit in November! No longer shall our food be spiced with ought but our sweat. For we are Britain. And our noses shall forever remain severed from our putrid faces.

 

[Darat]

A special 50p coin is to be minted to celebrate Brexit. After 29 March 2019 it will be worth 20p.

And struck at the new Royal Mint, in Germany...

 

[Archie Gemmill Goal]

A special 50p coin is to be minted to celebrate Brexit. After 29 March 2019 it will be worth 20p.

Will we be able to eat it come April?

Good to know the government are focused on what really matters in this transition isn't it?

 

[GnaGnaMan]

Why? They never replaced any other industry.

That's not quite fair to say. The Thatcher government specifically courted Japanese automakers with the promise of the single market. That did help.

 

[wobs]

Gove "unaware" of data ownership issues with regard to chemical registrations:

Chemical regulation

The Secretary of State seemed unaware that UK chemical companies may not own the rights to the data that proves their chemicals are safe to use. The Government's plans for the chemical industry in the case of a 'no deal' Brexit are predicated on companies being able to provide this.

https://www.parliament.uk/business/.../news-parliament-2017/defra-no-deal-concerns/

 

[The Great Zaganza]

I seems like no one in Government ever went through a divorce where they had to figure out who owns what...

 

[TheSupermeerkat]

Russia seeks to capitalise on Brexit after blocking Liam Fox's WTO plan

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/26/russia-brexit-liam-fox-wto-plan-uk

[blockquote] Russia is among 20 countries that are looking to squeeze a commercial advantage from Brexit after blocking an attempt by the international trade secretary, Liam Fox, to fast-track a World Trade Organization deal on the UK’s terms of trade with the world.

Whitehall is now facing “up to two dozen” different negotiations with countries over how much meat and dairy produce will be permitted into the British market and what tariffs the UK will set on imports.
[/blockquote]

 

[The Great Zaganza]

UNITED WE BARGAIN, DIVIDED WE BEG

 

[KDLarsen]

A special 50p coin is to be minted to celebrate Brexit. After 29 March 2019 it will be worth 20p.

Got some pretty decent Twitter banter going, with various users offering up their suggestions for what it should look like:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/oct/29/twitter-users-mint-new-jokes-over-brexit-50p-coin

 

[Information Analyst]

A special 50p coin is to be minted to celebrate Brexit.

How grotesque that they have time to waste on such trivialities.

 

[Mid]

A special 50p coin is to be minted to celebrate Brexit. After 29 March 2019 it will be worth 20p.

I'm still half surprised they haven't gone the whole hog and announced de-decimalisation so they could have a celebratory Brexit shilling.