[Politics] Brexit

[WATFORD zero]

So will COVID-19

a) give Johnson a pretext for a walk-away/no deal?

b) have no discernible impact on the negotiations?

c) prompt a sensible (short?) extension to the process?

Given that I think June is the peak of the pandemic and the time when we need to put in our definitive position, it could be argued that we simply won't have the resources to cope with both? (I'm assuming that negotiators are not immune.)

Well here is a post from just over a week ago when there were only 105 cases

You don't think Johnson could be planning to use Coronavirus as the unforeseen reason to extend our 'membership that's not membership' - You know, the thing where we carry on paying the EU, being subject to their rules and regulations and getting all benefits and trade deals of being in the EU, but definitely not membership

 

[GT49er]

You keep clear of the spite and invective? I'm sorry, but that is not right. You called me a lying bullshitter (or possibly a bullshitting liar) recently. You were wrong, having misread a post. When this was made clear, you simply disappeared for a while.

You are wrong, it is right. Never mind. No problem - like I said, I don't bother coming on here to debate, just for laughs. Carry on.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

You are wrong, it is right. Never mind. No problem - like I said, I don't bother coming on here to debate, just for laughs. Carry on.

He who laughs last.
The Torygraph is saying Brexit must be delayed.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politic...Plt1jmB_Xyo16bNiMo5iKFh_oLEuKoNYIbUns9hEnlURo

 

[Lever]

Why would anyone come on a thread that showcases the deep fractures in our society/country simply for a laugh? I really don't get that......

 

[sydney]

So will COVID-19

a) give Johnson a pretext for a walk-away/no deal?

b) have no discernible impact on the negotiations?

c) prompt a sensible (short?) extension to the process?

Given that I think June is the peak of the pandemic and the time when we need to put in our definitive position, it could be argued that we simply won't have the resources to cope with both? (I'm assuming that negotiators are not immune.)

d) enable the banks and govt. to withdraw all cash from circulation as a means of transition control.......like 9/11 another man made cluster**** to enable massive and unprecedented control and encroachment over and into our everyday live ......****in chinese pricks.....designer virus.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I only come on here occasionally for amusement at all the hand-wringing. That way, as well as being amused, I keep clear of the spite and invective. Simple really.

You keep clear of the spite and invective? I'm sorry, but that is not right. You called me a lying bullshitter (or possibly a bullshitting liar) recently. You were wrong, having misread a post. When this was made clear, you simply disappeared for a while.

You are wrong, it is right. Never mind. No problem - like I said, I don't bother coming on here to debate, just for laughs. Carry on.

Why would anyone come on a thread that showcases the deep fractures in our society/country simply for a laugh? I really don't get that......

Ignore him. From viewing other posts in other threads he is a bitter, and rather jealous, person. Brexit is all he has.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

2. It will theoretically be possible to stop live animal exports.

That's always been the main benefit in my book, although it might not happen and you have to balance it against the greater likelihood of us importing the meat of abused animals.

(You won't get much of a response from Brexit enthusiasts by the way. It seems that their common tactic is, when pulled up on some palpable falsehood, is to disappear for a while, presumably in the hope that everyone has forgotten about it when they return. GT49er and Westdean Seagull offer recent examples.)

Re your last paragraph also see [MENTION=14365]Thunder Bolt[/MENTION] on VAT and [MENTION=15360]nicko31[/MENTION] on many things.

Another benefit is that we could ban hard cheese from Italy because of the cruelty to the cows there.

Edit - and a true Brightonian would know their 'dean' from their 'dene'

 

[WATFORD zero]

Re your last paragraph also see [MENTION=14365]Thunder Bolt[/MENTION] on VAT and [MENTION=15360]nicko31[/MENTION] on many things.

Another benefit is that we could ban hard cheese from Italy because of the cruelty to the cows there.

Edit - and a true Brightonian would know their 'dean' from their 'dene'

I'm afraid the hard cheese is another 'could'. As soon as the government ban it, I will add it to the £1.85 saving for menstruating women.

It's just that at the moment, the £1.85 is offset somewhat by the 10,000 nurses we have lost since the Brexit vote. But that obviously wouldn't be a problem if it wasn't for Coronavirus.

NHS missing 10,000 nurses since Brexit as Europeans avoid moving to the UK

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nhs-missing-10000-nurses-brexit-21694725

 

[Hugo Rune]

He who laughs last.
The Torygraph is saying Brexit must be delayed.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politic...Plt1jmB_Xyo16bNiMo5iKFh_oLEuKoNYIbUns9hEnlURo

I just heard a professor of economics describing the likely economic fall out of Covid-19 as likely to be worse than the banking crisis of 2008.

We are leaving the EU, that is beyond doubt. But it’s like asking a Coronavirus patient in ICU to run a marathon through snow to demand we leave by the December deadline. Only the dullest most ignorant Brexiteers would insist that the deadline is adhered too but I’d be astonished if the government was honest about this in the near future. It could be delayed by years.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I just heard a professor of economics describing the likely economic fall out of Covid-19 as likely to be worse than the banking crisis of 2008.

We are leaving the EU, that is beyond doubt. But it’s like asking a Coronavirus patient in ICU to run a marathon through snow to demand we leave by the December deadline. Only the dullest most ignorant Brexiteers would insist that the deadline is adhered too but I’d be astonished if the government was honest about this in the near future. It could be delayed by years.

Unfortunately, the European Medicines Agency has now left London, but the Netherlands are making a breakthrough with isolating antibodies.
Shooting ourselves in the foot!

 

[Lincoln Imp]

You are wrong, it is right. Never mind. No problem - like I said, I don't bother coming on here to debate, just for laughs. Carry on.

Can I just confirm... You are denying that you called me a bullshitting liar or that you misinterpreted a post?

(Cue another GT49er disappearing act.)

 

[Lincoln Imp]

Re your last paragraph also see [MENTION=14365]Thunder Bolt[/MENTION] on VAT and [MENTION=15360]nicko31[/MENTION] on many things.

Another benefit is that we could ban hard cheese from Italy because of the cruelty to the cows there.

Edit - and a true Brightonian would know their 'dean' from their 'dene'

Blatant deflection in your first para but you've got me bang to rights in your last one.

 

[nicko31]

Think its fair to say the corona virus is a product of what happens when there is an absence of proper regulation.

Free wheeling, low regulation Brexity libertarians should take note.

 

[GT49er]

Can I just confirm... You are denying that you called me a bullshitting liar or that you misinterpreted a post?

(Cue another GT49er disappearing act.)

No you can't, because I doubt you would accept any answer anyway - your mind is made up, end of. Personal abuse and personal name calling is not what I do. Anyway, I have more important things to concern me now (so do you, for that matter) than worrying about whatever you think. I'm not sure whether you now qualify as stalking me, but you're certainly boring me. Disappearing? No - just not taking a blind bit of notice of you. Toodle-pip.

 

[daveinplzen]

Why would anyone come on a thread that showcases the deep fractures in our society/country simply for a laugh? I really don't get that......

It's embarrassment. Brexiteers want to gloss over their ****-up with 'humour'

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

It's embarrassment. Brexiteers want to gloss over their ****-up with 'humour'

Still talking to yourself I see , what a joker
regards
DF

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Hey Dave if anyone's going to be embarrassed it's got to be you looking at your back catalogue of delusion
Regards
DF

 

[Berty23]

Finally it appears to be mood music changing that we will seek an extension.

 

[Lever]

Finally it appears to be mood music changing that we will seek an extension.

When has Johnston said anything that is completely true and accurate?
I fully expect an extension......

 

[sparkie]

Finally it appears to be mood music changing that we will seek an extension.

It would give the country a lift, and surely sensible for the Government to focus 100% on the plague for now.