The Consequences of Brexit [part 5] Read 1st post before posting

[I1L2T3 10]

3 minutes ago, retep said:

Ah well,

"GERMANY will particularly suffer in the event of a no-deal Brexit as its export-dominated economy leaves it very vulnerable to damage."

 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1061636/eu-news-germany-no-deal-Brexit-consequences-angela-merkel

It’s the Express. Ignore.

[taxman 12]

38 minutes ago, apelike said:

We are a rich country and have plenty in reserves for emergencies, if we didnt we would not be able to pay the £49 billion owed to the EU so £4.2 billion (so far) is not a lot.

That's odd. For the past years we've been told we all have to tighten our belts, austerity is needed and there is no magic money tree,

[I1L2T3 10]

What kind of government would actively plan for the suicide rate rising due to its own actions.

 

It beggars belief

 

Morally and ethically bankrupt. 

[Top Cats Hat 10]

4 hours ago, andyofborg said:

i bet you are far more middle class than pretty much anyone else here.

Now that CarBoot has outed himself as a supporter of the SWP  it is a racing certainty that he is middle class and very probably privately educated too.

[melthebell 863]

4 minutes ago, Top Cats Hat said:

Now that CarBoot has outed himself as a supporter of the SWP  it is a racing certainty that he is middle class and very probably privately educated too.

And is probably Jeremy corbyn lol

[hobinfoot 25]

34 minutes ago, I1L2T3 said:

What kind of government would actively plan for the suicide rate rising due to its own actions.

 

It beggars belief

 

Morally and ethically bankrupt. 

One that's following the instructions of the referendum. I said in an earlier post that the EU want to sell their goods to us we want to sell ours to them. Or do you think all trade will stop after we leave ?

Edited December 20, 2018 by hobinfoot

[Flexo 10]

1 hour ago, apelike said:

We are a rich country and have plenty in reserves for emergencies

Reserves for emergencies?! There are no "reserves" at all! Money is created by adding it to the national debt. The money to settle the outstanding obligations to EU projects has already been allocated because it is money already owed; it is merely being paid to a different schedule.

 

Rich country? Sure - so long as you include the City of London which skews the figures. Tax take from the City is expected to reduce by £10bn as it migrates some affairs out to Hamburg and Dublin. That's £192m per week in Brexiter speak.

[L00b 441]

1 hour ago, retep said:

Ah well,

"GERMANY will particularly suffer in the event of a no-deal Brexit as its export-dominated economy leaves it very vulnerable to damage."

 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1061636/eu-news-germany-no-deal-Brexit-consequences-angela-merkel

And Ireland will suffer far more than Germany, in proportion.

 

And yet, neither of them will suffer a tenth of what the UK will in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

 

Everybody loses, regardless of which form Brexit takes.

 

But those banding together mitigate better and lose less. That's just common sense, never mind geopolitics in the 21st century.

 

Hence the Tories have  failed to divide the EU27, and now their backs are against the wall under the Article 50 cuckoo clock.

 

Don't forget to smile for the bird! 😈

[RJRB 688]

1 hour ago, retep said:

Ah well,

"GERMANY will particularly suffer in the event of a no-deal Brexit as its export-dominated economy leaves it very vulnerable to damage."

 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1061636/eu-news-germany-no-deal-Brexit-consequences-angela-merkel

That’s very comforting.We will suffer as a result of Brexit but others might suffer more.

I will add that to the other convincing argument that things will not be as bad as some fear.

You are on a roll

 

Edited December 20, 2018 by RJRB

[I1L2T3 10]

1 hour ago, hobinfoot said:

One that's following the instructions of the referendum. I said in an earlier post that the EU want to sell their goods to us we want to sell ours to them. Or do you think all trade will stop after we leave ?

You didn’t answer the question.

 

If the government expects that the suicide rate will increase should it continue?

[Top Cats Hat 10]

1 hour ago, hobinfoot said:

One that's following the instructions of the referendum. 

A non binding, advisory only referendum does not give instructions, it just gives the government an idea about what the mood of the country is. Despite all the screaming and shouting, the 2016 vote obliges the government to do nothing.

 

Article 50 was triggered by an Act of Parliament and if the repercussions of following this through would be great damage to the people and the economy of the UK then there is nothing stopping the government, with the support of Parliament, changing tack.

 

We don't need a referendum to halt the Brexit process, and even if we did, the cranks, racists and extremists will still scream and shout. Most people would just sigh a huge sigh of relief.

[Cyclone 10]

1 hour ago, hobinfoot said:

One that's following the instructions of the referendum. I said in an earlier post that the EU want to sell their goods to us we want to sell ours to them. Or do you think all trade will stop after we leave ?

We've been over this a million times, but we export 45% of our products to the EU, they import 11% of their products from us.

 

Who stands to lose more?