Consequences Of Brexit [Part 8] Read First Post Before Posting

[Pettytom 1]

3 minutes ago, apelike said:

I  actually said "They knew it would change so it make no sense to be afraid of it."  And just like I asked you about what percentage of those that voted leave had a plan to make a profit from it, I give you the same answer as you gave.. "You'll have to ask the voting corpus."

 

That was part of it yes, sometimes the only way to force change when you have a political system such as ours is to go against it and time will tell if it make us worse off in the long term. I still believe in the British economist E. F. Schumacher who coined the phrase "Small is Beautiful" and just like other countries we can be out of the EU and still prosper.

But, how do you think we will prosper?

 

What, specifically, is the upside to Brexit.

[Lex Luthor 10]

21 hours ago, Top Cats Hat said:

Yes, but yours are different to hobinfoot’s which are different to Angelfire’s which are different to Lockdoctor’s which are different to Penny’s which are different to Robin-H’s which are different to Baron’s which are different to peter’s which are different to Delayed’s which are different to apelike’s which are different to Ecconoob’s which are different to CarBoot’s reasons for leaving the EU. *

 

At least Remainers all have the same reason for wanting to remain, rather than the 57 varieties of Leavers.

 

(*apologies to any right wing posters I have missed.)

So I was accused of not giving any -thanks for clearing that up.

 

As for your list, do you think I'm right wing, TCH?

 

[melthebell 862]

1 hour ago, Pettytom said:

But, how do you think we will prosper?

 

What, specifically, is the upside to Brexit.

becoming Trumps bitch as the 51st state of america

[taxman 12]

1 minute ago, melthebell said:

becoming Trumps bitch as the 51st state of america

Don't be so defeatist...we have loads of deals already in place..sort of. Obviously not as many as we had being in the EU...

 

So far, the UK has signed 13 "continuity" deals covering 38 countries or territories.

• South Korea (signed 22 August)
• Central America (18 July)
• Andean countries (15 May)
• Norway and Iceland (2 April)
• Caribbean countries (22 March)
• Pacific Islands (14 March)
• Liechtenstein (28 February)
• Israel (18 February)
• Palestinian Authority (18 February)
• Switzerland (11 February)
• The Faroe Islands (1 February)
• Eastern and Southern Africa (31 January)
• Chile (30 January)

 

In addition, the government announced on 11 September that it had secured "an agreement in principle" with six African nations - South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) and Mozambique.

The deal is expected to be formally signed off "shortly".

 

I hear Namibian Sauvignon is sooo good nowadays.

 

[Longcol 598]

Not to worry - we will soon be the worlds leading exporter of Unicorns.

[nightrider 13]

10 hours ago, Longcol said:

Not to worry - we will soon be the worlds leading exporter of Unicorns.

Is this a price worth paying for those unicorns?

 

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/armed-police-unit-to-be-moved-to-irish-border-in-brexit-preparation-38510293.html

 

 

[apelike 10]

16 hours ago, Pettytom said:

But, how do you think we will prosper?

I dint say we would as that is always relative to the situation. Despite the warnings before the referendum and also those after our GDP has not changed much. After the crash of 2008 it dipped to -4.2% and we recovered from that. In 2016 it was 1.9% and its now hovering around 1.4% so in terms of GDP we are still doing well. Inflation has not skyrocketed and jobs in employment are up. The downside is being caused because of the uncertainty of brexit affecting the exchange rates. That could have stabilised a few years ago if brexit had been sorted then but for now and until brexit is sorted it will continue to fluctuate.

 

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What, specifically, is the upside to Brexit.

The fact that people got to chose whether they wanted to be in or out and that Cameron and politicians of all parties have been shafted! The one thing that many will have noticed however is that despite it being a secret vote, those that voted remain (or not voting at all) and dont like the outcome are demanding leavers give answers to their questions. Never known that before with any secret ballot with GE's. 

Edited September 19, 2019 by apelike

[melthebell 862]

LMAO the government's own brexit secretary says we need another year

[Top Cats Hat 10]

45 minutes ago, apelike said:

The one thing that many will have noticed however is that despite it being a secret vote, those that voted remain (or not voting at all) and dont like the outcome are demanding leavers give answers to their questions. Never known that before with any secret ballot with GE's. 

Maybe if the damaging effects of Brexit could be restricted to Leave voters then maybe we would neither know nor care why they voted how they did.

 

While we will all suffer from Brexit, we have every right to ask why. 🙄

[Sidonica 10]

2 hours ago, apelike said:

The fact that people got to chose whether they wanted to be in or out and that Cameron and politicians of all parties have been shafted! The one thing that many will have noticed however is that despite it being a secret vote, those that voted remain (or not voting at all) and dont like the outcome are demanding leavers give answers to their questions. Never known that before with any secret ballot with GE's

 

 

So that's your answer to Pettytom's question ' What, specifically, is the upside to Brexit'. You don't give a sh?t what happens to everyone else, people have already lost jobs and there will be more to come, it has already impacted on members of my family and if it's not stopped will affect my grandchildren's lives and lot more besides.  Is ruining peoples lives your aim in life? 

[apelike 10]

1 hour ago, Top Cats Hat said:

While we will all suffer from Brexit, we have every right to ask why. 🙄

Yes you can ask but do you do the same after a GE and ask why people voted differently to you? This is the very first time I have encountered that attitude as after all a GE has the same impact on all as well.

[Sidonica 10]

7 minutes ago, apelike said:

Yes you can ask but do you do the same after a GE and ask why people voted differently to you? This is the very first time I have encountered that attitude as after all a GE has the same impact on all as well.

Could it possibly be because there is no comparison between a GE and leaving the Eu?