I hear 20/20 is worried as he's been told he's got to get his continental quilt converted to a duvet at great cost, and he can't eat any more continental breakfasts. Also there will be a border checkpoint in and out of his French windows.
For those talking about the referendum campaign. This is what the people were told. I think it's pretty clear
I've been wanting to leave the EU for a very long time and I'm guessing I'm not the only one. I have many discussions on Twitter and Facebook with people who feel strongly about us remaining in the EU but I have never got an answer to a simple question: Why do you want to remain? You aren't allowed to say how bad it will be if we leave. Something positive that depends solely on us being a member, sell it to me. The more difficult question that I also can't get an answer to is: Are you prepared for hard remain? If we don't leave now we will never be allowed to so you must be prepared for the US of Europe, accepting the rule from Brussels will take over, accepting the Euro..... I can't say when this will happen but there will be a tipping point because that is the process that is happening in Europe now. If you mention our veto and we aren't in Schengen then are you really fully committed? You're European aren't you? Not British, we're all citizens of Europe so countries don't matter anymore. You're dipping your toe in now but you'll have to dive in at some point. Have you thought about this or are you blinded by the media hype over how the sky will fall in?
I know what you mean. Neighbours French Poodle went missing a while back, found him parked on steps of the Home Office with filled in "Life in UK" forms in his mouth. There was also a St Bernard, a Norwegian Lundehund, a Brussels Griffon, Portuguese Water Dog, 52 Irish Wolfhounds, 3 illegal chihuahuas, an illegal Asian Pug, Chow Chow and Shih Tzu dog and 221 Black African Mongrels in queue.
Brussels have already banned their sprouts being imported in time for Xmas I suppose the climate alarmists will be happy at that though
The first one yes the second, he annoyed me. Just as a thought it would perhaps be better, as I'm sure you watch the videos, to pull out the pertinent points so that the lazy can understand what you are getting at and if they are sufficiently interested watch them but life is too short to be watching for a snippet, just a thought.
seeing as you made this statement on this thread several months back, and did get some replies... giving you positive reasons. Maybe you should change that statement to ‘never got a reply that I agreed with’ which given your views, wouldn’t come as a great surprise
Actually the is one of two big reasons I’m worried. The economy and, specifically, borrowing (which ****s in the economy). The other is security but that’s for another day. I don’t know why I’m bothering to post this here but anyway...... https://www.theguardian.com/politic...evels-last-seen-in-60s?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has been allowed a huge quantity of free airtime and column inches in the past few days to bash the Brexit dividend and talk down the economy. The Lobby takes Paul Johnson’s word as gospel. Which is odd, considering the IFS’s record on these matters… The IFS made a substantial number of predictions about Brexit which turned out to be completely untrue, including: That a vote to leave would be “seismic” and that “the economy would suffer… There’s no doubt we’d suffer in the short term”. There was no recession following the UK’s vote to leave; no abnormal change in inflation; no rise in unemployment; and no fall in wage growth… The IFS said if the UK voted to leave “the stock market, would dive, making us all poorer”. The stock market has risen to record highs… The IFS also said that investment would dry up if the UK voted to leave: “Investment… would fall”. Net foreign direct investment flows from the EU into the UK in 2016 were the highest in 10 years… The IFS’s forecasts are politically inflected: In 2011, the IFS predicted that by 2014/15, absolute child poverty would have risen from 17.5% to 24%. In fact, it fell to 17%… The IFS predicted that GDP growth in 2017 would fall to 1.6%. In fact it rose to 1.8%… A cynic might point out that the IFS admits on its own website that it receives tens of thousands from the European Commission.
When we leave with a no deal, we save 39Bn quid, and 1Bn per month since Brexit started. Where, in your honest opinion (don't hold your breath lads) do you see the UK debt rising out of control.
Always best to read the small print to get the full picture. This helps you to understand what you're talking about.
I do apologise for repeating my question. I was reading the forum after getting in from work and didn't go back far enough on my posts to see my previous one. I did read further down the original responses and yours was the only one that addressed it. My point then and now is the same. The underlying reason people voted to remain seems to be the fear of leaving. You say about the benefits of immigration. That's not an EU thing, we have immigrants from all over the world. I think people have a problem with open borders, not immigration. What is wrong with a points system? We are a small island with a population almost the same as Germany. The economic argument is misrepresented. Our trade with the EU affects every business in this country whether they trade with the EU or not. The EU is not performing very well in the world and we are trapped. I remember when London was an expensive place to visit and whenever you went abroad it was cheaper. Not now, everywhere seems to be more expensive than here. In truth there are no positive reasons to stay. Just the fear of leaving.
Looks like it's leaves turn to take the dummy's to court. Boris is talking about taking the Benn Bill to the Supreme Court, which will be interesting considering Lady Hale was caught bragging about bringing Boris down regarding Proroguing Parliament. And there 's this likely lad.
