A thank you to Brexiteers.

[editor]

Brexit has brought no benefits, UK manufacturers say

There are no benefits as a result of Brexit, Make UK, an organisation representing UK manufacturers has said.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

And yet some people keep on insisting that Brexit is a good thing...

There are no benefits as a result of Brexit, an organisation representing UK manufacturers has said.

According to Make UK, it is currently hard for manufacturers to see any advantages from leaving the EU, and the organisation warns exports to the bloc could become a permanent problem if the government does not step in.

The organisations admitted its position following a meeting it had with SNP MP Angus MacNeil.

Tweeting yesterday, MacNeil said that “esentially, after their [Make UK] talking to 1000s of member businesses, no one has reported any advantages to Brexit.”

He later added large businesses are “still exporting, with hassles, to the EU, but a lot of small businesses have stopped”.

 

[19sixtysix]

Off to Spain tomorrow. Can't take friend their requested lump of cheddar legally.

 

[two sheds]

Can't take friend their requested lump of cheddar legally.

 

[two sheds]

You do have to say that Cornwall got a lot of EU investment over the years

Where did all the EU cash go in Cornwall?

What has the money from Europe been used for in Cornwall?

www.cornwalllive.com

 

[extra dry]

Off to Spain tomorrow. Can't take friend their requested lump of cheddar legally.

Just wrap it up tightly in clingfilm and insert inside your body, if its not too big or square shaped.

Or put the cheese in a false bottom, in one of your families luggage.

 

[krtek a houby]

Like Brexit, the Summer Holiday sequel didn't quite live up to expectations

 

[Loose meat]

And yet some people keep on insisting that Brexit is a good thing...

Some of my fav lines from their 'About Us':

We are run largely by a volunteer team of journalists and contributors who espouse our values as a news organisation.
The London Economic was founded in 2013 by Jack Peat and Joe Mellor as a blog sharing platform for likeminded journalists and bloggers.

 

[Loose meat]

Meanwhile at the, err ... checks notes ... BBC wages are up, and then up more, and there is a record number of vacancies. Which is obv. wishful employers still thiking it's 2016: UK job vacancies at record high as wages tick up

UK job vacancies at record high as wages tick up​

 

[brogdale]

Must be some "good news" for the bosses and their political wing; Chubby's back.

 

[Loose meat]

I missed the anti-democractic, poverty-supporting blogging from a south American jungle clearing.

 

[Supine]

Simpsons are trolling us

 

[Loose meat]

and goodness knows how valuable a USA cartoon is alongside the (above) amateur blogger. It's a double win for the intellectual rigour of jungle-clearing Remainers.

Esp. when measured against the simple fools at the Office of National Statistics and the BBC.

 

[brogdale]

I missed the anti-democractic, poverty-supporting blogging from a south American jungle clearing.

"...blogging..."?
I know the mean age is quite high on here, but just how ancient are you Chubby?

 

[Spymaster]

Afghanistan: Macron demands 'robust' EU plan against illegal migration

Macron warned in a televised address on Monday that "the destabilisation of Afghanistan also risks leading to irregular migratory flows towards Europe".

www.euronews.com

UK looking at bespoke Afghan refugee scheme - Dominic Raab

The foreign secretary says the UK is a "big-hearted nation" and full details will be set out soon.

www.bbc.co.uk

Macron looking very keen to keep Aghan refugees (sorry, "irregular migratory flows") out of Europe whilst the UK puts together a plan to take more.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

The shittest hot take ever…

 

[Maggot]

FFS

 

[Loose meat]

"...blogging..."?
I know the mean age is quite high on here, but just how ancient are you Chubby?

It's their self-description, as above. tbh, I wouldn't rate them that high.

 

[gosub]

The shittest hot take ever…

The sole German plane to leave Kabul last night, an A400M cargo plane that normal carries 116 troops, but could in extremis, carry perhaps 300, took off carrying 7.

Yes, 7.

It's not just that it took 7 when it could have taken 300, it's that it took up a landing slot that someone else could have used, and maybe took an air-to-air refuelling slot that someone else could have taken, and then a landing slot in Kuwait or wherever.

 

[Loose meat]

The EU Army idea reminds me of an old joke:

The reason the USA couuldn't persuade the Germans to participate in its Iraq invasion was the USA couldn't convince them it was violence, death and destruction on a grand enough scale for Germany to be bothered with.

I mean, really, Germany is not going to get out of bed for Afghanistan. 150 divisions marching east? Now you're talking.

 

[kebabking]

The French ambassador, like the British Ambassador, is at Kabul airport acting as a consular official - dishing out visas and emergency travel documents.

The US ambassador has, while clutching his precious, giant flag, long gone.

The Irish government, because they refuse to learn the lessons of every previous NEO, don't have any aircraft capable of helping, so they are sponging rides off everyone else.

I'm surprised at the Swedes and the Danes, they are normally diplomatic teams people in dire straits can rely on...

 

[Ax^]

Off to Spain tomorrow. Can't take friend their requested lump of cheddar legally.

best way to avoid customs is to plug it

 

[ska invita]

The EU Army idea reminds me of an old joke:

The reason the USA couuldn't persuade the Germans to participate in its Iraq invasion was the USA couldn't convince them it was violence, death and destruction on a grand enough scale for Germany to be bothered with.

I mean, really, Germany is not going to get out of bed for Afghanistan. 150 divisions marching east? Now you're talking.

What are you wittering about?

 

[Loose meat]

Challenging, isn't it. Bless

 

[ska invita]

Challenging, isn't it. Bless

Explain your joke

 

[Loose meat]

Exactly.

 

[Ax^]

funny for the Germans that they only lost 53 people in 20 years of pointless warfare

 

[ska invita]

Exactly.

heres a joke for you

First Anglo-Afghan War - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Second Anglo-Afghan War - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Third Anglo-Afghan War - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Helmand province campaign - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

see todays newspaper for the punchline - as funny as yours

 

[krtek a houby]

Challenging, isn't it. Bless

Why do you exist?

 

[Loose meat]

How do you know I exist.

 

[Loose meat]

The USA military couldn't do the job in 20 years so stand back everyone, we''re sending in the ... checks notes ... EU Army.

The same people who refused a vaccine and then couldn't roll one out anyway without fighting among themselves. .