Is Brexit actually going to happen?

[butchersapron]

They'll use us and they'll us eu too. This is what capital does. It didn't start in 2016 - and the red rose has been sucking up shit like this since what, 81? Protect us EU.

 

[mauvais]

Who's arguing otherwise?

 

[butchersapron]

Those supporting the EU and that at all costs we must remain. On here we need only click the who replied button. Lots of right wing people arguing for the rights of the workers.

 

[Ranbay]

 

[brogdale]

Arlene is bemoaning others' political intransigence:

Well, actually, I could reverse that by saying, through the intransigence of the European Union and the Republic of Ireland in their attitude, they are actually more likely to bring about the very thing that they want to avoid.

Irony dial set to...

 

[The39thStep]

Nissan was offered secret state aid to cope with Brexit, minister concedes
Whoops. But also:Went into effect on 1st of Feb. Not good news for Britain until if/when it manages to replicate this FTA (it took the EU about six years). But not exactly a clear argument for a jobs-based Remain either.

Stop the benefit scroungers

 

[butchersapron]

Really don't like this term 'state aid'. It's highly ideological. It's doing a job for the EU isn't it?

 

[grit]

Interesting that we have now progressed to the powers that be suggesting where the blame lies when a no deal brexit occurs.

Each passing day makes no deal look more certain.

 

[ska invita]

Interesting that we have now progressed to the powers that be suggesting where the blame lies when a no deal brexit occurs.

Each passing day makes no deal look more certain.

Thats probably why he said it - to make it look more certain

 

[CRI]

Interesting that we have now progressed to the powers that be suggesting where the blame lies when a no deal brexit occurs.

Each passing day makes no deal look more certain.

Well yes - the Government message has always been that it's the EU being difficult, even when the staggering incompetence of UK ministers completely fucking up "negotiations" time and again was clear to see. They're definitely ramping up the propaganda to make it look like the EU and individual EU nations (particularly Ireland) are the villains of the piece, victimising the poor little Britannia, who's trying her best and but everyone is just being so mean to her. Increasingly convinced that "No Deal" was the goal all along.

Funny, they're just waking up to this very real prospect. The Irish American lobby is politically bipartisan and far stronger than the Masterpiece Theatre and Benny Hill watching, tea and crumpet loving anglophile contingent.

Ministers fear Irish lobby influence over US post-Brexit trade deal

 

[Pickman's model]

saw this on my way to work this morning

 

[CRI]

 

[butchersapron]

Hard hitting content this.

 

[butchersapron]

**Nah, actually, won't post that.**

(Cue great content etc)

 

[CRI]

Well yes - the Government message has always been that it's the EU being difficult, even when the staggering incompetence of UK ministers completely fucking up "negotiations" time and again was clear to see. They're definitely ramping up the propaganda to make it look like the EU and individual EU nations (particularly Ireland) are the villains of the piece, victimising the poor little Britannia, who's trying her best and but everyone is just being so mean to her. Increasingly convinced that "No Deal" was the goal all along.

Funny, they're just waking up to this very real prospect. The Irish American lobby is politically bipartisan and far stronger than the Masterpiece Theatre and Benny Hill watching, tea and crumpet loving anglophile contingent.

Ministers fear Irish lobby influence over US post-Brexit trade deal

And the Irish Deputy PM is in Washington, DC this week.

Coveney to discuss Brexit with powerful figures in Washington

Members of the Irish-American caucus in the US capital are watching events in London closely. And several have indicated that a return to a hard border in Ireland must be avoided at all costs, in particular, Richard Neal, the Massachusetts congressman who was centrally involved in the Belfast Agreement and is the co-chairman of the Friends of Ireland caucus on Capitol Hill. He has recently been appointed as head of the powerful Ways and Means committee. This committee will play a key role in overseeing any future trade agreement between Britain and the US after Britain leaves the EU. Two other Irish-American members of congress – Brendan Boyle and New York congressman Brian Higgins – are also members of the committee.

The promise of a bilateral trade agreement between Britain and the US is a central plank of Britain’s post-Brexit economic policy given that British exports to the States are worth about £100 billion to the British economy.

US food and pharmaceutical companies have argued that Britain needs to align more closely with US standards, particularly in the food sector, as a precondition for a trade deal post-Brexit. The office of the US trade representative published a request for input from interested parties about a potential new trade deal last November. It received approximately 130 comments from interested companies. Some called for access to US hormone-fed beef in Britain as a condition for the trade deal. Others urged the NHS to lower the barriers that prevent the national health service from sourcing more medicines from the United States.

So hey, might avoid American food with dodgy standards after all, but if the Government is counting on this trade deal so much, might just end up avoiding food all together. They'll spin starvation as a new strategy for tackling obesity!

 

[brogdale]

If all else fails...



Desperate stuff.

 

[TruXta]

There's no UK-wide FA for starters.

 

[Pickman's model]

If all else fails...

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Desperate stuff.

i was hoping the nefandous may would be history by the end of this year

 

[billy_bob]

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[billy_bob]

If all else fails...

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Desperate stuff.

Can we have some bread with that circus, please? No, not baguette.

 

[Teaboy]

Ireland & the UK? There is this traditional thing that the hosts get automatic qualification. So that means Ireland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and now we know that Gibraltar is most certainly not a colony I guess they're in as well.

Will there be any spaces for any other countries?

 

[brogdale]

Ireland & the UK? There is this traditional thing that the hosts get automatic qualification. So that means Ireland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and now we know that Gibraltar is most certainly not a colony I guess they're in as well.

Will there be any spaces for any other countries?

 

[mauvais]

If all else fails...

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Desperate stuff.

The good news is that the combined approach will offer a 66% saving to the taxpayer.

The bad news is it'll have to take place on the Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire ferry and is also contingent on all citizens sending their Tesco Clubcard vouchers to Number 10 at least 48 hours before departure.

Edit: more good news - racism declines to zero during the tournament!

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Ireland & the UK? There is this traditional thing that the hosts get automatic qualification. So that means Ireland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and now we know that Gibraltar is most certainly not a colony I guess they're in as well.

Will there be any spaces for any other countries?

If Gib's in the IoM, Guerney, Jersey etc. will be in too.

Even with an all British world cup we'll probably still lose.

 

[Teaboy]

If Gib's in the IoM, Guerney, Jersey etc. will be in too.

Even with an all British world cup we'll probably still lose.

Gibraltar do actually have a proper team and everything that take part in the qualifiers, they're similar to the likes of San Marino and the Faroe Islands. The Channels Islands and IoM probably do have national teams just so far down the tiers they don't get to play in the qualifiers.

I once got a flight with the Gibraltar under 18 national side. Bunch of Spanish looking lads speaking in Spanish to each other yet clutching UK Passports. Must be a very strange place down there.

 

[CRI]

Speaking of ferries . . . whoopsie!

UK to spend £800k on Eurotunnel Brexit case

The government plans to pay a law firm £800,000 for advice in case Eurotunnel decides to sue over the effects of Brexit on its business. The contract description originally said Getlink, previously called Eurotunnel, was "highly likely" to go through litigation. It said the government could be forced to pay "significant damages" if the firm was successful.

Last December, it emerged that the government had awarded contracts worth £107m to three companies to provide extra ferry services in the event of a no-deal Brexit. A BBC investigation found that Seaborne Freight, which won a contract for £13.8m to run ferries from Ramsgate to Ostend, had no ships.

In January, Eurotunnel wrote to Transport Secretary Chris Grayling to complain that they had not been considered when the contracts were awarded. The company also warned that their award of these contracts could be illegal.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Gibraltar do actually have a proper team and everything that take part in the qualifiers, they're similar to the likes of San Marino and the Faroe Islands. The Channels Islands and IoM probably do have national teams just so far down the tiers they don't get to play in the qualifiers.

I once got a flight with the Gibraltar under 18 national side. Bunch of Spanish looking lads speaking in Spanish to each other yet clutching UK Passports. Must be a very strange place down there.

I once took a train with Plymouth Argyle, so used to odd looking buggers.

Guernsey will field Matt Le Tissier, they can't go wrong

 

[MickiQ]

If all else fails...

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Desperate stuff.

The number of bridges that are going to get burned between London and Dublin between now and then, I suspect that this is not very likely at all.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

There's no UK-wide FA for starters.

Canada, the US and Mexico are jointly hosting 2026, so that's not a problem.

 

[brogdale]

She obviously likes being told to fuck off.