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[ska invita]

It's not a big ask at all of someone who is constantly banging on about remoaners.

Who said they read the deal and liked it too

 

[andysays]

I may have missed it among all the stuff about how the music industry will be fucked by Brexit because bands who currently lose money touring in Europe will now lose even more money, but has anyone noticed this

Brexit impact on food prices 'very modest' - Tesco

Any changes to food prices after Brexit are likely to be "very modest indeed" under the deal struck between the UK and the EU, the chairman of Tesco has said.

I'm not sure this is actually true, but would certainly run contrary to a lot of what we've been told, not least on this thread

 

[not-bono-ever]

The Tory filth are on track to beat the thatcher major two decades at the helm now. I know I might come across as a quinoa munching Prosecco quaffing soft centrist at times ( I’m not ) but this is not a good prospect to look forward to

 

[Pickman's model]

The Tory filth are on track to beat the thatcher major two decades at the helm now. I know I might come across as a quinoa munching Prosecco quaffing soft centrist at times ( I’m not ) but this is not a good prospect to look forward to

Always had you down as more of a cava man

 

[ska invita]

The Tory filth are on track to beat the thatcher major two decades at the helm now. I know I might come across as a quinoa munching Prosecco quaffing soft centrist at times ( I’m not ) but this is not a good prospect to look forward to

5 decades if you count new labour

 

[Pickman's model]

I may have missed it among all the stuff about how the music industry will be fucked by Brexit because bands who currently lose money touring in Europe will now lose even more money, but has anyone noticed this

Brexit impact on food prices 'very modest' - Tesco



I'm not sure this is actually true, but would certainly run contrary to a lot of what we've been told, not least on this thread

Isn't the chairman of Tesco's a Tory?

 

[The39thStep]

I have, many a time. Don't wash, and smell of having had sex too. No sex for us please, we're British.

Absolutely, tours for a majority of acts are a promotional exercise and expense.
Live gigs I go to in the UK are rarely of a UK act... The idea that musicians shouldn't travel is the most bizarre little Britain thing I've ever read on urban.

Is calling the French dirty a London thing I wonder , never heard it in Manchester and it’s never come up in conversations in Portugal .

 

[andysays]

Isn't the chairman of Tesco's a Tory?

Quite possibly, and it's quite possibly nonsense.

I'll check the prices at my local Tesco in the New Year and report back
(if I remember, which I probably won't...)

 

[The39thStep]

Isn't the chairman of Tesco's a Tory?

Ex Workers Power

 

[Raheem]

I may have missed it among all the stuff about how the music industry will be fucked by Brexit because bands who currently lose money touring in Europe will now lose even more money, but has anyone noticed this

Brexit impact on food prices 'very modest' - Tesco



I'm not sure this is actually true, but would certainly run contrary to a lot of what we've been told, not least on this thread

This seems believable to me. No tariffs and, although the UK is now entitled to add non-tarrif barriers, there's no immediate reason to do so, at least on a major scale. If there are price rises for food, it will probably be because of Brexit driving general inflation, rather than directly because of the new regime for imports.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Re working time directive

ETA

Fuck it # 5 fir today

 

[not-bono-ever]

Always had you down as more of a cava man

Sparkling beverages outside irn bru are a mystery to me

 

[Puddy_Tat]

tories are now pointing and laughing at the SNP for saying they will vote against the crap deal, and saying they are voting for 'no deal'...

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I may have missed it among all the stuff about how the music industry will be fucked by Brexit because bands who currently lose money touring in Europe will now lose even more money, but has anyone noticed this

Brexit impact on food prices 'very modest' - Tesco



I'm not sure this is actually true, but would certainly run contrary to a lot of what we've been told, not least on this thread

Told by whom on this thread? Mostly talk was of the effect of no deal crash out.

 

[bimble]

I may have missed it among all the stuff about how the music industry will be fucked by Brexit because bands who currently lose money touring in Europe will now lose even more money, but has anyone noticed this

Brexit impact on food prices 'very modest' - Tesco



I'm not sure this is actually true, but would certainly run contrary to a lot of what we've been told, not least on this thread

Chairman of Tescos says it’s only small businesses that won’t be able to cope with the extra beurocracy of importing & exporting. Tesco’s will be fine. Brilliant news.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Another benefit of brexit is that there may now be an opportunity for the EU to drop English as one of their 'official' languages.
Less real or virtual paper and ink to consume, thereby helping to reduce global warming.

They not only won't drop English as one of their languages, it will remain the lingua franca of the EU. We should charge them for the use of it, £350m a week should cover it.

 

[Flavour]

It is, after all, still the de facto official language of the member state of the Republic of Ireland.

 

[Smangus]

I may have missed it among all the stuff about how the music industry will be fucked by Brexit because bands who currently lose money touring in Europe will now lose even more money, but has anyone noticed this

Brexit impact on food prices 'very modest' - Tesco



I'm not sure this is actually true, but would certainly run contrary to a lot of what we've been told, not least on this thread

I reckon some businesses will use Brexit as a reason to increase prices over time, whether it has a direct effect or not. It will be an excuse to charge more and they will push the envelope to see how far they can get away with it. A bit like when countries joined the Euro and the currency changes were used to justify higher prices in the exchange.

This may not apply to a massive concern like Tescos though.

 

[The39thStep]

Another benefit of brexit is that there may now be an opportunity for the EU to drop English as one of their 'official' languages.
Less real or virtual paper and ink to consume, thereby helping to reduce global warming.

This was once said by Barnier who later said it was a joke although later he said he wanted the negotiations to be in French .

 

[The39thStep]

tories are now pointing and laughing at the SNP for saying they will vote against the crap deal, and saying they are voting for 'no deal'...

SNP approaching Paul Mason territory

 

[TopCat]

This could well have paved the way towards a united ireland.

 

[Pickman's model]

Another benefit of brexit is that there may now be an opportunity for the EU to drop English as one of their 'official' languages.
Less real or virtual paper and ink to consume, thereby helping to reduce global warming.

Why not try to think things through before you post. As pointed out English is what's generally spoken in Ireland.

 

[philosophical]

It is, after all, still the de facto official language of the member state of the Republic of Ireland.

Yes it is. But I reckon the official number of English speakers in the ROI is, what, five million?
That's about the same number in the EU that speak Flemish.
The three 'working languages' up to now have been English, French and German.
With the UK now out of the picture there is an opportunity to economise in the 'working language' area of activity.
Or possibly upgrade Spanish or something, but that would of course not be a slimming down or an economy.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

They won't cos they can't ever agree on it. Harmony...

 

[philosophical]

Why not try to think things through before you post. As pointed out English is what's generally spoken in Ireland.

'Think things through'
Yay.
The control freak simply can't resist.

 

[Pickman's model]

'Think things through'
Yay.
The control freak simply can't resist.

Yes, you're always playing the man not the ball because you've no actual arguments worth the name

 

[TopCat]

They won't cos they can't ever agree on it. Harmony...

Brexit is pushing them closer. They will have much more in common economically and politically.

 

[Pickman's model]

Yes it is. But I reckon the official number of English speakers in the ROI is, what, five million?
That's about the same number in the EU that speak Flemish.
The three 'working languages' up to now have been English, French and German.
With the UK now out of the picture there is an opportunity to economise in the 'working language' area of activity.
Or possibly upgrade Spanish or something, but that would of course not be a slimming down or an economy.

With those no actual arguments worth the name. Almost all the Flemish speakers are concentrated in Belgium. Tens of millions of people throughout the EU speak English.

 

[Winot]

This could well have paved the way towards a united ireland.

That is a possible advantage of Brexit.

 

[flypanam]

This could well have paved the way towards a united ireland.

To b honest upheaval in Scotland and the Southern state will have more influence. Ulster loyalists distrust the Westminster establishment almost as much as an ex volunteer in Crossmaglen.