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[Puddy_Tat]

but the remain campaign didn't make what to me were obvious points, namely that there were flaws in the EU but these might only be addressed by remaining within the union and working for reform.

to some extent, that's what a certain mr corbyn said, except most of the media was more interested in the 'dave and boris show' and much of the parliamentary party would have preferred to be sharing a 'project fear' platform with cameron like in the scottish independence referendum...

 

[Pickman's model]

The fortress EUrope types

I was I regret being sarcastic, I think any leave campaign which was in favour of retaining fofm would have lost the votes many racists to the ranks of abstainers

 

[Artaxerxes]

The only thing I've seen satisfy this is access to the Erasmus programe which is not a huge undertaking

£450m from Republic for Northern Ireland major projects is welcomed

A commitment of €500m (£452m) in the new Irish budget towards cross-border infrastructure such as the A5 roads project has been welcomed by the SDLP and Sinn Fein.

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Brexit: UK and Ireland ‘could provide NI funding deal’

Leo Varadkar says that potential joint investment after Brexit could help cross-border links.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Artaxerxes]

to some extent, that's what a certain mr corbyn said, except most of the media was more interested in the 'dave and boris show' and much of the parliamentary party would have preferred to be sharing a 'project fear' platform with cameron like in the scottish independence referendum...

There was basically no coverage of Corbyn that ever made the news but we know he was touring around the place. The media focused on Boris and Gove Vs Call me Dave.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Has the NHS had its first £350m extra yet, or are they waiting for the banks to open on Monday?

 

[Pickman's model]

Has the NHS had its first £350m extra yet, or are they waiting for the banks to open on Monday?

Boris Johnson will be depositing the first installment, a cheque for £3.50, at the Pall Mall branch of Barclays first thing Monday

 

[gosub]

I was I regret being sarcastic, I think any leave campaign which was in favour of retaining fofm would have lost the votes many racists to the ranks of abstainers

No great loss IMO except they wouldn't ALL have gone down the abstain route ...which brings you back to Jo Moore and whatever that arsehole was called (quite happy not knowing)

 

[Pickman's model]

No great loss IMO except they wouldn't ALL have gone down the abstain route ...which brings you back to Jo Moore and whatever that arsehole was called (quite happy not knowing)

Yeh which is why i said many racists, not all racists

 

[Badgers]

Boris Johnson will be depositing the first installment, a cheque for £3.50, at the Pall Mall branch of Barclays first thing Monday

 

[moochedit]

I was I regret being sarcastic, I think any leave campaign which was in favour of retaining fofm would have lost the votes many racists to the ranks of abstainers

Also in our 2 party fptp system i can't see either of the 2 main parties proposing joining schengen in their manifestos because they would lose the votes of those same racists.

 

[AmateurAgitator]

Forgive my ignorance, but can someone explain to me why the price rises haven't occured yet? Is this going to happen later on?

 

[Pickman's model]

Forgive my ignorance, but can someone explain to me why the price rises haven't occured yet? Is this going to happen later on?

Yes

 

[AmateurAgitator]

Yes

Thankyou. Do we know roughly when it's going to happen?

 

[brogdale]

The Monkeys have lost the rock, now!



Must be a really good 'agreement' to have yielded such diametric interpretations.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

96% Gibraltarians voted Remain. Trouble with brexit was pretty inevitable.

 

[Pickman's model]

Thankyou. Do we know roughly when it's going to happen?

Later

 

[brogdale]

96% Gibraltarians voted Remain. Trouble with brexit was pretty inevitable.

Indeed, but agreeing to become an external border of the Schengen area, with checks undertaken by the EU’s Frontex border agency has pretty obvious consequences for "sovereignty" wrt to movement of people.

 

[AmateurAgitator]

Later

Fair enough

 

[Pickman's model]

Fair enough

You're welcome

 

[brogdale]

I think some folk are forgetting that the German car makers and French cheesemakers need us more than we need them.

 

[Artaxerxes]

At least we can start training up a new generation of UK based truckers now?

 

[TopCat]

No disaster thus far. Just an entrenched Tory party and an inept opposition.

 

[brogdale]

No disaster thus far. Just an entrenched Tory party and an inept opposition.

An entrenched Tory party (with inept opposition) is something of a disaster, no?

 

[TopCat]

An entrenched Tory party (with inept opposition) is something of a disaster, no?

I would certainly prefer something else.

 

[TopCat]

But the prediction of calamity is proving wide of the mark three days in.

 

[mojo pixy]

This is the Phony Brexit. It'll all pick up soon enough.

 

[Supine]

But the prediction of calamity is proving wide of the mark three days in.

Because no deal was avoided?

 

[mojo pixy]

Because it's the weekend.

 

[brogdale]

But the prediction of calamity is proving wide of the mark three days in.

It's certainly looking like the retailers, logistics and haulage industry got its ducks in a row to prepare for this first few days post-single market. I suspect that things may not look so uniformly rosy once we've eaten through the stockpiling and the manufacturers start up again in earnest.
But, I suppose OTWT.

 

[Artaxerxes]

The businesses no longer delivering to the UK can be safely ignored because only middle class people are affected

Lexit any day now.