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Re: The Thread of BREXIT

Post by rainbow » Fri Jan 20, 2017 10:42 am

Scot Dutchy wrote:I imagine very little.
Boris Johnson says the world is lining up to make trade deals with Britain.

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Re: The Thread of BREXIT

Post by mistermack » Fri Jan 20, 2017 11:10 am

rainbow wrote:
Boris Johnson says the world is lining up to make trade deals with Britain.

We in Africa have a very fine Marmite substitute made out of recycled car tires.
That's OK then. We can sell you Marmite, and you can sell us your charming replica spears, and carved wooden heads. (made in China)

The fact remains that more Europeans will lose out, if the deal is bad, than Brits.

Trade restrictions hurt working people, not top politicians. That's why they will happen.
They are an invisible way of collecting tax. That's why the EU mandarins are keen on them.
Someone has to pay for their fat salaries.
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Re: The Thread of BREXIT

Post by Brian Peacock » Fri Jan 20, 2017 11:11 am

Lolz. Can't wait to see those brilliant trade deals rolling in from Bhutan and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
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Re: The Thread of BREXIT

Post by mistermack » Fri Jan 20, 2017 11:21 am

In some way's, I can't wait.
In Europe, it will be car workers who get laid off, if BMWs and VWs become uncompetitive in the UK.
But here, it will be bankers and stock dealers.

Oh, the horror :o
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Re: The Thread of BREXIT

Post by rainbow » Tue Jan 24, 2017 10:20 am

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Re: The Thread of BREXIT

Post by rainbow » Tue Jan 24, 2017 10:24 am

mistermack wrote:
rainbow wrote:
Boris Johnson says the world is lining up to make trade deals with Britain.

We in Africa have a very fine Marmite substitute made out of recycled car tires.
That's OK then. We can sell you Marmite
I doubt it.

I can't imagine anything that Brits make, that we need.

Can you?
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Re: The Thread of BREXIT

Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:02 am

So those ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE in the Supreme Court have told the government that they can't invoke Article 50 without an Act of Parliament. The Daily Mail et al will no doubt be publishing some lurid details of the judges private lives and exploits first thing tomorrow.
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Post by Strontium Dog » Tue Jan 24, 2017 8:31 pm

Brexiteers moan endlessly about getting back sovereignty for Parliament, and then they moan when judges decree Parliament to be sovereign. I don't think this bunch will be happy until they've completely cleansed the UK of anyone who isn't "Native British".
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Post by Svartalf » Tue Jan 24, 2017 10:12 pm

meaning the few pure blooded Celts remaining ?
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Re: The Thread of BREXIT

Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Jan 24, 2017 10:20 pm

By dismissing the government’s appeal and upholding parliamentary sovereignty in the EU departure process, the court did several important things. It ensured, first and foremost, that Mrs May’s government cannot take Britain out of the EU on prerogative powers or without parliament’s authority. That is a major constitutional principle and the court was right to uphold it; it remains extraordinarily troubling that some otherwise sensible people can be so cavalier about such a subject. The court also stood up for its own independence in the face of some shameful attacks by the Brexit press and Brexit campaigners, attacks that ministers were disgracefully slow to oppose, though they did a bit better today. Finally, by putting the issues back into the hands of parliament, where they clearly always belonged, the court has kept open the question of ratification of Britain’s post-referendum relationship with the EU.

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Re: The Thread of BREXIT

Post by cronus » Wed Jan 25, 2017 9:33 am



Only a small moment divides the time a plane is in free-fall and a wing-tip gracing the ocean...when the moment arrives it really does, until then the stock market is up and it's party time because folks are shopping like they are floating on air...1929 had nothing on this....but I could be wrong. I've been wrong before. :read:
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Re: The Thread of BREXIT

Post by mistermack » Wed Jan 25, 2017 5:15 pm

rainbow wrote: I can't imagine anything that Brits make, that we need.

Can you?
A handful of mealy meal and a stick for a pillow? No, you can manage that ok.

Maybe AIDs drugs? Don't know who makes em. Because I don't give a fuck.
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Re: The Thread of BREXIT

Post by NineBerry » Wed Jan 25, 2017 5:27 pm

rainbow wrote:
Scot Dutchy wrote:I imagine very little.
Boris Johnson says the world is lining up to make trade deals with Britain.

We in Africa have a very fine Marmite substitute made out of recycled car tires.
I bet most Europeans will prefer Nutella over Marmite.

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Re: The Thread of BREXIT

Post by JimC » Wed Jan 25, 2017 8:24 pm

Marmite is just faux Vegemite...
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Re: The Thread of BREXIT

Post by Svartalf » Wed Jan 25, 2017 9:18 pm

I thought it was the reverse
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