sidcow Posted December 13, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2020 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: Yep, and of course, that investigation won’t start this side of an election, so the start won’t be for three years. The first year or so they’ll be working out the wording of the remit. The inquiry itself will take three or four years. That will then put the findings due on the next election, that’ll be kicked down the road. So, I would say the inquiry will have a result around about 2028, and the result will be ‘there were many factors and variables and it could possibly have been handled better by several people at several points in time, but at the end of the day people voted for brexit and it was delivered’. Lots of people will make lots of money out of the inquiry. There’s every chance there will be an inquiry in to it. Somewhere around 2032. Think I’m joking? Hillsborough. Thank you Sir Humphrey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Hello Tory and Brexit voters. It's a confusing and stressfull time, what with the country looking like it'll be breaking up on the rocks of Farage's Folly. You only did what the tax dodging biilionaires in media, finance and disinformation wanted you to do, and let's not get started on Kuenssberg. Yet more disinformation is flying about from the same sources, in an attempt to deflect your anger away from them and their people. Time to stop listening to the lies. Doing the same thing again and again is a sign of madness, and the hideous proof of this course is plain for everyone to see. The chidren of the majority will be harvesting the bitter fruit of this Brexit debacle. So now it's time to stop believing their bullshit and... KNOW YOUR TRAITORS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Presumably someone talked Boris in to taking the underpants off his head and the pencils out of his nostrils. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Presumably someone talked Boris in to taking the underpants off his head and the pencils out of his nostrils. The big news is that they’re now down to just 3 stumbling blocks. Fishing rights, government support for industry and how a deal is enforced. They've agreed to go the extra mile to close the gaps. Exciting times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 13, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 13, 2020 1 minute ago, Genie said: The big news is that they’re now down to just 3 stumbling blocks. Fishing rights, government support for industry and how a deal is enforced. They've agreed to go the extra mile to close the gaps. Exciting times. Have I woken up in January 2020? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Just now, bickster said: Have I woken up in January 2020? Yep, same shit different day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 That sounds like a lot like the Government caving in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 13, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Davkaus said: I wouldn't be surprised to see Johnson flown to the next round of negotiations in a Spitfire, only to get out in a full 1966 England replica strip. Why didn't you suggest this earlier? I'm all for it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 13, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2020 17 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Presumably someone talked Boris in to taking the underpants off his head and the pencils out of his nostrils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 12 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Absolutely risible Come on. Mary Berry isn't that bad. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 15 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Come on. Mary Berry isn't that bad. Maybe not, but how did she get a 16-page pullout inside me without me noticing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OutByEaster? Posted December 13, 2020 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2020 The extra mile, not the extra kilometre. Taking back control. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Enda Posted December 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Davkaus said: I honestly fear for next year, and don't think it'll take long for the big sections of the economy to come crumbling down. We're not prepared at the border in any way - that test of French processes at the tunnel for 9 hours caused a 5 mile queue. It took hours to clear that queue once things restored to "normal", but that's not an option in January. Our haulage companies are ****. No two ways about it. Our manufacturers that rely on EU imports (pretty much all of them), are pretty ****, because getting things in to the country is either going to be significantly more expensive (air freight), or just slightly more expensive and a lot more unpredictable if they opt for road haulage. We'll pay a lot more even for that, due to the extra time, fuel and opportunity cost for lorries sitting in hours of traffic jams at the border. These changes along could be significant enough to send companies under that run at thin margins. Even without covid joining up to make it a good old economic spit-roast, I think we'd be looking at a significant number of SMEs folding, and millions more unemployed over the next 6-12 months. It's not going to be pretty. And on top of that, we'll be paying more for pretty much everything. Even without tariffs, and it looks incredibly likely there'll be extra costs due to tariffs, we'll be paying more for all of the wondrous red tape. Anything that gets driven in to the country is going to become more expensive, even if it has no tariffs applied. Supermarkets have stockpiled supplies, but the panic buying is going to make March/April look trivial - and that was just logistical problems within supermarkets to get stock out on the shelves, there were few real shortages. It's not going to be so quick to recover this time. Excellent post. Just add one more depressing comment that there are longer term effects too. About twenty years ago Lidl and Aldi entered the Irish grocery market and really shook things up, bringing down prices. If No Deal makes it harder for, say, Deutsche Telecom to enter the UK mobile phone market, then there will be less competition over the coming years. That applies to every sector, phones is only an example. So it’s not just the initial adjustment period that will cause pain, the UK is choosing a less dynamic economy for the long run. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Xann said: Hello Tory and Brexit voters. It's a confusing and stressfull time, what with the country looking like it'll be breaking up on the rocks of Farage's Folly. You only did what the tax dodging biilionaires in media, finance and disinformation wanted you to do, and let's not get started on Kuenssberg. Yet more disinformation is flying about from the same sources, in an attempt to deflect your anger away from them and their people. Time to stop listening to the lies. Doing the same thing again and again is a sign of madness, and the hideous proof of this course is plain for everyone to see. The chidren of the majority will be harvesting the bitter fruit of this Brexit debacle. So now it's time to stop believing their bullshit and... KNOW YOUR TRAITORS When the Iraq style pack of cards is issued, so the people can recognise and detain the main players before they leave the country, it’ll be fascinating to see who will be what card. Tempting to just issue an entire pack of jokers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Enda said: So it’s not just the initial adjustment period that will cause pain, the UK is choosing a less dynamic economy for the long run. If you believe the tories (I know, lol), as soon as this is over, we can finally start attracting investment in to the UK The complete undermining of Just In Time inventories is the thing that really concerns me. From our retailers to our manufacturers, pretty much every business that makes or sells something relies on this. It's not all bad news though, because companies that want to work around this in any way will need far bigger warehouses to handle the unpredictability of different parts being delivered at different times. Good news for the commercial landlords. We've voted and legislated to make pretty much every business outside of the Service sector much less efficient, and far less competitive than they currently are. Edited December 13, 2020 by Davkaus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted December 13, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2020 Apparently deal ‘done’ with Vietnam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 13, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2020 7 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: Apparently deal ‘done’ with Vietnam I don't like to talk about Nam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted December 13, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2020 1 minute ago, sidcow said: I don't like to talk about Nam. I can tell you one thing, Charlie don’t surf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) A deal to maintain the trading agreement we had as part of the EU Edited December 13, 2020 by StefanAVFC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Enda Posted December 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2020 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts