If we vote for Brexit what happens

antrobus

A_Medium_Size_Jock wrote: »

..Yourself for example describing pro-Brexit supporters in a derisory manner as Pot Noodle eaters: ....

What's wrong with eating Pot Noodles? It's only the British version of Japanese instant ramen noodles, manufactured by the UK-Dutch Unilever at a factory in Wales. I'd have thought that made them pretty cosmopolitan.

Other brands of instant ramen noodles are also available.

kabayiri

davomcdave wrote: »

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Similarly, why the hell would any Brit want to pick strawberries in the rain at 4am? It's horrible, backbreaking work. Yeah it's fun with the kids for 30 minutes at the local pick your own just before lunch but really? Who here has even done a day's work picking fruit let alone relied on it to pay the bills? I sure as heck haven't and nor do I plan to. Forget that.

Oh yeah. We have an EU with a budget of hundreds of billions, just so we can eat strawberries. What a lack of ambition.

If there's a need someone will invent a machine.

People used to drag ploughs around too. (If they were lucky they had a horse or two). Then someone invented a machine.

The economic migrants who come here to pick strawberries will only do it long enough to make enough money to pass the job on to some other poor schmuck. It's certainly not a career you'd pursue into your 60s.

Maybe they should expand the EU to cover the whole of Africa? It'd certainly increase the number of potential fruit pickers. :rotfl:

A_Medium_Size_Jock

Also today, Bloomberg are reporting that actually the biggest loser from Brexit will be ........................ Poland:

It’s bad timing for the biggest recipient of EU aid and the biggest exporter of workers.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-04/brexit-s-biggest-loser-may-actually-be-poland

“It’s obvious that Brexit is crucially important to us,” Deputy Foreign Minister Konrad Szymanski said in an interview in Warsaw. “If we don’t carry it out well, it will harm the internal market. And it will probably be difficult to coordinate on residency issues because the stakes are uneven.”

A_Medium_Size_Jock

Following on from my post yesterday regarding French Guiana and earlier posts regarding the number of undecided voters in France comes this today:

Near EU border, Le Pen wins support even among French who back the euro

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-france-election-fn-eu-idUKKBN1761QP?il=0

kabayiri

A_Medium_Size_Jock wrote: »

The Times is today reporting the EU preparing to offer ultimatums to Hungary and Poland:

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/take-in-migrants-or-leave-eu-tells-hungary-and-poland-rscwfgtwn

Well, that's FoMIC for you.

(Freedom of Movement If Christian)

gfplux

kabayiri wrote: »

I really don't know. It's a tough enough cookie to think about the political fallout of Brexit.

Sunderland is a good example. Spend on infrastructure investment in London is 24 times higher than it is in Sunderland.

It is therefore unsurprising that somewhere like London copes with the massive amount of change we have seen better. It should do. The regional difference in Remain vote is explainable to a degree.

Cameron would never command respect during the Brexit campaign if he toured Sunderland, trying to understand their problems. He is a Shires Tory.

It would be up to Labour to understand the people of Sunderland, and to explain to those voters why things will be better. Sadly Corbyn is an Islington type, totally out of touch with regional matters.

I wondered if the Brexit vote was one of those times where a perfect storm of conditions generated a freak result.

Thank you. An even handed post.
Even in this thread hundreds if not thousands of words have been written about the north south divide. The continued concentration on the South East of England by successive British Governments will not change after Brexit.
Yes a perfect storm which is sweeping Britain out of the EU but not solving any of the problems that there may be in Sunderland.

Rinoa

Shakethedisease wrote: »

Just returning the favour from earlier Conrad.

http://news.sky.com/story/no-signed-future-brexit-deal-within-two-years-says-theresa-may-10824347

So IndyRef2 gets pushed back even further.

Takedap

Moby wrote: »

We had a balancing, moderating role in the EU which was appreciated by the US, Canada, Australia etc. Most importantly we were at the table where the decisions in our region of the world are made.

Or at least we would have if people had used their votes for progress instead of electing Kippers whose stated aim was to f#@* the whole lot up.

padington

A_Medium_Size_Jock wrote: »

Also today, Bloomberg are reporting that actually the biggest loser from Brexit will be ........................ Poland:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-04/brexit-s-biggest-loser-may-actually-be-poland

Great a rare supportive government of ours is getting shafted, by us.

Could it be more of a mess ?

Rinoa

padington wrote: »

"... it confirms UK acceptance of the final deal being negotiated under Article 218 of the EU Treaty, which means the entire EU27, including Spain and the regional Belgian parliaments such as Wallonia, will have a veto on the final deal"

Great news. We know some country will veto it, so we'll end up with WTO rules. Far better to be completely out. I think that position will also suit T May.