End of the EU Directive

neilmcl

With all the current doom and gloom with Brexit there's at least one good thing to come from it. We won't have to deal with any more EU 2 year warranty posts

prowla

Actually, I hop that the 2-year warranty is one of the laws we retain.

neilmcl

prowla wrote: »

Actually, I hop that the 2-year warranty is one of the laws we retain.

:rotfl: there's nothing to retain, we never had a "2 year warranty" law in this country, that was kind of the point of all the annoyance at the countless threads that suggested there was.

Hermione_Granger

prowla wrote: »

Actually, I hop that the 2-year warranty is one of the laws we retain.

And you give consumer advice on this forum?

tomtontom

Far more doom and gloom than good unfortunately, although your post did make me smile

Far more people will be affected if they choose to repeal the employment rights and protections Europe has granted us. The irony is that those most likely to be impacted by this are those at the bottom of the food chain, who are the ones most likely to be heard ranting about "taking our country back" and "democracy".

Karma.

neilmcl

tomtontom wrote: »

Far more doom and gloom than good unfortunately, although your post did make me smile

Far more people will be affected if they choose to repeal the employment rights and protections Europe has granted us. The irony is that those most likely to be impacted by this are those at the bottom of the food chain, who are the ones most likely to be heard ranting about "taking our country back" and "democracy".

Karma.

Then they should have voted in a different government when they had the chance! At least they'll have another opportunity to do just that rather than have no control over legislation brought about by the EU....but that's a different discussion for another time

unholyangel

neilmcl wrote: »

Then they should have voted in a different government when they had the chance! At least they'll have another opportunity to do just that rather than have no control over legislation brought about by the EU....but that's a different discussion for another time

Except any trade deal is likely to require us to abide by EU regulations but now, we really won't have any say or control over them.

I can't really see europe bending over backwards to accommodate us and give us everything we want on the terms we want given it would serve as encouragement to other countries to leave if they can get a better deal being out of the EU than they can being in it.

tomtontom

neilmcl wrote: »

Then they should have voted in a different government when they had the chance! At least they'll have another opportunity to do just that rather than have no control over legislation brought about by the EU....but that's a different discussion for another time

In reality we have zero control over any legislation, EU or national. When did the legislature ever listen to anyone (except their fat cat mates)?

unholyangel wrote: »

Except any trade deal is likely to require us to abide by EU regulations but now, we really won't have any say or control over them.

I can't really see europe bending over backwards to accommodate us and give us everything we want on the terms we want given it would serve as encouragement to other countries to leave if they can get a better deal being out of the EU than they can being in it.

All I can see is Europe bending us over backwards!

JReacher1

unholyangel wrote: »

Except any trade deal is likely to require us to abide by EU regulations but now, we really won't have any say or control over them.

Absolute rubbish.....

The US are currently in talks with the EU about a trade deal. Are you saying that the US are going to have to abide by all EU regulations if they want to have a trade deal with the EU?

You're getting confused between the difference with having a trade deal with the EU and being a member of the EU single market.

unholyangel

JReacher1 wrote: »

Absolute rubbish.....

The US are currently in talks with the EU about a trade deal. Are you saying that the US are going to have to abide by all EU regulations if they want to have a trade deal with the EU?

You're getting confused between the difference with having a trade deal with the EU and being a member of the EU single market.

If youre referring to TTIP/TTP then there is a "harmonisation" between them with some US bits being toughened up and some EU bits being relaxed.

But we're not the US and rather than the EU trying to convince us to join a global market (like they are the US), they'll be trying to discourage others from leaving the EU. Sure they might be fine about it but imo they are not going to be as forthcoming as some people seem to think.

Likewise any trade agreement is going to likely require the UK to adopt the elements of the TTIP/TTP that some people left the EU to avoid. And we better hope scotland & NI dont vote to go their separate ways because that would seriously diminish the UK's bargaining power.

JReacher1

unholyangel wrote: »

Likewise any trade agreement is going to likely require the UK to adopt the elements of the TTIP/TTP that some people left the EU to avoid.

A large majority of leavers voted to leave because they were concerned about immigration and the free movement of people.

I would be very surprised if the TTP allowed free movement of citizens between EU and US so if we did have a similar trade agreement to this most people would be happy.

We may not be as big as the US but we are a large advanced economy on the EU's doorstep and the EU will not deliberately damage their own economies to get some petty revenge on the UK.