Brexit, the economy and house prices part 5

westernpromise

gfplux wrote: »

Another step away from Europe. Symbolic and sad.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/nov/20/eurotunnel-rebrand-getlink-brexit-channel-tunnel

Eurotunnel now is GETLINK

I'm surprised there hasn't yet been a Fill The Tunnel In ceremony with Nigel Farage and Yeremiy Khorbiyn officiating.

gfplux

ukcarper wrote: »

Is it finally sinking in.? That what some of us have been saying for months.

It was always going to be difficult to reverse Brexit. The price was likely to be the loss of all the special concessions granted to Britain over the years. This in the earlier days might have been up for negotiation but as time went on that possibility dimmed.
Add to this the departure of EBA and EMA to Paris and Amsterdam that France and Holland would not except to be reversed makes it look likely Brexit means Brexit.
It is now in the hands of the plainly incompetents running the British side of the negotiations to complete phase one satisfactorily and then sort out the hundreds of other issues AND negotiate a trade deal.
Quittlings calling for a no deal should examine what that might mean and instead urge their fellow quitters to urge for a deal to be done.

While the focus today is on the extra money that could be offered for the financial settlement and the rumour that the red line of the ECJ has disappeared do not underestimate the possibility that citizens rights and the Irish border may still not show sufficient progress to move onto phase 2 by Christmas.

gfplux

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https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/14/facebook-says-russia-did-try-to-meddle-in-brexit-vote/
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"BuzzFeed has obtained a statement from Facebook in which the tech giant admits, for the first time, that some Russia-linked accounts may have used its platform to try to interfere in the UK’s European Union referendum vote in June 2016."
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means to an end!

System

THIS SOLDIER WASN'T SERVED IN TESCO BY A MUSLIM, SHARE IF YOU THINK IT'S A DISGRACE.

People who share this stuff should have voting rights removed, they are too gullible to form a reasoned opinion.

setmefree2

Originally Posted by Moby
http://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/denis-macshane-banana-republic-1-5287685

Run by Alastair Campbell...an arch remoaner.

Filo25

Oddly enough many of us find the endless Remoaner stuff quite tedious and offensive as well, especially when its in response to perfectly reasonable posts.

Let's be honest here, these threads don't bring much credit on any of us.

setmefree2

Brexit: Labour fury at vote to quit single market and customs union

Last night Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell voted with the government, after Labour whipped its members to vote against the party's own policy

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-labour-backbencher-mps-shadow-cabinet-eu-single-market-customs-union-quit-jeremy-corbyn-a8066806.html

System

Private_Church wrote: »

The EU could have taken on the UK standard which by the way means a weapon cannot be reactivated so what now has to happen to every UK deact firearm (if its to be sold on) now needs to have pretty much all the internal mechanism removed or welded up which means it cannot be cocked or dry fired or field stripped which many thousands of historical re-enactors have done successfully for decades under the UK system and not one certified deact weapon has been reactivated.This will cost approx £100 per weapon and then it must be sent back to the London or Birmingham proof office and re certified at an additional cost to the owner in the region of £120 so all in its an extra £220 per weapon and then it can be sold on by the owner.

The EU system does seem to make it far less likely that a deactivated weapon will be reactivated. I bet you know how to reactivate a weapon and would find it harder with the new EU system.

You're not very happy about it because of the extra cost and the inability to !!!!, dry fire etc but not everyone thought the UK system was satisfactory.

Those “reactivating” imitation weapons should face tougher legal sanctions because of the widespread availability of conversion kits, according to a Law Commission review of firearms legislation.

In a report on updating the 1968 Firearms Act, the body, which advises the government on changes to the law, says existing gun control regulations are “confused, unclear and difficult to apply”.

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/dec/16/tougher-laws-reactivation-imitation-firearms-converted-guns-law-commission

mayonnaise

Rough_Justice wrote: »

Merkel says she'd prefer another election. The likelihood is that the AFD will increase their seats in this event apparently. That would well & truly put the cat amongst the EU pigeons.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42057108

Not sure why you're getting so excited about German political instability.
What do you think the effect of this on Brexit negotiations will be?

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Thrugelmir

ilovehouses wrote: »

So all this stuff about overly powerful vacuum cleaners, % milk solids in chocolate, and basically anything else we didn't fancy could've been safely ignored?

There's a far bigger and broader picture to be considered. Across a whole spectrum of daily life.

I notice you omitted the to mention the German Car manufacturers, for example. Makes you wonder what else goes on.