Brexit, the economy and house prices part 5

Rinoa

Herzlos wrote: »

So they can't complain about us shafting them because gave them money 7 years ago? How long do they need to be subservient and grateful for?

We're happy to have free trade between the UK and Ireland. It's the EU who won't allow it. The Irish should be harassing the EU, not the UK.

Rough_Justice

A very clear example in Bloomberg today of why the EU struggle to make decisions.

The current fudge -- a cautious five-year extension with an easy loophole for unwilling member states -- is a typical European compromise involving national political actors, big corporations, farmers, Brussels technocrats and the noisy but insufficiently empowered European Parliament. It's a decision that pleases few people but checks a box and makes an issue go away for a while.

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-11-30/why-europe-is-literally-stuck-in-the-weeds

Rinoa

ilovehouses wrote: »

collective narcissism – a belief in the unparalleled greatness of one’s country

What's the term for the belief every country in the world is superior to your own.

Rough_Justice

ilovehouses wrote: »

collective narcissism – a belief in the unparalleled greatness of one’s country
http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2017/11/27/stupid-little-paddies-should-do-what-we-tell-them/

Roundly bettered by the belief in the unparalleled greatness of some remainers it would appear.
"waterfordwhispersnews"?
Buy their new book, "Newsaggedon - with free shipping".
:rotfl:

Rough_Justice

ilovehouses wrote: »

Rough; it's a satirical news site

No, really?
Whoever would have thought it, a remainer posting ridicule.
Oh the shock!
:whistle:

Rough_Justice

Immigration falls to 230,000 in the year to June 2017 whilst EU emigration out of the UK rises by 28,000.
Hang on, 28,000 more left the UK over the course of a year than the previous year?
:think:
Compared to the near-quarter-million that arrived in the UK it's not a huge number. Certainly not a mass exodus as we keep being told either, is it?
Though it does seem that less wannabee car-cleaners are arriving.

The figures, published on Thursday by the Office for National Statistics, show that the number of people moving to the UK for a "definite job" remained stable. But the amount of people "looking for work" plummeted by 43% - down to 74,000.

https://news.sky.com/story/net-migration-drops-sharply-after-brexit-vote-11149951

cogito

Rinoa wrote: »

Washington Examiners opinion of Barnier's crazy idea:

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/moronic-eu-official-threatens-british-security-over-brexit-but-britain-has-an-ace-card/article/2642064

Can Barnier really be so thick?

Eric_the_half_a_bee

cogito wrote: »

Can Barnier really be so thick?

Like many politicians. he is not thick, but he thinks his audience is.

mayonnaise

ilovehouses wrote: »

Rough; it's a satirical news site

Rough doesn't do satire. Neither now, nor then...

mayonnaise wrote: »

Tighter border controls should not apply when I’m going on holiday, insists angry Brexiter
http://newsthump.com/2017/08/02/tighter-border-controls-should-not-apply-when-im-going-on-holiday-insists-angry-brexiter/

A_Medium_Size_Jock wrote: »

Ah yes, Newsthump - that most-respected form of British journalism. "UK spoof news and satire" says it all really.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

The desperation of some people is becoming even more palpable when such sources are used. Oh, and we'll ignore the EU shambles which is affecting so many visitors to the EU from around the world which that is supposed to refer to will we?
:whistle:

cogito

Rough_Justice wrote: »

A very clear example in Bloomberg today of why the EU struggle to make decisions.

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-11-30/why-europe-is-literally-stuck-in-the-weeds

The more cynical amongst us might see a connection between Bayer's recent acquisition of Monsanto and the German government's green light to the use of glyphosate.