Brexit the economy and house prices part 7: Brexit Harder

Enterprise_1701C

OK, now you can't trust the eu to tell the time. They have voted to scrap daylight saving time.

As far as I can recall the main reason for our maintaining the daylight saving time changes has been to appease the scots, they always said they needed to maintain it. If we have to follow this, and I truly think we should put our foot down on this one (considering the main respondents to the relevant survey were Germans and it was not evenly spread throughout the eu) and do what is best for us, but if we were forced to make a choice the best one for most of the UK would be to stick to GMT, but then the scots would be up in arms. I can see this being one of the most ridiculous rules the eu has ever come up with and one that scots will not like, more so than the rest of the UK.

mayonnaise

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

OK, now you can't trust the eu to tell the time. They have voted to scrap daylight saving time.

No they haven't.
Member countries will get to choose between sticking to summer or winter time.
Why do you guys keep peddling fake news?

lisyloo

BobQ wrote: »

Sorry, you know of a question she answered recently? Do tell more.

The context was - when were MPs going to vote agree to the article 50 extension?
Her answer was “Wednesday”.
That seems like a clear answer to me.

Enterprise_1701C

mayonnaise wrote: »

No they haven't.
Member countries will get to choose between sticking to summer or winter time.
Why do you guys keep peddling fake news?

They have voted to stop the change. Yes, we would get to choose, but that choice would not be suitable for both ends of this country.

As I said, the survey they did was not evenly spread over the whole of the eu, it was 70% German, obviously it is something the Germans want to do.

Another rule being thrust upon the rest of the eu by a small number that want it.

ben501

mayonnaise wrote: »

No they haven't.
Member countries will get to choose between sticking to summer or winter time.
Why do you guys keep peddling fake news?

How is it fake? After 2021 (assuming it's brought in) there will be no more unnecessarily messing with our sleep patterns twice a year.
Even the headline says they're stopping it!

Parliament backs proposal to end switch between summer and winter time in 2021

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

OK, now you can't trust the eu to tell the time. They have voted to scrap daylight saving time.

I can see this being one of the most ridiculous rules the eu has ever come up with and one that scots will not like, more so than the rest of the UK.

Each to their own. I think it's long overdue, and one of the best things I've heard for a while.

Herzlos

I'm certainly all for ditching DST; seems like a pretty sensible idea.

BikingBud wrote: »

"Not all lies are equal", that's like telling a 4 year old "it's our little secret". Utter drivel:(

It's a lie to call a tomato a vegetable, it's a bigger lie to call it a suspension bridge. It's not a difficult concept; most 4 year olds are familiar with the scale of lies and things like white lies.



That everyone is capable of lying doesn't justify pretty much anything that comes out of the mouths of people like Boris Johson, Nigel Farage or Donald Trump.

sevenhills

phillw wrote: »

I personally think we should have negotiated a trial separation and let the docks seize up. Give boris some time to go down there and waive some union jacks, as that is all he is actually capable of.

When we had a referendum to join the EEC, we new what the rules would be. This time it was a case of voting to leave and no one knew whether we were going to have hardline 100% free trade, a Trump style protectionist system or minor tariffs sytem to protect farmers and steel workers etc.

lisyloo

sevenhills wrote: »

When we had a referendum to join the EEC, we new what the rules would be. This time it was a case of voting to leave and no one knew whether we were going to have hardline 100% free trade, a Trump style protectionist system or minor tariffs sytem to protect farmers and steel workers etc.

Yes and 17.4 million still voted to leave, simple as.
I didn’t but we need to accept that however flawed it was (and IMO it was massively flawed) they were still promised that the govt would carry out their wishes.
Should never have been put to a referendum in that form but IT WAS.

Herzlos

But we don't actually know what their wishes are!

The-Joker

BREAKING NEWS: Knife crime in the UK INCREASES DRAMATICALLY.

17.4 MILLION voters STABBED IN THE BACK!