Brexit the economy and house prices part 7: Brexit Harder

borntobefree

Thrugelmir wrote: »

The EU probably wouldn't exist today if history were rewritten.

Understanding history helps one understand today. By history I mean a broad perspective not through a narrow islanders eyes.

I seem to recall you are a public sector worker who voted Leave ‘cos you were fed up of austerity and wanted to kick out at everyone by creating chaos ..( which by your own admission you are enjoying), so I’m not sure how understanding history in a narrow or broad way helped shape your opinions... but carry on...

buglawton

shaggydoo wrote: »

Of course, we're scared. The prospect of a no deal is horrible.

Shortages of life saving meds for the people we love, the threat to our families and friends businesses, the threat to our jobs.

The thing that has struck me is that Brexiteers dont have these fears. One might wonder if they were indeed heartless?

The prospect of the EU preventing its pharmaceutical cos from selling their products to the UK because we left with no deal is indeed horrific. But fortunately quite absurd.

qwert_yuiop

borntobefree wrote: »

Well, the powers that be managed to persuade millions of Brits to die in a trench for “King and Country “ so it’s not hard to believe that the population can be brainwashed by the press and politicians to “Get Brexit Done” ( so BJs hedge fund friends can get their big pay day).

I guess it’s a story as old as time.

Unless they were Irish, in which case they were all volunteers, the form of persuasion involved conscription.

qwert_yuiop

Sailtheworld wrote: »

That's pushing the saying 'every cloud has a silver lining' to its limits.

It’s a bit like saying I drove home after six pints without having a crash, so it’s perfectly safe to drive when drunk.

qwert_yuiop

Sailtheworld wrote: »

Don't be silly. The chances of 'forecasting' the lottery are 1 in 14,000,000. The chances of forecasting the effect of brexit on an already stretched medicine supply chain, suspect as you like, aren't 1 in 14,000,000.

If it was so simple to buy anywhere on Earth we wouldn't have an apparent shortage in the first place.



I'm being told by the wise owls that there are already shortages. Brexit is probably not going to help so the vulnerable are being put at more risk. Don't try and put that on me as you clamber up to the moral high ground.



Staying another 6 months won't kill anyone apart from a few brexiteers who might burst a blood vessel.

A delay followed by another delay and the electorate will be different people, with those who were only fourteen in 2016 able to vote by next year and plenty of others having died.

Another referendum will be vital, and not just an Irish style “vote better this time” to see what the electorate actually think probably four years later.

borntobefree

buglawton wrote: »

The prospect of the EU preventing its pharmaceutical cos from selling their products to the UK because we left with no deal is indeed horrific. But fortunately quite absurd.

Have you even bothered to read yellowhammer? It’s nothing to do with companies being allowed to sell their drugs to the U.K. It’s to do with delays at Dover, and short shelf life.

But hey ho carry on pontificating without bothering to check the facts. Leavers are good at that.

Thrugelmir

borntobefree wrote: »

I seem to recall you are a public sector worker who voted Leave ‘cos you were fed up of austerity and wanted to kick out at everyone by creating chaos ..

Then your memory is confusing me with someone else.

Thrugelmir

Sailtheworld wrote: »

That's pushing the saying 'every cloud has a silver lining' to its limits.

Perhaps there's no rioting as Honda has rewarded their employees with exceptionally good redundancy packages. A better explanation than your garbled response to my post.

Sailtheworld

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Perhaps there's no rioting as Honda has rewarded their employees with exceptionally good redundancy packages. A better explanation than your garbled response to my post.

There wasn't going to be any rioting anyway.

The redundancy packages were good for the old timers. Newer recruits have just seen their future earnings potential fall off a cliff. For them the sunlit uplands can't come soon enough.

Sailtheworld

buglawton wrote: »

The prospect of the EU preventing its pharmaceutical cos from selling their products to the UK because we left with no deal is indeed horrific. But fortunately quite absurd.

That's not the reason there might be shortages after a no-deal brexit.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/831199/20190802_Latest_Yellowhammer_Planning_assumptions_CDL.pdf