Humphrey Appleby 11,289 Posted May 17 (edited) What a train wreck of an interview... https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2022/05/17/this-c4-news-takedown-of-boris-johnson-over-northern-ireland-is-simply-magnificent/ Boris basically admits he didn't know what he was signing up to, nor that he thought it would actually be implemented. What an incompetent clown... Meanwhile, the predictable climbdown for the moment, yet again... https://theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/16/plan-to-scrap-parts-of-northern-ireland-protocol-is-only-an-insurance-policy-says-boris-johnson It's getting tedious now. Edited May 17 by Humphrey Appleby 4 Share this post Link to post
iris123 14,822 Posted May 17 2 hours ago, Humphrey Appleby said: What a train wreck of an interview... https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2022/05/17/this-c4-news-takedown-of-boris-johnson-over-northern-ireland-is-simply-magnificent/ Boris basically admits he didn't know what he was signing up to, nor that he thought it would actually be implemented. What an incompetent clown... Meanwhile, the predictable climbdown for the moment, yet again... https://theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/16/plan-to-scrap-parts-of-northern-ireland-protocol-is-only-an-insurance-policy-says-boris-johnson It's getting tedious now. Not only Boris to blame. All those who voted for Brexit without knowing the details or really worrying about them. In the end we saw here with Wolfie just desperate for any Brexit to be pushed through to take back control Now we are being warned of a trade war, as if we didn’t warn them 1 Share this post Link to post
TesarRacing 1,731 Posted May 17 3 hours ago, Humphrey Appleby said: What a train wreck of an interview... https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2022/05/17/this-c4-news-takedown-of-boris-johnson-over-northern-ireland-is-simply-magnificent/ Boris basically admits he didn't know what he was signing up to, nor that he thought it would actually be implemented. What an incompetent clown... Meanwhile, the predictable climbdown for the moment, yet again... https://theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/16/plan-to-scrap-parts-of-northern-ireland-protocol-is-only-an-insurance-policy-says-boris-johnson It's getting tedious now. If it was the EU doing this the Brexiteers would be up in arms but it's all quiet............... 3 Share this post Link to post
Humphrey Appleby 11,289 Posted May 17 26 minutes ago, TesarRacing said: If it was the EU doing this the Brexiteers would be up in arms but it's all quiet............... Most of them fail to grasp the issue, so Boris and his gang (including the ever-more ridiculous Jack Frost) just play the jingoism card to distract attention from the fact they signed an appalling trade deal and shafted Northern Ireland along the way. Amazing that some still fall for the nonsense, but plenty still believe in pixies and fairies as well... LOL Simple fact is that two different uncontrolled customs zones don't overlap anywhere else in the world. You seriously have to wonder who is advising the UK government and the quality of that advice. 3 1 Share this post Link to post
Phlipphlopp 3,888 Posted May 17 9 hours ago, Humphrey Appleby said: Most of them fail to grasp the issue, so Boris and his gang (including the ever-more ridiculous Jack Frost) just play the jingoism card to distract attention from the fact they signed an appalling trade deal and shafted Northern Ireland along the way. Amazing that some still fall for the nonsense, but plenty still believe in pixies and fairies as well... LOL Simple fact is that two different uncontrolled customs zones don't overlap anywhere else in the world. You seriously have to wonder who is advising the UK government and the quality of that advice. NI Ireland isnt in the eu. I said this before at the time of the glorious result to leave the Brussels mafia , ergo that to satisfy the GFA they had to leave the borders open regardless. Dodgy stuff has been going across the border for years but you only seem to be be worried about it now. Typical remainer pro eu luvvie claptrap , which we are used to from you. Share this post Link to post
Humphrey Appleby 11,289 Posted May 17 1 hour ago, Phlipphlopp said: NI Ireland isnt in the eu. I said this before at the time of the glorious result to leave the Brussels mafia , ergo that to satisfy the GFA they had to leave the borders open regardless. Dodgy stuff has been going across the border for years but you only seem to be be worried about it now. Typical remainer pro eu luvvie claptrap , which we are used to from you. Northern Ireland is in the EU Single Market and not in the UK Internal Market however much the Boris and the Brexit nut jobs imagine otherwise. Regardless of what went on in the past, smuggling is illegal and it doesn't mean you open a legal backdoor into another customs territory (in either direction). And that you can only resort to silly jibes just means that you're another one like Boris who doesn't understand how the world actually works. Share this post Link to post
Humphrey Appleby 11,289 Posted May 18 (edited) Well it turns out it was actually 9% during April. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/may/18/uk-inflation-soars-to-highest-level-in-more-than-40-years 1.5% above the Eurozone, so another benefit of Brexit. Edited May 18 by Humphrey Appleby Share this post Link to post
E I Addio 14,387 Posted May 18 (edited) 4 hours ago, Humphrey Appleby said: 1.5% above the Eurozone, so another benefit of Brexit. No it’s not. Britain never was in the Eurozone. If we were still in the EU we still wouldn’t be in the Eurozone. We kept out of it from day one for good reason. Inflation in Europe varies by around 10% between lowest and highest so one snapshot of the average is rather meaningless unless you are going to advance the argument that we should be in the Euro and if we were we would have had significantly lower inflation over the years. Edited May 18 by E I Addio Share this post Link to post
Humphrey Appleby 11,289 Posted May 19 Another nail in the coffin for what was a successful UK business sector before Brexit... https://www.politico.eu/article/brexit-tensions-mean-brits-wont-get-eu-science-cash-brussels-warns/ 3 Share this post Link to post
Humphrey Appleby 11,289 Posted May 20 (edited) As predicted... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-19/stagflation-shock-to-uk-likely-to-be-among-world-s-worst A trade war with the EU will only make things even worse. Meanwhile not looking good for a US trade deal either... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-us-trade-deal-protocol-b2083179.html Edited May 20 by Humphrey Appleby 4 Share this post Link to post
Humphrey Appleby 11,289 Posted May 20 Was always a con job... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/05/19/public-duped-long-term-visas-foreign-nationals-40pc-since-brexit/#:~:text=The number of foreign nationals,according to a new study 1 Share this post Link to post
Humphrey Appleby 11,289 Posted May 20 This is how much the Tories actually care about Norn Iron... https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/brexit/brexit-news/truss-made-turnips-in-truck-brexit-remark-about-ireland-1.4881846 The hysteronics are only to defect wider attention from the disastrous trade agreement they negotiated... 1 Share this post Link to post
Toto 197 Posted May 20 8 hours ago, Humphrey Appleby said: This is how much the Tories actually care about Norn Iron... https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/brexit/brexit-news/truss-made-turnips-in-truck-brexit-remark-about-ireland-1.4881846 The hysteronics are only to defect wider attention from the disastrous trade agreement they negotiated... Thank you for keeping us up to date on how bad Brexit has been. 3 Share this post Link to post
wealdstone 3,076 Posted May 20 Regrettably many did not think deep enough, and some not at all 5 Share this post Link to post
Humphrey Appleby 11,289 Posted May 20 https://www.politico.eu/article/the-incredible-shrinking-global-britain/ 1 Share this post Link to post
