Brexit slowly becoming a Farce.

[coprolite]

22 hours ago, Suspect Device said:

Courtesy of the honourable member for the 19th century's twitter.

A list of Brexit 'benefits'.

Content warning. May contain bullshit.

https://www.briefingsforbritain.co.uk/gains-from-brexit-on-the-3rd-anniversary/

 

 

That’s brilliant. 

I counted maybe two actual things that aren't just part of brexit or that couldn't have been done otherwise, and one of them was to make insurers less reliable. I look forward to us bailing out the names at Lloyd's again. 

[Florentine_Pogen]

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/05/it-is-hard-to-admit-being-wrong-but-brexit-voters-are-doing-so-in-droves

"Admitting one is wrong is not a natural inclination; but in the case of Brexit many leavers have the reasonable excuse that they were woefully misled by a gang of lying charlatans.

A powerful condemnation of this bunch was made recently by the well-known City of London figure Guy Hands – a former Tory donor – when he told the BBC Today Programme that Brexit was “a complete disaster” and “a bunch of total lies … the biggest issue about it, and you can take the Brexit bus as a good example, is the lies that Boris Johnson and the Conservative party told about the NHS. In fact, what they did was throw the country and the NHS under the bus.”

The monstrosity of the Brexit inflicted on the British people merits a public inquiry – even an old-fashioned royal commission. There are even calls for a “class action” in the courts for the way that an entire younger generation has been deprived – thus far – of rights it had good reason to expect.2

[MazzyStar]

On 04/02/2023 at 14:27, Florentine_Pogen said:

Brexit decimates research funding within Oxbridge.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/feb/04/brexit-causes-collapse-in-european-research-funding-for-oxbridge-universities

"The latest statistics from the European Commission reveal that Cambridge University, which netted €483m (£433m) over the seven years of the last European research funding programme, Horizon 2020, has not received any funding in the first two years of the new Horizon Europe programme.

 

Meanwhile, Oxford, which won €523m from the earlier programme, has only been awarded €2m to date from Horizon Europe."

Good.

[Suspect Device]

15 hours ago, MazzyStar said:

Good.

Oxfordshire voted 70% remain.

[BB_Bino]

I was listening to the Lesley Riddoch podcast on the way into work this morning and her and Pat Joyce made the point that the main stream media don't report the Brexit pitfalls, Lib Dem and Labour are no longer the parties of of Re-join or even raising the debate again. Plus projects to celebrate Brexit have bombed and landmarks like "British Independence Day" are not celebrated by "the masses" we are lead to believe voted for it and that the English politicians play up to.......but if Brexit is this success that these same politicians tell us it is, then why is everything linked to Brexit a failure and why are Farage and Co not celebrating the landmarks of their success??

Worth a listen for those who don't already

[MazzyStar]

5 hours ago, Suspect Device said:

Oxfordshire voted 70% remain.

It’s not about how they voted it’s about Oxford and Cambridge universities having less money which can only be a good thing. 

[Dan Steele]

41 minutes ago, MazzyStar said:

It’s not about how they voted it’s about Oxford and Cambridge universities having less money which can only be a good thing. 

I'm not entirely sure why you think the loss of European research funding and by extension, European joint research projects is a good thing.

[MazzyStar]

3 minutes ago, The Skelpit Lug said:

I'm not entirely sure why you think the loss of European research funding and by extension, European joint research projects is a good thing.

Why should it be Oxford and Cambridge that receive that funding? They are both institutions that exist on inequality and have probably done more than any other institutions (other than the government itself) to further inequality in this country. 

[Dan Steele]

12 minutes ago, MazzyStar said:

Why should it be Oxford and Cambridge that receive that funding? They are both institutions that exist on inequality and have probably done more than any other institutions (other than the government itself) to further inequality in this country. 

The loss of the Horizon Europe funding (95.5 bn Euros) programme affects all UK Universities involved in research and innovation. I get your inequality argument, but this is just another Brexit disaster. 

[SandyCromarty]

On 31/01/2023 at 17:24, coprolite said:

Arseholes and hooves count as meat. 

And Gelatin used in Jelly.

Don't tell the kids.

Edited February 7, 2023 by SandyCromarty

[SandyCromarty]

On 03/02/2023 at 16:13, Suspect Device said:

Courtesy of the honourable member for the 19th century's twitter.

A list of Brexit 'benefits'.

Content warning. May contain bullshit.

https://www.briefingsforbritain.co.uk/gains-from-brexit-on-the-3rd-anniversary/

 

 

These Brexiteers and Little englanders make a big deal of taking their laws back and no more being ruled from Brussels.

Yet a Sovereign country Scotland has laws forced on it from another country.

Or are we just a colony and part of the second empire, the commonwealth.

[coprolite]

That's the supreme court ruled that the NI protocol is legal. No idea on the merits or otherwise of the arguments around that, but it does mean that the Tories can't hide behind the litigation to kick this down the road any further. 

They'll have to do something now and there's no good moves. 

[Jeff Venom]

1 hour ago, coprolite said:

That's the supreme court ruled that the NI protocol is legal. No idea on the merits or otherwise of the arguments around that, but it does mean that the Tories can't hide behind the litigation to kick this down the road any further. 

They'll have to do something now and there's no good moves. 

Timed on the probability of a labour gov taking the reigns in 2024 to ride in and smooth this out perhaps? 

Not like the Tories have ever done anything positive for the island of Ireland, but no doubt they'll scurry off and get away with it, again. 

[Theroadlesstravelled]

The huge majority of Cambridge and Oxford students will be old money, entrenched Tories.

 

Get it roon them.

[MazzyStar]

On 07/02/2023 at 16:52, SandyCromarty said:

Or are we just a colony and part of the second empire, the commonwealth.

ffs

[Ewanandmoreagain]

Out of time , baby.

Sorry , have the Brexiteers shown the UK having obtained any financial advantage yet ?

Thanks

 

[Fullerene]

1 hour ago, Ewanandmoreagain said:

Out of time , baby.

Sorry , have the Brexiteers shown the UK having obtained any financial advantage yet ?

Thanks

You can now exit the Dartford tunnel in an exact number of furlongs, chain and rods without having to resort to any of those foreign units of measure!

How does that benefit you financially?  Not sure.  Need to get back.

[tamthebam]

9 hours ago, coprolite said:

That's the supreme court ruled that the NI protocol is legal. No idea on the merits or otherwise of the arguments around that, but it does mean that the Tories can't hide behind the litigation to kick this down the road any further. 

They'll have to do something now and there's no good moves. 

An NI referendum on unification with the Republic for shits and giggles maybe? 

[Salt n Vinegar]

10 hours ago, tamthebam said:

An NI referendum on unification with the Republic for shits and giggles maybe? 

Watch out now.  Such talk might elicit a response from the odd Forumite who might say that the reason we shouldn't give aircraft to Ukraine is because we need them all to force the Republic of Ireland back into the UK family of nations. 

[KirkieRR]

17 hours ago, Theroadlesstravelled said:

The huge majority of Cambridge and Oxford students will be old money, entrenched Tories.

 

Get it roon them.

Pretty much completely untrue. Certainly of Oxford, which I know better. Better target your bile at Eton etc. After all, the Bullingdon was formed at Oxford so that posh public schoolboys could meet together as an escape from the alarming normal people, women, etc, with whom they were expected to interact as equals at Uni.