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- 03 Feb 2016 10:00
Thought I'd start a new thread as this is going to be a major talking point this year...have not made up my mind yet...(unlike bucksfizz)....but thinking of voting for an exit as Europe is not doing Britain any good at all it seems....
grannyboy
- 04 May 2017 16:17
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Yes they call them champagne socialist...Unlike little fred, whose just a rabid
fricked-up lefty...
The only thing they've both got in common, is, they both hate the English.
Fred1new
- 04 May 2017 18:28
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Many thought Blair was a sleeper for the con party, perhaps being a hypocrite is a prerequisite to swallowing tory ideology.
Haystack
- 04 May 2017 19:19
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Talking of hypocrites. Ken Loach, the poster boy of the left, had this on his Twitter account this afternoon.
We're looking for a university lecturer on a zero hours contract for some research. Please contact us if you're happy to talk.
Haystack
- 04 May 2017 19:19
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mentor
- 05 May 2017 11:47
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EC President Jean-Claude Juncker >>>>>> Connard ( Bastard / shithead )
There is more of the last meting with Theresa May it seems, Maybe he was not serve with a ( hot toddy ) last week
Jean-Claude Juncker says English is 'losing importance' after Brexit as UK 'abandons' Europe
Jean-Claude Juncker has accused Britain of "abandoning" the EU and joked that the English language is "losing its importance in Europe" because of Brexit.
Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, on Thursday warned Theresa May and Mr Juncker that Brexit negotiations could become "impossible" if they become "emotional".
Mr Juncker delivered his address in French, joking: "I will express myself in French because, slowly but surely, English is losing importance in Europe."
grannyboy
- 05 May 2017 13:24
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Before long the EU will be losing what credibility they held in the UK....
Ooopppssss they have already.....
cynic
- 05 May 2017 13:33
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juncker is just a pain in the arse
he has always hated uk/tm not least because we opposed his election to whatever post he now holds ..... if i recollect correctly, he has a pretty murky history on financial irregularities in luxemburg
Fred1new
- 05 May 2017 13:54
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Are you suggesting that the tory strategy of canvassing against Junker may come back to bite in future negotiations?
Shock Horror.
Fred1new
- 05 May 2017 13:54
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Are you suggesting that the tory strategy of canvassing against Junker may come back to bite in future negotiations?
Shock Horror.
Haystack
- 05 May 2017 13:55
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cynic
- 05 May 2017 13:56
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no
2517GEORGE
- 05 May 2017 14:21
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Surely that can't be correct, that article needs to be re-written to condemn the robotic tables and exonerate Druncker.
grannyboy
- 05 May 2017 15:34
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Juncker suffers from napoleon complex, but without the gravitas, and with
a propensity to imbibe a few sherbuts with his croissants..
Little fred suffers from the same weakness, which has limited his ability to
form judgements objectively, like in the belief that juncker would be allowed
anywhere near the negotiating table.
2517GEORGE
- 05 May 2017 15:43
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There is a benefit to Juncker and his cohorts causing problems for the UK (and the EU), the leaders of 27 countries can see for themselves how they may be treated should they disagree with the Brussels bully brigade in future.
Fred1new
- 05 May 2017 16:16
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Check the % of Trade that the UK does with the EU and then compare with the % of each remaining member country's trade (all 27) with the UK.
Interesting "threats" become a little bit diluted.
2517GEORGE
- 05 May 2017 16:32
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As a % of world growth the EU is shrinking, has done for years and will continue to do so in future. With the exception of America the power houses are in the East.
mentor
- 05 May 2017 16:38
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re - diluted
Just like your - deluded - comments "Freda"
Looks like " Diane Abbott" has been teaching you the wrong things
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next time give a link to you "deluded" no figures
grannyboy
- 06 May 2017 12:59
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The percentage of trade between the UK and the EU is around 44% and
falling..When you talk about trade with the other 27 countries, the majority
of trades is with Germany, France, Sweden, Spain, Italy, most of the others
like Lithuania, Slovakia, etc, etc, etc, does not import/export anything of
significance.
The total exports from the EU into the UK is approx 290 billion pounds, while
we export to the rest of europe approx 230 billion pounds.
And most of the imports into the UK are from German car manufacturers and France
cheese/ wine makers..
Fred1new
- 06 May 2017 14:44
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Yes, and the UK will easily be able to trade into low-income countries like China, India, Middle East.
With our sophistication and technology, we will be able to undercut them.
And goods travelling a few thousand miles further will help them to mature.
Mind the more sophisticated countries will be queuing up use our Technology and Financial services.
They can't possibly develop our skills.
ExecLine
- 06 May 2017 21:11
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You can already buy loads of goods, eg. from China, VAT Free, that have already been bought over here and stacked up in warehouses in the UK, so as to be ready for fast delivery.
The 'VAT Free' bit is most surely cheating HMRC, IMHO, but as the goods are sold over t'Internet, nobody seems to be able to do much about it. There were articles about this type of trading in today's press.
Here's just one example:
https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-uk-warehouse.html
Obviously, this isn't doing our economy any good and in the medium to long term has to be stopped - but how? It must be costing the British exchequer millions.