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Insane_Homer wrote: Tue Sep 08, 2020 6:09 am
Leadership is resigning over a deal then voting twice against it before voting for it before saying it was awful before coming up with your own deal then saying there was no time to scrutinise it then saying it’s oven ready before saying it makes no sense.
https://t.co/hgpLtI4f90
So May's deal was bad, Johnson's deal was bad, it's almost as though the Tories are a bunch of incompetents who don't know how to negotiate
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sturginho wrote: Tue Sep 08, 2020 7:32 am
Insane_Homer wrote: Tue Sep 08, 2020 6:09 am
Leadership is resigning over a deal then voting twice against it before voting for it before saying it was awful before coming up with your own deal then saying there was no time to scrutinise it then saying it’s oven ready before saying it makes no sense.
https://t.co/hgpLtI4f90
So May's deal was bad, Johnson's deal was bad, it's almost as though the Tories are a bunch of incompetents who don't know how to negotiate
Shhhh. You’ll wake The Swarm.
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All going swimmingly well for our lying cunt of a Prime Minister.
The head of the UK government’s legal department has become the latest prominent civil servant to quit, reportedly over its decision to override parts of the Brexit deal on Northern Ireland.

A spokesman for the attorney general’s office confirmed Sir Jonathan Jones had resigned but refused to comment further.

On Monday, when it emerged the government was planning to table proposals on Wednesday to give ministers unilateral legal powers to oversee elements of the Northern Ireland protocol, the disclosure provoked widespread disquiet because the agreement is already legally binding.

The FT reported Jones had resigned because of concerns Boris Johnson was trying to overwrite parts of the Brexit agreement relating to Northern Ireland.

A number of senior figures have expressed alarm at the government’s proposals for the bill. The former justice secretary David Gauke said the government would be “taking the most extraordinary risk” if it sought to unilaterally change the protocol through draft legislation due to be published on Wednesday.
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I'm pretty certain the departure of another top Civil Servant is pretty much what the Government wants, I'd wager the ultimate goal is to replace the Civil Service with political appointees. Remove another brick from the accountability wall.
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Just had the foolishness to look at ‘the other place’ and skim the Brexit thread. Still the usual yah-boo sh1t storm going on. Bimbot seems to have cut down his output to only 30/day and eased up on the worldwide supply issue with laughing emojis but others have stepped up to the plate with one handed typing whilst the other hand is, ahem, otherwise occupied.
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NI secretary today admitting they are going to break international law. Good stuff.
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From the HIGNFY team

'Brexit deal never made sense’ says man who negotiated it, signed it, prevented MPs from scrutinising it, campaigned for it and won a general election on the back of it.
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Tichtheid wrote: Tue Sep 08, 2020 12:53 pm From the HIGNFY team

'Brexit deal never made sense’ says man who negotiated it, signed it, prevented MPs from scrutinising it, campaigned for it and won a general election on the back of it.
Barnier and the EUs fault innit! :???:
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Insane_Homer wrote: Tue Sep 08, 2020 12:55 pm
Tichtheid wrote: Tue Sep 08, 2020 12:53 pm From the HIGNFY team

'Brexit deal never made sense’ says man who negotiated it, signed it, prevented MPs from scrutinising it, campaigned for it and won a general election on the back of it.
Barnier and the EUs fault innit! :???:


This "easiest deal in history" was supposed to be "oven ready" wasn't it?

A bit like a turkey, in fact.
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PCPhil wrote: Tue Sep 08, 2020 12:27 pm Just had the foolishness to look at ‘the other place’ and skim the Brexit thread. Still the usual yah-boo sh1t storm going on. Bimbot seems to have cut down his output to only 30/day and eased up on the worldwide supply issue with laughing emojis but others have stepped up to the plate with one handed typing whilst the other hand is, ahem, otherwise occupied.
Sorry you feel that way.

The "other place" is crying out for a little pomposity.
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Look people need hatred, resentment and anger to get their mean spirited, miserable and low paid behinds out of bed in the morning.
I meet seriously depressed, hateful people all the time who have two jobs and who are just buzzing with anger and are basically working for little more than pride..
Their hatred is so easily manipulated by the right to vote against their own interests..
We are looking over the precipice to some seriously dark places.
We seriously need to hippy the fuck out of the place.
We need a complete change the culture.
In few month there will be no Donald Trump and Boris' (unless he changes his reactionary direction considerably) will stand out like a sore thumb, and look like an even bigger fucking ridiculous lunatic .
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Line6 HXFX wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2020 5:47 pm Look people need hatred, resentment and anger to get their mean spirited, miserable and low paid behinds out of bed in the morning.
I meet seriously depressed, hateful people all the time who have two jobs and who are just buzzing with anger and are basically working for little more than pride..
Their hatred is so easily manipulated by the right to vote against their own interests..
We are looking over the precipice to some seriously dark places.
We seriously need to hippy the fuck out of the place.
We need a complete change the culture.
In few month there will be no Donald Trump and Boris' (unless he changes his reactionary direction considerably) will stand out like a sore thumb, and look like an even bigger fucking ridiculous lunatic .
You ever thought of working on the phones for the Samaritins?, You are a natural, you could combine it with a sales role with Dignitas.
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ASMO wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2020 6:23 pm
Line6 HXFX wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2020 5:47 pm Look people need hatred, resentment and anger to get their mean spirited, miserable and low paid behinds out of bed in the morning.
I meet seriously depressed, hateful people all the time who have two jobs and who are just buzzing with anger and are basically working for little more than pride..
Their hatred is so easily manipulated by the right to vote against their own interests..
We are looking over the precipice to some seriously dark places.
We seriously need to hippy the fuck out of the place.
We need a complete change the culture.
In few month there will be no Donald Trump and Boris' (unless he changes his reactionary direction considerably) will stand out like a sore thumb, and look like an even bigger fucking ridiculous lunatic .
You ever thought of working on the phones for the Samaritins?, You are a natural, you could combine it with a sales role with Dignitas.
Flawed within the first 6 words...
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sorCrer wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2020 9:50 pm
ASMO wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2020 6:23 pm
Line6 HXFX wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2020 5:47 pm Look people need hatred, resentment and anger to get their mean spirited, miserable and low paid behinds out of bed in the morning.
I meet seriously depressed, hateful people all the time who have two jobs and who are just buzzing with anger and are basically working for little more than pride..
Their hatred is so easily manipulated by the right to vote against their own interests..
We are looking over the precipice to some seriously dark places.
We seriously need to hippy the fuck out of the place.
We need a complete change the culture.
In few month there will be no Donald Trump and Boris' (unless he changes his reactionary direction considerably) will stand out like a sore thumb, and look like an even bigger fucking ridiculous lunatic .
You ever thought of working on the phones for the Samaritins?, You are a natural, you could combine it with a sales role with Dignitas.
Flawed within the first 6 words...
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One of the great things about democracies is that relationships can be reset with a change of government or even just a new PM.
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Well, this went well...
Pelosi says ‘no chance’ of US-UK trade deal if Irish peace undermined

House Speaker warns Congress will block any agreement that imperils Good Friday Agreement


https://www.ft.com/content/fb2e4e0b-de5 ... 7d4f99e3b6

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some good news on the brexit front for a change: https://news.sky.com/story/uk-strikes-a ... l-12068674
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sturginho wrote: Fri Sep 11, 2020 9:55 am some good news on the brexit front for a change: https://news.sky.com/story/uk-strikes-a ... l-12068674
Still have to pay customs and import fees for hentai goods :thumbdown:
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tabascoboy wrote: Fri Sep 11, 2020 10:00 am
sturginho wrote: Fri Sep 11, 2020 9:55 am some good news on the brexit front for a change: https://news.sky.com/story/uk-strikes-a ... l-12068674
Still have to pay customs and import fees for hentai goods :thumbdown:
“Agreed in principle”. I would have thought principles were in short supply in this government.
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ScarfaceClaw wrote: Fri Sep 11, 2020 10:09 am
tabascoboy wrote: Fri Sep 11, 2020 10:00 am
sturginho wrote: Fri Sep 11, 2020 9:55 am some good news on the brexit front for a change: https://news.sky.com/story/uk-strikes-a ... l-12068674
Still have to pay customs and import fees for hentai goods :thumbdown:
“Agreed in principle”. I would have thought principles were in short supply in this government.
Ah but they only override agreements when they can really screw someone over.
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Justice Secretary Robert Buckland "If I see the rule of law being broken in a way which I find unacceptable, then of course I will go. We are not at that stage."
Are we to infer then that the rule of law can be broken in an "acceptable" way? Not really sure this is what we should hear from a Justice Secretary, unless we are intent on following Russia's path.
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tabascoboy wrote: Sun Sep 13, 2020 4:06 pm
Justice Secretary Robert Buckland "If I see the rule of law being broken in a way which I find unacceptable, then of course I will go. We are not at that stage."
Are we to infer then that the rule of law can be broken in an "acceptable" way? Not really sure this is what we should hear from a Justice Secretary, unless we are intent on following Russia's path.
the fact that he's appointed himself the best adjudicator of whether or not the law is being broken, is just as alarming.
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Brexiters, 2016-2019:
“Everyone knew what they voted for in the referendum. There cannot be another vote”

Brexiters, 2020:
“MPs didn’t know what they voted for when they passed the deal. There has to be another vote”
:wtf:
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The UK’s new trade deal with Japan commits it to tougher restrictions on state aid than the ones it is currently offering the EU in the Brexit talks, potentially undermining its negotiating position with Brussels.

In the bilateral UK-Japan agreement announced in principle on Friday, London and Tokyo have agreed to replicate the restrictions on subsidies in the EU-Japan deal that went into effect last year. That agreement prohibits the governments from indefinitely guaranteeing the debts of struggling companies or providing an open-ended bailout without a clear restructuring plan in place.

By contrast, the UK has repeatedly told the EU that it must have total freedom over state aid after the end of the Brexit transition period with complete autonomy over future subsidy decisions, subject to WTO rules.
:shifty:
all for 0.06% over 12-15 years, excellent work Liz 👍
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Insane_Homer wrote: Mon Sep 14, 2020 6:09 am
The UK’s new trade deal with Japan commits it to tougher restrictions on state aid than the ones it is currently offering the EU in the Brexit talks, potentially undermining its negotiating position with Brussels.

In the bilateral UK-Japan agreement announced in principle on Friday, London and Tokyo have agreed to replicate the restrictions on subsidies in the EU-Japan deal that went into effect last year. That agreement prohibits the governments from indefinitely guaranteeing the debts of struggling companies or providing an open-ended bailout without a clear restructuring plan in place.

By contrast, the UK has repeatedly told the EU that it must have total freedom over state aid after the end of the Brexit transition period with complete autonomy over future subsidy decisions, subject to WTO rules.
:shifty:
all for 0.06% over 12-15 years, excellent work Liz 👍
I was astonished when Liz warned the Govster, that the UK wasn't; & wouldn't, be ready for customs requirements of a, 'No Deal'. It showed, both a degree of awareness I hadn't thought she possessed, & a Machiavellian deviousness in covering her own arse; & stitching Gove right up in one move.
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At least 3 Conservative MPs who are thinking of defying Johnson on the bill are being told by whips that if they insist on following the law they will end up as the 'next Dominic Grieve' - "in principle - but out of a job".
I now have confirmation that Boris Johnson / Dominic Cummings have actively threatened Tory MPs with "being expelled from the Conservative Party" if they do not vote for Boris Johnson's law breaking "Internal Market Bill".
Tom Newton Dunn from the 'Times Radio' has now also confirmed that the govt looking at "expelling Tory MPs" who do not back the govt's law breaking...

...this includes former Conservative ministers.
remember of course that Cummings himself is not a Tory party member...


Isn't it wonderful watching democracy in action :silent:
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Insane_Homer wrote: Mon Sep 14, 2020 1:05 pm
At least 3 Conservative MPs who are thinking of defying Johnson on the bill are being told by whips that if they insist on following the law they will end up as the 'next Dominic Grieve' - "in principle - but out of a job".
I now have confirmation that Boris Johnson / Dominic Cummings have actively threatened Tory MPs with "being expelled from the Conservative Party" if they do not vote for Boris Johnson's law breaking "Internal Market Bill".
Tom Newton Dunn from the 'Times Radio' has now also confirmed that the govt looking at "expelling Tory MPs" who do not back the govt's law breaking...

...this includes former Conservative ministers.
remember of course that Cummings himself is not a Tory party member...


Isn't it wonderful watching democracy in action :silent:

How many former Prime Ministers, & Leaders, is Cummings prepared to expel from the Party ?
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I wish i could say I was surprised at how morally bankrupt Johnson and his coterie are, but you almost come to expect nothing else now. Unfortunately none of the alternatives are likely any better.
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Sir Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex) (Con) wrote: Just now
We made a mistake ratifying the withdrawal agreement.
Sir Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex) (Con) wrote:19 October 2019
This deal has hardly lacked scrutiny, given the ​number of times it has been voted on and debated in this House, although we now have an altered deal.
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Ed "Blast from the Past" Milliband giving Johnson a shoeing

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Tichtheid wrote: Mon Sep 14, 2020 8:39 pm Ed "Blast from the Past" Milliband giving Johnson a shoeing

It's like clubbing baby seals debating with the Buffoon; he's grand bullshitting people who can't retort, but his ignorance, laziness, & lies are there to be picked apart by anyone with the remotest clue.
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Tichtheid wrote: Mon Sep 14, 2020 8:39 pm Ed "Blast from the Past" Milliband giving Johnson a shoeing

I don't like him tbh but he destroyed Boris
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It was a great performance, utterly manshamed Boris. However it amounted to absolutely nothing. despite the dubious justification being utterly exposed, the shits voted for it anyway.
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Insane_Homer wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 8:11 am It was a great performance, utterly manshamed Boris. However it amounted to absolutely nothing. despite the dubious justification being utterly exposed, the shits voted for it anyway.
Yeah, nobody cares what Miliband says now. Need to see more of Starmer destroying Boris or at least hold govt to account a bit.
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Yeeb wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 8:24 am
Insane_Homer wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 8:11 am It was a great performance, utterly manshamed Boris. However it amounted to absolutely nothing. despite the dubious justification being utterly exposed, the shits voted for it anyway.
Yeah, nobody cares what Miliband says now. Need to see more of Starmer destroying Boris or at least hold govt to account a bit.
Starmer is self-isolating
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Yeeb wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 8:24 am
Insane_Homer wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 8:11 am It was a great performance, utterly manshamed Boris. However it amounted to absolutely nothing. despite the dubious justification being utterly exposed, the shits voted for it anyway.
Yeah, nobody cares what Miliband says now. Need to see more of Starmer destroying Boris or at least hold govt to account a bit.
To be fair, as shadow business secretary, Miliband was at the dispatch box because his opposite number the Sec of State Alok Sharma was originally meant to open the debate.
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Insane_Homer wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 11:12 am Image
An internal border that hauliers can't cross, unless they've completed the appropriate paperwork !!!

I hope Kent council is working on county laws to break National law, in a, "very specific and limited way", & stop this land grab by Westminister !!!
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fishfoodie wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 11:51 am
Insane_Homer wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 11:12 am Image
An internal border that hauliers can't cross, unless they've completed the appropriate paperwork !!!

I hope Kent council is working on county laws to break National law, in a, "very specific and limited way", & stop this land grab by Westminister !!!
I'm sure the tender process for the contract was to provide the IT systems was followed with the similar rigour and sense of detachment as previously shown.
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