OT. The futures Bright, the Futures Brexit!!!

[MadAmster]

.... and the news is..... ?

[swaledale]

.... and the news is..... ?

The governments own body, the ONS has confirmed this, thats the news. oddly nobody on the Brexit side has mentioned this, in fact it seems its about trumpeting Brexit freedoms now, like removing the working time directive, reintroducing imperial measures, weakening environmental rules and other such "benefits" of Brexit, which were never mentioned in 2016!

[Andy_Faber]

The governments own body, the ONS has confirmed this, thats the news. oddly nobody on the Brexit side has mentioned this, in fact it seems its about trumpeting Brexit freedoms now, like removing the working time directive, reintroducing imperial measures, weakening environmental rules and other such "benefits" of Brexit, which were never mentioned in 2016!

Typical Swale, pound for pound the biggest Anti Brexit voice, guaranteed to write swathes* of comment at any opportunity, give him an inch and he’ll take 8 furlongs

* a swathe is about 5 feet

[MadAmster]

The governments own body, the ONS has confirmed this, thats the news. oddly nobody on the Brexit side has mentioned this, in fact it seems its about trumpeting Brexit freedoms now, like removing the working time directive, reintroducing imperial measures, weakening environmental rules and other such "benefits" of Brexit, which were never mentioned in 2016!

But it's not news though is it? These numbers have been bandied about for quite a while now. That was my point.

[Geoff Parkstone]

Typical Swale, pound for pound the biggest Anti Brexit voice, guaranteed to write swathes* of comment at any opportunity, give him an inch and he’ll take 8 furlongs

* a swathe is about 5 feet

So he will take 1056 swathes then, approximately. Curious though as I thought swathe was a (misused) verb whereas swath was the noun. A swath width will obviously vary with the crop being swathed, so for example oilseed rape being a tall plant will leave a longer swath whereas second cut hay will be much shorter. Anyway, who uses a scythe nowadays? More often a cutter akin to a header on a combine mounted on a spindly tractor

here ends agriculture1.01

[ramAnag]

Typical Swale, pound for pound the biggest Anti Brexit voice, guaranteed to write swathes* of comment at any opportunity, give him an inch and he’ll take 8 furlongs

* a swathe is about 5 feet

Or...he continues to informatively draw attention to the mistake known as Brexit and the error of our ways. Now I know I’ll be called a ‘rear gunner’ again or something similarly infantile...but what exactly is wrong with him doing that?

[Andy_Faber]

Or...he continues to informatively draw attention to the mistake known as Brexit and the error of our ways. Now I know I’ll be called a ‘rear gunner’ again or something similarly infantile...but what exactly is wrong with him doing that?

Jesus wept, nip out and get yourself a sense of humour. Even GP saw the humour and he’s an accountant

[Andy_Faber]

Or...he continues to informatively draw attention to the mistake known as Brexit and the error of our ways. Now I know I’ll be called a ‘rear gunner’ again or something similarly infantile...but what exactly is wrong with him doing that?

Being serious though, nothing wrong with him or anyone doing so, likewise nothing wrong with responses along the lines of ‘it happened, suck it up and move on’

On a related subject, and you brought it up, my U.K. to Greece cross border experience was: delay in U.K. 35 mins due to the impact of Islamic terrorism, maybe 5 minutes of that due to an audit going on. 0 mins due to Brexit. Delay in Greece 0, in fact they didn’t even look at our passports. Delays within Greece (another scare story in the papers last week suggested all sorts of restrictions for brits) - 0

[ramAnag]

Jesus wept, nip out and get yourself a sense of humour. Even GP saw the humour and he’s an accountant

Ah...and how we all laughed!
Interesting though that my lighthearted Theresa Coffey comment of a couple of weeks ago brought forth only recrimination and disdain from our moderator’s ‘humour police’.

[swaledale]

But it's not news though is it? These numbers have been bandied about for quite a while now. That was my point.

Your point is pointless, the ONS ahve just published or had when I posted, so yes the numbers ahve been around a while, but the oNS confirming them is news. But hey why worry eh?

[swaledale]

Being serious though, nothing wrong with him or anyone doing so, likewise nothing wrong with responses along the lines of ‘it happened, suck it up and move on’

On a related subject, and you brought it up, my U.K. to Greece cross border experience was: delay in U.K. 35 mins due to the impact of Islamic terrorism, maybe 5 minutes of that due to an audit going on. 0 mins due to Brexit. Delay in Greece 0, in fact they didn’t even look at our passports. Delays within Greece (another scare story in the papers last week suggested all sorts of restrictions for brits) - 0

Aye "suck it up", so as we head deeper and deeper into the ****e, the Faber response to metaphorically going over a cliff is - "suck it upwe are only going to die, what are you moaning about"! Yep that makes sense.

No sire, after all the bollox talked by brexiteers about the sunlit uplands of Brexit, how we would have basically the same benefits outside the EU as in it etc. etc. those of us will keep ramming back down those pillocks throats how virtually everything that was said would impact negatively due to Brexit is or has happened.

Because eventually, when the full impact is affecting everybody then the process of at the very least getting back in the customs union and the single market will begin. That tide is turning every day, partly because those old gammons who voted leave are slowly departing this earth and partly because even for those wedded to the Brexit ideology have to face facts!

If Truss baby wants growth, re-joining the single market and customs union would be a very good start.

[MadAmster]

Your point is pointless, the ONS ahve just published or had when I posted, so yes the numbers ahve been around a while, but the oNS confirming them is news. But hey why worry eh?

Who said anything about "not worrying"? I merely pointed out that the figures were already well known so not news, which it wasn't. the only "newsy" bit was ONS confirming what was already out there from many a qualified source.

[Andy_Faber]

Aye "suck it up", so as we head deeper and deeper into the ****e, the Faber response to metaphorically going over a cliff is - "suck it upwe are only going to die, what are you moaning about"! Yep that makes sense.

No sire, after all the bollox talked by brexiteers about the sunlit uplands of Brexit, how we would have basically the same benefits outside the EU as in it etc. etc. those of us will keep ramming back down those pillocks throats how virtually everything that was said would impact negatively due to Brexit is or has happened.

Because eventually, when the full impact is affecting everybody then the process of at the very least getting back in the customs union and the single market will begin. That tide is turning every day, partly because those old gammons who voted leave are slowly departing this earth and partly because even for those wedded to the Brexit ideology have to face facts!

If Truss baby wants growth, re-joining the single market and customs union would be a very good start.

you're really upset about this Brexit thing aren't you?

[ramAnag]

you're really upset about this Brexit thing aren't you?

...and you, as ever, are either in denial, burying your head in the sand or earning your living as a currency speculator.

[Andy_Faber]

...and you, as ever, are either in denial, burying your head in the sand or earning your living as a currency speculator.

…but which one?