O/T:- Tangible Brexit Dividends

[Mapperleypie]

Anyone found any yet? Anyone here better off?

[TSANHO]

I’m suggesting this should be moved to the ‘baiting and handbags’ thread!

Nice trolling Mapperly.

[countygump]

I’m suggesting this should be moved to the ‘baiting and handbags’ thread!

Nice trolling Mapperly.

This^^^

The one ''tangible benefit'' is the endless threads on Brexit seemed to have stopped.

[Mapperleypie]

Not trolling. A really straightforward and simple question. We were promised things would improve for us all if we voted to leave the EU. I think the term 'sunlit uplands' was used.

Just wondering if anyone can give me some real world examples of things improving for them as a result of Brexit? Anyone?

[i961pie]

Not trolling. A really straightforward and simple question. We were promised things would improve for us all if we voted to leave the EU. I think the term 'sunlit uplands' was used.

Just wondering if anyone can give me some real world examples of things improving for them as a result of Brexit? Anyone?

Covid has happened which couldn't be foreseen and nothing of benefit would happen in the short term anyway
But I agree with Gumpy the Brexit argument has been done to death it's happened don't let's start all that again.

[Magpies1959]

The vaccine development and roll out.

[nw6pie]

The vaccine development and roll out.

You may want to look at the recent vaccination stats in the EU to see how that rollout is going (now behind the likes of Denmark and Belgium; Spain are about to overtake us), and see where the “Astra” in AstraZeneca comes from.

[frenchmagpie]

You may want to look at the recent vaccination stats in the EU to see how that rollout is going (now behind the likes of Denmark and Belgium; Spain are about to overtake us), and see where the “Astra” in AstraZeneca comes from.

Spot on, that man. Some need to stop getting their news from the Express ! France will pass UK in about 2 weeks even with the large anti-vax sentiments here. Funny how the brexit headbangers don't want to talk about it. I wonder if the EU had collapsed in acrimony after UK left whether there would have been any threads about it ?
Oh well, as they say it's done now. I doubt you'll be getting back in easily. And our financial industry is grateful for the new business.

[cher1]

To be fair, the French have been somewhat chivvied along (pushed?) into getting jabbed by the recent health pass legislation requiring proof of 2x vaccs before you can set foot in many places. I've never seen so many police in our little town as there were on Monday, going round the restaurants to make sure no-one was being allowed in without their covid pass.

The UK has done really well with its vaccination programme, that's not a political point relating to brexit, it's factual. To have 75% of adults vaccinated is a remarkable achievement. Some ex-colleagues have been involved in the rollout and delivery, it's been really hard work. It's great that Denmark and other countries are also doing really well. It's not a contest, the higher each country's figures are, the better for all of us.

[frenchmagpie]

To be fair, the French have been somewhat chivvied along (pushed?) into getting jabbed by the recent health pass legislation requiring proof of 2x vaccs before you can set foot in many places. I've never seen so many police in our little town as there were on Monday, going round the restaurants to make sure no-one was being allowed in without their covid pass.

The UK has done really well with its vaccination programme, that's not a political point relating to brexit, it's factual. To have 75% of adults vaccinated is a remarkable achievement. Some ex-colleagues have been involved in the rollout and delivery, it's been really hard work. It's great that Denmark and other countries are also doing really well. It's not a contest, the higher each country's figures are, the better for all of us.

Agreed. A great bit of politics by Macron, he knows the French well.
And I agree about the UK success. It's a fantastic achievement and I'm very pleased as I still have family there.

BUT it has been used by the UK press as a Brexit success story and it just isn't. Despite what France is doing many other EU nations are now passing UK in vaccination rates. It was always just a matter of timing. The EU spent time early on ensuring fairness of distribution and application among 27 separate nations. So they were slow out the blocks. But now the effects of that policy are coming through they are perfoming as well as UK. Hurray all round, Europe as a whole has performed well. So Brexit had nothing to do with it.