Britain Leave the European Union (Please be polite with other people's views)

[Deleted member 26818]

Give me strength!

No one knows how we will do outside the EU. What we do know is that employment figures are currently very very strong

UK employment at highest since 1971 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47622415

Record employment. Lowest unemployment rate since 1971 (3.9%). EU average is 6.5%. Wages rising faster than inflation.

Are you living in some kind of parallel universe @spinlondon

So our record employment is based on us having low unemployment figures.
Those low figures have nothing to do with 16 to 18 year olds now being forced to remain in education?
Nothing to do with people being on universal credit rather than Job Seekers allowance?
Nothing to do with people not being able to claim Job Seekers allowance for the first week, or having their Job Seekers allowance stopped due to sanctions?

 

[Wilko]

We’ve been paying a fine every year to the court of human rights for decades regarding the illegal reading and censoring of prisoner’s mail.

And it’s hardly best seller material ...

 

[Wilko]

Duplicate post deleted.
In this case once really was enough.

 

[rapparee]

1 particular entry on that is poundland. can you really blame brexit, or is it just that customers have realised what crap they sell? and that applies to most of the ******** in that document. next thing is they'll be blaming brexit for climate change.

Actually, the Brexit fiasco has caused the value of Sterling to drop, so it was harder for poundland to buy goods to sell for a pound.

 

[plugsandsparks]

Well once again, the people spell it out in words of one syllable.
FFS - how hard is it to leave the EU

 

[Darkwood]

I’m not sure what it is exactly Brexiteers hope to achieve?
There’s some talk about us regaining our sovereignty.
Something about stopping immigration.
Something else about having trade deals outside of the EU.

Regaining our sovereignty sounds all well and good, but really what does it mean?
At present, the EU (which we do have a say in) introduces laws and regulations, which our government then chooses whether to adopt.
Some we adopt, some we don’t.

As for immigration, the Tories won’t stop it, they need the immigrants to keep wages low.
Labour won’t stop it on moral grounds.

As for trade deals, it seems so far the only country that wants to trade with us, is the USA. All we have to do is lower our food health and hygiene standards (so we won’t be able to trade with the EU) and stop the cap we have on the cost of pharmaceuticals (so much for sovereignty).

And what food hygiene is this, given that we accept pre packed salads from.the EU that is rinsed in the same stuff you are playing the scaremongering games on and the fact the UK has one of the highest supermarket contaminated chicken in the western world that means it accounts for a massive burden on our NHS ... I ask what is your issue

Ps ... the EU did not block chlorinated meat because of health concerns and to note it was EU sources that made this baseless claim during brexit.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

As far as I’m aware, chlorinated meat has been banned since 1997.
Yes, EU farmers wash their produce in chlorine.
Don’t know about the EU sources making any baseless claim during Brexit?
My information is that the UK refused the trade deal with the USA because meat producers in the USA routinely wash carcasses in chlorine.
It’s not scaremongering.
If we lower our standards to allow chlorinated meat, the EU will refuse to allow us to export to them, just as they refuse to allow the USA.
Or do you think that we’ll be able to work out a special deal with the EU?

Personally I am against the practice, especially when it is used to refresh already spoiling meat.

 

[telectrix]

we’ve not been forced to change from pints to litres,

only on beer. what about petrol/milk/everything else liquid. and not to mention the dreaded prosecutions by trading standards for grocers selling a pound of carrots.

 

[Zerax]

....I can’t actually think of any Labour politician that I would want as Prime Minister. Perhaps Dennis Skinner, Joe Ashton or Jess Phillips...

Can I suggest that you move to Venezuela for a few months before you wish for such things... you might then realise that your ideology doesn't work !!

 

[rapparee]

Can I suggest that you move to Venezuela for a few months before you wish for such things... you might then realise that your ideology doesn't work !!

Why do you think the US will impose sanctions if Corbyn gets elected to PM?

 

[Deleted member 26818]

we’ve not been forced to change from pints to litres,

only on beer. what about petrol/milk/everything else liquid. and not to mention the dreaded prosecutions by trading standards for grocers selling a pound of carrots.

You obviously don’t drink tea Tel.
Milk is sold in pints.
Petrol and diesel is sold in litres, so it doesn’t look so expensive.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Can I suggest that you move to Venezuela for a few months before you wish for such things... you might then realise that your ideology doesn't work !!

How about somewhere closer, such as Denmark?

 

[mattg4321]

I haven't bought milk in pints for years!

 

[telectrix]

and it's only draught beer that's sold in pints. cans and bottles are in mL. spirits were 1/6 gill/measure. not anymore. and have you seen all the signs that have sprung up on motorways? each exactly 0.5kM spacing.

some supermarkets still sell milk in pints, but most are in litres.

 

[FatAlan]

Slight hint in the EU polls. Farage got less votes than the revoke article 50 petition.