How do we resolve the Brexit mess?

[East Level 2]

what was so detrimental about being in the EU ?

We couldn't make our own laws so parliament didn't sit for almost 50 years. And we didn't have control of our money so had to use the Euro. Or something.

 

[bluethrunthru]

We couldn't make our own laws so parliament didn't sit for almost 50 years. And we didn't have control of our money so had to use the Euro. Or something.

and back before we joined we were still able to drive on the left hand side of the road lol

 

[BrianW]

Brexit is great news for turnip farmers.
Turnip soup. Turnip curry. Turnip stew. British cuisine at its finest!

 

[Chris in London]

Brexit is great news for farmers.

There’s a turnip for the books

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Brexit is great news for turnip farmers.
Turnip soup. Turnip curry. Turnip stew. British cuisine at its finest!

I watched All Quiet on the Western Front last night and there was reference made among a group of German squaddies that they were right pissed off with turnip something or other.

 

[Chris in London]

How long did the veto last? I heard that voting was gonna be a majority vote. Has that come to pass yet or without the veto are countries just resorting to two fingering Brussels with stuff they don't like.

the veto was indefinite

Unless we agreed to abolish it

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

the veto was indefinite

Unless we agreed to abolish it

I fancy the EU treaties are very similar to the LotG - long standing, immutable, ne'er to be fucked about with and haven't changed since those Chinese guys, acc S. Blatter, invented the game!

 

[Xhavenjoe]

I watched All Quiet on the Western Front last night and there was reference made among a group of German squaddies that they were right pissed off with turnip something or other

Are you sure they were Germans?
Sound like Swedes to me

 

[bluethrunthru]

How the fuck does he know this? They don't even know for sure the total number of laws they want to scrap never mind what each and every one relates to? Fat git is like Johnson - just blundering about knocking expense vases off tables in a dark room whilst reassuring everyone not to worry as its nothing

 

[Gabriel]

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

We couldn't make our own laws so parliament didn't sit for almost 50 years. And we didn't have control of our money so had to use the Euro. Or something.

And we had to let anyone in who wanted to come but now we are out we can stop all these boats that keep coming.

 

[Rascal]

One of the worst elements of the EU was going down a road where no one had the faintest idea what direction we were travelling in. The trade element is the obvious benefit and the reason why we wanted to join, but had someone suggested that forty odd years after joining there would be two parliaments to 'sort' it all out with expense sheets that make our own H of C look like paupers we might have thought twice, that's twice before joining!

I may not quite be accurate here as I was still at primary school when the first referendum was held but I am certain Heath mentioned that remaining in the then EEC would inevitably end up in ever closer union. which was why Labour luminaries such as Benn and Shore were avidly anti EEC.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

One of the worst elements of the EU was going down a road where no one had the faintest idea what direction we were travelling in. The trade element is the obvious benefit and the reason why we wanted to join, but had someone suggested that forty odd years after joining there would be two parliaments to 'sort' it all out with expense sheets that make our own H of C look like paupers we might have thought twice, that's twice before joining!

Aren’t you busy with Talking Pints most weeknights?

 

[Gabriel]

One of the worst elements of the EU was going down a road where no one had the faintest idea what direction we were travelling in.

If one changes that to the U.K. and has the verbs in the present form, then it still rings painfully true.

 

[bluethrunthru]

And we had to let anyone in who wanted to come but now we are out we can stop all these boats that keep coming.

and allow increased levels of migration from outside the EU ....... fuuuucccck sovvrinty tastes nice and control smells good - what sorry pardon more immigration?

 

[bluethrunthru]

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Bad new for chubby

 

[bluethrunthru]

not really sure why she finds the trade friction bizarre given her position - she is either stupid or just unaware of what voting to make yourself a 3rd country and having the pull of say Honduras or the Maldives is beyond her

 

[west didsblue]

No tomatoes, peppers or cucumbers in Aldi today. No fucking turnips either so what are we supposed to eat?

 

[Vic]

I got whoopsie parsnips in the Co-op!

 

[lloydie]

what was so detrimental about being in the EU ?

We had to treat forriners like equals.