I’ve no idea how people have managed it in lockdown to be honest.
I wanted to do dry Jan but failed immediately
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I wanted to do dry Jan but failed immediately
BobKowalski
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No we won't, I think some folk cannot grasp that those ideas and days are gone. We have no need to be paying into anything now to be able to trade,
be that full EU membership or EFTA. Why on earth, would we be 'Working back'
to anything, and spending years doing so? We're out.
You pay to avoid the non tariff barriers. If you are happy with trade barriers and restrictions to trade then you don’t pay and accept suboptimal market conditions.
The other factor is that we do pay. It’s just different. Instead of the Govt paying to remove these barriers, individual businesses pay in terms of increased costs, administration and even loss of markets in some sectors and the Govt also pays for costs in customs ie personal, infrastructure, red tape etc.
Right now this country will pay more, to trade less and at greater cost. There is not one single economic argument that can be made for the route we have taken. Not one, which is why we will struggle to maintain this position.
You can make a non economic argument, but you have no economic rationale that makes sense. Which is why, Norway and Switzerland pay to be part of the Single Market. It’s cheaper and more efficient.
meltonblue
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I’ve no idea how people have managed it in lockdown to be honest.
I wanted to do dry Jan but failed immediately
I aim for dry Mondays on occasions, never been willing to commit to more than that!
How about not joking? It doesn't seem to help, and is rarely funny.You’ve misunderstood me again haha.
I didn’t mean you were angry at Ric, it was me!
You came back and added “piss poor comment” when I was joking about the entire thing.
blueparrot
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Because hardly anybody from from the government down thinks the arrangement we have, especially the Irish part, is either finished or perfect. You seem to be the only person either in this thread or from anywhere else that thinks everything is done and dusted nothing left to work on.No we won't, I think some folk cannot grasp that those ideas and days are gone. We have no need to be paying into anything now to be able to trade,
be that full EU membership or EFTA. Why on earth, would we be 'Working back'
to anything, and spending years doing so? We're out.
While I’m more than happy to debate where we are going or should go. Debating whether this is the finish point is pointless because it just isn’t. We haven’t even got to sorting out the services deal yet.
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Heineken 0.0%I’ve no idea how people have managed it in lockdown to be honest.
I wanted to do dry Jan but failed immediately
Wasn't... great, but it tricked my brain into thinking I was having a few beers. Better than Brewdog Punk AF 0.5%. That shit tasted like liquid earwax.
Not for me mate, I don’t struggle with missing the taste, it’s boredom in lockdown being sober on a Friday and Saturday night.Heineken 0.0%
Wasn't... great, but it tricked my brain into thinking I was having a few beers. Better than Brewdog Punk AF 0.5%. That shit tasted like liquid earwax.
Now that is funny.If you don’t mind, I am not going to take instruction on how and what to post from you, thank you.