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Old Mar 31, 2020 | 06:34 PM
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Well those power mongering krauts just might be right with the Corona .....
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Old Apr 3, 2020 | 09:21 AM
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I'd forgotten we'd left.lol
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Old May 5, 2020 | 02:36 PM
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Bloody hell, this one still going.
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Old May 5, 2020 | 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by ditchmyster
Bloody hell, this one still going.
'Kin 'ell, where did you pop up from? Welcome back.
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Old May 5, 2020 | 10:38 PM
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Alcazar has popped up somewhere too! Good on him.

Brexit is a real dead duck. Our economy is going down the pan unfortunately. I've not been unemployed for 33 years.I am now. No idea what they will do about leaving EU now.
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Old May 6, 2020 | 01:29 PM
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They'll do it anyway because
  • They're ****wits
  • They don't want to lose face
  • They have no plan B
Nothing like crashing out of all this free trade amidst a worldwide economic disaster. It's not as if we now have tons of buoyant economies to exploit

I know the govt didn't know this was coming, none of us did, but it has happened, it does make a difference, carrying blindly on is irresponsible in the extreme. I'm not saying they should change the outcome, but they certainly need to take a more pragmatic view and delay.
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Old May 6, 2020 | 02:01 PM
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Hmmmmm.

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...esion-11983627
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Old May 6, 2020 | 02:36 PM
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Has a whiff of the fiasco involving Bundesbank’s actions in relation to the original ERM (rightly or wrongly depending on which side of the fence you’re on ).

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Old May 6, 2020 | 06:30 PM
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Has a whiff of the fiasco involving Bundesbank’s actions in relation to the original ERM (rightly or wrongly depending on which side of the fence you’re on ).

Lets see who is pulling the EU strings.

2.2 Trillion euros already bought in bonds by the ecb. Bumdesbank already saddled with a massive bond load.

Cant wait for Largegard to explain why fiscal support has surreptitiously become sovereign state loans
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Old May 11, 2020 | 08:39 AM
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I think I mentioned this before a long while ago, that quality of life is more important than GDP. Well it seems that folk around the UK seem to have the same opinion as myself. Being happy and well with a bit less money is a priority for most

https://www.theguardian.com/society/...my-coronavirus
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Old May 11, 2020 | 09:09 AM
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And this is something to do with brexit how ?
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Old May 11, 2020 | 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by andy97
I think I mentioned this before a long while ago, that quality of life is more important than GDP. Well it seems that folk around the UK seem to have the same opinion as myself. Being happy and well with a bit less money is a priority for most

https://www.theguardian.com/society/...my-coronavirus
I think there is a difference between accepting some restrictions in the face of a pandemic than facing them because we left the EU

And once we have to pay for either - because we will be paying for this lockdown - then it will be interesting to see what people's opinions are then!
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Old May 11, 2020 | 09:54 AM
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Much less affected if youre well off to start with of course !

even opportunties
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Old May 11, 2020 | 03:58 PM
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It looks like vast majority of folk in the UK concur. So its not the case whether you're well off or not, its a lifestyle aspiration.
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Old May 11, 2020 | 09:27 PM
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Siesta, riposo, mesimeri, sieste....what do we get?

If the EU forced all its members to have its population partake in boozy lunches and proper summer shut-downs we’d likely not be in this mess.
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Old May 12, 2020 | 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by ditchmyster
Bloody hell, this one still going.
Ditchy!

Where've you been?

Yes, this is the Eliud Kipchoge of all threads.

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Old May 14, 2020 | 11:56 AM
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Meanwhile in Brexit news....

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-52654166

...the UK has confirmed plans for a hard border with Northern Ireland!

With different lockdown rules in the four nations, the UK certainly isn't looking very United at the moment. The Brexiteers were hoping the EU would fall apart, I bet they weren't thinking it would be the UK that falls apart!
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Old May 14, 2020 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by lozgti1
Alcazar has popped up somewhere too! Good on him.

Brexit is a real dead duck. Our economy is going down the pan unfortunately. I've not been unemployed for 33 years.I am now. No idea what they will do about leaving EU now.
lol, is ths for real!!!

we have left the EU!!! - and feeling the ramifications already. on the 4th of May Germany had already ordered two million Roche antibody tests for May, and five million per month after that. Following approval by the EU, other EU countries have also already placed their orders. Like PPE, its back of the queue for Britain again.


well done Brexidiots
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Old May 14, 2020 | 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by hodgy0_2
lol, is ths for real!!!

we have left the EU!!! - and feeling the ramifications already. on the 4th of May Germany had already ordered two million Roche antibody tests for May, and five million per month after that. Following approval by the EU, other EU countries have also already placed their orders. Like PPE, its back of the queue for Britain again.


well done Brexidiots
With this Corona virus, I can't help thinking the UK is following the Brexit mentality that we're better off on our own and ignoring all the knowledge and advice coming from any other country just on principle!

The result - an utter f***up!

But don't you dare blame demi-God Boris! Now is not the time to scrutinize!
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Old May 14, 2020 | 04:42 PM
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"But don't you dare blame demi-God Boris! Now is not the time to scrutinize!"

I think most are too committed tbh, too far down the rabbit hole

Johnson has been a bull****ing liar for for 35 years - nothing new

witness the admission from the UK this week, that there will indeed be checks on goods between NI and the UK - despite Johnson claiming in November last year "you could put forms in the bin" and "call me"

everyone knew (except brexidiots wtf ) he was lying, just bare faced bull****

yet voted in just to "get brexit done" - and we are an even bigger international laughing stock than we already were

its a shame so many people have had to die and lose livelihoods - but anyone voting for this clown "knew what they were voting for!!!"



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Old May 14, 2020 | 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by hodgy0_2
"knew what they were voting for!!!"
Yep, voted for change, its coming.

Its happier by far to be on the winning side, instead of bleating for your loss
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Old May 15, 2020 | 02:04 AM
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Yes , we’re allready looking at betraying our farmers and uk ethics by getting rid of US import tariffs just so they might give us free trade

Everybody “happier“....!


https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/12...-boris-Johnson

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Old May 15, 2020 | 02:07 AM
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Dont even mention fishing ....
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Old May 15, 2020 | 02:05 PM
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Hmmm seems you are up **** creak already

Naughty, naughty, you must obay zee rules still

https://news.sky.com/story/brexit-eu...ement-11988361

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Old May 15, 2020 | 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by lozgti1
Alcazar has popped up somewhere too! Good on him.

Brexit is a real dead duck. Our economy is going down the pan unfortunately. I've not been unemployed for 33 years.I am now. No idea what they will do about leaving EU now.
We have already left and are in a transition period, we have most of this year to sort a deal which will never happen then we are out on WTO rules ;D
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Old May 15, 2020 | 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by andy97
Yep, voted for change, its coming.

Its happier by far to be on the winning side, instead of bleating for your loss
lol, yes what a prize!!!!!

an international laughing stock, one of the highest death tolls in the world - Vietnamese kids sending us pocket money, even Turkey sold us a load of shonky PPE shoite - well done Brexidiots

but listen in the main there are two type of brexiters

ones that sell the T-shirts and the others that buy the T-shirts

sadly still allot of buyers on scoobynet

but i see you are still selling - way to go Andy

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Originally Posted by hodgy0_2
lol, yes what a prize!!!!!

an international laughing stock, one of the highest death tolls in the world - Vietnamese kids sending us pocket money, even Turkey sold us a load of shonky PPE shoite - well done Brexidiots

but listen in the main there are two type of brexiters

ones that sell the T-shirts and the others that buy the T-shirts

sadly still allot of buyers on scoobynet

but i see you are still selling - way to go Andy
Personally, you really need to let it go, the inner rage you exhibit will destroy you if you don't.

If its that important to be in the EU, move there and enjoy all the benefits you believe it possesses. I have no doubt you will be welcomed with open arms, your children can benefit too.
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The latest from Macron and Merkyl to create 'Loans', erm I meant to say 'Grants' of 500 Billion euros.

This will be distributed to member states. Then added to the EU budget!

Basically money roundabout

Guy Verhofstadt has slated the idea as another sticking plaster on top of another.

Just a headline grabber for yesterday, flushed down the pan tomorrow by the other members states
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Originally Posted by andy97
The latest from Macron and Merkyl to create 'Loans', erm I meant to say 'Grants' of 500 Billion euros.

This will be distributed to member states. Then added to the EU budget!

Basically money roundabout

Guy Verhofstadt has slated the idea as another sticking plaster on top of another.

Just a headline grabber for yesterday, flushed down the pan tomorrow by the other members states
Well, the UK won't be seeing a penny of it, that's for sure! Once again, the notion of solidarity and stronger together which binds the EU is shining through while the UK is now left to roll around in its own excrement!

Guy Verhofstadt wants EU reform to include revenue generation by the EU itself to create its own emergency fund and enable it to react more quickly in a crisis without having to rely on the member states and all the backroom political bargaining that goes hand in hand with such grants and loans. That's the reason for his sticking plaster comment, not that he is against the principle of the new grants.
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Old May 19, 2020 | 03:15 PM
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The UK won't be paying for it, that's for sure.

Unlike the PIGS
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