Brexit: 'Large gaps' remain after trade talks with Ursula von der Leyen
10/12/2020
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Sunday becomes the new deadline for a decision on trade talks, after the PM and EU chief meet in Brussels.
I new Europhiles were delusional... But that's just sick!
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Look at the state of Bunter in this photo? He looks like he just got out of bed and not dressed properly. Lets hope there is a EU trade deal for everyone’s sake.
No thank you. WTO with the EU, let Macron explain why France no longer has a fishing industry. Bon voyage.
Nanny obviously didn't travel to Brussels. Check your flies man!
He looks like Benny Hill...... and when he opens his mouth he sounds like Benny Hill
I do find it interesting that if you look at other websites such as ITV news, they have a normal photo of both the PM and the european president, I didn't think it before but I really do think the BBC like to make fun of the PM and always go for the negative news article wherever possible, there is a lot to be happy about at the moment, good news about covid etc, not all doom and gloom.
Might we club together and buy him a comb? I'm embarrassed to be represented by this walking car crash.
But I guess you would sell out the UK to get it
Tune into next weeks installment of Billy Bunter's Big Brexit mystery, where we try to find out what happened to the fabled £350m per week
But i'm not in this photo.....
It is not very nice to ridicule people who suffer, what are to them, very real and terrifying phobias. Boris Johnson's just happens to be combs.
That's what he usually looks like when he's got out of someone else's bed and has to scarper quick when her husband got home early.
It is so childish to mock a person's appearance. It demonstrates your ideas vacuum. Nothing useful to say.
I prefer his look, than a president of the EU, who tries to show their power, wearing a blue star face mask, so laughable. As the EU hasn't any other problems to solve, than printing specially designed face masks.
Its lie I think. The Tories don't want a deal and Boris is just the theatrical figurehead for that. The shuttle diplomacy is just public relations to make the calamity of no deal acceptable to the average person. What about the outcome of Brexit would the RULERS of England find objectionable, none of it. It makes the Uk easier to rule and massive pain to society just a necessity of restructuring.
WE VOTED LEAVE A DEAL is illegal as it altered the result.Funny that the fanatic remain mob IGNOR that LAW and wanted to OVERTURN THE VOTES OF 17.4 MILLION leave voters.MAYS treason law is OK and OUR LAW has disenfranchised the votes of 17.4 million people.UK DEMOCRACY is DEAD.it is a waste of time voting when the ELITE can just ALTER THE RESULT.
Yet another Brexit article getting HYS option.
Could it be that the bbc is biased?
Could it be that the bbc is biased?
No doubts remain on that . It continues to double down in its EU favouritism in the hope that the appeal this has to parts of its audience will protect its funding .
Ever so slightly... hopefully the licence fee will be scrapped
Boris can't give in now to the ridiculous EU demands
No deal
Boris can't give in now to the ridiculous EU demands
No deal
I see new agreement with Iceland, Norway and Kenya has been reached.... Over fishing lol.
Bon voyage EU.
Bon voyage EU.
They said it was about free trade,taking back control and global Britain...
We ended up with a border around Kent, blocked ports, a customs border in the Irish Sea between two parts of the UK and the Union in doubt.
We ended up with a border around Kent, blocked ports, a customs border in the Irish Sea between two parts of the UK and the Union in doubt.
The Union was in doubt before 2016....the SNP had 57/59 seats in Scotland. A customsborder on a handful of agricultural goods as a compromise to the Good Friday agreement., and there has always been a border in Kent.
No, that's temporary until trade shifts to CANZUK and Asia markets.
Look at the deals the UK did today with Iceland, Norway and Kenya.
We get you're a Europhile and a neoliberalist. But we're pro democracy and anti neoliberalism.
Sorry. :)
Look at the deals the UK did today with Iceland, Norway and Kenya.
We get you're a Europhile and a neoliberalist. But we're pro democracy and anti neoliberalism.
Sorry. :)
And globally everyone either hates us, sees us as insignificant, or at the very least a joke.
Sovereign Empire?
Dream on!
Sovereign Empire?
Dream on!
why you worried about Irish Bridge lorries stranded in Kent?
That's the EU's problem.
incidentally, less than 25% of import\export traffic passes through Kent, and almost half of that is Irish Land Bridge traffic.
That's the EU's problem.
incidentally, less than 25% of import\export traffic passes through Kent, and almost half of that is Irish Land Bridge traffic.
Your brainwashed . the truth and transparency will come to you later in life when you are 74.. ( if you reach that age )
Now dear, get off your soap box & take your pills. Time you popped yourself off to bed..
I appreciate that some remainers on here haven't accepted the result after 4yrs and are still winging instead of commenting about the sort of post-Brexit deal they want, what should be negotiated away to get a fair one & where should the line be drawn.
BBC doesn't help with 4 Brexit HYS's a day, but still!
I appreciate that some remainers on here haven't accepted the result after 4yrs and are still winging instead of commenting about the sort of post-Brexit deal they want, what should be negotiated away to get a fair one & where should the line be drawn.
BBC doesn't help with 4 Brexit HYS's a day, but still!
Spot on! Let's not forget who "They" are ...... and let's make sure they know who we are ...... if and when it all goes wrong, let's make sure that Nigel Paul Farage and Boris DePiffelPaffel Johnson, along with all the other protagonists who gambled with OUR country, for their own gain, are held to account.
Why are so many people anti- UK? Is it possibly the result of 25+ years of the BBC's negative stance on all things British?
Yep. And still the quitters think that they know best and that they're the ones hard done to...
I often read these Brexit HYS to help with my insomnia. I’m not sure which side bore me the most. God knows what you all do for fun. Probably gardening. Seriously, all of you, get a life. I’m falling asleep even writing th...zzz
so?
What is on the menu tonight - an oven ready ?d?e?a?l? meal?
An oven ready, fair deal? Nope, that's not what the EU want.
They want to be stubborn and make us suffer, apparently to the delight of the remain voters on here?
Sad really.
They want to be stubborn and make us suffer, apparently to the delight of the remain voters on here?
Sad really.
It would have been great if they did not have anything for Boris because of his obsession with things being oven ready. Should have told him to bring his own.
It may well end up as a No Deal Brexit. But "good" is certainly not a word I would associate with that outcome.
Even better than that, Beth Rigby won’t be reporting (and I use that term loosely) for Sky. Happy days!
Yes, it's the logical outcome. Been saying so for years....
Lets hope so
Preferable to the unrealistic EU demands
The French can plunder someone else's waters
Preferable to the unrealistic EU demands
The French can plunder someone else's waters
I see new agreement with Iceland, Norway and Kenya has been reached.... Over fishing lol.
Bon voyage EU.
Bon voyage EU.
Europhiles are, deranged, bitter and sell outs. Lol
If my geography serves me well..................Isn't there a South Of France? On the Med??......Go fish there!!
He isn't in France.
The Med is dead. Stripped bare by years of over fishing.
The UK takes 350m tonnes of fish per annum from EU waters, but only 300m tonnes are fished from UK waters.
Added to the fact we consume 410m tonnes of fish a year and its quick to see that we need access to EU waters as much as the EU needs access to ours.
We also only eat a few species of fish/crustaceans caught in UK waters.
Added to the fact we consume 410m tonnes of fish a year and its quick to see that we need access to EU waters as much as the EU needs access to ours.
We also only eat a few species of fish/crustaceans caught in UK waters.
They prefer to plunder our more valuable fish stocks from our own waters
Hopefully not for much longer!
Hopefully not for much longer!
In his (for want of a better word) professional and personal life, he's proved that his word can't be trusted. He's a proven liar and cheat. His "career" has been one of a sensationalist journalist who has been repeatedly sacked from previous jobs because of his deceitful and untrustworthy nature. Yet he is the best we have to be our PM!?
We deserve what's coming for our complacency.
We deserve what's coming for our complacency.
Bless, still butt hurt and salty.. The EU project is a failure, look at what's going on in the EU today, Brexit is the least of the EUs problems... Bon voyage
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Change the record.
Actually he is far better than any of the opposition leaders
His large majority at the elections proves you are in the minority
Boris could well be PM for another 9 years
Better get used to him
His large majority at the elections proves you are in the minority
Boris could well be PM for another 9 years
Better get used to him
If this means the Tory party will be dead and buried forever, then eating gruel for many years will be a price worth paying. They are liars and cheats who are supported by people they don't care a damn about. People in Britain will suffer real hardship as a consequence of Brexit.
We elected him on mass
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As Mr. Johnson is male, and you are talking about this life, his, being the male possessive pronoun, is a more than adequate word, indeed it is the perfect word. What other did you feel could be so much better for you to note the want of it?
You could have had Corbyn, thank God that didn't happen...
You only have to have looked at the alternatives then you can understand why he is there
Do you just cut and paste without thinking what you are writing?? Boring, want to be PM, stand and fight the hustings.
Why always us and not the EU? if they give us a ‘good deal’ it goes without saying others will follow. None of the new Eastern European Countries of course, better for them to stay. Original Common Market Countries too.However...cracks are there.
HE IS THE P.M. THE GOVERNMENTS SPOKESMAN NOT A DICTATOR, get a grip.
Let’s hope boris isn’t buying dinner - the uk have spent enough on Europe as it is
cost of everything, value of nothing
Look at the state of Bunter in this photo? He looks like he just got out of bed and not dressed properly. Lets hope there is a EU trade deal for everyone’s sake.
You live in a dream world. The sensible would call it a nightmare world. Happy dreams.
They will still have one and we will have surplus fish to sell, but with a very reduced GDP.
Nice trade off .
Nice trade off .
Have you heard the expression, “cutting your nose off to spite your own face”?
Never understood why it is ok to follow WTO rules but not EU rules? Either option requires the UK to follow rules dictated by others.
lol does ending each comment with 'bon voyage' make it feel like you've had the last word? You do realise 1066 was a particularly bad year for Britain, don't you, poppet.
We won't have one either because we won't be able to sell our fish
Hmm Fishing 400m pa 0.1% of UK economy , Financial service 128b pa . Yet Fishing wins coz its easy to motivate morons
Not quite... we both have a fishing industry, but they have a market to sell it to.
Just proving once more that your argument has little to do with reason and much to do with xenophobia. Today Macron, yesterday Merkel, tomorrow the Dutch? We'll teach the foreigners lesson if they don't submit to our demands, won't we? Unfortunately for you, the world is changing fast.
You sad goon.
I doubt he will cos the EU will take the blame not him. Cheeky cheese monkey.
How long will it be until you change your name Brexiteer 1066 I wonder.
We sell most of the fish to the EU. Doesn’t make sense to have no deal. Think about it over your fish and chips on Friday.
who will explain to our fishermen why they have no market to sell their fish
? When C19 hit in March fisherman could not sell their catch because international markets had dried up. The EU fleet will just fish outside of UK territorial waters instead so will have their supplies. We will be stuck with a load of fish we can't sell. Well done Boris, another fine (Eton) mess you have got us into!
? When C19 hit in March fisherman could not sell their catch because international markets had dried up. The EU fleet will just fish outside of UK territorial waters instead so will have their supplies. We will be stuck with a load of fish we can't sell. Well done Boris, another fine (Eton) mess you have got us into!
clearly, you have not lived in the WTO world, I have, and it is grim...
Spot on, the EU don't want a deal, the message they want to send is that you can never leave the EU despite the fact it has wrecked the economies of Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Hungary and Poland want out, as they now see it for what it is, an exercise in control and obey or else. In 20 years or less it will be gone, not least because the Germans will be fed up paying for it.
More interesting will be the explanation to BMW and Mercedes why their largest export market now has a tariff and slows down
Fool...Fishing is just Farage etc’s sabre rattle ..it’s a fraction of the Uk and EU economy...we export most of what we catch to the EU ! Macron won’t give a flying f....fish ! ...He will be smiling at the inevitable decline in the UKs post Brexit economic & political influence..the biggest act of self harm since Van Gogh chopped his ear off ....worrying thing is Biden doesn’t give a fish either !
Where are you planning on selling all the fish that the UK catches but doesn't eat?
thanks for playing god with my finances.
your ignorance is outstanding.
your ignorance is outstanding.
The French fisherman will blockade channel ports and Macron will not stop them and there will be real panic in the UK early next year.
You would think that as the leader of our country he would at least take his hands out of his pockets... this is, after all, the world stage, not an Eton common room
The sad thing is Bozo The Buffoon is out on business. When in a room alone with one woman he thinks he’s pulled.
If he took his hands out of his pockets, his trousers would fall down.
And bearing in mind Bojo's background, we *really* wouldn't want that this evening!
And bearing in mind Bojo's background, we *really* wouldn't want that this evening!
If you watch the TV footage, he was actually retrieving his face mask from his pocket at this point, having removed the mask for the photographs. But typical of the biased BBC, this photograph was chosen. So get your facts correct before making comments like this.
BoJo is looking very Churchillian. Cometh the man cometh the hour...soon. He just needs a Havana cigar for maximum effect. Go Boris, get the UK a great deal.l
He has his hands in his pocket looking for money to buy himself a haircut, sadly yet again he has no money.
Charlie Boy - that's the current next in line to the throne - always walks around with his hands in his pockets. Psychologically something to do with an inferiority complex
Is this the best you got? Let's forget Brexit because of Boris's hands.
His dress code is like his brain. A mess. The man is a disgrace at every level and I'm ashamed and embarrassed he's our PM.
BJ has to keep his hands in his pockets to prevent the EU picking g his pockets again.
Have you been in an Eton common room?
What do you expect when you have the likes of JRM who spreads himself out on the benches in parliament looking bored when opposition is speaking. All from the same mould
What??? Oh for Heaven's sake...
He looked like a bad Benny Hill impersonator. The man's a joke, and he still felt confident enough to try and undermine her position with flippant remarks.
If I were her, I would say "Let the comedian and his followers go, they can keep and eat their fish. If they want to come back, they can do so when they've grown up, and can behave in a manner that's befitting membership"
If I were her, I would say "Let the comedian and his followers go, they can keep and eat their fish. If they want to come back, they can do so when they've grown up, and can behave in a manner that's befitting membership"
He has his hands in his pockets to stop the EU picking them, like they have for the past forty years !!
have you been to Eton common room? they do not walk around with their hands in their pockets; thats more seen at a comp
Look at the state of Bunter in this photo? He looks like he just got out of bed and not dressed properly. Lets hope there is a EU trade deal for everyone’s sake.
No deal is a disaster for the UK but although I am a remainer I would actually not mind a no-deal: it will teach the Brexiteers a lesson.
Isn’t that called cutting off your nose to spite your face?
Even no deal is still far preferable to staying shackled to the EU
No deal is preferable to giving in to unreasonable demands from the EU
No deal is preferable to giving in to unreasonable demands from the EU
Ever heard of the phrase 'cut your nose off to spite your face'?
And I want BRINO to teach those anti democratic remainers a lesson
After four and a half years of these shenanigans, we are in a position where the most staunch brexiter or remainer would agree that everything which has been arranged could have been arranged within a month and that's generous. It makes you wonder what the cause of this absurd and pointless delay actually is. I would suggest that forces are at play which seek to overturn brexit at any cost.
In his (for want of a better word) professional and personal life, he's proved that his word can't be trusted. He's a proven liar and cheat. His "career" has been one of a sensationalist journalist who has been repeatedly sacked from previous jobs because of his deceitful and untrustworthy nature. Yet he is the best we have to be our PM!?
We deserve what's coming for our complacency.
We deserve what's coming for our complacency.
Because of course, we are much better placed.
Our "top 10" economy relies on dodgy money and BoE aligned "Secrecy jurisdictions".
You will never see or benefit from this wealth.
Our "top 10" economy relies on dodgy money and BoE aligned "Secrecy jurisdictions".
You will never see or benefit from this wealth.
I've always wondered what people mean that the EU is a failure.... from my perspective I've never made so much money and had so much success when working from the UK alone. What exactly do you see as failing within the EU?
How is cloud cuckoo land this evening. Looking forward to being poorer?
Exactly mate. One of the main benefits of Brexit is hearing all the high pitched whining coming from the remainers and Macron.........priceless.
The EU has an all-time high approval rating.
I don't even know where you get this info from. The Express? Daily Mail? Telegraph?
We need them more than they need us.
I don't even know where you get this info from. The Express? Daily Mail? Telegraph?
We need them more than they need us.
Do you know much about the EU?
Well said, I totally agree with your opinion, its a shame that can`t be said for the ranks of haters that crowd the Brussels Broadcasting Corporations opinion columns.
Judging from the number of smartass, insulting and goading comments you've made, it's you with the emotional problems. The rest of us were trying to discuss politics and economics.
Especially with Poland and Hungary benefiting from millions of € only to put a spanner in the EU financial COVID package cos they didn’t want to have domestic policy dictated. Oh how the children have grown up
So reply to a serious comment with playground taunts. Sums it up, God knows why they bent over backwards to do a deal with us
Your glad people will suffer?
Power and money the root of all evil !
Look at the state of Bunter in this photo? He looks like he just got out of bed and not dressed properly. Lets hope there is a EU trade deal for everyone’s sake.
Yuck!
A good time to get that 'fantastic oven-ready deal' out of the fridge Boris?
There was an oven ready deal available based on what Canada has. The problem was the eu didn’t want to offer that to an ex member who had paid up its subs for the last 40+ years.
The oven ready deal was delivered 1st Jan this year
This was always much harder with the EU not wanting to give up control of the UK because they fear an independent UK
This was always much harder with the EU not wanting to give up control of the UK because they fear an independent UK
Oven ready if the EU would agree to it. The way most people keep banging on about this so called deal meant there was no need for negotiations. Stupid or what?
That was the withdrawal agreement. The deal had get to be agreed. And may not be.
Boris has got to get his self out of the fridge.
It is on the table and called Canada.
Anybody remember the abundance of cheap fish we used to have before the Dogger Bank, etc. were decimated by foreign fish boats we had no control over? Why give away what is left? We have World Trade regulations to deal with disputes, and we need to control of our own business regulations, not be forced to follow the EU. Face it, the EU only wants a deal if it retains effective control of the UK.
The oven ready deal referred to the withdrawal agreement. Pay attention that was signed a year ago.
Otherwise known as it was half baked.
Anyone can declare they offer the best deal ever, but it takes two to make a deal, and until then it’s meaningless. The UK set off by insulting the EU from the beginning - hardly good negotiation tactics.
It was an oven ready deal because Brexit is a utter turkey.
It was an oven ready deal because Brexit is a utter turkey.
Boris is right, if what he is saying is true then the EU are asking for too much from UK.
... and I voted Remain.
The problem is Boris said himself that there was “a one in a million chance” of not getting a deal, along with many other lies on getting a good deal.
If the option was Remain Vs Hard Brexit then I’m sure remain would’ve been the outcome of the referendum.
We’ve been cheated.
... and I voted Remain.
The problem is Boris said himself that there was “a one in a million chance” of not getting a deal, along with many other lies on getting a good deal.
If the option was Remain Vs Hard Brexit then I’m sure remain would’ve been the outcome of the referendum.
We’ve been cheated.
You have to read between the lines, i think.
Boris Johnson will always play the "UK is being victimised" card.
I agree with the fishing - we should have 100% control.
For other areas - if we passed a law, such as a change in a standard for the UK, won't we then expect exporters to the UK to adhere to it ?
If we change our system which undercuts others, then tariff's should be expected.
Boris Johnson will always play the "UK is being victimised" card.
I agree with the fishing - we should have 100% control.
For other areas - if we passed a law, such as a change in a standard for the UK, won't we then expect exporters to the UK to adhere to it ?
If we change our system which undercuts others, then tariff's should be expected.
Yeah, and of course: you “voted remain” too. Lol - is that the Tory party memo today? Lie that you “voted remain but....”
Boris signed a withdrawal agreement that had the same clauses he now says no UK PM could sign.
IMHO question was always Hard Brexit V Full integration in EU including single currency and joint army. Remain was always the wrong word... Nothing has ever remained still in the EU its always been about more centralisation. And if that had been the question then I'm not sure just what the vote would have been...
Well, this is Boris...he lies. All the EU are saying is that rulebreakers should face consequences. BJ threatened to break international law, so we're now untrustworthy.
There was a referendum for Brexit, unfortunately no referendum for entry to the EEC which then ambled into becoming the EU.
The EU is offering the UK what has never before been offered to a third country ...tariff-free and quota-free access to the world's largest single market. Of course there is a price to be paid for that.
You haven’t been cheated you voted for the wrong side and now have to abide by the result of the referendum
And just how long did it take for the scales to fall from your eyes?
You lost the vote. Not cheated. But keep telling yourself there would have been a different outcome. Nicola does the same about Indy ref every day.
“If what he is saying is true...”. That’s a very big IF. Why would anyone believe that anything he ever says is true???
this was all predicted in 2016. It was just dismissed as project fear by those now trying to dodge accountability and blame everyone else for not agreeing to their deal.
And were you also cheated in the general election? What's that, you want a best of five?
mc, you say “ if what he is saying is true” - a tip: if you notice his lips moving, then it’s utter garbage. The last 4 years have taught us that.
Be realistic mate. These are big boy negotiations, for which the UK has a child.
The EU owe us nothing, they are trying to get the best for the EU what more do you expect?
The EU owe us nothing, they are trying to get the best for the EU what more do you expect?
We’ve been cheated by the Conservative party, and the Brexit lunatics they harbour,
Why?
The one thing I notice about all remainers, is they seem to believe that everyone who voted leave was gullible in believing in a lie. The whole premise of the EU was to create a common market place, and with that, most of us have no problems. What I particularly have an issue with, is the constant push towards the EU super state, and the democratic deficit within the ruling elite.
The one thing I notice about all remainers, is they seem to believe that everyone who voted leave was gullible in believing in a lie. The whole premise of the EU was to create a common market place, and with that, most of us have no problems. What I particularly have an issue with, is the constant push towards the EU super state, and the democratic deficit within the ruling elite.
Not really. I think a hard brexit would have been more attractive, the prospect of a deal where we end up with zero tariffs on imports from the EU as now but no ability to offset some of the trade deficit with financial services put a lot of people off agreeing.
You've not been cheated - we have learned that England and Wales are generally racist and narrow minded
I like the line above, "if what he (Boris) says is true". I think this is stretching the benefit of the doubt far to far. Boris is well versed in fabricating stories as a journalist. As an editor at the Spectator he gladly printed fake news regardless of the consequences.
We don't get our sovereignty back if the end result of negotiations still ties us to 'mother's' apron strings. True sovereignty means no obligations to other nations or non-elected power blocs.
A deal was possible ,but the eu backpeddled. And few would.change their vote except to leave.
If you lost it must be because you were cheated. How entitled are you?
There’s no accounting for the EU being belligerent idiots I suppose .....maybe there should have been.
Those were the options. The 17.4 million always knew there would be no chance of a deal with the EU. It is either in or out, there cannot be a halfway with any dictatorship, the EU are worse than the Soviet Union for the amount of control they demand over everyone's lives.
We’ve not been cheated. All along we’ve heard No Deal is better than a bad deal. Our politicians are acting in our nations best interests inline with their mandate.
You just weren’t listening.
You just weren’t listening.
"Boris … if … saying is true"
How can you seriously entertain such a thought—"if" "IF" if FFS!
BoJo saying something true is 2 things:
1) A mistake on his part;
2) A collector's item.
How can you seriously entertain such a thought—"if" "IF" if FFS!
BoJo saying something true is 2 things:
1) A mistake on his part;
2) A collector's item.
Nobody was lied to, it was made very clear in the leaflet sent out by Cameron that voting leave meant leaving the Single Market and the Customs Union, if that's what you are calling a 'hard Brexit then that's what was promised.
The EU isn't asking for anything. The UK is doing the asking as in "can we have a trade deal please?"
The deal he promised was the Withdrawal agreement, which he secured effortlessly. The EU, however, have made it clear that they'll use some amibiity in the withdrawal agreement to punish us if we don't agree to their trade deal, hence the amendment that everyone is faux outraged about. Our government has moved to stop them being able to do that.
You're welcome. The BBC won't tell you, so I will.
You're welcome. The BBC won't tell you, so I will.
The question on the ballot paper was 'leave' or 'remain'. But now you want to retrospectively change the question. If Remain had won, you wouldn't be asking these questions.
YOU HAD ONE VOTE we all had one vote but remoan were arrogant and the day after the vote they would not accept democracy.Once you overturn peoples votes there is no point in voting?
.A DEAL is actually a CRIMINAL OFFENCE the reason is there were two LEGAL options.NO WORD OR BOX TO TICK FOR DEAL.it is crime offence to alter or destroy the votes.
.A DEAL is actually a CRIMINAL OFFENCE the reason is there were two LEGAL options.NO WORD OR BOX TO TICK FOR DEAL.it is crime offence to alter or destroy the votes.
'the EU are asking for too much from UK'
Do we want tariff free access to the massive EU market or not?
EU members pay a price for that and obey rules to protect it.
UK wants the access but no price nor rules.
Are the EU 27 likely to agree to that?
UK is simply asking for something the EU can't possibly approve.
A lot more pragmatism from Boris or it's ruinous WTO for us.
Do we want tariff free access to the massive EU market or not?
EU members pay a price for that and obey rules to protect it.
UK wants the access but no price nor rules.
Are the EU 27 likely to agree to that?
UK is simply asking for something the EU can't possibly approve.
A lot more pragmatism from Boris or it's ruinous WTO for us.
Who is this 'Boris' character, he is not your mate, he is supposed to be the PM and if he were your mate you'd know him as Al.
The choice was remain or leave, fortunately the vast majority of Britain chose leave time and again in various elections and referendum. We chose it, we own it and we will bask in the different country we become.
No there hasn't. For the last 40 years there was no border between the UK & France. For the last 1000 years there was no border between Kent and the rest of England. In both cases there are now.
You invent false rationalities as you go along don't you? Very poor indeed.
I agree with your sentiments and frankly feel that after all the opinions, praises, criticisms etc., it is better to wait until 31st December and see what happens since none of our comments are going to make a scrap of difference to the outcome. Better to calm down and avoid unnecessary heart attacks.
Fine independence for England then. That is the answer. Ireland Scotland Wales go you're own way.
All shipments of anything going to Northern Ireland from GB will be subject to customs declarations and other paperwork. Just because food was in the news today doesn’t mean it’s the only commodity affected.
Steady now, you're talking sense and that just won't do on here.
Would that be a border in the Kent countryside Trevor, or in the cXnt Kentryside?
This has played right into Nicola's hands though and boy has she run with it.
SNP had 57 seats in Scotland on 45% of the vote. That is the weakness of First Past the Post. 55% of Scots vote for other parties other than SNP, all of them support the union but this vote is split over 3 parties.
Pointless HYS again, BBC creating division once more.
If anyone has created division in our U.K. it’s the man in the picture. Johnson should be jailed.
I’m a remained, but the way the EU - and Macron in particular - have held the UK to ransom is a disgrace.
No deal. Damn the consequences. At least we can hold our heads high.
No deal. Damn the consequences. At least we can hold our heads high.
Yeah course you voted remain.......
The UK left before negotiations started. That created the ransom. Stupidity
Power and money the root of all evil !
Which religion are you talking about be specific please ?
I hope he brushed up on his table manners and does not let us down by trying it on with poor Ursula. What on earth has she done to deserve a visit by Boris
After four and a half years of these shenanigans, we are in a position where the most staunch brexiter or remainer would agree that everything which has been arranged could have been arranged within a month and that's generous. It makes you wonder what the cause of this absurd and pointless delay actually is. I would suggest that forces are at play which seek to overturn brexit at any cost.
No deal is a disaster for the UK but although I am a remainer I would actually not mind a no-deal: it will teach the Brexiteers a lesson.
Yes, but when you read the Brexiteers statements on here, they think it is great, and just don't care about others.
Of course I have, but this also applies to those who voted for Brexit, lose their job (at Nissan) and cannot afford it. (I actually do not have these worries).
So the future of the country, our ability to work, study and trade in Europe, even the availability of fresh food next month, all comes down to whether a grinning clown feels like risking everything on no-deal, or making the necessary compromises and facing the wrath the Brexit cult. So much for the UK having wise leadership. Our electoral system put us in this mess, so it badly needs changing.
Bring back comrade Corbin huh, he will get it sorted.
Remember he is only there because people voted for him and Brexit. That's who is to blame
Corbyn caused this blood@ mess.
A democratically elected clown with a party with less public school elected MPs than Labour. Could be worse Comrade Corbyn could be making the decisions
This is all nonsense. Only a small percentage of the very privileged study in the EU. Very few can work there beyond those in unskilled menial jobs because they don’t have the language skills. We can grow our own fresh food and we can still trade with the EU on WTO terms. Stop being such a drama queen and stop peddling falsehoods.
If tyou don't like the result, it must be the system? That sounds logical.We are getting what we voted for, over and over an over. Out. For the future of our country, our ability to work, study and trade. Go out and buy some loo rolls.
WHINGE WHINE BORE.Love the sound of your own voice You are never wrong are you? More Project fear.Sick of it and sick of you whingers.back your Country done t]stab it in the back as you do. As fir trading with Europe stop being ridiculous of we will trade with Europe like the rest of the world do UNDER WTO RULES A FREE PEOPLE AND A SOVEREIGN NATION..
codswallop, do you think producers from the EU will not want a slice of our market still when we leave gtfo.
Don't worry it will change - the torries will put through a motion that they remain in power until they decide otherwise - we are moving to a dictatorship haven't you noticed?
That is democracy. It gave the USA four years of trump and it gave us bojo and Brexit. You couldn't make it up.
The electoral system didn’t fail - lazy arrogant voters who didn’t turn out fed to this. People who voted to leave made the effort and got the result they wanted. Simple
And what would you change it to? People who lose elections always want to change the system.
if you dont like Brexit and the uk as it is , them leave the uk and go and live in Europe . This country doesnt want to be dictated to by anyone for the sake of allowing mass immigration and a decline in living standards under pro EU labour and liberals .
No of course it doesn't. You'll still be able to live and work there if you're prepared to make the effort and have the right qualifications, same as other countries you're not a citizen of. It's down to YOU, not someone else.
Its not nice to call Macron a Grinning Clown. That's just being rude.
Electoral system distorted and electorate betrayed, lied to. Tory candidates pre-selected to vote for brexit at any cost; decent experienced Tories thrown out because 'failed' to obey BJs demands. System corrupted, by brexiteer (& cummings). Line that up with US/Trump. I strongly suspect a movement to destroy democracies and EU. Who benefits? Not the people.
No matter what, we will still be able to work, study and trade in Europe. That happened for thousands of years before the EU existed and it will be the case now, and after the EU disappears.
Johnson is weak. Cannot say "No" or "Yes" to a deal because of his Backbenchers. But it is Brexiters that put him into this situation and voters who put him in that position. He saw an opportunity and took it. History will be his judge.
No, all of those things happened before we joined the EEC and will happen afterwards oh Mighty Emperor Curmudgeon - sorry can't see your name now without remembering your post re 'democracy' las night. I was classic. BBC should print it , frame it and sell it, and send a copy to Tom Lehrer to go up alongside 'Kissinger's Nobel Peace Prize' report.
That is horrible to call Ursula von der Leyen a grinning clown. That is so a sexist and horrible comment to make
Gove indicated earlier that the UK was willing to compromise on fishing. Both sides know they won't agree anything on ECJ and Fair Trade today, but both are looking for a way to not end up a No Deal. So here's what will happen. A deal will be done on fishing - which means an extension into 2021 to discus ECJ and Fair Trade.
It will just be a Tory ploy to carry on talks and avoid a no deal
It will just be a Tory ploy to carry on talks and avoid a no deal
Hope is the last thing to die , never give up hope ,, things are not that bad ,,, Support your local shops , firms and companies ! instead of shopping online if you can help it .
"Support your local shops , firms and companies ! instead of shopping online if you can help it ."
Would love to but Bozo keeps closing the local shops and businesses everytime sir Sh@gnasty Ferguson cooks up a dodgy epidemiological model.
Would love to but Bozo keeps closing the local shops and businesses everytime sir Sh@gnasty Ferguson cooks up a dodgy epidemiological model.
Love to. But buying on the internet saves me having to go out looking like I'm about to perform heart surgery.
When the mask religion is destroyed, I'll be back in local stores
When the mask religion is destroyed, I'll be back in local stores
Supporting local shops is a luxury for people who have disposable income. I worked from 8am to 7pm yesterday, and yet I can barely pay my bills, and I'm an educated aspirer who's been in a job most of his life. I'll be getting what's cheapest*, thankyou.
(* Provided it isn't some American crap that sacrifices my health for my wallet.)
(* Provided it isn't some American crap that sacrifices my health for my wallet.)
My hope is fading rapidly. There are few local shops round my way, everybody does their food shopping in the big supermarkets now. Boris Johnson is sleepwalking us towards personal financial problems. Somebody needs to wake him up.
No deal should include a mandate to follow future standards of which you have no part forming. Tht is an outraageous request.
Do you believe everything every dodgy spiv tells you? Or just the ones that stand up in Parliament to spin their lies?
Is it though? If you want ongoing unfettered access to a club you've left, how else could it work. Fine if you no longer want that access, but there's a high price to pay economically.
After four and a half years of these shenanigans, we are in a position where the most staunch brexiter or remainer would agree that everything which has been arranged could have been arranged within a month and that's generous. It makes you wonder what the cause of this absurd and pointless delay actually is. I would suggest that forces are at play which seek to overturn brexit at any cost.
Just as well Johnson is flying. Dover and Calais are completely grid locked.
Some trucks are heading up to Zeebrugge but all ports are experiencing the same.
There are 20,000 angry truck drivers who would like a word with Farage and Johnson.
Some trucks are heading up to Zeebrugge but all ports are experiencing the same.
There are 20,000 angry truck drivers who would like a word with Farage and Johnson.
Trumper speaks the truth
Ah, but nowt to with Brexit. Have a word with the Chinese re Covid perhaps?
I guess you are reporting this drivel from first hand experience.
Nice speech, but your lying.. Please be honest when trying to make a political point otherwise you just look stupid...
Hadn’t heard this on the 6 o’clock news must be you generalising
Hopefully they will get their chance to "have a word" real soon.
i was going to correct you but your remainer ignorance shines through
They should have a word more likely with the UK's previous europhile PMs who put all our eggs into the English SE ports re oversees trade route at the expense of ports in the NE and NW of England.
Fake news. Biggest port in the US is similarly affected. Or is that Brexit too?
The ports BLOCKED has nothing to do with Brexit.
According to this evening's local Kent news on the BBC, what truck drivers are angry about it the increasingly violent and aggressive tactics of would be migrants trying to get into their lorries.
Haven't any of the HYS virtual signallers told them that the UK is for the scrap heap any they shouldn't come?
Haven't any of the HYS virtual signallers told them that the UK is for the scrap heap any they shouldn't come?
Nothing to do with Brexit. I work in shipping and import/export into the EU; it’s because of Covid. Delays at all major global ports and a shortage of vessels.
That's covid not brexit. Your comments are those of a remainer.
With a bit of luck a plane crash on the way home and a new negotiating team next week that recognizes why the EU is holding firm and that the Tories are selling vulnerable Brits up the river
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Hopefully most as Polish, stops then texting on their phones and crashing into cars
Really...15000 of them probably voted for Brexit...
Check your facts. Nowt to do with Brexit.
They only had two votes. It took Millions (the majority of us) to choose Brexit. Including I suspect many of the truck drivers.
All will settle down, if we just stopped debating and moved on to implementing.
All will settle down, if we just stopped debating and moved on to implementing.
As we have not finished the transition period whatever is happening at Dover and Calais has nothing to do with Brexit.
Do the US and other worldwide ports suffering the same issues also blame NF and Brexit?
OSTEND WILL BE HAPPY TO GET THE BUSINESS FROM THE UK.they used to do that before we were dragged in to a corrupt dictatorship.
Quite a few as well as to why industry didn’t wake up to what was coming
That's to do with a shutdown of factories world wild for few months back in Feb , march April ....whole global logistics chain is broken out of step ...nothing to do with Farage or Johnston .....obviously remoaner too upset to understand world logistics chain of supply.
But that does not make him fit for purpose as a PM
He's not 'had an education', has he? He has simply been to Eton and then Oxford. He knows nothing of how the huge majority of us live and shows no willingness to learn.
A rich kid who had an education implanting the idea i that his is entitled to whatever he wants and who is better than the rest of us; you and me included.
Is Farage looking for something more useful to do now his big mate just lost big time ?
I suggest he offers his services to clean the portable toilets for the lorry drivers stuck in the monstrous lorry parks in Kent soon. 10,000 lorry drivers should keep him busy. It would be the first real job he has had in his life. Am sure he would get a good reception from blokes stuck for days in Kent.
I suggest he offers his services to clean the portable toilets for the lorry drivers stuck in the monstrous lorry parks in Kent soon. 10,000 lorry drivers should keep him busy. It would be the first real job he has had in his life. Am sure he would get a good reception from blokes stuck for days in Kent.
Boris is right, if what he is saying is true then the EU are asking for too much from UK.
... and I voted Remain.
The problem is Boris said himself that there was “a one in a million chance” of not getting a deal, along with many other lies on getting a good deal.
If the option was Remain Vs Hard Brexit then I’m sure remain would’ve been the outcome of the referendum.
We’ve been cheated.
... and I voted Remain.
The problem is Boris said himself that there was “a one in a million chance” of not getting a deal, along with many other lies on getting a good deal.
If the option was Remain Vs Hard Brexit then I’m sure remain would’ve been the outcome of the referendum.
We’ve been cheated.
I don’t feel cheated. We are in exactly the position I expected. Anybody who thought the EU would negotiate in good faith was paying no attention to history. It’s all about the “United States of Europe.
So good Brexit is for the UK that billionaire main Brexitear Jim Ratcliffe will be building his Bridgend "a vote of confidence in UK expertise" car factory in FRANCE! Of course he's also moved to Monaco to avoid paying tax. That just shows you how disgusting all this is and how they are laughing all the way to collect their billions while people in this country will lose jobs and livelihoods.
Absolutely lied to. During the Referendum Campaign the then Prime Minister published an official pamphlet explaining that it was a once in a lifetime vote and that a No Vote was irreversible and meant leaving the EU, the Single Market and its Institutions - was he lying to promote Brexit?
Look at the mess Johnson is.
The shyster is a national disaster and an international disgrace.
The shyster is a national disaster and an international disgrace.
He isn't in France.
Why do Brexiteers keep banging on about Sovereignty?
It's the same as being a club member with a dress code. I give up some of my "sovereignty", my personal preference to wear a sleeveless T-shirt and cutoff jeans, so that I can benefit from membership of the club and use its amenities.
The UK has not yet understood this. But they will have to irrespective of whether there is a deal or not
It's the same as being a club member with a dress code. I give up some of my "sovereignty", my personal preference to wear a sleeveless T-shirt and cutoff jeans, so that I can benefit from membership of the club and use its amenities.
The UK has not yet understood this. But they will have to irrespective of whether there is a deal or not
So you would prefer devolution, where you get some power, but not much and still feed the behemoth that is the EU billions a year?
you miss understand..... the deal the EU is suggesting means they own your home bathroom as a condition of being a club member.
And when the EU wants to use the facilities of the UK, it needs to dress accordingly and give up some of its “single market sovereignty “ . Correct?
I doubt if Japan would ever allow the Chinese to take 80% of their fish without agreement, or you might find threat of war on the table. Pretty similar scenario to the UK and EU other than we have a spineless clown in charge of the UK.
Sovereignty - same as post-Suez, 1956, you mean?
WRONG! To use your analogy, the UK is no longer a member of the club, but they still insist we should follow their dress code at all times, even if they change in the future
When are remainers going to understand it's a choice between UK sovereignty, and EU sovereignty? I'll take the one I can vote on, not the one I must obey.
Most of globalisation is about everyone wearing the same casual clothes. And much of it was heading towards ripped jeans.
Nation states create diversity and more expressions of choice.
Nation states create diversity and more expressions of choice.
sorry, if I leave a club no one can oblige me to continue to wear the club colours or represent their rules. Other situation in gang memberships, there they kill you if you leave.
And if the club needs me or has an interest in continuing the relationship, we can agree in rules, which are acceptable for both sides.
That's how things are working normally.
And if the club needs me or has an interest in continuing the relationship, we can agree in rules, which are acceptable for both sides.
That's how things are working normally.
You lost the argument accept democracy or go live in Argentina or the EU you adore.We are all sick of your whingeing.
... and if you wanted to leave and they said you couldn't unless you carried on with their dress code ?
If you joined a club and they then start making rules perhaps you wouldn't join that club. Now in the EU case we didn't actually join the EU, The EU basically took over the ECC ( expanded version ) and started slipping rules in place that you wouldn't agree to if joining as a new member!
Sovereignty in this case is actually democracy, where you can vote for who's rules you want to follow!
Sovereignty in this case is actually democracy, where you can vote for who's rules you want to follow!
It must be wonderful to have so much more understanding than the entire population of the UK.
Absolute tosh!
We gave up our club membership because we didn't want to be forced to wear T-Shirt and cut off jeans - far too scruffy ;-)
I’m a remained, but the way the EU - and Macron in particular - have held the UK to ransom is a disgrace.
No deal. Damn the consequences. At least we can hold our heads high.
No deal. Damn the consequences. At least we can hold our heads high.
Yeah, actually I did pal, thanks.
What’s your problem? Are you too stupid to comprehend the possibility that whilst someone might think Brexit is a bad idea, the way the EU has subsequently been seen to treat its so-called “friends with the same values” is itself an eye-opener?
Get back in your box.
What’s your problem? Are you too stupid to comprehend the possibility that whilst someone might think Brexit is a bad idea, the way the EU has subsequently been seen to treat its so-called “friends with the same values” is itself an eye-opener?
Get back in your box.
The UK takes 350m tonnes of fish per annum from EU waters, but only 300m tonnes are fished from UK waters.
Added to the fact we consume 410m tonnes of fish a year and its quick to see that we need access to EU waters as much as the EU needs access to ours.
We also only eat a few species of fish/crustaceans caught in UK waters.
Added to the fact we consume 410m tonnes of fish a year and its quick to see that we need access to EU waters as much as the EU needs access to ours.
We also only eat a few species of fish/crustaceans caught in UK waters.
No deal is a disaster for the UK but although I am a remainer I would actually not mind a no-deal: it will teach the Brexiteers a lesson.
Trade deal with Iceland and Norway. Wow. That should a huge effect on our GDP...
Oh wait Iceland has about 350,00 people and Norway 5m
Where is the EU trade deal ( worlds largest economy) China trade deal, where is the US trade deal
I’ll tell you where. No where
Oh wait Iceland has about 350,00 people and Norway 5m
Where is the EU trade deal ( worlds largest economy) China trade deal, where is the US trade deal
I’ll tell you where. No where
Don't do details do you. Compare the trade deals and see if they are any better than under eu terms. I would go further and suggest they are being made so that Japan, Norway can get better leverage on the eu.
Iceland, Norway and Kenya...they have massive economy's. If the deal is anything like the Japan deal, where Japan gets 80% of the benefits...doh
CANZUK does not exist. It is as real as Narnia.
Iceland, Norway and Kenya. ! Are you an educated man or not.
Got a timescale on your 'trade shift'? How do you get around the trivialities of shipping goods to these wonderful 'new markets'?
Is that all you’ve got ?
Exactly, I you understand where I am come from: I can afford my cynical view because I am financially well off (although definitely not as rich as Rees-Mogg and all these rich people who backed Brexit). If I were short of pounds I would be very worried.
I’m a remained, but the way the EU - and Macron in particular - have held the UK to ransom is a disgrace.
No deal. Damn the consequences. At least we can hold our heads high.
No deal. Damn the consequences. At least we can hold our heads high.
The article says: "Mr Johnson has said the EU has made demands no prime minister could accept."
Yes, and the previous PM, Theresa May, said "No UK PM would ever agree to a border in the Irish Sea".
And guess what? Bojo did just that.
Yes, and the previous PM, Theresa May, said "No UK PM would ever agree to a border in the Irish Sea".
And guess what? Bojo did just that.
There had to be a border in the Irish Sea. Or we had to break the GFA. Hobson's choice.
He keeps on using inflammatory language, such as "punish" and "retaliate" by the EU if we do not want to track the EU's standards.
What it is in reality, is that if we don't meet the EU rules, then tariffs will apply. Or should the UK decide to break laws as stated the UK would break International law, then there will be consequences.
This is being inflamed by the media too. Sad.
What it is in reality, is that if we don't meet the EU rules, then tariffs will apply. Or should the UK decide to break laws as stated the UK would break International law, then there will be consequences.
This is being inflamed by the media too. Sad.
What was the alternative?
Northern Ireland was sold down the river with Boris being hoodwinked by Varadkar ... the GFA is dead anyway to the point of farce.
Lets wait and see what the fine detail is then before pushing out the remainer agenda.
True bad choice of words by BJ as Teresa May used them and she was a bloody useless Article if ever there was one.
Not only that. But at the time Johnson completely agreed with Theresa May!
The withdrawal agreement he signed last year had already been offered to May a year or two before, and she rejected it. For the same reasons Johnson has been trying to renege on it.
The withdrawal agreement he signed last year had already been offered to May a year or two before, and she rejected it. For the same reasons Johnson has been trying to renege on it.
So do you think we should just concede all the other EU demands?
Why do we actually need borders?
Nature doesn’t & if we all don’t get a grip soon & put away squabbles, it all won’t matter!
Time to start working together-globally. Stabilise countries which have been destabilised by our & other greed led ideals!!
Focus on what matters! Learn to share & be kind! It is what we all really want & need!
Nature doesn’t & if we all don’t get a grip soon & put away squabbles, it all won’t matter!
Time to start working together-globally. Stabilise countries which have been destabilised by our & other greed led ideals!!
Focus on what matters! Learn to share & be kind! It is what we all really want & need!
Boris on his last visa free visit to the continent? I hear there is cherry cake for desert...
He probably wants Ursula’s cherry as well.
totally deranged
Boris is representing the country so he really does need a proper hair cut - and he clearly has dandruff issues - I was watching Boris in the House of Commons a few weeks since and his suit collar was covered in white stuff.
I’m a remained, but the way the EU - and Macron in particular - have held the UK to ransom is a disgrace.
No deal. Damn the consequences. At least we can hold our heads high.
No deal. Damn the consequences. At least we can hold our heads high.
Pointless HYS again, BBC creating division once more.
cost of everything, value of nothing
Brexiteer1066
20:30
"The EU project is a failure, look at what's going on in the EU today, Brexit is the least of the EUs problems... Bon voyage"
Uneconomic areas of the UK funded by EU money calling the EU a failure.
Doesn't really work does it.
20:30
"The EU project is a failure, look at what's going on in the EU today, Brexit is the least of the EUs problems... Bon voyage"
Uneconomic areas of the UK funded by EU money calling the EU a failure.
Doesn't really work does it.
There is no eu money. It's your tax they squander.
Remind us all where the EU got all that funding money from again.
Is anyone else having fantasies about Ursula von der Leyen ?
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I wonder how many rich, Tory Chum Brexiters are shorting the pound tonight.
Yes one made £200 M in 2016 ....friend of Johnson and Farage
Why don't you then?
yes so much so people are risking their lives to by-pass the safe haven the eu has become. we are so hated! what drivwl.
The Union was in doubt before 2016....the SNP had 57/59 seats in Scotland. A customsborder on a handful of agricultural goods as a compromise to the Good Friday agreement., and there has always been a border in Kent.
We get it, you're a Europhile sell out, 8 bet you hate democracy and still can't get your head round that you losers... Keep losing. Lol
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Ones a bumbling idiot and the other hasn't had a single European citizen vote for them....
Democracy 2020
Democracy 2020
I see new agreement with Iceland, Norway and Kenya has been reached.... Over fishing lol.
Bon voyage EU.
Bon voyage EU.
Both Boris and Von Leyen have got their negotiators with them at this meeting. Both to witness a signing of a deal
Do we have to sign a No Deal?
Boris is right, if what he is saying is true then the EU are asking for too much from UK.
... and I voted Remain.
The problem is Boris said himself that there was “a one in a million chance” of not getting a deal, along with many other lies on getting a good deal.
If the option was Remain Vs Hard Brexit then I’m sure remain would’ve been the outcome of the referendum.
We’ve been cheated.
... and I voted Remain.
The problem is Boris said himself that there was “a one in a million chance” of not getting a deal, along with many other lies on getting a good deal.
If the option was Remain Vs Hard Brexit then I’m sure remain would’ve been the outcome of the referendum.
We’ve been cheated.
You have to read between the lines, i think.
Boris Johnson will always play the "UK is being victimised" card.
I agree with the fishing - we should have 100% control.
For other areas - if we passed a law, such as a change in a standard for the UK, won't we then expect exporters to the UK to adhere to it ?
If we change our system which undercuts others, then tariff's should be expected.
Boris Johnson will always play the "UK is being victimised" card.
I agree with the fishing - we should have 100% control.
For other areas - if we passed a law, such as a change in a standard for the UK, won't we then expect exporters to the UK to adhere to it ?
If we change our system which undercuts others, then tariff's should be expected.
I’ve no doubt there are some clever Brexiteers who genuinely believe separation offers a better future, however there will be consequences and I feel for the misguided less informed who provided the votes to win the ref who will now spend the next years of their lives bemoaning the cost of everything and wondered why their disillusioned grandchildren won’t speak to them anymore!
Watch your blood pressure, Tom Stockton! It comes with spending too much time on here!! Lighten up!!!
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Thanks for your concern.
He’s just found out he’s only got one inset day.
Boris is right, if what he is saying is true then the EU are asking for too much from UK.
... and I voted Remain.
The problem is Boris said himself that there was “a one in a million chance” of not getting a deal, along with many other lies on getting a good deal.
If the option was Remain Vs Hard Brexit then I’m sure remain would’ve been the outcome of the referendum.
We’ve been cheated.
... and I voted Remain.
The problem is Boris said himself that there was “a one in a million chance” of not getting a deal, along with many other lies on getting a good deal.
If the option was Remain Vs Hard Brexit then I’m sure remain would’ve been the outcome of the referendum.
We’ve been cheated.
Erm no .. I did vote remain .. and believe for many reasons we would be better staying in the EU.
However (IF Boris can be believed) we cannot agree to rules that we will have zero say/influence over in future, that would be madness.
And was one of the main reasons for staying in the EU (to maintain a voice at the table)
However (IF Boris can be believed) we cannot agree to rules that we will have zero say/influence over in future, that would be madness.
And was one of the main reasons for staying in the EU (to maintain a voice at the table)
Steam_Simon
20:33
"Why do Brexiteers keep banging on about Sovereignty?"
.. because it took them 4 years to work out that there were No Economic benefits to Brexit, and by the time they realized, UK was out of the EU.
So now it's all a face saving exercise to avoid red faces and empty bellies.
20:33
"Why do Brexiteers keep banging on about Sovereignty?"
.. because it took them 4 years to work out that there were No Economic benefits to Brexit, and by the time they realized, UK was out of the EU.
So now it's all a face saving exercise to avoid red faces and empty bellies.
Absolute rubbish! It took 4 years to make the referendum result final due to all the lilly livered stalling from the people who lost while facing a weak and ineffective government. You need to re read recent history as your version is pants.
A bit like the Falklands which none of the general population had a clue of which hemisphere they were in
Correct and I...no I'm not, I'm better than that, no...oh sod it: "WE TOLD YOU SO"!!!!
I wonder how much those ex-Nissan engineers in the line to collect their dole cheques will value their newfound "sovrinnty".
Can you please state your qualification to announce that giving away some £200 billion over 40 years for nothing in return - is going to harm us and our economy?. If you are unsettled - please feel free to depart - all travel is still allowed.
Why do Remainers keep banging on about the economy? Because it has failed to collapse like they hoped it would.
Er, no. It's about soverignty and EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH IT
You are deeply deluded about Brexit.Wake up to not being an EU slave.
Total rubbish. The Eu have proven over the years that they are corrupt and out for themselves. They are frightened of losing our money. We have a vaccine they are arguing about one. We need to be in the EU to destroy it not out of it
Empty bellies? Maybe you should tell french farmers that, they seem to fear cheaper UK food post Brexit.
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/agribusiness-and-food/french-farm-leader-ups-brexit-ante-with-hard-irish-border-call-1.3085229
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/agribusiness-and-food/french-farm-leader-ups-brexit-ante-with-hard-irish-border-call-1.3085229
It appears the EU still want to be able dictate to the UK even after the UK is no longer a member of the EU
According to the biggest bunch of liars in the history of politics in this country. If you believe Johnson in particular, a man sacked from his first ever journalism job for making up quotes, then you're the kind of customer that used car salesmen dream of.
it's their club if you want to be a part of it you have to play by the rules if not then just leave
He needs to get a deal or not come back.... it's like Cameron all over again.
So, judging by the comments so far.
Boris should just give in to the EU demands, as the EU is correct.
We should still follow their rules and are not allowed to do our own thing.
We should just give them our fishing grounds with out complaint.
Macron is OK to veto any deal.
Lets accept all of this without a fight.
Right?...well no thanks, I want a fight!
Boris should just give in to the EU demands, as the EU is correct.
We should still follow their rules and are not allowed to do our own thing.
We should just give them our fishing grounds with out complaint.
Macron is OK to veto any deal.
Lets accept all of this without a fight.
Right?...well no thanks, I want a fight!
A fight just for the sake of it?
Me too! I cannot believe the spineless snivelling of the losing remainers. Daily sailings to the land of EU milk and honey from Dover. Other ports of EXIT are also available.
We had over 70 seats at the European Parliament, we should have done our fighting there!
Well said. It seems that many remoaners have no faith in Britain. Where is their pride and resolve to stand on their own two feet and fight for our place in the world? Being a "glass is half "full sort of chap, we will surely prosper and not be dictated to by the EU. Britain is a brilliant place to live.
Johnson is about to play a medley of his best worst meaningless soundbites.
He got his foot in the door by hook and crook and one year back smeared his opponent who was anti-war as antisemitic.
He got his foot in the door by hook and crook and one year back smeared his opponent who was anti-war as antisemitic.
The fact that his opponent was an out of touch, out of date excuse for a Politician, played no part in his rather embarrassing downfall I take it then....the worst Labour leader of all time ????
.....except that his opponent was PROVEN to be anti-semitic by the enquiry afterwards.
whats your point? 80 seat majority wasnt due to Corbyns anti-semitism, but Labours lack of a Brexit sgtrategy.
whats your point? 80 seat majority wasnt due to Corbyns anti-semitism, but Labours lack of a Brexit sgtrategy.
Why do Brexiteers keep banging on about Sovereignty?
It's the same as being a club member with a dress code. I give up some of my "sovereignty", my personal preference to wear a sleeveless T-shirt and cutoff jeans, so that I can benefit from membership of the club and use its amenities.
The UK has not yet understood this. But they will have to irrespective of whether there is a deal or not
It's the same as being a club member with a dress code. I give up some of my "sovereignty", my personal preference to wear a sleeveless T-shirt and cutoff jeans, so that I can benefit from membership of the club and use its amenities.
The UK has not yet understood this. But they will have to irrespective of whether there is a deal or not
I would like the sovereignty that we never lost AND to have a place at the biggest trading bloc in the world - the cost of which is cheaper than the cost of Brexit in jobs, tariffs and mutual support.
TWO BILLION has been stolen from the
If the pound has gone down 5% from Brexit (and it’s more) then this is costing us £43bn /yr in import costs alone (OEC imports are £862bn). GDP growth 2008-2018 was -2.3% which is 171st in the world. That context (particularly the first) tells us what we were paying the EU is not a cost but an investment. So yes, without a shadow of a doubt I’d be paying them a few £Bn a year for membership.
If I join a club that costs say £10bn a year, but in return I receive extra trade and other benefits that are worth say £100bn+ a year to my economy, plus I get a lot of influence over how the club is run, and my people get a lot of extra freedom, then yes. I'd still feed the behemoth! I'd continue to pay my club fees of £10bn p/a.
Brexit has already cost more than the entire amount we paid into the EU over 40 years.
A non-member of a club loses rights and privileges. So its will be with Brexit. To expect the same rights and privileges outside is unrealistic. Brexiters are unrealistic. They want everything as before without cost and penalty.
Like every single state in the USA you mean?
Boris is right, if what he is saying is true then the EU are asking for too much from UK.
... and I voted Remain.
The problem is Boris said himself that there was “a one in a million chance” of not getting a deal, along with many other lies on getting a good deal.
If the option was Remain Vs Hard Brexit then I’m sure remain would’ve been the outcome of the referendum.
We’ve been cheated.
... and I voted Remain.
The problem is Boris said himself that there was “a one in a million chance” of not getting a deal, along with many other lies on getting a good deal.
If the option was Remain Vs Hard Brexit then I’m sure remain would’ve been the outcome of the referendum.
We’ve been cheated.
Like ," it will be decided by Sunday"!Probably Easter Sunday ,the way jackanory Johnson performs.
It's so dispiriting to see the lack of understanding when people say this. Show me the land border between the EU and Canada. There isn't one. That is why a deal between the UK and the EU will ALWAYS be different than one between Canada and the EU.
You obviously voted dfor this obvious clusterf@ck now live with it like the 48% us who didnt vote for it have to and remember you own it.
Also Canada is 4,000 miles away so no chance of it being a back door. We are never going to get the same deal
It was a Canada plus or Canada style deal
It was a Canada plus or Canada style deal
A Canada deal would be disaster for UK. No coverage of services - 50% of our EU exports. Masses of res tape and delays for manufacturing.
Yet this damage is what our incompetent government is aiming for.
Yet this damage is what our incompetent government is aiming for.
The Canada deal was never going to be on the table. Canada 3000 miles away. Little England 20 miles away.
Probably something to do with us being geographically far closer and having a completely unfair advantage of we were offered the same deal as Canada
If the EU didn't want to offer a similar deal then "that" oven ready deal was never available - just another 'EU bullying' scam for the gullible to swallow.
The problem was the eu didn’t want to offer that to an ex member who had paid up its subs for the last 40+ years.
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Stop whining. The 27 sovereign countries who collaborate as EU have the right to offer the trade deals THEY want to offer. They don't owe us anything. We can take it or leave it, but Boris will take it. If you don't like it, you can de-elect Boris. Taking back control?
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Stop whining. The 27 sovereign countries who collaborate as EU have the right to offer the trade deals THEY want to offer. They don't owe us anything. We can take it or leave it, but Boris will take it. If you don't like it, you can de-elect Boris. Taking back control?
Dont you understand the difference between a marginal partner, one ocean away, and a chanel/tunel partner from where uk gets most of its imports?
Yep and we paid an awful lot with little return. Good luck France and Germany cos you’ll be funding the rest of the bankrupt members. Thank god we didn’t join the €. I’ll give credit to Gordon Brown for that decision.
The deal the transition deal PM agreed with the EU expressly said there would be a lpf due to close proximity of UK to EU. UK AGREED those terms and now wants something different.
You don’t need to believe me just read the WA.
You don’t need to believe me just read the WA.
You do know that the “Canada deal” everyone talks about excludes services, our biggest export earner, includes tariffs and quotas on a lot of goods, especially agricultural, and includes agreement on common standards and convergence, the so-called level playing field which UK refuses to sign up to. Talk of the EU refusing us a Canada style deal is a Red Herring. It was never that simple.
If you resign from the golf club, you don't get to play again unless you pay the green fees. Britain left the EU - it's not up to the EU to sugar-coat it.
Have you ever noticed that the UK is not Canada? Look at rhe world map, if in any doubt.
I'll remind you Larkspur that Uk wants a Canada++ deal. I think you'll find it's the ++ that's the biggest problem.
You wanted to leave....leave...it's a bit stupid to think that when you cancel your gym membership they'll continue to let you use the steam room whenever you want...the Europeans are not as stupid as those who voted for an oven ready deal
"There was an oven ready deal available based on what Canada has."
There were many oven-readies available, over 100.
For some reason, UK didn't want Bolivia one, or Mongolia one, or Namibia one.
Problem was UK expected pampering of last 40 years to continue even after needlessly walking out of Union—look at UK sulking because it doesn't like the 100+ oven-readies on offer, wants to cherry pick.
There were many oven-readies available, over 100.
For some reason, UK didn't want Bolivia one, or Mongolia one, or Namibia one.
Problem was UK expected pampering of last 40 years to continue even after needlessly walking out of Union—look at UK sulking because it doesn't like the 100+ oven-readies on offer, wants to cherry pick.
Oh Larkie please read some facts and truth. Neither the UK nor the EU have offered or raised a Canadian style deal. Now let the adults have their say, there's a good boy.
Canada accepted non-regression clauses and is not planning on dumping standards to gain an unfair competitive advantage.
with agricultural quotas and no deal for services. Canada makes little that clashes with the 27. You do know that?
What nonsense.
Canada exports about a tenth as much to the EU as UK and its exports are largely commodities the EU doesn't produce - metals and ores, timber, gem stones and some grains.
Canada was never likely to undercut EU producers.
A Canada deal was never 'oven ready' except in fantasy realms of Brexit delusion.
Canada exports about a tenth as much to the EU as UK and its exports are largely commodities the EU doesn't produce - metals and ores, timber, gem stones and some grains.
Canada was never likely to undercut EU producers.
A Canada deal was never 'oven ready' except in fantasy realms of Brexit delusion.
Please, enough lies! Learn to accept the truth. Had people been able to do it, we would be in our current position now.
I'm certain lots on here would prefer it be Jeremy Corbyn holding last ditch talks?? .
She can trade my deal anytime.... Removed