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Yep 1+1 = um not a lot
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Maybe you could count the cost of the impending trade war with the EU that we've brought upon ourselves by reneging on the NI protocol which we agreed with the EU?

Standing in the playground, stamping our feet and shouting "not fair" is hardly a negotiation strategy....
 
Good to see that declaring a deal to be oven ready, specifically stating in your party manifesto that you will never change or renegotiate said deal, then declaring it to be rubbish after all and putting it in the bin, thus rendering everything you ever claimed or promised to be an absolute lie, means that your mandate to govern remains completely in tact.

You know the s*it is hitting the fan when the culture wars are stoked. The nasty EU and those pesky human rights lawyers, whose job is to protect and abide by the British laws that we apparently value so highly, getting slapped all over the client media simultaneously. There must be something really awful in the background if more than one fight is being instigated.

Keep swinging, Bodge. You’re doing an excellent job!
 
Excellent explanation of what's actually happening.

How can the EU ever trust a person who negotiated and signed a deal in bad faith? Johnson had no intention of honouring his 'oven ready' deal and is happy for the Unionist part of the Conservative and Unionist party to kick up this convenient belated faux indignation to con the gullible into blaming the EU. It pathetic if it wasn't so bloody dangerous.

Edit. And why are they doing it now? Divide and rule along Brexit grounds? It's clearly not for the good of the UK who will suffer the financial consequences of a trade war. No, it's a vain attempt to distract to save Johnson skin and an attempt to appease the uber right. Grrrr.
 
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Excellent explanation of what's actually happening.

How can the EU ever trust a person who negotiated and signed a deal in bad faith? Johnson had no intention of honouring his 'oven ready' deal and is happy for the Unionist part of the Conservative and Unionist party to to kick up this convenient belated faux indignation to con the gullible into blaming the EU. It pathetic if it wasn't so bloody dangerous.
the thing is its not just the EU that will be reacting. How are the other countries we are aiming to negotiate deals with going to react. Are the US, who were aiming to rinse us anyway, going to ignore us renaging on a deal we so recently signed.
 
Meanwhile who is funding the war in Ukraine ?

Thus proving that even those nations ruled by the iron fist of the EU are still free to make their own (bad) choices about energy supply...

I wonder what did the export mix look like prior to the War? Identical at a guess. I tried and failed to find out. I was though surprised to see that oil exports from Russia were at their highest in the 1980's before a sharp decline at the end of the Soviet era, only to rise back up to current levels as they became more "market friendly".

And then they went and handed power to a lunatic dictator and here we are....

Not in the least bit relevant to the Brexit thread, but there we go!
 
Soon to be released:

"ONS: total UK exports of goods increased by £2.2bn (7.4%) in April 2022 v March 2022, driven by £1.2bn (8.1%) increase in exports to EU, which increased for 3rd consecutive month. Now at highest levels since records began."

**caveat - short time frame but................. 🤷‍♀️
 
Soon to be released:

"ONS: total UK exports of goods increased by £2.2bn (7.4%) in April 2022 v March 2022, driven by £1.2bn (8.1%) increase in exports to EU, which increased for 3rd consecutive month. Now at highest levels since records began."

**caveat - short time frame but................. 🤷‍♀️

Wouldn't the logical, pragmatic response to figures like that be to assume that the current system - even if it is a bit of a fudge - is working OK?

And therefore that the sensible course of action now would be to lean on the DUP to accept the Northern Ireland protocol (BoJo has already sold them down the river once after all), rather than rip it up and risk the inevitable legal EU action snowballing into a full-on trade war and ****ing everything up for everyone?

After all, if you want "control over your borders" with the EU, you have to actually have a border somewhere. And the Irish Sea does seem to be the least bad, most workable option.
 
... since records began
Nothing to do with this story, but I love that phrase. When did "records begin"? Usually that's important information to help quantify what you are seeing. If "records began" in 2020, it's not impressive. If they began in 1901 then its a great achievement.
 
Soon to be released:

"ONS: total UK exports of goods increased by £2.2bn (7.4%) in April 2022 v March 2022, driven by £1.2bn (8.1%) increase in exports to EU, which increased for 3rd consecutive month. Now at highest levels since records began."

**caveat - short time frame but................. 🤷‍♀️
Awesome

Hopefully that will fill the Vat coffers and the NHS can now get the extra £350m a week they were promised in the Brexit vote.
 
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