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Post by Jim on Dec 27, 2023 14:05:33 GMT
Aw bless, such nonsense. I'm commenting on the present, about changes made for those hankering after the past. I don't need pints of wine. FFS it's genuinely ridiculous. Staunch quitters can't even put together a short bullet list of benefits. Oh, just one Silver bullet, no foreign drivers.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Dec 27, 2023 14:29:44 GMT
Huge cost? This is what many bitter losing voters would argue of course but the reality is that for the vast majority, very little has changed. Bear in mind that those arguing 'huge cost' also consider you to be, by default, a xenophobe. [br Well my Ali, for one, isn’t happy about all this change. She is absolutely disgusted that her bottles of wine are going to be smaller. Also I’d wager that a pint won’t be any cheaper than the 750ml bottles she pops her straw in at the moment. They are not going to be smaller. The option will be available for bottlers to sell wine in more sizes, including Imperial sizes, which existed before 1973 when we joined the Common Market.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Dec 27, 2023 14:33:26 GMT
I don't need pints of wine either but now having the opportunity to buy them, should I wish, dosn't constitute a 'huge cost'.
Staunch leavers could put together a list of benefits after reading your list of 'huge costs'.
It's a pity, in my opinion, that the government has chosen to continue with the low wage, import labour, grow gdp model, following brexit. Still, while these hundreds of thousands each year previously qualified for benefits, and instant parity for social housing etc. new arrivals, following Brexit, now have to pay hefty visa fees, a payment towards the NHS and receive a zero entitlement to benefits. There's a Brexit benefit for you. Unless you consider the British government looking after the interests of British people, above others, is xenophobic, of course.
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Post by ianali on Dec 27, 2023 16:17:33 GMT
[br Well my Ali, for one, isn’t happy about all this change. She is absolutely disgusted that her bottles of wine are going to be smaller. Also I’d wager that a pint won’t be any cheaper than the 750ml bottles she pops her straw in at the moment. They are not going to be smaller. The option will be available for bottlers to sell wine in more sizes, including Imperial sizes, which existed before 1973 when we joined the Common Market. Yeh I know that. Was an attempt at humour, it’s Christmas and I’m feeling jolly. I don’t really care about Brexit, it’s been done, will slowly be forgotten about and the UK Will gradually drift back into the EU as people realise it was a bad idea.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Dec 27, 2023 17:03:13 GMT
Jim and his fellow travellers would have all the mileposts along the canal replaced with kilometre posts if they had their way. The thought of a wine bottler having the option to sell their product using an Imperial measurement clearly rankles with them.
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Post by fi on Dec 27, 2023 17:07:15 GMT
It's obviously a way for the marketeers to make more profit by confusing people with prices/sizes.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Dec 27, 2023 17:36:13 GMT
They are not going to be smaller. The option will be available for bottlers to sell wine in more sizes, including Imperial sizes, which existed before 1973 when we joined the Common Market. Yeh I know that. Was an attempt at humour, it’s Christmas and I’m feeling jolly. In that case, I found a suitably festive photo for you to enjoy.
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Post by brummieboy on Dec 27, 2023 18:17:55 GMT
The big losers of Brexit have been the MEP's and their staff who no longer receive their exhorbitant tax free salaries and expenses. Oh!, and yes, the civil servants who now have to do the job for which they are well rewarded, now that they no longer have someone to tell them what to do and have to think for themselves. It was interesting to see the reported increase in Civil Wage costs despite the slight reduction in numbers, and a wage freeze. Of course, now they have to do a job, they are all necessarily promoted to a higher grade.
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Post by Andyberg on Dec 27, 2023 18:43:26 GMT
Jims French socialist hero died today aged 98!😩 www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67830106Mrs Thatcher described the 1989 Delors report calling for economic and monetary union as unacceptable, because it would wrest many economic policies from the hands of the British Parliament.👍
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Post by Mr Stabby on Dec 27, 2023 18:50:28 GMT
Up yours, Delors.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Dec 27, 2023 19:15:53 GMT
Delors wasn't my cup of tea but unlike some of our apparently caring and sharing so called progressive friends, I'll avoid wild celebrations on the death of a significant political oppenent.
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Post by Jim on Dec 27, 2023 19:50:07 GMT
I don't need pints of wine either but now having the opportunity to buy them, should I wish, dosn't constitute a 'huge cost'. Staunch leavers could put together a list of benefits after reading your list of 'huge costs'. It's a pity, in my opinion, that the government has chosen to continue with the low wage, import labour, grow gdp model, following brexit. Still, while these hundreds of thousands each year previously qualified for benefits, and instant parity for social housing etc. new arrivals, following Brexit, now have to pay hefty visa fees, a payment towards the NHS and receive a zero entitlement to benefits. There's a Brexit benefit for you. Unless you consider the British government looking after the interests of British people, above others, is xenophobic, of course. A quick search, for starters. Brexit had reduced GDP by 5.5%, investment by 11%, and goods trade by 7% in the second quarter of 2022 And there's far more in the article. www.cer.eu/insights/cost-brexit-june-2022Over to you, stop wittering and dissembling, where's the list of benefits for the ordinary man, I've seen nothing of benefit, what have I missed?
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Post by Mr Stabby on Dec 27, 2023 20:07:16 GMT
I don't need pints of wine either but now having the opportunity to buy them, should I wish, dosn't constitute a 'huge cost'. Staunch leavers could put together a list of benefits after reading your list of 'huge costs'. It's a pity, in my opinion, that the government has chosen to continue with the low wage, import labour, grow gdp model, following brexit. Still, while these hundreds of thousands each year previously qualified for benefits, and instant parity for social housing etc. new arrivals, following Brexit, now have to pay hefty visa fees, a payment towards the NHS and receive a zero entitlement to benefits. There's a Brexit benefit for you. Unless you consider the British government looking after the interests of British people, above others, is xenophobic, of course. A quick search, for starters. Brexit had reduced GDP by 5.5%, investment by 11%, and goods trade by 7% in the second quarter of 2022 But my wages have gone from £25,000 to £35,000 in the three years since we left, and 40% is a bigger number than 5.5%, 11% or 7%. Look, dry your salty tears. You lost, get over it, Loser.
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Post by ianali on Dec 27, 2023 20:08:38 GMT
Yeh I know that. Was an attempt at humour, it’s Christmas and I’m feeling jolly. In that case, I found a suitably festive photo for you to enjoy. Better than a donkey, maybe 🤔
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Post by Clinton Cool on Dec 27, 2023 23:42:32 GMT
I don't need pints of wine either but now having the opportunity to buy them, should I wish, dosn't constitute a 'huge cost'. Staunch leavers could put together a list of benefits after reading your list of 'huge costs'. It's a pity, in my opinion, that the government has chosen to continue with the low wage, import labour, grow gdp model, following brexit. Still, while these hundreds of thousands each year previously qualified for benefits, and instant parity for social housing etc. new arrivals, following Brexit, now have to pay hefty visa fees, a payment towards the NHS and receive a zero entitlement to benefits. There's a Brexit benefit for you. Unless you consider the British government looking after the interests of British people, above others, is xenophobic, of course. A quick search, for starters. Brexit had reduced GDP by 5.5%, investment by 11%, and goods trade by 7% in the second quarter of 2022 And there's far more in the article. www.cer.eu/insights/cost-brexit-june-2022Over to you, stop wittering and dissembling, where's the list of benefits for the ordinary man, I've seen nothing of benefit, what have I missed? GDP isn't a measure of wealth. You need to look up gdp per capita. As I suggested earlier, nothing of much significance has changed, for the vast majority. You should embrace change, that's what progressives do.
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