Britain outside the EU

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Wonder what they're doing differently?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/othe...b4946e3467ab2f

It'll go down the pan when the gas runs out

[Taf]

The missus' order of French food and drinks arrived this morning. Still no shortages across the entire shop, with many new lines arriving daily. They are even selling fresh peaches and nectarines after a few hiccoughs with transport within the UK (London and beyond).

The only thing missing was mustard. "Severe drought in Canada, poor harvests in France and the war in Ukraine have combined to reduce the supplies of mustard seeds available to producers."

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Taf

The missus' order of French food and drinks arrived this morning. Still no shortages across the entire shop, with many new lines arriving daily. They are even selling fresh peaches and nectarines after a few hiccoughs with transport within the UK (London and beyond).

The only thing missing was mustard. "Severe drought in Canada, poor harvests in France and the war in Ukraine have combined to reduce the supplies of mustard seeds available to producers."

Yup, French food should be delivered as pre Brexit because we're postponing checking EU imports.

[1andrew1]

Meanwhile, this Tweet looks like something Mr K would say!

[TheDaddy]

Remember when Rees Smug told the people that border checks at Dover were unnecessary and would cause us harm, well 21 out of 22 lorries inspected were carrying meat unfit for human consumption, some were riddled with maggots, might not be so bad but when people told the victorian pipe cleaner that it was a smugglers charter he called their warnings project fear

[GrimUpNorth]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Remember when Rees Smug told the people that border checks at Dover were unnecessary and would cause us harm, well 21 out of 22 lorries inspected were carrying meat unfit for human consumption, some were riddled with maggots, might not be so bad but when people told the victorian pipe cleaner that it was a smugglers charter he called their warnings project fear

Maybe he thinks that's the type of food your typical hard working family normally eats, because after all he would know hard work if it punched him in the face.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth

Maybe he thinks that's the type of food your typical hard working family normally eats, because after all he would know hard work if it punched him in the face.

Indeed, it's the brexit dividend of cheap food he promised the plebs

[GrimUpNorth]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Indeed, it's the brexit dividend of cheap food he promised the plebs

Maybe he's been watching I'm a Celebrity. The swear filter just won't give me the words to describe him.

[1andrew1]

Tory backer says UK economy is ‘frankly doomed’ without Brexit renegotiation

Guy Hands says Conservatives are putting country ‘on a path to be sick man of Europe’

The billionaire businessman Guy Hands has accused the Conservatives of putting the UK “on a path to be the sick man of Europe”, as he issued a series of stark predictions about what could lie ahead for the post-Brexit economy, including higher taxes and interest rates and fewer social services.

The founder and chair of the private equity firm Terra Firma, a longtime Tory supporter, called for the government to “renegotiate Brexit”, stating that otherwise the British economy was “frankly doomed”.

The Conservative party needed to “move on from fighting its own internal wars and actually focus on what needs to be done in the economy”, Hands told Radio 4’s Today programme on Monday.

On the day that Rishi Sunak is expected to become Britain’s next prime minister, the third in less than two months, Hands called for a Tory leader with “the intellectual capability and the authority to renegotiate Brexit” and turn around the economy. “Without that the economy is frankly doomed,” Hands said.

Asked what this would mean for the country, Hands said without a renegotiation of Brexit, Britain would face “steadily increasing taxes, steadily reducing benefits and social services, higher interest rates and eventually the need for a bailout from the IMF [International Monetary Fund] like we were in the 70s”.

Hands, who estimated that 70% of his firm’s investments were in the UK, said he was worried about increasing poverty, including among “middle-class people” who would struggle to meet their mortgage payments amid rising interest rates.

https://www.theguardian.com/business...-renegotiation

[1andrew1]

Useful update on the impact of Brexit on the UK economy in the context of the new PM.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-63426412

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Useful update on the impact of Brexit on the UK economy in the context of the new PM.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-63426412

Any update on what the opportunities of brexit are, smugg's been looking for them for years without luck and even resorted to asking The Sun readers for theirs in desperation

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Any update on what the opportunities of brexit are, smugg's been looking for them for years without luck and even resorted to asking The Sun readers for theirs in desperation

Here's what were promised: Weekly food shop will become cheaper, shorter NHS waiting times, potentially more money for schools, higher wages, a resurgent economy, easier for young people to get on the housing ladder, more accountable politicians, a more prosperous and safer future.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1555249564663398401

The move to Imperial measure will doubtless be canned as will the idea to repeal EU legislation we incorporated into UK law. That probably leaves refinement of the Solvency II laws as doable, but the EU is also looking at those itself

[Sephiroth]

We are free from the EU shackles and we will build on that - eventually.

Is that JRM’s 50 years eventually?

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

We are free from the EU shackles and we will build on that - eventually.

I think Truss showed that the loss-tax, low-regulation Brexiters' fantasy is an economist's nightmare and unachievable.

You can't argue with the gravity of trade and if you want lower taxes or more money to spend on the NHS, we will require smoother trading terms with our main trading bloc, the EU. The UK is the only G7 country whose GDP is not back to pre-Covid levels.

Voters may have been happy to accept the economy taking a 4% hit for more sovereignty and other reasons. But when that 4% hit translates into higher taxes, poorer services or no triple pensions lock, it's no surprise the polls suggest they're now thinking differently.