2020-12-20, 01:37 | Link #1402 |
Seishu's Ace
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Wales voted for Brexit, unlike N.I. and Scotland which overwhelmingly rejected it, so I wouldn't be so quick to assume they'll be out the door on the U.K.. They might - COVID has exposed some fault lines in their relationship - but there are clearly some fundamental forces in play in Wales that are different than Scotland or N.I..
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2020-12-20, 09:44 | Link #1403 |
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This news reports was done before covid19 was part of our daily lives, the cracks were already there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtoO5u0X6LA ... also remember, we have not seen the worst of covid, crumbling health services will not be a pretty sight anywhere, but it is coming to many countries. I remember seeing a documentary that talked about how the black plague (or other such pandemic) ended the serfdom system in europe, this pandemic will no doubt bring (for better or worse) many political changes around the world. |
2020-12-21, 21:10 | Link #1404 | |
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Brexiters left stunned after several EU countries demonstrate easy control of their own borders (satire)
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2021-01-24, 04:40 | Link #1407 | |
I disagree with you all.
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics...medium=twitter
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2021-01-24, 09:29 | Link #1409 | |
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Turns out the EU really is taking their jobs. Shocking! /s
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2021-01-24, 16:34 | Link #1411 | |
Seishu's Ace
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Still - likely relatively few of those votes here came from UK citizens.
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2021-02-01, 19:36 | Link #1412 | |
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And frankly I think the EU should have just given them an "take it or leave it, just know that you are responsible for the consequences if you don't"- kind of ultimatum on the deal, after the 2nd time british parliament refused a previously negotiated deal. And yes, it's their right to refuse the deal, but the chambers actually only ever told the EU what they didn't want back then, never what they actually wanted. If they had actually done that we could have wrapped this up under Theresia May already. So yeah, any non-UK EU voters were probably just tired already. And I honestly believe letting them go hard Brexit and let them bear the consequences might have been the better option for everyone, the Uk included. If they wanted back in afterwards, k, but first of all, due process, and second without any previous special rights they originally had. So yeah, it feels like the EU-negotiators forgot that their duty is towards the benefit of it's members first and foremost, and not towards the country that wanted to go.
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2021-02-02, 04:20 | Link #1413 | |
He Without a Title
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Global economies are intertwined and, after years of free market, the UK was deeply intertwined with the rest of the EU despite what the brexiteers wanted to believe. Heck! The brexiteer idol, Margret Tatcher, was one of the architects of the free market with the goal of saving the dying British economy of the 1970s! The irony of the whole thing is frankly astonishing. It takes an insane amount of ignorance to forget these basic facts, it's genuinely impressive.
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2021-02-02, 06:35 | Link #1414 |
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How is the situation with Ireland for now? I remember than some were worried about the impact of Brexit on Ireland (in particular about the border) but I failed to find any info about the current situation.
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2021-02-02, 07:26 | Link #1415 |
He Without a Title
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Well good timing, someone just sent me this:
Northern Ireland halts post-Brexit port checks after ‘sinister behaviour’ So bottom line is: things are still calm but it's not necessarily the best environment for good things to happen.
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2021-02-05, 16:33 | Link #1416 | |
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Here's a good summary of the situation in Ireland:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-55934636 Bloomberg News, an opponent of Brexit from the beginning, follows the issue closely. Here's an overview of recent developments: Quote:
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