Brexit View

[Alan Medic]

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/ive-been-told-to-return-to-frogland-132144/

How many sad stories must there be like this? Who let the dogs out? The Tories IMO.

[JohnL]

Following on from George Osborne's reported comment (bags in his freezer) Vince Cable has said Theresa May is like someone handcuffed to a radiator in Beirut.

whats going on

https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/liberal-democrats/news/88994/vince-cable-theresa-may-%E2%80%98hostage-handcuffed

[Alan Medic]

Boris makes a move?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/15/exclusive-boris-johnson-yes-will-take-back-350m-eu-nhs/

[JohnL]

oh god getting rid of safety legislation, employee legislation and paying people less then

[Alan Medic]

Yeah but ?350M for the NHS is back on. Yippee.

[red devil]

I can't believe he's dragged that figure up again, it's been totally discredited, even Farage said it was a misleading figure the day after the referendum. This BBC article puts the figure at ?252m after the rebate...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41289080

You then have to factor in the money that comes back to the UK through grants etc, and what about all the pre & post-Brexit costs for staff, buildings, new IT systems, infrastructure etc that's needed. And he's still banging on about not being in the Single Market but we should have free access to it. What an utter cockwomble...

[malumbu]

cockwomble - that has to be word of the year.

Remember, remember, remember, rememember, remember, reeeemeberrr, remember your a cockwomble. With all due credit to Mike Batt.

[JohnL]

I can't believe Boris questioned the patriotism of young people on anti brexit marches.

You can be European and British and other too.

[Vick]

I wish the media would stop referring to Boris' ?350m figure as 'controversial'. It's not controversial it's false.

[Loz]

The UK's statistics watchdog has kicked off a fight with Boris over the figure. This should be fun.

[Seabag]

Im glad Boris has resurrected the ?350 million figure, it shows how utterly genius he is at figures. Look at the great job he did at the Mayor's office.

I hope he get's the bus out of mothballs, that'd be brilliant !

[JohnL]

Hetan Shah, the executive director of the Royal Statistical Society, said: ?It is extremely concerning to see a minister seeking to undermine our independent statistical regulator. The UK is envied around the world for the independence of our statistical system and it is important that politicians are not seen to be compromising it.?

Boris won't back down though.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/17/boris-johnson-slapped-down-statistics-chief-fresh-350m-brexit-claim

[miga]

red devil Wrote:

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> I can't believe he's dragged that figure up again,

I can. He's miffed he has so little credibility, and this figure is the centerpiece. Talk in Tory press of him being marginalised etc. He'd like to correct history.

[JohnL]

David Davis's top civil servant has left him to work with Theresa May now.

Is she going to personally take over.

[red devil]

Apparently she's driving from the front seat...Are we there yet?

[JohnL]

We will shortly be arriving at Brexit CRAAAAAASSSSSHHH SCREEEECH BANG

[JohnL]

I said something on twitter today that provoked the response "that'll cause the far right to rise"

So when the far right rise, what will happen ?

[red devil]

[Loz]

So, the current negotiators look no closer to a deal than at the point we triggered Brexit. And today the Beeb points out why 'no deal' is not really being prepared for either.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41271028

So, is Brexit going to be:

a) a disaster

b) a complete disaster, or

c) a complete and utter disaster.

[JohnL]

The new Maybot phrase is

"I'm getting on with the job in hand"

She never tells us what job.

[red devil]

I wonder if GeorgieBoy is defrosting his freezer in readiness... https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/evening-standard-comment-we-are-paying-a-high-price-for-the-brexit-farce-a3639236.html

[miga]

Loz Wrote:

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> So, the current negotiators look no closer to a

> deal than at the point we triggered Brexit. And

> today the Beeb points out why 'no deal' is not

> really being prepared for either.

>

> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41271028

>

> So, is Brexit going to be:

>

> a) a disaster

> b) a complete disaster, or

> c) a complete and utter disaster.

Preparation? Relax - it's only the future of 60 million at stake, it'll be fine. Everyone can just retreat to the country piles and use their rainy day Swiss funds until this all blows over in case it goes awry.

[malumbu]

red devil Wrote:

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Brilliant (link to the Producers)

But they wanted the performance to be a flop and it was the opposite. Will Brexit be the same?

Just some gallows' humour.

[JohnL]

Boris apparently got a dressing down in his dressing gown on the way home from the US.

[JohnL]

One of Lloyds of Londons biggest syndicates relocating to Dublin. They're insurers so they know the risk if anybody does :(

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/19/lloyds-of-london-dublin-brexit-xl-group-eu-single-market