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Brexit is an idiotic mistake - calendar week 10 summary

...and here comes another truck-load of Brexit-related bad news! As the UK and its incompetent, arrogant leadership tumble towards a catastrophic exit from the huge trade bloc that it does the vast majority of its trade with and owes much of its wealth to, the Job's news just keep on coming in!


EU rebuffs UK vision for post-Brexit trade
https://www.ft.com/content/4d43e628-21f5-11e8-9a70-08f715791301

May 'double cherry-picking' on Brexit, says leaked EU report
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/mar/06/theresa-may-conservative-politics-brexit-solutions-leaked-eu-report

Brexit could put trade deals with 70 countries at risk, MPs warn
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-could-leave-trade-deals-with-70-countries-at-risk-mps-warn-a3783586.html

5 charts from the secret Brexit impact study which show the damage threatened by leaving the EU
http://www.businessinsider.fr/uk/5-charts-secret-brexit-impact-study-damage-threatened-by-leaving-the-eu-2018-3

EU divergence to cost UK economy most, Brexit assessment shows
https://www.ft.com/content/7ce469ea-22d9-11e8-ae48-60d3531b7d11

UK factories start 2018 in low gear, construction tumbles
http://gulfnews.com/business/economy/uk-factories-start-2018-in-low-gear-construction-tumbles-1.2185487

Brussels threatens to CRIPPLE UK exports while it demands Britons keep buying European
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/927363/brexit-news-european-union-punish-britain-trade-deals-cripple-uk-exports

May given new warning on Brexit deal for the City
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/national/16066560.May_given_new_warning_on_Brexit_deal_for_the_City/

Goldman Sachs puts London staff on notice to relocate to Frankfurt by June, sources say
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/goldman-sachs-london-staff-relocate-frankfurt-banking-brexit-a8244076.html

Brexit news: UBS poised to move hundreds of staff out of London
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/ubs-poised-to-move-hundreds-of-staff-out-of-london-ahead-of-brexit-a3785816.html

Exclusive - StanChart presses on with Frankfurt job moves as EU rejects Brexit plan
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-stanchart-exclusive/exclusive-stanchart-presses-on-with-frankfurt-job-moves-as-eu-rejects-brexit-plan-idUKKCN1GJ2JT

A post-Brexit Britain could be hurt if Nafta falls apart
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2018/03/07/post-brexit-britain-could-hurt-nafta-falls-apart/

How Brexit could derail $7 billion horse racing industry
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/07/sport/brexit-thoroughbred-breeding-horse-racing-intl/index.html

Roaming charges may be back after Brexit
https://news.sky.com/story/roaming-charges-may-be-back-after-brexit-11279406

Airbus may leave UK unless there is urgent clarity on Brexit trade
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/mar/05/airbus-may-leave-uk-unless-there-is-urgent-clarity-on-brexit-trade

U.S. Offers U.K. Worse ‘Open Skies’ Deal After Brexit
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-05/u-s-said-to-offer-u-k-worse-open-skies-deal-after-brexit

Ryanair's Michael O'Leary threatens to ground planes after Brexit to make voters 'rethink' withdrawal
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/07/ryanairs-michael-oleary-threatens-ground-planes-brexit-make/

Brexit could invalidate your UK driving license as Brit drivers face extra charges in EU
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/927490/Brexit-UK-driving-license-EU-invalid

Empire strikes back: why former colonies don't need Britain after Brexit
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/mar/10/empire-strikes-back-why-former-colonies-dont-need-britain-after-brexit

India warns Britain AGAINST Brexit trade deal with China in latest war of words
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/927792/Brexit-news-India-China-uk-trade-deal-India-China-war-latest-update

Regions With More Neurotic People Supported Trump and Brexit
https://psmag.com/news/regions-with-more-neurotic-people-supported-trump-and-brexit

EU threatens to sue Britain if it negotiates UK exemption from Trump tariffs
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2018/03/09/eu-threatens-sue-britain-negotiates-uk-exemption-trump-tariffs/

Brexit WARNING: Brussels preparing to take Spain's SIDE in Gibraltar negotiations
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/928773/Brexit-news-latest-update-now-Gibraltar-Spain-UK-EU-European-Union-negotiation-video


Opinion:

Citizens have not really ‘taken back control’ after Brexit– where do we go now?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/03/06/citizens-have-not-really-taken-back-control-brexit-do-go-now/

The UK is finally facing the reality of Brexit
http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/i5mKul22BrwnIVmb5xhutL/The-UK-is-finally-facing-the-reality-of-Brexit.html

Brexit feels like David and Goliath—but you’re rooting for Goliath
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/brexit-feels-like-david-and-goliath-but-youre-rooting-for-goliath

Britons faces a tough time funding Brexit
http://gulfnews.com/opinion/editorials/britons-faces-a-tough-time-funding-brexit-1.2186058


Special report: Just lovely, these Brexit-supporting uni students! A dime a dozen!

‘We hate the blacks, sign the Brexit papers’: Two Nottingham Trent students arrested after black woman films racist chants outside her room
https://inews.co.uk/video/we-hate-the-backs-nottingham-trent-students-suspended-after-black-woman-films-racist-chants-from-outside-her-bedroom/

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Reply 1
I saw the video of the racist incident at Nottingham university it was terrible. I cant believe that those scum even made it to University.
(edited 6 years ago)
I love how you keep bias out it and post sources from both sides of the fence Genial, and not like those buffoons who only seek out sources to confirm their bias and that share their view.

It shows you have a mind of your own and you're above those docile types who believe the media is completely independent and non-partisan and aren't paid huge sums of money to print propaganda for the higher ups to try to influence public opinion to their cause by pumping out non-stop doom and gloom. .
(edited 6 years ago)
Original post by Underground906
I love how you keep bias out it and post sources from both sides of the fence Genial, and not like those buffoons who only seek out sources to confirm their bias and that share their view.

It shows you have a mind of your own and you're above those docile types who believe the media is completely independent and non-partisan and aren't paid huge sums of money to print propaganda for the higher ups to try to influence public opinion to their cause by pumping out non-stop doom and gloom. .


You seem to be new to my threads so I let your dim-witted post from last week go, but it seems I do need to step in now and expose your utter ignorance for everyone to see.

See, even if all my news sources were from the liberal end of the news spectrum (which they are not, look again) that wouldn't mean they are untrue. They are facts, no matter how much you whine and ***** about it. Brexit IS a **** show, that is a well-established fact by now.

Like countless uneducated, nationalistic, xenophobic Brexiteers on here before I challenge you to compile an overview of positive effects of Brexit of the same quantity, magnitude, and impact. Go on, I'll wait - and then just laugh at you for your pathetic conspiracy theories because they're the only way you can keep your nationalistic narrative going.
Original post by Underground906
I love how you keep bias out it and post sources from both sides of the fence Genial, and not like those buffoons who only seek out sources to confirm their bias and that share their view.

It shows you have a mind of your own and you're above those docile types who believe the media is completely independent and non-partisan and aren't paid huge sums of money to print propaganda for the higher ups to try to influence public opinion to their cause by pumping out non-stop doom and gloom. .

I don't bother with this imp. He only responds to people who challenge his point of view, in the same predictable manner every time. He's actually part of the reason why nationalist movements are growing across Europe and EU-funded institutions attempt to sweep the problem under the blanket.
Original post by shawn_o1
I don't bother with this imp.


Yet you obviously still read every single one of my threads :laugh: Triggered much?

Original post by shawn_o1

He only responds to people who challenge his point of view, in the same predictable manner every time.


Why would I respond to people who have the exact same opinion as me?

...and, like clockwork, it destroys the flimsy, nationalism-fueled arguments of Brexiteers every single time. That is the reason why you stopped trying to argue with the actual content of my posts and resorted to generic, laughable personal attacks: Sure, me calling out uneducated xenophobes is the reason why uneducated xenophobes are critical of the EU... have your head checked, mate.
Oh look, it's Martin Selmayr's sidekick. Anyone who strongarms his way into power is obviously gonna respond like that. To insult, belittle and make fun of everyone who holds an opposing view. Obviously, being "educated" doesn't make OP a noble person at all. And he's just like any unaccountable EU bureaucrat. Blind to the problems, and whose only solution is to make them worse.
Original post by shawn_o1
To insult, belittle and make fun of everyone who holds an opposing view.


I don't insult, belittle, ridicule people because they hold an opposing view. I do that because they hold an ignorant, naive, toxic view, born out of disinformation, arrogance, nationalism, and xenophobia.

Original post by shawn_o1

Obviously, being "educated" doesn't make OP a noble person at all.


Exposing and fighting nationalism and xenophobia -the source of so much suffering- doesn't make me noble? Aww, darn.

Original post by shawn_o1

And he's just like any unaccountable EU bureaucrat. Blind to the problems, and whose only solution is to make them worse.


The reality is: these problems only exist in the minds of the British people, deluded by the faint memory of being a global superpower, feeling humiliated by the powers on the continent. It's so pathetic. I am so glad Brussels is putting you minnows into your place. Now you will say: that will only make things worse, and strengthen nationalist forces. I say: I couldn't care less! If you want to harm yourselves even more than you already did, go ahead! It's a damn good show for the rest of us!
Never explained how Selmayr suddenly became 33000 people's boss. Or even attempted to justify it. Good thing we're jumping ship.
Original post by shawn_o1
I don't bother with this imp. He only responds to people who challenge his point of view, in the same predictable manner every time. He's actually part of the reason why nationalist movements are growing across Europe and EU-funded institutions attempt to sweep the problem under the blanket.



Thanks for the heads up. I kind of twigged he was a complete crackpot totally inculcated into state propaganda, but now it's confirmed. These people are highly dangerous and causing untold damage to Europe. A real resistance can't come soon enough.
Original post by GenialGermanGent
Exposing and fighting nationalism and xenophobia -the source of so much suffering- doesn't make me noble? Aww, darn.


Owning the evil, xenophobic, racist, nationalist pigs by ******** out a thread on TSR each week wow that's so noble god I wish I were you

I am so glad Brussels is putting you minnows into your place. Now you will say: that will only make things worse, and strengthen nationalist forces. I say: I couldn't care less! If you want to harm yourselves even more than you already did, go ahead! It's a damn good show for the rest of us!


"I actually love wasting my time posting pointless threads on Brexit, haha hey guys listen to this: 'May 'double cherry-picking' on Brexit, says leaked EU report' haha xd!"

What a loser you are lmao
Original post by Edgemaster
Owning the evil, xenophobic, racist, nationalist pigs by ******** out a thread on TSR each week wow that's so noble god I wish I were you



"I actually love wasting my time posting pointless threads on Brexit, haha hey guys listen to this: 'May 'double cherry-picking' on Brexit, says leaked EU report' haha xd!"

What a loser you are lmao


"You're not allowed to cherry pick. We are." (EU wrt the latest negotiations which suggest European boats will still be allowed to fish on British waters)
Reply 12
Original post by GenialGermanGent
I don't insult, belittle, ridicule people because they hold an opposing view. I do that because they hold an ignorant, naive, toxic view, born out of disinformation, arrogance, nationalism, and xenophobia.


What a horrible person you appear to be.
Original post by shawn_o1
"You're not allowed to cherry pick. We are." (EU wrt the latest negotiations which suggest European boats will still be allowed to fish on British waters)


Of course the EU is allowed to cherry-pick - it is, after all, the mammoth, thriving trade bloc that the UK needs much more than the other way around. It's positively hilarious how the UK still thinks they have any sort of leverage in the negotiations.
Original post by Reue
What a horrible person you appear to be.


For calling out nationalists and xenophobes and their toxic views? Sure...
Reply 15
Original post by GenialGermanGent
Sure...


I'm glad you can acknowledge it at least :smile:
Original post by Reue
I'm glad you can acknowledge it at least :smile:


It must be hard, going through life without getting sarcasm.
Reply 17
Original post by GenialGermanGent
It must be hard, going through life without getting sarcasm.


Original post by GenialGermanGent
Of course the EU is allowed to cherry-pick - .


Just out of interest, which well known European politician do you admire the most or/and fits in with your political beliefs?

Eg Macron, Merkel, Renzi or some well known lesser politician such as Verhofstadt or Schauble
Original post by Davij038
Just out of interest, which well known European politician do you admire the most or/and fits in with your political beliefs?

Eg Macron, Merkel, Renzi or some well known lesser politician such as Verhofstadt or Schauble

Ignore list is bliss :smile:

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