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Brexit is an idiotic mistake - calendar week 33 summary

City 'haemorrhaging' talent because of Brexit, says headhunter
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/aug/15/city-brexit-says-headhunter-financial-services-uk-eu

UK consumer spending is hit by rising inflation and Brexit uncertainty
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-consumer-spending-rising-inflation-brexit-uncertainty-july-retail-sales-growth-economy-gdp-a7897696.html

Without EU migrants, our economy will buckle under the pressure of Brexit
Only 45 per cent of ALP members say they will be able to recruit sufficient EU workers for the Christmas season – so don't expect a turkey on the table at Christmas
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/drop-the-target-brexit-migration-european-union-freedom-of-movement-a7900946.html

Silicon Roundabout gets Brexit jitters
London’s buoyant tech hub faces a struggle to keep attracting talent and money as the EU ‘turns off tap’ for funding
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/19/silicon-roundabout-gets-brexit-jitters

Government refusing to publish 50 'secret' studies on Brexit impact
Ministers say the studies' findings could jeopardise their EU negotiation positions
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-50-studies-impact-economy-nurses-eu-a7893216.html

Britain will not exclude possible EU oversight of UK borders after Brexit
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-customs-idUSKCN1B007U

'A fantasy': EU leaders dismiss UK's post-Brexit customs plan
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/15/european-minister-pours-cold-water-on-uk-interim-trade-proposal-brexit

German foreign minister: UK Brexit position ‘not very realistic’
‘You cannot see a real strategy from the British government,’ says Sigmar Gabriel.
http://www.politico.eu/article/german-foreign-minister-uk-brexit-position-not-very-realistic/

6 ways Brexit is ruining our food
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2017/08/6-ways-brexit-ruining-our-food

Brexit could leave Irish peace programme at risk, campaigners warn
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/19/brexit-leave-northern-ireland-peace-programme-jeopardy-open-britain-michel-barnier

Brexit and vehicle safety features: transport organisations issue a plea
http://road.cc/content/news/227943-brexit-and-vehicle-safety-features-transport-organisations-issue-plea


Opinion:

Brexit Britain: A United Kingdom of hate and denial
It's time for 'Leave' campaigners to acknowledge and denounce the rise of Xenophobia and Islamophobia in Brexit Britain.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/08/brexit-britain-united-kingdom-hate-denial-170815124057365.html

Pardon Me, Britain, Your Brexit Schizophrenia Is Showing
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidschrieberg1/2017/08/20/pardon-me-britain-your-brexit-schizophrenia-is-showing/#7a06e6cd2569


Special report: So much for the credibility of that lunatic professor’s claim...

BBC criticised for story about hard Brexit’s ‘£135bn annual boost’ to economy
https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/uk/bbc-criticised-main-news-story-contentious-economists-pro-brexit-claims/

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What's your end date for your stupid weekly post? March 2019?
Yawn....
For someone who boasts about his academic intelligence (he went to London south bank lol) he must be really stupid to think listing biased headlines means anything. You do realise editors choose headlines to draw attention and often tell a totally different story to the article.
Original post by james813
For someone who boasts about his academic intelligence (he went to London south bank lol) he must be really stupid to think listing biased headlines means anything. You do realise editors choose headlines to draw attention and often tell a totally different story to the article.


while i do not agree brexit is all great i do agree sometimes MSM exaggerate things and draw them out of proportion and it happens to all media (from both sides).

that was precisely why trump called the MSM fake news / fraud news.
Good work, keep it up. Although perhaps more variation in the newspaper sourced would be good instead of just the independent and guardian!
Original post by WhiteScythe
Good work, keep it up. Although perhaps more variation in the newspaper sourced would be good instead of just the independent and guardian!


Why isn't there a thumbs down for rep!
Original post by paul514
Why isn't there a thumbs down for rep!


Haha **** off you smoking piece of ****
Reply 8
Original post by paul514
Why isn't there a thumbs down for rep!


TSR think it is akin to bullying....
Original post by paul514
What's your end date for your stupid weekly post? March 2019?


Good question. That's an option. But might still drop in every now and then to revel in your misery :wink:
Original post by james813
For someone who boasts about his academic intelligence (he went to London south bank lol)


Yup, and I got a distinction and went on to have a career.

Original post by james813

[...] he must be really stupid to think listing biased headlines means anything. You do realise editors choose headlines to draw attention and often tell a totally different story to the article.


I know that is sometimes the case with your preferred sources of news (Daily Mail, Sun, etc.) but it's not common practise with respected publications. Of course I also red the article before I use them.
Original post by WhiteScythe

Good work, keep it up.



Thanks, will do.

Original post by WhiteScythe

Although perhaps more variation in the newspaper sourced would be good instead of just the independent and guardian!


Aww come on, I am making an effort! Look further down the list!
Original post by meenu89
TSR think it is akin to bullying....


I miss my eight red gems :frown:
Original post by TitanicTeutonicPhil
Yup, and I got a distinction and went on to have a career that's better than anything you dimwit can ever dream of having.



I know that is sometimes the case with your preferred sources of news (Daily Mail, Sun, etc.) but it's not common practise with respected publications. Of course I also red the article before I use them.



Yeah tell me that I'm a dimwit when you don't know me and that I read newspapers which I don't... I think that goes to prove you don't care about evidence and rely on prejudice and negativity; hence why you hate brexit.
Another week . . . another pathetic thread created by the person who routinely disparages UK citizens for their democratic decision to leave a corrupt EU and yet simultaneously continues to be utterly pi**ed off that it is happening . . . go figure !

The problem with all these infantile threads is they are just a cherry picked list of news articles. Really anything and everything he can find to support his agenda.

You have to feel sorry for the guy.

One has to wonder just how badly is he going to be financially affected by BrExit that it causes him to post weekly threads filled with hate and vitriol against BrExiteers ?! Sorry pal, but the gravy train is over.

The UK people want out of the EU and so that's what is happening. We ARE VERY PREPARED to face the difficulties, at all levels, that divorcing a belligerent partner will bring. We really don't care. We're just gonna get it done.

Deal with it !
Reply 15
We should never have had the EU referendum.

We should have had a referendum on immigration, which is the only thing people care about.
Original post by r3035
We should never have had the EU referendum.

We should have had a referendum on immigration, which is the only thing people care about.


It really isn't, but how would you control immigration without leaving a single market that allows unrestricted access for any of 500million citizens to live and work here?

If you want a trade and cooperation relationship across Europe we can have that without political union and I think it will happen after the EU collapses.
Switzerland is doing fine and so is Norway.
We need to have trade deals with the US, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, and form a CANZUK union.
Original post by james813
It really isn't, but how would you control immigration without leaving a single market that allows unrestricted access for any of 500million citizens to live and work here?

If you want a trade and cooperation relationship across Europe we can have that without political union and I think it will happen after the EU collapses.


They should never have made it a political union in the first place, none of this would be happening if it was all based on trade.
Original post by james813
Yeah tell me that I'm a dimwit when you don't know me and that I read newspapers which I don't... I think that goes to prove you don't care about evidence and rely on prejudice and negativity; hence why you hate brexit.


I judge your intelligence merely on your contributions to this thread.

Your assertion that headlines are merely attention-grabbing and misleading suggests that you do read those papers - you surely don't read any respected news outlets if you really think that.

I do care about evidence, it's the only thing I post in these weekly threads. When I include opinion, I clearly mark it as such.

I don't 'hate' Brexit, I don't hate anyone or anything actually. Hate is a very strong word and I hope I will never feel it in my life. It does things to people. I just think you lot made a huge mistake, I am showing you the effects every week, and allow myself a good bit of schadenfreude.

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