Archive link for those of us in the customs union.
Uh oh 😳. It’s Wes Streeting whom we all hate because of NHS. But he wants us to rejoin the Custom’s Union. Fuck! How do we choose? Will it be a path to rejoining or will it be in fighting and dogma? 🫠😜.
I don’t know how they came up with their numbers but media outlets seem to be confident quoting their figures. Also I found this written by a Tory who was an MP and is now in the House of Lords:
If I were to see news articles saying that Brexit is having a fantastically positive effect on the British economy then maybe I’ll look at Brexit as being somewhat beneficial. But I haven’t seen that. Also like I said, I think having close ties with Europe can have some benefits beyond just easing international trade. It means Europe together can stand up against big countries who dislike Europe and want to harm Europe.
Maybe we won’t agree though. I guess you think Brexit is going to be a good thing for the UK in the long-term? I guess I’m not so convinced about that.
Yes, another bullshit doppleganger model commissioned by a politician. Maybe investigate this crap before posting it as fact. Meanwhile the UK is still performing exactly the same as its real dopplegangers, France and Germany.
The benefit of leaving the EU is being out of the environmental disasters that are the common agriculture and fishing policies, not whether Doris from Devon can still sell 4 pieces of cheese a week.
0.29% of UK companies stopped exporting. Big deal.
If you think the EU is an environmental disaster then you could argue for the EU to have better environmental policies, rather than argue for the UK to stay out of the EU. Just like if you disagree with some UK legislation then you could campaign for that legislation to change, rather than argue that the UK should be broken up.
@moderatecentrist @Flisty On the latter issue, some of us in the UK will never be given a chance to vote that the dUK should be regularised….
Within the UK, with some limitations, countries have equal codes. Within the UK only England matters.
Scots did of course have a referendum regarding Scottish membership of the UK, and I think Scots should be able to have such a vote again. Maybe votes like that should be held on a regular basis, to make politics more democratic.
@moderatecentrist Maybe the England could as well? But there will always be an issue with a system where the largest country can dominate any conversation. Media included.
@Wen @moderatecentrist although I am grateful for Scotland/Wales still being in the UK because without them the HoC would be Tory all the time (not that that’s a good reason to stay)
@Wen @moderatecentrist can’t say the same for NI. Wonder what would have happened with the Theresa May Brexit situation if Arlene Foster weren’t such a lunatic.
@Flisty @moderatecentrist The Limp Dems have a certain blame to shoulder a few years before though
@Flisty @moderatecentrist There were enough English Labour MPs at the last election as usual though 😬
It’s corrupt and subject to political capture. It’s beyond reform
https://www.politico.eu/article/copa-cogeca-farmering-lobby-europe/
We are out now and have replaced it.
European countries are some of the least corrupt in the world so I imagine the EU is probably not very corrupt compared to countries outside Europe.
Anyway I guess we’re not going to agree. If you want the UK to remain out of the EU, I think that’s a valid opinion. I think that ties with Europe can benefit the UK although I recognise it’s unlikely that the government will make any steps towards rejoining the EU any time soon.
It’s not just the corrupt CAP. It’s the piss poor implementation of policies that wasted our ENTIRE net contribution to the last budget we paid into.
65 fucking billion.
https://wilderness-society.org/eu-agricultural-policy-cap-fails-to-protect-biodiversity/
I don’t know lots about the CAP to be honest. Anyway I guess we will just have different views on the EU. There probably are lots of flaws to the EU but I like the idea of Europe working together in principle.
You should. It takes the largest share of the EU budget. We could be helping Ukraine, not wealthy landowners.
I like the idea, but reality is reality.
At least with an oil company you can trust they will be cunts.
The EU is supposed to be better. It isn’t.
https://www.pan-europe.info/press-releases/2025/10/complaint-european-ombudsman-eu-commission-deceives-citizens-flawed-figures