| What a silly idea 13:05 - May 20 with 7332 views | HARRY10 |
Some bright spark has come up with the idea of having a system where you and goods can move around most of Europe freely.
No costly insurance or checks at the borders, in fact any borders. Goods going either way won't even have to pay any tax. And there's a guarantee that everything from food to electrical goods will be safe.
Imagine the restrictions and delays being lifted. Exporters could move back to the UK. The City could begin to recover the billions it has lost in trade, fishermen could get back to work as could any number of small businesses who export to Europe.
It would be for UK residents what the Berlin Wall coming down was for East Germans. A lifting of the gloom and failure that has descended upon the country.
Silly idea though, it might suit those foreign johnnies over the water, but we should be concentrating on sealing up the Channel Tunnel and looking inward a bit more.
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| What a silly idea on 13:13 - May 20 with 3526 views | J2BLUE |
It would be for UK residents what the Berlin Wall coming down was for East Germans.
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| What a silly idea on 13:15 - May 20 with 3501 views | jeera |
It'll never catch on. |  |
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| What a silly idea on 13:39 - May 20 with 3405 views | Oldsmoker |
| What a silly idea on 13:15 - May 20 by jeera |
It'll never catch on. |
It might do if we brand it properly.
The Great British European Union seems to be in line with current thinking. |  |
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| What a silly idea on 14:57 - May 20 with 3267 views | HARRY10 |
| What a silly idea on 13:13 - May 20 by J2BLUE |
It would be for UK residents what the Berlin Wall coming down was for East Germans.
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No queues at the borders
No Customs checks
No taxes charged
No lengthy delays
No restriction on time spent/living in Europe
No restriction on taking pets
No restriction on working in Europe
The Berlin wall was put up to control the free movement of Germans in East Berlin, Brexit has put up regulatory barriers to control the free movement of UK citizens
It too will fall.................speed the day | | | |
| What a silly idea on 15:08 - May 20 with 3240 views | Oldsmoker |
| What a silly idea on 14:57 - May 20 by HARRY10 |
No queues at the borders
No Customs checks
No taxes charged
No lengthy delays
No restriction on time spent/living in Europe
No restriction on taking pets
No restriction on working in Europe
The Berlin wall was put up to control the free movement of Germans in East Berlin, Brexit has put up regulatory barriers to control the free movement of UK citizens
It too will fall.................speed the day |
Here's a story from a wine importer.
It's just bottles of wine so you'd think it wouldn't involve too much seeing as before Brexit you could drive a van over to France, load up at the Calais Cash 'n' Carry warehouse and drive it back - no paperwork involved.
https://westcountrybylines.co.uk/i-only-want-all-people-to-really-know-the-reali | |
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| What a silly idea on 15:25 - May 20 with 3185 views | J2BLUE |
| What a silly idea on 14:57 - May 20 by HARRY10 |
No queues at the borders
No Customs checks
No taxes charged
No lengthy delays
No restriction on time spent/living in Europe
No restriction on taking pets
No restriction on working in Europe
The Berlin wall was put up to control the free movement of Germans in East Berlin, Brexit has put up regulatory barriers to control the free movement of UK citizens
It too will fall.................speed the day |
There should have been a vote on the final deal. I think you've missed the boat for a decade or so. | |
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| What a silly idea on 15:26 - May 20 with 3179 views | Herbivore |
| What a silly idea on 15:25 - May 20 by J2BLUE |
There should have been a vote on the final deal. I think you've missed the boat for a decade or so. |
It's your fault. |  |
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| What a silly idea on 15:31 - May 20 with 3149 views | J2BLUE |
| What a silly idea on 15:26 - May 20 by Herbivore |
It's your fault. |
I own it. Although i'm less bothered when I see someone like Ursula von der Leyen in power to be honest. | |
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| What a silly idea on 15:38 - May 20 with 3133 views | MattinLondon |
| What a silly idea on 15:31 - May 20 by J2BLUE |
I own it. Although i'm less bothered when I see someone like Ursula von der Leyen in power to be honest. |
Isn’t she still an upgrade compared to who is currently PM? |  | | |
| What a silly idea on 15:40 - May 20 with 3129 views | footers |
| What a silly idea on 15:38 - May 20 by MattinLondon |
Isn’t she still an upgrade compared to who is currently PM? |
Mad when you think about it, innit. Eight billion people in the world and who do we select to lead our countries? johnson, Trump, Bolsonaro, Netanyahu, Modi, the list goes on. If this is the best humanity's got, then I want out. |  |
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| What a silly idea on 15:41 - May 20 with 3123 views | Herbivore |
| What a silly idea on 15:31 - May 20 by J2BLUE |
I own it. Although i'm less bothered when I see someone like Ursula von der Leyen in power to be honest. |
Mate, have you seen who we've got in charge? | |
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| What a silly idea on 15:46 - May 20 with 3098 views | J2BLUE |
| What a silly idea on 15:41 - May 20 by Herbivore |
Mate, have you seen who we've got in charge? |
In the EU we'd have both of them. | |
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| What a silly idea on 15:49 - May 20 with 3078 views | SpruceMoose |
| What a silly idea on 15:46 - May 20 by J2BLUE |
In the EU we'd have both of them. |
And a say over both of them. |  |
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"Imagine being a heterosexual white male in Britain at this moment. How bad is that. Everything you say is racist, everything you say is homophobic. The Woke community have really f****d this country." | | Poll: | Selectamod |
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| What a silly idea on 15:51 - May 20 with 3081 views | MattinLondon |
| What a silly idea on 15:40 - May 20 by footers |
Mad when you think about it, innit. Eight billion people in the world and who do we select to lead our countries? johnson, Trump, Bolsonaro, Netanyahu, Modi, the list goes on. If this is the best humanity's got, then I want out. |
Says a lot about the countries that eject them - the public gets what the public wants.
Absolute idiots. | | | |
| What a silly idea on 15:54 - May 20 with 3057 views | SpruceMoose |
| What a silly idea on 15:51 - May 20 by MattinLondon |
Says a lot about the countries that eject them - the public gets what the public wants.
Absolute idiots. |
That's why I reject this nonsense about us being where we are because some Very Real Concerns were ignored by lefties.
We are where we are because more people than we want to admit are just fundamentally nasty, vindictive and small.
Show me an empathetic, thoughtful, kind, community concerned citizen who voted for Trump or Johnson and I will show you my shiny metal bollox. [Post edited 20 May 2021 15:56]
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"Imagine being a heterosexual white male in Britain at this moment. How bad is that. Everything you say is racist, everything you say is homophobic. The Woke community have really f****d this country." | | Poll: | Selectamod |
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| What a silly idea on 16:07 - May 20 with 3032 views | factual_blue |
| What a silly idea on 13:13 - May 20 by J2BLUE |
It would be for UK residents what the Berlin Wall coming down was for East Germans.
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You voted for the Berlin Wall. |  |
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| What a silly idea on 16:10 - May 20 with 3013 views | footers |
| What a silly idea on 16:07 - May 20 by factual_blue |
You voted for the Berlin Wall. |
What a great day that was when Mr Hasselhoff finally freed the peoples of East Germany.
God bless that man. | |
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| What a silly idea on 16:12 - May 20 with 3006 views | HARRY10 |
| What a silly idea on 15:25 - May 20 by J2BLUE |
There should have been a vote on the final deal. I think you've missed the boat for a decade or so. |
err, no
Having a populace so stupid that it still bleated out obvious lies after 4 years was never going to grasp reasoned thought and vote accordingly.
My view now and around 2019 was the only way a stake could be driven through the monster of brexit was to let it roam free a few nights, terrorising the village. In this case not so much Count Dracula, as Cnt Farage.
The OP was to contrast where we are now, to where the thickos kept claiming we would be. Theirs was a talk of freedom, and improved conditions - whereas the reality was always going to be one of restrictions and loss. | | | |
| What a silly idea on 16:27 - May 20 with 2957 views | J2BLUE |
| What a silly idea on 16:12 - May 20 by HARRY10 |
err, no
Having a populace so stupid that it still bleated out obvious lies after 4 years was never going to grasp reasoned thought and vote accordingly.
My view now and around 2019 was the only way a stake could be driven through the monster of brexit was to let it roam free a few nights, terrorising the village. In this case not so much Count Dracula, as Cnt Farage.
The OP was to contrast where we are now, to where the thickos kept claiming we would be. Theirs was a talk of freedom, and improved conditions - whereas the reality was always going to be one of restrictions and loss. |
And is it working? | |
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| What a silly idea on 16:32 - May 20 with 2942 views | BlueBadger |
| What a silly idea on 15:54 - May 20 by SpruceMoose |
That's why I reject this nonsense about us being where we are because some Very Real Concerns were ignored by lefties.
We are where we are because more people than we want to admit are just fundamentally nasty, vindictive and small.
Show me an empathetic, thoughtful, kind, community concerned citizen who voted for Trump or Johnson and I will show you my shiny metal bollox. [Post edited 20 May 2021 15:56]
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Ah now, [redacted], [redacted] and [redacted] are very hot on people not saying and doing Howwid Things, unless said Howwid Things are being said or done to people who have chosen, of their own volition to be non-white, poor, LGBTQ, foreign or women. [Post edited 20 May 2021 16:42]
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| What a silly idea on 16:55 - May 20 with 2889 views | Leaky |
You mean the same system agreed by the EU in 1990. However we managed quite well in the common market before 1990. Get over it we have left the EU. |  | | |
| What a silly idea on 16:56 - May 20 with 2876 views | Herbivore |
| What a silly idea on 16:40 - May 20 by Ryorry |
The most depressing thing about this is that our education system is at least partially to blame - and of course who's been in charge of that ...
So chicken & egg - where do you start?  |
The Tories don't want a well educated public, it wouldn't serve them well. | |
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| What a silly idea on 16:58 - May 20 with 2866 views | BlueBadger |
| What a silly idea on 16:55 - May 20 by Leaky |
You mean the same system agreed by the EU in 1990. However we managed quite well in the common market before 1990. Get over it we have left the EU. |
I'm sure our fisherman and exporters are finding their patriotism and blue passport sandwiches delicious. | |
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| What a silly idea on 17:04 - May 20 with 2855 views | Leaky |
| What a silly idea on 16:56 - May 20 by Herbivore |
The Tories don't want a well educated public, it wouldn't serve them well. |
We had a welleducated public, untill politicians got involved. they then decided that everyone needed a uuniversity education. Since then we have a shotage of apprenice trained skilled workforce. We now have a situation where skilled worker's are served by bar staff & waiters with a degree. | | | |
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