Brexit - The UK and the EU

[Grand Potentate]

Russia is provoking NATO or NATO is provoking Russia?

Kind of a chicken and egg position you laid out there.

 

[formby002]

Kind of a chicken and egg position you laid out there.

No, I don't quite understand what you are asking. Are you suggesting that Russia is provoking NATO, or vice-versa or neither.

 

[Grand Potentate]

No, I don't quite understand what you are asking. Are you suggesting that Russia is provoking NATO, or vice-versa or neither.

Or both. NATO expansion provokes Russia which in turn acts out which in turn sparks more nato expansion, etc.

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

Or both. NATO expansion provokes Russia which in turn acts out which in turn sparks more nato expansion, etc.

Putin only has himself to blame for Sweden and Finland wanting to join NATO.

If he hadn't been such a carpet munching, country destroying, nuclear threatening and unhinged, Parkinson's/cancer riddled Great Dictator, they would have been more than happy to continue with their neutral status.

Putin has and has always had tactical nuclear weapons in the Kaliningrad enclave pointing at everyone in the region. He's provoking the Western alliance.

He's a bully, a thug and has a chip on his shoulder at the level of a chav who beats somebody up because they didn't respect them i.e. fear them. He will go down in history as a toxic failure who's biggest success was bumping-off various oligarchs who had turned against him and were hiding out in England. He only as himself to blame for how the history books will record his contribution to Russian history and diminishing the nation and his Imperial ambitions.

 

[Fwiffo]

He only as himself to blame for how the history books will record his contribution to Russian history and diminishing the nation and his Imperial ambition

Who pray tell has done well in the past 100 years of Russian history? Putin to Kerensky.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Boris Johnson’s Hypocrisy on the Northern Ireland Protocol Is a New Low | naked capitalism

Boris Johnson has threatened for some time to blow up Brexit's Northern Ireland protoocol, and now he's finally set the process in motion.

www.nakedcapitalism.com

bojo not a big fan of the irish?

 

[Fwiffo]

Legislation to override Northern Ireland Protocol is within the law, Brandon Lewis insists - as opponents brand move 'disgraceful'

Brandon Lewis defended the proposals as the government prepares to publish legislation on Monday despite growing concern about the legalities of the move.

news.sky.com

Last weekend this poor person got grilled about whether the proposed measures would be legal.

 

[Grand Potentate]

‘What have we done?’: six years on, UK counts the cost of Brexit

Sectors from fishing to aviation, farming to science report being bogged down in red tape, struggling to recruit staff and racking up losses for the first time

www.theguardian.com

 

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[Grand Potentate]

Liz Truss ‘plans to loosen immigration rules to boost UK economy’

PM expected to expand shortage occupation list to help businesses fill jobs amid recession warnings

www.theguardian.com

im temped to track down that stupid cunt pimply and just to laugh in his face about this.

 

[belinmad]

Liz Truss ‘plans to loosen immigration rules to boost UK economy’

PM expected to expand shortage occupation list to help businesses fill jobs amid recession warnings

www.theguardian.com

im temped to track down that stupid cunt pimply and just to laugh in his face about this.

Yes but also please dont

 

[Dropbear]

The pound and dollar are nearly at parity, so Brit shit is now cheap as chips. Woooooo!

 

[belinmad]

The pound and dollar are nearly at parity, so Brit shit is now cheap as chips. Woooooo!

Come over get a couple of suits

 

[Dropbear]

Come over get a couple of suits

Aero just stopped charging VAT on overseas orders and are running a 10% off sale right now. The new sad pound puts the price under the $800 threshold for DHL to collect import duties. The leather jacket people were paying $1200-$1400 a year ago is now $700-$800.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Kent is still facing a post-Brexit jobs shortage

Several industries and businesses across the county say they are struggling to recruit following the government's new immigration rules

www.kentlive.news

 

[Grand Potentate]

The town where Brexit died, but hope survives - video

As Rishi Sunak's new government warns of "tough decisions" and fear spreads of new austerity, John Harris and John Domokos report from Grimsby - the former fishing town that voted overwhelmingly for Brexit.

www.theguardian.com

Only 16 minutes. It’s a good watch.

 

[doghouse]

Brits are starting to think again about Brexit as the economy slides into recession

As evidence mounts of the long-term harm being inflicted on the U.K. economy by Brexit, the government is coming under pressure to acknowledge the elephant in the room.

www.cnbc.com

oops

 

[güero]

 

[Fwiffo]

'Downton Abbey' castle halts weddings due to Brexit

Highclere Castle in southern England, where the early 20th century period drama about the lives of aristocrats and their servants was filmed, is facing a serious staffing crunch.

www.nbcnews.com

There aren't enough Britons willing to be in service to keep Lord Grantham's castle running.

"It used to host around 25 weddings with more than 100 guests a season. Weddings with around 20 guests are still possible, but are a much smaller part of a business that the owners say can cost several thousands of pounds a day to run."

 

[Grand Potentate]

Shame pimpy isn’t around to see this.