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JRPGfan on 13 December 2019
Machina said:

This night is for my nan, who died earlier this year before her vote to leave was enacted, thinking (as I did) that it was going to be overturned, her death and those of other voters like her cheered on by the more unpleasant parts of the remain campaign.

I wish she was alive to see that the games the remain side have played since 2016 have all been for nought and we will now leave. She helped to correct what she viewed as her generation's mistake to join (or more accurately, to remain; MPs took us in without a vote in the first place) in 2016. This is for you nan x

Why did she view it as a mistake? (did she ever say?)

The 1960's economy in the UK was in the dumps, and the EU helped giveing them favorable deals time and time again.
It was obviously good for jobs/economy of the nation.



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AsGryffynn on 13 December 2019

Maybe if Jezza refused to budge to the "People's Vote" drivel, they would've won. Labour got hit the most in Leave areas for a reason. Not many Labour Remain constituencies flipped compared to their Leave ones, all for pandering to the Blairites.

I'm sad for him, but happy for Britain and also Sturgeon. Sad to know she's not aware Indyref would end with Remain Scotland ejected from the EU, but without England sticking around unless they joined Ireland. 

Also, glad that Swinson got dragged. She had it coming. 



AsGryffynn on 15 December 2019
JRPGfan said:
UK trade with other nations =

EU makes up 60% of import trade, 55%+ export trade for the UK (indirect ties, and its higher than 55%).
US makes up 8% of import trade, 13% of export trade for the UK.

The EU is a huge part of trade for the UK.
I dont get why you would want to leave without a deal in place, this can cause huge impacts on the economy.

Same reason I want the US off the podium: it might be crap at the start, but depending on a single benefactor is never a good sign. I want to be able to say "well, I don't like it! F*** you!" and look for someone else. 



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Lafiel on 15 December 2019
AsGryffynn said:

Same reason I want the US off the podium: it might be crap at the start, but depending on a single benefactor is never a good sign. I want to be able to say "well, I don't like it! F*** you!" and look for someone else. 

the UK was able to say "I don't like it! F*** you!" within the EU with their veto right though

there is an argument to be made, that they might have less say over what they do outside the EU, as the future FTA will certainly necessitate that the UK implements standards the EU has agreed upon (now without them having a veto right)



JRPGfan on 15 December 2019
AsGryffynn said:
JRPGfan said:
UK trade with other nations =

EU makes up 60% of import trade, 55%+ export trade for the UK (indirect ties, and its higher than 55%).
US makes up 8% of import trade, 13% of export trade for the UK.

The EU is a huge part of trade for the UK.
I dont get why you would want to leave without a deal in place, this can cause huge impacts on the economy.

Same reason I want the US off the podium: it might be crap at the start, but depending on a single benefactor is never a good sign. I want to be able to say "well, I don't like it! F*** you!" and look for someone else. 

You realise that you cant just always go trade with other people right?
Others might not want the goods you sell, or not value them as much as your current partners do.
Also theres the logistics of it, some goods cant handle going half way around the world, if their processed in the UK, or might spoil on the trip.
This results in productiong moveing away from the UK (loss of jobs) and restructing of what it can trade/produce.

Overall its gonna have a impact, when you transition.

Thats before you have to factor in that in the EU theres alot of protections, that mean everyone that trades, do it on same terms.
In the US the UK will have to compete with lower wages, GMO crops, ect ect.

This will result in less gains pr item traded. (or lowered wages, so UK can compete)

The UK is gonna be alot poorer for its "right to choose, where it goes", because ironically the terms it had in the EU was pretty great.

Also the US had terms, when they proposed a trade deal.
From a position of strength, the US is gonna screw over the UK in any deal they make imo.

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Pyro as Bill on 17 December 2019
Bofferbrauer2 said:
Pyro as Bill said:
This was supposed to be one of the worst days in history for a PM and he just smashed the opposition.

Geoffrey Cox and Dom Cummings were supposed to be getting the chop before the day finished and yet both are on top of the world. The media and political commentators have no idea what world they're in.

This disgraceful, cowardly parliament isn't fit to sit. They have no honour.

They can try all the tricks they want. These Turkeys can't stop time and unfortunately for them, Christmas is Coming.

Once Boris wins the election, all the remainer bullshit will be repealed and Tony Blair's silly little court will be smashed so we can go back to real English Law instead of the meme judges and their brooches.

Now that's a big "if". And an even bigger if is to get any kind of majority with about 30% of the votes and some additional 10-15% from the Brexit party and DUP. The Tories rose to high 30's after Johnson got elected but are coming crashing down since he humiliated himself in Luxembourg, his failed Prorogation, not being able to win any votes in Parliament...

I do agree that the UK will leave without a Deal - but that's all due to being totally headless right now and no direction has a majority. Not No Deal (Tories and Brexit Party, maybe DUP), not Corbyn and his own version of a deal, not remain (LibDems, SNP, Sinn Fein, Green, Plaid Cymru). And a new election will just make it worse and solve nothing, as both the big parties loose a lot while the smaller ones win quite a bit, making the balance of powers even more even than they were before. So, still headless, still unable to do anything, let alone bring the country forward. It just brings the UK out of the EU since nobody is there to make a deal or get it through parliament since it's so fractured on the theme of Brexit.

All the things the media/political analysts thought hurt Boris actually boosted him.

It's been clear since October that Boris was going to get a huge majority.



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Pyro as Bill on 17 December 2019



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AsGryffynn on 20 December 2019
JRPGfan said:
AsGryffynn said:

Same reason I want the US off the podium: it might be crap at the start, but depending on a single benefactor is never a good sign. I want to be able to say "well, I don't like it! F*** you!" and look for someone else. 

You realise that you cant just always go trade with other people right?
Others might not want the goods you sell, or not value them as much as your current partners do.
Also theres the logistics of it, some goods cant handle going half way around the world, if their processed in the UK, or might spoil on the trip.
This results in productiong moveing away from the UK (loss of jobs) and restructing of what it can trade/produce.

Overall its gonna have a impact, when you transition.

Thats before you have to factor in that in the EU theres alot of protections, that mean everyone that trades, do it on same terms.
In the US the UK will have to compete with lower wages, GMO crops, ect ect.

This will result in less gains pr item traded. (or lowered wages, so UK can compete)

The UK is gonna be alot poorer for its "right to choose, where it goes", because ironically the terms it had in the EU was pretty great.

Also the US had terms, when they proposed a trade deal.
From a position of strength, the US is gonna screw over the UK in any deal they make imo.

The idea was that trade partners would only constitute an small part of trade, so that if one partner was unfavorable, you could just swap them with another one with little effect. In other words, many small partners instead of monolithic trading blocks.