Thread 21 Sunak, Return of the Numpties

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And so we continue.

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I'd be really pissed off if I were a scotish whisky producer being stuck with all that lovely brexitty red tape and extra costs while my northern irish whiskey competitors had barrier free trade.

Friend of mine has a small family business making products for a fairly niche market dominated by Germany, Austria and The Netherlands. Excluding the USA the market in the rest of the world is probably about the size of those 3 countries together and their main competitors are there. Brexit has hit them really, really hard. She would love that access but sadly Northamptonshire isn't in NI.

No 10 desperately trying to hold the line that Brexit is benefiting the UK. What is good for NI wouldn't be right for the rest of us, because the people spoke in 2016 and. ..oh I can't be bothered trying to make sense of it.

Meanwhile Gove 🤮🤢🤮has been rummaging in the skip for some ideas to recycle.

We need to, particularly after Covid, get back to an absolute rigorous focus on school attendance, on supporting children to be in school. It is often the case that it is truanting or persistent absenteeism that leads to involvement in anti-social behaviour.

So one of the ideas that we floated in the coalition years, which the Liberal Democrats rejected, is the idea that if children are persistently absent then child benefit should be stopped. I think what we do need to do is to think radically about restoring an ethic of responsibility.

So instead of looking at the underfunding & lack of resources of CAMHS, the stretched SN systems, the cutting of school budgets and the impact that has on pastoral care etc etc they decide to cut child benefit?

I'm sure Mail readers will thoroughly approve.

Goodness. That's appalling. They already redefined persistent absenteeism to include more children.

Agree.

RiP Betty

Yes I heard that on BBC4 this morning.

I actually agreed with what he proposes for NI and how it benefits them and keeping the peace is fundamental.

Shame they can't see how it benefits the rest of the UK to have the same thing.

It's a bit like GPs and the sick notes. Getting people to do their dirty Capitalist work. The whole thing relies on schools telling tales at an individual level. I can't see how that works. Or how it's GDPR compliant.

Yep.

Don't fund the services needed to support.

Cut money to those already struggling to survive and pay ever increasing bills

I missed around 50% of my secondary education due to undiagnosed autism and bullying. Not sure how financially incentivising my parents to be angry with me would have helped.

https://twitter.com/jaheale/status/1630580496370368512?s=46&t=4A4gd-RrU3ORcVb4HsX7Mw

May's reaction to Cash bringing up Maastricht

twitter.com/Exploding_Heads/status/1630552977793490946?t=maBeetEcAFrnBokAlWVXow&s=19

📞"How come Northern Ireland has access to the single market and the rest of the country doesn't?🇬🇧"

"This is the EU jealous of Brexit and punishing us for it, while Woke King Charles stands and smiles!😡"

Colin from Portsmouth wants the rest of Britain to have what NI has.

Suffering fuck....
😲

I love Exploding Heads - I have no doubt there will be a DJ somewhere receiving similar calls.

Just watched last night's Peston. Steve Baker seriously claiming the government getting this new agreement on the NI protocol is on a par with getting the Good Friday Agreement. FFS. Can't tell the difference between agreeing to something that stopped people being bombed and agreeing to import spuds without so much paperwork.

twitter.com/mattgreencomedy/status/1630623773018734606?s=46&t=4A4gd-RrU3ORcVb4HsX7Mw

One for Steve Baker.
Got Brexit Done Done.

Perhaps we need to start a campaign to become part of NI. That could work.

If the whole of the UK became NI I bet the DUP would still not be happy.

Cold War Steve

When he talks of an ethic of responsibility, does it extend as far as not having law breakers in Downing Street?

That an engenious idea. Lets start a campaign.

Well.
To point out the fucking obvious...child benefit isn't paid after a child reaches age 12

When faced with threats of fines from the EWO parents generally laugh, state they are on UC and that they can pay £2 per week

Thought it was paid to 16? 20 if in education?

Yes, that is right.