Brexit mega thread part 10 : what's the (s)tory? Incompetence, tax evasion, dodgy loans and economic free fall...nothing to see here...check out those sunlit uploands!

[Chevyimpala67]

Part 10 of our long running thread.
I'm still putting my money on a spring GE.
The tory slash and burn of the UK is right on track.
Bon chance my friends!

Re Sturgeon and the NSP… MPs and MSPs are required to toe the party line rather than represent their constituents' interests

yes, I’ve this as well from colleagues in Scotland. My response to that was it’s disappointing but not surprising to hear that Sturgeon is like every other political leader demanding MPs toe the party line rather than represent their constituents interest right from the Tories (Brexit being the biggest) to Labour (with the .01 women with a penis) to Greens to Lib Dems (remember student tuition fees) etc.

She is a good communicator and that’s certainly different from Boris Peppa Pig Johnson who can read an autocue but that’s it, and she seemed to take early steps to manage the pandemic before Boris shake everybody’s hands Johnson.

But you are misreading, and getting needlessly angry about, comments here. Including mine. For the record, I am not gung ho about Scotland leaving 🤔 If you see what I wrote, I said that I’d be sorry to see Scotland leave the UK.

And no I don’t think that the police raids are just one of those unfortunate events that happens to parties sometimes It’d be disappointing but again not surprising to hear that Sturgeon and/or her husband mismanaged or expropriated party funds etc. I meant what I said ie that she knew what was coming and stepped down quickly.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/16/uk-at-risk-of-food-safety-expert-warns

Many years ago, I attended a "Cameron Direct" (with a young person) at a local school.

It was obvious that he was completely floored by the fact that no one wanted to talk about what he did, and everyone wanted to talk about immigrants. In some very colourful terms that he (to his credit) strongly criticised.

Finally, he got to talk about what he wanted - the NHS. Very first question was from an EU national who asked why they should bother being an anaesthetist in the UK if no one wanted them.

This was 2008.

Young person came away concluding Cameron was "full of shit".

Somewhere there is a video of that, as they were all videoed. But this one never made it to the CCHQ website however, here's another random one.

Lest we forget

It’s probably good for him they didn’t ask questions. He’d probably only end up saying he liked Mexican coke again.

Please can the next thread title include pointythings’s highly accurate ‘jacuzzi of shit’ reference for the current state of affairs in the UK just because it really made me laugh

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/eurostar-scraps-direct-trains-disneyland-paris-b1021732.html

"Moreover, we operate in an uncertain border environment. As we follow the evolution of the entry/exit system (EES) offered by the EU, we want to focus our efforts on providing a reliable service with an experience that meets our customers’ expectations.”

The irony that Brexit has stopped direct trains from Brexit Britain to a theme park dedicated to a fantasy land will be lost on Brexiteers.

More winning

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/apr/17/jim-ratcliffe-ineos-electric-grenadier-austria

And more

Brexit a big factor in companies snubbing London for New York, says senior economist

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-companies-snub-london-new-york-b1074488.html

Brexshitter: "DOn't They KnOw WhO wE are???"

https://leftfootforward.org/2023/04/more-brits-believe-earth-is-flat-than-think-brexit-is-going-very-well-poll-shows/

For your edification and enjoyment. The control of the leadership over the SNP goes way way beyond what the Whips do at Westminster.
The SNP is now an idiocracy | RobinMcAlpine.org

The Exploding Heads nailing it yet again...

What do you reckon the overlap is between flat earthers and those who think Brexit is going very well?

and ...

And one for Louise
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I haven't seen this before

n Oct 2016, David Davis, the then Brexit secretary, told the House of Commons that “there will be no downside to Brexit at all, and considerable upsides”.

Well, today the "Davis Downside Dossier" - which records Brexit downsides - just passed 1,000:

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/regular-features/the-davis-downside-dossier/

Introduced by MNHQ after Clav and other prolific reality deniers complained they had to look at negative content.

It also allows hoovering up more click stats that can be sold to whatever political party is paying today.

Some data slice'n'dicing magic (my area of expertise) and you can tease out how far you can push inflammatory headlines and pictures before they go too far.

Politicians - putting the "anal" in analysis since the year dot.

Thanks for the explanation Serendepity, haven't encountered it before.

The chances of the UK being the next silicon valley are "zero" according to microprocessing guru and Arm founder Hauser. It's about "technology sovereignty" and "Brexit, in a way, was the biggest loss of British sovereignty since 1066".

Tough to hear, essential to listen to. ~AA

https://twitter.com/BestForBritain/status/1648626817186816000?s=20

Silicon valley ? Silicon pothole more like.

And whilst it would be nice to imagine we had finally overthrown our Norman oppressors, it's a bit of a stretch when ... (some readers may know what's coming)

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/10/last-1000-years-families-owned-england/

We do have plenty of potholes. That’s one thing.

No idea what this U.K. specific factor could be. Any ideas anyone?