…Curiously, those same ‘experts’ didn’t flag up such purported risks associated with Scotland leaving the EU and the UK without a deal four years ago; and Scottish independence would have inevitably been a no-deal exit from both.
The EU, and for that matter the rest of the UK, could not have negotiated any kind of trade arrangement with Scotland until it became a sovereign state – that is, until it was already out of the UK and thus out of the EU.
Yet no one suggested, as they now suggest about Brexit, that ‘no deal’ would mean the imposition of a blockade. Not even the most ardent unionists warned of plagues of super-gonorrhea and of Prime Ministers being deprived of insulin.
Why not? The answer says a lot about the true nature of the EU and its attitudes to Britain, which are very different from English attitudes to Scotland
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So either no deal holds no terrors, or terrors have to be confronted, as we once confronted Napoleon. Defending our independence, and by extension that of every European people, from an historically vengeful European Empire is worth more than a container-load of Brie.
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Whinging Spongers we don’t need or want, but pay for
Asylum seekers who have survived torture in their home countries are being forced to live in filthy, vermin-ridden, damp properties, an official report suggests.
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There were also long delays in getting repairs done. One new mother had to wait a month for someone to assemble a cot for her new baby, while others waited two weeks for a light bulb to be changed.
Forced? Really? They are free to leave if they don’t like it – they’ve obviously proved they can do that.
Assemble your cot yourself you lazy cow. Change your own damned lightbulbs.
Where’s JuliaM’s tiny violin?
Steve
OT, Nadine Dorries seems to be one of only a handful of Tory MP’s who realise (or care) that Theresa May’s disastrous leadership is setting us up for our own Venezuela-style regime:
“others waited two weeks for a light bulb to be changed.”
These are foreigners, aren’t they?
I’ve rented in several countries & the only one I’m aware of, you get provided with light bulbs, is the UK. It’s not even unusual to not get light fittings to screw them into. Just two wires hanging from the ceiling.
Someone’s taking the piss here & it probably wasn’t the whatevers.
Surreptitious Evil
If Nadine (no, really, I’m not utterly three stops past Plaistow, and I’ll sue you if you can prove it) Dorries is the voice of something vaguely approaching reason, then we’ve crossed the imbecility event horizon.
Steve
Strange times, SE.
Pcar
OT Fact – Not Friction : Exploding the myths of leaving the Customs Union
A joint publication from the European Research Group and Global Britain
Chris Miller
When one of my lightbulbs pops, no-one from the gummint has ever offered to come round and change it for me. My submission to the ECHR is already on its way.
Martin
Is the lightbulb contracted to be fitted only by authorised people?
Roué le Jour
Dennis the Peasant
Are you misremembering this popular meme?
Rule 1: [fill in the blank]
Rule 2: There are no exceptions to rule 1
Rule 3: When in doubt, see rule 2
As a “migrant” in Thailand I am “forced” to live in whatever I can afford. If I can’t afford anything the government will provide this accommodation.
This is what happens when the only market is the black market.
You call the Bolivar “toilet paper money”, but you can’t actually buy toilet paper with it.
I blame Trump.
DtP – Not Fatcha?
Nope.
Rule 1: Always blame the Republican for anything that happens anywhere.
Rule 2: See Rule 1.
OT – Good article
Where were the Brexit [style] no deal warnings during the Scottish independence debate?
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Whinging Spongers we don’t need or want, but pay for
Refugees are being forced to live in filthy homes in the UK like the homes the left, official report finds
Forced? Really? They are free to leave if they don’t like it – they’ve obviously proved they can do that.
Assemble your cot yourself you lazy cow. Change your own damned lightbulbs.
Where’s JuliaM’s tiny violin?
OT, Nadine Dorries seems to be one of only a handful of Tory MP’s who realise (or care) that Theresa May’s disastrous leadership is setting us up for our own Venezuela-style regime:
https://order-order.com/2018/11/21/nadine-dorries-blasts-handful-ergers-mammoth-whatsapp-message/
“others waited two weeks for a light bulb to be changed.”
These are foreigners, aren’t they?
I’ve rented in several countries & the only one I’m aware of, you get provided with light bulbs, is the UK. It’s not even unusual to not get light fittings to screw them into. Just two wires hanging from the ceiling.
Someone’s taking the piss here & it probably wasn’t the whatevers.
If Nadine (no, really, I’m not utterly three stops past Plaistow, and I’ll sue you if you can prove it) Dorries is the voice of something vaguely approaching reason, then we’ve crossed the imbecility event horizon.
Strange times, SE.
OT Fact – Not Friction : Exploding the myths of leaving the Customs Union
A joint publication from the European Research Group and Global Britain
When one of my lightbulbs pops, no-one from the gummint has ever offered to come round and change it for me. My submission to the ECHR is already on its way.
Is the lightbulb contracted to be fitted only by authorised people?
Dennis the Peasant
Are you misremembering this popular meme?
Rule 1: [fill in the blank]
Rule 2: There are no exceptions to rule 1
Rule 3: When in doubt, see rule 2
As a “migrant” in Thailand I am “forced” to live in whatever I can afford. If I can’t afford anything the government will provide this accommodation.
Nope. Made my own.
Fairy Nuff.