The Brexit Thread

[f2wohf]

The headline isn’t quite as you’ve written, better to keep facts straight

Which is why my sentence ends with a ?

 

[Dave]

Which is why my sentence ends with a ?

Doesn’t change the fact you’ve altered the substance of the headline.

PS (not criticism, just curious)
Why do you leave the space between the last word and question mark?

 

[The_Assimilator]

Doesn’t change the fact you’ve altered the substance of the headline.

PS (not criticism, just curious)
Why do you leave the space between the last word and question mark?

He's French, leave him alone

 

[f2wohf]

Doesn’t change the fact you’ve altered the substance of the headline.

PS (not criticism, just curious)
Why do you leave the space between the last word and question mark?

That’s how it’s written in french, hence how my autocorrect puts it !

I don’t do it when on my laptop but on the phone I forget.

 

[Dave]

That’s how it’s written in french, hence how my autocorrect puts it !

Thanks, counts for the ! as well?

 

[f2wohf]

Thanks, counts for the ! as well?

Yes, the dots, commas and hyphens are attached to the word before but not ! and ?

 

[Hamish McPanji]

That’s how it’s written in french, hence how my autocorrect puts it !

I don’t do it when on my laptop but on the phone I forget.

No wonder the Brits wanted to escape

 

[f2wohf]

No wonder the Brits wanted to escape

I feel for them.

Communicating must have been horrendous, having to bear the french accent when speaking and the space before ? and ! when written was definitely too much.

I’m surprised à (the accent is there on purpose) diplomatic incident was not the outcome !

 

[f2wohf]

Round 1: EU won.

The settlement would have been agreed and would be between 45 and 55 billion euros depending on the methodology used.

Next negotiation items: ECJ and Ireland.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/28/exclusive-britain-eu-agree-brexit-divorce-bill/

https://www.ft.com/content/cabf22e2-d462-11e7-8c9a-d9c0a5c8d5c9

 

[The_Assimilator]

Round 1: EU won.

The settlement would have been agreed and would be between 45 and 55 billion euros depending on the methodology used.

Next negotiation items: ECJ and Ireland.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/28/exclusive-britain-eu-agree-brexit-divorce-bill/

https://www.ft.com/content/cabf22e2-d462-11e7-8c9a-d9c0a5c8d5c9

Non-paywalled: https://www.theguardian.com/politic...ree-brexit-divorce-bill-that-could-reach-57bn

Even if we go for a low number, say £42bn, that's three years' worth of that extra £350m/week promised to the NHS by the Brexit liars.

Maybe they are expecting Nigel Farage to pull that money out of his massive anus? Or his mouth? (I get confused because those orifices serve the same purpose on him.)

 

[Dave]

£42bn is only three years' worth of that extra £350m/week that was promised to the NHS by the Brexit liars. Maybe they are expecting Nigel Farage to pull that money out of his massive anus? Or his mouth? (I get confused because those orifices serve the same purpose on him.)

You can’t make such an untrue statement about Nigel Farage!!!










There’s far more schit coming out of his mouth than his anus...

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Even if we go for a low number, say £42bn, that's three years' worth of that extra £350m/week promised to the NHS by the Brexit liars.

Maybe they are expecting Nigel Farage to pull that money out of his massive anus? Or his mouth? (I get confused because those orifices serve the same purpose on him.)

Farage didn't make any of those NHS promises, might want to check your facts ...

and you can hardly blame anyone on the Brexit side for the current negotiation team's concessions. The divorce bill can be zero, it is very simple: just refuse to pay. If you choose to pay in order to negotiate some other issues, well that is on you.

 

[The_Assimilator]

Farage didn't make any of those NHS promises, might want to check your facts ...

Eh... Farage, Johnson, Gove... they're all the same interchangeable idiot.

and you can hardly blame anyone on the Brexit side for the current negotiation team's concessions. The divorce bill can be zero, it is very simple: just refuse to pay. If you choose to pay in order to negotiate some other issues, well that is on you.

Ah, now I understand the conservative mindset: you can never suffer a loss or setback if you simply move the goal posts every time you suffer a loss or setback.

 

[buka001]

Farage didn't make any of those NHS promises, might want to check your facts ...

and you can hardly blame anyone on the Brexit side for the current negotiation team's concessions. The divorce bill can be zero, it is very simple: just refuse to pay. If you choose to pay in order to negotiate some other issues, well that is on you.

I get your point, I surmise the negotiators have had a dose of realism and are aware that they need to carry out a series of very lengthy negotiations with many countries with diverse interests and competing goals.

Be a difficult negotiation when you walk in with a history of renegading on your obligations from previous treaties you were bound to.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Eh... Farage, Johnson, Gove... they're all the same interchangeable idiot

That's a lazy categorization. They have very different takes on the topic and can each be held accountable for things they actually had a hand in.

Ah, now I understand the conservative mindset: you can never suffer a loss or setback if you simply move the goal posts every time you suffer a loss or setback.

More accurately: you can never be blamed for someone else's loss or setback

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

I get your point, I surmise the negotiators have had a dose of realism and are aware that they need to carry out a series of very lengthy negotiations with many countries with diverse interests and competing goals.

Be a difficult negotiation when you walk in with a history of renegading on your obligations from previous treaties you were bound to.

Not disagreeing, I'm not a fan of their actions, but I can understand that the negotiators might see value in/a need to be making concessions. They should be held accountable for those concessions though.

 

[f2wohf]

The divorce bill can be zero, it is very simple: just refuse to pay. If you choose to pay in order to negotiate some other issues, well that is on you.

No, the claims would be that they would get better trade agreements, access to the single market, all of it WITHOUT paying any bill.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

No, the claims would be that they would get better trade agreements, access to the single market, all of it WITHOUT paying any bill.

If anyone involved in the negotiations made such claims, hang them high.
If anyone made such claims without being involved in the negotiations, they remain entirely blameless, they're not involved.

 

[The_Assimilator]

And the crying begins as the idiots realise that playing stupid games win stupid prizes.

Tory hardliners could vote against Brexit deal over £50bn divorce bill

Theresa May has been put on notice by hardline Conservative Eurosceptics that they could be prepared to vote against her final Brexit deal if the UK continues to pay the £50bn divorce bill for years to come or does not get good trade terms.

A group of Tory MPs are unhappy about the scale of the proposed sum and believe leaving on World Trade Organisation terms would be better, meaning the prime minister might have to rely on Labour support to get parliament’s approval for a final deal before March 2019.

...

Brussels sources rejected any linkage between the Brexit bill and the final trade deal, suggesting the UK will be disappointed in the belief that it will only have to pay the money if the trade terms are good enough.

 

[f2wohf]