EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

The reason it became such a popular running gag is because it was, briefly, very funny. It's just been overdone recently (mea culpa, too). If we give it a rest, it might resolve itself again. :)

If you could just let me know when it's been resolved I'd appreciate it.

Of course not, it's T*** K***. It's marginally less pathetic than the constantly changing username.

Hmm. How is a changing username in any way pathetic or causing anyone else issue? There's no attempt at impersonation. This place would be poorer without TK.

Why should she not change her username as often as she wants to? And what @hoefla said.

If you want to track her current username, check here:

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/14975125/

:)

Has this ever been funny?

Has this been resolved yet?

My experience of TK, and I'm not alone in this, has been a mixture of dreary passive-aggressive behaviour and insensitive/aggressive behaviour (e.g. the Memes thread, where his/her pattern was constant criticism of what other people posted and very little contribution of their own). The name changing went from very occasional to almost constant only after a whole serious of people called him/her out for shit behaviour, after which the pattern changed but didn't improve. TK quite possibly entered more block lists than any other forumenger ever, in a very short time.

The tedious repetition on this thread of a "joke" that clearly irritates many more people than it amuses is hardly evidence of value. The grim resolution to repeat it when this has been spelt out is entirely characteristic. It makes Scoble look empathic in comparison. "Here's a thread where most contributors feel much more strongly about the topic than usual. How can I contribute? I know, I'll be a fucking irritant."

#savage

Well, I haven't noticed anything like that, but then, I've got the memes thread safely on ignore.

But yes, the 'resolved' joke really needs a rest now. I mean, just look at this:

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/15097019/

:)

One couldn't resist...

FWIW I agree about TK, she can dish it out but can't take it when it comes back... Boooooooring >>>>>>>>>>>>>

The only forum member I have ever put on ignore.

I like TK. Watching you lot get super-salty over a bit of benign moaning in the memes thread, in a forum known for its moaning!, is top lols.

Don't make me pull the TK meme out of the cupboard, Bothers!!! 🤪

What's the TK meme? The TilesKitchen meme?

Don't let us distract you from your Mrs Brown's Boys binge-watching.

#iStandWithTKsaladd

Pft. When was the last time you pulled a meme out of anywhere, you massive slacker?

Gove's announcements yesterday that we will have the full range of customs checks shouldn't be a surprise - that was nailed on since 2017 when we ruled out CU and SM.

However, it seems to have been taken by many as a surprise - which is hard to find fault with as we still don't see the massive infrastructure projects at every channel crossing that would be required to actually do the checks required, and the associated hiring and training of customs agents, border staff, and the procurement of suitable IT systems to support all of this.

Which has to lead to the conclusion that this is all piss and wind, and the U turn on a transition extension is already baked in.

Which then leads to the question of whether Johnson will be able to rely on Labour votes to change the law in early summer to allow him to ask for said transition, or whether we are on for another GE in August after Johnson is ousted by the ERG in the fight over the transition extension.

Finally, will we be having a new Queens speech at the same time as desperately trying to find a new legal vehicle that would allow a transition extension to work, given that (amongst many others) Pascal Lamy has stated that once A50 expires there is simply no legal framework that could allow transition to be extended?

From an EU perspective making our current transition period the status-quo up until the next budget cycle in (I think) 2027 would be a result - we pay in, nothing changes, but they never have to see another Brexit party MEP shitting themselves in the European Parliament.

From our side there are very significant problems with this - we actually end up in the situation that Brexists told we we were in before we left, all of the duties, none of the power. Literally a rule taker, where before we were one of the more influential members (although out of the Euro we were never going to be at the top table).

It's looking possible that the Brexists have engineered entry into the situation that they told us we were in, and had us vote to escape.

Still, as long as we don't change the off-shore tax regulations they can find solace with their money I suppose.

It would be lulz if Labour would vote down the extension, let the UK crash out and watch the place go tits up with a "Hey any Brexit was ok right?" but since they will get the blame then, even though Brexit wasn't their idea, and aren't total sociopaths they won't.

It will now all depend on how well the Tories will deal with domestic issues, and a mess next year won't help them there either.

In a way, it will make re-entry more possible if they have to extend and have to stick to the rules...

Crikey. I haven't really been following recently - gotta admit I've kind of got a bit bored with it all and I'd rather get on with my life at the moment. Plus I'm living in France and there's not much I can really influence/do about it all from here.... So reading your post gives me some pause for thought, and a bunch of questions.

• Is what you say about Johnson potentially U-turning (again) in the summer a realistic scenario?

• What's the viewpoint like from outside the London/SE bubble?

• I'm vaguely thinking of coming back to the UK to do some (at least part-time) work... should I hold off on that, or should I continue with that idea?

Ok, so the last one isn't really Brexit related, it's a very personal thing. But I'm finding it hard to really judge the atmosphere at the moment, or the potential political realities.

Also, I have to say that the political future doesn't seem any/much brighter in France than it does in Blighty: Macron has taking a hammering in recent months (having already been pretty unpopular) and lots of people talk about the fact that come the next election, we're quite likely to be seeing a resurgence of the extreme Right (again) - with a probably more decent chance of getting into power than they've ever had in living memory. Scary.

Johnson put an EU customs border between constituent parts of the UK rather than go for no-deal, despite saying he'd rather be dead in a ditch than do that.

There are no serious preparations being made for leaving at the end of this year - and there's no time, now, to prepare.

It's all inference and extrapolation, but some things are compelling - the total lack of frantic construction at Dover being one of them.

Radio 4 was talking to a vet/expert in animal products import export requirements this morning, they were aware and prepared for checks and documentation required for exports but not for imports. No infrastructure, no staff, not enough capacity to train this non-existent staff for checking and documentation of animal product, these are all required to be trained vets as well. It's almost as if no-one has really thought about this!

I love how Australia style deal is now code for no deal.