EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

Nothing wrong with that, but just a concrete example of how much of a fuck-up this whole thing is.

On that note, Pong Cheese may have to set up shop here OR not ship certain items to NI anymore, right now they ship from England.

The Blue Buck from NI is nice too, doesn't taste like a Stilton but a nice blue cheese for sure.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu/uk-pm-johnson-says-its-time-to-prepare-for-a-no-trade-deal-brexit-idUKKBN2710SU?il=0

No deal soon to be official then, unsurprisingly...

Trying to frame this as a failure of the EU isn't going to cut it, you mop-haired tw*t. Bye bye GFA; bye bye international reputation (what's left of it); bye bye businesses everywhere (of course they'll blame covid); bye bye workers' rights; bye bye food standards; bye bye Scotland in a few years...

Also, telling businesses to prepare for something that you don't understand or know what it looks like is shit advice.

Obviously I'm still on the fence on this one.

Start stockpiling people. this is going to be a monstrous shitshow

Anyone remember how we nearly had a GNU but the Labour and Lib Dem leadership were both too proud to let the other be in charge?

RIP UK

Start stockpiling people

There'll be a ridiculous bog roll black market in a few months...

Trying to frame this as a failure of the EU isn't going to cut it

Not with you but it will with a certain section of society. Mr Johnson doesn't seem to give a shit about anything other than being in power.

Current best rated comment on the Daily Mail story is "If you know what's good for you Boris...you'd better do it. Tell them WTO and then see them scramble. !!"

He has given 2 ultimatums so far and then gave in anyway. Hoping he'll do that again...

Gove blaming businesses is pure bullshit you can't prepare if you don't know what to prepare for and new custom systems aren't even in proper user testing phase for all uses....

I don't doubt it.

He has given 2 ultimatums so far and then gave in anyway

Caved in to Andy Burnham yesterday too...

Start stockpiling people. this is going to be a monstrous shitshow

In less you voted for Brexit, in which case it'll all be fine with the wonderful Australia style Deal no need to worry.

All fucked. Completely.

Even that is a lie, Australia have some specific tariffs for agricultural products and are negotiating a full FTA. So we will be worse than Australia.

oh for sure, Australia style deal it code for no deal, its for the halfwits in the 52% to think their getting something good.

Feeling smug - I bought two guinea pigs earlier this year. Stockpiling win.

You're going to be wishing they were Capybara's come the new year

It's purely theatre for the slow home crowd twats at the back. There will be some form of deal and it will be are Boris what saved us

Scottish Independence is absolutely fucking loving his every utterance though 👌

One step closer to a united Ireland. Also hopefully dismantling of the rotten union and royal family.

There'll be a ridiculous bog roll black market in a few months...

YOU COUNTRY WANTS YOU
TO BUY A BIDET

You're going to be wishing they were Capybara's come the new year

TBF, capybaras are pretty tasty.

There were supposed to be coypu roaming around East Anglia. So I shall be on the lookout...

Edit: Damn. Eradicated in the 60s. I guess I'll be eating the plague of newts we currently have here then.

Should be interesting to say the least. Prior to lockdown I, like many others, commuted back and forth across the border for work.

We've already had DUP members advocating for people in NI to get themselves an Irish passport. Will they be advocating for a united Ireland next?

Nope. No surrender!!! ;)

People in NI are getting fed up with SF and the DUP, which I think is good, as only lots of talks by moderates can bring forth a UI.

In fairness SF always invites unionists at festivals where a UI is discussed, but the party is simply not trusted by many due to its past and continued links with... interesting characters.

Edit: cross border work is that sorted under the common travel area, or a mess incoming due to Brexit?

Nope. No surrender!!! ;)

If you went back a decade or two and told people that in the future, Ian Paisley's son would be encouraging NI residents to get Irish passports you'd be laughed out of the country, and yet here we are: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/unionist-ian-paisley-jr-mp-constituents-apply-republic-ireland-eire-passports-a7102761.html

Edit: cross border work is that sorted under the common travel area, or a mess incoming due to Brexit?

No idea to be honest, will likely be fine in the end. Mostly just a pain regarding travel via car, green cards and whatnot. Though there's due to be a cross-border cyclepath completed next year which will allow me to cycle to a bus or train station across the border and get up to Belfast that way.

At this rate I wouldn't be surprised if my work went down the route of fully WFH though.

People in NI are getting fed up with SF and the DUP, which I think is good, as only lots of talks by moderates can bring forth a UI.

Agreed, but I still think we're a good decade or so away from getting away from the SF/DUP stranglehold. Unless it starts happening consistently across both sides, I imagine there'll be a lot of "If we stop voting for SF/DUP, then DUP/SF will take over!"