EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

Got a link to the Petition?

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/628226

"The UK’s departure from the EU was a democratic choice and the UK-EU institutions are functioning as intended. The Government does not believe this to be an appropriate subject for a public inquiry."

My partner pays tax here and is of voting age and yet she didn't have a choice. How is that democratic?

Democratic: "Something that is democratic is based on the idea that everyone should have equal rights and should be involved in making important decisions."

They know it’s devastating to the people of the UK and can only stand behind claiming that the referendum is legally binding.

“Functioning as intended”?

Does this mean that we never actually held all the cards?!?!?

Yeah that was the bit that made me despair. What we have now, all this shit ‘we’ voted for, is what it is supposed to be like… and what ‘they’ expected it to be like.
Tory cunts admitting it’s shit, they knew it would be, and they’re not changing course. We’re stuck with things being shit…

Potentially more doom and gloom in the British manufacturing industry:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65612295

This is a good step towards a carbon neutral Britain, together with lowering the life expectancy
of the population and starving parts of it the Tories are on the right track, bloody eco zealots.

Wow, I'm back in this thread after 7 years. I lived in Brighton for 3 years and moved to Berlin month after the Brexit vote came out. Lots of friends' tears at the time, I was quite bummed but at the same time happy to move to Berlin as the 'exit' was clearly a terrible decision for Britain and painted its future in grim tones.

I remember a night around that time that there was some football cup too, I was working in a cinema and from basement club there was buch fans leaving, I think England lost that night, being out of tournament (?) and one guy shouted "England has to go out and do a reality check". Some prophet that man was.

Brexit has basically been this:

https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/politics/why-am-i-picking-fruit-cause-and-effect-made-simple-for-brexiters-20230517235226

Hope you have a good time there!

Ironically this EU mainland furrin' is stuck in Norn Ire, ah well, aside from the politics there are worse places to be.

Oh yeah, actually already at the time I was surprised how ahead is Germany in sense of life quality. At the time I was working roughly half-time, drop-in drop-out from Deliveroo shifts whenever I wanted, cycling whole days, cracking beers with other rider and still quite comfortably supporting myself. I can't say that I struggled in Brighton, but there wasn't a chance to have a similar life if working same amount of hours.

Brighton has always been a bit odd because it's nearly as expensive to live in as London but doesn't have as much highly paid work. I'm sure that only accounts for part of the difference between Brighton and Germany though.

Turns out everything is fine, sunlit uplands and blue passports.
Suck it Europe.

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Nice french on the front!

My red one expires in '26, I'm resigned to the replacement being blue.

Yeah I got my new brexit benefit passport a couple of weeks ago.

Interesting process, myself and my wife both renewed them at the same time and had to post the old ones back to the same office. Hers was approved and back with her inside of 7 days. Mine was just over 3 months, the only material difference was she was born in Portsmouth, I was born in Sri Lanka.

The in-laws were joking that the only place I would be going on holiday was Rwanda.

she was born in Portsmouth

She has my sympathy.

My red one expires in 2027. Its replacement will be red. And French.

Since before the referendum I've been on the brink of making EU boots. Blue with yellow stars on. I really must get it done.

Was it manufactured in the Netherlands in the end?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/30/5m-council-debt-portsmouth-unused-post-brexit-border-control-post?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Portsmouth build £25 million facility per government rules. These have now changed and it's wasted £ but if course the council has to pay for it.

I keep forgetting there are no food checks from EU to GB yet...that's not going to help with food supplies/costs I fear :(

Aren’t full customs check supposed to be coming in next winter (just after a general election, funny that) it keeps being put off and Labour would have to do the same.

Yeah that would be nasty timing for Labour.

But a spotcheck of lorries found rotted meat, how much can you lower the requirements on checks and how long can you kick the can down the road?

Non EU food is already checked, but you are really running on trust and there are always bandits (see also the horse lasagna moment).

Well, at least in NI we have "other problems"but at least food gets checked.