EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

The government has been renting it, IIRC, at a cost of millions, purely for that purpose- but it’s not fit for that purpose, apparently.

The current road network couldn't cope, but it is several hundred acres of brownfield land that isn't available closer to Dover.
I thought the Maritime & Coastguard agency were renting some of the site as a helicopter base?

“Everything you see is based on how they see it in London. I feel like multiculturalism is shoved down your throat.”

remind me again why it is we're not allowed to call brexit voters thick fucking racists?

We're not?

Oops.

The very multiculturalism that gave us our language, food, counting system, etc etc

“I wanted more freedom for our country, on a national and a regional level. I want to go a step further and devolve power not just from Brussels but from London, too.”

I do wonder how things would have gone if we'd devolved more powers years ago.

Middlesbrough seems particularly lovely, though
http://www.itv.com/news/2016-01-20/red-front-doors-marked-out-asylum-seeker-homes-to-hate-gangs-in-middlesbrough/

Alex Massie can be quite good.

Pure anglo saxon mate, pure anglo saxon me.

Arch brexitter wraps himself in Union Jack, downs a foaming pint of luke warm sovereignty and awards design of 'new Defender' to a German company;

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/feb/14/german-firm-to-build-successor-to-land-rover-defender

(Might manufacture abroad as well).

To be fair, Land Rover Verteidiger has a certain ring to it.

The insignia of Rover was incongruously that of a Viking ship.

I suspect 'Verteidiger' remains part of the intellectual property of Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover.

Arch brexitter wraps himself in Union Jack, downs a foaming pint of luke warm sovereignty and awards design of 'new Defender' to a German company;

https://www.theguardian.com/business/201­8/feb/14/german-firm-to-build-successor-­to-land-rover-defender

(Might manufacture abroad as well).

Makes more sense to build on the mainland, more available labour and no tariffs to worry about.

good. maybe this time they can build a car that doesn't feature shitty central locking.

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/02/europeans-are-britains-new-minority-group/

Apparently the Maybot is going to lecture European leaders today, warning them about putting ideology ahead of the safety of citizens.

Does she have any self awareness?

“Give me a new treaty before March 29th or we will stand by as Isis attack you”, it’s very much in the tradition of gun-boat diplomacy I suppose.

I never knew she fancied herself as a bit of a panther.

It’s increasingly clear that as the Irish border issue is going to make a hard Brexit impossible, the response of those striving for it is to attempt to undermine the peace in Northern Ireland to achieve their aims.

I don’t have the words to describe how cynical and dangerous this is. What contemptuous arseholes.

Now I've got this image of her as a cougar that's going to take a lot of mind bleach to shift...

Yep, but for them anybody under 100k a year and "padddies" are just collateral damage :/

Pissing off Ireland that way will backfire I'd say. A lots of USA / others abroad people are from Irish background... Not gonna help any trade treaties.

"Look over here Young People! I feel your pain about tuition fees (that we introduced). Don't worry about Brexit at all!!!"

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/feb/18/cutting-tuition-fees-would-backfire-justine-greening-warns-theresa-may

Pretty sure it was Labour that introduced tuition fees, although not at the current level, which Cameron and Clegg can take the credit for.

Yet once again they completely fail to say anything decisive or clear

Labour, as a party, is also not saying anything useful about Brexit.