EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

UK already has all of this in place.

It takes 5 years. I was at one employer, I called it visa prison. The day I was out I went freelance.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-51612028

"no, really, there won't be ANY border checks on GB > NI goods"

Reminds me of a character conversation in the graphic novel "50 bullets" (which you should totally ready if you like crime comics): He's the worst kind of liar, the one that believes his own lies.

Or it is all back to pantomime, or a puppet theatre where the strings are quite visible :)

Right, so everyone seems to think "fewer immigrants = higher wages"
How does this"supply and demand" really work?

The duo who won the 2019 Nobel Prize in economics wrote a pretty decent book. They discuss your question in one of the chapters. Their conclusion is that immigration increases wages for everyone but the absolute bottom few percents of the labour market. And even for those guys there is a good chance to improve their station over the medium to long term, as someone else is now doing the shittest jobs while they have better language skills and local know how that can set them on a path to better jobs.

I think I'm changing my mind, looks increasingly like Johnson is going to go for WTO with only unilateral measures taken by both sides to mitigate what can be mitigated, whilst breaking the terms of the WA.

Problem with this is I can't work out how they think they're going to ride this one out, it turns the UK into a pariah, whom no one can trust.

What vision can they have of the future UK that makes this acceptable?

What vision can they have of the future UK that makes this acceptable?

Profit?

But presumably they'd need to stay in power to get to that, and I don't think Johnson's administration can survive what's coming.

Johnson is a fall guy for the folks who stand to make mega money? #tinfoilhattime

Lolz. There isn't even an opposition currently. A bit of quiet gerrymandering + blaming the EU / remoaners for anything going wrong and they'll be fine for another 5 years.

Don't forget the casual dog-whistle racism. That'll continue to be a vote-winner.

I think once we get past the point of no return (July?) the economy will throw a rod. They’ve not faced any visible consequences so far in the whole affair that is Brexit- that’d change once we a) can’t extend and b) it’s clear that we’re getting no agreement.

Still very confused by c) zero preparations for a) and b) mind you.

Sell your London properties and move to France now... Before it's too late...

What vision can they have of the future UK

One where Boris leads a valiant defense of the evil EU? The kind of disaster capitalism Rees-Mogg's father wrote about, a wasteland in which the welfare state is entirely gone and Cummings can build his Neo-Darwinist fantasy?

Meanwhile, shots fired: EU demands UK keeps chlorinated chicken ban to get trade deal

Tx! :)

Probably already denounced as "left wing propoganda" in the DM ;)

It can only go two ways now: It is a whole bluster the UK population either buys, or feels hopeless to fight and it will be a quick not very good for the UK deal, but who cares, enough people believe any old shite.

OR

They keep going on about no regulation and then the shit hits the fan something awful next year.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/27/uk-says-it-will-consider-walking-away-from-brexit-talks-in-june

So transition extension in July then? 🤣

Imagine having to do Brexit discussion by Skype/teams because covid19.

Pretty sure Cummings will be sabotaging any protective measures as part of his eugenics masterplan.

I'm guessing he's planning on sending an infected negotiating team to wipe out the EU.

Strong tactics to reduce crime;

In a document setting out the UK’s approach to negotiations with the EU, the government said: “The UK is not seeking to participate in the European arrest warrant as part of the future relationship.

So the high-speed camera movie on "traincrash Brexit UK" should offer some nice footage of it going into a concrete wall 31 June
OR it is all noise for the UK political market

I imagine that meanwhile UK diplomats frantically try to convince their EU colleagues it is not in anybody's long term interests to lose patience, and that they should ignore Boris as he will be gone soon, followed by please of "oh god we do anything for you guys if needed, even things that aren't on sale in the reddest light district in Amsterdam".

UK had a few problems with this, weren't they letting criminals leave.

Also it isn't free to be a member.

One where Boris leads a valiant defense of the evil EU? The kind of disaster capitalism Rees-Mogg's father wrote about, a wasteland in which the welfare state is entirely gone and Cummings can build his Neo-Darwinist fantasy?

Isn't this the image that boris is going for? The sacking of the euro tory MPs was the start of B showing his strong position. AS long as he has the Suns backing, he will be fine.

His non dom tax exile mates will make a killing on the markets.

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https://twitter.com/bbc5live/status/1233013751227572224?s=19

Blimey. https://twitter.com/harrold_lucy/status/1233079210920611841?s=19