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Old 07-12-2016, 10:02
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Lots of desperate could be, might be and may's as usual , or AKA Bull shit !
Yeah but if....lol
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Old 07-12-2016, 10:13
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Project Fear rolls on.
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Old 07-12-2016, 10:40
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Why is it that these 'twenty things' type articles always look more like 'one paragraph copied at random from 19 previous articles plus one what-if paragraph to make it look like we actually wrote something'?

These should be done more like a competition, 'which is the newly made-up one' answers on an ISO A6 sized postcard 280gsm minimum as determined by ISO 534:2011 please NB anything over 1200gsm will be disqualified as attention-seeking unless it's amusingly shaped
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Old 07-12-2016, 10:51
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It's from the Guardian.
I'm struggling to find any factual inaccuracies in the article.

Of course there are potential solutions or workaround to each of the problems listed (and many others beside) but each will need careful analysis, negotiation and implementation. It's going to be a complex business which is going to occupy politicians, the civil service, the courts and businesses for years to come when they could be spending the time and money more productively. Leaving the EU isn't just a matter of cancelling the direct debit to Brussels.
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Old 07-12-2016, 12:07
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I'm struggling to find any factual inaccuracies in the article.

Of course there are potential solutions or workaround to each of the problems listed (and many others beside) but each will need careful analysis, negotiation and implementation. It's going to be a complex business which is going to occupy politicians, the civil service, the courts and businesses for years to come when they could be spending the time and money more productively. Leaving the EU isn't just a matter of cancelling the direct debit to Brussels.
Well just for this one:

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The UK steel industry could collapse overnight
There’s an EU agreement at the WTO preventing China from dumping cheap steel in Europe. Without it, plants such as Port Talbot would collapse as Chinese product flooded the market. When Britain leaves the EU, it will claim that it is still a signatory to this agreement and the Chinese will object. This dispute is likely to last for years. If Britain loses, it will likely lose its domestic steel industry.


The EU wanted to impose a higher tariff on steel imports from China but Britain objected.

https://www.theguardian.com/business...-workers-anger
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Old 07-12-2016, 12:30
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Leaving the EU isn't just a matter of cancelling the direct debit to Brussels.
Alas, many on this forum seem to think that's all that it entails.
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Old 07-12-2016, 12:32
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The Guardian is slowly becoming as clickbait ly as Buzzfeed, by this time next year it will be: TWENTY REASONS WHY BREXIT WILL BE EVEN TRICKIER THAN WE THOUGHT AND WILL BLOW YOUR MIND.
AND BREAK THE INTERNET!!
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:45
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And still no counter arguments from the Brexiteers against the points made.

Anyone would think they have no answers.
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:58
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And still no counter arguments from the Brexiteers against the points made.

Anyone would think they have no answers.
Most of us could not care less about reading extracts from the Guardian and helping you to understand them. If you think that they are valid them embellish them yourself.

My only conclusion is that they have better engineers in Germany.
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Old 07-12-2016, 15:07
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Most of us could not care less about reading extracts from the Guardian and helping you to understand them. If you think that they are valid them embellish them yourself.

My only conclusion is that they have better engineers in Germany.
BIB - seems to sum up the attitude of most Brexit supporters to the harm that will be done to the UK.
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Old 07-12-2016, 15:14
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Project Fear rolls on.
Yup, reminds me a lot of the Hillary Clinton fans, and their hysterical and hyobolic nonsense in regards to soon to President Trump!
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Old 07-12-2016, 15:28
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I love these clutching at straws threads being not able to get over that we are leaving and coming with the most crazy what if scenarios that could happen, but in nearly all cases wont.
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Old 07-12-2016, 15:39
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I love these clutching at straws threads being not able to get over that we are leaving and coming with the most crazy what if scenarios that could happen, but in nearly all cases wont.
Yup, it is as if some people desperately want the negative aspects to come true, so they can then shout "I told you so, rather than thinking positively about the situation.
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Old 07-12-2016, 15:50
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Yep, all we're getting is 'ANSWER ZE QUESTION!'

Anybody'd think he's working for the Germans.

Oh, hang on ...
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Old 07-12-2016, 16:24
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Yep, all we're getting is 'ANSWER ZE QUESTION!'

Anybody'd think he's working for the Germans.

Oh, hang on ...
You will be fine as long as you don't mention ze war!
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Old 07-12-2016, 17:21
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And still no counter arguments from the Brexiteers against the points made.

Anyone would think they have no answers.
What's the point, it won't change anything.
We are where we are and have to work from that position.
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Old 07-12-2016, 18:52
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If one accepts the Bremoaner argument that the difficulties are too great to allow us to leave the EU, doesn't that imply that the UK had effectively already lost its independent sovereignty to decide to leave? I don't remember the electorate being asked to approve that position.
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Old 08-12-2016, 12:36
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What's the point, it won't change anything.
We are where we are and have to work from that position.
Agreed, we are in the sh*t and it is entirely of our own making.

All I am hearing from the Brexiteers is "lalala I'm not listening".

Even though I have gained financially thanks to Brexit I still think it will be very bad for the country as a whole in the long term.
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Old 08-12-2016, 13:18
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If one accepts the Bremoaner argument that the difficulties are too great to allow us to leave the EU, doesn't that imply that the UK had effectively already lost its independent sovereignty to decide to leave? I don't remember the electorate being asked to approve that position.
In a nutshell yes, it really is like the line in the song "you can check out anytime you want, but you can never leave".
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