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Old 30-12-2016, 08:09
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Brexit is the 'firing gun on a decade of disruption', report finds

Not sure about the wording of the headline (copied from Sky News at the time of writing)

http://news.sky.com/story/brexit-is-...finds-10710800

Britain is on course for a "decade of disruption" in the wake of the vote to leave the European Union, a report has warned.

Brexit has delivered a "profound shock" to the UK's political and economic order which is likely to damage growth and living standards until 2030, according to centre-left think tank IPPR.
The report said the upheaval comes at a time when Britain's rapidly ageing population threatens to put new strains on the state, with the funding gap for adult social care expected to hit £13bn by 2030-31.

It said: "Brexit is the firing gun on a decade of disruption.

"Even as what we do and how we work changes, the UK is likely to remain trapped in a low growth, low interest rate decade driven by demographic shifts, productivity trends, weak investment, weak labour power, high levels of debt, and the headwinds of a slowing global economy.
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Old 30-12-2016, 08:20
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Brexit is the 'firing gun on a decade of disruption', report finds

Not sure about the wording of the headline (copied from Sky News at the time of writing)

http://news.sky.com/story/brexit-is-...finds-10710800
It finds no such thing. All the IPPR appear to have done is taken the idea of ten years of disruption from others and accepted the premise. The report contains nothing new on Brexit. On technology it says "Technological transformation – between Star Trek and the Matrix:" by the 2020's. Which will you take red pill or blue pill? Or will you simply say "Beam me up Scotty"
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Old 30-12-2016, 08:32
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Brexit is the 'firing gun on a decade of disruption', report finds

Not sure about the wording of the headline (copied from Sky News at the time of writing)

http://news.sky.com/story/brexit-is-...finds-10710800
There has been an announcement of £15 billion worth of inward investment into the UK since the referendum. I hope you find this reassuring.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...estment-since/
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Old 30-12-2016, 08:37
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Life is inherently disruptive. The well known phrase involving omelettes and eggs comes to mind.
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Old 30-12-2016, 09:52
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Would this be the IPPR that gets funding from the EU and one of whose former directors is Will Straw who led the remain campaign.

I am sure they have no vested interest here!
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Old 30-12-2016, 12:13
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Would this be the IPPR that gets funding from the EU and one of whose former directors is Will Straw who led the remain campaign.

I am sure they have no vested interest here!
You got it!
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Old 30-12-2016, 14:42
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Brexit is the 'firing gun on a decade of disruption', report finds

Not sure about the wording of the headline (copied from Sky News at the time of writing)

http://news.sky.com/story/brexit-is-...finds-10710800
Ten years of post-Brexit disruption? It's possible, who knows, but what we do know is that the referendum has split the country and there is very little prospect of reconciliation. Perhaps deep-seated phobias have been revived, perhaps latent prejudices have re-surfaced, perhaps we are not the great and good people we thought we were. Perhaps we are no different to everybody else and the referendum has been a lightning-bolt shock of reality for a UK that has been living off its glorious past for far too long. So perhaps ten of disruption may just be the start of the next chapter in our history and we may as well get used to it. In the meantime at least the naked lies and mischief of the Leave campaign have been exposed and a good thing too. If the truth hurts then so be it.
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Old 30-12-2016, 15:34
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Life is inherently disruptive. The well known phrase involving omelettes and eggs comes to mind.
Yes, we have to allow for those people who psychologically simply cannot cope with change or struggle terribly with it. I think this is responsible for a lot of the anxiety and gloom. The moping continues, regardless of the evidence.
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Old 30-12-2016, 16:54
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The people who can't cope with change are the remainers.
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Old 30-12-2016, 17:12
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Would this be the IPPR that gets funding from the EU and one of whose former directors is Will Straw who led the remain campaign.

I am sure they have no vested interest here!
I read the opening post's article. I read "think tank" & "centre left think tank IPPR"... I went to their website to check them out etc... came back here and started reading the rest of the posts and discovered I had been wasting my time previously. Well done Marty (the 'speakers at IPPR events' list was quite amusing also though).

Nothing to see here, move along.
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Old 30-12-2016, 17:16
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The people who can't cope with change are the remainers.
The people who can't cope turn to Brexit. They must be desperate.
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Old 30-12-2016, 17:17
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So a decade of your anti Brexit threads then.
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Old 30-12-2016, 17:27
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So a decade of your anti Brexit threads then.
By then we will be down to someone getting the sack from a chip shop in Nuneaton - which will be linked directly to not buying enough Irish potatoes post-Brexit and the new regs of the British fishing industry.
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Old 30-12-2016, 17:36
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The people who can't cope turn to Brexit. They must be desperate.
So a decade of your anti Brexit threads then.
Any sympathy I might have had for the losers evaporated a long time ago. I know how Samson must have felt when he pulled down the Pillars of The Temple, probably packed with wailing Remainers.
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Old 30-12-2016, 18:21
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Oh dear, the Remainers seem to be getting more and more desperate. It's time to put on your big girls' blouses (or the male equivalent) and accept that we WILL leave and the sky won't fall in and the word won't end. For your own mental health stop with the doom and gloom.

A Happy Brexit New Year
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Old 30-12-2016, 19:28
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Ten years of post-Brexit disruption? It's possible, who knows, but what we do know is that the referendum has split the country and there is very little prospect of reconciliation. Perhaps deep-seated phobias have been revived, perhaps latent prejudices have re-surfaced, perhaps we are not the great and good people we thought we were. Perhaps we are no different to everybody else and the referendum has been a lightning-bolt shock of reality for a UK that has been living off its glorious past for far too long. So perhaps ten of disruption may just be the start of the next chapter in our history and we may as well get used to it. In the meantime at least the naked lies and mischief of the Leave campaign have been exposed and a good thing too. If the truth hurts then so be it.



Now, let me see, how many stand up fights/arguments with people on the subject of our Exit from the EU have I had? errr none.

I really cannot see anyone having a deep seated phobia about the EU and/or Brexit.

Latent prejudices? don't think so.

And, as far as I can recollect the only lie is the £350million for the NHS, unless of course it proves to be true.
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Old 30-12-2016, 19:41
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Brexit is the 'firing gun on a decade of disruption', report finds

Not sure about the wording of the headline (copied from Sky News at the time of writing)

http://news.sky.com/story/brexit-is-...finds-10710800
Decade! We will be lucky if it only lasts that long.
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Old 30-12-2016, 19:43
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By then we will be down to someone getting the sack from a chip shop in Nuneaton - which will be linked directly to not buying enough Irish potatoes post-Brexit and the new regs of the British fishing industry.
LOL

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Old 30-12-2016, 19:44
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Oh dear, the Remainers seem to be getting more and more desperate. It's time to put on your big girls' blouses (or the male equivalent) and accept that we WILL leave and the sky won't fall in and the word won't end. For your own mental health stop with the doom and gloom.

A Happy Brexit New Year

They can't let it go...

Daft buggers
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Old 30-12-2016, 22:34
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Ten years of post-Brexit disruption? It's possible, who knows, but what we do know is that the referendum has split the country and there is very little prospect of reconciliation. Perhaps deep-seated phobias have been revived, perhaps latent prejudices have re-surfaced, perhaps we are not the great and good people we thought we were. Perhaps we are no different to everybody else and the referendum has been a lightning-bolt shock of reality for a UK that has been living off its glorious past for far too long. So perhaps ten of disruption may just be the start of the next chapter in our history and we may as well get used to it. In the meantime at least the naked lies and mischief of the Leave campaign have been exposed and a good thing too. If the truth hurts then so be it.
The referendum did not split the country. This country has not only been divided over the EU for years, it has also been distinctly unenthusiastic about it. Essentially we held our noses over Europe simply to take advantage of the supposed economic benefits of being in the single market. Few British politicians, and even fewer of the public, support the main aim and purpose of the EU, which is the complete political integration of Europe. Oh and for goodness sake drop the tiresomely repetitive accusations of phobias and prejudices. It's not true of most people who voted Brexit.
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Old 30-12-2016, 23:04
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Another report where experts present themselves to possess the powers of predicting the future.
In medieval times they'd be called something like soothsayers or clairvoyants.

What would they have predicted if Brexit went the other way? Prosperity, no recessions, no more wars, full employment and free money for all?
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Old 31-12-2016, 01:24
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Another report where experts present themselves to possess the powers of predicting the future.
In medieval times they'd be called something like soothsayers or clairvoyants.

What would they have predicted if Brexit went the other way? Prosperity, no recessions, no more wars, full employment and free money for all?
You've forgotten the free unicorns
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Old 31-12-2016, 01:35
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You've forgotten the free unicorns
Dammit why didn't I vote Remain.
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Old 31-12-2016, 01:44
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What so many people don't realise is that Brexit a good, natural, democratic outcome. It's part of the healing process.

The firing gun was triggered by past Prime Ministers burying the UK so deep inside the EU in the first place, without the consent of the British people.
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Old 31-12-2016, 11:44
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You've forgotten the free unicorns
ahhh yes the Unicorns the lovely Unicorns.

I might have voted Remain if I had been promised a free Unicorn it is one of a few outrageous things Osborn and Cameron didn't say.
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