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New EU Treaty - a good deal or not?

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vegansrock Thu 24-Dec-20 07:15:10

I thought this deserved its own thread. This deal is about to be announced and I’ve just heard Farage on the radio claiming it will be sellout. Trying to stir the pot already. Just wondered how it will be spun. There will be a lot of relieved businesses and relief that there is no deal at least.

varian Thu 24-Dec-20 19:12:27

Correction- the minority who turned out to vote

Urmstongran Thu 24-Dec-20 19:06:53

I always thought we’d get a deal.
Many naysayers thought Boris didn’t even want one - so his mates could benefit.

We got one. Yay‼️
Well done BORIS and thank you for holding fast to your election promise. Your stonking majority was testament to the feeling of the majority who turned out to vote!

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MayBee70 Thu 24-Dec-20 18:54:32

Sounds as though the fishermen still aren’t happy. And UKIP are talking about how they won the ‘war’. So not not much of a change there then.

varian Thu 24-Dec-20 18:53:02

Andrew Bailey, the new Governor of the Bank of England, appointed by Johnson, told us that the damage which would be done to the UK economy by a no-deal brexit would be twice as bad as the damage done by the pandemic.

Hurrah!!!¬! We a have a deal- a very bad deal but better than no-deal, so perhaps we can expect the damage which will be inflicted on the UK economy might only be about one and a half times as much as the damage caused by covid.

Damage limitation - yes, but hardly a cause for celebration.

Kandinsky Thu 24-Dec-20 18:48:14

Cheers LauraNorder ?

Nightsky2 Thu 24-Dec-20 18:47:01

And here’s another one, second glass actually.?

Kandinsky Thu 24-Dec-20 18:46:31

It’s done now.
Unless you’re a fisherman or in the import/export business, what more is there to keep going on about?
Definitely time to move on.
I know some people could talk about brexit until their dying day, but hopefully on social media it will be talked about less & less. Absolutely no one I know talks about it in RL.

LauraNorder Thu 24-Dec-20 18:41:10

Well you do now Nezumi wine

Nezumi65 Thu 24-Dec-20 18:40:03

I don’t know anyone who will be raising a glass to a Johnson.

Dinahmo Thu 24-Dec-20 18:32:31

As I thought, he's waited until the last minute so that the Brits can have a happier Christmas than the one predicted. Throughout the land glasses will be raised to congratulate Johnson.

At least it's reasonable news for business. Rather better than WTO rules.

Nezumi65 Thu 24-Dec-20 18:27:35

Just listening to talk about a united Ireland on the BBC news. We won’t be bothered about Europe as we’ll have too much internal U.K. politics going on.

Oldbat1 Thu 24-Dec-20 18:23:16

Well done Boris ???????? Really????? I despair.

Jane10 Thu 24-Dec-20 18:20:22

Sigh. I did not mean that we should return to the 1950s re universities. I meant that universities and students have exchanged throughout Europe (and beyond) long before the EU came about.

Welshwife Thu 24-Dec-20 18:13:31

It seems the Erasmus scheme actually gave U.K. a net gain - it paid students from a joint EU fund a bursary of €400 a month. It will be interesting to see what the new scheme will be and where the students will be able to study.

Lucretzia Thu 24-Dec-20 18:12:52

Goodness me. Such angst!

It will all be fine

We are here very fleetingly. The next generation will do their thing.

And I wanted to stay.

But we voted to leave

I accept this

We might like to think we're all hugely important but we're not

This is a moment in history.

It will be forgotten

No matter what a bunch of grans say!

vegansrock Thu 24-Dec-20 18:12:05

One couldn’t help comparing the dishevelled look of our great leader with the more stylish well groomed UVL

MayBee70 Thu 24-Dec-20 18:10:28

Lucca

The joy and whooping remind me of a hunt in full cry!! Hilarious reaction.

It was embarrassing in comparison to the dignified speech given by Ursula Von der Leyan but I wouldn’t have expected gravity or dignity from the PM.

vegansrock Thu 24-Dec-20 18:08:50

I guess US ambassador is now not a possibility for the great Nigel.

vegansrock Thu 24-Dec-20 18:08:17

He looks more like Kermit the Frog crossed with Homer Simpson.

Nezumi65 Thu 24-Dec-20 18:05:14

There is a similarity. grin zippy spoke more sense though.

Hopefully Farage will now bugger off to Germany - that would certainly be a benefit of Brexit.

Lucca Thu 24-Dec-20 18:01:37

Farage always puts me in mind one Zippy from kids tv
Sorry irrelevant I know

vegansrock Thu 24-Dec-20 17:54:23

Anyone who looks to Farage as their font of opinion will obviously be easily convinced. Snake oil salesman personified,

Lucca Thu 24-Dec-20 17:51:16

The joy and whooping remind me of a hunt in full cry!! Hilarious reaction.

vegansrock Thu 24-Dec-20 17:50:11

I guess it’s better to get your arm chopped off than your head chopped off. That’s why a lot of people are relieved,

Lucca Thu 24-Dec-20 17:49:57

This I mean