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Yippee! Starmer embraces BREXIT freedoms! ✔️

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FriedGreenTomatoes2 Sat 22-Feb-25 20:44:48

Just now, in The Telegraph:

“Labour is considering scrapping legacy EU laws which are empowering big companies to “overcharge” shoppers and the NHS.

The Prime Minister has been urged to take advantage of Brexit freedoms to revoke the rules that impose an “artificial tax” on consumers.

Britain still follows EU trademark rules which prevent retailers and public services from shopping around the world for the cheapest goods.

The regulations give global brands total control over their supply chains meaning they can insist UK firms only buy from wholesalers in Europe.

An official impact assessment has found that as a result shoppers are paying inflated prices for goods like electronics, cosmetics, books and clothing.

Studies have suggested the restrictions are adding around 10 per cent to the price of branded products and costing the NHS hundreds of millions a year.“

This delights me!

Maremia Tue 25-Feb-25 17:55:11

So, are you saying BevSec that Johnson was NOT a liar? Seriously, when it is in the public domain that he has been sacked from jobs for LYING?

Maremia Tue 25-Feb-25 17:57:02

All of that is anathema because it is historically and factually inaccurate!!!

BevSec Tue 25-Feb-25 17:58:43

Maremia

So, are you saying BevSec that Johnson was NOT a liar? Seriously, when it is in the public domain that he has been sacked from jobs for LYING?

All politicians are at best skilled at skirting the truth, Starmer is just as bad.

BevSec Tue 25-Feb-25 17:59:49

Maremia

All of that is anathema because it is historically and factually inaccurate!!!

Maremia, according to you, that is. I see it very differently.

Wyllow3 Tue 25-Feb-25 18:46:22

Bev, his own Party thought it and he had to go.

BevSec Tue 25-Feb-25 19:10:07

Wyllow3

Bev, his own Party thought it and he had to go.

Not all of them! He was brought down by envy imo.

glasshalffullagain Tue 25-Feb-25 19:30:49

Isn't "got Brexit done" an odd phrase?

BevSec Tue 25-Feb-25 19:31:15

glasshalffullagain

Isn't "got Brexit done" an odd phrase?

Why?

Claremont Tue 25-Feb-25 19:31:42

I prefer 'Brexit got us done' - more accurate.

glasshalffullagain Tue 25-Feb-25 19:42:55

BevSec

glasshalffullagain

Isn't "got Brexit done" an odd phrase?

Why?

I don't know, it sounds almost like slang or dialect.

Elegran Tue 25-Feb-25 21:05:56

Maremia

So, are you saying BevSec that Johnson was NOT a liar? Seriously, when it is in the public domain that he has been sacked from jobs for LYING?

When Johnson wrote a column in a newspaper, he frequently concocted fake stories about the EU when he couldn't be bothered finding real news. Remember the one about EU legislation banning straight (or was it curved?) bananas ? That was his. There are people who believe it to this day. That and other invented EU bureaucracy myths which were allegedly being imposed on the UK were among the things that helped turn the UK public against the EU.

Maremia Tue 25-Feb-25 21:36:48

Yes, he was actually sacked for lying in his job as a journalist. It is not my opinion it is a printed fact.
He even lied to the Queen about proroguing Parliament.
He is a liar. Can't seem to help it, but still a liar.

BevSec Tue 25-Feb-25 23:28:00

Elegran

Maremia

So, are you saying BevSec that Johnson was NOT a liar? Seriously, when it is in the public domain that he has been sacked from jobs for LYING?

When Johnson wrote a column in a newspaper, he frequently concocted fake stories about the EU when he couldn't be bothered finding real news. Remember the one about EU legislation banning straight (or was it curved?) bananas ? That was his. There are people who believe it to this day. That and other invented EU bureaucracy myths which were allegedly being imposed on the UK were among the things that helped turn the UK public against the EU.

Glad if it did, we got out!

BevSec Tue 25-Feb-25 23:28:35

Maremia

Yes, he was actually sacked for lying in his job as a journalist. It is not my opinion it is a printed fact.
He even lied to the Queen about proroguing Parliament.
He is a liar. Can't seem to help it, but still a liar.

That is your opinion to which you are entitled. It is not mine.

MayBee70 Wed 26-Feb-25 01:14:50

BevSec

Maremia

Yes, he was actually sacked for lying in his job as a journalist. It is not my opinion it is a printed fact.
He even lied to the Queen about proroguing Parliament.
He is a liar. Can't seem to help it, but still a liar.

That is your opinion to which you are entitled. It is not mine.

confused

Elegran Wed 26-Feb-25 10:14:05

I assume that if you have ever met the man, it was only briefly and when he was being charming and affable? Are you a young woman? He is always charming to them. Those who employed him and expected him to actually carry out what he was supposed to be working on, or women who believed him when he said he would always love and care for them and their children without straying, probably have quite a different view.