EU referendum are you in or out

[F-ZeroOne]

Giles, theres a similar spot in the sea between Scotland and Ireland where many, many World War II munitions were dumped and which is likely to (explosively) put an end to the UKs current PMs plans for some kind of Irish Sea Tunnel/Bridge/Flyover/Series of Trampolines:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort%27s_Dyke

[VNVObit]

Giles, theres a similar spot in the sea between Scotland and Ireland where many, many World War II munitions were dumped and which is likely to (explosively) put an end to the UKs current PMs plans for some kind of Irish Sea Tunnel/Bridge/Flyover/Series of Trampolines:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort%27s_Dyke

He'll eventually get bored and find another dead cat to chuck on the table for a distraction

obviously he hasn't watch Soft Border Patrol link to clip on bridge graphics are so realistic

[gilesgoat]

So after more than 2 years I wasn't going to Italy ( cause Covid and such ) I just been and returned ... ...

... in this very moment .. I just received an email from "UK Visas and Immigration Home Office" .. around the lines of "we noted you just travelled aboard and it would appear you have the rights to stay in UK however just to be sure in case you may need to update your status data ... " ..

Sufficient I say BEFORE BREXIT NOBODY EVER contacted me about such kind of things ... now I suspect "they'll re-check" every time I move in-out ... ...

If that would be USA, hopefully we won't get there, this would be translated as "UNfortunately for us, at the moment, we can't find a reason to throw you out of the country but rest assure we'll keep trying to find one ... " ..

Mind you last time I passed by USA ( while transiting to get a connection flight ) they did not give much of a shit to me ...

Anyway this is the first time ever I receive a letter from them .. in 15 years I've been here I never heard from them once .. but now is Brexit ...

[merman]

I hesitate to use the word negotiator, but Brexit tosspot Lord Frost has quit.

Just a couple of weeks before the shit really hits the fan.

French fishing boats got licenses to work out of the Channel Islands, there will be border checks between Northern Ireland and the UK, and Boris won’t get his bridge (after wasting hundreds of thousands on feasibility studies for a project that was always a non-starter).

If ever there was a case for taking a knighthood away from a political appointee, this was it. His debating skills were non-existent and he leaves the country in a terrible position.

(Liz Truss crowing over that Australian trade deal is similarly lacking in negotiating skill - it is worth about 0.08% growth in GDP by 2035, as well as lowering food safety standards and stabbing British farmers in the back)

[snaff]

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/br ... 024-01-29/

The European Union will sabotage Hungary's economy if Budapest blocks fresh aid to Ukraine at a summit this week, under a confidential plan drawn up by Brussels, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

Brussels has outlined a strategy to explicitly target Hungary's economic weaknesses, imperil its currency and drive a collapse in investor confidence in a bid to hurt "jobs and growth" if Budapest refuses to lift its veto on the aid to Kyiv, the newspaper reported, citing a document drawn up by EU officials.

If you don't fund the EU's foreign wars they will target you and destroy the economic livelihood of your people.

[Little stoned kiwi]

From what I know of Hungary, and what I know of snaf, this is fine.

[PFVA]

Viktor Orban used the opportunity of being in Brussels to go support the demonstrators and talk to them of the agriculture thing. And the EU has already agreed a few days ago to suspend some of the imports fm the Ukraine. They may approve the military aid but are cutting on the imports. Not very good for the Ukrainian agriculture sector unless the UK, Norway, US, and others increase their imports fm there.

[snaff]

EU plans to ignore the rules of the Maastricht treaty and impose taxation on EU citizens with the issue of war bonds.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20240219/how-e ... 80328.html

How Eurobonds to Arm Ukraine May Strip EU Members of Sovereignty

"Eurobonds are the Holy Grail for European integration," Tom Luongo, financial and geopolitical analyst, told Sputnik. "PM Kallas is telling you what the plan is. The EU’s Achilles’ heel is the euro itself and its lack of central taxing authority."

"Eurobonds, issued through the European Commission, of this type are another way of handing that authority to Brussels, bypassing member state central banks and legislatures," he added.

"If one was cynical, which I am, one would suspect that the EU’s support for the war in Ukraine was mostly driven by this desire to centralize power in Brussels," Luongo argued. "You start a war in Ukraine by purposefully crossing Russia’s red lines, drive inflation up locally, and empty the military coffers of all the post-WWII weapons and ammunition that is now outdated. (…) If you are losing, as you are now, you play up the threat of Russia not stopping at Ukraine to justify shifting your domestic spending to a military build-up, issuing Eurobonds to pay for it."

[PFVA]

I would say that a Russian news agency is not very impartial on these issues which does not mean our side is either.

Note: I think the EU issued bonds when dealing with the pandemic. We are not being very informed here because the media is very busy with Sunday's elections.

[Orava]

Yes after a long battle with the Home Office to get permanent residency I have avoided travelling abroad, not knowing what would happen at the border. Brexit keeps giving.

[F-ZeroOne]

I would say that a Russian news agency is not very impartial on these issues which does not mean our side is either.

I for one cannot wait to see what Ukraine is going to do with its sudden influx of English Electric Lightnings and Canberras, Victor tankers, Sea Harrier FRS.1s, Invincible class aircraft carriers, Firestreak Air-to-Air missiles, Bloodhound Surface to Air Missiles, FV4005s, AMX-13 light tanks, SS-11 anti-tank missiles, SAAB Drakens, Fiat G.91s, FN FAL rifles, Kanonenjagdpanzers...

"All the post-World War II weapons". ALL. (and yes, I know... but every blue Moon you just can't resist sometimes... ).

[sack]

Yes after a long battle with the Home Office to get permanent residency I have avoided travelling abroad, not knowing what would happen at the border. Brexit keeps giving.

Heading in the other direction - I just got my diploma for the citizenship exams. Hopefully that means I'm on my way to rejoining at least...

[Orava]

Giles, theres a similar spot in the sea between Scotland and Ireland where many, many World War II munitions were dumped and which is likely to (explosively) put an end to the UKs current PMs plans for some kind of Irish Sea Tunnel/Bridge/Flyover/Series of Trampolines:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort%27s_Dyke

He'll eventually get bored and find another dead cat to chuck on the table for a distraction

obviously he hasn't watch Soft Border Patrol link to clip on bridge graphics are so realistic

A similar situation in Finland, the Baltic Sea is probably the most heavily mined sea in the world, seamines still keep washing on the shores and Lapland, heavily mined by the Nazis. My grandmother nearly sat on one in the 1950s.

[merman]

Did you know we still haven't Brexited completely?

Yet again the incompetent Conservatives have put off implementing the full border checks, for another six months.

It's going to bankrupt businesses, cause long delays at the ports and cut us off from Europe.

Oh, and if you were thinking of going on holiday to the EU, check your passport - some countries are refusing entry unless you have more than six months left to renew your passport. Multiple trips may also not be possible, as France in particular is enforcing the "90-day rule" (i.e. you cannot be in France for more than 90 days of the year).