Current Affairs EU In or Out

[Bruce Wayne]

"The UK had an overall trade deficit of -£64 billion with the EU in 2018. A surplus of £29 billion on trade in services was outweighed by a deficit of -£93 billion on trade in goods".

Statistics on UK-EU trade

The UK’s trading relationship with the EU changed fundamentally following Brexit. This briefing provides statistics on UK trade with the EU over recent years.

researchbriefings.parliament.uk

That's irrelevant. Think of it like this. Person A (we can call him Farhad) is a gazillionaire. Person B (we can call him Bruce) is of more modest means. Farhad loses £100,000 today from investing in one of Bill's plays. He's sad, but £100,000 is a small proportion of his overall wealth, so he can ride with it. Bruce loses £100,000 today because instead of working he spends too much time talking to dullards online. He loses his house, his wife runs off with Ivan Lendl and his GOT mug is full of tears.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Referendum is the highest form of democracy there is, the decision and power was given to the people and the people decided.

Who gave the people the power to vote in the referendum?

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

My new favourite sentence is 'refendum trumps Parliamentary Democracy'.

Brilliant in it's complete lack of detail or meaning.

Referendum is the highest form of democracy, do you understand why that is so lad?

 

[Jebus_lives]

Referendum is the highest form of democracy, do you understand why that is so lad?

No lad. Can you explain it laaaa?

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

That's irrelevant. Think of it like this. Person A (we can call him Farhad) is a gazillionaire. Person B (we can call him Bruce) is of more modest means. Farhad loses £100,000 today from investing in one of Bill's plays. He's sad, but £100,000 is a small proportion of his overall wealth, so he can ride with it. Bruce loses £100,000 today because instead of working he spends too much time talking to dullards online. He loses his house, his wife runs off with Ivan Lendl and his GOT mug is full of tears.

It's not irrelevant, it's a £64bn deficit, a lot of jobs are at stake, a lot of companies will relay on that trade to stay viable.

 

[Jebus_lives]

That's irrelevant. Think of it like this. Person A (we can call him Farhad) is a gazillionaire. Person B (we can call him Bruce) is of more modest means. Farhad loses £100,000 today from investing in one of Bill's plays. He's sad, but £100,000 is a small proportion of his overall wealth, so he can ride with it. Bruce loses £100,000 today because instead of working he spends too much time talking to dullards online. He loses his house, his wife runs off with Ivan Lendl and his GOT mug is full of tears.

lol lol lol lol lol I wish I could like this more than once.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

My head hurts.

 

[The binman chronicles]

*whispers* because free movement of people is one of the best things politicians have done ever.

Whether it is or whether it isn't, a lot of nationalists are reluctant to acknowledge any benefit. So if we got the EU to bend over and give in to all our demands, I would hazard a guess a few other countries would want the same thing after bowing to the pressure from their own public.

 

[Jebus_lives]

My head hurts.

It's all the facts you're being hit with.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Whether it is or whether it isn't, a lot of nationalists are reluctant to acknowledge any benefit. So if we got the EU to bend over and give in to all our demands, I would hazard a guess a few other countries would want the same thing after bowing to the pressure from their own public.

Yes, but they're frothing lunatics. They're bad people to listen to.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

It's all the facts you're being hit with.

Alternative facts are especially painful.

 

[The binman chronicles]

Yes, but they're frothing lunatics. They're bad people to listen to.

Of course. But it happens. Exhibit A These (once) fair isles.

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

Who gave the people the power to vote in the referendum?

They chose to forfeit their power and hand it to the people, the people voted and made a decision, most of the MP's didn't like it so have tried to thwart the will of the people ever since.

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

Alternative facts are especially painful.

£64bn is no joke Bruce.

 

[Jebus_lives]

They chose to forfeit their power and hand it to the people, the people voted and made a decision, most of the MP's didn't like it so have tried to thwart the will of the people ever since.

Who did...MPs?

The question wasn't 'do you want to replace Parliamentary Democracy with Direct Democracy?'