Brexit OUT of EU: What happens now?

[sptrawler]

Browse Names | Welcome Walls | Western Australian Museum

museum.wa.gov.au

Yep I paid to put Mum, Dad and us kids on there, the best thing the old man ever did, bringing us to W.A.
He never went back, he was a man of his word RIP.

 

[Humid]

Yep I paid to put Mum, Dad and us kids on there, the best thing the old man ever did, bringing us to W.A.
He never went back, he was a man of his word RIP.

I'm really not surprised that you are in a museum though pops...

 

[sptrawler]

I'm really not surprised that you are in a museum though pops...

That's true, I've lived 66.5 years, you're yet to make it son, that's if you do make it.

 

[Humid]

That's true, I've lived 66.5 years, you're yet to make it son, that's if you do make it.

I'm doin my best not too

 

[sptrawler]

I'm doin my best not too

There is absolutely no point in living a long life, if it is a boring as crap, everyone tells me to get rid of the motorbike and electric scooter after I broke my leg.
I came off my first motorbike at 13, before helmets were compulsory, fractured my skull, upper and lower jaw bones, stitches everywhere, Mum told me to give motorbikes away back then.
Like hell, she is now 90 and still telling me to, when I go to Bunbury to the nursing home to visit her.

 

[noirua]

Brexit’s effects on UK trade are dramatic – but we feel them in the EU too | Lisandra Flach

Not only is the impact on goods profound, the split may have made the bloc more inward-looking, says economist Lisandra Flach

www.theguardian.com

The UK’s share of EU exports fell from 7.1% in 2015 to 6.2% in 2019 while its share of imports fell from 4.4% to 3.9% – these statistics include trade between EU member states. Over the course of the pandemic, we saw additional trade diversion away from the UK, estimated at a further fall of more than one percentage point.

 

[noirua]

April 8, 2022
The U.K. government’s post-Brexit border IT system is broken, adding to chaos at the country's biggest port
A key part of the post-Brexit border IT system is down until Monday at least, adding to the chaos in Kent where trucks are already backed up for miles.
The failure adds an extra layer of complication for companies shuttling goods across the English Channel They had already been facing 20-mile-long lines of trucks on the approach to Dover after P&O Ferries suspended sailings http://bloom.bg/3DQQ0Sh
https://twitter.com/BloombergUK/status/1512341126245761025/photo/1

 

[sptrawler]

Why Keir Starmer has ruled out the UK rejoining the EU and accepted that Brexit has brought benefits

Keir Starmer is determined not to damage Labour’s electoral chances with the distraction of renewed EU membership, but a Labour government would no doubt want the best possible relationship with EU…

blogs.lse.ac.uk

Brexit 5 years on: 'We would have you back,' says Europe, in new poll

Most respondents in France, Germany, Italy and Spain have a message for the UK: We want EU back, we want EU back for good.

www.euronews.com

 

[moXJO]

France out of NATO if LePen wins. French elections may blow apart the EU at a critical time

 

[sptrawler]

Plenty still trying to get to the U.K, while the EU still loads them up onto boats.

English Channel migration surges after court stops deportations to Rwanda

Smugglers have adopted a practice of swarming the channel with numerous boats simultaneously to overwhelm authorities.

www.smh.com.au

A record number of migrants have crossed the English Channel from France after European courts stopped the British government from going ahead with its plan to deport asylum seekers who arrived by boat to Rwanda.
The Ministry of Defence said the number of people who arrived in boats in a single day was 1295. They travelled aboard 27 separate vessels.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

“Every week, the people who trade electricity in the UK get to quiz the managers of the national grid for an hour.

The conference call, which anyone can monitor, offers an insight into what the men and women on the front line of the power market are worried about.

Listening to them is getting scarier by the week — and suggests keeping the lights on this winter will be a lot more challenging than European governments are admitting.

British households were told on Friday that their power and gas bills will increase from 01 October by 80%.

The so-called energy price cap was set at £3,549 ($4,189) per year, up from £1,971 over the past six months and £1,277 during last winter.”

The above is the opening paragraph of a Bloomberg article written by Javier Blas. The title of his article is ‘Listening to European Electricity Traders Is Very, Very Scary.’

..... whole place is in a pickle.

 

[Knobby22]

“Every week, the people who trade electricity in the UK get to quiz the managers of the national grid for an hour.

The conference call, which anyone can monitor, offers an insight into what the men and women on the front line of the power market are worried about.

Listening to them is getting scarier by the week — and suggests keeping the lights on this winter will be a lot more challenging than European governments are admitting.

British households were told on Friday that their power and gas bills will increase from 01 October by 80%.

The so-called energy price cap was set at £3,549 ($4,189) per year, up from £1,971 over the past six months and £1,277 during last winter.”

The above is the opening paragraph of a Bloomberg article written by Javier Blas. The title of his article is ‘Listening to European Electricity Traders Is Very, Very Scary.’

..... whole place is in a pickle.

i can't believe how they let themselves become so reliant on Russian gas.

 

[Belli]

i can't believe how they let themselves become so reliant on Russian gas.

You could be right but I recall Britain had structural problems well before February this year including lack of storage. I read gas prices in the UK shot up threefold in October last year. It doesn't have a gas pipeline directly from Russia but does from countries such as Norway and imports of LNG from Qatar, the US as well as Russia.

Apparently for the UK the problems have been a long time coming and the Russian invasion has increased the problem to a degree but isn't the main cause.

 

[orr]

Brexit OUT of EU: What happens now?​

In what degree and how long before they're back in???

Beware Right wing populists spruking BS...

 

[sptrawler]

Brexit OUT of EU: What happens now?​

In what degree and how long before they're back in???

Beware Right wing populists spruking BS...

Well the EU could certainly do with the U.K's membership fee (Aus $24b), France is going to have riots, because they are going to raise the pension age from 62 to 64.
The U.K has had a 65 pension age for eons, but I suppose subsidising the French was fine, just another of life's suck it up princess moments, in the name of equality.?
The latest from over that way is that France is increasing its pension age from 62-64/65, apparently the natives are getting restless.

French unions warn of 'major social conflict' over Macron's pension reform

France's main trade and student unions say they are ready to stage countrywide strikes and protests that could lead to major social conflict if the government's reform plans, soon to be submitted to parliament, are not changed.

www.euractiv.com

Pension amounts are determined by number of years of residency from age fifteen to the minimum age permitted to receive the pension (age 62).

It will be interesting to see if the U.K does go back in, the blue collar people voted them out, the elites wanted to stay in, time will tell.

We will see if the U.K worker subsidising EU early retirement and losing jobs to EU work gangs in caravans, wins over the U.K rich wanting to get back to easy travel to the summer vacation houses on the French Riviera and the Amalfi Coast.
We can tell who you are backing.
By the way, still a lot of refugees crossing the channel and not staying in Europe, maybe the U.K should just make their welfare system the same as the E.U that might stop the flow?

Britain’s Leader Unveils Tough Plans to Tackle Illegal Crossings by Migrant Boats (Published 2022)

Amid growing anger within his governing Conservative Party, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vowed to eliminate the country’s backlog of asylum claims.

www.nytimes.com

The crossings have become a big political embarrassment for supporters of Brexit, like Mr. Sunak, who claimed that leaving the European Union would allow Britain to reclaim control of its borders.
Instead, more than 40,000 people have made the perilous Channel crossing this year, mainly from France, partly because other routes have been closed as the authorities have cracked down on people-smuggling by truck and shipping container, prompting migrants to make the same journey in small, sometimes unseaworthy, boats.
As Britain’s creaking migration system struggles to cope, the overall backlog of asylum claims has reached about 150,000. On Tuesday, the government committed to eliminating more than 92,000 of those by the end of next year by hiring extra staff and clarifying its rules.
Mr. Sunak remains committed to the Rwanda policy but has also taken a more pragmatic approach by improving cooperation with France. On Tuesday, he also announced a new unit dedicated to processing cases involving Albanians and an agreement to embed British border guards at the airport in Tirana, the Albanian capital.

 

[sptrawler]

Bit of a scandal hitting the EU currently.

Suitcases of cash, MPs arrested and ‘The Giant’: The bribery scandal that has shaken the EU

It has the makings of a Netflix political thriller: a glamour couple, unlimited credit cards, a mysterious figure known as “The Giant” and a tangled web of power and influence.

www.smh.com.au

Suitcases brimming with cash, phones and computers seized, senior European politicians arrested, charity bosses and parliamentary advisers detained for questioning.
It has all the makings of a Netflix political thriller: a glamour couple, unlimited credit cards, a mysterious figure known as “The Giant”, a tangled web of power and influence as well as World Cup host Qatar. And it could be the most egregious bribery scandal to hit Brussels in years.

Greek MEP stripped of EU vice-president role amid Qatar scandal

MEPs vote to remove role from Eva Kaili, one of four charged in corruption and bribery investigation

www.theguardian.com

The European parliament has been rocked by the biggest scandal in its history after Belgian prosecutors announced they had charged four people with corruption, money laundering and participation in a criminal organisation, as part of an investigation into attempts by a Gulf state, named by Belgian media as Qatar, to buy influence in the assembly.

Since Friday, police have raided European parliament offices and 19 private homes, finding data and hundreds of thousands of euros in cash.

 

[IFocus]

Brexit: Britain’s political tragedy poses a dire warning for Australia​

Brexit’s a dud. The UK economy has shrunk. Almost 17 million Brits live in poverty. And there are large lessons for Australia. Michael West reports.

The momentous decision by the UK to leave the European Union has left it as the only member of the G7 with an economy smaller than it was before the Pandemic. The US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan have all grown.

The British pound has cratered, rendering imports more expensive, inflation is in double digits, debt at record levels, trade has been hammered; the UK Office for Budget Responsibility, the body which produces economic forecasts for the government, expects Brexit to reduce Britain’s output by 4% over 15 years compared to remaining in the EU trading bloc.

As Prem Sikka, accounting professor and Labour member of the House of Lords, puts it, “The UK has become a poor country with a lot of very rich people in it.

“Just 250 people have wealth of £710.723bn whilst average real wage of workers is less than what it was in 2007.

“Some 16.65 million live in poverty. The poorest 20% in Ireland have a standard of living almost 63% higher than the equivalent poorest in the UK. Most people don’t have the spending power to rejuvenate the economy and no major political party is pursuing equitable distribution of income and wealth.”

Brexit: Britain's political tragedy poses a dire warning for Australia - Michael West

Brexit’s a dud. The UK economy has shrunk. Almost 17 million Brits live in poverty. And there are large lessons in it for Australia

michaelwest.com.au

 

[wayneL]

Brire-enter won't fix a damn thing because brexit isn't the problem. A government in total disarray and a culture that has been completely decimated by woke and green nonsense is.

Whatever I'm not hopeful that de Bretts will come to their senses in any way, shape or form.

They are @#$&ed until they wake up en masse.

 

[sptrawler]

Brire-enter won't fix a damn thing because brexit isn't the problem. A government in total disarray and a culture that has been completely decimated by woke and green nonsense is.

Whatever I'm not hopeful that de Bretts will come to their senses in any way, shape or form.

They are @#$&ed until they wake up en masse.

Recent history has shown, the EU isn't much to aspire to and history shows that the EU has required the U.K, much more than the U.K has required the EU.
Maybe someone can explain, what other than Germany, has the EU got going for it.?
Australia as is its want in recent years, wish to degrade their heritage from the U.K, yet it is that very heritage that made Australia the courageous envied country it is today.
Australians have punched well above there weight in all facets of life, be it sport, welfare, fair go etc, the same can be said for New Zealand, yet all we are trying to do now is tear that incredible achievement down and demean our history.
Well I hope that works well for our kids and grandkids, who wont have that respect for what their forefathers achieved, building a successful country that most of the world envy.
Yet those who live here are constantly looking for reasons to deride it.
IMO we certainly don't deserve it, because most don't appreciate it.

 

[IFocus]

The numbers are at the moment are damming the UK is seriously in a hole unfortunately that's comparing it to the EU and clearly the Britts were sucked in by the likes of the FRNJ grifter Nigel and his friends it would seem the whole thing was a sham ar-la Trumpian style were they not best friends?

Worth noting that the Conservatives / Tories have overseen the whole process and the situation I guess reflects the various iterations and stages of turmoil / shockingly inept leaders and members of the Conservative Party.

What they do now only god knows, Labor to lead them out of the darkness heaven forbid?

Australia needs a strong UK not a poor man of Europe.