The Brexit thread

[Penge Eagle]

I can't believe people are still talking about this. So by popular demand...

I'll kick it off with a few big Brexit dividends. It would be much better if the useless Tories had taken advantage of the freedoms.

1. US tariff savings. The USA has set 10% tariffs for the UK, while the EU will pay 20%.

2. The Covid vaccine rollout speed. The UK approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on December 2, 2020 – weeks ahead of the EU. By March 2021, the UK had vaccinated 44% of adults versus the EU’s 13%. Plus, there's no need to contribute to the EU Covid scheme.

3. Better, faster support for Ukraine. With no EU consensus needed, the UK sent NLAW anti-tank weapons on January 17, weeks before Russia’s full invasion on February 24. Meanwhile, the EU’s first weapons aid was only finalised on February 28. The UK trained 50,000 Ukrainian troops (more than any others), plus cut tariffs on Ukrainian goods months before the EU.

4. No more EU Budget Contributions. The UK is saving around £9 billion net annually (based on 2019’s £13 billion gross contribution minus rebates and EU spending in the UK).

 

[ASCPFC]

The main benefit to me is being able to buy duty free.

 

[PalazioVecchio]

When Rome fell, all its institutions fell too. Currency-crash , Legal system, Trade, Roads, defence, everything. The countries in the firing line all ended up in a dark age. Living a hand-to-mouth existence on farms with tiny villages. Much violence & hardship all around. All towns & cities suffered massive population loss. Even Rome itself went from a million souls to a Detroit hollow shell with just 10,000 renegades living among the ruins. Even all the aqueducts got dismantled to rob the rocks for building.
Religious & Ethnic divisions became a battleground. Without any central-authority to referee religious differences. Nor to ever broker any compromises.

The countries that were not part of Rome, they kept their society intact. Kings, the Royal Court, ports, the rule of Law, food supply.....all ok. Poland, Ireland, Scotland, Denmark, Czechia,...........

When the EU suffers a massive collapse, the UK will weather the storm. With difficulty, but will weather it nevertheless. The collapse will likely be economic, currency, legal, stock-markets first....then followed by Civil disorder, crime, food supply, energy crisis, and will look like things we have seen in Early-1990's Russia & the former Yugoslavia. Or 1931 Germany with the theological strife of 1640's Uk.

Maybe Brexit was the rats leaving a sinking ship, or maybe it was genius. The frog getting out of the pot before the water boils. The German-jews who fled westward in the early days of the Third Reich.....they were either lucky or prescient.....probably both. And today violent AntiSemitism is on the march in France, the UK, and lots of places.

Brexit will help the Brits keep Sterling going, and hence keep the lights on. London will be ok. Meanwhile Paris first burns and and then gets abandoned.

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[steeleye20]

When Rome fell, all its institutions fell too. Currency-crash , Legal system, Trade, Roads, defence, everything. The countries in the firing line all ended up in a dark age. Living a hand-to-mouth existence on farms with tiny villages. Much violence & hardship all around. All towns & cities suffered massive population loss. Even Rome itself went from a million souls to a Detroit hollow shell with just 10,000 renegades living among the ruins. Even all the aqueducts got dismantled to rob the rocks for building.

The countries that were not part of Rome, they kept their society intact. Kings, the Royal Court, ports, the rule of Law, food supply.....all ok. Poland, Ireland, Scotland, Denmark, Czechia,...........

When the EU suffers a massive collapse, the UK will weather the storm. With difficulty, but will weather it nevertheless. The collapse will likely be economic, currency, legal, stock-markets first....then followed by Civil disorder, crime, food supply, energy crisis, and will look like things we have seen in 1990's Russia & the former Yugoslavia.

Brexit will help the Brits keep Sterling going, and hence keep the lights on. London will be ok. Meanwhile Paris first burns and and then gets abandoned.

Amphorae Packed for Transportation

A reconstruction showing how amphorae were packed in sailing vessels for transportation across the ancient Mediterranean. (Empuries Archaeological Site Museum, Spain)

www.worldhistory.org

The New Wave of Container Ships: Bigger and More Sustainable?

The container ship industry is experiencing a significant growth in capacity for the first time in many years. As new vessels with record-breaking capacities are being […]

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😉 😉 😉 😉 😉

I'll give you that, that's funny.