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Grendel

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,891
fernandopartridge said:
It's just vibes with you isn't it

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Yep it’s just shallow sound bites from social media
 

Grendel

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,892
PVA said:
If being anti Brexit is a vibe then yes.
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So you never voted for Jeremy Corbyn then?
 
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PVA

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,893
Sick Boy said:
Which of his policies will look to repair the relationship and bring about closer integration?
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He's made it very clear he wants closer ties, and rightly so.
 

Grendel

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,894
PVA said:
He's made it very clear he wants closer ties, and rightly so.
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What does that mean?
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,895
PVA said:
He's made it very clear he wants closer ties, and rightly so.
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Can you include a link to a policy of his about it?
 
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Ian1779

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,896
PVA said:
He's made it very clear he wants closer ties, and rightly so.
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If you’ve managed to ascertain that from what he says, then I’ve got some magic beans to sell you at a huge discount.
 
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Grendel

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,897
Sick Boy said:
Can you include a link to a policy of his about it?
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Totally opposed to any greater integration and Brexit can work fine

Stop getting Brexit wrong, Labour’s born-again Brexiteer Starmer tells Tories

Rishi Sunak’s ‘total mismanagement of Brexit’ is the problem, Starmer argues.
www.politico.eu
 
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clint van damme

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,898
Sick Boy said:
Can you include a link to a policy of his about anything?
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fixed
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,899
Sick Boy said:
Which of his policies will look to repair the relationship and bring about closer integration?
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He has a plan to have a veterinary agreement with the EU which will help with movement of goods and repair some of the damage in Northern Ireland, he also plans to have an agreement with the EU on mutually recognising professional qualifications. Sticking plasters on a shit ideology that needs many many more. Other than that though?
 
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PVA

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,900
Grendel said:
Totally opposed to any greater integration and Brexit can work fine

Stop getting Brexit wrong, Labour’s born-again Brexiteer Starmer tells Tories

Rishi Sunak’s ‘total mismanagement of Brexit’ is the problem, Starmer argues.
www.politico.eu
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Shock as he takes a more Brexit friendly tone in an article for the Express.


This is what he wants:

Starmer seeks closer EU ties to ease pressures – Daily Business

Sir Keir Starmer has indicated that he would seek a closer trading relationship with the European Union, including a more flexible approach to migration.
dailybusinessgroup.co.uk

And he doesn't say he's opposed to any greater integration anyway
 

skybluetony176

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,901
fernandopartridge said:
His cast iron fiscal rules mean that he's promising cuts of £81bn over the life of the parliament, that £81bn being the budget deficit for day to day spending for the last full financial year. I mean those cuts could be a bit less in £ terms if his government is elected next year but it's very difficult to see where they're going to come from without stopping provision of some services altogether.

The whole philosophy of course is based on Margaret Thatcher's nonsensical household budget analogy.

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Isn’t that based on current GDP performance though? If he can grow the economy and GDP the budget deficit should shrink.
 

clint van damme

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,902
skybluetony176 said:
Isn’t that based on current GDP performance though? If he can grow the economy and GDP the budget deficit should shrink.
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the problem is he doesn't see to have a plan to grow the economy other than this vague concept of 'reform', it's Johnsonesque bollocks.
 

shmmeee

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,903
clint van damme said:
the problem is he doesn't see to have a plan to grow the economy other than this vague concept of 'reform', it's Johnsonesque bollocks.
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Johnsons plan involved huge infrastructure investment. It was significantly better thought out!
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,904
clint van damme said:
the problem is he doesn't see to have a plan to grow the economy other than this vague concept of 'reform', it's Johnsonesque bollocks.
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It’s the same as my point on his brexit “policy”. He has as far as I can see one tangible plan in cutting business rates for small and medium sized businesses but aside from that it’s all vague intangible sound bites. You would hope at the conference he’s going to announce a full and tangible plan ahead of next year GE.
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,905
shmmeee said:
Johnsons plan involved huge infrastructure investment. It was significantly better thought out!
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And Johnson’s vague idea of levelling up if implemented with a deliverable plan would be a way to grow the economy.
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,906
skybluetony176 said:
Isn’t that based on current GDP performance though? If he can grow the economy and GDP the budget deficit should shrink.
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It'd be interesting to see if any government has ever sustained economic growth in those conditions particularly from the UK's starting position.

The sort of stuff he's saying is straight out of the coalition government of 2010, it did not work for them or their successors, so why on earth would it work now?

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shmmeee

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,907
It’s more Trumpian, saying you’ve got a great cheap solution our species best minds haven’t come up with but you can’t tell anyone what it is.

“Reform” isn’t free anyway. Reorganising costs a lot of money. You need very good evidence what’s on the other side is worth it.
 
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Grendel

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,908
PVA said:
Shock as he takes a more Brexit friendly tone in an article for the Express.


This is what he wants:

Starmer seeks closer EU ties to ease pressures – Daily Business

Sir Keir Starmer has indicated that he would seek a closer trading relationship with the European Union, including a more flexible approach to migration.
dailybusinessgroup.co.uk

And he doesn't say he's opposed to any greater integration anyway
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lol so he just says whatever the audience he’s with wants to hear
 
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PVA

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,909
Grendel said:
lol so he just says whatever the audience he’s with wants to hear
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Like I said, he's making sure he wins an election.

You think he's pro Brexit?

'lol'
 

Grendel

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,910
PVA said:
Like I said, he's making sure he wins an election.

You think he's pro Brexit?

'lol'
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I don’t believe he will take us back into the EU and again the fact you are satisfied with someone who just wants to win above ideology is an extraordinary admission coming from you
 
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PVA

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,911
Grendel said:
I don’t believe he will take us back into the EU and again the fact you are satisfied with someone who just wants to win above ideology is an extraordinary admission coming from you
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A minute ago you said he wants no integration with the EU and now you're saying he won't take us back into the EU. Which is it? Because they are two very different things.

What point is there in having perfect ideology but never winning an election?

Winning an election is literally the aim of the game. Then he can be judged on ideology and policy.
 

Grendel

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,912
PVA said:
A minute ago you said he wants no integration with the EU and now you're saying he won't take us back into the EU. Which is it? Because they are two very different things.
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Well that’s my point - he says anything to suit an audience - pro Eu to one audience and make brexit work to another
 
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PVA

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,913
Grendel said:
Well that’s my point - he says anything to suit an audience - pro Eu to one audience and make brexit work to another
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Because it's possible to be pro EU and try and make brexit work. That is not saying two different things.

You said he wants no integration with the EU and then posted an article where he doesn't say that.
 

Grendel

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,914
PVA said:
Because it's possible to be pro EU and try and make brexit work. That is not saying two different things.

You said he wants no integration with the EU and then posted an article where he doesn't say that.
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I can’t see any policy idea at all where he says anything about actual closer integration with the EU in any article - what’s the idea?
 

shmmeee

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,915
Grendel said:
I can’t see any policy idea at all
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Could stop there.
 
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fatso

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,916
Grendel said:
I can’t see any policy idea at all where he says anything about actual closer integration with the EU in any article - what’s the idea?
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I don't think the next general election will have anything to do with Brexit or the EU.
I can't imagine it being discussed much at the local food bank, or it being blamed when people are having their family homes repossessed.
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,917
fatso said:
I don't think the next general election will have anything to do with Brexit or the EU.
I can't imagine it being discussed much at the local food bank, or it being blamed when people are having their family homes repossessed.
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Believe it or not but it also gets no coverage outside of the UK. The EU has well and truly moved on and there's going to be next to no appetite to revisit it now.
 

shmmeee

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,918
fatso said:
I don't think the next general election will have anything to do with Brexit or the EU.
I can't imagine it being discussed much at the local food bank, or it being blamed when people are having their family homes repossessed.
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The only reason it’s being discussed is because there aren’t many free and easy ways to boost your economy. At some point economic reality kicks in ahead of head banging and we go back asking for SM access at least.
 
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PVA

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,919
Sick Boy said:
Believe it or not but it also gets no coverage outside of the UK. The EU has well and truly moved on and there's going to be next to no appetite to revisit it now.
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I'm not surprised it doesn't get any coverage outside the UK. We left and are largely an irrelevance them now.

It'll probably get a fair bit of coverage when we go back to them cap in hand at some point in the future.
 
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Ian1779

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,920
PVA said:
A minute ago you said he wants no integration with the EU and now you're saying he won't take us back into the EU. Which is it? Because they are two very different things.

What point is there in having perfect ideology but never winning an election?

Winning an election is literally the aim of the game. Then he can be judged on ideology and policy.
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You’re right about this at least. He wants power more than anything, I doubt he cares who he tramples over in the process.
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,921
PVA said:
I'm not surprised it doesn't get any coverage outside the UK. We left and are largely an irrelevance them now.

It'll probably get a fair bit of coverage when we go back to them cap in hand at some point in the future.
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That’d mean adopting the Euro, which I can’t see the UK going for. Something similar to the EEA is more likely in 20-30 years though, IMO.
 

clint van damme

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,922
Sick Boy said:
That’d mean adopting the Euro, which I can’t see the UK going for. Something similar to the EEA is more likely in 20-30 years though, IMO.
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Wasn't there someone quite high profile in the EU who recently said that the assumption that the UK would need to adopt the Euro asa condition of rejoining wasn't true?
I may have imagined it!
 

skybluetony176

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,923
fernandopartridge said:
It'd be interesting to see if any government has ever sustained economic growth in those conditions particularly from the UK's starting position.

The sort of stuff he's saying is straight out of the coalition government of 2010, it did not work for them or their successors, so why on earth would it work now?

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Well. I’m willing to give him until he releases his official election manifesto before drawing final judgement on him but right now the biggest reason for voting labour is the aren’t the Tories. In some respects I think a change in government will be a trigger for growth simply because industry and business has lost faith in the government. Between government failure and brexit the UK has become an unattractive place to invest. At least a change in government will address one of those issues.
 

shmmeee

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,924
Ian1779 said:
You’re right about this at least. He wants power more than anything, I doubt he cares who he tramples over in the process.
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I mean that’s politics. I’m not going to complain about him trying to win an election. But the way he’s going he’s going to have to spin on a dime the second he’s elected or do literally nothing Sunak style for five years.
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Jul 16, 2023
  • #29,925
skybluetony176 said:
Well. I’m willing to give him until he releases his official election manifesto before drawing final judgement on him but right now the biggest reason for voting labour is the aren’t the Tories. In some respects I think a change in government will be a trigger for growth simply because industry and business has lost faith in the government. Between government failure and brexit the UK has become an unattractive place to invest. At least a change in government will address one of those issues.
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Not sure that last statements quite true. Could we be more attractive to invest in, of course….maybe drop CT by half to irelands level although I’m not sure now is quite the time to be slashing CT, or agree to follow EUs agri/food/veterinary standards which I’m sure would help little. There is no doubt that political instability (shitshow) and the lack of clarity/barriers post brexit haven't helped us in recent years but to say we are an unattractive place to invest is factually incorrect

Foreign Direct Investment: UK grows as Europe declines

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in UK has grown with its European share of FDI increasing, largely driven by resurging digital investment.
www.ey.com

UK most attractive for financial services investment

EY’s latest Attractiveness Survey for Financial Services finds the UK remains Europe’s most attractive destination for financial services investment
www.ey.com
 
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