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    Tago Mago
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    @Giles
    Joined: 16 Jan 2021

    @Giles thank God Dave’s back as foreign minister to negotiate trade deals to mitigate the disaster that he caused…

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      tody
      啓蒙家
      Joined: 24 Feb 2021

      @Giles I think I have said this to you in Hamburg - Brexit is like watching a good friend committing suicide. In slow motion. Over and over again.

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        Tago Mago
        Mod Squad
        Joined: 16 Jan 2021

        At the time of the referendum my mother (who is English) had been living in Germany for 43 years. Brexit was the the final drop that made her get German citizenship, both out of frustration and concern that she would have to get a residence permit again like in the good old days

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          Giles
          IHUK Crew
          @tody
          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

          @tody said in Brexshit:

          @Giles I think I have said this to you in Hamburg - Brexit is like watching a good friend committing suicide. In slow motion. Over and over again.

          With a blunt knife

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            Giles
            IHUK Crew
            @Tago Mago
            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

            @Tago-Mago said in Brexshit:

            @Giles thank God Dave’s back as foreign minister to negotiate trade deals to mitigate the disaster that he caused…

            You could not make it up.....

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              Tago Mago
              Mod Squad
              Joined: 16 Jan 2021

              The perp always returns to the scene of the crime

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                endo
                見習いボス
                Joined: 29 May 2020

                No problem, you got such great British wines, cheese and sausages, you don't need the bloody continent. Rule, Britannia!

                si tacuisses

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                  Blueband
                  Raw and Unwashed
                  @endo
                  Joined: 3 Jan 2023

                  @endo I for one most definitely do.

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                    goosehd
                    Mod Squad
                    Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                    @Giles Have any of the celebratory fools who reveled in joy when Brexit passed, change their tune? I think you spoke of a few people who you knew that were pro Brexit and wonder if they have seen the error of their ways.

                    Also, has anything actually improved post referendum for the UK workers? Really looking for any UK person on this to respond to hear their thoughts and views (without getting into the political aspect).

                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                      gazza61
                      Raw and Unwashed
                      Joined: 12 Feb 2023

                      all I know is all the people who wanted this madness do not want to talk about it anymore.

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                        Tago Mago
                        Mod Squad
                        @endo
                        Joined: 16 Jan 2021

                        @endo the sausages have always been great. No need to involve an innocent sausage in this unsavoury discussion

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                          endo
                          見習いボス
                          Joined: 29 May 2020

                          Sorry, you're right @Tago-Mago I've always loved the English sausages.

                          si tacuisses

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                            mclaincausey
                            見習いボス
                            @goosehd
                            Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                            @goosehd from what I know of those sorts (dumbasses), they aren’t capable or willing of introspection and admitting their wrongs, no matter how obvious they are. They’ll engage in some Olympic level mental gymnastics to maintain their false rectitude, and with their remarkable ability to hold mutually exclusive / contradictory ideas or positions contemporaneously, there’s nothing you can say to make them amend their incoherent position.

                            Think it, be it.

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                              Tobi
                              Haraki san Prodigy
                              @mclaincausey
                              Joined: 12 Aug 2022

                              @mclaincausey I agree, but would add that this is a general feature of the human psychology, and we are all doing it one way or another. Look at me: just reached the conclusion that I have 10 IH shirts too many, but immediately apply Olympics level mental gymnastics to justify just that one more CPO released next week to myself 🙂

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                                Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
                                The Unwoven
                                @mclaincausey
                                Joined: 11 Feb 2023

                                @mclaincausey said in Brexshit:

                                contemporaneously

                                My goal is to use this word today. Thank you 🙂

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                                  Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
                                  The Unwoven
                                  Joined: 11 Feb 2023

                                  Welcome to the forum - come for the denim, stay for an education 👍

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                                    Giles
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    @goosehd
                                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                    @goosehd said in Brexshit:

                                    @Giles Have any of the celebratory fools who reveled in joy when Brexit passed, change their tune? I think you spoke of a few people who you knew that were pro Brexit and wonder if they have seen the error of their ways.

                                    Also, has anything actually improved post referendum for the UK workers? Really looking for any UK person on this to respond to hear their thoughts and views (without getting into the political aspect).

                                    I don't know of any pro-brexiteer who would in retrospect change their vote, but I am 100% sure that if the vote was to happen again today, there would be an overwhelming vote to stay.

                                    I know of zero post Brexit benefits to anyone.

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      goosehd
                                      Mod Squad
                                      Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                      In some ways I can understand the reasoning for people who voted yes in the referendum.

                                      Growing up in WV, my opportunities would have been extremely limited due to the local economic conditions. Our family would not have been able to send me to school and the local jobs in my area would have been in the coal mining industry or supporting trades. The biggest issues with the mining industry was health related issues and a lack of job security. The local people often thought next week, next month, or next year would be better with that day never coming. My only option at the time was to join the military to try and find that success.

                                      I think there is an overall growing discontent with the current standards of living and a longing for better days of old and/or the future. People are tired of seeing their jobs being shipped overseas and want to regain a little control over their lives again. For some, I think the idea of being able to bring back those jobs in fisheries, manufacturing, mining, etc. was appealing without the understanding that things may never return back to previous standards.

                                      Not really saying their reasoning is wrong or right, but I can understand that desire to live a comfortable life.

                                      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                        Giles
                                        IHUK Crew
                                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                        Or that they would actually have to do the shitty jobs themselves (which, of course, they don't because they are fucking lazy and entitled) when all of the EU workers who had been working here had to go home. Can we get cooks, chefs, and waiting staff for our restaurants anymore? No. Well you can, but you have to pay through the nose for the staff, that extra cost gets pushed down to the end customer, as does the increase in food costs across the board as the result of the post-Brexit regs.

                                        This is not a shitty job story, but when Paula was being treated for cancer, not one of the nurses who looked after her was from the UK, they were all from The EU. They aren't here any longer.

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                          goosehd
                                          Mod Squad
                                          Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                          ... and the biggest issue I see was that the people who dreamed up Brexit, sold it to the voting masses, and implemented it have done the biggest disservice to your country that may affect it for decades to come. Any of that group who have profited from it, should ultimately never be allowed to profit or govern again.

                                          "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

                                          last edited by goosehd 4 Apr 2024, 12:42 4 Apr 2024, 12:42 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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