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originally posted by: eletheia
Pub chain Boss Tim Martin is launching a *Brexit* beer mat in his pubs to
press home that prices will actually be lower if the UK fails to reach a trade
deal with the EU. He also states lawyers have said there is no legal reason
for the UK to pay anything on leaving the EU. ..... so why are we kowtowing
and grovelling to them
Back to the beer mats with eight pertinent points on them four to each side.
#1 The vast majority of the public strongly object to the governments crazy
plan to pay £39 billion to Brussels,with nothing in return, Lawyers have
repeatedly said there is no legal obligation to do so.
# 2 Thats £600 for every man woman and child in the UK or £60 million per
MP, Do not pay this money please.
#3 Please also chose *free trade* on leaving the EU on 29th March 2019, by
ending the taxes or (tariffs) which the EU imposes on rice, oranges, coffee,
wine, childrens clothes and over 12,000 other non EU imports,
Ending *tariffs* means lower prices in shops and pubs.
#4 People pay these protectionist *tariffs* every time they shop - and the
government collects the money and sends it to Brussels.
#5 If the unelected President Juncker and his apparatchiks continue to be
obstructive, remember that all EU products can be replaced by similar
alternatives from the UK - or from 93% of the world not in the EU.
#6 Our good friends in countries like Australia, New Zealand, Singapore,
Switzerland and Canada have slashed tariffs - their citizens are better off as
a result and their economies have thrived.
#7 And our good friends in countries like the USA and India are keen to do
trade deals with us.
#8 So please show some resolve by ending these tariffs and leaving the EU
completelyon 29th March 2019.
And remember - procrastination is the thief of time so lets make sure its not
the thief of democracy ... Tim.
originally posted by: CornishCeltGuy
originally posted by: djz3ro
Interesting times we're living in, in the UK that's for sure....
Heck, that is an understatement!
This is probably the biggest national issue I've seen in my life, and none of us really have a clue how it will pan out so we're all running blind with it.
The government certainly needs to strike some deal which benefits all of us or I can see the UK and Scotland parting ways as well. It really is an 'all options are possible' situation, and I just hope common sense prevails.
Low interest rates, limited housing stock and immigration have driven up prices in recent years.
Agree entirely. We f.ck our own! Then we lie to our own!
originally posted by: 83Liberty
I've just read an article on the BBC about how New Zealand are banning foreigners from buying homes in their country to help make house prices more affordable (something we should do in the UK in my opinion).
The thing that really caught my eye was the reasoning behind this.
This is what the BBC have said in their article...
Low interest rates, limited housing stock and immigration have driven up prices in recent years.
Just how many times did we say in the Brexit debate that immigration causes house prices to increase (supply and demand), yet the BBC and many other Remainers cried "racist" and say it's nothing to do with immigration and just a lack of house building.
This is just another example of hypocrisy from the BBC and their bias.
www.bbc.co.uk...
We hope and with a no deal or its going to be a FAKEXIT whereby we are still subject to EU rules has the EU has said. The bulb conspiracy, that would be a good one!
originally posted by: eletheia
Some project fear nonsense
The recent announcement of the NHS running out of medication on a no deal
Brexit,comes from the 'Medicines and Health care products Regulatory Agency'
.....they should be ashamed of this scaremongering.
None of the top pharmaceutical companies come from the EU.
Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Merck are American...Roche and Novartis are Swiss
companies.
They are quite able to fulfill the needs of the drugs need of the UK. Without the
EU regulations and red tape the NHS could be supplied more cheaply and quicker.
AND ANOTHER
A study by the Economists for Free trade group has said trading on WTO terms
in the event of a 'No deal Brexit' need not hold the economy back. British
exports to 111 countries with which the UK trades on WTO terms, have risen by
2.9% a year over the past 23 years which is more than three times the average
0.9% growth in EU countries over the same period. Micheal Burridge the author
of the report said adopting WTO rules could be the very best option for the UK,
and evidence suggested a clean break would be better for the UK as then the
government could concentrate on the setting up of free trade deals.
AND
Then there's this.
Whose bright idea was that? EU will ban halogen bulbs at the end of the month -
after encouraging us to buy them - making lighting our homes TWICE as expensive
The EU-driven ban on the lightbulbs comes into effect at the end of the month
Householders will now have to buy LED lights that at least twice as expensive
The Energy Saving Trust says the move will help cut energy use
www.dailymail.co.uk...
WHY DOES THIS APPLY TO US? WE ARE LEAVING AREN'T WE