Brexit

[Der Zeitgeist]

Brexit means Brexit, or, as we like to say, "tja".

 

[Stuart Galbraith]

There have been a series of polls that suggest the UK public regret Brexit and want to go back. Which again was entirely predictable (and I think I did looking back).

There is one good thing about this perhaps. I think Britain has been innoculated against Populist politicians for a generation.

[Ssnake]

On 3/23/2016 at 8:06 AM, Ssnake said:

Would hurt everybody badly, accomplish very little.

 

The idea is so stupid, I'm still somewhat stunned that it gained traction at all.

 

[Stuart Galbraith]

Well, you know that trend Americans have, where every stupid idea has to be tried at least once? Where do you think they got that national trend from?

You can trace the rise of this to Nigel Farage and the desire among the Conservatives to avoid a split of its members to UKIP. And having done that, the Tories split internally anyway.

Sometimes there isnt enough facepalm in the world....

[rmgill]

8 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

There have been a series of polls that suggest the UK public regret Brexit and want to go back. Which again was entirely predictable (and I think I did looking back).

What are the problems? Why not fix the problems? 

 

8 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

There is one good thing about this perhaps. I think Britain has been innoculated against Populist politicians for a generation.

Never underestimate the power of some one promising people something that doesn't belong to them. 

[BansheeOne]

17 hours ago, rmgill said:

What are the problems? Why not fix the problems?

Well, there have been moves to have another referendum and exit from Brexit as soon as the original results hit ...

But there have been resounding improvements, too!

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UK celebrates Brexit dividend with pint-sized wine bottles

Mark Hallam

19 hours ago

The UK is introducing new pint-sized bottles of wine thanks to "Brexit freedom," according to government officials. The country's exit from the EU was "all about moments just like this," a junior minister said.

"'Pint’ size wine stocked on Britain’s shelves for the first time ever thanks to new freedoms from leaving the European Union," Britain's Department of Business and Trade exclaimed in a Wednesday press release.

In the UK, an imperial pint measures 568 milliliters.

In less enthusiastic tones, government officials also announced that a mooted, much broader revival of imperial weights and measurements was being axed — after more than 98% of the public told a government consultation that they did not want it.

New "pint"-sized bottles were made possible by the UK's vote for Brexit in 2016, and subsequent legislation passed this year which revoked a series of laws that were a legacy of Britain's membership in the EU, the ministry said. These included laws on standardized weights and measures and labeling.

"Our exit from the EU was all about moments just like this, where we can seize new opportunities and provide a real boost to our great British wineries and further growing the economy," Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business Kevin Hollinrake was quoted as saying.

New bottle size to 'boost innovation'

Introducing the new 568ml bottle size, to go alongside the standard 750 milliliter measure and an expanded range of 200ml and 500ml bottles being permitted to go on sale, is "wholeheartedly backed by industry wanting to reduce burdensome regulations," the ministry claimed in its statement.

It argued it would "help to boost innovation, increase business freedoms and improve choice for consumers." 

Supermarkets, pubs, restaurants and clubs would all be able to sell the new variant, the government said, with the new rules coming into effect at the new year. 

It said 900 UK vineyards would be able to make use of the scheme, although participation remains voluntary.

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Brits reject plans to bring back imperial measures

As the British government loudly toasted its new fermented freedoms, it also announced it was abandoning plans for a much more widespread return of the imperial weights and measurements system. 

The government had launched a public consultation of consumers, asking if they would like to change from kilos and liters when buying most produce, after the UK more or less converted to the metric system over several decades starting in the 1960s.

"Following the extensive consultation, the Government has decided not to introduce any new legislation in this area. But new guidance has been issued to promote awareness and use of imperial measurements," the statement said. 

According to the government's figures on its public consultation, more than 100,000 people participated.

Of them, 81.1% favored the primarily-metric status quo, 17.6% called for a switch to universal metrification, 0.9% called for more choice and 0.4% wanted imperial measurements only. 

"A key theme that emerged from respondents who were opposed to change to the current units of measuring system was concern that increased choice over units of measurements could present increased costs to businesses and present barriers to international trade," the statement conceded.

https://www.dw.com/en/uk-celebrates-brexit-dividend-with-pint-sized-wine-bottles/a-67832639

[Stuart Galbraith]

18 hours ago, rmgill said:

What are the problems? Why not fix the problems? 

 

Never underestimate the power of some one promising people something that doesn't belong to them. 

You remember that scene in 6 days, 7 nights, when Ann Heche asks Harrison Ford if he can fix the plane, and he says 'sure I can just glue the float back on!'. This is like that.

We spent 50 years integrating our market with one of the largest markets in the world, Europe, and thought that suddenly the old Empire would flock back to us offering us superior trade deals. And not surprisingly because the peopel whom proposed this pipe dream were mentally defective in several important respects, its not happened like that. It also doesnt help that the US, to whom we have been an important ally in several major wars, thinks it more important to trade with Europe than us.

Indeed, like painting big red bus with the promise to take the 350 million we give to the EU to the NHS. Its almost like someone saw us coming.

https://conversion-uplift.co.uk/brexit/the-boris-johnson-brexit-bus-lie-of-350m/

 

[Der Zeitgeist]

Leave EU, get even more EU.

[Stuart Galbraith]

'But we got our country back!'