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Forum: The Sand Pit

Sep 14th 2017, 8:33 am

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Brexit Negotiations

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Posted By captainflack

Re: Brexit Negotiations

I guess project fear got to be a thing because remain was inevitably suggesting things that *might* happen in the future, rather than trying to claim things that already were. The lies on the other...

Forum: The Sand Pit

Sep 13th 2017, 8:37 pm

Replies: 258

Brexit Negotiations

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Posted By captainflack

Re: Brexit Negotiations

More to the point, many voters, and more worryingly - politicians fail to understand how single markets work.

The four freedoms (free movement of goods, services, capital and workers) are...

Forum: The Sand Pit

Sep 13th 2017, 11:18 am

Replies: 258

Brexit Negotiations

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Posted By captainflack

Re: Brexit Negotiations

The chancellor disagrees with you. I suspect he has more information than you got from the daily express.

Forum: The Sand Pit

Sep 13th 2017, 11:16 am

Replies: 258

Brexit Negotiations

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Posted By captainflack

Re: Brexit Negotiations

This is exactly why there will be a border unless the UK comes up with a workable plan.

The only ways to avoid a border:

(a) UK remains in customs union
(b) NI remains in customs union,...

Forum: The Sand Pit

Sep 13th 2017, 11:01 am

Replies: 258

Brexit Negotiations

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Posted By captainflack

Re: Brexit Negotiations

Don't be a bell end. We're talking about actual imports, i.e. goods destined for the UK. Not TIR containers which are sealed to reduce/eliminate checks on crossing intermediate borders en route to...

Forum: The Sand Pit

Sep 12th 2017, 12:52 pm

Replies: 258

Brexit Negotiations

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Posted By captainflack

Re: Brexit Negotiations

The issue is not the port capacity. The goods need to come into the UK regardless of whether the UK is in or out of the EU if trade is to stay the same or increase moderately.

The issue is with...

Forum: The Sand Pit

Sep 12th 2017, 12:34 pm

Replies: 258

Brexit Negotiations

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Posted By captainflack

Re: Brexit Negotiations

I think the problem is that if you cast your mind back to the campaign, hardly anyone on the 'leave' side suggested that the UK would leave the single market and customs union. They sold the position...

Forum: The Sand Pit

Sep 12th 2017, 11:22 am

Replies: 258

Brexit Negotiations

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Posted By captainflack

Re: Brexit Negotiations

If British women have children, those will take 18+ years to enter the workforce, and require a whole bunch of money to educate and support while they're contributing nothing.

Immigration solves...

Forum: The Sand Pit

Sep 12th 2017, 11:02 am

Replies: 258

Brexit Negotiations

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Posted By captainflack

Re: Brexit Negotiations

Here is my 2 euro cents.

The problem is not 5 or 10 years in the future. The problem is March 2019. The UK triggered article 50, so unless anything else happens, it's hard brexit in March 2019.
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