Gibraltar
#46
Re: Gibraltar
When the one on your doorstep is the largest by far, that would seem the obvious place to start.
But this isn't about the economic health of the country: this is about the UK government staying in power by delivering "the will of [some of] the people". The UK government isn't concerned about the economics or it would be doing everything it could to retain access to the single market. This isn't about the UK either: it's about England.
I see there's been a call to return to Imperial measurements.
I don't want to get into a further debate about it because I'm horrified by what's happened and is happening as project Brexit unfolds. It makes me very sad.
But this isn't about the economic health of the country: this is about the UK government staying in power by delivering "the will of [some of] the people". The UK government isn't concerned about the economics or it would be doing everything it could to retain access to the single market. This isn't about the UK either: it's about England.
I see there's been a call to return to Imperial measurements.
I don't want to get into a further debate about it because I'm horrified by what's happened and is happening as project Brexit unfolds. It makes me very sad.
With the exception of the US the world is now metric and the US will eventually switch (no idea when) but they will.
Some post brexit suggestions and actions will be good for Britain with regards to getting its identity back but that wouldnt even make it into a serious debate..... would it....?
#47
limey party pooper
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 9,982
Re: Gibraltar
A call for a return to imperial measurements?? thats not a saracstic joke?really??? When i lived in the UK, i was tired of all the European interference, bureaucracy and petty laws imposed on the UK, but for the UK to go back to the imperial unit of measurement is madness. Im all for national identity and patriotism but thats really is just preposterous.
With the exception of the US the world is now metric and the US will eventually switch (no idea when) but they will.
Some post brexit suggestions and actions will be good for Britain with regards to getting its identity back but that wouldnt even make it into a serious debate..... would it....?
With the exception of the US the world is now metric and the US will eventually switch (no idea when) but they will.
Some post brexit suggestions and actions will be good for Britain with regards to getting its identity back but that wouldnt even make it into a serious debate..... would it....?
#52
Re: Gibraltar
The question asked was why, when Canada had a trade agreement with the EU, they "didn't allow unbridled movement of workers between the two?"
I added the notes to the map to show there were some reasonable, relatively long standing, associations already linking European countries with each other that would explain why people were already living and working in each others' countries with a whole bunch of similar rights - including many about standards and equality.
#53
Re: Gibraltar
You mentioned the myth about the bananas. That's the level of debate that cause anti-EU feeling. Just like the
And stuff like 'taking back control' and then when the British judges made their ruling under British law in a British court apparently that wasn't the kind of control meant.
#54
Re: Gibraltar
No the Imperial Measurements thing was not a sarcastic joke. I don't "do" that kind of stuff:
sorry that link doesn't work. Try this or google Simon Heffer Imperial measurements
http://toptwitter.com/uk/Simon-Heffer
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...mperial-units/
sorry that link doesn't work. Try this or google Simon Heffer Imperial measurements
http://toptwitter.com/uk/Simon-Heffer
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...mperial-units/
Last edited by Snowy560; Apr 5th 2017 at 1:43 am.
#56
Re: Gibraltar
That's the rhetoric that some of the more rational Brexiters are expounding, and who knows, maybe in a couple of decades Britain will be a Singapore-style powerhouse in an even more integrated world. It's a nice vision, especially as we have already achieved that once (in the 19th century). However, there are plenty of reasons to doubt that far flung trade will not replace European trade, not least because there is an established strong correlation between trade and geographical proximity. There's also the weaker trade negotiating status by not being part of a block: we're simply less important, despite the politicians bravado.
#58
Re: Gibraltar
That's the rhetoric that some of the more rational Brexiters are expounding, and who knows, maybe in a couple of decades Britain will be a Singapore-style powerhouse in an even more integrated world. It's a nice vision, especially as we have already achieved that once (in the 19th century). However, there are plenty of reasons to doubt that far flung trade will not replace European trade, not least because there is an established strong correlation between trade and geographical proximity. There's also the weaker trade negotiating status by not being part of a block: we're simply less important, despite the politicians bravado.
This may come as a surprise to you, but it perfectly possible to buy Australian, Canadian, American, Argentinian, etc. goods in the EU.
#59
Re: Gibraltar
Are you seriously suggesting that, post Brexit, the UK will not trade with EU members? Have you told France, Germany et al about this?
This may come as a surprise to you, but it perfectly possible to buy Australian, Canadian, American, Argentinian, etc. goods in the EU.
This may come as a surprise to you, but it perfectly possible to buy Australian, Canadian, American, Argentinian, etc. goods in the EU.
#60
Re: Gibraltar
Since when did serious debate have anything to do with it?
You mentioned the myth about the bananas. That's the level of debate that cause anti-EU feeling. Just like themyth lie about the £350m.
And stuff like 'taking back control' and then when the British judges made their ruling under British law in a British court apparently that wasn't the kind of control meant.
You mentioned the myth about the bananas. That's the level of debate that cause anti-EU feeling. Just like the
And stuff like 'taking back control' and then when the British judges made their ruling under British law in a British court apparently that wasn't the kind of control meant.