SHsharkbok
Captain23,201 posts
SHsharkbokCaptain23,201 posts
28 Nov 2022, 17:48#1
It appears to have been a con by the mega-rich, who saw new EU tax regulations as fair.
It would have meant the end of the feudal era, and they would have no longer been above the law.
After the Covid pandemic fiasco and corruption like health contracts being awarded to lobbyists instead of health specialist companies, it is clear that Tories are only out for themselves.
They would leave the EU purely for themselves and rich campaign donors.
STStavanger1
Pro4,532 posts
28 Nov 2022, 21:02#4
Yes, hopefully the EU will take us back.
The Polls are showing that
the UK believe it was a mistake to leave the EU. Something like 70%
believe leaving the EU was a mistake.
If the UK does rejoin it won't get as good as terms as it previously had but as long the EU are convinced that in the medium to long term the UK won't decided to leave again it will allow the UK in but it can't have another situation like Brexit which completely dominated the EU's agenda for years .
After the conduct of the Tory Party, it is obvious that it was the rich Eton club that were looking for their own interests.
Remember the Tories may have called the vote to appease the Euroskeptic ERG faction of its party but campaigned for remain. However leave won and the moderates of the party effectively felt obliged to hands over the reigns of power to the victorious factions who then once in power purged the party of all its moderates and replaced them with incompetent ideologues
What I cant understand is why are politicians not in court trials over the PPE fast lane scandal.
A so called third-world country would arrest their politicians for this type of fraud.
Much
of the PPE acquired by lobbyists was scrapped for not meeting basic
standards. Probably purchased on Ali-Express, the eBay version of
Alibaba. Specialist health companies tenders were ignored in favour of Lobbyists with no health expertise.
They pocketed billions
Most likely because most of the print media in the UK is pro Tory and the BBC are too scared to say anything critical of the Tory government for fear of getting its funding cut.
I recommend A Different Bias youtube channel. He covers UK politics and he doesn't hide the fact he's a Labour supporter but I've always found his information to be factually accurate.
STStavanger1
Pro4,532 posts
28 Nov 2022, 21:40#8
Those figures lack context.
The reason the UK has such strong GDP growth figures is that its economy dropped lower than other country during Covid and of all the G7 countries only the UK's economy has yet to recovery to its pre-pandemic size.
The idea the UK is doing well at the moment is laughable because even the UK government admit things are very tough in the UK at.the moment
The UK's central bank is saying the recession the UK is heading into could be the longest on record.
All the things effecting the global economy are hitting the UK as hard as anywhere else, but the UK is doing worse and that's because it alone also has Brexit to contend with. It can't get enough skilled immigrants in due to Brexit which has result in a labour shortage.
There is a myriad of other issues rejoin the single market would solve, particular this ongoing saga with Northern Ireland protocol and the fact the dispute over it has left Northern Ireland without a functioning government for a year or so already.