The other day I jokingly said that we would be sending gunships out on British waters to stop foreign fishermen from stealing our fish. Now this is exactly what is going to happen.
There has been a shift in attitude on behalf of the E.U. members with regard to the negotiations. For the first time in years they find themselves unified. It is now 26 against 1. Odds like that mean the war that has been created by years of relentless brinkmanship can never be won by Britain, especially since we have spent those years in what appears to outsiders to be a concerted effort toward disunity.
2020 has been bad enough, but 2021 will bring down even more people, vaccine or not. Running through the Brexit campaign as presented by people like Nigel Farage is the heartless philosophy that Nietzsche first put down on paper not that long ago in historical terms.
The weak should be allowed to perish to make our nation stronger. If the financial crisis, online shopping, high business rates and Covid has made your high street business unviable, then just die and make way for the multi-nationals who can afford to be there. It is a natural law.
In this town - and I know most others - the empty shops have very convenient doorways which are just about large enough to provide a sleeping place for homeless junkies at night. Anyone who tells you that all homeless people in Britain have been offered small flats or bedsits since the beginning of Covid just does not understand what it is like to be a hopeless junkie. They would - and have done - give up their children for a single syringe of what makes their life almost bearable. It is hell on earth, but it is a hell of their own making, so should we feel any sympathy for their weakness? The way things are going, we will be feeling empathy soon.
Boris Johnson has been advising supermarkets to stock up on all the basics in preparation for the glorious day when we finally become masters of our own destiny. The supermarkets have been advising us not to stock up for fear of shortages. Either way, food prices are set to rise and rise as we enter the golden, new dawn of absolute sovereignty.
This 'turbulent few years of transition' is set to be an experience never to be forgotten, but it will be. When times get better.
Well..I can't find anything wrong in any
ReplyDeleteof these paragraphs..as they say.."Never
a truer word spoken"..
And l see from the BBC news channel...
The Headlines..
'Brexit trade talks: UK and EU to
'go the extra mile' in effort to agree
a deal'..How many more miles are they
gonna cover..they must have been three
times around the planet..! :(.
The headline that made me laugh was in
The Daily Mail...
Merkel Wants Britain 'To crawl across
broken glass' (silly cow)..
HaHa! At least Germany will be locked
down over Christmas..as the virus has
spiked!
Well done Tom..I'll be at your side,
carrying the Italian flag...White cross
on a white background..
Following the Italian tanks..with five
gears, one forward and four reverse...
HeHe! Bless! :).
The E.U. swore from the outset that it would never be its intention to punish us. What else were they going to do? I just cannot stop myself from great waves of anger about the whole, stupid mess.
DeleteJust watched 15 mins during half time
Deletefootball..of the BBC news, and, yes,
my conclusion is the same..what a whole
stupid mess..! :).
So many stores and restaurants shuttered in the U.S. too, never to re-open. I don't know how the jobless are coping. Schools used to provide two meals a day to students - that was their lifeline for some. Now they are re-mote learning. My two younger brothers both died young, at 45 and 53, from alcohol and drugs. Todd was homeless. He had a terrible life when my mother died when he was three and the resulting abuse he suffered made him unable to get through life. He had no choices. I always wince and/or try to help the homeless in someway.
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DeleteI will be advocating Vote Leave because I want a better deal for the people of this country, to save them money and to take control.' Boris Johnson, Feb 2016
ReplyDeleteThe day after we vote to leave, we hold all the cards and we can choose the path we want.' Michael Gove, April 2016
Getting out of the EU can be quick and easy – the UK holds most of the cards.' John Redwood, July 2016
I believe that we can get a free trade and customs agreement concluded before March 2019. David Davis, January 2017
It will be easy to negotiate a trade deal, Paul Nutall, UKIP leader, Jan 2017
Trade relations with the EU could be sorted out in 'an afternoon over a cup of coffee, Gerard Batten, UKIP Brexit spokesman, February 2017
Coming to a free trade agreement with the EU should be "one of the easiest in human history.' Liam Fox, July 2017
Don't you despise career politicians?
DeleteGood quotes. The hubris!
DeleteDidn’t you see this coming?
ReplyDeleteMay triggered Article 40 way to early. Possibly because she thought she needed to show she was listening to the slim majority that voted for Brexit. The trigger started the clock ticking. In my opinion should have waited and done some homework on what Brexit meant...proper homework, not the stupid platitudes that BoJo, Farage et al were spouting....oh yes and let’s not forget Brexit Bulldog Davies who turned up for the first meeting without any papers.
Way too much jingoism..as someone said today Brits think it is either 1939 or 1966.
The British people voted to walk away from being part of the largest single market in the world so they could negotiate exciting trade deals with countries that are miles away. It would be the easiest trade deal ever said one sage, because we were starting from the same page. Easiest thing ever to roll back years and years of borderless trade.
All this to be masters of our own destiny...Rule Britannia and fingers up to bloody Brussels.
Yes, I did see this coming. I have talked of little else for years. Boring isn't it?
DeleteI know sending gunships to intercept fishing boats is nothing new but it does underline one of my worries about the whole exercise. The hubris and the complacency of those of the population who think that war in Europe is merely the stuff of fiction and history. Hopefully it is - but you always have to work hard in the opposite direction, to create a positive peace.
ReplyDeleteWorld wars are traditionally fought in Europe. That's the way the English-speaking people like it.
DeleteWe're all controlled by the multi nationals who control all the money. As late as the '70's, it was pretty equal for all of us. A CEO earned more than the worker on the floor, but a decent amount more. Maybe 30x, as I remember. There was a pension for vested workers. A man's wage would support a family. That was a sad fifty years ago. In the meantime, wealth moved upward, as multinationals consolidated operations and profits. A couple of greed driven bubbles moved through and obliterated what was left of 401K's. And worst, people began living longer. When it was set up, Social Security could support a retired worker for the remaining five years of life. Now we retire at 65 or less, and live another 20 years. But our congress does not have the balls to deal with this, and disturb the profits rolling in to them and their families and cronies. It will take another world wide depression to restore the playing field.
ReplyDeleteDebt has always been seen as an asset to be bought and sold, but now, personal debt is treated the same way. The safety net has been removed from under the poor, and the poor are getting poorer.
DeleteIt is fascinating to get a glimpse of brexit from the inside. Thanks for the comments here. I am not knowledgeable enough to comment on the topic...yet!
ReplyDeleteFeel free to comment - nobody here understands it either.
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