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Are we going to die post-Brexit?

I voted remain but the way we have been treated in the "negotiations" has changed my mind.
Then you didn't understand that the EU is a rules based organisation and has acted exactly as it said it would. It will prioritize the interests of EU27. This was always going to be the outcome. You should not have believed the delusional
fantasist who told you 27 countries needed us more than we needed them.
 
Remainers should think twice before trying to scare the public into supporting their point of view. Trade with countries in the EU will continue after Brexit as it does today with China & the last time I checked, China isn't in the European Union.
Trade with China is not on such advantageous terms. There will still be trade with the EU, but we are likely to face tariffs, and customs checks. That causes disruption to supplies
 
If you visit Guernsey or Jersey, neither of which is in the Europeasn Union, you will find many people working there from countries of the European Union. Hence there is no reason why Brexit should cause the NHS to suffer?
Except that it already has. Many EU NHS workers have already left.
 
Very good
 
Some animal derived insulin is made in the UK - so Sir Rawlins is actually incorrect. Insulin is manufactured in Europe, but also North America and other non-EU countries. It is part of project fear to try and reverse the decision to leave the EU
No. This is nonsense. Medicines from countries outside the EU will not necessarily be licensed for use here.

Project Fact. Facts do actually matter
 
Sky's majority shareholder is Rupert Murdoch, who supports Brexit..
I refuse to watch BBC News, because it's so agenda-led. For a long time, Sky News was my go-to channel for news, but over time it also has adopted a pro-Remain agenda. It's as clear as day to me. Our media has become Orwellian, and objectivity has largely gone out of the window.
I now judge news sources by what they don't cover as much as by what they do cover and how they cover it.
Geoff
 
We will get a deal as they need our custom just as we need thiers.

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I don't think you quite understand the situation. Our trade with them is IIRC over 40 pc; there's with us is around 15pc. They will take a hit, but they won't compromise to help us. They are more concerned with maintaining the integrity of the EU and it's rules. They are looking after EU27 interests, not ours.
 
Sorry to say that is a complete misreading of the situation
 
Honestly, "making noises" about leaving and leaving a two different things! Fact is, NO other country wants to leave since they saw the disaster what happens here, the rapid fall of the pound, decline of the NHS, economic damage etc etc.
Quite.
 
You should not have believed the delusional
fantasist who told you 27 countries needed us more than we needed them.
When 27 countries buy more from us than we buy from them, the original truth is self-evident.
When ex-President Gorbachev compared the EU to the old Soviet Union, you wonder who the fantasists are.
Geoff (be careful what you wish for)
 
The OP would not have been to vote and it's his future which will be impacted. Demographics mean the 1.2m pensioners have died in the past two years, and 1.5m young voters can now vote. Plus, it was a gerrymandered campaign, involving electoral fraud and illegal overspending. UK citizens in the EU over 15 years were promised a vote and were denied one. It's a complete mess.
 
The NHS has been in trouble for far longer than since the referendum and the economic crash happened in 2008. Yes, there was an immediate impact on the Pound but that happens every time the stock market gets a bit jittery.
They are not necessarily linked in that way. Sometimes if £ goes down, FTSE goes up, because of firms' foreign currency earnings. Speculators made money from shorting the £ after the vote and plan to do so again. Rabobank predicts £/Euro parity on a no deal for example.
 
Why do people try to blame Brexit on just about every thing bad that happens? The decline of the NHS began decades ago, the economic damage happened world wide with the 2008 crash. Nothing at all to do with Brexit.
Your right about the NHS decline and the financial crisis, but Brexit makes the economy poorer on any exit senario. That means less money for Public services.
 
Exactly right.
 
Well whatever side you’re on thngs coming in from the EU will go up on price. Eg. all the peppers (and tomatoes in winter, other veg I wont mention fruit on here) that come in from Spain. With extra layers of paperwork virtual or otherwise and customs checks it is guaranteed the extra cost will be passed on to the British consumer. As usual the poor will only be able to afford the cheap processed rubbish even morethan currently. Its not rocket science.
 
He was smarter than Cameron. Only had the vote because he thought he would win.
 
There is one hell of a difference between the Common Market as it was in 1975, and what it has now become. Sorry, but no-one can dispute that.
Of course. Margaret Thatcher championed the Single Market and the four freedoms.
 

Again, sorry but I wish now to be left out of this thread.
 
Aye, it was quite busy, wasn’t it? I got as far as Downing Street before the crush was just too much, so went to Scotland Yard to protest there
About their refusal to investigate the criminality.
 
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