France ready to veto any meaningless Brexit delay: Elysee official

Visaria · Mar 20, 2019

zdreg said:
where are the trade surpluses like Germany?

There are none. We have been in overall trade deficits for decades. What of it?

Visaria · Mar 20, 2019

zdreg said:
who does the repair work? Eastern Europeans.

Exactly. Low skilled.

Personally I couldn't care less about immigration.

schweiz · Mar 20, 2019

Visaria said:
But as mentioned earlier, more than happy if the EU kicks us out!

Wrong. The EU does not kick out the UK. The UK wants to get out. But the problem is that for 2 years now the UK has no clue what they exactly want.

If the UK leaves the EU we can celibrate together...

but not in the UK... :vomit:

schweiz · Mar 20, 2019

Visaria said:
The immigration issue is to do with unskilled migrants from the EU taking over jobs at the lower end of the jobs market and depressing wages in that sector.

Which means that there are a lot of unskilled (dumb) British? If not their job cannot be threatened. Seeing the result of the referendum that probably is correct.

schweiz · Mar 20, 2019

Visaria said:
There are none. We have been in overall trade deficits for decades. What of it?

Strong economies have no trade deficits. They have surplusses.
The bigger the trade deficit the bigger the risk of getting a poor economy as money flows out of the country (for paying producers and workers salaries abroad instead of creating jobs inland). Buying in Germany enhances the German economy. If the same products would be produced in ther UK it would be much better (jobs, taxes, suncontracters...). Each billion import reduces the local economy by a billion.

zdreg · Mar 20, 2019

Visaria said:
Exactly. Low skilled.

Personally I couldn't care less about immigration.

repairing computers and hospital equipment e,g. mri machines is not a low skilled job.

Pekelo · Mar 20, 2019

zdreg said:
the Union is

So you didn't have a proper argument against mine. Don't feel so bad, most people don't.

schweiz · Mar 20, 2019

Visaria said:
Secretly, this is why many of the EU members want us to stay.

EU refused minutes ago a delay till end of june for which May (and the British) beg. Deadline can be max 23 of may because of EU elections.
So the EU does not want the UK to stay, British are dreaming/wishful thinking that to protect their "empirical" ego. Time for them to wake up.

schweiz · Mar 20, 2019

zdreg said:
the Union is fucked because the governments of the EU are overspending.

Exactly!

zdreg · Mar 20, 2019

schweiz said:
EU refused minutes ago a delay till end of june for which May (and the British) beg. Deadline can be max 23 of may because of EU elections.
So the EU does not want the UK to stay, British are dreaming/wishful thinking that to protect their "empirical" ego. Time for them to wake up.

The "empirical" ego should be long gone since it is a long time ago they were kicked out of Palestine, India and Hong Kong. anybody still sing Britannia rules the waves?