UK and the EU

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  1. Sandy Ground

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    Now that it has occurred, are we allowed to start calling you 'Erin? :snork:
     
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      Unfortunately @"M" will not be able to reply for a while as the master of the house has gone to his club and left her chained to the sink :sofa:

      I'll get me coat :heehee:
       
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        Well if the vote was about whether or not to join the EU I would definitely vote no. So on that basis I will be voting out.
         
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          Pretty sure that's what he thought marriage was all about too ... until I introduced him to the dishwasher


































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            No problem, I have some cutting gear for the chains... we can free her and boil the kettle for some tea at the same time.:snork:
             
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              Gosh, you are all soooooooo old fashioned :doh:

              Here, just so you have it to hand ...

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                Economists have been predicting the effect of Brexit on UK GDP for up until 2030, but they can't even get it right for the next Quarter.
                 
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                  dish washing.... no, I thought it was having a little woman to scrub their dirty knickers is the big attraction for fellas :snorky:

                  so, In or Out. I have watched a few bits and pieces and it seems to me that some of the propaganda suggests that if it's out, a giant plug will be pulled and England will sink into the ocean ... total rubbish. How bad would the "oops" factor be if things didn't work well with being out? :dunno:
                   
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                    Could be catastrophic, could be a hiccup.
                    Fact is that we import far more from the EU than we export. Not through want but because we have to. So the major EU nations play hardball and levy import duty on UK goods going to Europe, the UK does the same - who has the choice about paying it? The EU does, not the UK. The EU can be self sufficient with current global trade deals without the UK but the UK will have to renegotiate global trade deals. The majority of our cars (for example) become dearer to buy and to repair as we do not have a motor manufacturing industry that is either UK owned or caters to the mass market but the EU does.
                    This is just an example of what could happen but it demonstrates the absolute uncertainty of a UK exit.
                     
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                      To be fair to Morrisons - they also said that similar schemes operate outside the UK where UK farmers benefit.

                      The Co-op issued their own divi stamps in response to the green shield stamps - not when they first started up....I dunno you could turn paranoid on this site....:heehee::loll:
                       
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                          Cor, if we leave the EU, we'll no longer have those interfering bureaucrats in Brussels trying to stop us from using our tradtional homemade concoctions!

                           
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                            I'm OK. I had my paranoids removed when I was a kid. :thumbsup:
                             
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                                I can' t remember the specific incident (I'm 51 this month you know :old:) - I think it was to do with the police deploying forces which was with hindsight proven to be unnecessary.

                                The response to the press was "It's better to be criticised for being over cautious than for not taking action"..... only time will tell in the Brussels case. He wasn't just some guy they saw walking down the street - where there's smoke there's usually fire as they say.
                                 
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