Brexit -am I stupid or what

The rest of the world clearly did exist before the Brexit vote, but how many of them were we prevented from signing deals with directly because our EU membership doesn't allow it? Not withstanding the fact that the EU countries themselves will not suddenly want to stop trading with us - they need our stuff, we need theirs, the main thing stopping that from happening easily is self-serving politicians/

No change there then - Britain is on its knees now! Knackered roads, waste management that is not fit for purpose, a major housing shortage, social care in a mess, public transport either non-existant or in a right old state, schools in disrepair and the NHS underfunded to name but a few. Don't look too good from where I started.

Utter bull. I am glad you feel rich enough to be able to believe that, but would respectfully suggest that many of the failures noted just above coupled with being taxed to the neck and having our lives controlled to the n'th degree is more likely to be the case.

Really? It was my understanding that the figure was arrived at in the first few months following the vote, and that a significant lump of it was to pay for future projects, not to pay off a debt. I would certainly be interested to see what we are paying all that money for. And what of the money that we are owed by the EU? I read somewhere that there are billions held/invested somewhere in the EU that is going to take around 15-20 years to get back. I am pretty sure that if you sold your house and the bank told you that you couldn't have the money for a couple of decades, you would be a bit cheesed off?

I understand that there needs to be investment in something to encourage growth, but from where I am sitting it appears that the only country that is prospering to some degree is Germany - even France is starting to struggle, and that surely has to be partly/mostly due to the amount of debt that has been racked up? Odd how there is so much money going in to all of these countries and the EU and yet everyone is skint?

You want to try being disabled and dealing with them - one of these days a walking stick is going to go into a wheel......

 

Still on the subject of bottles . It has just been announced that there's a shortage of glass because of the cutback on plastic and that the price of wine will go up because of the shortage, making wine bottles more expensive. That should put a smile on the faces of execs at O-I UK and may even bring more jobs to our local economy.

 

I was in the docks when a ships cargo of heineken gold top collapsed when the novice dockers unloaded the starboard side first,and the ship almost turned over,we had a few drinks that day

 

When I was in the merchant navy I don't recall seeing more than ten green bottles!

 

Only if I can move to Canada - I will happily work in some sort of position co-ordinating and liaising with the UK, particularly specialising in the trade of beer.

Or, I could be an official taster for the UK, deciding which products Canada could export....... oh yes, I'd be happy doing something like that.

 

If there is beer and food supplied, I am in!

 

I might be 42, but I am still available for adoption.......