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I don`t like to even think about the bollocks spewed by Brexiters anymore. The brain-dead parotting of vacuous phrases such as Project Fear, used to belittle anyone disagreeing with their self-delusion and ardent bias confirmation.
Yeah, still pissed off at the feckin` eejits.
Let's say I am a little mistrustful of the EU after the past decade - our personal share of the bailout debt is over 100,000 Euros that is shifted upwards!
I'm not necessarily against a windfall tax, btw, but people are overstating how effective they will be - firstly, while countries are proclaiming them because it soothes angry voters, courts in various countries are already striking them down. Secondly, such initiatives in the past always fall far short of the headline figures - I suspect that they won't get anywhere near the 140 billion Euros claimed. There are plenty of loopholes and exceptions, and many of the profits these companies produce have already been hedged against future prices and are not taxable. Energy markets are unbelievably complex (deliberately so, IMO).
Even if you take the optimistic figure, they still fall woefully short of what is needed and the shortfall still falls upon the national debt and taxpayers (Germany is talking about them providing maximum 9 billion out of a total 60 billion cost). We are also not sure how this will feed through into future prices yet - if they rise, then we have merely delayed, not solved the problem. They are also short term measures that give governments an excuse to avoid making the tough decisions about reforming markets, cutting demand, and investing in energy that are needed. In other words, kicking the can down the road like we did after the financial crisis.
As a provocative question, why don't we impose a windfall tax on Covid vaccine manufacturers?![]()
Just wondering where all the export benefits are ?
Has anyone seen any?
In my world most European sales have dried up and no fucker is helping me to export to far flung places.....
Anyone got any good news?
Any positives to report....
Oh , and sending stuff to Northern Ireland is a lot more complicated too.
You OK fella?Oh yes , I remember, we are in control again........😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yup - that is a very good idea!And the firms that make the syringes and little glass bottles, and testing kits....
Yup - that is a very good idea!
We have blue passports nowCan someone remind me of what the benefits were again???
I've got uk on my car no more of that GB guffWe have blue passports now![]()
I've got uk on my car no more of that GB guff![]()
That explains why they want the value of a pound to be so low. It’s all adding up nowPeople starving are losing pounds instead of kilos. Definitely a plus.
Just wondering where all the export benefits are ?
Has anyone seen any?
In my world most European sales have dried up and no fucker is helping me to export to far flung places.....
Anyone got any good news?
Any positives to report....
Oh , and sending stuff to Northern Ireland is a lot more complicated too.
Soon to be the thinnest nation in Europe.People starving are losing pounds instead of kilos. Definitely a plus.
The argument seems to be pretty much "Ah... but the EU" - ignoring all UK's failures. Vindictive rather than pragmatic.
Absolute shitshow. The absolute wrong solution to the difficulties we were facing.