El Cid Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 For me one of the silver linings nags of Brexit is the opportunity to reduce reliance on the financial sector. Problem is that May’s government has already kind of threatened to turn us into a massive tax haven if negotiations fail. Who will pay the massive tax bill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chalga Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 For me one of the silver linings nags of Brexit is the opportunity to reduce reliance on the financial sector. Problem is that May’s government has already kind of threatened to turn us into a massive tax haven if negotiations fail. Hammond has since contradicted himself on that,and took the ridicule for doing so,but the speculation was that the last GE result didn't give them the power to go ahead with the plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Who will pay the massive tax bill? We all will, But as usual the bulk of income tax will come from the middle earners. Remember that Brexiters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 No.. you haven't as if you did then you would understand that those who voted leave are by and large happy to accept the outcome and are not the ones complaining. Just look at the larger makeup of the leave voters, older, poorer and disadvantaged who have already suffered from the banking crisis and the austerity it has caused. errrm yeah cos it was the EU that caused all that? it wasnt greedy bankers, it wasnt US subprime mortgage lenders, it wasnt worldwide. It wasnt the tories deciding on austerity it was the EU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzijlstra Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 It's already 'hit the fan' for the poor, the weak, the disadvantaged. It happened decades ago - and is still happening. The EU has only made matters worse, driving down wages and increasing the cost of living. The EU is dominated by a group of extremely powerful international civil servants, lobbyists and business people. This unelected elite is getting richer and richer. The Remoaners would do well to remember that sticking up for the EU means they are defending a neo-liberal capitalist club that is run for the benefit of the very wealthy, at the expense of the poor. Love Europe. Hate the EU. I'll just leave this here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 why do certain people keep banging on about the EU being unelected and undemocratic? Dont countries agree to join and then go by the little clubs rules? Dont we elect MEPs that work in the EU for our benefit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey104 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 We elected Nigel didn't we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 ooh just found a list http://www.europarl.europa.eu/unitedkingdom/en/your-meps/uk_meps.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 One of the ironic things about all this is that over the years Eurosceptic Britain had been one of, if not THE most compliant of the member states when it comes to adherence of rules and directives from the EU, whereas the French for instance, the people that is, seemed to forever be sticking their fingers up to the EU, forever protesting about this and that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 We elected Nigel didn't we? With all the support that he has, he has never been elected as an MP, because our electoral system discriminates against smaller parties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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