L00b Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Politically feasible. As soon as it is politically feasible I want the NHS to be direct funded by the UK population, doesn’t mean it is going to happen if the majority is against it. Sweet dreams are just that. The Italian vote is fuelled substantially by the same anti-immigrant and over-simplification of problems caused by a dysfunctioning economy rethoric peddled by substantially the same snake oil merchants, as the UK referendum vote was. The obvious differences are that the Italians are genuinely fronting the brunt of the Mediterranean migration crisis and have endured a long-dysfunctioning economy replete with genuine austerity policies since 2008, whilst the Brits have not. And that the Italian politicians have learned from the older Greek example and the more recent British example: they'll agitate enough to sweeten their electorate and get the EU to sit at the table, they'll be given enough chump change to look pretty at home, Italy will stagnate further in the meantime, and at the next GE, that'll be the end of that, just like France last year. The irony is positively delicious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 The Italian vote is fuelled substantially by the same anti-immigrant and over-simplification of problems caused by a dysfunctioning economy rethoric peddled by substantially the same snake oil merchants, as the UK referendum vote was. The obvious differences are that the Italians are genuinely fronting the brunt of the Mediterranean migration crisis and have endured a long-dysfunctioning economy replete with genuine austerity policies since 2008, whilst the Brits have not. And that the Italian politicians have learned from the older Greek example and the more recent British example: they'll agitate enough to sweeten their electorate and get the EU to sit at the table, they'll be given enough chump change to look pretty at home, Italy will stagnate further in the meantime, and at the next GE, that'll be the end of that, just like France last year. The irony is positively delicious They have also had a stronger historical fascist history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magilla Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 It’s going to cost the UK £20bn to enforce our customs border. This train wreck just gets funnier as it goes along. Technology-based customs system 'could cost £20bn' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44229606 The post-Brexit customs system favoured by Boris Johnson and other leading Brexiteers could cost businesses up to £20bn a year, officials have suggested. The chief executive of HM Revenue and Customs told MPs firms would have to pay £32.50 for each customs declaration under the so-called "max fac" solution. Jon Thompson said any new system could take up to five years to fully work. The figure is higher than the £13bn UK contribution to the EU in 2016. "Brexit - the gift that keeps on taking." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Technology-based customs system 'could cost £20bn' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44229606 "Brexit - the gift that keeps on taking." and we know what british governments are like with large IT schemes, could end up being 50billion and then becoming failed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Car Boot Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Typical of the uneducated populous to rubbish one of the best sources of journalism out there. But happy to quote the likes of the Sun and the Mail. You really should buy a copy of the FT some time and read it. Italy’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement and its partner the League do not believe that the global capitalist, big business and EU supporting rag the 'Financial Times' is a good source of journalism! Luigi Di Maio, the leader of Five Star, and his counterpart Matteo Salvini of the League, had a headline in the FT this week which called them 'modern barbarians'. “It’s better to be a barbarian than a slave that sells Italy’s dignity, future, businesses and borders” Matteo Salvini in response to the FT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magilla Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Italy’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement and its partner the League This is the UK, for UK people, we'll have none of those foreign notions here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 I like how the Mayor of Ipswich was refused a UK passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magilla Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 I like how the Mayor of Ipswich was refused a UK passport. I await Peters quip about how it''s actually all her fault and she deserves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litotes Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Italy’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement and its partner the League do not believe that the global capitalist, big business and EU supporting rag the 'Financial Times' is a good source of journalism! Luigi Di Maio, the leader of Five Star, and his counterpart Matteo Salvini of the League, had a headline in the FT this week which called them 'modern barbarians'. “It’s better to be a barbarian than a slave that sells Italy’s dignity, future, businesses and borders” Matteo Salvini in response to the FT. So what? My response to Matteo Salvini - "It is better to be informed and not blinkered than to lead ones country to economic suicide" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Car Boot Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 So what? My response to Matteo Salvini - "It is better to be informed and not blinkered than to lead ones country to economic suicide" So you prefer to be informed by your EU Master's who have led Italy to the brink of economic suicide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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