Consequences Of Brexit [Part 8] Read First Post Before Posting

[Car Boot]

2 hours ago, L00b said:

How would it do so, when NATO membership is a sovereign matter for each of its member states?

 

And even if the EU had any influence howsoever in that respect (for the avoidance of doubt, per the above it doesn't, I'm just humouring you for a minute here) how would it do so, with Brexit happening in around two months' time?

 

You're really not thinking through that haranguing of yours, much 

Wait, wait, what? The EU has social budgets?

 

How is that, then, when according to you the EU is this baby-eating, billionaire-wet-dream capitalist monster?

Applying a tax to women's sanitary products, a 'tampon tax', was a sovereign matter in the UK until 1973. After the UK joined the Common Market in 1973, a 17.5% Value Added Tax (VAT) was introduced on sanitary products, and EU law still forces women to pay a tax on this essential product in the UK while we have EU membership.

 

Sovereign UK matters have a habit of becoming EU powers. There is only one direction of travel, the EU needs all the powers it can get so it can transform into an empire.

[Magilla]

10 minutes ago, Car Boot said:

Applying a tax to women's sanitary products, a 'tampon tax', was a sovereign matter in the UK until 1973. After the UK joined the Common Market in 1973, a 17.5% Value Added Tax (VAT) was introduced on sanitary products, and EU law still forces women to pay a tax on this essential product in the UK while we have EU membership.

Accurate as ever. The VAT rate is 5%

 

10 minutes ago, Car Boot said:

 

Sovereign UK matters have a habit of becoming EU powers. There is only one direction of travel, the EU needs all the powers it can get so it can transform into an empire.

... and as usual, it's the exact opposite direction to which you claim.

 

The EC has already announced amendments to allow member states to set whatever rates they wish

[Car Boot]

The EU has torn this country apart.

 

Membership of this rich mans club is divisive and has fragmented society. For this alone we should Leave.

[Car Boot]

Just now, Magilla said:

Accurate as ever. The VAT rate is 5%

 

... and as usual, it's the exact opposite direction to which you claim.

 

The EC has already announced amendments to allow member states to set whatever rates they wish

When the UK joined the Common Market in 1973, a 17.5% Value Added tax was introduced for the first time on women's sanitary products. The rates of taxation has changed five times since 1973,  and was only lowered to 5 per cent after the year 2000.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-32883153

[Car Boot]

EU membership has deeply divided and fragmented our society.

 

The wealthy who mainly supported Remain feel enabled by our membership to openly pour out hatred and abuse against the poor who supported Leave. 

 

The EU - a force for division, hatred and a divided society.

Edited November 21, 2019 by Car Boot

[taxman]

31 minutes ago, Car Boot said:

EU membership has deeply divided and fragmented our society.

 

The wealthy who mainly supported Remain feel enabled by our membership to openly pour out hatred and abuse against the poor who supported Leave. 

 

The EU - a force for division, hatred and a divided society.

Lol...you really are beyond parody.

Another useful law now thrown in the rubbish bin because of this stupid Brexit obsession.

 

Legislation, named “Helen’s law” in her memory, was designed to require parole boards to take into account any refusal to provide information about remains when deciding about release but its passage through parliament has been halted due to the election.

[RJRB]

49 minutes ago, Car Boot said:

EU membership has deeply divided and fragmented our society.

 

The wealthy who mainly supported Remain feel enabled by our membership to openly pour out hatred and abuse against the poor who supported Leave. 

 

The EU - a force for division, hatred and a divided society.

By your logic approximately 16 million of the participating electorate are wealthy and 17 million are poor.

Utter nonsense.

People voted for their beliefs,but those who voted to leave now seem unable to advance any good reason that hasn’t been challenged over the last 3 years.

The wealthy may profit or at least not suffer in the years to come but most will pay the price of Brexit .

It is the whole needless Brexit saga that divides the nation,not the EU.

 

 

 

Edited November 21, 2019 by RJRB

[Longcol]

2 hours ago, Car Boot said:

EU membership has deeply divided and fragmented our society.

 

The wealthy who mainly supported Remain feel enabled by our membership to openly pour out hatred and abuse against the poor who supported Leave. 

 

The EU - a force for division, hatred and a divided society.

For a supposed socialist you're good at not attaching any responsibility whatsoever to the Tories for their austerity agenda which has divided and fragmented society over the last decade.

 

And your slogans are no use to man nor beast. But you knew that already 😎

[Car Boot]

2 hours ago, RJRB said:

By your logic approximately 16 million of the participating electorate are wealthy and 17 million are poor.

Utter nonsense.

People voted for their beliefs,but those who voted to leave now seem unable to advance any good reason that hasn’t been challenged over the last 3 years.

The wealthy may profit or at least not suffer in the years to come but most will pay the price of Brexit .

It is the whole needless Brexit saga that divides the nation,not the EU.

 

 

 

A large number of the 16 million who voted Remain were not wealthy, but they were frightened into supporting the EU by fear of the supposed terrible consequences if we left - ranging from mass unemployment to a Third World War.

 

 I don't want to belong to any organisation that has to use scare tactics to try to frighten me about what might happen if I don't join. Obviously the supposed benefits of EU membership were not considered to be a major selling point to the majority of voters.

[Car Boot]

I find it really sad that the best the EU could do to try and convince people to support membership is to terrify them about what might happen if the UK wasn't a member.

 

Says it all really.