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

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1 hour ago, Car Boot said:

Britain's economy has outpaced Germany since the EU referendum. FACT.

You’ve got to pick a short, specific window, for that statement to be true.

 

ie. It isn’t.

[Bargepole23]

2 hours ago, Car Boot said:

'Project Fear' deliberately misled the electorate about an immediate recession (just for daring to vote to Leave the EU) with 800,000 job losses, a housing crash, wages falling and economic apocalypse. 

 

But Brexit Britain's economy has outpaced Germany since the EU referendum. FACT.

I always like somebody using FACT in a reply. Really strengthen their argument.

 

Any chance of a reply to my earlier question re loss of manufacturing jobs?

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39 minutes ago, Bargepole23 said:

I always like somebody using FACT in a reply.

It is a trope of the populist right, especially in social media.

 

Ironically it is most often used after saying something which is completely untrue.

[Car Boot]

17 hours ago, Bargepole23 said:

What about the loss of manufacturing jobs for ever?

 

Is your Brexit worth that?

What about the loss, for ever, of manufacturing jobs that have happened since we have been an  EU member state?

 

The EU hasn't prevented the loss of manufacturing jobs and it hasn't prevented many, many recessions from shredding jobs. The EU HAS given protections to business to help maximise profit at the expense of workers.

[Car Boot]

Why should our membership of the EU protect manufacturing jobs now or in the future when it hasn't protected them in the past?

[RJRB]

Just now, Car Boot said:

Why should our membership of the EU protect manufacturing jobs now or in the future when it hasn't protected them in the past?

Because much of our remaining manufacturing is interdependent on European suppliers and markets.

We attract overseas investment because we have had  a relatively stable and skilled workforce and all importantly tariff free access to European markets.

Reminds me of “what did the Romans ever do for us”

[Car Boot]

The EU and the Monarchy are two institutions that are outdated, distant, unapproachable, and operating on quite another level to ordinary decent people.

 

The UK must dump both of them into the dustbin of history. Good riddance.

[Bargepole23]

16 minutes ago, Car Boot said:

The EU and the Monarchy are two institutions that are outdated, distant, unapproachable, and operating on quite another level to ordinary decent people.

 

The UK must dump both of them into the dustbin of history. Good riddance.

As above by RJRB.

 

You have no idea how modern manufacturing and engineering business operates. 

 

What line of work are you in?

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3 hours ago, RJRB said:

Because much of our remaining manufacturing is interdependent on European suppliers and markets.

We attract overseas investment because we have had  a relatively stable and skilled workforce and all importantly tariff free access to European markets.

Reminds me of “what did the Romans ever do for us”

Or what the EU didn't,

 

"The EU is good for British Industry? Oh no it isn’t!

Anyone think the EU is good for British industry or any other business simply hasn’t paid attention to what has been systematically asset-stripped from the UK over the last 47 years. "

https://independencedaily.co.uk/the-eu-is-good-for-british-industry-oh-no-it-isnt/

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A link to a Brexit company website?

 

I'm sure that's entirely factual, and not in the least bit biased.

 

Even that article says the decline of UK manufacturing is not entirely down to the EU, blaming UK government failures also.

 

Funnily, it completely fails to mention that the same economic forces it's complaining about, are responsible for companies like McLaren, moving chassis production, from Austria, to Rotherham.

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