IdleRich

IdleRich
Did I write 'untangibles'? Seems unpossible.... actually got a friend from Germany who actually says "unpossible" and I do really like it.
 

john eden

male pale and stale
I thought this was interesting on the trajectory of the EU.


“Few remainers think in this way; many are genuine cosmopolitans. The problem is that they are often as ignorant of the reality of the EU as leavers are and support an imaginary EU rather than the real existing EU. In particular, many on the British left imagine the EU to be much more open and progressive than it really is. Michel Barnier, the EU’s Brexit negotiator and now a candidate for the Republican nomination in the French presidential election next year, last week called for a suspension of immigration from outside Europe.

It is particularly odd, when you think about it, that identifying with “Europe” should be thought of as an expression of cosmopolitanism. Europe is not the world and supporting the EU, or thinking of yourself as European, does not make you a “citizen of the world”, let alone a “citizen of nowhere”, as Theresa May famously suggested in 2016. Rather, it makes you a citizen of a particular region – one that happens to be the whitest on earth.”
 

Leo

Well-known member
I think the biggest problem with Brexit is the Tories.

Are they losing support because of all the shortages (real or imagined), or are they managing to slide by? I'd imagine a Labour government would be getting crucified right now.
 

version

Well-known member
I don't know. I'd like to think people are beginning to see through their bluster, but the usual response is to point to Labour fighting amongst themselves and being stupid and say there's no opposition.

You've also got people blaming other members of the public for panic buying and the media for stoking their fears, so the Tories might be able to just hide behind that and redirect any anger coming their way.
 

Leo

Well-known member
UK music industry faces ‘slow, steady decline’ because of Brexit barriers

Ten months after Brexit, British touring artists and performers are growing impatient at the lack of solutions to issues such asthe lack of an EU-wide visa waiver allowing them to tour the bloc easily and for free; new so-called cabotage rules banning U.K. tour vehicles of more than 3.5 tonnes from making more than two stops before returning to Britain; and fresh paperwork needed to take certain musical instruments into the EU.
 
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