UK Politics

[The_7th_one]

This is outrageous...

EU citizens arriving in UK being locked up and expelled

Europeans with job interviews tell of detentions and expulsions despite rules allowing non-visa holders to attend interviews

www.theguardian.com

Yes, I've heard about a girl who was locked in the airport waiting for a statement of the spanish embassy. After 2 days there, all she wanted was come back to Spain. It's outrageous yep, it's not typical of a country like UK. EU and UK must be fix all of disagreements between each other. At the end the citizens are the victims as always.

 

[Night Prowler]

Brexit means Brexit.

 

[The_7th_one]

I think Brexit means hypocrisy IMHO.

 

[GhostofCain]

An interesting read of how UK university academics specialising in British politics and contemporary British history rank the post-war UK Prime Ministers. Unsurprisingly, Theresa May and David Cameron do not fare well at all (The BreXit Factor; the Iron Maiden album Bruce wishes he had taken part in).

Theresa May joint worst post-war prime minister, say historians and politics professors in new survey

But academics also had a pretty low opinion of Boris Johnson’s performance as PM so far.

theconversation.com

Disclaimer: Academics do not tend to vote Conservative, but the rankings are quite interesting if you are into UK history.

 

[Spaldy]

Bruce's still trying to defend his Brexit position.

Bruce Dickinson hits back at critics of his Brexit stance, says their anger is “disturbing”

“People are deliberately choosing to misunderstand the position I was taking on Brexit,” says Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson

www.loudersound.com

 

[GhostofCain]

Bruce's still trying to defend his Brexit position.

Bruce Dickinson hits back at critics of his Brexit stance, says their anger is “disturbing”

“People are deliberately choosing to misunderstand the position I was taking on Brexit,” says Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson

www.loudersound.com

What a muppet. His comparison with changing operating system is quite idiotic; we are talking about people whose businesses and livelihoods have been severely affected by this Tory folly.

Who knows? He might change his mind if any of his EU relatives start to experience the hostile environment fuelled by the Home Office...

 

[jazz from hell]

Muppet or puppet?

 

[Brigantium]

Everything is going to be wonderful in Britain after Brexit, therefore I've moved to Paris.

 

[GhostofCain]

Everything is going to be wonderful in Britain after Brexit, therefore I've moved to Paris.

Have you???

Bruce is back in the UK and, apparently, has a new gaff. The old one can be yours if you have some spare cash (£5 million).

 

[Brigantium]

Pounds or Euros?

 

[GhostofCain]

Muppet or puppet?

Muppet. It is an informal British way of saying that someone is a stupid or foolish person.

I could have used tool to describe him too.

 

[GhostofCain]

Pounds or Euros?

I bet Bruce would not be picky and would gladly accept money printed by an institution from the evil EU empire.

 

[jazz from hell]

Muppet. It is an informal British way of saying that someone is a stupid or foolish person.

I could have used tool to describe him too.

Dude, quot homines, tot sententiae. A Latin way of saying that people have different opinions.

 

[GhostofCain]

Dude, quot homines, tot sententiae. A Latin way of saying that people have different opinions.

Of course. I do not have to agree with his opinion though and find him comparing leaving the EU to changing operating system pretty idiotic, that’s all.

 

[Brigantium]

Oh thank goodness, the return of imperial measures. So much easier to learn your 16 times table than to get your head around things in 10s, kids will finally be thrashed into learning about rods, poles and perches as they should, and it'll be such a relief to see non-taxpaying market traders go back to selling their tomato's and sox's per lb again outside in the rain.

Brexit: Imperial units only part of laws revamp, says No 10

Downing Street says a review of EU rules on measures is just one element of its post-Brexit agenda.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Magnus]

Oh thank goodness, the return of imperial measures. So much easier to learn your 16 times table than to get your head around things in 10s, kids will finally be thrashed into learning about rods, poles and perches as they should, and it'll be such a relief to see non-taxpaying market traders go back to selling their tomato's and sox's per lb again outside in the rain.

Brexit: Imperial units only part of laws revamp, says No 10

Downing Street says a review of EU rules on measures is just one element of its post-Brexit agenda.

www.bbc.co.uk

A pint beats 1/2 l anytime, that's all I know.

 

[Jer]

If the empire abandoned the measurement system and only the U.S. has been using it for decades, should we really be calling it “imperial measurement” at this point? Seems like “‘Murican measurement”, or at least “freedom units” would be more appropriate…

 

[Brigantium]

Pints and miles never went away. What changed was that food and consumer goods packaging was required to have metric weight of the product printed on it, and traders selling loose food or goods made to order had to state price per weight or size in metric (although they could still sell good by imperial measures, they were just supposed to convert it to metric too). It's all flag waving PR by the one trick pony party.

 

[Maturin]

Brexit having gone through and all, I hope we (Sweden) negotiate a new customs free trade deal again soon. And the UK is my number one choice of traveling abroad, so that too.

 

[LooseCannon]

Brexit having gone through and all, I hope we (Sweden) negotiate a new customs free trade deal again soon. And the UK is my number one choice of traveling abroad, so that too.

Since Sweden is in the Schengen Area, wouldn't the broader community be responsible for any access agreements?