Rayvin 5217 Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Absolutely. I like his possible solution in that article though, of just kicking it into the long grass and sorting it out at the next GE. At least public mood may have shifted by then. Â Also, she must know that running with Brexit will cost her political career - even if it is possible to make a success of it, it's not a short term outlook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44851 Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 It's a point I was aware of and made on here a while back. Article 50 is the divorce. We aren't allowed to even flirt with other countries while we undergo it let alone marry them. Nee fingers or owt. I fully expect the divorce won't be amicable when the wife has 27 split personalities. Â I wonder if anyone has bothered to cost this exercise? At a time when the Tories have proudly slashed the civil service. Then apart from the financial cost, what about the opportunity cost? This will clog input legislature for years, maybe decades. Lawyers and consultancy firms are gonna make a fucking fortune out of it, that's for sure. It'll be the new Y2K/Sarbanes-Oxley as the date approaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Krauts are shitting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5217 Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 So are we. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 So are we. They're about to lose their Empire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7083 Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 (edited) I wonder if May laying it on very (too) thick about taking care of the interests of struggling families was simply her set up so she can say in some months' time that Brexit would likely make their lives considerably worse, so she can't in good conscience do it against the core principles she laid out at the very start of her tenure. Edited July 14, 2016 by trophyshy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42412 Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Hope so. Also hope she'd have the stones to deal properly with the inevitable backlash. Â Â Â Then she can fuck right off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17246 Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 A fairly speculative piece here, tbf if we were to take all it says at face value it sounds pretty ominous for the uk in general. The conclusion it reaches does have the ring of common sense to it though.... Â http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2016/07/14/everything-you-need-to-know-about-theresa-may-s-brexit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 A fairly speculative piece here, tbf if we were to take all it says at face value it sounds pretty ominous for the uk in general. The conclusion it reaches does have the ring of common sense to it though.... Â http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2016/07/14/everything-you-need-to-know-about-theresa-may-s-brexit Who is Ian Dunt? And is that meant to be journalism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15518 Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 And is that meant to be journalism? Â This is journalism: Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21915 Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 BAU Â http://www.sincewevotedtoleavethe.eu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21915 Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 How the NYT sees the UK: Â "deeply divided over its decision to leave the European Union, its place in the world in flux, its unity threatened by calls for Scottish independence and its economy at risk" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33166 Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 BAMFU Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21915 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 good read from Peston  http://www.itv.com/news/2016-07-18/arm-takeover-is-theresa-mays-first-huge-test/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 People voted Brexit so we could send our jobs to Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21915 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Arm's founder says the Softbank takeover is one of the "sad and unintended consequences of Brexit" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Better to live like a Lion for a day than a sheep for life. /Italian quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 Arm's founder says the Softbank takeover is one of the "sad and unintended consequences of Brexit" Â and yet the chap who just bought it says it has nothing to do with Brexit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Â and yet the chap who just bought it says it has nothing to do with Brexit. Â He cant say anything else, if he even hinted that the decision was influenced by Brexit, then the government would be more likely to block the deal. Â In Corporate Affairs departments, these issues are considered very carefully. If they said this was influenced by Brexit, they would be essentially scuppering their own deal. I would have thought your experiences selling sofas would have taught you that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 Â He cant say anything else, if he even hinted that the decision was influenced by Brexit, then the government would be more likely to block the deal. Â In Corporate Affairs departments, these issues are considered very carefully. If they said this was influenced by Brexit, they would be essentially scuppering their own deal. I would have thought your experiences selling sofas would have taught you that much. Â Whatever. Â Our governments busy spinning it as good Brexit news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44851 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Good grief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21915 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 May is looking like another typical politican, full of hot air, if she doesn't block it tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35077 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 May is looking like another typical politican, full of hot air, if she doesn't block it tbf. BAMFU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44851 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 There's an article on the Guardian slating Hammond for calling it great news. May has formally welcomed the news. Less than a week in and one of her big pledges in her speech is looking like absolute bullshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 There's an article on the Guardian slating Hammond for calling it great news. May has formally welcomed the news. Less than a week in and one of her big pledges in her speech is looking like absolute bullshit.  May spoke with SoftBank Chairman Masayoshi Son on Sunday and welcomed the investment, the prime minister’s spokeswoman Helen Bower told reporters Monday. “It’s very much in the national interest,” Bower said. SoftBank pledged to keep the company’s headquarters in Cambridge and to at least double employee headcount in the U.K. in the next five years.  Also  By moving quickly, SoftBank was able to get in ahead of any change in U.K. takeover rules -- should May be inclined to eye future deals more critically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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