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UK set to trigger Brexit on March 29
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Nah. My first job out of Uni made me do it, and I was naive enough to go along with it. Neither of the 2 jobs I've done since have asked for it either (this is as a computer programmer).
The latter 2 came with the expectation you do overtime if necessary which is obviously fairly normal, but the first one basically considered it permission for everyone to do a 48 hour week as standard lol. It was bullshit
Muffin1611
Banned
This is beyond pathetic and will only serve to worsen the situation.
Chmpocalypse
Blizzard
They voted for something monumentally stupid, so...
Sounds like she took some pointers from Donald Trump!
kame-sennin
Member
As an American, had to google:
what the FUCK is this abomination??!!!
If I saw that shit at the supermarket, not only would I vote 'leave', I'd jump in the channel and start pushing the island west.
Most people see of Brexit is daily mail headlines and farage's chesire cat smile on there tvs. BBC have to take massive part of the blame for brexit winning. They gave equal time to lies.
The Friendly Monster
Member
Sorry but stupidity and weakness don't get a free pass just because the remain campaign was a bit shit.
They're stupid because they're hurting themselves more because they're hurting.
Unless of course they're masochists, then it is ok, I won't kink shame.
As an American, had to google:
what the FUCK is this abomination??!!!
If I saw that shit at the supermarket, not only would I vote 'leave', I'd jump in the channel and start pushing the island west.
They aren't required to sell them that straight.
The directive is for B2B so the amount of bananas in a crate is uniform.
Ardenyal
Member
As an American, had to google:
what the FUCK is this abomination??!!!
If I saw that shit at the supermarket, not only would I vote 'leave', I'd jump in the channel and start pushing the island west.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k1VUsblp2k&feature=youtu.be&t=12
Your soulmate.
Well, good luck without having a single penny from the EU, that shouldn't be a problem for this person on twitter no? Money from the EU were never meant to eliminate poverty and believing that is, as always in this shitshow, another lie to blame the EU for.
Where is the blame on the political party that was governing the country?
Nah, he/she wrote a load of bs, sorry.
FlammableD
Banned
oh please fucking die soon
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
So..."Economic Anxiety" but in a British accent right?
killer_clank
Member
We don't really know yet (basically everything about brexit still after 9 months), but it's highly unlikely we'll have to get a visa to go to the EU, most other major economies have visa waiver deals with the EU so it's just as simple as turning up and being given entry.
Immigrating to the EU is likely to become harder however, will depend on negotiations as the rights are likely to be reciprocal between the EU and UK.
boxoctosis
Member
There's good reasons why people might reject the EU (and a lot of daft reasons, and a lot of daft reasons why people might have voted Remain).
I prefer to be optimistic, rather than subscribing to the 'we're fucked' narrative. Who really knows though?
I am hoping it'll trigger Scottish independence and the collapse of the Union as well.
I prefer to be optimistic, rather than subscribing to the 'we're fucked' narrative. Who really knows though?
I am hoping it'll trigger Scottish independence and the collapse of the Union as well.
Yes, very intelligent people who are so angry with their own government they follow them blindly to the nearest scapegoats
This was worth leaving the economic union over, disgusting bendy bananas.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
FlammableD
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I've literally never seen a non bendy banana, it's all fucking bullshitAs an American, had to google:
what the FUCK is this abomination??!!!
If I saw that shit at the supermarket, not only would I vote 'leave', I'd jump in the channel and start pushing the island west.
Same. I've never seen a non bendy banana either.
TsunamiOfSwagger
Member
When I worked in construction, we were given the option to opt out, but never forced. Everyone ended up doing that anyway for the extra money.
I won't excuse the pig ignorant who naturally turn to racism. Fuck them.
Camp Freddie
Member
As an American, had to google:
what the FUCK is this abomination??!!!
If I saw that shit at the supermarket, not only would I vote 'leave', I'd jump in the channel and start pushing the island west.
Our bananas are bendy. Those straight ones would probably be restricted because they have "abnormal curvature" (i.e. none).
In any case, it's a rule that the shops and banana industry (growers and distributors) supported, since everyone people want commodity goods to be standardised. Buying a ton of class A bananas should be a consistent product..
Assuming everything goes great we still have to deal with the executive having huge power over which laws exist and don't at will, thanks to the great repeal shit.
Govt loses x case, x law can be scrapped without parliamentary input iirc.
If I'm wrong about this, I'd appreciate any feedback.
To be fair, leaving the EU was probably not the best idea, economy-wise, so why shouldn't the scots try?
I just hope the Union somehow survives because a breakup of the UK will hurt England and Scotland more than them leaving the EU... But after this Brexit bullshit the scots have as good a reason as any to pull the trigger.
I've had 5 in about 12 years too, and only one that required it.
I understand a lot of shitty employers demand it as standard, but the only place that asked me to was a factory that was operating 24 hours a day and 7 days a week for a short season, so it was somewhat understandable operationally and you knew it was only going to last a couple of months at a time.
Theonik
Member
There is actually regulation on the bendyness of Bananas but it is aimed to help classify fruit for food processing purposes.
boxoctosis
Member
No i don't think you're wrong, but it wasn't a consideration for me when voting. I mean, it's a massively complex area, and I've faith if the public so wish, they can vote in a left wing government in future. Nothing is fixed, domestically.
Would be good if a decent left wing alternative appeared but that's for another thread.
I'm left wing but I wouldn't be happy about any govt having this power. I understand that trying to put that square peg in a round hole is difficult but surely we could've found another way.
chromatic9
Member
To be fair lots of affluent southern counties voted majority leave, many who have worked in the city. Most of the southerners took us out, not dirty northerners.
Places like Luton and Dagenham voted leave but are white minority areas. Even places that voted remain around London like East Hampshire, Bromley and Horsham are like 50.5% remain 49.5% leave.
What some might not understand is there's been want for a referendum for decades when immigration was very low. New problems today are housing and schools. We have the smallest homes in Europe and these are being sadly split into two. Quality of life is important and ~300k net people arriving each year is difficult.
Also UK has been a problem for mainland Europe for a long time upsetting everyone. We've only ever been half in. In the next 5-10 years UK would've had to adopt the euro and revisited more reforms. While I'm for remaining, it might be best if we get a headstart and let the EU project continue.
When you have pro EU Evan Davis on the BBC interviewing Mr Verhofstadt and saying we'd never sign up to future reforms he brought along then there was probably going to be an impasse soon anyway.
Places like Luton and Dagenham voted leave but are white minority areas. Even places that voted remain around London like East Hampshire, Bromley and Horsham are like 50.5% remain 49.5% leave.
What some might not understand is there's been want for a referendum for decades when immigration was very low. New problems today are housing and schools. We have the smallest homes in Europe and these are being sadly split into two. Quality of life is important and ~300k net people arriving each year is difficult.
Also UK has been a problem for mainland Europe for a long time upsetting everyone. We've only ever been half in. In the next 5-10 years UK would've had to adopt the euro and revisited more reforms. While I'm for remaining, it might be best if we get a headstart and let the EU project continue.
When you have pro EU Evan Davis on the BBC interviewing Mr Verhofstadt and saying we'd never sign up to future reforms he brought along then there was probably going to be an impasse soon anyway.
Camp Freddie
Member
Uuurgh...
Those problems are the UK government's fault. You don't get to blame the EU for not miraculously solving the problems of the British poor. The EU is not the welfare state and is not the health service.
That the EU funded "business infrastructure" in poor areas shows that they were at least doing something. And I'm not sure how poor areas will get better if they don't get infrastructure funding.
But no, clearly the EU are the bad guys and we should give more power to the UK government that has systematically diverted funding from poor areas and welfare to London and tax-cuts for the rich.
mcz117chief
Member
So what are the advantages of Brexit? I can only see the negatives when I think about it.
Miles Quaritch
Member
No-one should feel sympathy for people who voted to fuck over others because their own prospects weren't particularly great.
And now their prospects are even worse and some of the people they hoped to fuck over will just up sticks and leave the country, meaning all they've done is cause some momentary discomfort to those they despise.
Corronchilejano
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Rolodzeo
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mcz117chief
Member
Didn't you get your part of control?
Control of what? When you leave EU you LOSE control. So it was a joke I suppose, right? Or maybe I'm just completely out of the loop. Don't hate me, pls.
phisheep
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So, we're at the top of the rollercoaster looking down.
I really really don't like roller coasters, especially experimental ones. This isn't what I voted for, what I campaigned for or what I believe in - but here we are.
I hope that we get the best possible result out of this. And I think what I mean by that is that we get the best possible result for the EU. The UK's interests are relatively trivial in comparison.
It's too late now for recriminations, except perhaps at the ballot box next time round. And there's no credible leader other than May to take it forward (Farron? Nuttall? ... Corbyn?).
All I can do now is cross fingers and pay attention.
... and maybe needle Quiche occasionally ...
(I have in mind a later post about what the UK rationale for leaving would sensibly look like if there were one, and what its consequences would be. But that is still rattling around in my skull at the moment.)
I really really don't like roller coasters, especially experimental ones. This isn't what I voted for, what I campaigned for or what I believe in - but here we are.
I hope that we get the best possible result out of this. And I think what I mean by that is that we get the best possible result for the EU. The UK's interests are relatively trivial in comparison.
It's too late now for recriminations, except perhaps at the ballot box next time round. And there's no credible leader other than May to take it forward (Farron? Nuttall? ... Corbyn?).
All I can do now is cross fingers and pay attention.
... and maybe needle Quiche occasionally ...
(I have in mind a later post about what the UK rationale for leaving would sensibly look like if there were one, and what its consequences would be. But that is still rattling around in my skull at the moment.)
boxoctosis
Member
This is a good, sober, measured discourse over reasons why people might vote Leave.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1857886550/
PdotMichael
Banned
Just some old school racism. And racism is never rational, how else are you gonna turn the immigration of highly skilled workers, which aren't even 1/3 of the total numbers of Immigrants, as net loss for your country?
Was waiting for phisheep to post. Enjoy reading your posts even if I disagreed vehemently about Scottish independence 😉
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
Can't even bloody well remember what I wrote about Scottish independence!
It might even be different now, as the circumstances have most definitely changed.
Rolodzeo
Member
It was a joke hehehe. I really think Brexit is a bad idea and I also don't see any positives about it, at least for the time being.
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