KevinC
7778
Fuck the New York Times, UK Edition.
Pretty interesting phrasing for the UK shooting itself in the foot.
and with both meanings, not just “morally corrupt and degenerate”, but also in terms of what type of shitstain he is, not a standard, healthy no. 3 on the Bristol scale shit, but one loaded with stinking, disease ridden pus too. Boris Johnson, the burst anal abcess of politics.
I’m reacting only to the headline and the first line of the linked article, as I haven’t (and probably shan’t) read the article itself.
However, it does seem corect enough in that it is a defeat for the EU, because they definitely wanted us in, not out.
And now they have a competitor right on their doorstep, and the whole business complicates everything.
However, it this is a Texas sized defeat for the EU, then imho it’s a USA sized defeat for the Texas analogy here, as in us.
Such a colossal waste of time, energy, goodwill, money…
KevinC
7781
I had a friend who made a lot of poor life decisions. I did my best to try to get him on track. He struggled for a while but eventually his life went off the rails, which did have a negative impact on me. For him, he threw his life away, basically.
To me, that headline is like taking that situation and declaring it a major defeat and big loss for Kevin. True, I tried to help and didn’t succeed and that sucked, but at the end of the day I wasn’t the unemployed drug addict.
magnet
7782
There has already been a lot of handwringing on what Brexit will mean to the UK. This column focuses on what it will mean for France and Germany. And for readers in those countries, maybe it feels nice for someone to finally consider their outlook.
To use your analogy, it’s like someone saying “Can we stop focusing on Kevin’s friend for just a moment and spare a thought for poor Kevin?”
This is what Brexiters wanted, this is what Brexiters voted for, this is what Brexiters got.
The UK isn’t going to be able to ignore the effects of climate change, though, so any turbulence that hits Europe is going to hit the UK in pretty much equal measure.
Yep, it’s exactly like saying that - in a situation where everyone has been talking about Kevin and trying to help him for years.
Aceris
7786
But unlike, say, Germany, the UK is taking climate change seriously, rather than just saying it is. So I’m not clear what your point is.
and we will be poorer and less able to deal with it
poorer and sicker
“They also want us to pay the same for American pharmaceuticals as they pay in their own market. Do they want us to pay more for their pharmaceuticals? Do the pharmaceutical companies want to use this leverage? Of course they do.”
and these c**tknuckles expect unity when they are forcing this on people? I will fight them til the day I die. My last breath will be to spit an insult at those scum.
The Brexiters will just run a referendum that climate change isn’t real. So easily solved, really.
I had to listen to a Brexiter Climate Change Denier taxi driver on the way home on Tuesday. The two go hand in hand.
It was a reply to a comment above.
That aside - the Tory government taking climate change seriously? I wasn’t born yesterday, you know…
Uhm… it very much depends on who you are. The media (and people in general) like to talk about EU as if it is one big block, but it really isn’t. It’s 27 different countries.
For the Northern/Scandinavian countries, the UK’s exit is a major problem and defeat. One, because the UK is an important partner economically, but also because the UK was the major country in the EU who backed the EU sceptical line -> the one that sees the EU as a trade federation and worked against the centralization and federalization of the EU, and defended North European liberal values.
That voice is gone now, which means that countries like Denmark, Netherlands, etc., are going to stand alone in future. Disaster for sure.
For a country like France (and Germany too, though they are less aggressive in this respect), this is more likely to be considered a victory in hindsight. They are the strongest proponents for a stronger, centralized Europe, and the biggest obstacle the French have faced in Europe has just thrown in the towel. Now there is no obstacle to the big blue blob left.
KevinC
7792
I’m sorry that I can’t keep up to date on all the crazy stuff going on with Brexit, but are you guys officially out of the EU now? And now you enter a transition period or something where basically nothing changes except you lose any representation? At what point does the shit hit the fan and you actually have to have trade agreements and the infrastructure in place to handle it?
Business as usual until 31st Dec. during which, lol, the twats think they will finalise a trade agreement.
draxen
7794
Happy Brexit Day! :)
I’m going to celebrate with a few whiskeys.
KevinC
7795
You’re gonna need a lot more in the years ahead.
Eat a bendy banana, or one of those British sausages the EU banned, enjoy your new freedoms.
KevinC
7797
Can’t decide if you were euphemistically telling him to eat a dick or not.
