[UK and EU reach Brexit trade deal]

10 hours ago, nauseus said:

It gives me pleasure to entertain.

 

Rupert Pupkin alike, as I see it.

 

But of course everything is relative.

[Britain says it will sign free trade deal with Turkey this week]

38 minutes ago, puipuitom said:

Again somebody who still does not understand the EU.....

 

Well I believe Wikipedia, they have a notable reputation till now.

I you know better (and of course you may ),

 you should start something similar, people may one day refer to you instead of to Wiki.

 

 

[BBC says obtained full copy of post-Brexit trade deal]

4 minutes ago, Loiner said:

More of the man in the street being oblivious to everything going on around him? There are still posts regularly being made about the referendum result and percentage of the total population.

In my opinion they dispute the % of people who voted for Leave, not the result of the Referendum.

In the U.S.A. topics there are people disputing the win of Mr. Biden,

never saw such a thing with the Referendum.

I may have missed it of course.

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8 minutes ago, transam said:

????...........So did that work here over the last 4+ years..............????..........?

I see here that the 

 

Leavers go on and on with " We won " usually followed with " Get use to it"

" Everything will be super fine ".

 

Remainers not disputing the results of the Referendum, but going on and on with mentioning it was/is a bad idea, it will not benefit the U.K., usually followed with elements they are convinced proving their opinion.

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Unless I misunderstood, your opinion is : nothing has to be done, the 52 % won.

 

Mine : the government in place has to bring serenity between the 52 and 48 % of its population, the best way for this, in my opinion, is to convince with facts that the 48% were wrong.

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2 minutes ago, transam said:

I don't think anyone needs to do anything. 

 

We have a different opinion here, but I respect yours.

 

 

 

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1 minute ago, Pilotman said:

why would anyone try to convince the 48%, it's a waste of time and energy.  I would say, only once, It's done, (thank goodness) live with it, just stop whining. 

 

If 48 % of the population is not agree with the other 52, it should be a concern for the government in place.

 

The government has 2 possibilities :

 

Vae Victis / Woe to the vanquished. 

 

May be fair enough when the ones with a different opinion represent 4,8 %,  not when 48 %.

 

 

or

 

Instore  serenity between the people, here convincing the 48 % that they were wrong.

Words won't be good enough, concrete elements will be necessary.

 

There is one very important particular element with Brexit : both parties ( Leavers and Remainers ) were/are convinced their choice is the best for the future of their country.

For both parties this isn't about a personal victory, but the welfare of all.

 

 

 

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34 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

I think you misunderstood my point.

 

I did,

I thought you were playing the  " we are oh so exceptional " card. 

Sorry.

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5 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

as a Pariah State

 

Why do you claim the U.K. is a Pariah State!

 

In reality it is,

 

the 5-6th. largest economy in the world, and second-largest in Europe.

 

It isn't worthwhile news to state that a country wish to do business with it.

 

News would be, that a country doesn't wish to do business with the U.K..

 

 

 

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21 minutes ago, transam said:

Anyhoooo, it is bon voyage to the EU, and from the posts I have read here, it was the right decision.

Only in a few years we will know if it was the right decision.

I think the hardest part will be to convince the 48%, they were wrong.

I think the only way will be, with concrete positive changes in the daily life of all the Britons.

There is a huge amount of money available ( previous E.U. contribution ) to make that feasible.

[Britain says it will sign free trade deal with Turkey this week]

17 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Once things have settled down post Brexit and post Covid we can work on a more tailor made option between the 2 countries.

 

I don't think it is wise to wait, as historically, agreements takes years, it would be better to start now.

Of course there is a probability it is already.

With no official announcements as per now, it must however been catalogued as speculation.

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On 12/26/2020 at 6:21 PM, Loiner said:

The more they post, the more I am convinced we are well out of it and the EU will gradually disintegrate.

 

You are an honest zealot,

wishing the best for your country, the worst for the E.U.. 

[How much money do you need to live comfortably in Bangkok?]

Just now, HashBrownHarry said:

30K is not an unrealistic amount to spend on a night out in BKK if you're giving it 'LARGE'.

 

No amount is unrealistic, if one consider it as worthwhile.

[Britain says it will sign free trade deal with Turkey this week]

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

Excellent news. Liz Truss is doing a great job signing all these deals quickly.

 

Sure, I assume it has not been done that quickly, and  time was taken to read it carefully.  Of course if it is only a replication of a contract with the E.U., pretty sure it can go very very quickly, as it should be, as a matter of fact.

 

[UK and EU reach Brexit trade deal]

6 minutes ago, vinny41 said:

Actually I was aware of Erasmus for a number of years thanks , As a remainer you must be aware of the Jean Monnet Programme

 

Google is my friend too.

[UK and EU reach Brexit trade deal]

2 hours ago, nauseus said:

 

I can't link to this. It's a secret.

 

Sounds better than :

 

I can't link to this. It's a lie.

 

 

[UK and EU reach Brexit trade deal]

6 minutes ago, welovesundaysatspace said:

To my knowledge (I may be wrong) the UK hasn’t negotiated many (any?) own trade deals

 

If it is however the case, It will be interesting to know with which major country the U.K. has signed a deal, country which hadn't previously a deal with the E.U..

 

[UK and EU reach Brexit trade deal]

5 minutes ago, nauseus said:

he UK is far more experienced and capable in terms of security than the EU.

Possible,

however I think this is a personal opinion,

not based on any data.

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6 minutes ago, vogie said:

Please show me where I stated all remainers. 

When I learned English, I was told that " the " ( the remainers ) was a all,

oppose to "some" : an unspecified amount.

I may have been taught wrongly.

[Long term hotel - monthly rates deals?]

 

11 hours ago, Meanies said:

looked at AirBNB but prices still seem to be pretty high.

 

I put Phrom Phong, 19000 ThB maxx, 2 months, in the criteria of Airbnb, and got something like 70+ possibilities.

[UK and EU reach Brexit trade deal]

12 minutes ago, bartender100 said:

Very true, 59 countries so far that UK has made trade deals with.

 

It seems like some consider that as extraordinary.

 

I don't see any reason why countries wouldn't make a deal with the U.K., now they have left the E.U..

 

 

 

[UK and EU reach Brexit trade deal]

5 hours ago, bartender100 said:

the most unpopular French President in recent times

 

He was voted in by a majority.

People aren't happy with him now.

If no amelioration, he won't do a second term.

Democracy.

 

[UK and EU reach Brexit trade deal]

11 minutes ago, kingdong said:

Should be interesting when the other countries are told to increase their financial contribution to make up for uks shortfall,i thought the eu were going to " fine " the uk for daring to leave,what happened there?

 

Indeed, and especially what concrete impact it will have on the daily life of the man in the street.

We will find out next year, I assume.

 

I suppose this "fine" is somewhere included in the deal, or than simply  ignored. 

We can only speculate, as I don't think we will ever find out.

 

 

[UK and EU reach Brexit trade deal]

21 minutes ago, ivor bigun said:

All i can really say is at last WE ARE FREE OF THE SCROUNGING E.U.it was run by Germany with the French and the rest yapping at their heels.

It had always been the opinion from some in Europe that the E.U. was run by Germany,  the United  Kingdom, and France ( May somewhere be logical, these 3 countries having the biggest GDP )

The United Kingdom having left, those believe that it is now of course  only France & Germany which are the ones ruling. 

[UK and EU reach Brexit trade deal]

10 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

They failed 80 years ago with military force and they have failed again with their psuedo democratic federalist German/French led politically driven takeover.

 

Von Der Leyen and Bariner's eyes told me everything as they announced the deal.

 

I long gave up listening to the words from their mouths but the body language told me everything. 

 

It was like an ending from Scooby Doo when they rip the mask off the bad guy in handcuffs and he grumpily announces that he would have succeeded if it wasnt for those pesky kids, err I mean Brits ????.

 

I did enjoy the fact they quoted Shakespeare though.

 

 

Once again, I like the way you interpret a situation.