NotThePars Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 7 minutes ago, Principal Flutie said: That was story #2. Less petulant and more stupid. Like I said, I admire the brass neck to talk as condescendingly as he does to everyone else on here given the vast majority of us voted for Remain and Yes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Granny Danger equally as culpable as Rees Mogg and Farage in this whole sorry mess imo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 I regret voting Remain so that evens it out.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 7 minutes ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said: Granny Danger equally as culpable as Rees Mogg and Farage in this whole sorry mess imo. I’d be less despised if I’d gone to join ISIS and came back pregnant. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Sure does seem to be a lot of factories closing down with no connection to brexit the now.There plant in Belguim isnt earmarked for closure either[emoji6] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Honda hitting out with the classic “it’s not you it’s me” line.Deep down you know it’s not true but you kid yourself on because the alternative is accepting that you’re a gammon faced, hate filled racist that no one wants. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Every time a company says "it's not because of Brexit" the news should be legally required to have a narrator say "It was totally because of Brexit" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedToGoToCentralPark Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 There plant in Belguim isnt earmarked for closure either[emoji6]They dont assemble cars or bikes there though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) 31 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said: Every time a company says "it's not because of Brexit" the news should be legally required to have a narrator say "It was totally because of Brexit" A company can say they are leaving but it is not Brexit. However if the UK had decided not to leave the EU that might have been used to persuade the company to stay. It is not simply the presence of a negative, it is also the absence of a positive. So even when it is not about Brexit - it still is. IMO Edited February 19, 2019 by Fullerene 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 ^ Nail head. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 2 hours ago, ICTJohnboy said: Honda seem to taking great pains to emphasize that their decision to close Swansea is unconnected with Brexit. Could they have been leaned on by the gov/t to say that or am I just being a cynical old git? It's also unconnected to geography... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 2 hours ago, welshbairn said: They're not closing for three years so if it was Brexit related they could easily have waited till April before deciding. If it was a marginal decision Brexit might have played a part though. The Japan/EU trade deal was probably a bigger factor, and the shift to electric cars. They're also closing their Turkish plant. Trexit, no doubt... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Venom Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Aside from the Japanese giving our brave boys a bloody nose at the minute, I didnt realise that minimum standard VAT was set by the EU (at 15%). Once we have left I wonder if the party who always tout themselves as the party of low tax, but who, unlike Labour, have always increased standard rate VAT when in power, will look after the ordinary honest to goodness punters who just want to work hard and get ahead, and slash VAT. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zidane's child Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 49 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said: Every time a company says "it's not because of Brexit" the news should be legally required to have a narrator say "It was totally because of Brexit" Remember they need us, more than we need them... Tell that to the 3,500 folk who may be losing their jobs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Quentin Letts ??? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47297445 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, Jeff Venom said: Aside from the Japanese giving our brave boys a bloody nose at the minute, I didnt realise that minimum standard VAT was set by the EU (at 15%). Once we have left I wonder if the party who always tout themselves as the party of low tax, but who, unlike Labour, have always increased standard rate VAT when in power, will look after the ordinary honest to goodness punters who just want to work hard and get head, and slash VAT. That's a vote winner if ever I read one! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Venom Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 That's a vote winner if ever I read one! Fixed! [emoji23] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Jeff Venom said: Aside from the Japanese giving our brave boys a bloody nose at the minute, I didnt realise that minimum standard VAT was set by the EU (at 15%). Once we have left I wonder if the party who always tout themselves as the party of low tax, but who, unlike Labour, have always increased standard rate VAT when in power, will look after the ordinary honest to goodness punters who just want to work hard and get ahead, and slash VAT. The party of low tax - for some and not all. More precisely, low tax for those who can easily pay more. The Tories loves VAT - it is a very effective tax on the poor - who have to spend most of the money they earn. Meanwhile much wealthier people don't have to spend all the money they earn - and might even struggle to do so - to such an extent they have even give some of it away - for example - to political parties that allow them to keep it in the first place. Not that I am being cynical or anything like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Having read some newspaper below the line stuff today, I think we can add Investment Appraisal 101 to the long list of classes that Leave justifiers didn't bother paying any attention to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Venom Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Tories just hate progress unless it is to their own bank balances. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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