Let's Get Political!

[Bennett]

https://www.pwc.co.uk/who-we-are/regional-sites/northern-ireland/press-releases/world-in-2050.html

Thanks for the link. Now we just need to hold out til 2050 and hope it's right

[4D]

Or just wait for 2021 to end to see if the IMF were right 

[horlock07]

https://www.pwc.co.uk/who-we-are/regional-sites/northern-ireland/press-releases/world-in-2050.html

Setting aside where you find the time to be trawling press releases from PWC's Northern Ireland office, that report is 4-5 years old (published 7th February 2017), so less than a year after the referendum and when we had no idea what Brexit was going to look like.

[Broadbents Tackle]

The UK and EU are both bouncing back from Covid and 2020, the prediction from the IMF is the UK GDP will increase by 5.3% whilst the EU will by 4.5%.

But how much did they both reduce last year? I'm pretty sure our GDP reduced more, hence why it would rebound more as others have explained to you.

[4D]

Setting aside where you find the time to be trawling press releases from PWC's Northern Ireland office, that report is 4-5 years old (published 7th February 2017), so less than a year after the referendum and when we had no idea what Brexit was going to look like.

Even better then 

[4D]

But how much did they both reduce last year? I'm pretty sure our GDP reduced more, hence why it would rebound more as others have explained to you.

It did, UK was about 1.5% worse than the EU. It will take at least another year to get back on track, be interesting to see the 2022 figures.

[Arriba]

Squabbles over fishing are only set to escalate further. Humans have destroyed fish stocks so this will only get worse unless we drastically reduce our seafood consumption.

[Arriba]

Voted Labour by the way on all forms except for the police thingy where I voted Green first choice, Labour second.

[pauld]

Election in 3, 2, 1...and, release the gunboats!

The Brexit faithful jingo-juices are well & truly flowing this morning.  Kill the fishing industry, then send in the Navy to make it look like you give a shit.  They've not had a jizz-fest like this one at the Daily Mail since the Falklands War.

Are people really falling for this? It's clearly just a bit of distraction theatre. The depressing thing is we've got fucking years of this "Don't look at the pile of dead bodies over there, look at the horrid foreigner over there", "Yes I know you've lost your job and your hospital's closed but Macron said something rude about Prince William's kid". And people will lap it up.

[Legends-Lounge]

Are people really falling for this? It's clearly just a bit of distraction theatre. The depressing thing is we've got fucking years of this "Don't look at the pile of dead bodies over there, look at the horrid foreigner over there", "Yes I know you've lost your job and your hospital's closed but Macron said something rude about Prince William's kid". And people will lap it up.

The gift that keeps on giving. Keep it up Paul.

[horlock07]

Are people really falling for this? It's clearly just a bit of distraction theatre. The depressing thing is we've got fucking years of this "Don't look at the pile of dead bodies over there, look at the horrid foreigner over there", "Yes I know you've lost your job and your hospital's closed but Macron said something rude about Prince William's kid". And people will lap it up.

I think for many the whole point of Brexit is to trigger a perpetual series of crises and respond to them with patriotic outrage, because culture war and flag shagging its just about all they have left to cling to. Plus its a handy way to deflect attention whilst you are systemically looting the country and taking the cash.

To be fair to the media we have government sources briefing the Telegraph suggesting the French are worse than the Nazi's.



The state of this country is fucking embarrassing, until a large proportion actually get some pride back and stop revelling in being lied to we have no hope, no wonder cuckold pornography is so popular.

[Bogus Dave]

It did, UK was about 1.5% worse than the EU. It will take at least another year to get back on track, be interesting to see the 2022 figures.

If we contracted by 1.5% more, and are only going to rebound by 0.8% more, then we’re still.....worse off??

[horlock07]

On a lighter note.... https://thecritic.co.uk/the-woodfired-brick-wall/

[pauld]

The gift that keeps on giving. Keep it up Paul.

And right on cue, along comes exhibit 1.

[4D]

If we contracted by 1.5% more, and are only going to rebound by 0.8% more, then we’re still.....worse off??

Initially, but not moving forward...

https://www.export.org.uk/news/559665/IMF-predicts-the-UK-is-on-course-for-faster-growth-than-the-United-States-and-the-EU.htm#:~:text=However%2C%20growth%20will%20be%20slip,one-year%20figure%20since%201941