According to wiki, Unboxed is the Festival of Brexit.
Or "The Brextival", perhaps, or, maybe, "the Fexit".
Maybe they thought more people would do whatever people are supposed to do at this Festival, if the word Brexit was removed from the marketing. How ironic that would be.
It must be that surely? I can definitely see some of the devolved governments, eventscotland and the like not wanting to fund The Festival Of Self Pwn if it were branded as such, and it'd definitely deter some people from going.
edit- so I posted something on their facebook saying "apparently this is part of the festival of brexit, is it a secret?" and it was deleted about 2 minutes later 🙂
It actually looks like quite a good programme. I totally approve of this sort of thing, in general. No comment on value for money though.
Well, if it's a festival of Brexit, it'll cost twice as much as a comparable festival that has no Brexit content, and take fourteen times as much effort to buy a ticket.
Anyone else still up for chaos with Ed Miliband?
Ah great - possibly few or no checks on incomimg goods.
FFS.
I see its still going well
https://twitter.com/MarinaPurkiss/status/1518866639281864705
and honestly theyre STILL threatening to trigger A16!!
this time saying they will legislate for it
meanwhile
https://twitter.com/damian_mcgenity/status/1518701265290678272
I think thats probably pre-emptive on behalf of the US.
They know what this lot are like and you wouldn't put it past Johnson to trigger Article 16, or start threatening to do so, as we approach the local elections in a desperate bid to get their Brexity base out to vote. They probably got wind that he had it pencilled in for about a weeks time or whenever the next partygate fine lands
How it’s going…
We still haven’t finished implementing the “get Brexit done” programme… because that would be an act of self harm (aside - on top of all the other self harm resulting from Brexit already)…
https://twitter.com/adambienkov/status/1519700895830884352?s=21
Anyone want to mention Northern Ireland…?
Supply chains for medicines and medical equipment…?
Those lower fuel bills and food prices…?
All those new opportunities to sell to people outside the UK…?
Getting rid of hospital waiting lists without all those foreign types…?
And the government having all that extra money to spend on “our” priorities…?
What about small and medium businesses who sell direct to customers in (any) European country…? Friction free…?
JRM: 'Free trade is hugely advantageous to consumers...' which is why leaving the biggest FTA on the planet is 'self-harm'.
Honestly, you couldn't make it up at this point. If I was running Eurotunnel, I wouldn't want that preening pencil up there wearing my tabard.
^ he's arguing for free trade and a the benefits that European membership brought! FFS.
If there wasn't a video of him saying it I wouldn't believe it. Essentially admitting that the Brexit deal is harming the UK and that we'd be better off still in the EU.
How long before people start to realise that it was all one giant lie and a massive mistake?
Walking through Spain last week I noticed a guy outside a house in a T-shirt on a day cold enough to have every normal person in thermals and a warm jacket. I shouted a cheery greeting in English and he invited us for a cup of tea. Working around 90 days at a time in Spain, hoping against hope for some new remote working laws in Spain to be voted in, worried about being caught working... . He voted leave and said he would do so again. An interesting and cordial conversation that left us wondering, but why?
An interesting and cordial conversation that left us wondering, but why?
Double (down) or quit mentality?
🤦🏻♂️
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/spain-airport-sees-irish-tourists-26823933
Spain airport sees Irish tourists given 'preferential treatment' as angry Brits watch on
Malaga Airport has been accused by British passport holders of giving Irish passengers "preferential treatment" with an "express lane" as they watch on from a separate queue
It's the same as people visiting Britain before Brexit:
Junior (French passport) missed his Eurostar train after a couple of hours queuing at immigration in London the last time he visisted the UK. He commented it was the slowest border he's ever crossed despite having been to Iran, half a dozen 'stans, Mongolia, Russia... .
Working around 90 days at a time in Spain, hoping against hope for some new remote working laws in Spain to be voted in, worried about being caught working… . He voted leave and said he would do so again. An interesting and cordial conversation that left us wondering, but why?
Special.
I can’t legally drive in Spain from tomorrow 🙁
And yes i did all the required things.
How long before people start to realise that it was all one giant lie and a massive mistake?
They already know. They're just too up themselves to admit it because they voted for it.
Bloomberg seem to be keeping abreast of things...
https://twitter.com/BloombergUK/status/1519093382202769408?s=20&t=nvHqjCZPLmNqW6Q_6qGFEA
https://twitter.com/BloombergUK/status/1518730684709445634?s=20&t=nvHqjCZPLmNqW6Q_6qGFEA
https://twitter.com/BloombergUK/status/1519294449158955008?s=20&t=nvHqjCZPLmNqW6Q_6qGFEA
https://twitter.com/BloombergUK/status/1520426097296523264?s=20&t=nvHqjCZPLmNqW6Q_6qGFEA
SF are set to become the largest party in the elections this week, with Alliance looking to equal or even overtake the DUP
also interesting to see what happens when when people can see that one passport has more benefits than another
https://twitter.com/DarranMarshall/status/1521381683429322753
Naughty, naughty.
Down with this sort of thing.
Hope this person did the whole stack.
I have no doubts that this person would have done the whole stack had Dymo label rolls not been so bastard expensive.
I mean, I assume they're Dymo labels. I have no way of knowing. Obviously.
That's inspired Cougar, whoever it was.
Wait, Sir Keir now has his own gate?
He'll be wanting a fence next.
Pointing out facts?
No union jack stickers?
Must be the work of an unpatriotic traitor.
Chapeau Cougar or whoever it was...
Lisbon airport was a giggle today; only a single working lane for UK electronic passport holders which led to lots of frothing from a very gammony old couple. The EU section had half a dozen lanes in operation with virtually nobody using them.
Is there a go fund me for the stickers?
So... some new "Brexit Freedoms" to be announced in the Queen's Speech today. What do we reckon they will be?
All your data are belong to us.
Or to the highest bidder at least.
Its financial deregulation. Making the UK even more attractive to dodgy offshore capital, dictatorships, drug cartels and global tax dodgers
I see Truss has said the government will chuck out the NIP for the 127th time
Im sure if they keep repeating the threat over and over the EU will suddenly start taking them seriously
Don't be so sure. Latest polling shows that the majority of people in Norn Ireland now think the NIP has been a positive thing for the NI economy (of course it has! Its essentially kept them in the EU!) and those that don't are largely bowler-hatted dinosaurs who still live in the 19th century and are deluded and thick enough to think that Tories in Westminster actually give a flying **** about them.
So now would be the perfect moment for them to actually do it
atest polling shows that the majority of people in Norn Ireland now think the NIP has been a positive thing for the NI economy
So much so that arguably they gave it a mandate at elections last week. But obviously, will of the people and all that.
Really is worth following the Bloomberg accounts and staff…
https://twitter.com/albertonardelli/status/1524350858821054465?s=21
Looks like the UK will be back to eating cold beans out of a can rather than feasting on Johnson's 'oven-ready deal'.
I know that it's John Redwood and he's absolutely hatstand, but what alternative universe do these morons inhabit?
https://twitter.com/johnredwood/status/1524254957830090752?s=20&t=TP11b3H6xwtcyrUUutgHuQ
This 'oven-ready' deal was apparently absolutely bloody brilliant when they all voted for it
When it comes down to it, I don't think even this lot are stupid enough to start a full blown trade war with the EU while also really pissing off the US, in the present economic climate
Actually... they are that stupid. They're going to do it, aren't they?
The headbangers are finally going to get their 'No Deal' Brexit, after all
They’re going to do it, aren’t they?
Not yet. But they will promise to do it when they need to stir up the English electorate to come out to vote for them and keep them in power. Expect more campaign leaflets with a Union Flag next to their candidate's name, and the European flag next to the name of their main opponent. Draw up the battle lines... "we're on your side".
the norn iron protocol requires the human rights act to be law in the UK. unfortunately, the government are also tearing that up, because freedom or something.
Expect more campaign leaflets with a Union Flag next to their candidate’s name,
Be nice for a bit of honesty and drop the union flag and replace it with cross of st george. The Toradh are little more than the EDL now.
It looks like the US is just having a word of the 'don't be a dick' type to Johnson about the NIP
On the Guardian now:
President Biden is urging Boris Johnson not to abandon the Northern Ireland protocol, the Times reports. It says:
The White House made clear its opposition to the strategy in its first public comments since the Times revealed that ministers had given up on talks with Brussels and planned to introduce legislation scrapping large parts of the controversial protocol.
‘The best path forward is a pragmatic one that requires courage, co-operation and leadership,’ a spokeswoman for the White House said. ‘We urge the parties to continue engaging in dialogue to resolve differences and bring negotiations to a successful conclusion.’
binners
Full Memberrequires courage, co-operation and leadership,
Oh dear
