BREXIT THREAD A MILLION

[Johnny Yesno]

Are we all going to prison

We're already in prison.

[Fambo Number Mive]

Govt looking at 10 new lorry park/HMRC sites across country for Brexit.
Two in Ashford (waterbrook next to Mojo)
North Weald airport near epping forest
ebbsfleet
thames gateway
Dover
birmingham
warrington
holyhead
fishguard

https://twitter.com/lisaocarroll/status/1314178482847576066

[idunnosomename]

We're already in prison.

ALRIGHT THERE FOUCAULT

[Fambo Number Mive]

An obscure rule is to be used to deny MPs a crucial vote aimed at blocking imports of chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef, sparking fresh fears about food quality after Brexit.

Ministers are facing fierce criticism over their tactic to defeat an attempt to give powers to a new watchdog – amid suspicions that future trade deals, particularly with the US, will water down food and animal welfare standards.

The move to prevent debate on a key amendment expected to be backed by Tory rebels in a Commons showdown on Monday has been condemned as "unbelievable" by the peer who introduced it in the Lords.

The tactic was also attacked by the Conservative chair of the Commons environment committee, who told The Independent: "The Commons is wrongly being denied a say on a technicality."...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-chlorinated-chicken-eu-mps-boris-johnson-b914047.html

[Fambo Number Mive]

Johnson has set a "deadline of this Thursday" for agreement on a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU.

I'm assuming we're still almost certain to leave with No Deal, as it's what most Leavers and Johnson's Brexit friends want.

[BlodwynPig]

Will the put a bell on the white cliffs of Dover to warn curious people to stay away from Plague Island?

[Fambo Number Mive]

Tories already blaming businesses.

A senior Tory minister is facing a backlash after accusing businesses of having their "heads in the sand" about getting ready for the end of the Brexit transition.

Cabinet Office minister Lord Agnew told company bosses "it's their businesses at stake" if they fail to get ready for new border checks when the transition ends on December 31.

He said firms were slow to get ready due to coronavirus and the subsequent recession, and after being stung by two "false alarms" when the government missed deadlines to leave the EU on March 29 and October 31, 2019.

Agnew rejected suggestions he was trying to blame companies but urged bosses to be more "energetic" about getting ready for Brexit proper.

The comments sparked an immediate backlash, given many government border systems are not yet ready and businesses have been pleading for clarity about what to actually prepare for, with negotiations on a trade deal looking likely to continue into November.

Firms face a huge change in the way they trade with Europe because the UK is leaving the EU customs union and single market, which allow for seamless cross-border trade.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/brexit-businesses-head-in-the-sand-lord-agnew_uk_5f8575fec5b6e5c320038bec

[Fambo Number Mive]

Farmers and food campaigners were defeated on Monday night in their attempts to enshrine high food safety and animal welfare practices in British law.

Several prominent backbench Tory MPs rebelled against the government to vote for amendments to the agriculture bill that would have given legal status to the standards, but the rebels were too few to overcome the government's 80-seat majority and the key amendment fell by 332 votes to 279 after an often impassioned debate.

The government argued that giving current standards legal status was unnecessary as ministers had already committed to ensuring that UK food standards would be kept in any post-Brexit trade agreements. However, critics fear that the lack of a legally binding commitment in the agriculture bill will allow future imports of sub-standard food that will undercut British produce and expose consumers to risk.

I imagine the number of people going vegetarian will rise after Brexit as any old carcass is imported from the US. No doubt by 2023 Soylent Green will be set up, except Serco will be running it so it will only process half the number of bodies estimated.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/12/mps-reject-calls-by-campaigners-to-enshrine-food-safety-in-uk-law

[bgmnts]

Most people surely would rather risk getting seriously ill than giving up their chicken nuggets and steak.

[NoSleep]

I imagine the number of people going vegetarian will rise after Brexit as any old carcass is imported from the US. No doubt by 2023 Soylent Green will be set up, except Serco will be running it so it will only process half the number of bodies estimated.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/12/mps-reject-calls-by-campaigners-to-enshrine-food-safety-in-uk-law

Lots of GMO veg grown in the US isn't there?

[idunnosomename]

cut lord agnew's head off

[Paul Calf]

Fresh fruit and vegetables won't be easy to get hold of when we have to import them over thousands of miles.

As long as you can eat sunlight you'll be fine.

Food riots coming. To Britain in the 21st Century.

[phantom_power]

I doubt there will be a problem getting decent fresh ingredients or some free range chicken breasts from Asda or whatever. It will be the shit they put in processed stuff that we will have no visibility of that will be the cheap chlorinated stuff

[BlodwynPig]

I doubt there will be a problem getting decent fresh ingredients or some free range chicken breasts from Asda or whatever. It will be the shit they put in processed stuff that we will have no visibility of that will be the cheap chlorinated stuff

bookmarked

[Johnny Yesno]

I doubt there will be a problem getting decent fresh ingredients or some free range chicken breasts from Asda or whatever. It will be the shit they put in processed stuff that we will have no visibility of that will be the cheap chlorinated stuff

https://www.which.co.uk/news/2020/06/why-labels-wont-protect-uk-food-standards-from-a-us-trade-deal/

[jobotic]

So here we go. In the middle of all this death these sociopaths are going to get the no deal they want and flush us even further down the toilet.

How to stay sane?

[bgmnts]

Uk should prepare for no deal Brexit and "Australia style" future.

Sweet.

I would hope the people who voted to leave feel nothing but shame at being so transparently conned and working against their best interest but most of them are so thick they probably can't even remember why they voted. Was it the 300 million pounds a week for the NHS that a bus promised or the blind xenophobia that plagues their lizard brain? Fuck knows.

[Cuellar]

Australia style future eh

That's the automotive sector fucked then

[SpiderChrist]

Does anyone actually think that this government  actually wanted a deal? All their actions thus far indicate otherwise.

[Paul Calf]

Johnson will be gone after Brexit has wiped its arse on him to be replaced with a new and competent fascist who'll gleefully 69 with whatever sock puppet the US manoeuvres into position.

[idunnosomename]

Does anyone actually think that this government  actually wanted a deal? All their actions thus far indicate otherwise.

but he baked a pie. I saw the video on the facebook

[The Roofdog]

Is this now officially, in fact, as they say, "it"? Haven't we got 10 more weeks of him making this same identical fucking statement before we find out in the pub on New Years Eve exactly how fucked we are? Everyone seems to be just ignoring everything they say now.

[SpiderChrist]

Is this now officially, in fact, as they say, "it"? Haven't we got 10 more weeks of him making this same identical fucking statement before we find out in the pub on New Years Eve exactly how fucked we are? Everyone seems to be just ignoring everything they say now.

Optimistic

[idunnosomename]

Australia doesn't have a comprehensive trade deal with the EU. Might as well say Mars-style deal

[jobotic]

Does anyone actually think that this government  actually wanted a deal? All their actions thus far indicate otherwise.

Being as "this government" consists of Cummings and Vote Leave and ministers are appointed on how obedient and willing to debase themselves they are....no.

[evilcommiedictator]

Australia style future eh

That's the automotive sector fucked then

Niche joke, +Karma.


Also you're going to have an influx of chippies it seems?

UK potato exports face a complete bar on exports into the EU if no deal is struck in the next few weeks on a future trading relationship.

[Paul Calf]

It'll be fine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juche

[Fambo Number Mive]

It would be interesting for Lead By Donkeys or someone else to compare what pro-Leave organisations said about No Deal during the referendum campaign and what they are saying now. Probably rewriting history.

Will Johnson and his friends blame British businesses and hauliers when No Deal Brexit leads to economic fuckdown?

Most of the Leavers on Twitter seem to be more focused in saying "hur hur, people who I disagree with politically are not happy, heh" then explaining why No Deal is now a good thing.

[jobotic]

Of course. Have you ever been given a reason as to why Brexit is a good thing other than a crying baby gif?

[Huxleys Babkins]

Australia doesn't have a comprehensive trade deal with the EU. Might as well say Mars-style deal

The only reason they mention Australia rather than, say, Canada is because Australia have really hostile immigration policies. It's pure dogwhistling.

It would be interesting for Lead By Donkeys or someone else to compare what pro-Leave organisations said about No Deal during the referendum campaign and what they are saying now. Probably rewriting history.

Will Johnson and his friends blame British businesses and hauliers when No Deal Brexit leads to economic fuckdown?

Most of the Leavers on Twitter seem to be more focused in saying "hur hur, people who I disagree with politically are not happy, heh" then explaining why No Deal is now a good thing.

Why even go to the effort of that? He was elected on the basis that he had a deal ready to go.