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And another hyperlink. You can't stop yourself, can you? I did make it clear that civil discussion re. Brexit has got me absolutely nowhere since pre. 2016 so I've given up. I'm certainly not giving you access to PM me. I asked what you do for a living, you won't answer. You don't get to come on a public board, post, then want to slink off and have a private discussion when what you're doing is the easiest thing in the world. Googling and posting links.
Surely, and this is the last I'll say on this, talking to real people and listening to their concerns re. Brexit and it's effect in real-life situations is far more valuable than what you're doing?
You just parry with stuff you've searched for. You aren't listening, you're posting links. That's not discussion or argument.
Anyway. I can't be civil about Brexit anymore, but I can be civil as one person to another (pretending for a moment that this isn't about Brexit).
Of course, Covid has had a massive influence worldwide. That's going to take ages to recover from. Unfortunatley for the UK it happened right at the point we'd committed economical suicide.
That's me done. I wish you no harm, I hope you have a great day and live long and prosper.
Jesus Christ! Posting hyperlinks is how you post evidence in an online forum.
You are saying Brexit is raising prices.
I am saying that price rises are happening everywhere, and faster in Europe, and posting links to data that evidences my point. I can describe in prose how price rises are rising in the eurozone if you like, but it's not as sensible as providing a link.
You aren't evidencing your point and you are being abusive with it.
That says a lot to me.
Take care and all the best.
Anybody else absolutely desperate by now to know what JamesWales does for a living? Seems very reluctant to share, I'm going with traffic warden or pimp
The UK is currently 14th in Europe when looking at Covid deaths per capita. There are 9 EU nations with a worse ratio.
In terms of the Vaccine, the speed we got it out with was very impressive. Others have caught up now but vaccines are a race (obviously).
I think the furlough scheme was pretty good too, although nearly every western country did a similar scheme
https://ourworldindata.org/explorers...nfirmed+deaths
Having now lived in the EU for the last 10 months, I don’t understand why many like for like items are so expensive in the UK other than taxation. There are items like cars & heating oil which are dearer but most day to day items, particularly food are much cheaper (& the shelves are full). Meat, fruit, veg, milk all considerably lower. The source from within the EU also seems to be wider than we were getting in the UK pre Brexit.
Diesel 95p / L, Guinness 60p a can, bought 9L fresh orange juice 40p. Even like for like items in IKEA are around 35% less
Pinched from Twitter
Fun fact.
Today Liz Truss boasted of a trade deal with Mexico worth, she claims, £50m.
That’s £10m a year shared between us and Mexico.
Or just 0.5% of the £2bn we’ve lost in food & drink exports to the EU in just 6 months.
Trade data is always volatile, especially with covid and brexit thrown in. However, the following quote from the ONS is quite striking.
"Exports of goods to the EU, excluding precious metals, were above pre-EU exit levels in May and June 2021; rising £1.2 billion (9.1%) to £14.1 billion in May 2021, followed by a further £0.2 billion (1.2%) to £14.3 billion in June 2021."
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/natio...trade/june2021
https://dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/202...brexit-levels/
Well wages are up and unemployment is down, so it ain't the workers.
But as explained here, in May and June, total exports to the EU were up anyway on pre-brexit levels.
"Exports of goods to the EU, excluding precious metals, were above pre-EU exit levels in May and June 2021; rising £1.2 billion (9.1%) to £14.1 billion in May 2021, followed by a further £0.2 billion (1.2%) to £14.3 billion in June 2021."
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/natio...trade/june2021
Yes, from an environmental perspective I think firms/countries will and should look to simplify the supply chain somewhat.
A lot was always made of how many EU lorries come daily to service UK car manufacturers, all travelling vast quantities across europe in both directions. Is that really sustainable? Is that really the best way to do business, to treat Warsaw as if its the same as Walsall?