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Should the UK remain a member of the EU


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  1. 1. Should the UK remain a member of the EU

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https://www.cityam.com/one-in-three-uk-business-owners-fear-their-company-wont-exist-anymore-in-a-year-as-brexit-onslaught-intensifies/

 

Nearly one in three fear their company will close before the end of this year, primarily as the long-term effects of Brexit start to bite, according to alarming data shared with City A.M. this morning.

A slightly bigger number, 37 per cent, don’t think their business will survive until the end of 2027, as more than half (54 per cent) of UK business owners indicated they found 2021 to be a more challenging year for their business than 2020.

 

Brexit was and continues to be a real obstacle, the entrepreneurs said, with 73 per cent of those taking part in a countrywide-survey by One World Express saying their business has seen zero benefit from the UK’s departure from the EU.

 

A quarter of UK businesses were significantly impacted by Brexit last year and one in three of respondents said their company experienced difficulties when attempting to secure working visas for EU based employees in 2021, while 43 per cent faced supply chain disruption.

Import and export drop

As the overwhelming majority (73 per cent) of business leaders said their organisation has seen no benefits from Brexit, a quarter made a conscious decision to move away from importing or exporting to or from the EU in 2021.

 

Moreover, the data showed that half of business leaders consider the potential emergence of new Covid variants to be the greatest threat to their businesses in 2022.

“Brexit was always going to present challenges to UK businesses, but these have been compounded by the pandemic,” explained Atul Bhakta, CEO of One World Express, this morning.

 

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3 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

 

That David Davies is a lying, arrogant, narcissistic, horrible cunt. Why do so many tory mp's feel the need to misrepresent and play the victim when faced with genuine questions, corrected on their bullshit or given reality checks? 

 

MONMOUTH MP David Davies has sparked controversy after criticising a Labour activist on Twitter for the way she addressed him.

 

Mr Davies tweeted a screenshot of a question from Catrin Maby regarding the recent vote to disagree with a House of Lords amendment to the environment bill that would prevent water companies from dumping sewage in rivers.

 

Ms Maby said on Twitter: "So @DavidTCDavies, you voted yesterday to allow water companies to continue dumping RAW SEWAGE in our rivers.

"But you told Monmouth THIS was what was killing the Wye and the Usk, and not the effect of intensive farming or poultry units near water courses."

 

In the same tweet he said activists like Ms Maby are "more interested in spreading hatred on twitter than looking at the arguments" and she should be ashamed of herself.

 

Mr Davies  also tweeted separately with a screenshot of Ms Maby's statement.

He said: "In a week when we should be thinking about the language we use online & the effect it has does the ⁦@UKLabour condone this kind of language from its activists?"

 

This got the most attention online, with many not understanding exactly what Mr Davies was objecting to.

 

Twitter user Bryony Davis said "What is it about the language that you are objecting to?

"It is perfectly polite, accurate and factual.

"Maybe that's the problem???"

 

Another user, Gerry Davis, said: "She hasn't used abusive language.

"She has challenged you on your vote and you have explained the issue.

 

 

 

 

 

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12 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

https://www.cityam.com/one-in-three-uk-business-owners-fear-their-company-wont-exist-anymore-in-a-year-as-brexit-onslaught-intensifies/

 

Nearly one in three fear their company will close before the end of this year, primarily as the long-term effects of Brexit start to bite, according to alarming data shared with City A.M. this morning.

A slightly bigger number, 37 per cent, don’t think their business will survive until the end of 2027, as more than half (54 per cent) of UK business owners indicated they found 2021 to be a more challenging year for their business than 2020.

 

Brexit was and continues to be a real obstacle, the entrepreneurs said, with 73 per cent of those taking part in a countrywide-survey by One World Express saying their business has seen zero benefit from the UK’s departure from the EU.

 

A quarter of UK businesses were significantly impacted by Brexit last year and one in three of respondents said their company experienced difficulties when attempting to secure working visas for EU based employees in 2021, while 43 per cent faced supply chain disruption.

Import and export drop

As the overwhelming majority (73 per cent) of business leaders said their organisation has seen no benefits from Brexit, a quarter made a conscious decision to move away from importing or exporting to or from the EU in 2021.

 

Moreover, the data showed that half of business leaders consider the potential emergence of new Covid variants to be the greatest threat to their businesses in 2022.

“Brexit was always going to present challenges to UK businesses, but these have been compounded by the pandemic,” explained Atul Bhakta, CEO of One World Express, this morning.

 

 

Everyone's concerned about what bosses think all of a sudden, many of these company execs are moaning because they've got to finally pay a fair rate of pay to attract employees instead of making fortunes out of cheap labour.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/dec/14/uk-unemployment-rate-falls-despite-end-of-job-furlough-scheme

 

Unemployment back at 3 million and the country will know all about it.

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7 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

That David Davies is a lying, arrogant, narcissistic, horrible cunt. Why do so many tory mp's feel the need to misrepresent and play the victim when faced with genuine questions, corrected on their bullshit or given reality checks? 

 

MONMOUTH MP David Davies has sparked controversy after criticising a Labour activist on Twitter for the way she addressed him.

 

Mr Davies tweeted a screenshot of a question from Catrin Maby regarding the recent vote to disagree with a House of Lords amendment to the environment bill that would prevent water companies from dumping sewage in rivers.

 

Ms Maby said on Twitter: "So @DavidTCDavies, you voted yesterday to allow water companies to continue dumping RAW SEWAGE in our rivers.

"But you told Monmouth THIS was what was killing the Wye and the Usk, and not the effect of intensive farming or poultry units near water courses."

 

In the same tweet he said activists like Ms Maby are "more interested in spreading hatred on twitter than looking at the arguments" and she should be ashamed of herself.

 

Mr Davies  also tweeted separately with a screenshot of Ms Maby's statement.

He said: "In a week when we should be thinking about the language we use online & the effect it has does the ⁦@UKLabour condone this kind of language from its activists?"

 

This got the most attention online, with many not understanding exactly what Mr Davies was objecting to.

 

Twitter user Bryony Davis said "What is it about the language that you are objecting to?

"It is perfectly polite, accurate and factual.

"Maybe that's the problem???"

 

Another user, Gerry Davis, said: "She hasn't used abusive language.

"She has challenged you on your vote and you have explained the issue.

 

 

 

 

 

What has that got to do with us leaving the EU? 

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15 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

That Tory Brexiteers are lying cunts and the "successes" of Brexit don't exist.

But they do exist, the ONS tell us so. Unemployment is down, vacancies and wages (for mostly low paid) are up.

 

The benefits may not be for you because you may be fortunate enough not to work in a low paid job.

 

 

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/wetherspoons-brexit-government-vat-europe-b958592.html

 

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4 minutes ago, Gnasher said:

But they do exist, the ONS tell us so. Unemployment is down, vacancies and wages (for mostly low paid) are up.

 

The benefits may not be for you because you may be fortunate enough not to work in a low paid job.

 

 

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/wetherspoons-brexit-government-vat-europe-b958592.html

 

I can't be arsed going through all this again. You know the reams and reams of stuff I've posted about how these temporary, sector-specific bumps are not wholly attributed to Brexit, are not going to last and are far outweighed by the shitstorm Brexit is bringing to all working class people? That.

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1 minute ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

The point of the tweet is that it's hilarious for Davis to call someone else a liar, while he's using other lies as mitigation.

Yeah I know, same question for Stigs post, what has that got to do with Britain leaving the EU? 

 

Davis is one man, his veiws are neither here or there, its like me showing tweets by George Osborne.

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Just now, AngryOfTuebrook said:

I can't be arsed going through all this again. You know the reams and reams of stuff I've posted about how these temporary, sector-specific bumps are not wholly attributed to Brexit, are not going to last and are far outweighed by the shitstorm Brexit is bringing to all working class people? That.

 

I note you feel you have a  talent for seeing into the future but your "tempory" prediction is looking false, analysts predict labour shortages could be with us for a decade, so pushing up wages, so good news for future young jobseekers and employees.

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4 minutes ago, Gnasher said:

 

I note you feel you have a  talent for seeing into the future but your "tempory" prediction is looking false, analysts predict labour shortages could be with us for a decade, so pushing up wages, so good news for future young jobseekers and employees.

This is where you're wrong. Labour shortages do not automatically push wages up; certainly not in a lasting sense.

 

I have a talent for looking into the present and I can see a bastard Tory Government and a Labour Party that doesn't really give a fuck for working people. There is no reason to imagine that the current pay rises will last; even people in those jobs understand that much.

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40 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

That David Davies is a lying, arrogant, narcissistic, horrible cunt. Why do so many tory mp's feel the need to misrepresent and play the victim when faced with genuine questions, corrected on their bullshit or given reality checks? 

 

MONMOUTH MP David Davies has sparked controversy after criticising a Labour activist on Twitter for the way she addressed him.

 

Mr Davies tweeted a screenshot of a question from Catrin Maby regarding the recent vote to disagree with a House of Lords amendment to the environment bill that would prevent water companies from dumping sewage in rivers.

 

Ms Maby said on Twitter: "So @DavidTCDavies, you voted yesterday to allow water companies to continue dumping RAW SEWAGE in our rivers.

"But you told Monmouth THIS was what was killing the Wye and the Usk, and not the effect of intensive farming or poultry units near water courses."

 

In the same tweet he said activists like Ms Maby are "more interested in spreading hatred on twitter than looking at the arguments" and she should be ashamed of herself.

 

Mr Davies  also tweeted separately with a screenshot of Ms Maby's statement.

He said: "In a week when we should be thinking about the language we use online & the effect it has does the ⁦@UKLabour condone this kind of language from its activists?"

 

This got the most attention online, with many not understanding exactly what Mr Davies was objecting to.

 

Twitter user Bryony Davis said "What is it about the language that you are objecting to?

"It is perfectly polite, accurate and factual.

"Maybe that's the problem???"

 

Another user, Gerry Davis, said: "She hasn't used abusive language.

"She has challenged you on your vote and you have explained the issue.

 

Whatever the rights and wrongs here, that concerns David Davies, not David Davis.

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1 minute ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

This is where you're wrong. Labour shortages do not automatically push wages up; certainly not in a lasting sense.

 

I have a talent for looking into the present and I can see a bastard Tory Government and a Labour Party that doesn't really give a fuck for working people. There is no reason to imagine that the current pay rises will last; even people in those jobs understand that much.

Of course they will last, otherwise the firms vacancies will not get filled, if you have labour shortage (which this country will have for many years to come) you have to offer a competitive rate of pay. 

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42 minutes ago, mattyq said:

The good thing about Eastern European countries getting a lot richer is they become bigger markets for the UK to sell our goods & services too which we've now fucked up 

Another Brexit win

 

Sell goods? Like the ones below? 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/17/uk-supplying-ukraine-with-anti-tank-weapons-mps-told

 

Eu enlargement is a dangerous game to play, it's made the world less safe and is the complete opposite of the original reason for founding the EU.

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/europe-is-danger-top-diplomat-propose-eu-military-doctrine-2021-11-10/

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On 20/01/2022 at 01:10, Gnasher said:

 

Sell goods? Like the ones below? 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/17/uk-supplying-ukraine-with-anti-tank-weapons-mps-told

 

Eu enlargement is a dangerous game to play, it's made the world less safe and is the complete opposite of the original reason for founding the EU.

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/europe-is-danger-top-diplomat-propose-eu-military-doctrine-2021-11-10/

Ukraine isn't in the EU, mate, so your point doesn't make any sense

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