Brexit working?

Nobody imposed any measures until we left. The new Trade Treaty with the EU imposed these measures. The EU implemented them almost immediately whilst our Government held off untill this April (2 years?) because faced with horror of what they had done, they didn't do it. Now they have. Do you also not see the damage to trade?

That's a false narrative. We, the UK, negotiated a new Trade Treaty after we left. Then we signed it.
To the absolute detriment of UK business and consumers.
Now you want to blame the EU.

Right

To be honest I find this logic mind boggling. We had a Trade Treaty with our membership of the EU which was basically a "no holds barred" arrangement for both sides, subject to our membership of said EU.
It was us who said we want out of the membership but then said "but we want the same trade arrangements"

Then we are surprised when they say no.

It reminds of a little kerfuffle at our local social club where I live. Membership costs £20 a year and for that bar prices are at least 25p a unit cheaper than a regular pub. Some locals objected and then couldn't understand why their prices were higher.

It's unreal really

Yeah.
They really should have stuck with the obvious.

"Really, really stupid"

"I want my country back, because my mum said so"

😂😂😂

I mean really, what the hell.
And people actually vote for this utter tripe.

What doI support?

National Raving Loony?
😂😂

You’ve got to be joking’: Mandelson dismisses prospect of UK rejoining EU
Labour peer says there is little desire among voters for a referendum and in Brussels for renegotiations
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
Wed 27 Mar 2024 14.38 GMT
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Peter Mandelson has dismissed the prospect of an incoming Labour government taking Britain back into the EU, saying “you’ve got to be joking” that Brussels would want to renegotiate the UK’s membership.

The Labour peer, a former EU trade commissioner and close adviser to Keir Starmer, said rejoining the 27-country bloc would require a referendum that UK voters had little desire for, after the Conservatives’ botched handling of Brexit.


“I cannot see the British people running towards for love nor money after what we went through during the last one. I really do not think that people are going to run towards a repeat of that experience,” he told a British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) event at Heathrow airport on Wednesday.

Lord Mandelson, speaking at the launch of the lobby group’s report on building “Global Britain” after the general election, added that a Starmer government would build closer ties with the EU without rejoining.

The EU wanted a more “stable, constructive relationship” with the UK, Mandelson continued, but there was no desire in Brussels for wholesale negotiation of the country’s return.

“Reopen a negotiation? You’ve got to be joking,” he said. “They [the EU] have got other priorities. They have other fish to fry now. And they’re not going to go through the back-and-forth, up-and-down, seesaw motion; or another protracted, probably hard fought over, and indecisive negotiation with Britain. So that’s simply answered.”

His comments come after the BCC called for politicians to “step out of Brexit’s long shadow” and prioritise trade, including through closer ties with the UK’s single largest trading partner.


Martha Lane Fox, the tech entrepreneur and president of the BCC, said there was often a reluctance among politicians to either recognise problems or suggest solutions because of how they may be viewed either side of the Brexit divide.

“This must stop. Our politicians must be bolder in their decision making. They must set out a strategy on how we manage EU regulation and, where it makes sense, to diverge so that British business can benefit,” she said.

Mandelson said Brexit had triggered a “rollercoaster ride of instability, a merry-go-round of changing ministers” that had left the British economy “travelling along with one arm behind our backs”.

Speaking to business leaders in the headquarters of the company responsible for operating Heathrow, overlooking the airport’s northern runway, the former business secretary under Tony Blair said Labour would not follow the Conservatives’ post-Brexit strategy of chasing free trade deals around the world.

However, he said there was a danger that Britain could become “stranded” between a possible Donald Trump administration in the US and weaker post-Brexit relationship with Brussels.

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“There is a danger that we become stranded, or that we become co
Oh dear the poor old remainiacs , there dream blown up by there own Labour Party 😂😂😂😂.

Obviously I'm a free-marketeer... but I don't understand why people buy produce from the southern hemisphere. It's expensive and without going all Greeta Thornburg - this has to be bad for the environment. I remember growing up and looking forward to fresh, seasonal produce. Grown locally. Cheap strawberries, only around for a couple of months. The big supermarkets have a reputation for screwing British farmers. Maybe more regulation is required. And a Buy British campaign wouldn't go amiss.

I heard some old bloke saying they only had chicken at Christmas,i remember chicken being a treat,we certainly didnt have it every  week.
Seasonal veg was great, the new potatoes couldnt be roated so for a few months you didnt have roasters now people can buy frozen roaters, marrow was only available for a short time and as Epping says strawberries too.
I heard on radio that Britain can only produce 60% of the food that we need because the population is so big I suppose.