Goatse James Bond posted:

I cant believe i have to explain this but he's trolling

Goatse James Bond posted:

I guess it's good that I posted then

fuctifino posted:

e: It always strikes me how young Farage is. It was his 60th birthday yesterday, and people noticed Liz Truss was there too
https://twitter.com/andreajenkyns/status/1775608905348923552

quote:

The government said the fees would pay for "world-class border facilities".

NotJustANumber99 posted:

lol at the looks like thunder on the dudes working there

Goatse James Bond posted:

actually I do have Britain content other than source jiggerypokery, this came across my feed earlier today (sorry if it was already posted, tried to look]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68726852

(first draft of?) food import tariffs have been released and looks like people are cranky

quote:

William Bain, head of trade policy at the BCC, said the charges of £29 an individual commodity line — capped at five charges per consignment, meaning a maximum fee of £145 — would be a “hammer blow” for smaller importers.

“Importing a small consignment of goods with only five different meat, poultry, egg, milk or some fish products in the ‘medium-risk’ category will now face a bill of £145 per package under these proposals,” he added, urging the government to reconsider.

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

Posting link instead of image because video:

https://x.com/ecomarxi/status/1775557918517084237?s=20

Some of the comments say this isn't a protest against the govt but a protest by parents of hostages.
I don't speak hebrew unless except the bits that are almost the same as arabic so I don't exactly know which interpretation is right.

British farmers want basic income to cope with post-Brexit struggles posted:

Farmers are calling for the government to grant them a universal basic income, saying the post-Brexit agriculture subsidy scheme has left many poorer.

Delays to the sustainable farming schemes put in place after the UK left the European Union, to replace the common agricultural policy (CAP), have meant that in England many farmers have been left out of pocket. The new regime initially suffered from low subscription rates, and the government has underspent hundreds of millions from the £2.4bn farming budget each year due to lack of sign-up.

Scotland and Wales have different farming schemes, and Northern Ireland has not yet set up its new scheme due to Stormont not having sat for two years. In Wales, there have been protests over plans to ask farmers to set aside 20% of their farms for nature and tree planting.

Government projections and independent analysis have shown that the new nature payments schemes will not plug the gap left by the lack of EU subsidies for most farmers. The nature schemes were never meant to replace the CAP payments exactly, and instead are aimed at paying farmers to provide public goods.

Now, at least 100 farmers have signed up to a new campaign group, BI4Farmers, to ask for a universal basic income (UBI) for all farmers in Britain.

The campaigners said that farmers across the UK were “basically kept afloat” by EU subsidies and now risk going out of business. Analysis by the organic farming group Riverford has found that half of farmers surveyed said they may go out of business due to post-Brexit trade deals, uncertainty over farming payment schemes and rising costs.

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

Posting link instead of image because video:

https://x.com/ecomarxi/status/1775557918517084237?s=20

Some of the comments say this isn't a protest against the govt but a protest by parents of hostages.
I don't speak hebrew unless except the bits that are almost the same as arabic so I don't exactly know which interpretation is right.

keep punching joe posted:

Higher import tariffs don't scare me, we have a thriving farming sector in the UK.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/04/british-farmers-want-basic-income-to-cope-with-post-brexit-struggles

fuctifino posted:

I wish I could get some cathartic joy out of going "Ha! Ha! I told you so", or get pleasure in pointing out to Brexiteers that they've scuttled the same boat we are all in etc. etc.... but it just doesn't seem to tickle my schadenfreude gland in any way. I just feel angry, and have an increasing urge to commit acts of violin.

fuctifino posted:

mediaphage posted:

i had the same thought. also lol at truss with the smile

smellmycheese posted:

Yep. It’s been left to rot for years. It will be the equivalent of when West Germany took back on the East

Tesseraction posted:

I think back to that book that interviewed men in former East Germany who said unification was great because in the bad old days women earned as much as you so you had to be funny or interesting to get laid, but thankfully that's no longer the case.

Failed Imagineer posted:

https://www.thejournal.ie/united-ireland-e20-billion-every-year-20-years-6344302-Apr2024/

I don't believe the topline figure for a moment, but it's kind of sadly funny that Britain has ruined NI so completely that it could plausibly create a €400bn dollar economic hole for a United Ireland

Just Another Lurker posted:

From what i understand that info comes from the Irish branch of the IEA, a conservative thinktank and is based on Ireland doing it without support from the UK, EU or USA.

Would still be a painful experience to a degree.

keep punching joe posted:

Has the UK ever had to pay any form of reperations for its numerous crimes in Ireland?

keep punching joe posted:

Has the UK ever had to pay any form of reperations for its numerous crimes?

smellmycheese posted:

Ireland should be GRATEFUL that Thatcher didn’t nuke Dublin

smellmycheese posted:

Ireland should be GRATEFUL that Thatcher didn’t nuke Dublin