Brexit negotiations thread

[callan]

Meanwhile here's some "hard" Brexit news.The luck of the Irish,hey? :winking:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40788021

You think the Irish have this sewn up then Barna?...if they havent its not news just speculation:winking:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

You think the Irish have this sewn up then Barna?...if they havent its not news just speculation:winking:

Personally, I'd sooner Dublin gets the jobs rather than Frankfurt.

 

[callan]

Personally, I'd sooner Dublin getst the jobs rather than Frankfurt.

I'm not sure the decision makers will place great value on your personal opinion.

Why do you favour Dublin over Frankfurt or Paris?

 

[Lord Football]

I'm not sure the decision makers will place great value on your personal opinion.

Why do you favour Dublin over Frankfurt or Paris?

The point is..... these jobs will be moving from the UK. It doesn't actually matter where.

All EU related jobs currently based in the UK will be relocated to an EU Member State.

 

[callan]

The point is..... these jobs will be moving from the UK. It doesn't actually matter where.

All EU related jobs currently based in the UK will be relocated to an EU Member State.

Absolutely however Barna favours Dublin ...not sure why.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Absolutely however Barna favours Dublin ...not sure why.

Closer? They speak English as a first language? Likes a spot of Guinness?

 

[Lord Football]

Possibly he prefers Ireland as it would make it easier for an English speaker worker to relocate with the job.....

 

[callan]

Possibly he prefers Ireland as it would make it easier for an English speaker worker to relocate with the job.....

He (Barna) clearly isn't a student of Mr Juncker then...

 

[Pubey]

Another reason to ban old people from voting

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Closer? They speak English as a first language? Likes a spot of Guinness?

Both of those.Plus we had a nice holiday break there a couple of years back.

Possibly he prefers Ireland as it would make it easier for an English speaker worker to relocate with the job.....

That's certainly the main reason.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Another reason to ban old people from voting

Ha! This particular older voter wasn't allowed a vote in the referendum anyway.

Needless to say (I imagine) I would have voted Remain if I'd been given the chance.

 

[callan]

Ha! This particular older voter wasn't allowed a vote in the referendum anyway.

Needless to say (I imagine) I would have voted Remain if I'd been given the chance.

So after two years of non stop negative links about how bad Brexit will be....you only imagine that you would have voted remain...I had little sympathy with Pubeys post but perhaps he has a point....

 

[Beefy]

Possibly he prefers Ireland as it would make it easier for an English speaker worker to relocate with the job.....

I don't know, it's practically a different language.

All the commentary and predictions on Brexit over here are negative. Dublin is definitely picking up a fair amount of jobs but that won't outweigh the negatives of their reliance on the UK to bankroll their tourism sector and obviously the spectre of a hard border to the North lingers on.

 

[Gt Yarmouth Shrimper]

So after two years of non stop negative links about how bad Brexit will be....you only imagine that you would have voted remain...I had little sympathy with Pubeys post but perhaps he has a point....

Be fair Callan, that's not what he said and you know it.

 

[callan]

Be fair Callan, that's not what he said and you know it.

It's what he said...but in fairness probably not what he meant.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Yes you did. You may not have noticed at the time, but you did vote on our continued membership of both the Customs Union and the Single Market. Some of us did try and tell everyone this, but we were drowned out by the "don't listen to experts" comments from the likes of Michael Gove and Nigel Farage pointing towards a bus.

Forget everything else about our membership to the EU, the absolute key thing was our continued ability to trade freely across Europe and across the world as a member of the EU.

And this is why dumbing down the most complex issue imaginable into a "yes / no" vote was at best complete madness on behalf of David Cameron or sheer incompetence.

I did not get a vote on membership of either the Customs Union nor the Single Market.

The question on my referendum voting slip was about membership of the EU.

Norway is a member of the Single Market and not of the EU.
Turkey is a member of the Customs Union and not of the EU (not that you would know that from the misinformation put out by the Leave campaign).

 

[Ricky Otto]

Absolutely however Barna favours Dublin ...not sure why.

It seems that a lot of the big US companies in my industry also (allegedly) favour Dublin, English speaking in the single market, think TUIB might be right on this one.

 

[Pubey]

It seems that a lot of the big US companies in my industry also (allegedly) favour Dublin, English speaking in the single market, think TUIB might be right on this one.

yep, plenty of global pharma have set up major offices out there and I think it'll continue.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

yep, plenty of global pharma have set up major offices out there and I think it'll continue.

Yup.But I see that even Barcelona. fancy their chances for this gig.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Ha! This particular older voter wasn't allowed a vote in the referendum anyway.

Needless to say (I imagine) I would have voted Remain if I'd been given the chance.

So after two years of non stop negative links about how bad Brexit will be....you only imagine that you would have voted remain...I had little sympathy with Pubeys post but perhaps he has a point....

As you're doubtless fully aware, my "needless to say" remark, refers to the first part of my sentence rather than the conditional part.:raspberry:

That's what I said and what I meant.