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Pebble fan! Cat lover. Academic. Sufferer of insatiable curiosity.
Were aspiring to become an immigrant, and have, since early 2024, succeeded.
Were aspiring to become an immigrant, and have, since early 2024, succeeded.
Not for the first time, at that...
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Not for the first time, at that...
I think the conventional wisdom says they're farting around at home, living off welfare checks, or something along those lines.
Cause what other explanations could there possibly be in a nation with historically low unemployment figures?
Cause what other explanations could there possibly be in a nation with historically low unemployment figures?
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I think the conventional wisdom says they're farting around at home, living off welfare checks, or something along those lines.
Cause what other explanations could there possibly be in a nation with historically low unemployment figures?
Cause what other explanations could there possibly be in a nation with historically low unemployment figures?
Then you can safely call me one, too.
To see both politicians and people reject this aspect of membership was always very painful.
To see both politicians and people reject this aspect of membership was always very painful.
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Then you can safely call me one, too.
To see both politicians and people reject this aspect of membership was always very painful.
To see both politicians and people reject this aspect of membership was always very painful.
Sure, absolutely - it'd enable UK firms to again compete for contracts in the EU, and thus to rebuild the tax base.
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Sure, absolutely - it'd enable UK firms to again compete for contracts in the EU, and thus to rebuild the tax base.
And this after already having had 50+ years to do so, and even more to get over the loss of Empire.
November 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
And this after already having had 50+ years to do so, and even more to get over the loss of Empire.
Yeah. Except we have no other major trading partner within at least 3000mi, and trade gravity dictates you mostly trade with nearby nations, anyway. So...
The arrogance, stupidity, and denial of reality is just so stunning. If EU was even 1/10th as evil as Brexiters claimed, the UK would be toast.
The arrogance, stupidity, and denial of reality is just so stunning. If EU was even 1/10th as evil as Brexiters claimed, the UK would be toast.
November 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Yeah. Except we have no other major trading partner within at least 3000mi, and trade gravity dictates you mostly trade with nearby nations, anyway. So...
The arrogance, stupidity, and denial of reality is just so stunning. If EU was even 1/10th as evil as Brexiters claimed, the UK would be toast.
The arrogance, stupidity, and denial of reality is just so stunning. If EU was even 1/10th as evil as Brexiters claimed, the UK would be toast.
I think they still harbor illusions about the EU approaching them with a gold plated invitation bypassing Article 49 and the CC when the EU finally realizes that continuing w/o the UK just isn't feasible.
This will likely persist until the acute craniorectal inversion of LP leadership is resolved.
This will likely persist until the acute craniorectal inversion of LP leadership is resolved.
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I think they still harbor illusions about the EU approaching them with a gold plated invitation bypassing Article 49 and the CC when the EU finally realizes that continuing w/o the UK just isn't feasible.
This will likely persist until the acute craniorectal inversion of LP leadership is resolved.
This will likely persist until the acute craniorectal inversion of LP leadership is resolved.
I think it is, and have ever since Keir & Co convinced me they were serious about "Make Brexit Work". I believe that set them up to miss England's last train to the future not connecting via Pauperville, for the foreseeable future.
Keir & co bunkered too hard w/ wrong advisors.
Keir & co bunkered too hard w/ wrong advisors.
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I think it is, and have ever since Keir & Co convinced me they were serious about "Make Brexit Work". I believe that set them up to miss England's last train to the future not connecting via Pauperville, for the foreseeable future.
Keir & co bunkered too hard w/ wrong advisors.
Keir & co bunkered too hard w/ wrong advisors.
Sadly, I don't think that joining again would bring those £90b back. Most of that we've lost due to Brexit is gone for ever.
Supply lines have re-routed around the UK, long-term contracts ended and re-assigned to providers still in the SM, and UK businesses closed or bankrupted will remain deadc.
Supply lines have re-routed around the UK, long-term contracts ended and re-assigned to providers still in the SM, and UK businesses closed or bankrupted will remain deadc.
November 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Sadly, I don't think that joining again would bring those £90b back. Most of that we've lost due to Brexit is gone for ever.
Supply lines have re-routed around the UK, long-term contracts ended and re-assigned to providers still in the SM, and UK businesses closed or bankrupted will remain deadc.
Supply lines have re-routed around the UK, long-term contracts ended and re-assigned to providers still in the SM, and UK businesses closed or bankrupted will remain deadc.
I know, and it's pathetic.
It's like the people following various "influencers" on Instagram etc, and demanding/expecting to live the life they see their online heroes present themselves as having on social media.
It's like the people following various "influencers" on Instagram etc, and demanding/expecting to live the life they see their online heroes present themselves as having on social media.
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I know, and it's pathetic.
It's like the people following various "influencers" on Instagram etc, and demanding/expecting to live the life they see their online heroes present themselves as having on social media.
It's like the people following various "influencers" on Instagram etc, and demanding/expecting to live the life they see their online heroes present themselves as having on social media.
That's fair. He's got me fairly well-trained on things like delivering treats on command and making sure the food bowl is never empty¹.
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¹ In the cat world, a bowl is considered empty if you can see its bottom, no matter how much is still present pushed up around the rim.
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¹ In the cat world, a bowl is considered empty if you can see its bottom, no matter how much is still present pushed up around the rim.
a cat is playing with a bowl of food on the floor .
ALT: a cat is playing with a bowl of food on the floor .
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November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
That's fair. He's got me fairly well-trained on things like delivering treats on command and making sure the food bowl is never empty¹.
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¹ In the cat world, a bowl is considered empty if you can see its bottom, no matter how much is still present pushed up around the rim.
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¹ In the cat world, a bowl is considered empty if you can see its bottom, no matter how much is still present pushed up around the rim.
Yet, the EU following its rule book is the only reason why the UKG has any wiggle room in negotiations w/ the EU.
Without it, and their comparable decency, the EU could really put UKG over a barrel in negotiations.
Without it, and their comparable decency, the EU could really put UKG over a barrel in negotiations.
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Yet, the EU following its rule book is the only reason why the UKG has any wiggle room in negotiations w/ the EU.
Without it, and their comparable decency, the EU could really put UKG over a barrel in negotiations.
Without it, and their comparable decency, the EU could really put UKG over a barrel in negotiations.
Many forget it's not the dictatorship of the majority.
November 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Many forget it's not the dictatorship of the majority.
Anyone still looking to Labour for UK's salvation haven't been paying attention for a rather long time.
I was back in the UK fairly recently, first time since emigrating in early 2024. The decay is palpable, both in what otherwise sane-seeming people are saying, and the "look" of the environs.
I was back in the UK fairly recently, first time since emigrating in early 2024. The decay is palpable, both in what otherwise sane-seeming people are saying, and the "look" of the environs.
November 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Anyone still looking to Labour for UK's salvation haven't been paying attention for a rather long time.
I was back in the UK fairly recently, first time since emigrating in early 2024. The decay is palpable, both in what otherwise sane-seeming people are saying, and the "look" of the environs.
I was back in the UK fairly recently, first time since emigrating in early 2024. The decay is palpable, both in what otherwise sane-seeming people are saying, and the "look" of the environs.
Absolutely.
Still, the more affluent nations do make a net contribution, if you only consider the money put in and the money coming back, in various ways, from the EU.
By the same token, I keep losing money buying food.
But I'm bright enough to appreciate the utility of not dying by starvation.
Still, the more affluent nations do make a net contribution, if you only consider the money put in and the money coming back, in various ways, from the EU.
By the same token, I keep losing money buying food.
But I'm bright enough to appreciate the utility of not dying by starvation.
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Absolutely.
Still, the more affluent nations do make a net contribution, if you only consider the money put in and the money coming back, in various ways, from the EU.
By the same token, I keep losing money buying food.
But I'm bright enough to appreciate the utility of not dying by starvation.
Still, the more affluent nations do make a net contribution, if you only consider the money put in and the money coming back, in various ways, from the EU.
By the same token, I keep losing money buying food.
But I'm bright enough to appreciate the utility of not dying by starvation.
My cat is like that - inside and want out, outside and want in - and I love him to bits, but I'd never put him in charge of my home or my economy.
Part of the problem is that so few in UK even understand what the EU is, and fewer still seem interested in learning.
Most just want a magic fix. 🧙♂️🤦🙀
Part of the problem is that so few in UK even understand what the EU is, and fewer still seem interested in learning.
Most just want a magic fix. 🧙♂️🤦🙀
a cartoon of mickey mouse in a wizard outfit
Alt: mickey mouse as the sorcerer's apprentice
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November 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
My cat is like that - inside and want out, outside and want in - and I love him to bits, but I'd never put him in charge of my home or my economy.
Part of the problem is that so few in UK even understand what the EU is, and fewer still seem interested in learning.
Most just want a magic fix. 🧙♂️🤦🙀
Part of the problem is that so few in UK even understand what the EU is, and fewer still seem interested in learning.
Most just want a magic fix. 🧙♂️🤦🙀
What is, even, "the SM for goods"?
There's just the SM, whole kit and caboodle, with no open path by which the UK could join, even if it wanted. It'll be enough of a negotiation slog just to open a path, but to also convince the EU to radically altering the SM, too?
Seems optimistic.
There's just the SM, whole kit and caboodle, with no open path by which the UK could join, even if it wanted. It'll be enough of a negotiation slog just to open a path, but to also convince the EU to radically altering the SM, too?
Seems optimistic.
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
What is, even, "the SM for goods"?
There's just the SM, whole kit and caboodle, with no open path by which the UK could join, even if it wanted. It'll be enough of a negotiation slog just to open a path, but to also convince the EU to radically altering the SM, too?
Seems optimistic.
There's just the SM, whole kit and caboodle, with no open path by which the UK could join, even if it wanted. It'll be enough of a negotiation slog just to open a path, but to also convince the EU to radically altering the SM, too?
Seems optimistic.
Narrator: It didn't, in fact, settle down.
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Narrator: It didn't, in fact, settle down.
Maybe they're looking for a sneaky link?
November 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Maybe they're looking for a sneaky link?
Worse yet - they will pretty much have to accept whatever terms they're offered, since they'll have a hard time walking away from a deal that supposedly already is in the bag.
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Worse yet - they will pretty much have to accept whatever terms they're offered, since they'll have a hard time walking away from a deal that supposedly already is in the bag.
"Yeah, but in FPTP you can't do that, it's practically like voting for <enemy du jour>."
Usually said, often by Labour supporters, in a tone suggesting you don't understand how FPTP works.
But they can't explain why, despite the members wanting it, switching to RP never makes the manifesto?
Usually said, often by Labour supporters, in a tone suggesting you don't understand how FPTP works.
But they can't explain why, despite the members wanting it, switching to RP never makes the manifesto?
October 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"Yeah, but in FPTP you can't do that, it's practically like voting for <enemy du jour>."
Usually said, often by Labour supporters, in a tone suggesting you don't understand how FPTP works.
But they can't explain why, despite the members wanting it, switching to RP never makes the manifesto?
Usually said, often by Labour supporters, in a tone suggesting you don't understand how FPTP works.
But they can't explain why, despite the members wanting it, switching to RP never makes the manifesto?
You can still move. It's harder, yes, but still achievable. Your absolute worst case is having to rely on the common travel area and being limited to relocating to Ireland.
While I haven't personally spent much time in Ireland, I'd still say that as "worst cases" go, 99.9% of immigrants envy you.
While I haven't personally spent much time in Ireland, I'd still say that as "worst cases" go, 99.9% of immigrants envy you.
October 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
You can still move. It's harder, yes, but still achievable. Your absolute worst case is having to rely on the common travel area and being limited to relocating to Ireland.
While I haven't personally spent much time in Ireland, I'd still say that as "worst cases" go, 99.9% of immigrants envy you.
While I haven't personally spent much time in Ireland, I'd still say that as "worst cases" go, 99.9% of immigrants envy you.
But unlike us in the UK, there's nothing EU citizens can do to achieve FOM with the UK. Nada, niente.
For us UKians, it's a choice we made, not to have FOM with the EU. One we could, if we wanted to, attempt to change by voting for a party that promises to apply to join the EU, or possibly the EEA.
For us UKians, it's a choice we made, not to have FOM with the EU. One we could, if we wanted to, attempt to change by voting for a party that promises to apply to join the EU, or possibly the EEA.
October 10, 2025 at 5:08 AM
But unlike us in the UK, there's nothing EU citizens can do to achieve FOM with the UK. Nada, niente.
For us UKians, it's a choice we made, not to have FOM with the EU. One we could, if we wanted to, attempt to change by voting for a party that promises to apply to join the EU, or possibly the EEA.
For us UKians, it's a choice we made, not to have FOM with the EU. One we could, if we wanted to, attempt to change by voting for a party that promises to apply to join the EU, or possibly the EEA.