Germany urges Britain to rejoin EU customs union
Sounds like a plan
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-urges-britain-to-strike-eu-customs-union-deal/
Sounds like a plan
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-urges-britain-to-strike-eu-customs-union-deal/
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We need some hard truths about our position.
I don’t know quite what’s going on in Starmer’s head right now. I hope he’s playing some sort of long game and waiting for the right moment, but I’m not so sure.
I would much prefer something similar to the deal Switzerland has with the EU, but this would be a good start.
They have a clear route to finally put this country back in the land of reality and they are still peeing with the toilet seat down. Utter madness.
and we all know he wants the NHS, nothing else.
The leavers including Farage and Johnson said we would remain members of the CU and SM.
Yet another thing the remainers got right.
And then he just keeps the U.K. in the EU Customs Union, daring Farage to complain.
btw joining the customs union and single market also means - freedom of movement
its a package - all 3 or nothing
“Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?”
The UK did not vote to leave the EU Customs Union & leaving the European Union is NOT the same as leaving the EU Customs Union. Clarity please @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
Without the UK, we 🇪🇺 would be a bloody lot less reliant on the US than we are. One reason to keep you 🇬🇧 lot out for the rest of this century.
Greetings from civilization
Article in ,Euractive', September 2016, UK defence minister Fallon
https://www.euractiv.com/section/defence/news/defence-minister-britain-will-oppose-any-idea-of-an-eu-army/
Brexit has been done and dusted since 5 years, yesteryear's news. Only Brits incessantly talk about it. Cherrypicking from outside 🙄
FWIW I'd love it, but I wish people would stop pretending that returning to the EU in any form would be quick or easy.
I guess nobody in government is affected by Brexit the way we are.
Perhaps they are too wealthy to care.
I fear Starmer is not up to the job
No thanks.
Don't worry though it'll never happen makes more sense to plunder the pockets of the worst off in the UK
They are standards which the UK helped form before we left the EU. We never lost control
I also understand that the UK was actually a minority player in the establishment of these rules. Germany and France actually decided the substance, and they were voted on by all.
The deal before was that goods arriving in a country from outside the EU would often pay a tariff. That tariff was paid to Brussels.
So someone imports butter into the UK. The UK, as part of the customs union, would then need to charge €1.896/kg and pay it to Brussels
This isn't a problem confined to the UK.
The red tape & inefficiencies we have introduced since Brexit is ridiculous!
Who had been trying to fragment Western Institutions for 20 years, UN, NATO, EU. Putin.
Who were the useful idiot enablers. Farage, Johnson etc.
Who are the losers. We are.
Stop pussyfooting around.
When a fool makes a mistake he tries to justify it, tries to make it work and when it doesn’t blames everyone else for his mistake.
Why don’t we remind them that we had to increase the number of Civil Servants by 50,000 when had to increase customs, border controls, red tape, general bureaucracy.
In addition importers/exporters bogged down with paperwork.
#RejoinEU
The Glorious Pound 1999 the introduction of the Euro. £=€1:89.
23rd March 2025
£=€1:19
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Everyone forgets that one
The majority in the UK want to join the CU and SM and have FoM
We also want to work with out allies when the world is so unstable
https://ig.ft.com/brexit-second-round-indicative-votes/
9 years later much has changed, including, checks notes, "the will of the people" & a Mafia USA
So can the government please do as they promised. Serve in the interests of all of the people #Breturn
FFS, stop parrotting the utter nonsense those ignoramuses on Politico waffle - switch on your brain and check out the facts.
You lose credibility.
No third country could even join THE CU even if they wanted - CU membership is for members only.
The UK could nicely ask for A CU of the kind Turkey was granted. Takes about 7-10 years
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How many people have to suffer in poverty before Labour will get their arses in gear?? Sickening
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/363836/new-xiaomi-su7-ultra-targets-track-records-1526bhp-tri-motor-setup
Nokia is now making 5G military comms equipment, I’ll stick with Nokia, it just feels great
But intrigued about the Chinese “new energy” cars, and we need more super fast trains
Keir Starmer has shown great leadership on Ukraine, and now it’s time to show great leadership on this. Call Farage’s bluff, and call it now.
Greetings from civilization 🇪🇺
Greetings from civilization 🇪🇺
Today is the second best.
So let's go...
Of all the Countries that angerland Slandered and its citizens after the 24th of June 2016. It would not require Great detective work.
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Allowed me to introduce sane America, with their half of 'Lose the losers, no more fucking around.'"
PS: Lose the pound.
It’s no brainer, and yet your pride prevents you acting.
The general pattern has been wanting to be a member.
Johnson's no deal brexit was ill thought out and damaging to the UK.
Starmer has been instructing his team to sort this from Day1.
If you can make this happen, we'll get you cannonized.
Please don't let this just be my happy fantasy - where I go to pretend the rest of this insanity isn't happening. I'm ready for a new reality where I can breathe.
I do wish they’d stop running scared of people who won’t vote for them next time round either way.
But we all know they’re playing up to the fascists and so won’t do what’s right for the country.
The missiles held in a JOINT pool which Europe was perfectly happy with until January, especially as the U.K pays for all of it including the new boats which are ruinously expensive.
The U.K. CASD remains under full UK OPCON with no US control.
We're fucked as a nation
How would we need to be anywhere near a Zionist fanatic vassal to IsraHell?
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Anyway nobody is going to ask for our opinions. We are defenseless taxpaying unconsidered bystanders. Even when they need our vote.
Brexit feeds the Trump-Putin-far right agendas. UK and Europe together is stronger
Unfortunately we have the Forced Labour Party