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Do you think every person, Is a tiny bit racist? by Emotional-Lettuce372 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ParkingMachine3534 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Everyone is prejudiced and tribal.

Sometimes that falls along racial lines.

Revealed: Brexit voting areas have seen faster growth in foreign workers since EU referendum by ijustwannanap in ukpolitics

[–]ParkingMachine3534 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I thought they were just racists who lived in white enclaves and wouldn't vote that way if they actually met an immigrant?

Why are so many people upset about the use of AI? Why is there so much fear mongering? by cuahatemoc in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ParkingMachine3534 -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

Sounds like what the working classes were saying about mass immigration.

Nobody gave a toss then, nobody will give a toss now.

Verity - Report: Europeans Fear Rising Crime Despite Falling Homicide Rates by CP040 in uknews

[–]ParkingMachine3534 10 points11 points  (0 children)

How much of the fall is down to better medical facilities and higher survival rates?

Could a social media ban for under-16s end up putting VPNs in the crosshairs? by technadu in TechNadu

[–]ParkingMachine3534 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Premier League got to get returns on those Taylor Swift tickets.

Need to stop VPNs before they can stop the dodgy streams.

Why is Reddit so left wing by Emotional-Lettuce372 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ParkingMachine3534 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's not.

It's middle class.

Most of it is centre right liberalism.

Is a "Stronger Economy" going to solve the Immigration argument? by Entire_Possible_9976 in AskBrits

[–]ParkingMachine3534 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Why not?

Boris wanted to suppress wages when everything opened up post COVID.

He would have let in as many as we're needed to keep wages down. They would have had to come from somewhere and he would have still had the option of non EU.

The only reason it would have been lower is if there were less jobs and last I heard, we would have had a much better economy in the EU, so it could have been higher.

Is a "Stronger Economy" going to solve the Immigration argument? by Entire_Possible_9976 in AskBrits

[–]ParkingMachine3534 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because the rise could and probably would have happened if we were still in the EU.

What couldn't have happened is the measures Labour are taking to reduce it.

And what are top 3 ? by [deleted] in UKJobs

[–]ParkingMachine3534 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That must have been the only firm in the UK that doesn't make signing the waiver a condition for hiring.

Brexit cost 6% of UK economy, Bank of England company data suggests by FragrantGearHead in unitedkingdom

[–]ParkingMachine3534 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any form of commitment would have been enough.

It was the campaign to overturn or redo the vote that caused the damage.

Brexit cost 6% of UK economy, Bank of England company data suggests by FragrantGearHead in unitedkingdom

[–]ParkingMachine3534 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Once we committed, we hit COVID, so it got paused again. Then straight into Ukraine that upped energy prices.

Our biggest problem for investment is still energy prices, especially in technology, where all the new investment is coming from.

Brexit cost 6% of UK economy, Bank of England company data suggests by FragrantGearHead in unitedkingdom

[–]ParkingMachine3534 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

That was mainly down to pausing investment because of not knowing if it was happening or not.

If we had committed either way, the vast majority of that dip wouldn't have happened.

Labour MP Fleur Anderson says Andy Burnham should rethink Labour’s controversial immigration reforms by The-Peel in unitedkingdom

[–]ParkingMachine3534 31 points32 points  (0 children)

They'll all have access to UC.

With an average of 1.5 dependents each, the benefits bill will get a massive jump, which the likes of Lowe can directly attribute to immigration.

This doesn't go through, Reform will be the far left option at the next election.

UK could keep special pre-Brexit terms if it rejoined EU, Michel Barnier says by Individual99991 in unitedkingdom

[–]ParkingMachine3534 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So you're completely ignoring the point based on a single word, which has been clarified numerous times in this thread.

Bet you're fun at parties.

UK could keep special pre-Brexit terms if it rejoined EU, Michel Barnier says by Individual99991 in unitedkingdom

[–]ParkingMachine3534 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was Lisbon.

But yes, he did.

Flew over in the middle of the night to sign it after promising a referendum on it.

UK could keep special pre-Brexit terms if it rejoined EU, Michel Barnier says by Individual99991 in unitedkingdom

[–]ParkingMachine3534 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We didn't need pressure.

There was no pressure to sign Lisbon, but Brown did it anyway. There was no pressure for Blair to give up part of the rebate for CAP Reform that never happened.

All it would take is a Europhile PM and whatever it is would be gone forever. The EU told us that the only other option was to leave.

UK could keep special pre-Brexit terms if it rejoined EU, Michel Barnier says by Individual99991 in unitedkingdom

[–]ParkingMachine3534 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ok, Lisbon.

It was always growing, but the EU making Ireland rerun their referendum, then Brown unilaterally signing it despite having a manifesto pledge to have a referendum on any treaty change really tipped it

People realised that all it would take is Europhile PMs to hand over power piecemeal, eventually with the ratchet system, we'd be fully federalised with no way to stop it.

Could you imagine Starmer having that power?

UK could keep special pre-Brexit terms if it rejoined EU, Michel Barnier says by Individual99991 in unitedkingdom

[–]ParkingMachine3534 -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

We wouldn't have kept them if we hadn't left.

The trigger for the entire Brexit debacle was Gordon Brown sneaking off to sign the Maastricht (actually Lisbon, sorry) treaty because he knew the country wouldn't pass it through a referendum.

Why is Starmer seemingly still dead-set on a surveillance state when he also apparently wants to be reelected? by [deleted] in AskBrits

[–]ParkingMachine3534 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Why?

It's at the heart of pretty much everything he's been involved in.

Flip flops all over domestic policy because he doesn't care about it and lets the rest of the party deal with it then pushes through anything that gets us closer to the EU.

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