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    more a look back than a look forward. there was, is, the EFTA ,the benelux agreement, still running. all in all no change as always. new agreements, different titles,same bandits same elite , just batten the hatches will all come to pass and all will be the same. always will be. make your own life in the scheme of things.

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    PJW sums it up.

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    One year is a very optimistic timeframe, but here goes:-

    The People are surprised by how little has really changed. Both EU & UK.
    The right wing oiks are still complaining about immigration, and that there are too many 'darkies'. They complain that they have been betrayed, and they always will. 'Engerland for da English' remains their caterwaul.
    Calais is still a war zone. The French are still complaining.
    The British social welfare system is partially reformed, to be less generous toward refugees, II's and new arrivals in general. Only partially- but this is to the People's liking.
    The pensioners are still complaining about an underfunded NHS. They were lied to, yet again. Tory MP's are still complaining about the cost of the NHS. A bit more money is granted as a sop to the disaffected & disiilusioned, but the issue's remain.
    Trade deals with the EU remain much the same, based on pragmatism and mutual self interest. Even the Gallics come around to this viewpoint, based on their massive trade imbalance with the UK. But they are quietly seething.
    Travel within the EU & UK remains visa free. More red tape involved with working & study visas however.
    After a period of instability, the fall of sterling is seen as a nett benefit to the UK- but the people inevitably complain about the higher cost of imports and overseas holidays.
    Given the massive slap in the face, and the precedent delivered by the Brexit vote, the Eureaucracy is forced to reform itself from within. Other countries are threatening to exit too. It becomes gradually leaner, more transparent, and less prone to imperial style overreach. Basically, it is compelled to pull it's head in.
    Collectively, the Eureaucrats absolutely loathe the UK- but they can do little about it. Ironically, that pain in the ass nation has had a bigger effect on them having to reform and change from outside the EU, than within. Most citizens of the EU love their gravy train being slowed down.

    Not all that much has changed, really- but the period of instability was damaging.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang
    Given the massive slap in the face, and the precedent delivered by the Brexit vote, the Eureaucracy is forced to reform itself from within. Other countries are threatening to exit too. It becomes gradually leaner, more transparent, and less prone to imperial style overreach. Basically, it is compelled to pull it's head in.
    you are way too optimistic and naive,

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    JUNE 26 2017.

    britain, now governed by a marxist inspired government led by seamus milne and supported by the unions, has suffered unprecedented poverty as trading deals have dried up, factories have re located to eu areas and general strikes have ravaged the country whilst jobs have been lost and unemployment now stands at 3.5 million and rising.

    the franco german blockade of our ports and the channel tunnel due to the intransigence of the british authorities in negotiating exit conditions from the eu, has paralysed the country for the past 4 months.

    the price of petrol has increased to £1.60 per litre, and inflation now stands at 4%.
    interest rates remain at 0.5% for bank deposits, with interest being taxed at 10%.
    income tax rates have been raised to 35% basic, 55% for incomes of £23,00 to £35,000 and 75% for income over £35,000.

    kent is bursting at the seams with african and middle eastern refugees deposited there by france, belgium and holland, few of them have any identification, it having been confiscated before they were removed from mainland europe and home secretary nigel farage has said that as we dont know where they have come from we cant deport them.

    the london financial centre is but a shadow of its former self, after most major banks and trading houses moved their headquarters to paris frankfurt and new york.
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    Holy shit and theres me thinking that I`m a pessimist.

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    ^^ That's quite positive, compared to some of the whingers on social media.

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    Quote Originally Posted by taxexile
    factories have re located to eu areas
    they will not be waiting 2 years - any that want to survive will be executing plans now

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    One man came in the name of love !

    he's back to sort the mess out
    Welshmen helped voted for EU freedom and Nick Griffen is the star


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    I have been out of the country for far too long, and really not kept up. Maybe one of the more informed members would shed some light on me as to what UK benefited by joining in the first place?

    I left in 1987 the year the Single European Act was signed, and on my rare visits back I really did not notice any transformation of UK into a land of milk and honey.

    Perhaps if the positive aspects of membership were highlighted, we could figure out what loss of membership would mean.

    The cynic in me says that it will be the same old same old - in or out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg
    Maybe one of the more informed members would shed some light on me as to what UK benefited by joining in the first place?
    I voted against joining in '75 and it took alot of idiots 40+ years to realise they made a mistake. But none will say they got it wrong.

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    Nidhogg this article is interesting on why the UK stayed in the EU in '75.

    Britain voted by a margin of two-to-one to stay in the European Economic Community, as the EU was then known, in a 1975 referendum. How many of the things the defeated Out campaign were warning about have come true?
    Through the looking glass

    Welcome to the 1975 European referendum - a mirror image of the one being fought today. Today the Conservative government is deeply divided over the big question. In 1975, it was the Labour government. Prime Minister Harold Wilson had come back from Brussels with what he claimed was a better deal for Britain (sound familiar?) and was leading the In campaign.
    But Labour's left, led by Tony Benn (and including a then-unknown Jeremy Corbyn), hated the Common Market, seeing it as a "capitalist club" that would erode British democracy and destroy jobs.
    http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36367246

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    Germany has done its utmost to make things a difficult as possible for the UK as an example of any other country that would dare to hold a referendum on leaving. This has caused a backlash in the UK with a boycott of all things German, Mercedes is a dirty word with the owners scared to drive them.

    They are also bullying any EU country that attempts to do trade deals with the UK which is causing a lot of resentment particularly with the people of the smaller EU countries who are wanting "Out from under the jackboot" a popular phrase.

    The UK has had a "Buy British" campaign and done quick trade deals with commonwealth countries, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and others and are now in trade talks with Russia and China.

    The Pound and shares back to pre-brexit levels after the first panic subsided. Things are looking good.

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    but porn is now pay per view

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    ok, looks like the Poms want to go back to the way it was in the good old days.

    So what will England be like in June 2017? my thoughts.

    Scotland wanted to stay in the EU. The English bribe the Cambells to start a fight with the MacDougalls,
    in the chaos the English declare that the Scots are too wild to govern them selves and invade Scotland,
    killing all the remaining cows in the highlands.

    Ireland don't know what the f_uck is going on, but if the English want out they want in.
    The English label them terrorists and the kneecappings start all over again.

    The English football team still can't win anything. Some things never change.

    The Empire re-building starts all over again. The Royal Navy, with its limited resources starts the ball rolling with an invasion on Guyana.
    Upon storming the beaches, the platoon of Royal Marines find the place empty. Appears the population are now residing in England.

    Ben Stokes takes two days to score a fifty.

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    Brits still drink piss and call it beer.

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    Might be a good destination for sex tourists to take advantage of a weak pound, and impoverished locals who see prostitution as a natural progression from demeaning talent shows.?
    Cue crowds of rowdy Asians waving dollars and cheering on a crew of ex-secretaries in sex clubs, performing "pussy shows".

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    Quote Originally Posted by FlyFree
    Brits still drink piss and call it beer.
    It's known as
    Urophagia

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    England football team will still be embarrassing shite, how worse can they get ffs?

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    England seems to be bouncing back from the apocalypse

    and it looks like the micks are getting a tasty tax rebate too

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    It's 24/7/17, Brexit was a year ago...

    ....The Ice Age is coming
    The sun is zooming in
    Meltdown expected
    The wheat is growing thin
    Engines stop running
    But I have no fear
    Cos London is drowning and Iiiiiiiii...
    Live by the river

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