Another Fool Falls Foul Of The Eu 10 Year Passport Rule

[Hymie]

Which would not have applied to UK passport holders if we were still in the EU – maybe you can blame her stupidity, but another Brexit victim all the same.

[Hymie]

NJ – Wow a fantastic British success, their last filed accounts (for 2022) show that they made a profit of £25k.

The FTSE100 company I work for (suffering due to Brexit), nevertheless made a profit of around £250 million (for 2022) – 10,000 times the amount of Heaps.

[Zacs-Master]

I’d have thought all FTSE100 companies outsourced their sanitary operatives.

[New Judge]

//The FTSE100 company I work for (suffering due to Brexit), nevertheless made a profit of around £250 million (for 2022) – 10,000 times the amount of Heaps.//

The difference being that your company (well, at least you) is moaning and groaning about Brexit. Heaps are not and they're simply getting on with it.

//Wow a fantastic British success, their last filed accounts (for 2022) show that they made a profit of £25k.//

Have you not heard of "creative accounting"? The sort of thing that deems Drax power station "carbon neutral". Got to keep cash away from the taxman wherever possible, don't ya know.

Have you looked at the economic woes of Germany lately (an EU member who cannot cite Brexit as an excuse). I'll provide some details later.

[Hymie]

Ah yes, the German economy has crashed and burnt due to them being in the EU, whereas the UK economy is soaring due to the freedoms gain through Brexit.

German GDP per capita US$51k
UK GDP per capita US$46k

German debt as proportion of GDP 66%
UK debt as proportion of GDP >100%

German economic growth for 2022 = 1.8%, currently at 0.2%
UK economic growth since Jan 2022 at 0.1%

NJ – perhaps you can find more examples as above.

[Hymie]

I forgot to mention the over 7 million waiting for a hospital operation, let’s see Germany beat that.

[ToraToraTora]

Hymie, why does this question terrify you so much?
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Society-and-Culture/Question1847265.html

[New Judge]

The future prospects for Germany do not look too bright. It was the only G7 nation to slip into recession at the start of this year. It experienced no growth from April to June and the outlook for the three months to September look equally bleak. The economy has been struggling mainly because of the loss of cheap Russian oil and gas (which it was warned not to depend too deeply on some years ago). Both the IMP and the OECD have predicted that it will be the poorest performing advanced economy in 2023.

The UK doesn’t fare much better, but to consistently downplay the UK’s performance because of “the disaster of Brexit” is to ignore the fact that the world is n unstable place at present and many other economies (who haven’t left the EU) are similarly strapped. Italy is also on the brink of recession, with its economy shrinking by 0.3% in the quarter ending in June.

On a brighter note (which I’m sure you will dismiss for one reason or another) it seems the UK’s post-Brexit immigration policy is paying dividends. The governments new points-based system which makes it easier for those from outside the EU to work in the UK. It awards points on such things as the ability to speak English, having a job offer or seeking a job in a sphere where there is a shortage of workers. The employment website “Indeed” has calculated that 5 out of every 100 views on its website come from foreign applicants. Pawel Adrjan, from the website, said “The UK’s new immigration policy is operating as intended. There is a shift towards non-European interest in higher skilled jobs in the UK and away from the lower skilled roles that European workers had taken."

The UK economy is changing. It will take time, that is why it is foolish to demand Brexit is reversed so quickly. Anyone without a rabid opposition to Brexit will give it a chance and they may find it is changing for the better. But continually posting clips of blokes manically spouting on YouTube doesn't help your argument.

[New Judge]

//I forgot to mention the over 7 million waiting for a hospital operation, let’s see Germany beat that.//

The problems besetting the NHS are nothing to do with Brexit. It has been “in crisis” and “about to face the worst winter since it was formed” since before we joined the EU and it is unsurprising that it continues in that state after we have left. That is because of this country’s stubborn resistance to see any fundamental reform to a model which no other developed country has seen fit to emulate and which this country would not dream of embarking on today. The problem is that many voters will not hear of any changes. They want things to remain just as they are – treatment for almost everything free at the point of delivery to allcomers. So long as that attitude prevails they should be happy because things will remain just as they are – a complete and unmitigated shambles. Still things are looking up. Yesterday it was announced that last February a surgical team of 36 people performed a 17 hour procedure to transplant a uterus and associated reproductive tackle into a patient who had been given the spare parts by her sister. It is said that this development will “open the way for trans women to bear their own children.” That should go down well with those patients waiting 18 to 24 months in debilitating pain for things such as knee or hip replacements.