The Sunny Uplands Of Brexit Have Arrived

[Hymie]

Having reported that not a single letter was published in Private Eye in relation to a reader’s request for Brexit Benefits - the current issue contains a letter headed Brexcellence.

Below is a précis of the letter writer’s Brexit advantages [my comments in square parenthesis]

• Poorest paid workers (such as those at Amazon warehouses etc) – getting reasonable pay rises.
[I suspect the letter writer is not such an employee on minimum wage]

• Give unlimited access to all Europeans, workers and others allowed to live & work in the UK.
[I thought they had this right before Brexit]

• Set UK agricultural policy independent of EU edicts.

• Allow the UK government to set a budget based on massive borrowing – 5% of GDP is a figure mentioned by the letter writer.
[Had I known that we could not set our own budget while members of the EU, I might have voted leave]

So there you have it; not a mention of blue passports or even that we can now pump vast quantities of raw sewage into our rivers and coastal waters without being fined by the EU for doing so.

[webbo3]

I'll turn this around, how have the EU benefited from us leaving.?

[cashier]

How can giving unlimited access to all other Europeans be of benefit to us?

[bobbinwales]

The stock markets doing pretty well despite covid and alleged Brexit problems.

[New Judge]

//Had I known that we could not set our own budget while members of the EU, I might have voted leave//

Then you should have considered your position more carefully:

https://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economy-euro/economic-and-fiscal-policy-coordination/eu-economic-governance-monitoring-prevention-correction/how-eu-monitors-national-economic-policies_en#prevention

"In April, all EU Member States present to the Commission the budgetary measures that they intend to implement in order to fulfil their commitments. Those that use the euro as their currency do this through stability programmes, while the rest submit convergence programmes.

At the same time, all EU Member States also submit details of the structural reforms they are planning to boost growth and jobs in ‘National Reform Programmes’. The Commission analyses the two programmes of every country and then makes specific policy recommendations to each of them. Governments discuss these recommendations with the Commission and with each other and then integrate them into their national policies with their parliaments."

Of course, in true EU fashion, the scope and strength of these "recommendations" will only broaden over time.

The last bit is interesting: "Governments discuss these recommendations with the Commission and with each other and then integrate them into their national policies with their parliaments." So no question of not integrating the EU's recommendations into their national policies, it seems.

[ToraToraTora]

"we can now pump vast quantities of raw sewage into our rivers and coastal waters without being fined by the EU for doing so. " - it's the overflow not policy.

[Togo]

// it's the overflow not policy.//

That'll be the remainiacs shifting themselves as we thrive.

[Hopkirk]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/11/10/uk-recovery-track-outpace-eurozone-despite-brexit/

[weecalf]

Look Boris is gonna roll up his sleeves take off his mask and get on with it. .so don’t panic

[gulliver1]

weecalf @21.17 And if the going gets tough Boris will wear his hi vis jacket and safety helmet. and hum Bob the builder.

[Peter Pedant]

I think I need Naomi to explain all NJ's musings
too much for me

but I agree on one thing
if you repeal a bill of rights - you get less rights and not more

[Peter Pedant]

// it's the overflow not policy.//
That'll be the remainiacs shifting themselves as we thrive.

god you know some shifty eyed individuals togo

individuals - liars - dicombobulators - degenerates!