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shadowen On March 22, 2024




Bunyip Bend, Australia
#1081New Post! Mar 30, 2021 @ 13:24:16
At a time when the EU are looking at stopping AZ from exporting it's vaccines to the UK (as per their contract with the UK government) we have the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)releasing some very interesting facts. According to the ECDC's figures...

* France has used only 55% of its AstraZeneca vaccines
* Germany has used only 56% of its AstraZeneca vaccines
* Six other EU countries have used 50% or less: Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Sweden, Portugal, Greece

Across the EU, only 58.9% of available AstraZeneca vaccine doses have been administered. By comparison the rate for all other vaccines in the EU is 83.5%. No great surprise there as the EU, along with France and Germany, have rubbished the AstraZeneca vaccine and raised questions about it's safety.

So if the EU aren't using so many of their AstraZeneca vaccines why are they looking to stop them going to the UK? There are of course a number of reasons but a key one is they want to slow down the UK's vaccination rate (and put British lives at risk) so that the bloc can narrow the huge gulf that currently exists btw the vaccination rates in the UK and that in the EU.
shadowen On March 22, 2024




Bunyip Bend, Australia
#1082New Post! Mar 30, 2021 @ 13:44:11
Latest vaccination rates (per 100 people) for Covid-19 are as follows:

UK: 50.26

EU
France: 15.25
Germany: 15.36
Spain: 15.12
Italy: 15.57
Netherlands: 12.24
Belgium: 14.94
Hungary: 27.01

Spot the member state that has ignored Brussels' directive on only buying vaccines under the EU Commission’s programme. Yes, that would be Hungary.
shadowen On March 22, 2024




Bunyip Bend, Australia
#1083New Post! Mar 30, 2021 @ 13:57:18
According to the BBC the Novavax vaccine was originally to have been made in N/E England with the final manufacturing process (known as 'fill and finish' to occur in the EU. Now the final process will also be done in England with Novavax avoiding the EU.
shadowen On March 22, 2024




Bunyip Bend, Australia
#1084New Post! Mar 30, 2021 @ 14:11:49
On March 16, the EU released its figures for average monthly earnings in EU countries. The figures themselves make a mockery of the EU's so called 'level playing field'.

The EU's figures showed that:

* 20 out of the 27 EU countries have average monthly earnings BELOW the UK’s
* 11 of these had average earnings at less than half those in the UK
* In the worst case, one EU country (Bulgaria) is at 1/5th of the average earnings in the UK

These figures are important as wages are often the single highest cost incurred by businesses. If you can pay lower wages than your competitors then you obviously have an advantage over them. So in such an important area where is the EU's precious level playing field?
Jennifer1984 On July 20, 2022
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Penzance, United Kingdom
#1085New Post! Mar 30, 2021 @ 17:20:08
In response to those who claim that Brexit is having no effect on the British economy, and all our current financial ills are due entirely to Coronavirus, check this out:




Britain's trade figures over the last year, starting (in the first column) from March.

You will notice that there was a sharp decline from April onwards, which accounts for the effect of Coronavirus. But look what happens in January, when Britain finally left the Single Market and Customs Union.

The British government and its toady press doesn't release these figures, but instead, issues vague statements that Coronavirus is "Presenting difficulties" to the economy, and evading questions that link the fall in trade to leaving the SM & CU.

For sure, Coronavirus has had an effect in Britain, just as it has everywhere in the world, but our economic woes are exacerbated by Brexit....... something that is repeatedly denied by The Chancellor.

Propagandists like the Fake Aussie say that warnings Brexit would harm the economy were groundless and haven't come to pass ignore figures such as these.

Propagandists like the Fake Aussie are liars. As well as frauds.
shadowen On March 22, 2024




Bunyip Bend, Australia
#1086New Post! Mar 31, 2021 @ 06:59:54
According to a report released a few weeks ago, in February, outbound roll-on roll-off freight was at 98% of January 2020 levels. The trade figures for February are due to be released in a couple of weeks time and one would expect to see an increase in overall trade. Here it should be noted that UK exports to non EU countries actually increased slightly during January. This in part is thought to be as a consequence of the UK-Singapore Trade Agreement which came into effect on January 1st.

The January 2021 trade figures are further complicated as there was an increase in trade btw the UK and EU during November and December 2020 as companies and individuals stockpiled goods. The key areas of stockpiling were in machinery, transport equipment and chemicals. Guess which areas saw some of the biggest drop off in trade in January 2021? Yep, to the surprise of no one it was machinery, transport equipment and chemicals. This naturally had an impact on January's figures. We should also note that whilst the UK has taken steps to make it as easy as possible for goods to be exported from the EU into the UK the bloc has not reciprocated. In fact they have gone out of their way to make UK exports into the EU as difficult as possible. This has served as a timely reminder as to why it's important to diversify your markets. Something the UK is now in the process of doing.

Anyway, drawing long term conclusions based on trade figures for January is a fools game. Or a game played by desperate europhiles. Trade figures that will be more relevant will be those for July 2021 through to January 2022. Any sensible persona would know that you don't draw long term economic conclusions based on select figures for a four week period.
shadowen On March 22, 2024




Bunyip Bend, Australia
#1087New Post! Mar 31, 2021 @ 07:32:19
@Jennifer1984 Said

Not one solitary trade deal has been struck.

Clearly you have no idea as to what legally constitutes a trade deal.

@Jennifer1984 Said

The Brexiters lie to us all the time that actually, around 60 trade deals have been made, but that's not true.

Actually it is true.

@Jennifer1984 Said

What has happened is that those countries with which Britain had agreements via EU membership, are allowing Britain to "rollover" those agreements until proper trade negotiations are in place.

The UK (NOT Britain as Britain isnt a country) was trading with these countries under deals made by the EU. The UK could only trade with these countries under such arrangements whilst they were a member of the EU. Without the UK signing new trade agreements with the relevant countries they would have traded with them under WTO rules once they left the bloc. What the UK did therefore was sign trade agreements with these countries that allows the UK to trade with them under the same conditions as before whilst the UK and said countries look to implement more comprehensive deals than what EU members enjoy.

@Jennifer1984 Said

Japan have slightly altered there agreement with Britain, but that is to Japan's advantage, not ours.

Which is why British business and commerce groups welcomed the deal.



@Jennifer1984 Said

So........ not only have NO trade deals been struck

false

@Jennifer1984 Said

So......No benefit from Brexit. And that's the nub of things. If Britain isn't getting something better than what we had before, then what was the point..?

You don't even understand the most basic principles of democracy so I'm not surprised that you don't get the point. Truth is, no matter what the UK does, or indeed what the EU does, you will always slavishly support the bloc. Good for you.

@Jennifer1984 Said

All this bullshine about "taking back control" isn't really that important with ordinary people. They couldn't give a crap about "sovrinty".

Ah yes, Jen, the voice of the 'ordinary people'. Either you are profoundly arrogant or profoundly ignorant. Actually it's more likely a combination of the two.

@Jennifer1984 Said

Shadeowen-Of-Guildford or wherever he really lives is just another English Brexiter trying some bizarre con-job to sell Brexit.

I don't need to sell Brexit. The 'ordinary people' have already spoken. Besides, the EU are doing a better job at selling Brexit than anyone else ever could.

@Jennifer1984 Said

It's failing. It was always going to fail.

I assume you are referring to the EU.
Jennifer1984 On July 20, 2022
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Penzance, United Kingdom
#1088New Post! Mar 31, 2021 @ 12:51:53
This is quite telling. The author has been quite conscientious in his applications to ensure that all the job losses are attributable directly to Brexit.


The Brexit Job Loss Index is an attempt to keep track of the number of jobs lost in the UK due to Brexit.

Here are the key stats (last updated 31/01/2021):

Total Jobs Lost: 436,296
Total Annual Wages Lost*: £12,511,660,392
Reduction in Annual Income Tax & National Insurance Receipts**: £3,747,289,625.52

Job Losses By Region

Scotland: 30,223
Midlands: 26,318
North East: 22,324
London: 22,245
Wales 14,265
South West: 13,959
North West: 9,144
South East: 5,095
East of England: 5,027
Northern Ireland: 2,555
Gibraltar: 1,000
Southern England: 870
No specific region: 283,729

10 Worst Hit Cities & Towns

Glasgow: 24,612
London: 22,245
Wylfa Newydd: 9,350
Sc***horpe: 6077
Swindon: 4,951
Manchester: 4,912
Yorkshire: 4,362
Bridgend: 4,010
Derby: 4,000
Hull: 3287

10 Worst Hit Sectors

Automotive: 66,032
Transport: 39,143
Food & drink: 32,081
Finance: 18,399
Construction: 15,102
Clothing: 12,445
Aerospace: 4,324
Agriculture: 3,100
Hospitality: 2,700
Consumer durables: 2,556
ICT: 2,527


Brexit Job Loss Map



Job Loss Data & Methodology

The full data for the above comes this document published by Brexit Job Losses. The list has been compiled by Mr Hickmott (reported on Small Business Prices.co.uk). Here is his methodology:

Job losses are attributed to Brexit if they meet one or more of the following conditions:

1. The employer’s business has been significantly affected by sterling’s devaluation, either immediately through rises in the cost of imported inputs or later by inflation passed on by those who were so affected.

2. Government austerity cuts are attributed to Brexit since Britain voted to remain the EU, austerity would have been lifted instead of deepened.

3. Barring other obvious explanations businesses that were doing okay but experienced a significant slowdown after the Brexit vote are deemed to have been impacted by Brexit.

4. Businesses and other enterprises (e.g. EU regulatory authorities) that will be impacted by the imposition of trading or regulatory barriers (including the potential imposition of tariffs).

5. All jobs moved abroad are considered Brexit-related even if offshored outside the EU, since Brexit makes Britain a “third country” to the EU, just like India or China.

Other factors are occasionally cited but these are the main categories.

Job losses due to changes in the way business is conducted, such as those due to banking automation or to internet shopping, are usually excluded unless there is some compelling reason to regard Brexit is the real reason for cutting staff.

However, as the Dec 2019 election was about Brexit, the author has decided to include losses due to Tory policy.
shadowen On March 22, 2024




Bunyip Bend, Australia
#1089New Post! Apr 01, 2021 @ 12:11:56
Latest vaccination rates (per 100 people) for Covid-19 are as follows:

UK: 50.26

EU
France: 15.25
Germany: 15.36
Spain: 15.12
Italy: 15.57
Netherlands: 12.24
Belgium: 14.94
Hungary: 27.01

Spot the member state that has ignored Brussels' directive on only buying vaccines under the EU Commission’s programme. Yes, that would be Hungary.
shadowen On March 22, 2024




Bunyip Bend, Australia
#1090New Post! Apr 01, 2021 @ 12:12:53
On March 16, the EU released its figures for average monthly earnings in EU countries. The figures themselves make a mockery of the EU's so called 'level playing field'.

The EU's figures showed that:

* 20 out of the 27 EU countries have average monthly earnings BELOW the UK’s
* 11 of these had average earnings at less than half those in the UK
* In the worst case, one EU country (Bulgaria) is at 1/5th of the average earnings in the UK

These figures are important as wages are often the single highest cost incurred by businesses. If you can pay lower wages than your competitors then you obviously have an advantage over them. So in such an important area where is the EU's precious level playing field?
shadowen On March 22, 2024




Bunyip Bend, Australia
#1091New Post! Apr 01, 2021 @ 12:13:18
Novavax
shadowen On March 22, 2024




Bunyip Bend, Australia
#1092New Post! Apr 01, 2021 @ 12:19:41
I know europhiles don't like taking about the vaccination rates but they are very important as they directly impact on lives and businesses. Brexit UK is doing dramatically better than the EU. The obvious question is why. Well, there are a number of reasons. They are as follows:

* The UK Government funded vaccine research earlier than the EU
* The UK placed orders for vaccines earlier than the EU
* The UK’s medicines agency approved vaccines earlier than the EU’s agency did.

Note - The UK’s vaccination rate is higher than the US, the EU, China, and India. In fact the UK’s vaccination rate is over three times faster than the rate for the EU27 countries.
shadowen On March 22, 2024




Bunyip Bend, Australia
#1093New Post! Apr 01, 2021 @ 12:22:02
It should also be noted that the UK government were loudly criticised by europhiles for going it alone and not being a part of the EU's vaccination programme.
shadowen On March 22, 2024




Bunyip Bend, Australia
#1094New Post! Apr 01, 2021 @ 12:29:53
Vaccine doses administered per 100 people in the total population

* United Kingdom : 50.3
* European Union : 15.5
shadowen On March 22, 2024




Bunyip Bend, Australia
#1095New Post! Apr 01, 2021 @ 12:32:49
The latest seven-day rolling average of Covid-related deaths per million

* UK: 0.93
* EU: 5.74

This is the sad reality for citizens of the EU...
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