Staying in the EU

[jones20]

So BMW have now said that the electric mini will be built in the Uk having previously said it would move to Germany project fear from the EU strikes yet again

[jones20]

Car sales down in the uk for the fourth month running yet people are putting two and two together coming up with four and blaming Brexit uncertainty, how about as from April new vehicle excise duties for cars came into force and when you look at what it costs to pay the duty on new cars it's frightening maybe that's why sales of new cars of fallen for the last four months, would be interesting to see figures on the sale of second hand cars registered before April that fell into the old excise duty for the same period

[keithwill38]

MP,s always seem to forget the obvious

[LightOrder]

I Notice Vince Cable said on the news this Morning that [060817] “The Older generation had shafted the younger generation by voting for Brexit”.

Surely that is what democracy is all about, everyone gets a vote no matter what age they are and the majority gets to win.

I know traditionally it has always been the older generation that has been bothered to vote and the majority of the youngster had better things to do on the day.

This has always been the way in most cultures and societies, the ‘Elders’ [more experienced and wiser] deciding the fate of the Nation.

If the Youngsters were that interested they should have made the effort and got themselves down to the Polling station and exercised their right to vote.

This right to vote was won by our/their Forefather/Mothers sacrifice in most cases.

Lives have been lost so non-voters, who can’t be bothered to get out of bed and exercise this hard won prerogative, still have the opportunity to do so.

There was only an upsurge in younger voters at the last General election when Labour ‘Commissars’ in some of the universities whipped up support for Corbyn by playing the” scrapping of the University fees ‘card’.

This playing on the clever but immature mind that is also naturally anti-establishment at that stage of life.

If I have miss quoted the above, apologies in advance, however that is my interpretation.

[jones20]

Nicely put also in the news the sum of 34 billion being branded about as our paymentto them,as someone said earlier in this thread the uk made our payment with the sacrifices made by our troops and citizens in two world wars.

[jones20]

On 27 February 1953, an agreement was signed in London which resulted in the cancellation of half of Germany’s (then West Germany’s) debt: 15 billion out of a total of 30 billion Deutschmarks.*
Those cancelling the debt included the United States, the UK and France, along with Greece, Spain and Pakistan – countries which are major debtors today. The agreement also included private individuals and companies. In the years following 1953 other countries signed up to cancel German debts, including Egypt, Argentina, Belgian Congo (today the Democratic Republic of Congo), Cambodia, Cameroon, New Guinea, and the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (today Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe). (1)
The German debt came from two periods: before and after World War II. Roughly half of it was from loans Germany had taken out in the 1920s and early 1930s, before the Nazis came to power, which were used to meet payments ordered by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. They were a legacy of the huge reparations forced on the country after defeat in World War I. The other half of the debt originated from reconstruction following the end of World War II.

Maybe the UK should turn round now and tell Germany that we want full payment

[jones20]

This was in the papers 4 days ago

Polish authorities are looking into demanding reparations from Germany for the massive losses inflicted on Poland during World War II.
Officials are preparing an analysis of whether Poland can legally make the claim, though no one has said how much money they expect.

[LightOrder]

Lets hope they get it, the Germans have a lot to answer for, I remember when serving in BAOR, the Germans had a really good standard of living and back home [UK] workers were on a 3 day week, power cuts were the norm, Units were told to restrict their exercise miles, tracked vehicele had to be taken everywhere on transporters and we were told to patch up our denims and jumpers.

[jones20]

Britons travelling to Europe post-Brexit face tough grilling and £5 permit to enter EU

BRITONS travelling to Europe after Brexit could face tough questioning when trying to cross the EU border under a new draft legislation, according to reports.

Whats the answer to this simple do unto others what they do unto you we'll have £5 off them as well

[jones20]

'Give them the BEST deal possible' German panic as Brexit threatens £25bn UK trade deficit

A LEADING German MEP has demanded the European Union offers Britain the “best deal possible” when negotiating a post-Brexit trade agreement to save Germany’s £25billion trade deficit with the UK.