The Post-Brexit Thread

[Toby Gymshorts]

This lot are definitely the descendants of the Golgafrincham B Ark passengers and crew.

Maybe Johnson can find a hairdresser then.

[Toby Gymshorts]

That doesn't end well for anyone

It was destined to end quite well for Arthur, until it didn't.

[Guy Profumo]

Dmitry Grozoubinski who is pretty sound on this sort of thing says that Botham is basically a goodwill ambassador and that there's no problem with the appointment as long as he doesn't actually start trying to negotiate.

So is Catharine Hoey the badwill ambassador?

[Guy Profumo]

This lot are definitely the descendants of the Golgafrincham B Ark passengers and crew.

I thought we all were?

[Eggchaser]

One almost wishes the Vogons would turn up.

[Antepli Ejderha]

[Antepli Ejderha]

Pretty much sums it up.

[San Bernardhinault]

I total aside here: my earlier post about sending useless people to far-flung corners of empire was a well known thing for late British Empire. It never occurred to me until yesterday that this may well have been the inspiration for the B-Ark.

But the idea had obviously crept into the popular culture around the same time. It clearly shows up in the novels of JG Farrell in the 70s - both the Siege of Krishnapur and The Singapore Grip contain themes of the useless scions of the wealthy going off to do their bit in India or Malaya. But I also recalled a JG Ballard short story on the B Ark theme - it turns out that it's called "Having A Wonderful Time" where a series of postcards are sent back from a trip to the Canary Islands and their flight home gets delayed and cancelled over and over again, while more and more people arrive.

The bizarre thing is the timing. That Ballard short story was first published in spring 1978, which is exactly when HHGTG first appeared on the radio.

[Sean of the Shed]

Both Tesco and Iceland warn of a pending supply crisis as Christmas approaches.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58329439

[Patrick Thistle]

I mean, you know, the people running the shops say it's Brexit, but what do they know, eh?

https://twitter.com/JeremyVineOn5/status/1430793912898269191?s=19

#DefundTheBBC

[ad hoc]

We've all had enough of experts

[tracteurgarcon]

We’ve all had enough of exports

[Patrick Thistle]

https://twitter.com/BrexitBin/status/1430867904107536391?s=19

[Patrick Thistle]

We’ve all had enough of exports

Very clever

[Nefertiti2]

Fucking hell

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https://twitter.com/rolandmcs/status/1430935682445348866?s=21

[Discordant Resonance]

A remember that the NI Irish Sea border derogations expire five weeks from today ...

[Antepli Ejderha]

A remember that the NI Irish Sea border derogations expire five weeks from today ...

What will happen at the end of September?

[Moonlight Shadow]

Interesting read...

Fergs (@fergs01) Tweeted: @sturdyAlex here is some #brexit news about Northern Ireland from the Irish magazine The Phoenix, the Irish private eye, you won't find reported in the UK media. https://t.co/wz416yutAm https://twitter.com/fergs01/status/1...647703040?s=20

[Discordant Resonance]

What will happen at the end of September?

That's when all the famous grace periods on chilled meats, etc, are due to expire.

[Patrick Thistle]

I remember tweeting how Brexit might impact on medical supplies and being told by a Vote Leave troll that it was all project fear and I was being fucking stupid. I hope that twunt has a delayed blood test with ramifications.

[Discordant Resonance]

Unsurprisingly, Barnier has decided to enter the Republican primary for the French presidential election, but has left it months too late, with Xavier Bertrand and Valerie Pècresse the two leading contenders.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

Interesting read...

Fergs (@fergs01) Tweeted: @sturdyAlex here is some #brexit news about Northern Ireland from the Irish magazine The Phoenix, the Irish private eye, you won't find reported in the UK media. https://t.co/wz416yutAm https://twitter.com/fergs01/status/1...647703040?s=20

This is quite interesting, It does highlight something that I thought was quite amusing when I heard it at the time. One of the areas that would require checks and would face hassle when importing goods from the UK to Northern Ireland would be refrigerated meat products. Which lead to Brexit propaganda about how Boris was going to fight for the British Sausage, and the right of Northern Irish populace to consume english sausages. This was taken up by certain more excitable Unionists who were demanding the right to eat english sausages. This was just really embarrassing, because Northern Ireland doesn't Fucking import pork or beef products from the UK any more than the republic does. It's the other Fucking way around. The North doesn't import chicken from the UK any more, it gets it from monaghan, which while a little more expensive, than the cheapest stuff you used to be able to get, doesn't have to go through customs. In return flour imports in the south are shifting from the UK to Northern Ireland, and they're going like the clappers. Essentially the DUP have been told by their farmer voters that if they don't shut their fucking mouth holes about this brexit protocol, they will rip off their arms and beat their head like a lambeg drum.

Also apparently last june kicked off with the american charge d'affairs in london dragging David Frost into the embassy and melting his head about the UK govt trying to publicly stir up loyalist terrorism against the northern protocol.

[ad hoc]

The Daily Mail has cracked it!



Let's come up with some form of treaty with Europe that reduces border bureaucracy! Brilliant! How the fuck has no-one suggested this before?

[Nefertiti2]

fascist former fireman has strange ideas about diet

https://twitter.com/abiwilks/status/1432330862138470401?s=21

[Levin]

@demarionunn has also commented on this.

"i know this tweet is obviously incredibly stupid but there’s also this insidious idea from the likes of embery that anyone from cultures where all these ingredients are commonplace can’t possibly be working class... like i think it’s important to call out this idea of the working class as this incurious mass who have no interest in food, but let’s also be clear who this idea of the “traditional” working class” obviously excludes"