BREXIT - Is This Really Still Rumbling On? 😴

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  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,648
    john80 said:

    Here is a question for you. Why is it supermarkets are full of frozen fish such as Basa all the way from Thailand instead of frozen white fish off UK boats. If it is cost then why is Thai fish so much cheaper than UK landed fish. If fishermen want to safe guard their futures then they need to work with the government to boost UK market share. Let's face every year there will be a blockade by the French based on their unhappiness at water access removal.

    Has leaving the EU helped us to better tackle this issue?
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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,355
    david37 said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    Pross said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    david37 said:

    Pross said:

    briantrumpet said:

    kingstongraham said:

    2018 Ian Perkes:


    I can't have any sympathy for someone like that. None at all. They were doing well, and voted to break the system that had sustained them.

    He ought to retrain as a ballet dancer.
    If anyone tried to explain this, rather obvious, consequence to him back in 2018 he would no doubt have dismissed them as condescending remoaners making out they were more intelligent than him and tell them they lost so get over it.

    I was never particularly pro European (my main reason for voting remain back then was we at least knew what we were getting) but was amazed how anti-EU industries and regions that benefitted most from EU membership were. Living in an area that was quite heavily in favour of Brexit I regularly drive around and see infrastructure, factories etc. with signs on saying funded by the EU and I've never understood who the Brexit voters think are going to provide that funding now. Sure, it is money we as a country put in but I don't see the UK Government replacing the level of investment on a like for like basis.
    So it wasnt funded by the EU then was it.
    read to the end of his post and he covers that very point
    Someone has to fill the Coopster void and david37 was vying for it even before Coopster was banned.
    Whereas there appears to be no void in the 'people still crying over spilt milk' category...
    i suspect whatever happens theyll be crying. (or wetting their beds and then crying)
    perfect description of brexiters, glad you finally accept it
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,424
    I've seen some good value mops on Amazon for that spilt milk guys ;)
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    But apparently, we're not even allowed to mention the split milk.

    There sure is a lot of it
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,154
    Those idiots who voted remain must feel stupid now, we've owned them, right?
  • john80
    john80 Posts: 2,965
    pangolin said:

    john80 said:

    Here is a question for you. Why is it supermarkets are full of frozen fish such as Basa all the way from Thailand instead of frozen white fish off UK boats. If it is cost then why is Thai fish so much cheaper than UK landed fish. If fishermen want to safe guard their futures then they need to work with the government to boost UK market share. Let's face every year there will be a blockade by the French based on their unhappiness at water access removal.

    Has leaving the EU helped us to better tackle this issue?
    This market distortion was created under the stewardship of the EU. How would staying in the EU have resolved the market.
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    Pross said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    david37 said:

    Pross said:

    briantrumpet said:

    kingstongraham said:

    2018 Ian Perkes:


    I can't have any sympathy for someone like that. None at all. They were doing well, and voted to break the system that had sustained them.

    He ought to retrain as a ballet dancer.
    If anyone tried to explain this, rather obvious, consequence to him back in 2018 he would no doubt have dismissed them as condescending remoaners making out they were more intelligent than him and tell them they lost so get over it.

    I was never particularly pro European (my main reason for voting remain back then was we at least knew what we were getting) but was amazed how anti-EU industries and regions that benefitted most from EU membership were. Living in an area that was quite heavily in favour of Brexit I regularly drive around and see infrastructure, factories etc. with signs on saying funded by the EU and I've never understood who the Brexit voters think are going to provide that funding now. Sure, it is money we as a country put in but I don't see the UK Government replacing the level of investment on a like for like basis.
    So it wasnt funded by the EU then was it.
    read to the end of his post and he covers that very point
    Someone has to fill the Coopster void and david37 was vying for it even before Coopster was banned.
    I thought he was coopster
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    john80 said:

    pangolin said:

    john80 said:

    Here is a question for you. Why is it supermarkets are full of frozen fish such as Basa all the way from Thailand instead of frozen white fish off UK boats. If it is cost then why is Thai fish so much cheaper than UK landed fish. If fishermen want to safe guard their futures then they need to work with the government to boost UK market share. Let's face every year there will be a blockade by the French based on their unhappiness at water access removal.

    Has leaving the EU helped us to better tackle this issue?
    This market distortion was created under the stewardship of the EU. How would staying in the EU have resolved the market.
    The pegasius or basa fish was imported when cod was off limits, unfortunately its still being imported and is really not a good substitute cod or haddock.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    darkhairedlord said:

    Pross said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    david37 said:

    Pross said:

    briantrumpet said:

    kingstongraham said:

    2018 Ian Perkes:


    I can't have any sympathy for someone like that. None at all. They were doing well, and voted to break the system that had sustained them.

    He ought to retrain as a ballet dancer.
    If anyone tried to explain this, rather obvious, consequence to him back in 2018 he would no doubt have dismissed them as condescending remoaners making out they were more intelligent than him and tell them they lost so get over it.

    I was never particularly pro European (my main reason for voting remain back then was we at least knew what we were getting) but was amazed how anti-EU industries and regions that benefitted most from EU membership were. Living in an area that was quite heavily in favour of Brexit I regularly drive around and see infrastructure, factories etc. with signs on saying funded by the EU and I've never understood who the Brexit voters think are going to provide that funding now. Sure, it is money we as a country put in but I don't see the UK Government replacing the level of investment on a like for like basis.
    So it wasnt funded by the EU then was it.
    read to the end of his post and he covers that very point
    Someone has to fill the Coopster void and david37 was vying for it even before Coopster was banned.
    I thought he was coopster
    Nah, Coopster would at least scour the internet for something to support his comments.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,154
    Pross said:

    darkhairedlord said:

    Pross said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    david37 said:

    Pross said:

    briantrumpet said:

    kingstongraham said:

    2018 Ian Perkes:


    I can't have any sympathy for someone like that. None at all. They were doing well, and voted to break the system that had sustained them.

    He ought to retrain as a ballet dancer.
    If anyone tried to explain this, rather obvious, consequence to him back in 2018 he would no doubt have dismissed them as condescending remoaners making out they were more intelligent than him and tell them they lost so get over it.

    I was never particularly pro European (my main reason for voting remain back then was we at least knew what we were getting) but was amazed how anti-EU industries and regions that benefitted most from EU membership were. Living in an area that was quite heavily in favour of Brexit I regularly drive around and see infrastructure, factories etc. with signs on saying funded by the EU and I've never understood who the Brexit voters think are going to provide that funding now. Sure, it is money we as a country put in but I don't see the UK Government replacing the level of investment on a like for like basis.
    So it wasnt funded by the EU then was it.
    read to the end of his post and he covers that very point
    Someone has to fill the Coopster void and david37 was vying for it even before Coopster was banned.
    I thought he was coopster
    Nah, Coopster would at least scour the internet for something to support his comments.
    Stats on purchases of plastic bedsheets in leave/remain constituencies?
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,919
    Newly naturalisation colleagued just got his blue passport. He described it as very elegant.
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    TheBigBean said:

    Newly naturalisation colleagued just got his blue passport. He described it as very elegant.

    Do you think he might just be chuffed about getting the passport and would have been just as happy with the old design?
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,919
    elbowloh said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Newly naturalisation colleagued just got his blue passport. He described it as very elegant.

    Do you think he might just be chuffed about getting the passport and would have been just as happy with the old design?
    No. He seems to be genuinely impressed with the passport itself.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    It was only when people started talking about blue passports at the start of Brexit that I discovered my first passport was blue not black.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,821
    darkhairedlord said:

    Pross said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    david37 said:

    Pross said:

    briantrumpet said:

    kingstongraham said:

    2018 Ian Perkes:


    I can't have any sympathy for someone like that. None at all. They were doing well, and voted to break the system that had sustained them.

    He ought to retrain as a ballet dancer.
    If anyone tried to explain this, rather obvious, consequence to him back in 2018 he would no doubt have dismissed them as condescending remoaners making out they were more intelligent than him and tell them they lost so get over it.

    I was never particularly pro European (my main reason for voting remain back then was we at least knew what we were getting) but was amazed how anti-EU industries and regions that benefitted most from EU membership were. Living in an area that was quite heavily in favour of Brexit I regularly drive around and see infrastructure, factories etc. with signs on saying funded by the EU and I've never understood who the Brexit voters think are going to provide that funding now. Sure, it is money we as a country put in but I don't see the UK Government replacing the level of investment on a like for like basis.
    So it wasnt funded by the EU then was it.
    read to the end of his post and he covers that very point
    Someone has to fill the Coopster void and david37 was vying for it even before Coopster was banned.
    I thought he was coopster
    No, Mr37 posts good technical answers to workshop questions. The simple one never posted anything useful that I saw.
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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    veronese68 said:

    darkhairedlord said:

    Pross said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    david37 said:

    Pross said:

    briantrumpet said:

    kingstongraham said:

    2018 Ian Perkes:


    I can't have any sympathy for someone like that. None at all. They were doing well, and voted to break the system that had sustained them.

    He ought to retrain as a ballet dancer.
    If anyone tried to explain this, rather obvious, consequence to him back in 2018 he would no doubt have dismissed them as condescending remoaners making out they were more intelligent than him and tell them they lost so get over it.

    I was never particularly pro European (my main reason for voting remain back then was we at least knew what we were getting) but was amazed how anti-EU industries and regions that benefitted most from EU membership were. Living in an area that was quite heavily in favour of Brexit I regularly drive around and see infrastructure, factories etc. with signs on saying funded by the EU and I've never understood who the Brexit voters think are going to provide that funding now. Sure, it is money we as a country put in but I don't see the UK Government replacing the level of investment on a like for like basis.
    So it wasnt funded by the EU then was it.
    read to the end of his post and he covers that very point
    Someone has to fill the Coopster void and david37 was vying for it even before Coopster was banned.
    I thought he was coopster
    No, Mr37 posts good technical answers to workshop questions. The simple one never posted anything useful that I saw.
    Whilst I firmly believe that he was a made up character he was well researched and so gave you a synopsis of what the batshit crazeys thought about any given subject
  • kingstonian
    kingstonian Posts: 2,847
    surrey_commuter said:

    veronese68 said:

    darkhairedlord said:

    Pross said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    david37 said:

    Pross said:

    briantrumpet said:

    kingstongraham said:

    2018 Ian Perkes:


    I can't have any sympathy for someone like that. None at all. They were doing well, and voted to break the system that had sustained them.

    He ought to retrain as a ballet dancer.
    If anyone tried to explain this, rather obvious, consequence to him back in 2018 he would no doubt have dismissed them as condescending remoaners making out they were more intelligent than him and tell them they lost so get over it.

    I was never particularly pro European (my main reason for voting remain back then was we at least knew what we were getting) but was amazed how anti-EU industries and regions that benefitted most from EU membership were. Living in an area that was quite heavily in favour of Brexit I regularly drive around and see infrastructure, factories etc. with signs on saying funded by the EU and I've never understood who the Brexit voters think are going to provide that funding now. Sure, it is money we as a country put in but I don't see the UK Government replacing the level of investment on a like for like basis.
    So it wasnt funded by the EU then was it.
    read to the end of his post and he covers that very point
    Someone has to fill the Coopster void and david37 was vying for it even before Coopster was banned.
    I thought he was coopster
    No, Mr37 posts good technical answers to workshop questions. The simple one never posted anything useful that I saw.
    Whilst I firmly believe that he was a made up character he was well researched and so gave you a synopsis of what the batshit crazeys thought about any given subject

    Coopter certainly gave me a view of thinking at an extreme end of the spectrum. I know it infuriated a bunch of people on here but I found it interesting and at times amusing - seeing a problem from someone’s completely different perspective has that effect on me.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    kingstonian said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    veronese68 said:

    darkhairedlord said:

    Pross said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    david37 said:

    Pross said:

    briantrumpet said:

    kingstongraham said:

    2018 Ian Perkes:


    I can't have any sympathy for someone like that. None at all. They were doing well, and voted to break the system that had sustained them.

    He ought to retrain as a ballet dancer.
    If anyone tried to explain this, rather obvious, consequence to him back in 2018 he would no doubt have dismissed them as condescending remoaners making out they were more intelligent than him and tell them they lost so get over it.

    I was never particularly pro European (my main reason for voting remain back then was we at least knew what we were getting) but was amazed how anti-EU industries and regions that benefitted most from EU membership were. Living in an area that was quite heavily in favour of Brexit I regularly drive around and see infrastructure, factories etc. with signs on saying funded by the EU and I've never understood who the Brexit voters think are going to provide that funding now. Sure, it is money we as a country put in but I don't see the UK Government replacing the level of investment on a like for like basis.
    So it wasnt funded by the EU then was it.
    read to the end of his post and he covers that very point
    Someone has to fill the Coopster void and david37 was vying for it even before Coopster was banned.
    I thought he was coopster
    No, Mr37 posts good technical answers to workshop questions. The simple one never posted anything useful that I saw.
    Whilst I firmly believe that he was a made up character he was well researched and so gave you a synopsis of what the batshit crazeys thought about any given subject

    Coopter certainly gave me a view of thinking at an extreme end of the spectrum. I know it infuriated a bunch of people on here but I found it interesting and at times amusing - seeing a problem from someone’s completely different perspective has that effect on me.
    Whilst he was not serious he was obviously representing views that others were expressing.

    I agreed with him on statue toppling a couple of times and he just assumed a more extreme position.

    It was always amusing to see him undermine somebody’s position by agreeing with it.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    surrey_commuter said:

    kingstonian said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    veronese68 said:

    darkhairedlord said:

    Pross said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    david37 said:

    Pross said:

    briantrumpet said:

    kingstongraham said:

    2018 Ian Perkes:


    I can't have any sympathy for someone like that. None at all. They were doing well, and voted to break the system that had sustained them.

    He ought to retrain as a ballet dancer.
    If anyone tried to explain this, rather obvious, consequence to him back in 2018 he would no doubt have dismissed them as condescending remoaners making out they were more intelligent than him and tell them they lost so get over it.

    I was never particularly pro European (my main reason for voting remain back then was we at least knew what we were getting) but was amazed how anti-EU industries and regions that benefitted most from EU membership were. Living in an area that was quite heavily in favour of Brexit I regularly drive around and see infrastructure, factories etc. with signs on saying funded by the EU and I've never understood who the Brexit voters think are going to provide that funding now. Sure, it is money we as a country put in but I don't see the UK Government replacing the level of investment on a like for like basis.
    So it wasnt funded by the EU then was it.
    read to the end of his post and he covers that very point
    Someone has to fill the Coopster void and david37 was vying for it even before Coopster was banned.
    I thought he was coopster
    No, Mr37 posts good technical answers to workshop questions. The simple one never posted anything useful that I saw.
    Whilst I firmly believe that he was a made up character he was well researched and so gave you a synopsis of what the batshit crazeys thought about any given subject

    Coopter certainly gave me a view of thinking at an extreme end of the spectrum. I know it infuriated a bunch of people on here but I found it interesting and at times amusing - seeing a problem from someone’s completely different perspective has that effect on me.
    Whilst he was not serious he was obviously representing views that others were expressing.

    I agreed with him on statue toppling a couple of times and he just assumed a more extreme position.

    It was always amusing to see him undermine somebody’s position by agreeing with it.
    I found his overt trolling useful for flushing out those who genuinely held similarly extreme views at times.

    On other parts of the forum he used to occasionally pop up with sensible comments.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,919
    Sounds like a memorial thread is needed.
  • john80
    john80 Posts: 2,965
    What did he actually get banned for.
  • john80
    john80 Posts: 2,965
    Is it like the first rule of fight club.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    I don't think anyone knows. Possibly the moderator got fed up of receiving flags. I didn't see anything worse than his normal insults.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,172
    Pross said:

    I don't think anyone knows. Possibly the moderator got fed up of receiving flags. I didn't see anything worse than his normal insults.

    He should not have been banned. Being a nob is not enough.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,424
    The mods should have also dealt with whoever was flagging pretty much every post he made.
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  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,172
    edited January 2021
    Stevo_666 said:

    The mods should have also dealt with whoever was flagging pretty much every post he made.

    Its a mystery. I miss the entertainment.

    You are almost a nob Stevo, so can you crank it up a bit for the greater good?
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,424
    First.Aspect said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    The mods should have also dealt with whoever was flagging pretty much every post he made.

    Its a mystery. I miss the entertainment.

    You are almost a nob Stevo, so can you crank it up a bit for the greater good?
    There's no shortage of n0bs in Cake Stop.

    I just provide a bit of much needed balance in here. And put n0bs right when they're talking cr@p. I'm a busy boy :)
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,821
    First.Aspect said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    The mods should have also dealt with whoever was flagging pretty much every post he made.

    Its a mystery. I miss the entertainment.

    You are almost a nob Stevo, so can you crank it up a bit for the greater good?
    Only almost? 🤣
    I wouldn't have banned him when I was a mod, but I suspect at least one other would have. Some of his posts and obvious trolling were definitely in breach of the rules though. I certainly would have had a word with whoever was doing the needless flagging too.
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  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,172
    veronese68 said:

    First.Aspect said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    The mods should have also dealt with whoever was flagging pretty much every post he made.

    Its a mystery. I miss the entertainment.

    You are almost a nob Stevo, so can you crank it up a bit for the greater good?
    Only almost? 🤣
    I wouldn't have banned him when I was a mod, but I suspect at least one other would have. Some of his posts and obvious trolling were definitely in breach of the rules though. I certainly would have had a word with whoever was doing the needless flagging too.
    No offence, but the good old days weren't that good.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    ddraver said:

    A few tweets about suggesting that the reason I'm so quiet is that people have just stopped sending trucks to NI...

    How are those supermarket shelves looking TWH?

    Lorry traffic through Holyhead, the UK's second largest port, has fallen to about one-third of its usual capacity, port operator Stena has said.

    The company has also doubled its ferry service between France and Ireland, with more lorries travelling directly to mainland Europe.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-55565166

    "We're operating probably only about 30 to 40% capacity - the two ferry companies are very quiet."

    Another win then.
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