"That is, years were spent arguing about Brexit"... who did that... the ones that didn't like losing to the lower class scum as they saw it... "Brexit was a mistake, imho"...
People won't want to hear this coming from Cameron but, nevertheless, he makes a lot of sense here.
Brexit was a mistake, imho, but there is a case to be made that one of the most damaging things about it was the opportunity cost it imposed.
That is, years were spent arguing about Brexit to the exclusion of the many things that needed to be fixed before they had deteriorated to the weary, unhappy, state they are in now.
@half_tree@FUDdaily D1 Exemptions under Sched 3 EPR 2016 are extremely restrictive and often kyboshed by other requirements. Any dredge that had to be disposed of away from the location it was lifted was subject to the full landfill directives.
A lot of people don't realise that EU landfill directives were the real reason we stopped dredging waterways as part of our critical flood defences. The dredge had to be treated as toxic waste that couldn't be dumped "in the environment" (despite it having come from there). The cost was prohibitive so, the waterways weren't dredged and a lot of land was flooded.
This was a piss weak argument in 2016 and it's just as dumb now. A big part of the reason Britain is a squalid shit tip is the Waste Framework Directive and the EU landfill tax. A big part of the reason we struggle to build anything is the onerous EU derived planning laws and the Habitats Directive. The Working Time Directive is why the NHS is reliant on temps, and that was made even worse by the Agency Workers Directive.
The main reason we screwed up the national grid was because of the Large Combustion Plant Directive and the Renewables Directive. One of the main reason our meat industry is dying is because of the EU veterinary system. Not forgetting the EU EV mandate and emissions rules that have demolished our car industry.
I could do this all day. Everything is saddled with unsustainable bureaucracy. There are endless malign influences of EU technical policy that a know-nothing like Massie would have zero comprehension of, and I'd be here til midnight were I to detail them all.
Leaving the EU was a perquisite for making any strategically important reforms - and until it actually happens, Britain will remain a declining moribund economy.
In the span of a human lifetime, this country has gone from Empire, to rimming one of the vilest, most murderous regimes in the world. All responsible should be plagued for eternity by the screams of the mullahs' victims.
@HumzaYousaf I'm one of the ones you would consider "far right" and I'm no defending him. You did defend those migrants that attacked the wee lassies in Dundee though. You vilified those bairns even though they were victims of a brutal assault. Why haven't you apologised to them???
🚨 Another Twelve men from Kirklees (mostly Batley) arrested over the alleged rape, sexual assault and trafficking of a girl aged 14–16 between 2006 and 2009. All interviewed, all released on bail. No names published.
Funny how that works. When it’s a lone white bloke the name and photo are out before the ink’s dry. When it’s a dozen men from the same postcodes, same pattern, same years as every other West Yorkshire “historic” grooming case, the press suddenly develops a profound respect for the principle of “innocent until proven guilty.”
We all know why.
This is the judge who just “convicted” a man for making an offensive comment on social media. Well, here’s another one. Why is one eye looking at me, and one eye looking for me, you ugly boss eyed dropped-as-a-baby Nicolas Lindhurst in a pink wig looking cunt? 🤷♂️
'Those who seek to stick their hands in the sand when it comes to climate action are putting our national security at risk'
They're going to start hanging people for opposing solar farms, aren't they?