Welcome to another addition of “F**king Mondays!”. In the round up this week: Brexit is going great! Britain's exit from the EU and Trump's election win in 2016 drew comparisons due to the "reality vs fantasy" aspect of the rival parties. MAGA supporters believed Trump could magically fix immigration, create universal health care, and bring peace to the Middle East because he was a "businessman.” Similarly, Brexit ideologues claimed leaving the
My family emigrated to Australia from England in 1988 and if the last few Christmas’s are anything to go by in a few days when conversation turns to England and the different cousins and friends we’ve spoken to over there then the words ‘broken country’ and ‘emigrating was the best decision we ever made’ will come up a lot
As for the ‘take the deal from Republicans on the border’ thing, there is one fairly significant flaw in that theory and that is the fact the Republicans don’t actually have an offer on the table, they have a messaging bill HR2 that only got enough Republican votes to pass because they knew it would never actually happen and if Biden were to ask ‘what is it you actually want policy wise, specifically’ right now they wouldn’t be able to answer
As regards Brexit ‘correlation doesn’t always mean causation’. Yes, there was a economic downside to Brexit. But I hope history records that the UK’s demise started long before Brexit. 13 years of Tory mismanagement may be seen as a bigger contributor to the UK decline than Brexit has had.
But once again, that has to be put into the context of the slower and more painful decline over many decades. Even under Labour the gap between the richest and poorest in Britain widened. Certainly the gap widened between most people and the ultra rich Tony Blair-bless his socialist heart. But whatever the cause, it’s still a sad sight to watch.
I am so sorry. I was just commenting a few weeks ago on David Cameron and his brainchild “Brexit”. I was shocked when GB brought that guy back to service. What could he possibly bring to the table. He was AWFUL for Britain why give that guy any responsibility?
Excellent submission today! I was nodding my head in agreement the whole while I read it. I’d give it a boatload of likes if I could. ☮️
Many thanks!
“This would at least in part reverse a serious decline in church attendance over the years”
I don’t see that as a good thing.
My family emigrated to Australia from England in 1988 and if the last few Christmas’s are anything to go by in a few days when conversation turns to England and the different cousins and friends we’ve spoken to over there then the words ‘broken country’ and ‘emigrating was the best decision we ever made’ will come up a lot
As for the ‘take the deal from Republicans on the border’ thing, there is one fairly significant flaw in that theory and that is the fact the Republicans don’t actually have an offer on the table, they have a messaging bill HR2 that only got enough Republican votes to pass because they knew it would never actually happen and if Biden were to ask ‘what is it you actually want policy wise, specifically’ right now they wouldn’t be able to answer
As regards Brexit ‘correlation doesn’t always mean causation’. Yes, there was a economic downside to Brexit. But I hope history records that the UK’s demise started long before Brexit. 13 years of Tory mismanagement may be seen as a bigger contributor to the UK decline than Brexit has had.
But once again, that has to be put into the context of the slower and more painful decline over many decades. Even under Labour the gap between the richest and poorest in Britain widened. Certainly the gap widened between most people and the ultra rich Tony Blair-bless his socialist heart. But whatever the cause, it’s still a sad sight to watch.
I am so sorry. I was just commenting a few weeks ago on David Cameron and his brainchild “Brexit”. I was shocked when GB brought that guy back to service. What could he possibly bring to the table. He was AWFUL for Britain why give that guy any responsibility?