Probably means most for London for better or for worse should we leave / stay.
Is this a joke?We definitely need a Hard Brexit, the boom that will follow
No? Look at what happened to the former colonies of the USSR once they broke free of the Soviet market.Is this a joke?
Of course people confuse the issues when voting at local elections but turnouts will be lucky to reach 30%, less than half those at national elections. People are generally able to put the issues in their relevant boxes however. For examlple, I live in Wandsworth. Here we have a Conservative council (and have done for as long as so remember) but out various MP's are mixed between Labour and Conservative and can change quite a lot. Our Brexit vote was strongly remain. There isn't much consistency there which shows that people are able to make their choices based on the issues relevant to the election at hand. Of course the parties take all elections seriously but local elections have never been a good way to read the national vote. Incumbent governments never do well. What is more the next general elections are not due till 2022. The political scene will look radically different then. The only thing that will bring this forward will be either if May continues to either as she is or if she goes to the country once a deal on Brexit is agreed and that becomes a sort of referendum on Brexit.The disconnect between local and national issues at the moment is probably at its smallest point. National issues like the NHS, Brexit and government cuts will play a heavy part in the local elections.
The Conservatives (along with the rest) are certainly taking the May elections seriously.
Yeah and a lot of them joined or want to join the EU.No? Look at what happened to the former colonies of the USSR once they broke free of the Soviet market.
True - so they have hundreds of billions of pounds from British tax payers to rebuild their countries. We can use that same money to instead rebuild Britain.Yeah and a lot of them joined or want to join the EU.
Are you sure you wouldn't rather spread the wealth Bowater?True - so they have hundreds of billions of pounds from British tax payers to rebuild their countries. We can use that same money to instead rebuild Britain.
We can use that same money to instead rebuild Britain.
Yes I can.And how exactly do you rebuild Britain? Like Trump does, by shouting USA, USA, USA, tax cuts for the ultra rich, lower company taxes and public goods that can no longer be financed? Could you be more specific?
They all had a drop of around 40% in GDP over the 5 years or so after the collapse of the Soviet Union before recovering as they adopted capitalism and benefited from access to the EU.No? Look at what happened to the former colonies of the USSR once they broke free of the Soviet market.
Then what? Let Labour take the wheel and attempt the exact same thing? You're not another person who seriously believes No Tories = No Brexit?With the country in a shambles call an election and hopefully the Tories will be out for a generation thanks to the mess they will have created.
Indeed.They all had a drop of around 40% in GDP over the 5 years or so after the collapse of the Soviet Union before recovering as they adopted capitalism and benefited from access to the EU.
So yes, completely comparable to the UK :nuts:
Perhaps you should compare the performance of the European ex USSR states that joined the EU (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia) with those that stayed outside (Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine)