James O'Brien vs the truth about a no deal Brexit (Chris Southworth interview)

[@stephenconway2468]

Austerity.... austerity... austerity.... we all suffered it to improve the national debt situation. Yet now along comes Brexit and wrecks the benefits. Well done people you voted to ignore our suffering and indeed prolong it for another generation.

[@stephenconway2468]

@Qwfwq66 ...... blessed be the blinkered for they shall inherit .....what ever is left!

[@yarpenzirgin1826]

Austerity did not work, the national debt is worse than before, there was never any benefits to austerity except to bloat financial markets. So at least no benefits will be wrecked.

[@yarpenzirgin1826]

@Qwfwq66 You got a point.

[@kr9297]

Remember bulldog spirit💪🤣🤣😣😣😥😥

[@homan2329]

“ Do or die “ Isn’t it nice to know Boris is willing to sacrifice us all for his unicorn .

[@skyblazeeterno]

Coming from a man who said he'd like in front of bulldozers at Heathrow and never did...

[@tonycodolo]

The EU will NEVER allow someone to leave the EU yet still have the same benefits they had while they were in it. It runs counter to all their ideals.

[@georgedoorley5628]

not only does it run counter to their ideals .....but it is also common sense ....

[@guywilletts2804]

@@beepbopboop7727 the deal is done. Mrs May's deal. It doesn't particularly make an example of us. It is us - we're making an example of ourselves.

[@guywilletts2804]

@@beepbopboop7727 um, yes they have begun. But if it cheers you up to patronise a stranger, crack on.

[@mattwho81]

It's insane that people thought we ever could. You can't leave a club and still enjoy the benefits of being inside.

[@TorianTammas]

tonycodolo - It is a rule based issue. Members have certain privileges and duties. Non members have nothing and get nothing. It is very simple.

[@SingWhileYouMay]

Where is the Monster Raving Loony party in all this? They must be livid for being outplayed by the Tory loonies.

[@montyoneify]

I'm so scared for us and our childrens future! But then, if we have leaders who won't see global warming and the soon to be world end. What can we expect?

[@declanmcardle]

Surely the UK could enter a Customs Union with North Korea and Cuba?

[@BLUESKY-zt1nv]

look ..in the event of a no deal , then as long as you "Believe" everything will be alright !!

[@phillydavison]

I try to talk to people at work, I have tried to talk to some members of my family about Brexit and my fears especially on a no deal exit but all I ever get in return is immigrants immigrants immigrants it's all the fault of the immigrants sigh.

[@tonyroy8123]

Feel sorry for you for talking to village idiots.

[@pieterverhaeghe5143]

it's the age of blame the immigrants

[@jafafa]

Mars bars are made by Mars Incorporated, an American company. The Mars family, siblings, are among the richest billionaires on the planet.

[@Kanaka38]

Mars bars are made in Slough England, invented in 1932, to be like the American Milky Way Bar, which became known as snickers Almond bar. An American version of the mars bar was on sale until 2002. The Slough factory was opened up by Forrest Mars Senior, an American.

[@skyblazeeterno]

i like how they quote an anonymous BoJo supporter in equivalence to the IMF

[@thehellyousay]

Both sides of the argument offering their best. You do the math.

[@eointolster]

@@thehellyousay I don`t think you get the problem. Imagine asking your mum if this lump is cancerous or going to the doctor. Who are you going to believe, oh wait 50/50. Like with Climate change ffs

[@paulberesford9360]

We are not supposed to label, so called, "Brexiteers" as thick, but i'm at loss to find a more appropriate description. Maybe also masochistic?

[@thatcherschild]

Paul Beresford winners would be a good label.

[@michaelmartin2075]

@@thatcherschild . Ok, but what's your prize? Are you not worried that your standard of living will be impacted?

[@thatcherschild]

Khafleim he calls leavers thick and I say we are winners and that’s an insult. Ok random person on the internet.

[@thatcherschild]

Michael Martin I’m not after a prize, would much rather live in a country that has self determination and make its own way in the world and not be part of an European superstate. I’m always concerned about my standard of living to some point I’m self employed, I’m used to uncertainty it’s nothing to fear.

[@adampeckham8541]

@@thatcherschild At least you're honest. I admire that. But its widely known that in this globalised world we live in, leaving the worlds largest trade bloc and erecting trade barriers with your largest partners to then go it alone against the bigger players isn't sensible. Virtually every economist and trade expert agrees with this. Also trade deals are about give and take, if you want to have them then you must sacrifice some sovereignty for the sake of the same regulatory standards. it will be the exact same when trading with the US, except it will be from a position of weakness as a smaller trading market. So we're leaving to gain nothing.

[@christianbohm6118]

This highlights an important point: Well paid office workers from the EU like me are merely annoyed by all this. Worst case I go back to germany and keep earning well. But who is really fucked are the working class Brexiteers who voted for this mess. They will lose their job. Not me. And that's a really sad irony.

[@BENTWOONEZERO]

Germany is on the verge of recession, good luck finding a job.

[@BLUESKY-zt1nv]

Lets Get Real ..We don't need a deal ..we are English and proud

[@philip013]

These days I tend to think of myself as British and European. English? Not so much.

[@cogle_arts7332]

I am not English, i am Scottish. This is exactly what is wrong with the Ununited Kingdom. The fact that successive governments have consistently gone about their business as though we are all English and think and believe as you do. Do not forget. We foreigners all the way here up north, did not vote for this suicide pact you have with the Welsh. Alba gu brath.

[@alishanty]

If we produced everything we ever needed ‘in house’ on our island, maybe we don’t need a deal. Reality is, we rely heavily on imports. Even if it’s just for parts or ingredients to make things here. We’re not even self sufficient in food. It will take time and planning to plant enough crops, rear enough animals to provide for the whole of the country’s needs. It doesn’t happen instantly. So if we need to rely on imports other countries will be able to shaft us with tariffs without a deal.

[@allanwaltham4045]

Parliament won't allow no-deal on 31 Oct. If we get near that point with nothing resolved there will be a vote of NC, an extension and a GE (mainly fought on Brexit) and it will be nasty. What a mess.

[@alexcraig8543]

That was one of the most succinct and clear-eyed appraisals of the uk's current prospects. Quite sobering, if not downright terrifying. Not only are the British preparing to embark on a path of massive self harm, they are going to destabilize and harm a large portion of the world economies. They're going to have an enormous number of people quite rightly pissed off at what they've forced on everyone (not just their own country), and incur an unprecedented backlash against them. They'll be a pariah if their act of self harm sinks the world into another global recession since pretty much the entire world has been begging them not to do this.

[@IR240474]

Who to believe? Farage or Boris. I heard that these two god loving souls pray for all of us before bed time.

[@BLUESKY-zt1nv]

oh lets all "Believe" then everything will be alright !!

[@alishanty]

Beleavers

[@Correctrix]

"Administration"? Mate, you're in the UK.

[@ninapersson4109]

You might be the first country to be sustainble on your own soil. If you can’t trade you have to produce everything yourself. But what about the garbage?

[@skyblazeeterno]

Leave supporters create enough verbal garbage

[@5ynthesizerpatel]

Do I live in an echo chamber or is there nowhere on the other side of the discussion where there is this kind of frank discussion? Whenever I bring up anything like this to a Brexiter they just look at me like a dog that's been shown a card trick - then they start barking

[@inakicarrasco3306]

C’mon you all! Don’t you feel turbocharged by our new leader? Park your logical gloomy brains and BELIEVE IN HIS SUPERPOWERS!

[@mjguerin63]

The "easily administered pill" will come on 1st November! A choking hazard, I'd say.

[@michaelrowsell1160]

These forecasts are rubbish.It will be far worse.Each damaging effect will compound with the next damaging effect to create rapid downwards spiral. This could end up with the collapse of the NHS and the welfare state.

[@thehellyousay]

Read your comment too quickly. Mistook your meaning utterly. Kind a a shame 'cause I thought my retort to a presumed brexiteer was potentially comedic gold. Shucks.

[@Kanaka38]

Years ago there used to be old men walking around carrying a sandwich board stateing that 'the end is nigh' somewhat simular to the remoaners message!

[@pjconnolly]

Always hard to forgive a beggar they neighbor policy.

[@FenrirTheDog1]

👍

[@sabin97]

ordaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@henkduym7823]

And now the end is near to face the final curton bye bye little Engeland

[@stephen88hox]

You know the uk isn't just England right?

[@jeevesponzi1553]

Curtain, and probably a tinny foilish one, rather than Draylon, the lush comfort my Mummy loved, as a proxy to reality .

[@declanmcardle]

American food is so full or sugar it's unbelievable. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans state 22 slices of bread a day.

[@jafafa]

The second part of your comment is false. The USRDA does not state 22 slices of bread a day. That's ridiculous. Yes, our food IS SHIT, but when you exaggerate or forward lies, you discredit yourself... and then when you point out the REAL facts about how bad our food is, you can easily be dismissed. Some of the problems with our food - High Fructose Corn Syrup, because of corn subsidies. The fact that it is ILLEGAL to test all beef for mad cow, and illegal to label it as tested, and only spot checks are made, despite the fact6 that US beef is STILL FED bone meal from sheep, etc. Other things like all the e coli outbreaks because of the massive swine fecal lakes right next to lettuce fields, etc.

[@declanmcardle]

11 servings per day of grains and other crap: health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2000/document/images/pyramidbig.jpg 1 serving = 2 slices of bread (for bread).

[@declanmcardle]

Michael Hazle I knew this already.

[@jafafa]

@@beepbopboop7727 The "food pyramid" was discredited and abandoned about 20 years ago as USRDA, though it doesn't surprise me that it still is on many government sites. You will notice the dga2000 on that link. "Dietary Guidelines 2000" etc. - 19 years old. It may even have been forced to be put back by industry lobbyists. Our government generally does not give enough of a crap about the welfare of its citizens to keep up to date on that stuff, and you'll get no argument from me whatsoever that our system is compromised and corrupted. Oh, and "rebuttal."

[@declanmcardle]

@whomever [KZbin tagging is crap] I'm not interested in slamming the other opinions/guys. They make some good points that the government doesn't give a crap - it's all big food and big pharma and lobbies. The DGA (different to USRDA) have been spouting the same shite for 20+ (well, since 1977) years. Maybe all the proper dietitians and cardiologists who are appearing in front of the DGA committee (2020-2025 "recommendations") who know all about salt and fat and insulin and cholesterol will be listened to this time.