Hockey_saint

Well, the PPE is a good idea I suppose. Get the feeling they think we might have non-neutral authorities who'll be looking to identify them thru CCTV.

That's not going to happen is it. Tony Crews in the US has suggested that people need to make sure the idea of "black lives matter" doesn't turn into some interpretation of "black lives matter more" (I don't think he's met the screaming old white geezers here wetting their pants about it) but he's not gone as far as to say he wouldn't do it.

What? Did you think the EU wouldn't want to put checks in place on us? Crazy.

What the rest of the world (Donald Trump and his friends excluded) calls the truth. The only people stoking up fears were those people posting up posters of queues of migrants whilst aiming to remove our right to live and work on the biggest federation on the planet...yet you call the other side "project fear"? crazy. You want to leave, others want to remain.....fear and lies were stoked from both sides so probably not best to keep shouting "project fear" especially since it was dreamed up by that coke-snorting nutjob Michael Gove

Anyone who still uses the term "project fear" is seriously delusional.

Yeah, you're probably right.

Yeah, you're right but then that'd be because most of the signees economically similar to us (didn't stop us heading off to West Germany in the early 80's though). I think I've agreed above that the main problem for the EU was, in their rush to expand and enlarge, they'd not taken into account the economies of the A8 countries and how, if their wage levels were so low in their home state, they'd no doubt use the free movement to work here. I think free movement was there, just not a big issue when you're dealing with similarly equal states.

The point is that the main thing your side were complaining about was that Obama pointed out that the UK would have "wait at the back of the queue" so yep, the US/EU might take a while...we'd be waiting for that to end so you'd hope they'd be quick but on the flip side, if we rush thru ours then no doubt it's going to be rubbsh.

I don't think he's forgotten. As I say, Boris is only interested in himself.

This reminds me of a News Thump article I've just seen https://newsthump.com/2020/07/02/hong-kong-protestors-offered-british-citizenship-insist-theyd-rather-be-teargassed/?fbclid=IwAR0FlWO_Ew8SpmQrs4Ws_heUrV9Leeov3Plpbweptdh2dBfJMXpDeWLW3qI

They have a reasonable team with contacts with the embassy so I'd assume they probably know the inner workings than you with your little Brexity rants.

None here either but it looks like I said earlier was right; China sees these 3 million as Chinese citizens and so won't allow it and Rabb said before it they'd have no power to stop them.

It will certainly be interesting how it's magically solved.

Knowing the Chinese are a law unto themselves; with a Hong Kong population of what? 7.5 million, would they let 3 million of what they'd call Chinese citizens to go? That's going to be interesting. I think it was right to put this on a different thread. I think the citizens of Hong Kong would probably go to a few places and not just the UK. I'm sure some of them would be in demand with things like IT skills and they'd be able to go anywhere but I still think Australia would be a favourite place to go.

Yep, I agree. That was one of the main issues with the EU was the lack of bringing economic parity to the states before bringing them in because then there would be no reason for as many to come as have from the A8. I think Australia would be a reasonable partner too as they have quite a Chinese community already....at least from what I noticed working there also.

I wouldn't be surprised if some agreements were made with places like Australia and such; I mean, it's good in principal but along the lines it could cause more of the same.

Knew you'd take that seriously. The politicians used a large number of their followers xenophobia. That doesn't automatically make the politicians xenophobic. Just opportunists and god everyone knows the former Remainer Boris is one of those.

They're Chinese now...we've got no ties guv. (this was in jest in case you take that literally)

Thing is, Johnson has never said he didn't want mass migration "from the colonies" in fact, he's been encouraging it with offers to India and such....just not from the EU but I'm pretty sure he knows a large number of his followers either don't understand that and don't realise it was mass migration from places like India they were moaning about before the EU became the latest target (as always the popularist that he is). That's the thing about hate....there's always going to be someone (and they're just lining up the new fall guys in advance).

I read it in the Washington Post actually. Always a good read when in McLean. But in answer to your question, the size of the EU block would probably prevent such a deal being so one-sided....it's always better in a group.

Not really...gotta keep the vestiges of empire going haven't we? He'd probably already proven to a lot his "non-racist" cred by pointing out his great grandfather was Turkish but it's never quite that simple. You're aware as I am the influx of EU migrants played a reasonable role in Brexit so what does he think 3 million will do for his supporters? It's good...no, it's a very good thing in theory but let's wait until there's an extra 3 million Chinese people here.

Meanwhile he's offered citizenship to 3 million Chinese :D....Genius. I bet that ends well.

Calling an incompetent racist an incompetent racist isn't negativity, it's reality. Fear mongering would be putting the frighteners up lots of old people about an invasion of Turkish and EU types....oh, he did that...read above so why dont you shut the fuck up.

You called me a remoaner....did you think that was a free pass? I specifically mentioned the prospects of a problematic US trade deal come November, mention Obama, Trump, Biden, Gove and Johnson and am everywhere? Get a grip man; you're probably turning pink.

I've actually read that the Brexit team are a bit worried about being damned if Trump wins and even worse if Biden does. What with the democrats busy with an EU trade deal and asking for us to "get to the back of the queue" Obama's....and no doubt his old VP's words now too and as far as Trump goes....well, no doubt our deal with him would look akin to a Hostel movie.