johnnybangkok

You are literally supporting a pro-Nazi group. 'Activists for the Homeland party, which was formed as a splinter organisation from Patriotic Alternative, Britain’s biggest far-right group, have set up a number of online groups in an attempt to spread the protests that recently engulfed a hotel in Epping" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/23/members-of-far-right-party-organising-asylum-hotel-protests-across-uk-facebook-posts-show

Ahh the classic, 'it would have all been fine if only the EU allowed us to do everything we wanted' argument. Why would they? Once you leave the club why should you expect all the other members to do your bidding? Brexit was/is an unmitigated disaster causing massive economic problems for the UK and providing none of the promised benefits to include stopping migrants. I assume you wanted Brexit so at least own your bad choices.

And when, in your opinion, did the UK become 'a shadow of its former self'?

One last time for the hard of comprehension. Termination of Treaties.— 'Typically the treaty itself provides for its termination by notice of one of the parties, usually after a prescribed time from the date of notice. Of course, treaties may also be terminated by agreement of the parties, or by breach by one of the parties'. In other words, within the agreement of the treaty there will be clauses that say, 'If you want to break this treaty then....................................." usually followed by a timescale and penalties for not doing what is agreed. Britain (like many civilised countries around the world) has become the country it is through hundreds of years of treaties and agreements and understands it's word is it's bond. Your issue is why everyone can't do just what Trump does who UNILATERLY ignores treaties the US has signed up to and ignores decades of agreements to suit his own agenda. This 'be damned with the consequences' attitude does in fact comes with consequences as who in their right mind will sign up for a treaty with the US now when they know full well Trump will just ignore it when it suits him.

Again, you are more than welcome to refute my facts.

Exactly the opposite. They ARE encumbered by a treaty UNTIL they announce a change or a new one is implemented. What aren't you getting?

You just had to go there. Rayner legitimately thought because her name wasn’t on the deed of the Manchester home she shared with her now divorced hubby, she could call her Hove home her primary residence. This 'advise' didn't pan out but there's little to no evidence of a crime. Tax avoidance is legal in the UK (ask all the billionaires), tax evasion isn't so unless it is proved she purposely evaded tax, there is absolutely no chance of her being 'prosecuted and imprisoned'. Facts. They matter. You should try them now and again.

That's not what happens at all. Please stop with this sort of nonsense. They stuck with their treaties UNTIL a new one was implemented. This took a formal notice of withdrawal and a new treaty voted in by parliament. This is completely unlike what Trump is doing who is still under his treaties but completely ignores them, doesn't even try to get a new treaty put in place and NEVER runs anything past congress these days.

It was replaced by the EU Withdrawal Act 2018. The Brexit act.

You are more than welcome to debate my facts. I stand by them.

I once met a guy in a bar who told me it was their mission to take over Soi Cowboy by agreement or the sheer power of his wallet. I wonder how he got on.

Yeah it’s pretty easy when you ignore your own judiciary and ride rough shod over the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees and your own Refugee Act of 1980. Brits on the other hand prefer to stick to the treaties they’ve signed up for.

Cherry pick away. Yes, she did the honorable thing and resigned. Doesn't make the government 'fascist, anti semetic (sic), fraudulent sex pest MPs of the current Nazi anti free speech government currently in power'. You constantly spout complete bo!!ox with little to no facts to back up any of your assertions. Typical far-right extremist with no powers of debate. Don't bother replying, I'm done with you.

Are you really this thick? The organisers are ACTUAL Nazi's NOT the made up accusations of the current government you keep spouting.

I might have an occasion to agree with you here Cameroni (it's rare, so I'm going to take it). Most Brexiters were promised so much - more money for the NHS, taking back the UK's sovereignty (whatever that was), not to be controlled by those crazy, unelected bureaucrats in Brussels but most importantly, regaining control of our borders. The Leave campaign was fueled by lies, widely optimistic financial scenarios that promised untold wealth and the right to stop 'the illegals'. The whole campaign was driven by xenophobia (and at times downright racism) and to those that had little or no success in life, they were told it wasn't their fault but the brown guy arriving on a dingy fleeing a war-torn hellhole fault. And they fell for it - hook, line and sinker. What these highly intellectual Brexiters found out though was we had shot ourselves in the foot in the most dramatic way possible by literally leaving the EU, our biggest trading partner and STILL had immigration problems because the average person arriving on a dingy isn't European, they're from Afghanistan or Syria or Ethiopia and the likes which are of course NOT in Europe. We stopped all those terrible French, Italians and Greeks from being allowed to work here but still had the same illegals as we had before Brexit but without the support of the EU to stop them. So no change at all as far as immigration is concerned (in fact it's got worse) but now we also have the problem of losing 100 billion GBP A YEAR in lost output. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-31/brexit-is-costing-the-uk-100-billion-a-year-in-lost-output