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Brexit has removed the EU as an outside source that prevented devolution from escalating and undermining the union. This can be seen throughout the EU where autonomy has replaced independence under the EU flag. Without it the call for independence strengthens. The Brexit Tories in the meantime want to decrease the independence of the composite nations, in an effort to cover up the effects of Brexit on the United Kingdom – however this will only increase support for independence in all the other countries in the UK Don’t forget the UK had already started to break p when Ireland left in the early 20th C. The UK relies on both social and economic structures as well as a common overall international policy – that has ended with Brexit. Half of the whole country are opposed to Brexit but in N.I., Wales and Scotland there is a majority of rejoiners. They see the Union with England as hindering this. They also are now missing the special social, infrastructure and commercial funding from the EU – even Cornwall is experiencing an upwelling of autonomists.

Eve n now since Brexit, the UK is less "unified" than before. It is the first time that the "English" realise that there are other countries involved. With Brexiteers their xenophobia extends especially to theScots. Their xenophobia is particularly conflicted in that they don't want them in the Uk - (or the EU) but they don't want a referendum either. Imagine an England with EU land borders on all sides. Even Brexiteers realised they would be stuffed then.

I have used my ThaiAYM cads on various occasions at ATMSin Vientiane, Luang Prabang and Ken Thao, a small border town. It has always been out isde of te bank - I think if it goes wrong, I can go in and complain. Only done it pre-Covid and the fees were not "noticeable" - I guess about 20 to 50 baht. There was a limit on withdrawals of the equivalent of about 5000 bht I think. BTW - I found many circumstances where people were quite happy to accept Thai baht - probably not legal but they can pass the currency on.

I'm not even sure they have any crocs in that dam. THey wouldn't be that big. I agree that one would like more information about what happened. Other people go out on the lake and would like to know what happened. It is possible he got caught in weeds? Or was his swimming impaired? Had he been eating and drinking...what ever we really do =need to know.

Post Brexit chaos – the reality still has to take effect - weather is of course not a factor as it happens every year and every country is accustomed to its own weather - only a Brexiteer would be surprised by winter Thanks to import export checks, Kent has become a lorry park. A lot of trade has sought other ways of getting to the EU – the Humber has done well out of this so far, but the problem is that full documentation has been postponed several times over and now won’t come into force until 2024 which will again will reduce the roads into ALL posts to vehicle parks again. EU goods continue to be largely waved through all ports after the Government in an effort to put off the inevitable, pushed back checks. It is possible the Government will decide to keep postponing the system as it is until 2024 when the full force will be felt. Although trade itself has not increased a greater percentage of what is left is using the Humber. Britain’s economy is forecast to shrink by 0.4% in 2023, more than any other in the Group of Seven richest nations, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Britain is the only G-7 member whose economy has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels. In the Group of 20, or G-20, largest economies, only Russia’s is expected to fare worse than Britain’s in the coming two years. – [voice of America. November 22, 2022]

As the UK economy totters into recession, Brexit is still biggest headache for British businesses – it ranks higher than the Russian war, Covid or energy costs. For 4 in 5 UK businesses Brexit has been the main supply chain disruptor [survey by Ivalua - Coleman Parkes- Aug 2022]…and apparently over 80% think the worst is yet to come. Over 33% of businesses are reporting a resulting drop of income averaging around 18%. Many are also reporting penalties financial or reputational because of goods arriving late. Reliability is gone from suppliers as continuity has collapsed. Red tape and delays have affected bigger businesses but smaller businesses are faring even worse – it is not known et how many smaller traders have gone out of business because of Brexit. These people don’t just disappear – they owe money or ed up claiming benefits etc. etc…. They also sped less and other businesses they use lose money too. The prospect of a reliable delivery/supply chin are not regarded as happening anytime soon either – the future looks gloomy with repeated supply/delivery crisis brought about by failures in logistics and bureaucracy of Brexit. Increasingly businesses both big and small are voicing their problems with Brexit to the point that Sunak had to deny he was seeking a Swiss-syle” arrangement with the EU. The fct that he had to issue this denial actually signals there is no smoke without fire. In the end the UK will have to have closer ties with the EU how soon this happens will depend on how long it takes for common sense to overrule dogma.

Swahili is spoken by between 50 and 150 million people - it is a major world language.

Another fun fact - when parts were delivered by road from Coventry to Linwood, the distance was too far/long for HGVs on tachos, so they all had to stop on the way for compulsory sleep break before continuing on their way. The Linwood plant was a political animal and the work force were not trained sufficiently to work in the motor industry - no v=background at all and the management couldn't train them. The Rootes family really didn't understand what they were getting into with the Linwood plant but it looked like they were getting a good deal off the government. When this finally collapsed and Chrysler took over, it was inevitable that things would get even worse. US car companies could never manage European work forces - GM, and Ford realised early onto give them as much autonomy as possible, Chrysler thought differently and to their cost. The Imp was just one of the symptoms of the demise of the UK motor industry – a potentially good product totally ruined by poor management, lack of vision and no product development. In the 1960s and 1970s the UK motor industry entered a downward spiral from which they couldn’t recover. Contrary to popular myth, this wasn’t a deliberate sabotage by the unions, it was dreadful management and appalling product development that left the UK industry training behind the rest and unable even to identify Japan as a competitor, let alone actually compete.

English language is an important commodity that is sold around the world. Although many claim US English as the dominant form, when it comes to learning English by both children and adults, British English was equally popular. Many international schools in Thailand and around the world use the UK curriculum. One now has to worry about the future of British English as industries around the world see it as less important than US English and other languages like French, German Chinese Korean, Japanese etc etc…. However the UK or England at least, has gone against the grain – rather than learning to do business with people who speak other languages, with Brexit they have withdrawn into themselves. As little England they no longer want to trade with the biggest trading block in the world or benefit from the world trade that brings in but are concentrating instead on home-growing enough turnips to fill the gaps left in supermarket selves by produce from the EU that is no longer available.....

Brexit played on the ignorance and prejudices of many – here are some myths and disinformation they promulgated – everyone is complete fallacy 1. The UK sends 350 million pounds per week to the European Union. This money would go back to the NHS. 2. Migrants are stealing Briton’s jobs and the UK would have control over its borders. 3. UK Sovereignty is at stake. 4. The EU is undemocratic and resembles Nazi Germany. Boris Johnson made the statement that Hitler and Napoleon both failed to unify Europe, and the EU has done the same. 5. Poverty in the North has nothing to do with austerity, it’s the European bureaucrats’ fault. 6. EU forbids the UK from forming trade deals with other countries. Leaving the EU would allow the UK to form trade deals with the rest of the world. 7. The European Army creation - nonsense 8. Lisbon Treaty Conspiracy Theory. This involved many lies in one document that spread around on different social media channels. Many of the tweets started with, ‘I have been reading the Lisbon Treaty’. This misinformation campaign began in March 2019 when it looked like the UK may not leave the EU. 9. Brexit has no plans to leave the single market 10. We have several trade deals ready and waiting to go. It is of course very difficult for Brexiteers to admit they were both wrong and duped -

the difference between being old and young..... When you are young, you fall over, when you are old - you "have a fall".

actually that just shows how deluded people get as they grow old.

Complete and utter nonsense.....

no there isn't - try to explain the difference in medical terms.....you think you know what that means but I'll wager you don't in rea;ity.

The IMP engine was fantastic - it was originally used in Fire pumps! All alloy, developed by Walter Hassan of Jag V12 fame and also used by Lotus in one form or another. TH dam thing was OHC!!! - Compare that to the engines put in the Minis.....mind you Issigonis didn't want them!...not even in the Morris Minor

Another “Brexit benefit” - Airports boss Charlie Cornish said in November that Brexit has harmed UK aviation sector and its ability to recruit workers and has “massively exacerbated” (his words) worker shortages. The shortage of frontline staff caused queues and chaos in UK airports in the short meant that they were unable to deal with the sudden increase of passengers after Covid. This sudden shortage of labour has meant that although immigration from EU is down it is up from elsewhere – e,g, importing Doctors from Nigeria instead. All leading economists will tell you that the damage is real. The rate of growth i.e recession is unique to the UK. The single issue Brexit government has no idea how to get growth to return. Whilst other factors such as Covid had structurally altered the labour forces in all EU countries, the problems in UK are exacerbated by fewer Europeans coming back into the UK. “This damages the UK’s ability to recruit workforce. Pre-Brexit, this problem was didn’t exist. Economic recovery in the EU, is much further ahead than that of the UK. You can’t argue that this suddenly appeared from nowhere and has nothing to do with Brexit going to be able to say that’s not due to Brexit.

Brexit changes caused 22.9% slump in UK-EU exports into the first quarter of 2022 – research, and the variety of UK products exported to EU were down by 42% has shown that UK exports to the EU fell by an average of 22.9% in the first 15 months after the introduction of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, In fact, the negative effect on UK exports has got worse from January 2021-March 2022 from the previous period with Covid. The UK has also experienced a significant reduction in the variety of goods being exported to the EU, with an estimated loss of 42% of product varieties. This, combined means that concentrating export values to fewer products, will have further, serious ramifications for the UK’s exports and productivity in the future. Businesses are calling for a return to the single market and freedom of movement to address the labour shortage.

Not really – the handing was good from the start – the mods were an improvement on something that was already good. Remember the Imp had coil springs and rear trailing arms – something almost unheard of in those days. The front was designed to counteract the effects of a rea engine car – it was copied from the Chevy Corvair (they learned from Chevy's mistakes) and a radical improvement on the old VW.

The Imps did handle well - the running gear was specified by Mike Parkes who apart from being an F1 driver was also an engineer for Ferrari. He is the reason the car had a Coventry Climax alloy engine and not the 3 cylinder one originally envisaged. The mechanicals of this vehicle were streets ahead of the mini ... it's a pity the production was so bdad

Never had a problem driving all manner of cars for 58 years and in several countries... never REALISEd you had a problem. lots of people did that because they did it in VWs - wasn't needed

not needed! It was your driving.

Sounds like you had the clutches set up badly. The Imp used a diaphragm spring cutch and the Laycock original was actually the best but save cylinder problems etc may have spoiled it for you. Imp range could handle really well if the suspension was maintained. The VW habit of putting weight in the front was unnecessary and could actually impair the handling.

The government's own fiscal body, the OBR has stated that Brexit has reduced UK's GDP by 4%....which is on top of the problems facing the rest of Europe. on top of this the UK's ability to recovered is hampered by the damage Brexit has done to trade that no amount of deals around the world can replace. The Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) economic and fiscal outlook, published alongside the government’s autumn statement, forecast that Brexit “will result in the U.K.’s trade intensity being 15 per cent lower in the long run than if the U.K. had remained in the EU.” [OBR].

the Imp was. classic example of how the British motor industry collapsed. A really interesting design that was compromised engineering and then ruined by build quality. The car had a long run, but like most UK cars too long a run and very little development. The release was a cock up and the moving of production was a total shambles that resulted in the car being released before it was ready. The move to Scotland was political but the fact that it happened was down to Rootes management which like all auto industry management in the UK at the time was dominated by a blinkered class system attitude that lead to confrontation rather than cooperation and pride in product.

Says in the opening line where its from. All of the polls now show that a clear majority of people in the UK think Brexit was a mistake – mostly around 54% think it was a mistake and 32% think it was a good idea and the ret just don’t know (or can’t bring themselves to admit it)