Biden says UK border with Ireland must be open

[polpott]

1 minute ago, CorpusChristie said:

 

  Think he will be celebrating his 67 th Birthday

57th. If you're going to take the pish, at least get your maths right.

[CorpusChristie]

5 minutes ago, polpott said:

Not true. The US has something called a "transition period". Trump has now agreed that Biden can start the transition. Having talks with other world leaders is part of that transition.

 

   The transitional period is the time when the shift of power is arranged internally "

Key activities in this pre-election phase include: setting goals for the transition; assembling and organizing the key transition team staff; allocating responsibilities among the team and allocating resources and personnel for each core work stream; developing an overall management work plan to guide the team through the entire transition process; and establishing relationships with Congress, the outgoing administration, General Services Administration, the Office of Government Ethics, the FBI and the Office of Personnel Management to encourage information sharing and to begin the security clearance process for select personnel.^"

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1 minute ago, cliveshep said:

Biden needs a bit of a reality check - his country is in disarray yet he is interfering in an ally's sovereignty already. Look Joe, take all your <deleted> out of Lakenheath and Mildenhall, Fairford and the other 10 bases and go camp on Merkel's doorstep and see if SHE'll have you if you don't want to trade with us. 

 

We did fine with Australia and New Zealand before, we buy and sell already with many non-EU countries and non-US. We'll do fine while you try and save your sinking ship.

 

It would not surprise anyone if to keep trading harmony the Republic of Ireland didn't elect to leave the EU in order to harmonise the border again, especially as the EU is clearly imploding and losing our money is going to hasten that. Germany and France have already refused to pick up the financial slack and no deal exit by the UK means no more money from us too which is why Bojo is so unperturbed by a no deal exit.

Do you really want to compare the performance of the UK economy with that of the USA? Are you seriously contending that the UK under Johnson is functioning in an orderly way?

If what you meant to say was that it wouldn't surprise anyone if the Republic of Ireland left the EU in order to harmonize with the UK, then that might be the case if you define "anyone" as you and fellow travelers. Most of the world, not so much. And where's your evidence that the EU is clearly imploding? And keep in mind that even if France and Germany don't pick up the slack, the UK's contribution to the EU is miniscule in relation to the EU's GDP.

As for trade with other nations apart from the EU and the USA, what does that amount to in toto? What has the UK got that will enable it to gain a larger share of the non EU, USA markets? 

[CorpusChristie]

13 minutes ago, placeholder said:

And what happens to the President elect when Jan 20, 2001 rolls around? How many guesses do you need?

 

  Two ????

[polpott]

1 minute ago, placeholder said:

What has the UK got that will enable it to gain a larger share of the non EU, USA markets? 

Not a lot although we do grow some very nice strawberries. Pity we've no one to pick them now the Eastern Europeans can't come in.

[CorpusChristie]

Just now, polpott said:

Not a lot although we do grow some very nice strawberries. Pity we've no one to pick them now the Eastern Europeans can't come in.

 

  Didnt they get flown in to the UK to  harvest earlier this year ?

[polpott]

1 minute ago, CorpusChristie said:

 

  Didnt they get flown in to the UK to  harvest earlier this year ?

What? The strawberries?

[Rookiescot]

Where did it all go wrong? Brexiteers said leaving the EU would be easy. 

[CorpusChristie]

3 minutes ago, polpott said:

What? The strawberries?

 

  Not too sure what they picked , point being that Eastern European workers will be allowed into the UK for farm work

[polpott]

Just now, Rookiescot said:

Where did it all go wrong? Brexiteers said leaving the EU would be easy. 

Easiest thing ever and boris had an oven ready deal too. I guess he did a "King Alfred" and burnt it. Should have left it to his girlfriend not Cummings.

[Rookiescot]

5 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said:

 

  Didnt they get flown in to the UK to  harvest earlier this year ?

Ah yes. The Brexiteer dream of stopping temporary migrants picking strawberries. 

[Rookiescot]

Just now, CorpusChristie said:

 

  Not too sure what they picked , point being that Eastern European workers will be allowed into the UK for farm work

Wait what? I thought the point of Brexit was to stop freedom of movement with EU nations.

[CorpusChristie]

3 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

Where did it all go wrong? Brexiteers said leaving the EU would be easy. 

 

  We didnt think that the Remainers and the E.U would be so problematic .

  Had they accepted the result , we would have left years ago and the UK would now be thriving after being giving generous deals by the Trump administration 

[Rookiescot]

Just now, CorpusChristie said:

 

  We didnt think that the Remainers and the E.U would be so problematic .

  Had they accepted the result , we would have left years ago and the UK would now be thriving after being giving generous deals by the Trump administration 

So you had no idea what you were actually voting for.

[polpott]

1 minute ago, CorpusChristie said:

 

  We didnt think that the Remainers and the E.U would be so problematic .

  Had they accepted the result , we would have left years ago and the UK would now be thriving after being giving generous deals by the Trump administration 

How were the remainers problematic?

[CorpusChristie]

2 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

Wait what? I thought the point of Brexit was to stop freedom of movement with EU nations.

 

  No, it was to secure our borders , so we could let in who WE want , regulated immigration 

[Rookiescot]

1 minute ago, CorpusChristie said:

 

  No, it was to secure our borders , so we could let in who WE want , regulated immigration 

What like migrants who pick strawberries?

 

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14 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said:

 

  Two ????

50% is a failing grade.

[CorpusChristie]

Just now, polpott said:

How were the remainers problematic?

 

  Remain MPs voting against all deals offered in Parliament, disagreeing with everything and nothing getting passed .

  This caused the Government to offer a watered down down deal , which wasnt accepted by the leavers  , had the remainers been more agreeable initially, we would have left immediately  

[CorpusChristie]

2 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

What like migrants who pick strawberries?

 

  Yes

[polpott]

2 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said:

 

  No, it was to secure our borders , so we could let in who WE want , regulated immigration 

Yep. That was the thrust of the leave campaign. Keep out the brown ones and the black ones. Shame that it only kept out the white ones.

[polpott]

1 minute ago, CorpusChristie said:

 

  Remain MPs voting against all deals offered in Parliament, disagreeing with everything and nothing getting passed .

  This caused the Government to offer a watered down down deal , which wasnt accepted by the leavers  , had the remainers been more agreeable initially, we would have left immediately  

The only deal voted on in Parliament was May's deal. I seem to remember BJ voting against it. Was he a remainer?

[CorpusChristie]

Just now, polpott said:

Yep. That was the thrust of the leave campaign. Keep out the brown ones and the black ones. Shame that it only kept out the white ones.

 

  Shame on you for playing the race card .

This is nothing to do with race , it was to secure our borders, regardless of anyones ethnicity

[polpott]

Just now, CorpusChristie said:

 

  Shame on you for playing the race card .

This is nothing to do with race , it was to secure our borders, regardless of anyones ethnicity

I wasn't playing any cards, just pointing out the reality. Not one of your strong suits.

[Rookiescot]

5 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said:

  Yes

So who is going to pick those strawberries? You?

[CorpusChristie]

1 minute ago, polpott said:

I wasn't playing any cards, just pointing out the reality. Not one of your strong suits.

 

  No, the reality of Brexit was not to keep Black and Brown people out of the UK , that is something only in your mind .

[CorpusChristie]

1 minute ago, Rookiescot said:

So who is going to pick those strawberries? You?

 

  No, the Eastern Europeans 

[polpott]

Just now, CorpusChristie said:

 

  No, the reality of Brexit was not to keep Black and Brown people out of the UK , that is something only in your mind .

Not in my mind. I wasn't a Brexiteer.

[Rookiescot]

1 minute ago, CorpusChristie said:

 

  No, the Eastern Europeans 

But you voted for Brexit in order to keep them out?

How does that work?

[puipuitom]

12 hours ago, vogie said:

I don't want to see a border between the US and Mexico but it has got nothing what so-ever to do with me, and just because the President Elect has 1 ounce of Irish blood in him, Ireland has zippo to do with him.

You forget there is an agreement about the N-S Irish border, with the signature of the UK Prime minister on it and ratified by the UK parliament.

Or course any other president or lorry driver has anything to say about it, as only.. no cooperation from that president or lorry driver in the future.