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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Jan 28, 2023 14:20:33 GMT -5
Basically, both votes were close lol Think at this point people are wanting solutions to this cost of living crisis that's gripping us. Although even EU countries are suffering too, so not sure rejoining would change that much. That said, I can see us one having a vote to potentially go back and it could likely swing the way of returning. Scottish independence is just a pipe dream though  I don’t think there can really be any changes to cost of living until the conflict in Ukraine is resolved tbh… Russia can never really win. They are struggling against a nation that was apart of their Union 30 years ago. No matter what Russia does at this point they lose. I don’t think they can realistically “win” without Nukes and at that point all of their “economic allies” will turn on them, I’m willing to bet India and China are behind the scenes telling them not to go that route. If Russia withdraws they will no longer be viewed as a world superpower, not that realistically they probably are anymore. I think at the moment there’s only 3 true economic superpowers being the USA, China, and Germany could be argued. Then there’s a lot of fringe ones some declining and some rising. Britain. France, India. Saudi Arabia, etc. Although everyone has their own flaws these days. For China Covid has immensely affected them for example and their counter measures are not cheap. I don’t think the result of Brexif will be truly measured for I guess a couple decades. Pretty much that. If it weren't for Ukraine and covid, we'd probably have some vague idea of the impact, but right now like you said it'll take a good few extra years before we can actually judge what the true impact has been. |
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Post by Pinda on Feb 20, 2023 18:19:16 GMT -5
Honestly, it's hard to tell. Covid and this cost of living crisis has made it difficult to tell what affect brexit has had. Although, without EU subsidies for farmers, it had gotten tougher for them. Also, I've noticed some supermarkets limit the boxes of eggs you can have which is concerning. And then there's the fact more polls are suggesting the populace is kinda rethinking things and believing going back to the EU wouldn't be such a stupid idea. Ah yeah I guess Covid would have messed up the whole process, honestly didn’t really think of that when I asked the question. Wasn’t the Brexit vote like super close? Or maybe I’m thinking of the Scottish independence vote. I’m not surprised that many people would be reconsidering the EU after covid though. Although all I really know is historical stuff tbh and I would never really consider England to be the same as continental Europe in that regard tbh Pretty sure they started reconsidering immediately after the referendum... because it was pretty much a bad idea from the start and people didn't think it would actually happen. But the UK has always been the odd EU member. They never really fully joined (no euro, no Schengen, etc.) And while the country is still European in a lot of ways, they have also been more heavily influenced by the US than the rest of the continent. I mean the French originally refused to let them join the European Community (EU's predecessor) because they considered the UK an American puppet state. |
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Post by Pinda on Feb 20, 2023 18:22:28 GMT -5
I don’t think there can really be any changes to cost of living until the conflict in Ukraine is resolved tbh… Russia can never really win. They are struggling against a nation that was apart of their Union 30 years ago. No matter what Russia does at this point they lose. I don’t think they can realistically “win” without Nukes and at that point all of their “economic allies” will turn on them, I’m willing to bet India and China are behind the scenes telling them not to go that route. If Russia withdraws they will no longer be viewed as a world superpower, not that realistically they probably are anymore. I think at the moment there’s only 3 true economic superpowers being the USA, China, and Germany could be argued. Then there’s a lot of fringe ones some declining and some rising. Britain. France, India. Saudi Arabia, etc. Although everyone has their own flaws these days. For China Covid has immensely affected them for example and their counter measures are not cheap. I don’t think the result of Brexif will be truly measured for I guess a couple decades. Pretty much that. If it weren't for Ukraine and covid, we'd probably have some vague idea of the impact, but right now like you said it'll take a good few extra years before we can actually judge what the true impact has been. I think the impact is still mostly known to be bad though. The EU is suffering from the Ukraine and Covid crises as well, but the UK seems to be doing worse at the moment. Just the other day I read the damage was 100 billion pounds a year, which is quite a lot. |
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Feb 21, 2023 13:44:38 GMT -5
Pretty much that. If it weren't for Ukraine and covid, we'd probably have some vague idea of the impact, but right now like you said it'll take a good few extra years before we can actually judge what the true impact has been. I think the impact is still mostly known to be bad though. The EU is suffering from the Ukraine and Covid crises as well, but the UK seems to be doing worse at the moment. Just the other day I read the damage was 100 billion pounds a year, which is quite a lot. Yeah, it's a real mess. Partially, I think it's to do with having the tories in power for over ten years now. The result is we're getting a lot of their baggage and bad habits. |
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Post by Newan on Feb 26, 2023 21:47:16 GMT -5
I think the impact is still mostly known to be bad though. The EU is suffering from the Ukraine and Covid crises as well, but the UK seems to be doing worse at the moment. Just the other day I read the damage was 100 billion pounds a year, which is quite a lot. Yeah, it's a real mess. Partially, I think it's to do with having the tories in power for over ten years now. The result is we're getting a lot of their baggage and bad habits. Who’s even your leader now? I know Boris stepped down and then Truss took over briefly but her entire time in office was overshadowed from the Queens death. I feel like the British leadership has a lot of people stepping down before their terms are over… |
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Mar 1, 2023 17:20:02 GMT -5
Yeah, it's a real mess. Partially, I think it's to do with having the tories in power for over ten years now. The result is we're getting a lot of their baggage and bad habits. Who’s even your leader now? I know Boris stepped down and then Truss took over briefly but her entire time in office was overshadowed from the Queens death. I feel like the British leadership has a lot of people stepping down before their terms are over… It's been a merry-go-round here Now it's Rishi Sunak in charge and I suspect he'll make it to the next election next year, though whether he wins it I'm not so sure. |
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it’s been quite a while. I’ve been pretty good, how about yourself? 