Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Boris Johnson moves to close door on extended Brexit transition period" video.

  1. No, you'd be whining to be let in again.
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  2.  @demonhalo67  But we've seen it all before. Britain whined to be let in. In 1973, you got lucky. Third time lucky.
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  3. And who's been dragging their feet leaving? It's been one extension after another.
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  4.  @jonathanhammerton9418  That's just self-congratulatory hogwash. The UK would be critically exposed in the event of a no-deal, WTO-rules Brexit, while we'd suffer a spell of mild discomfort that would go unnoticed by the vast majority of EU citizens.
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  5.  @wangdangdoodie  Traitors or not, it's still your doing. Any chance of seeing spiked heads on London Bridge again?
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  6.  @jonathanhammerton9418  You're spreading obvious lies. Firstly, the UK is not and has never been the biggest contributor to the EU budget. The UK is at fourth place, after Germany, France and Italy. On a per capita basis, you're dropping to an unglamorous ninth place. Secondly, it's expected that a no-deal, WTO-rules Brexit will shave 5% off the UK's GDP, while the figure for the EU-27 is 0.6%. It's as if you're laughing at our paper cuts while you've gushing blood from slit wrists. Thirdly, for us life-long net contributors, the inevitable cut to the EU budget is irrelevant, especially since contributions are maintained at their present levels. Since the UK now meekly agrees to pay the £32.8 billion Brexit divorce bill, no short-term increases are expected either. The EU net beneficiaries won't be able to draw as much from the Cohesion Fund, which pays for their infrastructure projects, but such is life. Fourthly, I can't think of a better antidote to further EU exits than Brexit. Its effect will be long-lasting, too, since mess you've created for yourselves is bound to continue for decades. Please try to substantiate your claims. I have no use for your hyperbole.
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