Comments by "Steve Parker" (@steveparker8065) on "Bank of England heads outline how Brexit destroyed the British economy" video.

But apart from the loss of £trillions, prestige, standards, morals, human rights and trading relations. While polarising the nation, risking the Union & GFA, breaking international law and leaving a sizeable debt for our great-grandchildren and crashing our economy... What has Brexit ever done for us?
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@Vanamutt when you say "untreated sewage going straight to the sea" is that a literal reference to the catastrophic poor state of British environmental legislation or are you talking about a Tory day trip to the beach? :P
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But bloo passports, Sovereign tea, taking back hour boarders!
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@markjohn4802 ..and to think you could have typed something witty or intelligent...
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@markjohn4802 That's twice you've wasted the opportunity to say something witty or intelligent. Everything you are you owe to your parents, why not send them a penny and square the account?
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@julianshepherd2038 Thank you, kind sir. Unfortunately, Stuart hasn't had his meds this morning.
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@imbonkers3629 Germany has a debt-to-GDP ratio of 59.8% of GDP, France is 98%. Italy is in the hands of the far right which explains their 134.8%... Anything else?
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@Asilis23 No I'm a Brexiteer and therefore have no education and my only motivation is jingoism and intolerance.
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@Delta 1 lol you only spotted one? are you a Brexiteer by any chance?
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@NOCDGAMING "Mr Bailey (Governor of the bank of England) told MPs there was a “striking” difference between the economic performance of GDP post-pandemic and that of the US dollar and euro. He said Britain’s economy was 0.7 per cent smaller than at the end of 2019, while the eurozone was 2.1 per cent higher"
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@markperrin8098 Essentially then you can't provide a rebuttal for my original comment and you can't defend your own statement when Dereck asks you? Wow, talk about being as much use as a chocolate teapot...
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@parametr That's our Truss fund kept for special occasions. The trade deal with Tuvalu is not going to save us either as they are evacuating as the sea reclaims the islands.
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@Delta 1 Glad to hear it. It's just a parody of the Brexiteers :)
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@stuartpenman6387 You are aware that people simply tolerate you? Please stop defiling my threads with your ignorance.
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@grahamrogers3345 As an outsider, what's your perspective on intelligence?
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@JwayT Getting a lot of backing from Brexiteers who realise how much they've lost...
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@kirishima638 Finally a real answer with intellect and facts. I offer my thanks for your honesty and intellect. It's also shown that the British elitists would rather sink the economy than stop being the world leader in facilitating global corporate tax losses, thanks to the lack of transparency on the crown dependencies and overseas territories. Take care and thanks again for providing a sane and factual comment, those are so rare on social media.
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@JwayT Many of the business moguls such as Dyson who said we are glad to be out of the EU, then moved his business interest to Singapore after they signed a free trade agreement with the EU. The polls also show it "A tracker poll found support for reversing Brexit is now at 57 per cent, compared to just 43 per cent who want to keep it."
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@lobonskerva5441 Thank you for that eloquent, intelligent, well-thought-out, concise rebuttal of the facts. I'll be looking forward to hearing more from you in the near future...
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@lobonskerva5441 My apologies, I did actually search through all 200+ replies for an earlier comment from you for context. I've made so many replies it's hard to tell what comment that was a reply to. My bad :)
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@jonsimmons4150 Utilities were cheap when the British taxpayer owned them and completely within our control. You might say we had sovereignty over our energy. The Tories sold them to corporations and now we pay over £100 billion in subsidies and corporate welfare every year to those corporations who cost us £40-120 billion in tax losses. Instead of using the profit from our utilities to reinvest and get cheaper prices.
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@stuartpenman6387 You can't be that ignorant that you didn't notice everything I type can be proven by stats and facts. Maybe politically and economically illiterate trolls shouldn't try to judge other people based on their own ignorance... PS your comments are about as much use as a rubber beak to a woodpecker...
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@UCaBqIrBlOzSYgiM6rdr9AFg Still just wagging your tongue without saying anything then. All of your ancestors must number in the millions; it’s hard to believe that many people are to blame for producing you...
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@kolar Are you aware that most Tory MPs have never had the benefits of a happy family upbringing? That most Tory MPs were brought up by paid help or a Nanny? That some Tory MPs only know their parent's name because it is displayed on their Trust Fund? Please continue to give generously to these amoral victims of privilege and elitism... Remember a Tory MP is not just for Christmas, they'll bleed you dry all year around...
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@junglie Yep that's where they store the taxes we pay them after they siphon them off to their mates...
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@Vanamutt Yep, I got that m8, just used your eloquent reference as a springboard to have a pop at the Tories :) You know last week it was so cold I actually saw a Tory MP with his hands in his own pockets!
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@thepm3972 Splitter!
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@tonyroy8123 Thank you!
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@BOZ_11 lol yes, the trillions lost and hundreds of billions borrowed through kleptocracy will go away on its own...
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@BOZ_11 Printing billions is the reason for the inflation rise. Debt to GDP was over 100% this year, our national debt is draining all of our available income! Fractional Reserve Banking and FIAT currency is indeed a con, but a con we still pay for... USA growth 4.2% Eurozone growth 2.1% UK declined by 0.7% We are the only economy in the G7 to have shrunk and not recovered...
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@BOZ_11 Energy is a factor and energy prices have actually doubled every 6 months for over 2 years. That indeed puts up the cost of transport and goods. But it is only one factor. The OBR says we're heading into a recession. Your figures don't come up on any search engine... I've already given you the figures that clearly show our situation is not a common problem that other countries face. This indicates the Brexit losses and the fiscal incompetence of the Tories is responsible. I agree with you on energy corporations and on the growing winter losses of 40,000 per annum from pensioners due to energy prices. But as already stated, I can't find your figures and mine are available from the IFS... Is your whole argument that printing money doesn't cause inflation? because that's already been proven by fiscal studies and shouldn't be up for debate.
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@BOZ_11 lol I'm not sure you have the ability to analyse information. You are making arguments I've already made as if in rebuttal. Of course, wages are falling hard, and the Unions were stripped of any power under Thatcher. The corporations have had the upper hand for decades and new legislation keeps hammering us down even further. That doesn't mean inflation and recession don't play a predominant role as we are all aware of how are lives are affected by Tory austerity, which is a political choice and not a financial one. You obviously haven't read all my replies or understood any of my points. Brexit losses are a huge burden that the wealthy are transferring to the poor, your argument regarding energy, corporate greed and government kleptocracy are ones I've made myself so how can you call me a tool when using my own arguments? I'm working class and have fought the inevitable dystopian corporatocracy on the horizon for decades. Corporate subsidies and welfare cost the taxpayer over £100 billion per annum, while those corporations also cost us £40-120 billion annually via the tax gap. We pay for the excessive borrowing of the Tories and the losses to our economy while the Tories keep siphoning our taxes to their mate's offshore accounts...
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@BOZ_11 My comments are being filtered and you obviously are misinterpreting my comments. "You are making arguments I've already made as if in rebuttal. Of course, wages are falling hard, and the Unions were stripped of any power under Thatcher. The corporations have had the upper hand for decades and new legislation keeps hammering us down even further. That doesn't mean inflation and recession don't play a predominant role as we are all aware of how are lives are affected by Tory austerity, which is a political choice and not a financial one. You obviously haven't read all my replies or understood any of my points. Brexit losses are a huge burden that the wealthy are transferring to the poor, your argument regarding energy, corporate greed and government kleptocracy are ones I've made myself so how can you call me a tool when using my own arguments? I'm working class and have fought the inevitable dystopian corporatocracy on the horizon for decades. Corporate subsidies and welfare cost the taxpayer over £100 billion per annum, while those corporations also cost us £40-120 billion annually via the tax gap. We pay for the excessive borrowing of the Tories and the losses to our economy while the Tories keep siphoning our taxes to their mate's offshore accounts..."
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@BOZ_11 Are you misinterpreting me on purpose? You are making arguments I've already made as if in rebuttal. Of course, wages are falling hard, and the Unions were stripped of any power under Thatcher. The corporations have had the upper hand for decades and new legislation keeps hammering us down even further. That doesn't mean inflation and recession don't play a predominant role as we are all aware of how are lives are affected by Tory austerity, which is a political choice and not a financial one.
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@BOZ_11 Seriously You obviously haven't read all my replies or understood any of my points. Brexit losses are a huge burden that the wealthy are transferring to the poor, your argument regarding energy, corporate greed and government kleptocracy are ones I've made myself so how can you call me a tool when using my own arguments? I'm working class and have fought the inevitable dystopian corporatocracy on the horizon for decades. Corporate subsidies and welfare cost the taxpayer over £100 billion per annum, while those corporations also cost us £40-120 billion annually via the tax gap. We pay for the excessive borrowing of the Tories and the losses to our economy while the Tories keep siphoning our taxes to their mate's offshore accounts...
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@markjohn4802 Not at all Mark, and that was all on record before the pandemic started. Half a trillion lost on sterling and foreign investments alone...
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@markjohn4802 They were loses to our investments and sterling due to Brexit devaluing the pound and losing confidence in the UK market. We lost over $1.8 trillion in investment banking that moved to Hamburg. The Tories are the ones asset-stripping.
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@jpw6893 No, because if you lack the ability to research those basic facts that are common knowledge and mentioned in fiscal reports and articles then you're just sealioning me. Everything I've mentioned has been covered in multiple forms and is part of government records.
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@markjenner7199 Most of the losses from Brexit happened before the pandemic, before the war in Ukraine and so your answer is so wrong it isn't worth discussing. We lost over £470 billion in sterling and foreign investments back in 2017, lost over £1.8 trillion in investments that moved out of London to Hamburg and lost over £115 billion per annum from loss in trade with EU countries. But keep telling yourself whatever you like, I don't care :)
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@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp Brexit was to avoid corporation tax, it was wealthiest who pushed for it. This country is the largest tax haven for the global elite. You're so wrong it's impossible to make a worse argument. lol and on a year old post. Seriously, your comment is so out of touch it's laughable...
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@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp Brexit was neoliberalism incarnate. The Panama scandal named Cameron's parents, Johnson's family, Rees-Mogg etc. All of them caught with their hand in the cookie jar. The EU legislated to stop tax fraud so the workers wouldn't be stuck paying the burden of taxation. Brexit has done nothing but impoverish workers and taken away our food standards, human rights, caused the cost of living rise, increased taxation on the poor and provide further tax cuts for the wealthy. While bankrupting the country. All so the wealthy can continue to avoid taxes. If you think the news that the EU are corrupt neoliberals is a surprise you'd be wrong. It's a big boys club for the wealthy elite. Yet it still no where near as corrupt as the Tories and those who profited from Brexit while the country suffered. You still think the arguments against Brexit are a fear campaign, despite 99% of coming true and being factually proven. You're even debating me on a thread that's well over a year old... Get a life and stop being politically and economically illiterate as it makes you easy prey for the wealthy... PS I'm with Corbyn - I've always been a Eurosceptic, as you pointed out - the left have been fighting the elite for decades!
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