Comments by "Roger Bennett" (@rogerbennett9641) on "Financial Times" channel.

  1. Tell it to France's Italian ambassador.
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  2. May to travel to Austria and Czechoslovakia to talk to leaders, haven't we been here before? The EU does not do one off deals with member states. Grow some, leave and start running the country.
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  3. There is no sensible middle you either believe in the EU, in which case you really should move there at the earliest opportunity or you believe in the UK in which case you should work to make Britain as good as it is possible for it to be. I understand my opinion will not find favour with the current thought trends of anti national social engineering but there it is.
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  4. I seems to me remainers can be broken down into 2 main groups, first the delusional ones who think before the EU people were horrible war mongering supporters of capitalist governments, and were ignorant and manipulated to act against their best interests and everything is much better now. Secondly you have the ones who are afraid and ignorant of the world. Outside of these two large groups are of course the elites who run the show and reward themselves as anyone would with minimum accountability or scrutiny and companies who can operate globally with little worry of national government controls or restrictions.
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  5. We are effectively half in at the moment (no Euro) because everyone has not been sufficiently neutered yet, as you appear to have been.
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  6.  @marconatrix  Won't somebody please think of the children? I mean the spoilt brats living on expenses and attempting to facilitate their own comfortable power base.
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  7. Brexit hasn't broken anything other than the illusion that we were in a European Union, though the EU has broken Britain but all the kings horses and all the kings men can put it back together again.
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  8. The EU will not do a good deal with the UK until they have to, which will probably be within 12 months of us leaving with no deal. I don't think it would take long for a deal to be done when both sides want the same thing, which would be economic benefits and virtually all the possible permutations must by now be known. So let's just leave without a deal if the EU need to be forced into acting in their own interest.
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  9. The EU doesn't need a deal if it wants to collapse into chaos when Italy leaves owing 3 trillion Euros, your'e not receiving any money from us and one of your biggest export markets just disappears. Spain and all the other fishing fleets of the EU lose access to a large part of their fishing grounds, we recall all our troops from Eastern Europe and other areas around the world and our foreign aid budget reduces as a result of the drop in our calculated GDP. Their could be many other unforeseen consequences when the UK gets a government that has to govern for the UK's interests alone as would be necessary after a no deal exit. When the international welfare state and NHS becomes history there may not be such an inflow of economic migrants to the UK for instance or Ireland has to call on EU funds to manage it's border with the North. Airbus is a good example of the chaos there could be, how long do you imagine it would take to replace the UK part of the aircraft production? 2 years? With no orders delivered for probably 4 years and the EU already bankrupt! It's going to be fun.
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  10. Mark Heeley. There is no doubt we will suffer after leaving but what a pleasure that will be to gain the benefit of returning to a self governing democratic country, our future will be our responsibility and the crazy quasi democratic totalitarian experiment will no longer have our backing.
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  11. Quite right we leave the EU we suffer the consequences, be they good or bad. That's something our current government seem to find hard to accept but never the less we voted to leave so they have to come to terms with it, since day one after the vote they have been in denial and trying to overturn the result but they don't know which to fear the most, the wrath of the EU or the wrath of the electorate. Whether the EU needs a deal or not cannot be known with certainty until we have left but from the evidence I have seen they do. The only issue of real importance is whether or not the people of the UK are prepared to be governed from Brussels or not, and the same question applies to all other EU states. We have made our choice without malice and just wish to be responsible for our own destiny and not the destiny of the other 27, we are prepared to deal with the EU on whatever terms we consider fair and will not be subordinate. I wish all Europeans good fortune and prosperity but not at my expense.
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  12.  @MrAirys  Has been for forty years sport, where have you been.
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  13.  Heather Larson  Liberalism is rule by autocracy disguised and enabled by appealing to emotional wants above reason and logic. All harmful effects are unheeded through the old tropes of disparaging alternative policies such as capital punishment caused the death of innocent defendants and treating foreign nationals for free by the NHS is humane and desirable while the people espousing such BS pay their private health insurance or are too young to have had to wait 10yrs and more for NHS operations.
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  14. It would be pointless turning the UK into a mini version of the EU by creating an autocratic state, we either prove once again that democracy serves the people or the foreseeable future is looking very grim.
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  15. Just a little longer we have to talk more about this, we can work it out just keep paying, don't do any trade deals and accept EU court decisions, forever, that's not too much to ask is it. Surely no one still believes we'll get a deal, save the money leave with no deal and sign trade deals with countries in June 2019 FFS.
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  16.  @greeny202ab  I too fear for the future of Europe they have set things in motion they are not able to control, I think and hope it will amount to no more than civil unrest and the creation of a more sustainable union such as a united nations of Europe. No matter what the EU demands the people will ultimately decide.
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  17.  @sirquasi  Good luck with your hard border in Ireland I think you're going to need you're EU army, you'll have to have as many soldiers in Ireland as there are people.
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  18.  @undogmatisch5873  Sounds like you've been subjected to EU media brainwashing, their is more intellectual and creative brilliance in the UK than anywhere else in the world and an environment that attracts the best from other countries to work here. Just why is the EU so desperate to keep us in the club?
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  19. Oil comes from oil wells but petrol is very useful.
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  20.  @seansean2545  Totally agree, anyone speaking against democracy in the UK should have the choice of deportation or making a public apology.
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  21. SolsburyHill22. Unfortunately a lot of rich people have a lot to gain by keeping the UK in the EU so they engender among some gullible ordinary people a kind of faith in the EU akin to religion, and we all know what religions can lead to.
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  22. Yes, I think it's true most businesses especially large ones are only interested in the bottom line, whereas a normal British employee would have at the front of their mind customer service, fair play, following the law etc, to companies these are a secondary consideration that only matter when they impact on profits. If they can employ a foreign worker for the same money or less and then blame them or let them take the consequences for any bad practices, or better still blame the government or some other aunt sally combined with the emphasis on short term metrics and career changes or company divestments to dodge responsibility you end with a race to the bottom and situations like Carillion.
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  23.  Darth Brino  They're looking forward, it's the only way to run a business.
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  24. The NI border issue has been solved, if the EU wish to make it a problem they will regret it. Gibraltar is not a problem the will of Gibralterians will decide it's future.
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  25. Why do all you foreigners keep trying to tell us what to do, just sod off.
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  26. And so the project will continue, turning relatively orderly countries into disorderly countries of an ever greater dystopia.
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  27. Everybody loves sheep it appears, except when they disobey.
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  28. Chris L ''Hopefully England will cry'' Dream on idiot we won't be back for continued milking your EU pampered presidents and bureaucrats are going to get a pasting once the French realise what's coming.
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  29. Shock EU decision to ban member countries football teams participating in the world cup, after saying too much expression of overt nationalism does not comply with EU aspirations!
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  30. Kevin Munch. You seem to have a very simplistic understanding of international affairs, Italian borrowing rates are rising because of the risks of default, Germany and the ECB have been milking Italy and other EU states for decades, that source of income is coming to an end along with many other sources it's like watching someone attempting to bail out the Titanic with a bucket. I suppose life inside the EU bubble is well insulated from reality until it gets popped.
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  31.  @pfox3024  Make reality a soap opera that will keep the sheep quiet.
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  32. The more successful the soap opera becomes the bigger it gets so the greater the rewards for the actors (politicians), have to turn it off now though it's time for bed. Oh I forgot you can't turn off reality.
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  33. Breaking news president Trump is a zombie and Washington is under marshal law, ethnic Indians are reportedly safe from infection and taking control.
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  34. Why would the EU do a deal with the UK when they have the rest of the world to deal with, they will commit some of their states to economic suicide to protect their creation and if they don't like it they can go whistle they sure as hell aint going anywhere. It's such a jolly little club.
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  35. Brexiteers think we are so reasonable we can come to agreement with any country that is able to operate in it's own interests without being tied in to a self interested bureaucratic body that has designed a rules based system that has bankrupted the majority of economies it has power over and has an agenda to destroy the identity of the people who populate the countries it controls.
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  36. What examples can you provide of countries once controlled by the British Empire where the destruction of the identity of their people was a policy agenda. The fact that people emulated the British to improve their circumstances is something completely different. What countries of the empire had economies that were in a poorer position after independence than before British control. Interesting that you compare the subject of the British Empire in a comment about the EU, does that mean you view the EU as an attempt at empire building, if so we are in agreement on that. The only reason for me voting leave is to ensure that when the UK has a general election the government that is elected will run this country with deference to no other body. In other words they will be elected to govern with regard to the views of the British people as they are struggling to do now while still attempting to satisfy the interests of the EU, which is a flawed approach. Not until we have left the EU will they consider what future relationship they want to have with us, these last 2 years should have been spent deciding how we deal with the effects of independence and how to operate as an independent country.
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  37. There is no evidence to support the idea that there was a policy to destroy the identity of the people of India, indeed the British attempt at subjugating the people probably led to increased support for national identity. As far as I know the economy of India has benefited from the British Empire through it's contact with a more modern developed economy and a willingness of the British to accept the inevitable and rightful return to independence and cooperation in aid of that end, no doubt subject to the usual political posturing and prejudices. The EU empire on the other hand is a much more intelligent attempt at subjugation of the majority by destroying national identity and involvement or ability to debate policies that affect people by having a remote opaque ruling system that does not answer directly to the people. Decisions are made by the elite for the elite and cascaded down to the proles as being for the good of humanity and agreed by their own representatives so there is no grounds for dissent. So although all around you your quality of life is reduced it is just your misconception and really everything is much better.
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  38. It feels like punishment just trying to live in this country for honest people who follow the rules, pay their taxes and have to listen to the liberal left keep telling us we're ignorant racist bigots just because we were born here, our fathers fought for this country and we think British free market capitalism has delivered the best living conditions in the world for the average Brit. Any chance Corbyn will organise short breaks to Venezuela so people can see how great our country could be if he was in charge.
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  39. What gives you that idea? Just because some incompetent or crooked people managed to use the system to their advantage aided by incompetent or crooked politicians doesn't mean the liberal left have any workable ideas to improve things.
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  40. To me it feels like being between a rock and a hard place on the one hand you can live in a democratic country which attempts to work for the majority and is abused by chances, ne'er do wells and criminals and on the other you left wing dreamers telling you they have perfected alchemy.
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  41. Ok so it's fairly straightforward, then why have they been issuing these contracts for around 30yrs? how many have been issued in the last 8yrs? And are you suggesting it suits both Labour and Conservative governments to create failure and promote some alternative type of governance or are they just incompetent or crooked.
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  42. I heard the labour party under Blair and brown issued 75% of these contracts.
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  43. If I hear her say it I would believe it unlike what Corbyn says. What's your idea of posh anyway, living a life that contributes zero to the wealth of the country in a house in Islington that's worth more than the average worker could ever afford and dreaming anti establishment dreams with your comrades.
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  44. We are where we are but discounting some politicians or parties because of historical notions such as being posh is an obstacle to intelligent debate, you have to judge on what is said and more importantly done. Looking at our current politicians and comparing them with the likes of Enoch Powell seems to provide some clues as to why we are where we are.
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  45. Getting back to PPI contracts did you hear that Scotland and Wales have ring fenced the money and installed independent administrators to manage payments and been free from the problem that has arisen with Carrilion. Caveat emptor or whatever they used to say.
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  46. Should we be ashamed of Churchill?
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  47. How so.
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  48.  @Onitzerk  Probably has elements of Marxism and other utopian ideas rolled in to appeal to the modern dreamers of today in their desire for a brave new world.
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  49. It's so frustrating being a selfish Europhile these days, you still don't know what's going to happen.
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  50. When the wind is sighing through the deserted offices of the EU commission the echoes of the voices of stuffed windbags will be bad memories.
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