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https://www.briefingsforbritain.co.uk/what-impact-is-brexit-having-on-the-uk-economy/

He makes outlandish claims fuelled by hatred of somethings he doesn't understand and when challenged doesn't even try and debate. He just comes back from another angle with more rubbish. So much anger. So much stupidity. All in one person.

Perhaps you should have asked for a personal import arrangement designed just for you. That scandalous Independent graph shows the difference between the UK and Germany as a fraction of 1%. And if you read a properly independent forecast the UK is tipped to beat France and Germany in 2023. Newspapers feed on people like you. Angry, stupid people.

The first point that you make is false. Check the dates. The rest is just your take on it. There are shortages on car parts throughout Europe. A friend who lives in France has to wait over 14 months for a new body panel for a three year old Renault. Another friend tried to order a German motorhome only to find that the usual 6 to 10 month waiting time was now almost 3 years. Covid has been a factor, but the European vehicle manufacturers are also on their arris because of the diesel / hybrid uncertainty. There is a bigger picture out there. But you only see what you want to see.

Some food prices have gone up 100%. Did you read the article? Some types of cornflakes and some Italian cheese. Hardly a crisis especially as this situation is shared with the rest of Europe if you read their newspapers which I doubt that you do. Grain prices shot up after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Grain is used to feed pigs, cows and poultry as well as to make many products for human consumption. Oil prices have also rocketed for the same reason. That adds cost to every part of the farming, manufacturing and distribution process. Same with electricity and gas. These are not restricted to the UK. The devaluation of the £ was overdue according to the BoE and IMF. You can find the article in Full Facts along with an explanation on how the same financial pundit who works for the Guardian consistently gets his doom and gloom predictions wrong.

First the price of food has gone up all over Europe. It is not linked to Brexit. BCC is just one opinion. The BoE does not share it. Raw sewage discharges were happening during the period that the UK was part of the EU. It didn't start after Brexit. Immigration is a complex matter and governments are ham strung by international laws. At least the government is exploring options even if the lawyers are blocking them. Don't forget that it was Bliar, Broone and Meddlesome who kick started the illegal immigration. Not the Tories.

According to independent sources Full Facts and Briefing for Britain, the UK is doing OK outside the EU and once the full divorce bill is paid the UK will do a lot better.

Why would the BBC have to sell MOTD? It is not as if the host is the star, football is. There are plenty of pundits who will take his job should the oppertunity arise. He compares the UK Goverment with the German Government of the 1930's. That regime rounded up all the opposition politicians and put them in front of firing squads. The same regime encoraged the population to commit atrocities against German Jews and ultimately invaded Poland and Czechslovakia. Really Gary?

A couple from the local waters. The chub was taken from my local stretch of the River Vienne and the carp from a lake that feeds the River Charente.

Nice to see them being caught again. Its ages since I last caught any. Double maggot was the best bait, 2lb line max. This was about average for a six hour session.

I was questioning the 95 year old

Suddenly?

Shrinkage of the inner felt or foam mat caused when the fire goes out?

The burbot's stronghold used to be the Yorkshire Ouse system, the Trent and as said, the East Anglian systems where they were so numerous that they were fed to pigs. There are questions as to why they were not found in the Thames as historically that was part of the Rhine system along with the above named systems. Strange also that the early English writers did not mention them. There was a scheme around 20 or so years ago to reintroduce them to the Trent using stock from central Europe. The authorities declined to issue a licence for the restocking on the basis that the reason for their sudden decline has not been discovered or addressed. The last burbot to be caught was reputed to be in a Yorkshire river and in the 1920s they featured in match anglers catches on the Ouse at York. Forty years later they had gone.

Even if you were right. And you are not, that still leaves a great disparity between Greenland and the UK which some would find insulting and others amusing given the current state of your own country. Where exactly is your naval battle group - have they managed to locate it yet? Will they actually build 'The Wall'? And how many of Trump's other election promises will actually materialise? The USA is going down the pan without a plan, whereas the UK is taking steps to avoid being dragged down within a failing EU. It never ceases to amaze me how little that you know about UK & European angling and politics and how willing you are to continually demonstrate that. It has also reminded me why I stopped posting on here. Over and out.