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Obviously we need to play hardball and negotiate an on-going discount for the European beers. I know some Brexiters will come in here and say we can get new beers from America but personally I prefer alcohol in mine so that's no good.

Europeans don’t make beer, they make a pale, urine-like substance called lager. American ‘beer’ is an attempt to commercialise and broaden the appeal of lager. Inevitably from such a low starting point, a mass-market lager is only ever going to taste like the urinary products of a short-lived, biting insect.

Beer, on the other hand, is only properly made in England (also, to a lesser extent in Wales and Scotland, but we can let the Scots off thanks to the whisky) and comes in an infinite variety of wonderful colours and flavours.

1andrew1

02-09-2018 20:33

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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 35962111)

Europeans don’t make beer, they make a pale, urine-like substance called lager.

Belgium makes some wonderful brown beers and Germany some lovely wheat beers. Lager's not all bad and the Czech Republic has some great offerings like Budvar and Staropramen. And the craft beer scene in many European countries is thriving with various styles of porters, IPAs, brown ales and lagers on offer.

Pierre

02-09-2018 21:31

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 35962101)

Please recommend me a dry beer like Asahi or Peroni so that I can support your position.

Asahi is the best beer by far.

1andrew1

02-09-2018 21:35

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Good News Everyone!

https://www.ft.com/content/f75ad220-...1-e5de165fa619

Hmm, if that report was correct, he seems to have changed his mind a lot since then!

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Michel Barnier has said he is “strongly opposed” to the prime minister’s Chequers proposals on future trade, as he advised European car manufacturers that they will have to use fewer British-made parts after Brexit.
In his most damning condemnation yet of the UK government’s plans, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator said the British offer on customs was illegal and its suggestion of a “common rulebook” on goods would kill the European project.
Instead, in an intervention that will concern the 186,000 people directly employed by the car industry in the UK, Barnier warned European manufacturers that the streamlined system of imports and exports between the UK and the rest of Europe would come to an end.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...rade-proposals

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Michel Barnier trashes Theresa May's Chequers plan for Brexit as 'end' for EU. Brussels' chief negotiator reveals why he is "strongly opposed" to the proposals and issues a warning for the UK car industry...Mr Barnier used an interview with German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung to largely trash Mrs May's outline of a future UK-EU trade relationship.

https://news.sky.com/story/michel-ba...or-eu-11488846

Mr K	02-09-2018 21:36

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Nothing good can come out of Europe Andrew, you should know that by now ;) They are all evil people and foreigners to boot ! E.g. French cheese and champagne is rotten stuff. Give me a US hormone infused burger, fries and cola instead :rolleyes:

pip08456

02-09-2018 21:51

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Oh I don't know Mr K, Newcastle Brown is now brewed in Europe. (I bet you didn't know that!).

Mr K	02-09-2018 22:18

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Oh I don't know Mr K, Newcastle Brown is now brewed in Europe. (I bet you didn't know that!).

Yes I have seen the wasteland that was the Newccy Brown brewery in Newcastle. Lots of EU money no longer coming to that region ...

pip08456

02-09-2018 22:56

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Yes I have seen the wasteland that was the Newccy Brown brewery in Newcastle. Lots of EU money no longer coming to that region ...

What are you on about? The site has already been purchased.

Chris

02-09-2018 23:04

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Yes I have seen the wasteland that was the Newccy Brown brewery in Newcastle. Lots of EU money no longer coming to that region ...

One, two, three, all together now:

“Net Contributor!”

Hooray!

For the hard of thinking: there is no such thing as EU money.

1andrew1

02-09-2018 23:44

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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 35962128)

One, two, three, all together now:

“Net Contributor!”

Hooray!

For the hard of thinking: there is no such thing as EU money.

For the harder of thinking: There is such a thing as the European Investment Bank that lends money to UK projects. http://www.eib.org/en/projects/regio...gdom/index.htm

Sephiroth

03-09-2018 06:03

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Morrison's own brand premium strength lager. Can't go wrong ;)

To be tried when I get back from Mauritius.

1andrew1

03-09-2018 07:51

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Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 35962091)

So who would expect Davis to vote for a deal he resigned over?

Brexit news must be slow ATM.

It's noticeable that the remainers on this thread have been quiet for days since it was pointed out to them that Parliament don't get to vote on a no deal scenario.

Brexit news is never quiet, unfortunately!
David Davis voted for the plan when he was at the Chequers meeting but apparently wanted a second and different vote on the deal so resigned from the Government. ;)
The maths will be interesting on whatever deal gets put to Parliament. No one should assume that Labour is any more united than the Conservative Party.
I think everyone on this thread whichever way they voted has been quiet recently. I attribute this to well-deserved holidays. ;)

Maggy

03-09-2018 08:13

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Maybe we are just speechless at this government's ineptitude and the grandstanding of the circling vultures around the carcase of Brexit.

Chris

03-09-2018 08:46

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For the harder of thinking: There is such a thing as the European Investment Bank that lends money to UK projects. http://www.eib.org/en/projects/regio...gdom/index.htm

The EIB also lends a ton of cash to projects already outside the EU. (10% of the total value of current loans, in fact). It is also operationally independent of the European Commission and is looking for a post-Brexit relationship with the UK. Nice try, but no cigar.

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