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Intel said it didn't consider UK for new chip-making factory because of Brexit

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Re: Intel said it didn't consider UK for new chip-making factory because of Brexit

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Post by belltaco »

Broken_Hippo wrote: post #19
melomal wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

£30 per hour for picking broccoli and they still can't fill the roles...basically says it all IMO. I love the UK too.

Everyone realizes how bad these sorts of jobs are. Backbreaking work, and you can't really take the job if you don't have childcare, cannot physically do it, or cannot travel with the job for some reason. Oh, and do I need to mention that the jobs aren't year-round? If you want to work all year, you probably need to be able to travel, which is going to be more difficult since brexit than it was before and the pay cer…

Rent is deducted from pay for 'letting' the people stay near the farm.

Re: Intel said it didn't consider UK for new chip-making factory because of Brexit

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Post by chalst »

CodeGlitch wrote: post #30
chalst wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're mischaracterising the criticism. The problem is not that it's surprising that trade deals are hard, nor even that the ones got so far are either relatively low volume affairs or involve concessions that some (all?) experienced trade negotiators consider unwise. It's that the political class that engineered Brexit claimed that trade deals would be easy, labelled anybody who pointed out that they were wrong "rem…

So I agree with what you are saying, but I think you (and many people) misunderstand what a politician's job is for. They are there to deliver, and simplify messages to try and get people on-board with whatever idea they are campaigning for. This may mean over-simplifying a complex system, or "bending the truth" (a good politician can do this in the face of accusations about lying and claim that what they are saying…

> I think we have different ideas of what "bad" is.

I think we don't: I think we have different beliefs about what the most important facts of Brexit are. I guesstimate Brexit will cause more suffering to the British people than Covid-19, though with low confidence, since one thing we agree about is the likelihood of game-changing surprises. Brexit has been a huge success for Russia, although something of a problem for China. Brexit has magnified the impact of the poor global economic situation on Britain. The fishing spat has caused quite a bit of injury to the UK's once very high reputation for diplomatic competence, although far less than the conduct of the UK's top negotiators between invoking Article 50 and signing the WA.

Re: Intel said it didn't consider UK for new chip-making factory because of Brexit

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Post by me_me_me »

janstenpickle wrote: post #9
dmje wrote: post #5

"Chocolate teapot no good for hot tea". No surprise whatsoever. What on earth did Brexiteers think was going to happen? Still, at least we now have £350m a week for the NHS (oh wait, we don't) and a whole bunch of trade deals with others (oh wait, we don't) and a thriving economy (sigh). Obviously Covid will be used as the fall guy from now until eternity, but it's so blindingly obvious that we've been stiffed by a b…

> What on earth did Brexiteers think was going to happen I'd wager some wanted this to happen, it makes buying up public infrastructure and companies very cheap. The sale of ARM just after the referrendum is just one example.

Well of course, there is a reason why there was so much wealth behind the leave campaign. Crashing a country and then buy up their stuff was already completed in Greece so they found a new victim.

Re: Intel said it didn't consider UK for new chip-making factory because of Brexit

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Post by me_me_me »

isitdopamine wrote: post #6
znpy wrote: post #2

Well, of course? What did brexiters expect? Doing business from the uk to the rest of europe is harder and more expensive now, of course it is better to do it in ireland (geographically close and speaks english natively) or somewhere else (idk, Germany or something).

Friendly reminder that Europe is not European Union.

Technically correct, practically assholish.

This is not fb people realise europe is not a country, and I bet majority know difference between eu and europe.

Re: Intel said it didn't consider UK for new chip-making factory because of Brexit

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Post by mrlonglong »

dmje wrote: post #5

"Chocolate teapot no good for hot tea". No surprise whatsoever. What on earth did Brexiteers think was going to happen? Still, at least we now have £350m a week for the NHS (oh wait, we don't) and a whole bunch of trade deals with others (oh wait, we don't) and a thriving economy (sigh). Obviously Covid will be used as the fall guy from now until eternity, but it's so blindingly obvious that we've been stiffed by a b…

You aren't alone, I dream of a day when I get to punch Boris in the head for putting the UK in this situation.
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