Are we bovvered?

[Forum admin]

I think that this thread has run its course.
Moderators will also be looking at the apparent deception going on here.

[Cor Blimey!]

Me too.
Pikey land.
Full of Irish.

Careful! Borchester will put a curse on you.

[Baff]

Me too.
Pikey land.
Full of Irish.

[Cor Blimey!]

I've been your country mate.
Your standard of living is on par with Romania's.

And I've been to parts of your country that make Romania look like a paradise.

[Cor Blimey!]

How long is soon?
You've had thousands of years so far.
And achieved nothing.

And you've been so much more successful. That's like the fat kid who kicked down his opponent's sandcastle and then bragged about winning the competition.

[Baff]

I've been your country mate.
Your standard of living is on par with Romania's.

[Cor Blimey!]

How long is soon?
You've had thousands of years so far.
And achieved nothing.

and yet here we are, with a higher standard of living than you. Congrats on your success, Baffled.

[Baff]

How long is soon?
You've had thousands of years so far.
And achieved nothing.

[Cor Blimey!]

The same nation that keeps on having to bail you out.

You mean that extortionate loan? Don't worry, we'll soon return the favour.

[Baff]

The same nation that keeps on having to bail you out.

[Cor Blimey!]

Looks like Southern Ireland is going into involuntary liquidation.

But don't worry.
We will still bail you out. As we always do.

Who's your daddy?

Whose nation was forced to take out a record breaking loan from the World Bank? Who did Suez happen to?

[Baff]

Looks like Southern Ireland is going into involuntary liquidation.

But don't worry.
We will still bail you out. As we always do.

Who's your daddy?


And yes we volunteered to liquidate EU membership.
Sucks to be you right now doesn't it?
Since you only joined to keep your free trade with us.

Over the next ten years you are going to have to have a long hard look at whether or not continued membership is really working for you.

[Cor Blimey!]

You send us 3 for every 1 we send you.
Just so you know.

Nor will they be coming to you for much longer.
The big players in the EU want them. They are closing you down.

They just keep on coming, Baffled. Looks like UK Ltd. is going into voluntary liquidation.

[Baff]

Just keep sending us your banks, we'll do the rest.

You send us 3 for every 1 we send you.
Just so you know.

Nor will they be staying there for long.
The big players in the EU want them. They are closing you down.


I see no reason not to passport in Southern Ireland.
As good a destination as any other.
I suspect Romania will be cheaper actually. So second thoughts...

[Cor Blimey!]

Is Ireland doomed without our protection in the EU?
Depends what you mean by "doomed".

It has recently had a boom due to offering low corporation taxes.
On paper S Ireland is a very wealthy nation because of this.
In practicality, it's all foriegn money. Few in S Ireland see any of it.

There are some problems with this business model.
No.1  The EU has been trying to pass anti tax haven regulations explicitly targeted at Southern Ireland and also anti financial services regulations. You know, the typical lefty stuff.
Regulations that so far, alliance with the UK has provided enough votes/veto/influencing to stop.






Just keep sending us your banks, we'll do the rest.

The other problem they have, is not EU related.
It is Trump.
Trump has dropped those same taxes in America and provided incentives and penalties for companies relocated overseas.

A policy which is doing wonders for getting jobs and tax paying back to America, but at the direct cost to S Ireland where many of them had moved.

So Ireland isn't doomed but it is caught between a double whammy of powerful forces jealous of it's new found wealth. And it is now without allies in this.

A treble whammy when you consider that one of it's other money makers, agri sales to the UK, are in big trouble due to new tariff regimes and lowered trade barriers with their direct competiton.


Brexit hasn't been kind to the S Irish mate.
They are pissed off about it for good reason.

Just keep sending us your banks, we'll do the rest.