OT Irish Border

[Fredxx]

So can speed cushions. As long as the pothole stops cycling 2-abreast I'm happy with them left.

[Cursitor Doom]

Thank God! I was very pleasantly surprised to see all those 'FREXIT' banners the yellow vest protesters were displaying in their recent street protests. Only Germany, it seems, is happy with the EU as is. I can only guess why. ;->

[Dave Plowman (News]

We run a fairly massive trade deficit with the EU too. Your strategy didn't work with them.

First remove the moat from your eye...

[Dave Plowman (News]

You not only want full control over our borders, but seek to control what other countries do with theirs too? Good luck with that.

[Dave Plowman (News]

Sorry, I don't recall that. Wasn't born then. And certainly don't want to live in the past. Unlike those here who want to see a return to extreme nationalism.

[Dave Plowman (News]

Ah - right. Another who thinks the UK can reverse such things.

Yup. We are already getting ready to make Morris Minors again.

[Dave Plowman (News]

Really? And you think people will be happy to give up their VWs, etc? When there is no viable alternative?

[Fredxx]

Par for the course, the Germans make Minis and Beetles. It seems the EU would next like to reinvent the Morris Minor.

[Cursitor Doom]

You still want to buy VWs, even after they were discovered to have falsified their pollution figures?? Buy British, Dave. The British don't do that.

[Cursitor Doom]

You misread what I wrote again, Dave. Mutual borders! They can do what they like with their own borders, but not with borders they share with us.

[Dave Plowman (News]

The British don't make any cars to speak of. They simply assemble some for their foreign masters.

I knew you were out of touch, but really.

[Cursitor Doom]

Yes, and we have people like you who buy foreign cars (like that Porsche of yours) who are the root cause of the demise of the British car industry.

[Cursitor Doom]

Only someone like Porsche-driving champagne Socialist Dave would deprecate those great little cars. Shame on you, Dave.

[Tim Streater]

Does Dave mean that there are no British-owned car companies, or that no cars are manufactured in the UK? If the former, I'm surprised he cares.

[Dave Plowman (News]

Don't be silly. The root cause of the decline of the UK car industry was the same as all of them here. Preferring to keep shareholders happy before investing in the future.

Just look as how Germany invested in the future during that period if you need proof.

Oh - explain what UK owned car maker you buy from. That makes the equivalent of my (very secondhand) Boxster.

[Dave Plowman (News]

You really are living in the past if you think a Morris Minor - a good enough car in its day - can compete with modern offerings.

[Dave Plowman (News]

This from the one who wants Brexit so the UK can import anything from the cheapest source. Typical two faced Tory.

[Cursitor Doom]

The Germans were gifted seed capital as part of the post-war Marshall Plan, Dave. As losers in the war they were entitled to it. Unfortunately, GB won the war and had to pick up the bill for it all so it cost us the peace. We were investment-starved for decades.

Jaguar of course!

[Cursitor Doom]

I asked first, Dave. Can you please assure us that you're not a Holocaust denier?

[Cursitor Doom]

In terms of longevity and reliability, a Morris Minor (or variants thereof) beats today's cars hands down. And ten times so in the event of a nuclear EMP (a threat which seems to creep ever closer).

And there would be you: stuck by the side of the highway in your VW/ Porsche unable to move because the CPU and all the peripheral sensors have been fried by the EMP blast