
shurlock
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Those immigrants eh. Glad you’re showing your true colours Les.
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Don’t be a tasteless idiot Les. FWIW people at the game said it was a clear handball.
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Very sad. Wait for the usual oddballs to get triggered by black lives matter and the alleged scourge of identity politics coz race is irrelevant.
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Goa has big plans for you.
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Where does shatlock rank in the puerile name-calling Les?
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Thought Hoj was pretty average. He huffed and puffed but game passed him by in the first half. Was better in the second half but doesn’t have enough quality on the ball.
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After yesterday’s performance does anyone think that Gabbi’s best position is on the right?
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“Hope you die in the jungle” was the #bantz at Craven Cottage today.
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I would take Carrillo over Austin at this stage, if only for his presence up top.
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Stop groaning. Goa needs to get a grip.
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Cack Stephens > Wesley Shīte
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Lemina was streets ahead of the rest of the team.
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You’ve voted for them right Les? As for LD, didn’t he strategically and opportunistically join to the Conservative party, like many kippers did, in the hope of being able to vote in a leadership contest and install a true brexiteer headbanger at the helm. Right now, all he’s done is flush his money down the toilet
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What meat do you use when you’re at sea?
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In fact many firms in non-EU countries voluntarily change their standards to meet those in the EU -in part because the EU market is so large and in part because they know that if they meet the EU’s higher standards, they’ll likely be compatible elsewhere which saves them the time and cost of conforming to multiple standards. Again it begs the question why the UK is giving up its seat at the top table in determining what often become global standards. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2c55/404a1e09859c289644c517020aecd7fe48e4.pdf
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So we now have the UKIP and Tommy Robinson tie-up. Wonder what kippers like Al-Tenderi and LD think.
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Will it come with a side of Isoproturon?
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Another scumbag being rightly brought to justice. Still waiting for the big breakthrough on JJ's MDMA lead... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-46289030 #scumbagsunited
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Have I gone too quickly for you Les? Should I slow down? You’re the one who trumpeted the huge gains to the poor in the form of cheaper imports from leaving the CU and SM. I simply pointed out that average tariffs were already low; the value of the UK’s total goods imports that face high tariffs is tiny; the majority of household consumption is domestic; the economic and political risks associated with the wholesale elimination of tariffs. All of which undermine your little fairytale. So where do you disagree and what’s your supporting evidence?
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Les. I know it’s a complicated topic, so I fully understand why it’s a struggle for you. But here are some facts pal: *The average tariff applied on the sorts of goods the UK imports is already pretty low – at around 2.8%. Nearly 40% of the goods that the UK imports from outside the EU enter the country tariff free. In other words, leaving the customs union and eliminating tariffs would make no difference in these cases. *By contrast, the products that face a tariff rate of 10% or more account for only 4.4% of the value of the UK’s total goods imports. *Further note that the majority of household consumption is domestic, that is, it is spent on local goods and services. Little more than a quarter of household consumption spending is potentially affected by tariff changes. In other words, eliminating tariffs will only be felt at the edges. *Putting these pieces together, the IFS estimates that the complete elimination of all tariffs would reduce prices faced by UK households by 0.7-1.2%. Breathtaking stuff. *Indeed, this estimate is highly optimistic: it assumes that the UK will eliminate tariffs on goods that the UK produces itself. Of course, the poor are not only consumers but also workers: eliminating tariffs in these industries would be highly disruptive for less skilled workers, increasing unemployment and wage inequality. Jihadists like Patrick Minford (also Jacob’s favourite economist) are perfectly comfortable with this scenario. Given you drink the same kool aid as these swivels, I’ll leave it to you to explain how this is poor-friendly. *I’ll also leave it to you to explain how unilaterally cutting tariffs strengthens the UK’s negotiating position with other countries. *Needless to say the UK might choose to reduce tariffs only on the goods that the UK doesn’t produce itself - in which case consumer savings fall even further (~0.4%). This paltry figure is swamped, for example, by the increase in prices that followed the fall in the pound never mind the considerable costs to trade that would flow from leaving the customs union and single market. Al-tenderi: I know it’s easier to find refuge in blind belief and the comforting patrician drawl of JRM but HTH pal.
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Of course not Les: why would you care if people thought you were a weapons-grade duffer (his cute little reference to cigarettes in the tweet shows just how seriously he was taking himself). Or just maybe he didn’t care because he knew thousands of impressionable thickos would lap up and like his tweet. I hope you weren’t one of them Les
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Wriggle, wriggle, wiggle ever more desperately and unconvincingly. JRM endorsed the findings. Any Brexiteer with an ounce of knowledge in this area would have stayed away from them like the plague, not approvingly share the article and thank the Sun for calculating the huge savings outside the customs union At least the Sun issued a clarification following complaints to the Independent Press Standards Organisation - it was quite a whopper as well. One has to wonder about the credibility, expertise and integrity of anyone who aligned themselves with this analysis. But hey Jacob’s got a plummy accent Les do yourself a favour pal and quit while you can.