Brexit.

[Baile Brigín 2]

ANDREW NEIL: It's the EU that's staring into the abyss https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-11040599/ANDREW-NEIL-EU-thats-staring-abyss.html?ito=native_share_article-masthead

The EU about to collapsevseems to be the Nigels equivalent of the rugby boys here doing the best thing ever? A silly, tedious article from people who should know better

[Eire90]

brexiteers have been saying eu is going to collapse imminently for years then they contradict themselves by saying their is a plot to rejoin eu but they then say eu is about to collapse.

[armaghniac]

This article uses high inflation in Estonia as the basis for the collapse of the EU, ignoring that general Eurozone inflation is less than in the UK. Since the inflation in Estonia is almost certainly a result of Russian sanctions then gloating about is sick

[imtommygunn]

Andrew Neil is a gobshite.

[Rossfan]

And as for the Daily Heil.....

[seafoid]

One of the reasons the EU was going to collapse per the Brexiteers was that the union was weak. Then the Ukraine war happened. Brexit is dying.

[bennydorano]

The debts of Greece and Italy are the real dangers, have been seeing that in multiple articles, the Eurozone had been holding of raising rates for this reason and the Government collapse in Italy isnt helping.. Brexit is a shit show but the UK is (or would be) less exposed if it got its act together.

[screenexile]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-11040599/amp/ANDREW-NEIL-EU-thats-staring-abyss.html

[Cyril Farrell fan]

Much of the premise of Andrew Neil's article is that the EU is goosed, and by implication, mighty Britain will soar, and this is because major EU countries are being ruled by buffoon leaders, or are on the verge of electing buffoons.

Unfortunately, he might be overlooking who the current and next PMs of Britain are.

[seafoid]

The debts of Greece and Italy are the real dangers, have been seeing that in multiple articles, the Eurozone had been holding of raising rates for this reason and the Government collapse in Italy isnt helping.. Brexit is a shit show but the UK is (or would be) less exposed if it got its act together.

The UK economy isn't in great shape either. Brexit weakens it further.

[Cyril Farrell fan]

For the last 10 years I've seen people (especially Daily Mail types) claiming the EU was on the verge of imploding. No sign yet. For all the faults it has, the single market and customs union are a huge benefit.

[johnnycool]

Much of the premise of Andrew Neil's article is that the EU is goosed, and by implication, mighty Britain will soar, and this is because major EU countries are being ruled by buffoon leaders, or are on the verge of electing buffoons.

Unfortunately, he might be overlooking who the current and next PMs of Britain are.

When the result of the Brexit vote was announced, Neil claimed that the EU would end up tearing itself apart with individual countries arguing against each other over securing a "quick" trade deal with a UK that left the EU. Turned out to be near enough the opposite, funnily enough.

He's a very good political interviewer, probably the best there is in the UK, but Andrew Neil's hot takes particularly over the last decade have seen him be a lot more miss than hit. On that basis it's hard to take him seriously on such matters, as is the case with most whom generally espouse either "British exceptionalism" or an automatic bias to the (for the lack of a better term) White Anglosphere.

Andrew Neil is the epitome of client journalism, so everything he says has to be taken in that context.

His owners want the EU to fail.

[bennydorano]

Is Ireland in danger of becoming a de facto British protectorate?

https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-40934678.html

[armaghniac]

Is Ireland in danger of becoming a de facto British protectorate?

https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-40934678.html

Inevitably, since the Sabina Higgens, PBP type people think that you should not defend yourself.
Some coordination with neighbours is always going to be appropriate, but you have to do your bit yourself.

[seafoid]

So far, Brexit has contracted the UK economy by 5.6%
The North is protected by the Protocol and growing faster than England but the DUP have paralysed Stormont because of the Protocol.
Who is pulling the strings of the DUP ?