UK Politics Thread VIII—Can't Let EU Go

[Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States]

Wage growth has hit its highest point since 2008. Britain's wages are growing faster than any other Western EU economy, and are 2nd fastest in the G7 after the US.

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Fucking Brexit.


Coincidentally, wages are growing fastest in the hospitality and construction industries, by over 10% each, in coincidence with the fact that EU migration has plummeted. But correlation =/= causation I'm sure.

Yeah, Brexit, that thing that has happened whereby the UK has already left the UK.

What's that?

Brexit still in the future?

Shucks.

[An Alan Smithee Nation]

Can we have Robert Greene from Upstart Crow as Bercow's replacement?

[Trumptonium1]

Wage growth has hit its highest point since 2008. Britain's wages are growing faster than any other Western EU economy, and are 2nd fastest in the G7 after the US.

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Fucking Brexit.


Coincidentally, wages are growing fastest in the hospitality and construction industries, by over 10% each, in coincidence with the fact that EU migration has plummeted. But correlation =/= causation I'm sure.

Yeah, Brexit, that thing that has happened whereby the UK has already left the UK.

What's that?

Brexit still in the future?

Shucks.

Why is investment falling and why are prices rising?

Don't tell me it's to do with something that hasn't happened yet, I'll laugh you out of the room.

[Greater vakolicci haven]

Can we have Robert Greene from Upstart Crow as Bercow's replacement?

Can we have Robert Green, the shit goaly as his replacement instead?

[Platypus Bureaucracy]

I just love this headline. And by "love" I mean "detest".

[Chan Island]

I just love this headline. And by "love" I mean "detest".

*Aggressive yawn*

[The New California Republic]

I just love this headline. And by "love" I mean "detest".

*Aggressive yawn*

*Sexual yawn*

I really don't see how that is news. They could have focused on his speech related to the drought that is currently affecting the country, but no, beard fondlings are more newsworthy it seems.

[Ifreann]

I just love this headline. And by "love" I mean "detest".

Have that child arrested!

[Dooom35796821595]

*Aggressive yawn*

*Sexual yawn*

I really don't see how that is news. They could have focused on his speech related to the drought that is currently affecting the country, but no, beard fondlings are more newsworthy it seems.

The drought got about three lines, between Megans baking and clothing choice. Quality reporting!

[The Huskar Social Union]

I just love this headline. And by "love" I mean "detest".

Have that child arrested!

THE CHILDREN VIOLATED THE ROYAL BEARD.

TO ARMS, HANG THEM FOR TREASON

[The Blaatschapen]

I just love this headline. And by "love" I mean "detest".

Is that headline rubbing you the wrong way?

[Salandriagado]

The lack of axis labels for the average earnings line is really annoying.

The percentage rate applies to both measurements.

Ah, so it's the label that's wrong: that's not a graph of average earnings. It's a graph of the derivative of average earnings.

[Trumptonium1]

The percentage rate applies to both measurements.

Ah, so it's the label that's wrong: that's not a graph of average earnings. It's a graph of the derivative of average earnings.

It's a standard graph of rate of change in the nominal average earnings. It's about as basic and universal as it gets. The labels are fine.

[Salandriagado]

Ah, so it's the label that's wrong: that's not a graph of average earnings. It's a graph of the derivative of average earnings.

It's a standard graph of rate of change in the nominal average earnings. It's about as basic and universal as it gets. The labels are fine.

No they aren't. It's claiming to be graphing average earnings, but actually graphing rate of change of average earnings.

[Trumptonium1]

It's a standard graph of rate of change in the nominal average earnings. It's about as basic and universal as it gets. The labels are fine.

No they aren't. It's claiming to be graphing average earnings, but actually graphing rate of change of average earnings.

Why are you being obtuse over nothing?

They are saving space. Someone would have to be especially mentally challenged to interpret that graph as average earnings swinging between one to four pounds a year.

The percentage symbol clearly implies rate of change. No need for further clarification.

Besides, if you want to get pedantic or play over semantics, why is "average earnings" there? Average earnings of what? Just wages? Does that include all earnings? Does that include all employees or just full-time ones? Does it include bonuses or benefits in kind? What is inflation? Is it RPI or CPI? Is it CPI excluding oil?

Perhaps the graph should have said
"Rate of change of salary-earnings (inclusive of overtime) excluding bonuses and monetary value of benefits in kind of all persons employed on part-time and full-time basis excluding employees at sea" to better reflect the true definition of 'average earnings' in this context. But I doubt they had enough space in the graph.

[Kavagrad]

Perhaps the graph should have said
"Rate of change of salary-earnings (inclusive of overtime) excluding bonuses and monetary value of benefits in kind of all persons employed on part-time and full-time basis excluding employees at sea" to better reflect the true definition of 'average earnings' in this context. But I doubt they had enough space in the graph.

Maybe they could've done it in a small font

[An Alan Smithee Nation]

Perhaps we could extend the transition period indefinitely.

[The Blaatschapen]

Perhaps we could extend the transition period indefinitely.

Not an option.

The EU wants to move on, rather than indefinitely have talks on the British departure.
Also, British politics wants to move on at a certain point, I guess. Maybe. Perhaps.

[The New California Republic]

Perhaps we could extend the transition period indefinitely.

Not an option.

The EU wants to move on, rather than indefinitely have talks on the British departure.
Also, British politics wants to move on at a certain point, I guess. Maybe. Perhaps.

Trust me, we do. We have pro-choice legislation to get through Parliament, to bring NI in line with the rest of the UK, but that can't happen at the moment with the negotiations clogging up the gears of the system. Sure, said gears move slowly at the best of times, but it is better than the complete standstill that sums up the current state of affairs...

[Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States]

Not an option.

The EU wants to move on, rather than indefinitely have talks on the British departure.
Also, British politics wants to move on at a certain point, I guess. Maybe. Perhaps.

Trust me, we do. We have pro-choice legislation to get through Parliament, to bring NI in line with the rest of the UK, but that can't happen at the moment with the negotiations clogging up the gears of the system. Sure, said gears move slowly at the best of times, but it is better than the complete standstill that sums up the current state of affairs...

The clogging still has to get a lot worse before it gets better, though. For every piece of EU legislation Parliament will have to see if they keep current protections, if they increase them, or if they lessen those protections. Lessening those protections is basically what Brexit was about, but it is not going to be popular. In the end, I think very little is going to change for the UK internally, other than that there is no redress to the European Court of Justice and the UKSC will have a crack at all that law.

[Trumptonium1]

Trust me, we do. We have pro-choice legislation to get through Parliament, to bring NI in line with the rest of the UK, but that can't happen at the moment with the negotiations clogging up the gears of the system. Sure, said gears move slowly at the best of times, but it is better than the complete standstill that sums up the current state of affairs...

The clogging still has to get a lot worse before it gets better, though. For every piece of EU legislation Parliament will have to see if they keep current protections, if they increase them, or if they lessen those protections. Lessening those protections is basically what Brexit was about, but it is not going to be popular. In the end, I think very little is going to change for the UK internally, other than that there is no redress to the European Court of Justice and the UKSC will have a crack at all that law.

It should be disbanded.

Not an option.

The EU wants to move on, rather than indefinitely have talks on the British departure.
Also, British politics wants to move on at a certain point, I guess. Maybe. Perhaps.

Trust me, we do. We have pro-choice legislation to get through Parliament, to bring NI in line with the rest of the UK, but that can't happen at the moment with the negotiations clogging up the gears of the system. Sure, said gears move slowly at the best of times, but it is better than the complete standstill that sums up the current state of affairs...

Northern Ireland has its own assembly.

[The New California Republic]

Trust me, we do. We have pro-choice legislation to get through Parliament, to bring NI in line with the rest of the UK, but that can't happen at the moment with the negotiations clogging up the gears of the system. Sure, said gears move slowly at the best of times, but it is better than the complete standstill that sums up the current state of affairs...

The clogging still has to get a lot worse before it gets better, though. For every piece of EU legislation Parliament will have to see if they keep current protections, if they increase them, or if they lessen those protections. Lessening those protections is basically what Brexit was about, but it is not going to be popular. In the end, I think very little is going to change for the UK internally, other than that there is no redress to the European Court of Justice and the UKSC will have a crack at all that law.

Of course. I am under no illusions about the magnitude of the ripples that will continue to affect the political system for a decade or more. I just hope that we can at least have some return to normality, or some vague semblance of it. It is sad that I am actually wishing for a return to the petty politicking of yesteryear...

[Greater vakolicci haven]

Not an option.

The EU wants to move on, rather than indefinitely have talks on the British departure.
Also, British politics wants to move on at a certain point, I guess. Maybe. Perhaps.

Trust me, we do. We have pro-choice legislation to get through Parliament, to bring NI in line with the rest of the UK, but that can't happen at the moment with the negotiations clogging up the gears of the system. Sure, said gears move slowly at the best of times, but it is better than the complete standstill that sums up the current state of affairs...

So the end goal of breaking political deadlock is for an attack on unborn children? I'd have hoped we were better than this, obviously hoping for anything about UK politicians is ridiculous.

[Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States]

The clogging still has to get a lot worse before it gets better, though. For every piece of EU legislation Parliament will have to see if they keep current protections, if they increase them, or if they lessen those protections. Lessening those protections is basically what Brexit was about, but it is not going to be popular. In the end, I think very little is going to change for the UK internally, other than that there is no redress to the European Court of Justice and the UKSC will have a crack at all that law.

It should be disbanded.

Trust me, we do. We have pro-choice legislation to get through Parliament, to bring NI in line with the rest of the UK, but that can't happen at the moment with the negotiations clogging up the gears of the system. Sure, said gears move slowly at the best of times, but it is better than the complete standstill that sums up the current state of affairs...

Northern Ireland has its own assembly.

You want to disband the United Kingdom Supreme Court? And replace it with what?

[The New California Republic]

Trust me, we do. We have pro-choice legislation to get through Parliament, to bring NI in line with the rest of the UK, but that can't happen at the moment with the negotiations clogging up the gears of the system. Sure, said gears move slowly at the best of times, but it is better than the complete standstill that sums up the current state of affairs...

So the end goal of breaking political deadlock is for an attack on unborn children? I'd have hoped we were better than this, obviously hoping for anything about UK politicians is ridiculous.

Fetuses. Not children.

But that is a discussion for the abortion thread.