On this forum, as in society as a whole, Brexiters are on the thick end ...

[northernladyuk]

Oh look, ugly troll geezer is off on a roll again. I really do suspect that you're related to SB or maybe just his secret lover

SB is a thick as mince Brexiteer, whereas I am a clever Bremainer. As an example of that rare 'thick as mince Bremainer' beast, you struggle to see that those who differ from you are not necessarily the same as each other.

[xoggoth]

Ah bless, the dotard with some completely irrelevant bollux

Oh right, so the title of your thread and the link you posted in "support" of it was not relevant to your post. A most novel approach I have to say!

in an increasingly cognitively-demanding world (particularly in a non-manufacturing knowledge/services economy like the UK) who on earth do Brexiters expect to make the country great

Another slight problem with your "logic" there is that easy access to cheap, low-skilled labour is a significant factor in our low productivity economy and has been for many decades. We have a much higher percentage in low technology jobs like cafes and hotel workers rather than in more advanced industries because these low paid workers make technology and innovation less necessary. If we opened our borders to Bangladesh, say, which direction do you think our economy would go? Do you imagine we'd get a boom in high tech. industries?

https://www.theguardian.com/business...ajor-economies

The rapid expansion of mainly low-level service jobs that carry low levels of pay is another reason. In France and Germany, the coffee shop and online delivery culture is still in its infancy by comparison with the UK. These are businesses that provide a valued but unsophisticated service with limited room for productivity improvements.

It means the UK has lower unemployment and a bigger workforce, with fewer people economically inactive than France – but lower productivity and lower pay.

In France, and to a lesser extent Germany, restrictions on working hours are other factors at play. For instance, widespread industrial pay bargaining and limits on redundancies make hiring workers a more costly proposition than in the UK. This encourages French and German firms to invest in the latest machinery and limit employment.

[bobspud]

Which raises the question: in an increasingly cognitively-demanding world (particularly in a non-manufacturing knowledge/services economy like the UK) who on earth do Brexiters expect to make the country great, given that in general they can't work their way out of a wet paper bag?

I think several of the guys that instigated Brexit drop more cash on beer snacks than you will earn in your entire sorry little career. It makes you look like an absolute cock-womble to call them out for being stupid when one of them owns more land than our queen and while you are struggling to sell your house just so you can run away.

[DimPrawn]

Which raises the question: in an increasingly cognitively-demanding world (particularly in a non-manufacturing knowledge/services economy like the UK) who on earth do Brexiters expect to make the country great, given that in general they can't work their way out of a wet paper bag?

Robots. We will make robots, 'innit?

[shaunbhoy]

It makes you look like an absolute cock-womble to call them out for being stupid when one of them owns more land than our queen and while you are struggling to sell your house just so you can run away.

Classic....

[Antman]

I think several of the guys that instigated Brexit drop more cash on beer snacks than you will earn in your entire sorry little career. It makes you look like an absolute cock-womble to call them out for being stupid when one of them owns more land than our queen and while you are struggling to sell your house just so you can run away.

ouch!

[sasguru]

I think several of the guys that instigated Brexit drop more cash on beer snacks than you will earn in your entire sorry little career. It makes you look like an absolute cock-womble to call them out for being stupid when one of them owns more land than our queen and while you are struggling to sell your house just so you can run away.

It's true I'm merely a millionaire rather than a multi-millionaire.
But if you're equating wealth with intelligence then surely Beckham is more intelligent than Einstein?
Not to mention that your examples are the exception who prove the rule. Surely a simple concept to understand?
And you call me a cock-womble?
Thanks for proving my point.

[eek]

It's true I'm merely a millionaire rather than a multi-millionaire.
But if you're equating wealth with intelligence then surely Beckham is more intelligent than Einstein?
Not to mention that your examples are the exception who prove the rule. Surely a simple concept to understand?
And you call me a cock-womble?
Thanks for proving my point.

But it seems that you are a millionaire just because you hit luck on property - and to be honest that's not something to celebrate just to be thankfully that you are intelligent and lucky enough to get out before the current insanity ends...

[sasguru]

But it seems that you are a millionaire just because you hit luck on property - and to be honest that's not something to celebrate just to be thankfully that you are intelligent and lucky enough to get out before the current insanity ends...

Indeed I've always acknowledged my luck. Although several of my peers seem to have pissed up their good fortune.
If the insanity ends in the right way i.e. a hard Brexit there may yet be oppos to become a multimillionaire.

[shaunbhoy]

It's true I'm merely a millionaire rather than a multi-millionaire.

Yes of course you are.............Walter!
But only if you convert your cash to matabele gumbo-beans!