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How to lie convincingly for the 52%...or Tory fake news

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    How to lie convincingly for the 52%...or Tory fake news

    EU directive actually but don't let the truth get in the way...

    European Commission - PRESS RELEASES - Press release - Payment services: Consumers to benefit from cheaper, safer and more innovative electronic payments

    Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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    How to lie convincingly for the 52%...or Tory fake news

    It’s a bit more complex than it looks on the surface.

    May hasn’t helped herself (again!) with the implication that this was all the Conservatives on their own. However:

    - 27 of 28 EU countries endorsed the proposal of the legislation in the European Council, including the U.K.

    - Unfortunately, several Conservative MEPs either lobbied against the bill, or abstained in the voting, once the bill was known due to pressure from credit card companies. Hardly a ringing endorsement from the Conservatives in Europe.

    - But then when the time came to implement the directive in our own U.K. legislation the Government gold-plated it above the minimum directive by including Apple Pay, PayPal, etc, thereby showing that not only did they support the legislation, but that we have sovereignty over our own laws by being able to implement much more than the EU wanted us to...

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      #3
      Nice. Now the charges will be applied to everyone as "service charges". I notice HMRC have already banned all credit card payments, and I imagine others such as DVLA will follow suit.
      Well done EU. There was never a problem with penalising credit card users, but they managed to find one, and now we'll all have to pay more.
      His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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        #4
        Originally posted by Mordac View Post
        There was never a problem with penalising credit card users, but they managed to find one, and now we'll all have to pay more.
        Not in the EU, we wouldn't.
        …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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          #5
          Originally posted by WTFH View Post
          Not in the EU, we wouldn't.
          Oh Goody, only another year to go then...
          His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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            #6
            How to lie convincingly for the 52%...or Tory fake news

            Originally posted by Mordac View Post
            Nice. Now the charges will be applied to everyone as "service charges". I notice HMRC have already banned all credit card payments, and I imagine others such as DVLA will follow suit.
            Well done EU. There was never a problem with penalising credit card users, but they managed to find one, and now we'll all have to pay more.
            Yes, because that’s how it works. “We can’t add a credit card charge, so our solution is to refuse to accept credit cards”. Sheesh.

            Some people just _want_ to be victims....

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              #7
              Originally posted by Mordac View Post
              Well done EU.
              Your own government supported it and have implemented it with additions that the EU ruling didn't require - and you blame the EU. Hmm.
              Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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                #8
                The answer is to not pay HMRC until they accept credit cards.

                What can they do? Seriously you lot need to get balls. Get out there and start protesting.

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                  #9
                  Another little lie...



                  The Tory government opposed this and which Tory MEPs voted against it, same as the credit card bill
                  Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by meridian View Post
                    Yes, because that’s how it works. “We can’t add a credit card charge, so our solution is to refuse to accept credit cards”. Sheesh.

                    Some people just _want_ to be victims....
                    Or just make like justeat and add a service charge....

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