Turning the corner on Brexit is possible says May...

[Federico Razzoli]

The UK turned former allies into masters. And I see no solution. May doesn't care about anything except preserving her power for one more minute. The DUP is the machine that keeps her alive, but they only want to avoid independence (if someone can explain why, I'm listening...). Corbyn badly wants brexit, and he doesn't care if his career is finished because he's ignoring his party's big majority. There may be one party or two against brexit, but they simply don't count. The situation is surreal. No offence, but even in my country I rarely saw something as ridiculous as this (except maybe when Berlusconi built an Egyptian tomb-temple in his garden for himself and his closest men).

[GreenMirror]

Corbyn badly wants brexit, and he doesn't care if his career is finished because he's ignoring his party's big majority.

Most Labour party members want Brexit. Most Labour voters don't.

Corbyn does not care as long as he is in power. Not that he is much more than a puppet controlled by the far left.

[scooterscot]

Corbyn does not care as long as he is in power..

Heard that that said before yet why would someone taken such a long and circuitous route to get to power in the first place? Doesn't come across as power hungry. In fact, even during the leadership contests he shy'd away from power.

[Eirikur]

Heard that that said before yet why would someone taken such a long and circuitous route to get to power in the first place? Doesn't come across as power hungry. In fact, even during the leadership contests he shy'd away from power.

Because he knew he would never stand a chance to become labour leader. It's just freak coincidence that some people nominated him, more as a joke then anything else and he got elected because of extreme left wing pressure groups, militant trade unions, the Kremlin, anti Semites and no other suitable candidates

[d000hg]

If UK tourism were really to cease or dramatically reduce, some places certainly would suffer e.g. Magaluf and the like. Those towns are geared around UK tourism.

As a hit to the nation as a whole it would be small and this sort of thing happens - look at the decline of the UK seaside as people stopped going to Blackpool et al.

But, £7 for 3 years or whatever... the difference seems likely to be negligible.

[darmstadt]

If UK tourism were really to cease or dramatically reduce, some places certainly would suffer e.g. Magaluf and the like. Those towns are geared around UK tourism.

As a hit to the nation as a whole it would be small and this sort of thing happens - look at the decline of the UK seaside as people stopped going to Blackpool et al.

But, £7 for 3 years or whatever... the difference seems likely to be negligible.

Not necessarily as these places then become more attractive for other visitors:

British tourism to Majorca fell by 8 per cent last month but alarm bells are not ringing at the Balearic ministry for tourism because overall the number of tourists passing through the airport rose by three per cent in May. A total of 1.1 million German tourists came to the island in May, a rise of four per cent but British tourism (659,000 tourists) fell by 7.8 per cent. There were big increases in tourism from France, Italy, Finland and Poland.

The overall picture should cause some concern, especially as regards the British market. The fall in the value of sterling against the euro following the Brexit referendum has made Majorca an expensive place for British tourism and this is one of the reasons why Majorca's competitors are profiting from British tourism. Resorts in north Africa and Turkey are doing well. The German love affair with Majorca seems to be stronger than ever with half a million more Germans coming to the island compared with Britons in May.

So far it appears that the increase in the rate of the tourist tax has had little impact on German tourism but it could be one of the reasons for explaining the fall in British tourism. Hoteliers have said on numerous occasions that there is almost a waiting list to come to Majorca on holiday. Any fall will be easily compensated by a growth in another market. And this is what is happening this year so far. British tourism may have fallen but other nationalities are filling the gap.

[Brussels Slumdog]

Venice,Barcelona,Amsterdam and the list is growing,hate tourists.

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[chopper]

So when British tourism falls, tourists from other places increases to fill the gap. So no loss to Majorca. But British holiday firms, airlines and the people who work for them - they will suffer.

Once again, Brexit will harm only British people.

[original PM]

Oh excellent - then there will be no impact on the rest of Europe when the UK leaves the EU.

That is good news.

It appears there is a bottomless pit of tourists just waiting to fill any gaps left by the British - fantastic and obviously utter utter fantasy but hey so what.

[darmstadt]

Oh excellent - then there will be no impact on the rest of Europe when the UK leaves the EU.

That is good news.

It appears there is a bottomless pit of tourists just waiting to fill any gaps left by the British - fantastic and obviously utter utter fantasy but hey so what.

Just don't like it when facts prove you wrong and that the UK leaving the EU is not going to affect it to the extent that Eurosceptics (or liars as I like to call them) thought or wanted, Leavers are such snowflakes