Brussels is flush with cash

[CryingSheep]

The EU is going to need that cash to bail Italy out. Hopefully after we've left.

You still don't get, do you!? Who bails out EUROZONE countries is the ECB (EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK) not EU (European Union). They are two different independent entities!

The second, for the time being, UK is part of.

The first doesn't have anything to do with the UK since (surprise, surprise!!!) UK is not part of the Eurozone. Of course UK might borrow (B-O-R-R-O-W) money to the ECB (the same way UK borrow money to many other international banks). Then if the ECB decides to use that loan to bailout some countries, is not relevant, as far as UK gets the interest and the loan repaid (as it has happened so far, and no reason to believe it won't keep that way).

So, if something, UK has been profiting from the bailout of countries like Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Spain, etc.

[NotAllThere]

You are bringing a logic and truth to a dirty gun fight.

In other words you are arguing with a Mor On.

If Mordac and Jog On merged, they'd be MorOn.

[Eirikur]

"Faceless"

OK, so the EU Council is made up of elected Heads of State.
MEPs are all, of course, elected.
And the EU Commission - we all know Jean Claude Juncker's face. The face of his successor, von der Leyen, is not hard to find.
The EU Commissioners - all their faces in one helpful page
The Commissioners | 2014-2019


The EU Commission employs around 32,000 civil servants.
The UK government employs around 400,000 civil servants. I'd say the overwhelming majority of those are 'faceless'.

If The EU is controlling every aspect of our lives, then what does the UK need 400,000 civil servants for? Seems to me like the EU is much more efficient in only needing 32,000 of them.

Oh no someone is using FACTS

[clearedforlanding]

Oh no someone is using FACTS

tulip. Time for another Brexit forum.

Looks like they could do with the support/

[Mordac]

You still don't get, do you!? Who bails out EUROZONE countries is the ECB (EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK) not EU (European Union). They are two different independent entities!

The second, for the time being, UK is part of.

The first doesn't have anything to do with the UK since (surprise, surprise!!!) UK is not part of the Eurozone. Of course UK might borrow (B-O-R-R-O-W) money to the ECB (the same way UK borrow money to many other international banks). Then if the ECB decides to use that loan to bailout some countries, is not relevant, as far as UK gets the interest and the loan repaid (as it has happened so far, and no reason to believe it won't keep that way).

So, if something, UK has been profiting from the bailout of countries like Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Spain, etc.

Illiterate and completely wrong. On that basis, I assume you're a remainer...

[Mordac]

If Mordac and Jog On merged, they'd be MorOn.

No, we'd be an all singing, all dancing double act. He'd better be good at both though, because I'm good at neither...

[CryingSheep]

Illiterate and completely wrong. On that basis, I assume you're a remainer...

Do you care to explain which part you believe is wrong?

[Mordac]

Do you care to explain which part you believe is wrong?

The ECB is an institution of the European Union. It is not independent of the EU, and almost certainly never will be. I'm not sure I can fathom what thought process led you to believe that somehow the UK has benefited from the Greek bailouts, so I'll simply say you're wrong on that as well.
I don't think you said anything else which might be construed as intelligible, so we'll leave it there.

[darmstadt]

The ECB is an institution of the European Union. It is not independent of the EU, and almost certainly never will be. I'm not sure I can fathom what thought process led you to believe that somehow the UK has benefited from the Greek bailouts, so I'll simply say you're wrong on that as well.
I don't think you said anything else which might be construed as intelligible, so we'll leave it there.

Ouzo, Feta, Olive Oil producers not going bankrupt thus denying the Waitrose set their daily intake...

[Mordac]

Ouzo, Feta, Olive Oil producers not going bankrupt thus denying the Waitrose set their daily intake...

You might just have a point...