What would happen if the UK refused to buy any products from abroad?

[Troll]

Isn't Scottish oil to heavy to be used for petrol?

Better get the Gatwick field online ASAP then and have some good wholesome English oil to use

[vetran]

Better get the Gatwick field online ASAP then and have some good wholesome English oil to use

what's the point of subjugating a country if you can't steal their resources?

[Old Greg]

what's the point of subjugating a country if you can't steal their resources?

Subjugation creates a captive market for Buckfast exports.

[WTFH]

Isn't Scottish oil to heavy to be used for petrol?

Yup, only useful for deep frying

[TykeMerc]

So do you think that certain types of legislation should be illegal in the UK?

I do. If a government makes such an incompetent fist of their legislation that people can exploit dumb loopholes then they should ONLY be able to amend the legislation going forwards, retrospective legislation is an offence against natural justice.

Oh before you go off on one, I am NOT caught by the retro legislation which has clobbered Brillo and his fellow scheme users, I actually think their tax planning exploit was massively taking the piss.
However to attack them with retrospective legislation is, in my opinion, totally immoral and goes directly against one of the primary values of the English (Scots have their own) legal system.

Did you know the UK is 60% self sufficient in foodstuffs according to Wiki
We could restart coal for power generation and fook the Greens
Steal more of the Jocks oil for transport
Give up electrical gizmos and just talk to each other

I doubt Wiki is right, just take a wander round your local supermarket (or your own fridge, freezer and cupboards), unless you shop at your local butchers and greengrocers, on the assumption you have any, then you will find stuff from all over Europe, Ireland and much further abroad, hell we'd be shafted for tea, coffee and a vast percentage of the beer and wines people trough on.
Restarting coal sounds great, there are vast reserves under Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, South Wales and a few other places, all pretty much in deep seams which require skilled men (yes it's sexist, but I'm not aware that they lifted the ban on women doing coal face working) and large quantities of complicated equipment to extract, while there used to be 100k+ miners in the UK I doubt there's more than 1,000 skilled miners left, that's not sufficient to run even 1 pit let alone recommission one of the ones closed down 20+ years ago. People get a tad grumpy when you suggest open cast mining and there really isn't that much close enough to the surface unlike in Newcastle (New South Wales). Oh all the mining machinery is manufactured outside of the UK.
True the Jocks can have their oil nabbed, be happy to perpetrate that on the porridge mechanics, but how much refinery capacity is there in the country, how much does that capacity rely on imported parts, control elements and materials and for that matter is the Jockoil actually suitable for transport use?
Electronic gadgetry controls everything these days, it's not just the twatter addicts that would be inconvenienced
We'd all be a bit buggered for clothes too of course!

Sadly while I'd be happy to support a British Britain, the decades of offshoring everything to cheaper places to grow, sew and make stuff has left this country with the capacity to produce the square root of jack all

[AtW]

What will happen with foreign sockies???

[Mordac]

Isn't Scottish oil to heavy to be used for petrol?

No, Brent crude is about as perfect as it gets.

[Old Greg]

I do. If a government makes such an incompetent fist of their legislation that people can exploit dumb loopholes then they should ONLY be able to amend the legislation going forwards, retrospective legislation is an offence against natural justice.

Oh before you go off on one, I am NOT caught by the retro legislation which has clobbered Brillo and his fellow scheme users, I actually think their tax planning exploit was massively taking the piss.
However to attack them with retrospective legislation is, in my opinion, totally immoral and goes directly against one of the primary values of the English (Scots have their own) legal system.

So how would you like to see retrospective legislation made illegal? Through Act of Parliament, written constitution, supra-national Human Rights?

[AtW]

So how would you like to see retrospective legislation made illegal? Through Act of Parliament, written constitution, supra-national Human Rights?

Via retrospective Act of Parliament...

[Old Greg]

Via retrospective Act of Parliament...

I'll get that nice Mr Callaghan to repeal it.