Reply to: We pay, but have no say: that’s the reality of Norway’s relationship with the EU

[NigelJK]

FTFY

Kinda my point, neither side can say hand on heart what going to happen either way. My guess is that once the franco-braverian syndicate gets the cart blanch we'll all be walking funny for the next 50-100 years.

[darmstadt]

Oddly it's the remain camp who keep pointing out what other Nations do, Exiters have always said we have no ******* idea what is going to happen.

FTFY

[NotAllThere]

...BTW everything in those countries plus Norway and Switzerland is damn expensive.

At least for Switzerland, the average salaries are considerably higher and tax is lower, so we don't notice it's expensive. The UK is so cheap!

Yet still they don't want to join the EU.

The last vote was very close - within 1 or 2%. It was after that the Swiss Federal government started bilateral treaties.

If the UK tried the Swiss model, then that'd mean implementing Schengen!

[Mordac]

Yup, if you're going to drink buy it from the government stores and do it at home.

They didn't say that in the brochures...

[scooterscot]

Wasn't suggesting you made a mistake, merely that the Norwegians might have done so. FWIW, 2 nights in Stavanger taught me everything I need to know about Norway, mostly revolving around not being the muppet who has to pay the bar tab. Six people, 2 nights, a grand, near as makes no odds. Pining for the fjords, not bleeding likely...

Yup, if you're going to drink buy it from the government stores and do it at home.

[Mordac]

Oh yeah? Lived in Bergen over a almost two years, plenty of time to see what the locals drive. Where abouts in Norway did you live? Perhaps it's region specific?

Wasn't suggesting you made a mistake, merely that the Norwegians might have done so. FWIW, 2 nights in Stavanger taught me everything I need to know about Norway, mostly revolving around not being the muppet who has to pay the bar tab. Six people, 2 nights, a grand, near as makes no odds. Pining for the fjords, not bleeding likely...

[scooterscot]

Mahoosive mistakey right there. No wonder the Gerries keep sending the bill every month...

Oh yeah? Lived in Bergen over a almost two years, plenty of time to see what the locals drive. Where abouts in Norway did you live? Perhaps it's region specific?

[Mordac]

I think they buy volvos

Mahoosive mistakey right there. No wonder the Gerries keep sending the bill every month...

[scooterscot]

I think they buy volvos

[Mordac]

This really spells it out the errors of brexit. Norway has money, we have debt. Lots of it. We could never afford to pay the trade tariffs, yet the exit camp argues we could be like Norway.




We pay, but have no say: that’s the reality of Norway’s relationship with the EU | Espen Barth Eide | Opinion | The Guardian

If only the Norwegians had bought more German cars...Oh, and French cheese...

[vetran]

Fair point. We should have used ambulance chancing call centres for our economic forecast.

nope they are all in India staffed by people called Barry & Kevin who sound like they should star in GGM.

[scooterscot]

I believe one is being published, although it won't base it's economic forecast on the price of oil.

Fair point. We should have used ambulance chancing call centres for our economic forecast.

[The_Equalizer]

Indeed. It has a white paper and everything. Where is the UK white paper telling us how it'll be?

I believe one is being published, although it won't base it's economic forecast on the price of oil.

[scooterscot]

But an Indy Scotland was a perfectly sensible move. Flip, flop, flip, flop...

Indeed. It has a white paper and everything. Where is the UK white paper telling us how it'll be?

[shaunbhoy]

BTW everything in those countries plus Norway and Switzerland is damn expensive.

Yet still they don't want to join the EU.