Another Brexit Win To Add To My List

[Hymie]

The freedom to release as much raw sewage as we like into our rivers and coastal waters.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11133901/Stanley-Johnson-slams-sons-Government-allowing-sewage-dumping-Britains-beaches.html

[douglas9401]

Well, that's alright then, as long as somebody else is doing it.

No point in us doing something about our problems.

[Peter Pedant]

oh, that is why the Black Sea is black is it ( sewage for chrissakes not anything else, lordy lordy)

[Peter Pedant]

Other people 'doing it' is the whole problem innit?

[youngmafbog]

So you want full all singing and dancing systems then Douglas?

Are you willing to contribute to the trillions required for such - and the land grab for the facilities, OK if we build the extra ones next to your house?

[naomi24]

//No point in us doing something about our problems. //

I have to disagree with you, douglas. We should sort it - it's disgusting - but I won't hold my breath for Europe to sort its problems. They've been abusing the Mediterranean forever.

[THECORBYLOON]

I'm sure he was being sarcastic.

With regards to the trillions having to be spent on the infrastructure, perhaps it would have been better to have spent money at the time the repairs and improvements were required rather than leaving them to deteriorate?

[naomi24]

//I'm sure he was being sarcastic. //

Really? Surely not.

[douglas9401]

Have you tried chamomile tea, youngmagbog?

[davebro]

we swam in sewage at Blackpool in the 50s - never did me any harm!

[New Judge]

//NJ – had we remained in the EU, the UK would be fined for such actions – much like the UK courts fine individuals for breaking the law//

So I’ll ask again – who or what do you mean by “the UK”? Do you mean the water companies, the government, or what?

// Are you suggesting that criminals should not be fined for their criminal activities?//

If you mean fined by the EU, the yes, I am suggesting that. But see below.

But I still don’t know who you are suggesting pays and where the money will go to. Until I know that I cannot comment on whether it is a good idea or not.

[tommy39]

t have the freedom to stop paying them

[FatticusInch]

davebro
//we swam in sewage at Blackpool in the 50s - never did me any harm!//

I’ve got news for you and it’s all bad……

[davebro]

Actually - exposure to "bad" things at an early age may yield an advantage in developing later immunities. Lots of modern ailments may be due to a too sterile environment.

[Togo]

Meanwhile facts being hidden from the Ministry of Wishful Thinking include
""Germany and France have driven eurozone into recession,""

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/germany-and-france-have-driven-eurozone-into-recession-economists-warn-live-updates/ar-AA10YPuV?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=9ed1b8547aa841ab8d5eb82520004617

""Euro falls below parity with the dollar.""

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/euro-falls-below-parity-with-the-dollar-what-s-the-impact/ar-AA10ZuFK?cvid=66f2124ad16743dea9d3210216d4aa5d

""'End of the Euro!' Currency a 'trap closing in' and will 'explode'""

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/end-of-the-euro-currency-a-trap-closing-in-and-will-explode-recession-warning/ar-AA107Dx5?li=AAnZ9Ug

The sewage produced in remainiac housholds is going to rise to unflushable levels.

[Hymie]

NJ – logically it would be the UK government who would pay any fine imposed by the EU, being the entity that entered into the agreement with the EU. But that would not stop the government from recouping any imposed fines (and more) from the polluting water companies.

[jourdain2]

In the late 19th C., my dad's aunt was in the sea at Scarborough and yes, it was polluted by sewage. She caught polio and was paralyzed for the rest of her life. it is a serious problem and one that used to be one of the priorities of L.A.s

The 1st MrJ2 was a chartered Mains Drainage Engineer and I well remember that in the 1980s (possibly into the 90s) he was involved in the design and construction of a vast (I mean vast) 'holding chamber' for storm water overflow so that massive quantities of sewage did not flood into the rivers and it could be released gradually and treated. It doesn't seem that this policy has been
continued.

Now that water is a privatised there, surely must be pressure/rules that can be applied to ensure proper treatment of sewage everywhere. Not to do so is, to say the least, lax.

[Togo]

"It" has hit the fan in Brussels. How lucky are we to be out? Imagine who would be paying.

//The more surprising fact is that the euro has not fallen faster considering the eurozone has a trade deficit. Now he predicts the euro has further to fall.
The latest S&P Global Eurozone PMI adds to his prognosis. The index dropped to 49.2 in August, from 49.9 in July, the second successive drop in business activity and a sharper fall than that seen in July. ...
The outlook gets worse. Overnight on Monday, benchmark gas prices in the European Union rose 13 per cent to a record peak
Gas prices have doubled in the last month to be 14 times higher than the average price of the past decade. Consider that fact slowly.
Christine Lagarde and the European Central Bank are in dangerous territory as they consider whether to be hawkish with more aggressive interest rate hikes when they meet next on September 8.

There may be hints about future policy over the next few days from the Bundesbank chief Joachim Nagel when he meets fellow central bankers at the Fed’s Jackson Hole Economic Symposium tomorrow.

Deciding what to do next will be tricky. The ECB is caught between a rock and a hard place. Raising rates may do more harm than good and tip the region into a deeper recession.

Lagarde will need to come up with her version of Mario Draghi’s famous ‘Whatever It Takes’ to avert another eurozone crisis and stop the euro falling further.

And she can’t even blame Brexit.//

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/single-currency-in-crisis-the-ecb-is-caught-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-ahead-of-crunch-rates-decision-says-maggie-pagano/ar-AA110Iqx?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=290bd0fcc74241f3969501401f74c9f6

[ToraToraTora]

They used to say that you don't swim at Blackpool you just go through the motions.