I like how the top comment on that is “Why the fuck do you need a TV license”....!
Mind you, we’re no better off here in Australia or you in the US. The point of the TV licence is to fund the BBC, it’s essentially just a tax. We pay taxes to fund public broadcasting and so do you. Complete bullshit, all needs to be defunded like YESTERDAY.
The irony is though, that the UK could likely avoid all the bad press of it by just doing like Australia and taking the funding out of general revenue... yet for some reason they don't want to do that??
I actually understand it completely. Did extensive research on the subject for a project. Also the propaganda you just spewed is exactly what they want you to think. It doesn't need to be enforced like this, if someone doesn't pay the tax, oh well you're still getting a ton of money to fund a network dedicated to the destruction of western civilization as we know it.
They don't need to be driving around in vans with detection equipment to scare people, putting up threatening signs, and pushing into peoples homes to check their fucking tvs!!!
How the fuck can you be here and try to justify that behavior?
Got to go, glad I checked in though Happy New Year you bastards!!
I was too harsh I'm sorry. You did minimize it by saying its a tax and aus has it and so does the us. But we don't have fake ass vans driving around to scare people into buying a license for tv and neither do you. Cops pushing into peoples homes over this shit? Thats another level.
It gets worse. Go to youtube and watch these people try and often succeed in bullying into peoples homes to check their tvs and make sure they're not receiving broadcasts of any kind. I did a major project on this and for most americans it sounds like a joke when they first hear it. They actually used vans and this propoganda that the vans could detect if you were using a tv. Going back to like the 70s at least. They drove around these vans with all this monitoring equipment and antennaes to scare people into paying the tax.
Its almost time, here's to striving forward in the new year! Happy new year brothers.
Britain will never be free because they choose to be oppressed. Brexit was an exercise in Kabuki theater. The UK's worst problems were always home-grown. Ask Bulgaria.
British people, 2016: Get us out of the EU.
Media: Bigots!
Parliament: No!
British people, 2017: Get us out of the EU.
Mrs May: Ok but not really.
Supreme Court: Fuck you.
British people, May 2019: We told you, get us out of the EU.
Media: EU is wonderful.
Parliament: No, and we'll fuck the entire system to prevent it.
Civil Service: Bahaha, we will never leave.
Supreme Court: Thou Shalt Not Leave.
British People, December 2019: Fuck it. Enough. Unleash the Boris.
Boris: We will leave the EU.
Media: Gulp.
Parliament: Oh shit.
Supreme Court: Time to retire.
We didn't fucking sit back and let Parliament, the media, the Supreme Court, the Civil Service and dozens of quisling politicians stop us. We left the EU.
Meanwhile, in the US, you can't even hold a fair election. Do try and fix that before daring to suggest the UK is 'oppressed'.
I've never had a police visit, so we shall see. Fortunately for the police I do know the law and I'm very happy to explain it to them, in a calm and polite manner that if necessary will endanger their career.
Meanwhile the politicians in my country can post on Twitter without being shadow banned, having their tweets removed or having labels attached that claim they're lying.
Lol Boris sold you you to the NWO for a farthing. You are technically out of the EU while being overrun with illegal immigrants, no go zones, and Boris holding the country hostage to corona
There's no "technically" about it. We are out of the EU. We are not in the EU.
As for other issues, they're going to take time to deal with too. Illegal migration is nowhere near as big an issue as legal migration, and we've literally had the ability to control that for.. hmm, under 6 hours.
No, things aren't perfect. They're not perfect anywhere though, and a claim that the UK chooses to be oppressed is frankly silly.
There are some good politicians. Rees Mogg is out of favour, but brings scary intellect to the chamber, Badenoch is an Equality Minister that actually demands equality, even for white people or men, and Truss is very quietly and very efficiently signing literally dozens of trade deals across the world.
There absolutely are people pursuing a globalist agenda but the priority was to remove the EU. Now we can start on fixing the Civil Service, the third sector and indeed, Parliament itself.
I don't think that UK/England will ever be truly FREE from the EU. Damn shame....
I saw first hand how the EU was a shit story when I lived in Sweden in the late 90's, every Swede I knew then regretted voting to become part of the EU.
From the USA, super congratulations to our British brothers and sisters. I was excited about Brexit from the moment I heard about it. This is just the first step for you guys. I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN, I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN
Congratulations and may this be a step toward enlightenment, discernment, love of country, love of God, rejection of socialism, and personal courage for everyone in the beautiful UK!!!
Good that they wanted to resist mass immigration. They got rid of Labour. Next they just need to get rid of the Conservative Party. Best option at present: Patriotic Alternative
Conservatives have proven to be irredeemable -- unlike maybe the USA Republican Party. which may try to Stop The Steal.
Hey, I think I left my favorite hoodie in your closet. You think it would be alright if I swing by to get it? So anyways, while I’m here ya wanna have a drink or something?
When will the great people of the UK finally say enough is enough and stand against the tyranny going on there? Speak up! Rally together! Fight for Freedom!
They have become substantially LESS free this year, as their government literally locked them in therm homes at gunpoint, yet celebrate their supposed attainment of "freedom". I don't think that word means what they think it does.
Thank you. Have faith, our American cousins, that we truly are a nation of nationalists. Brexit lit a spark in both of us that cannot and will not be put out. We. Will. Win.
Question for those more familiar with what is going on with Britain and the EU, was it a No-Deal Brexit? Because my understanding is that that would have been the best possible outcome, so I'm kind of hoping that's what happened.
A free trade agreement is better than 'no deal', purely because it reduces the cost of trade between countries and trade increases the wealth of both parties (resulting in small things like qualify of life, health care and being able to fund a functioning military).
The UK has agreed a trade deal with the EU. It's not a perfect deal, with a lot of noise over minor things like professional recognition and pet passports (all of which would be a non-issue if the EU didn't impose barriers, but good luck getting the people making the noise to blame the EU for those), and wish fishing. The fishing situation is marginal improvements over the next five and a half years, following which the UK has full and complete control; while that five year delay is undesirable it was a relatively easy compromise that on which the EU placed insanely high value, so we got a lot in return, and the UK fishing industry will take 3-4 years to properly gear up anyway.
The real concern with it are around Financial Services and access to EU markets, but the EU's been afraid and jealous of London for decades and was always going to cause problems in this area. The current deal doesn't assure access, but is also at worse the same as WTO terms anyway, so it isn't a bad deal in that regard either.
What the deal does do is remove EU involvement in UK legislation, remove the ECJ as arbiter of the law, and free the UK to make its own policy. As an example, seconds after the transition period ended the UK removed VAT on sanitary products, something that EU law prevents. (Of course, the feminists that demanded this change are now upset that it's been politicised as a benefit of Brexit, while studiously ignoring that it was only possible because of Brexit).
So it's not a great deal, but it is a good deal, and it's better than no deal. Given most people that voted to leave the EU did want to keep a healthy friendly trade relationship across Europe this is a good outcome, and one that's actually unsettled many EU and EEA politicians because they genuinely didn't think the UK could do this.
What is VAT and why was removing it on sanitary products important? Also I'm not surprised the EU is unsettled by Brexit, because Britain just showed the rest of the EU countries that are getting fucked by the EU that decoupling can actually work.
Taxing sanitary products was portrayed as sexist and also unfair on poor women, who 'needed' those products, even though the taxes raised didn't even come close to the funding received by various 'womens' organisations from Government, and even though re-usable alternatives exist that provide a significantly lower TCO (total cost of ownership).
However, as the UK does have a general approach of not taxing things like food, medication and books it wasn't unreasonable to add sanitary products to that list of exemptions. This was however not permitted under EU rules, which mandated a minimum 5% VAT rate. (Bear in mind that the EU received a cut of VAT revenues).
So the Government were legally unable to remove VAT until the UK left the EU, even though many people wanted it and the rest of us just weren't terribly bothered one way or another.
Cool, thanks for explaining this. I imagine there's probably going to be a LOT of regulations getting cut in the UK over the coming months. I can't help but imagine the EU loaded down Britain with entire truckloads of pointless regulation in order to unfairly tax and drain the wealth from the country so it could be spread around the rest of the EU.
And still in the hands of Westminster and the English plutocracy.
Exactly right! Each step needs done, no surrender to fear of difficulties!
Yeah the mother of parliaments, what a drag, huh?
Its a start...
Why are people from Pluto ruling the UK?! I’ve heard about politicians selling out but c’mon
What actually happens when they leave?
Big picture: hopefully Italeave, Pole Out, and Hungarescape
That was the best wordplay I've ever seen. Top Kek
Congrats to Great Britain for attaining freedom.
Only sort of. The worst things they do to themselves. OI U GOT A LICENSE FO DAT TV
Have a look at your dystopian future fellow americans. They are already living it in England.
https://ifunny.co/picture/when-someone-says-well-in-britain-they-show-them-this-iANPcZUw6
Sorry for ifunny link, I'm not made of time faggots
I like how the top comment on that is “Why the fuck do you need a TV license”....!
Mind you, we’re no better off here in Australia or you in the US. The point of the TV licence is to fund the BBC, it’s essentially just a tax. We pay taxes to fund public broadcasting and so do you. Complete bullshit, all needs to be defunded like YESTERDAY.
The irony is though, that the UK could likely avoid all the bad press of it by just doing like Australia and taking the funding out of general revenue... yet for some reason they don't want to do that??
I actually understand it completely. Did extensive research on the subject for a project. Also the propaganda you just spewed is exactly what they want you to think. It doesn't need to be enforced like this, if someone doesn't pay the tax, oh well you're still getting a ton of money to fund a network dedicated to the destruction of western civilization as we know it.
They don't need to be driving around in vans with detection equipment to scare people, putting up threatening signs, and pushing into peoples homes to check their fucking tvs!!!
How the fuck can you be here and try to justify that behavior?
Got to go, glad I checked in though Happy New Year you bastards!!
What?? I’m not “justifying” anything, I said the whole lot should be defunded!
I was too harsh I'm sorry. You did minimize it by saying its a tax and aus has it and so does the us. But we don't have fake ass vans driving around to scare people into buying a license for tv and neither do you. Cops pushing into peoples homes over this shit? Thats another level.
I got my monthly threatening letter from the government today say people were going to come knocking!
Y’all got any more of them time faggots? Been on the market for some, but I can’t get a good price.
All over a television set? That's insane.
It's purpose was to build TV infrastructure in the '30s.
Most countries in Europe have a TV licence to fund public broadcasting.
We despise it but no government has had the balls to abolish it.
It gets worse. Go to youtube and watch these people try and often succeed in bullying into peoples homes to check their tvs and make sure they're not receiving broadcasts of any kind. I did a major project on this and for most americans it sounds like a joke when they first hear it. They actually used vans and this propoganda that the vans could detect if you were using a tv. Going back to like the 70s at least. They drove around these vans with all this monitoring equipment and antennaes to scare people into paying the tax.
Its almost time, here's to striving forward in the new year! Happy new year brothers.
Yep. It's been my fear that they didn't want out of the EU because it's commie, but because it's not commie enough
Britain will never be free because they choose to be oppressed. Brexit was an exercise in Kabuki theater. The UK's worst problems were always home-grown. Ask Bulgaria.
British people, 2016: Get us out of the EU. Media: Bigots! Parliament: No!
British people, 2017: Get us out of the EU. Mrs May: Ok but not really. Supreme Court: Fuck you.
British people, May 2019: We told you, get us out of the EU. Media: EU is wonderful. Parliament: No, and we'll fuck the entire system to prevent it. Civil Service: Bahaha, we will never leave. Supreme Court: Thou Shalt Not Leave.
British People, December 2019: Fuck it. Enough. Unleash the Boris. Boris: We will leave the EU. Media: Gulp. Parliament: Oh shit. Supreme Court: Time to retire.
We didn't fucking sit back and let Parliament, the media, the Supreme Court, the Civil Service and dozens of quisling politicians stop us. We left the EU.
Meanwhile, in the US, you can't even hold a fair election. Do try and fix that before daring to suggest the UK is 'oppressed'.
You can be cocky when you don't get a police visit for insulting someone on Twitter.
I've never had a police visit, so we shall see. Fortunately for the police I do know the law and I'm very happy to explain it to them, in a calm and polite manner that if necessary will endanger their career.
Meanwhile the politicians in my country can post on Twitter without being shadow banned, having their tweets removed or having labels attached that claim they're lying.
Perhaps you'd like that freedom of speech too?
Twitter cares about the UK as much as anyone else. There's no chance of it breaking out of the system. The US as it stands scares them.
LMAO
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=uk+tweet+jail&ia=web
Lol Boris sold you you to the NWO for a farthing. You are technically out of the EU while being overrun with illegal immigrants, no go zones, and Boris holding the country hostage to corona
There's no "technically" about it. We are out of the EU. We are not in the EU.
As for other issues, they're going to take time to deal with too. Illegal migration is nowhere near as big an issue as legal migration, and we've literally had the ability to control that for.. hmm, under 6 hours.
No, things aren't perfect. They're not perfect anywhere though, and a claim that the UK chooses to be oppressed is frankly silly.
Thank you!
*a measure of
others have said it, though - it's a step in the right direction. Bully for them!
Congrats to the Brits!!!!!! Freedom is priceless, we will hold the line here is the USofA!!!!
If my Mini Cooper starts up and drives spiritedly away for an hour or so, I'll understand why!
What freedom , Boris government is infiltrated with GLobalists
Nigel Farage has entered the chat.
Globalists go bonkers.
The swamp doesn't drain itself in one go
There are some good politicians. Rees Mogg is out of favour, but brings scary intellect to the chamber, Badenoch is an Equality Minister that actually demands equality, even for white people or men, and Truss is very quietly and very efficiently signing literally dozens of trade deals across the world.
There absolutely are people pursuing a globalist agenda but the priority was to remove the EU. Now we can start on fixing the Civil Service, the third sector and indeed, Parliament itself.
Let us know if you need help with the verbiage for a gun rights bill next.
Now that is a long time coming most British folks are scared of owning a gun in case they go rob a bank or something.
I'd personally love to have a nice big gun collection. But the most you can here are just air guns without serious background checks.
Shotgun license is easy to acquire. All you need for home defence, if required.
Depends on the area as the local police decide and if you even hint you want to have it for defence you'll be blocked straight away.
Firearms license is difficult. You need to be a member of a shooting club, vouched for, time period and police checks etc.
Shotgun licenses are simple. Plus, I don't have a shotgun for defence, I enjoy shooting game and clays.
You're allowed to own guns if you own land pede
I'm allowed to own guns. Period. As many as I want.
I don't think that UK/England will ever be truly FREE from the EU. Damn shame....
I saw first hand how the EU was a shit story when I lived in Sweden in the late 90's, every Swede I knew then regretted voting to become part of the EU.
I think you're an hour early lol
We left at 11pm GMT
And NEVER go back! Jack.🐸🇺🇸
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Congratulations!
Better late than never. Sovereignty is highly underrated these days, especially in Europe.
Love yourself. Love your country. Fly your flag. Tell the rest to get fucked.
Bout time. Happy Brexit Year! Cheers.
Wow, that took a while... congrats on your freedom.
Wait until you read the small print on the "deal" first. I expect it to be thin gruel when it is finally served up cold in the new year.
FUCK BRUSSELS
Congratulations! Now take your rights back!
Hey Tommy Tommy Tommy Tommy Tommy Tommy Robinson
Nigel Pepe looking tight.
GREAT JOB BRITAIN!! FUCK THE GLOBALISTS!!
Sick pepe imma steal
From the USA, super congratulations to our British brothers and sisters. I was excited about Brexit from the moment I heard about it. This is just the first step for you guys. I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN, I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN
Next step: ship all those fake refugees back to the EU. Let France have them.
I wants muh Brexit, and I wants it hard.
Congratulations and may this be a step toward enlightenment, discernment, love of country, love of God, rejection of socialism, and personal courage for everyone in the beautiful UK!!!
I know people wanna call it a shoddy deal but I'm just chuffed to wave goodbye to the quacks running the EU!
Now let's forge our own path forward!
Good that they wanted to resist mass immigration. They got rid of Labour. Next they just need to get rid of the Conservative Party. Best option at present: Patriotic Alternative
Conservatives have proven to be irredeemable -- unlike maybe the USA Republican Party. which may try to Stop The Steal.
Stop The Steal infrastructure, wiki, chat.
Patriotic alternative are a LARP
Congratulations!
I think they left their CDs in the EU’s truck.
Hey, I think I left my favorite hoodie in your closet. You think it would be alright if I swing by to get it? So anyways, while I’m here ya wanna have a drink or something?
Hey, that was like hundreds of dollars in CDs and some of those were from Japan. Britain can’t just leave them in the EU’s truck.
When will the great people of the UK finally say enough is enough and stand against the tyranny going on there? Speak up! Rally together! Fight for Freedom!
We've had plenty of freedom protests. We had one in London 2 hours ago.
MSM make a special effort to cover them up.
The weekend protesters doth protest not too much!
Congratulations! Step by step!
They are not free. Not even close. They are going from one slave master to a pink haired transvestite minority loving Muslim master.
They have become substantially LESS free this year, as their government literally locked them in therm homes at gunpoint, yet celebrate their supposed attainment of "freedom". I don't think that word means what they think it does.
One day the True King shall return. I pray for King Arthur reborn to purge the island of the heatens and reestablish the round table.
Congratulations!
Congrats
Any final exit celebrations streaming anywhere?
For Queen and country
Happy new year and happy Brexit to all.
But under full commie lockdown with 1000 migrants showing up daily.
Wait, they finally did the Brexit thing? I thought they were just going to sideline that forever?
Congratulations GB! Reclaim what is yours.
Thank you. Have faith, our American cousins, that we truly are a nation of nationalists. Brexit lit a spark in both of us that cannot and will not be put out. We. Will. Win.
Question for those more familiar with what is going on with Britain and the EU, was it a No-Deal Brexit? Because my understanding is that that would have been the best possible outcome, so I'm kind of hoping that's what happened.
A free trade agreement is better than 'no deal', purely because it reduces the cost of trade between countries and trade increases the wealth of both parties (resulting in small things like qualify of life, health care and being able to fund a functioning military).
The UK has agreed a trade deal with the EU. It's not a perfect deal, with a lot of noise over minor things like professional recognition and pet passports (all of which would be a non-issue if the EU didn't impose barriers, but good luck getting the people making the noise to blame the EU for those), and wish fishing. The fishing situation is marginal improvements over the next five and a half years, following which the UK has full and complete control; while that five year delay is undesirable it was a relatively easy compromise that on which the EU placed insanely high value, so we got a lot in return, and the UK fishing industry will take 3-4 years to properly gear up anyway.
The real concern with it are around Financial Services and access to EU markets, but the EU's been afraid and jealous of London for decades and was always going to cause problems in this area. The current deal doesn't assure access, but is also at worse the same as WTO terms anyway, so it isn't a bad deal in that regard either.
What the deal does do is remove EU involvement in UK legislation, remove the ECJ as arbiter of the law, and free the UK to make its own policy. As an example, seconds after the transition period ended the UK removed VAT on sanitary products, something that EU law prevents. (Of course, the feminists that demanded this change are now upset that it's been politicised as a benefit of Brexit, while studiously ignoring that it was only possible because of Brexit).
So it's not a great deal, but it is a good deal, and it's better than no deal. Given most people that voted to leave the EU did want to keep a healthy friendly trade relationship across Europe this is a good outcome, and one that's actually unsettled many EU and EEA politicians because they genuinely didn't think the UK could do this.
What is VAT and why was removing it on sanitary products important? Also I'm not surprised the EU is unsettled by Brexit, because Britain just showed the rest of the EU countries that are getting fucked by the EU that decoupling can actually work.
VAT is 'Value Added Tax', a form of sales tax.
Taxing sanitary products was portrayed as sexist and also unfair on poor women, who 'needed' those products, even though the taxes raised didn't even come close to the funding received by various 'womens' organisations from Government, and even though re-usable alternatives exist that provide a significantly lower TCO (total cost of ownership).
However, as the UK does have a general approach of not taxing things like food, medication and books it wasn't unreasonable to add sanitary products to that list of exemptions. This was however not permitted under EU rules, which mandated a minimum 5% VAT rate. (Bear in mind that the EU received a cut of VAT revenues).
So the Government were legally unable to remove VAT until the UK left the EU, even though many people wanted it and the rest of us just weren't terribly bothered one way or another.
Cool, thanks for explaining this. I imagine there's probably going to be a LOT of regulations getting cut in the UK over the coming months. I can't help but imagine the EU loaded down Britain with entire truckloads of pointless regulation in order to unfairly tax and drain the wealth from the country so it could be spread around the rest of the EU.
It was an FTA
Now it's time to get rid of your culture infestation in minecraft.