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Looks like Triumph will be moving production of all models (except for factory custom bikes) to Thailand. LINK: Triumph invest in UK R&D as volume production moves to Thailand
Being an outsider living in the US, that's pretty much how I understand it too, at least hearing from interviews with Nigel Farage and a couple of other British politicians. The British have always been very independent, and independent thinkers, I never understood how they were willing to give up so much control of their own destination. I'm not into this one economy, global government, open borders, one currency ****.I will try and explain what I know, which may or not be accurate. The entire EU will be controlled by a governing body residing in Belgium. There are representatives from each country in this group. They will control all the countries much like our government controls the states. The pass the laws, run the military, control fishing rights, everything.
There is also a cost to being a member and a bigger cost to get out of the union. At the moment there is an astronomical cost for the UK to pull out. That is one of the many things being negotiated. Fishing rights are a big issue as well as they want to exclude UK fishermen from the EU waters. There are many many other things involved but that gives you a general idea.
If they stayed they would not be able to manage their own country, control or deploy their military, not even sure that they would have a government maybe just a puppet one with no authority. Not sure what would happen to the Royals. Most of my friends there are pro-Brexit as they are in my age group. The only ones I know that are for it are younger and much like Bernie's followers leaning toward Socialism.
Now that's what I thought this whole mess was about, the drive to socialism. Why and how this whole mentality got started is unclear to me. We've been blaming our liberal school system in the states but what the excuse in England. I guess I really didn't realize how wide spread this trend to almost get to communism is. Looks like Russia is winning the beyond my wildest imagination. And not firing a shot. Yeah, I'm not for this one world one economy thing either. Been an independent type too long. This younger generation has no idea of what they are about to accomplish. This fantasy world they seek does look good on the surface. And maybe once all countries surrender to this train of thought it might work. I don't really think it will but once there is no reason to try to be better than the next person it might. I just grew up to try to do my best, not just live. No winners type mentality just isn't my thing. There is a winner but there will be far fewer and they'll be much richer and much more in control. I just don't get how that's better.Most of my friends there are pro-Brexit as they are in my age group. The only ones I know that are for it are younger and much like Bernie's followers leaning toward Socialism.
Where the hell do you get your info from pal the best thing we ever did was to leave the EU blood suckers, have you any idea how much we had to pay them for the privalage of being part of a club that was bleeding us dry..I am not surprised. Brexit is a disaster IMO. There is a record number of English companies verging on financial difficulty, close to 500,000. Many others have moved away from England, or are planning to do so.
The folks in charge are feeding a bunch of lies to the folks at home. Possibly my Made in England Triumph, may go up in value. The plastic fairing is made in Italy, and the gearbox is a copy of a Japanese bike. Either Suzuki or Kawasaki, forgot which.
Stuff from Taiwan can be okay. From China, not so good.
The Triumph factory in England is top notch.
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Perhaps not so much as in days past. They seem to be a whole lot more "woke" now. But definitely not as bad as most of the Borg that live in Europe. Hence their vote to leave the union, as much like the US role in NATO - they were paying more than their share of costs.Being an outsider living in the US, that's pretty much how I understand it too, at least hearing from interviews with Nigel Farage and a couple of other British politicians. The British have always been very independent, and independent thinkers, I never understood how they were willing to give up so much control of their own destination. I'm not into this one economy, global government, open borders, one currency ****.
Many of the folks on the discussion group I referred to above, reside in England. Some are workers, some own companies. Some also own property in France or Spain. The chat can be strong from both sides. I listened to Farage. It was disgusting IMO.Where the hell do you get your info from pal the best thing we ever did was to leave the EU blood suckers, have you any idea how much we had to pay them for the privalage of being part of a club that was bleeding us dry..