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The whole thing will fail once they realise how impossible this is to implement.

djaychela 3y ago
I wish that were true, but I doubt it. They'll carry on, as they have in other self-immolating ways.
mdekkers 3y ago
> The whole thing will fail once they realise how impossible this is to implement. Uhhm…. Brexit? These clowns (and not just this specific bunch, the entire UK political class) did Brexit, do you really think a small thing like the feasibility of this law will stop them?
- radiator 3y ago
  What do you mean "these clowns did Brexit"? All they did was to organize a referendum. Why does this make them clowns in your eyes?
  - yungporko 3y ago
    yeah all they did is organise a referendum and then work tirelessly to ram lies and propaganda down the entire country's throat to make damn sure it passes.
  - adammarples 3y ago
    Just in case you're not british, no that's not what they did. They organised a referendum, voted in parliament to follow through on the vote, then spent 5 years negotiating pretty much the most damaging version of an exit that they could, burnt bridges with the EU, signed an agreement on the border with Ireland which they then decided to renege on, trashed our trade with the EU through failure to compromise on anything, failed to prepare our ports leading to massive queues and delays and the loss of small to medium business transactions with the EU. Implemented damaging and unnecessary additional british regulations which diverge from EU regulations and standards, necessitating extra cost to uk businesses which must support both standards. Screwed over the horizon science funding, screwed over studying abroad, and many other things too. There was a version of brexit that was minimally damaging, but on every case they pursued a maximally antagonistic solution in order to pander to the ERG and be seen to be tough to their senile voter base.
gherkinnn 3y ago
I bet somebody said that very sentence just after the country voted for Brexit. But no. The government handed out shovels and started digging their collective grave at an ever increasing pace.
- anothernewdude 3y ago
  Yes. And it did fail.
john_the_writer 3y ago
I see GDPR as the same thing. People in Germany getting fined heaps for including google fonts in the websites.
- cccbbbaaa 3y ago
  Do they really get fined for this by a DPA or a court in Germany? Is it not one of these shady lawyers sending an invoice for “providing legal advice”? I (and people I “know”) reported countless uses of Google Analytics to our DPA, back when Schrems II was still effective, and all they did was send a bunch of letters. Anyway, GDPR is getting enforced, even if DPAs are slow. Not sure what your point is here.

I wish that were true, but I doubt it. They'll carry on, as they have in other self-immolating ways.

> The whole thing will fail once they realise how impossible this is to implement. Uhhm…. Brexit? These clowns (and not just this specific bunch, the entire UK political class) did Brexit, do you really think a small thing like the feasibility of this law will stop them?

radiator 3y ago
What do you mean "these clowns did Brexit"? All they did was to organize a referendum. Why does this make them clowns in your eyes?
- yungporko 3y ago
  yeah all they did is organise a referendum and then work tirelessly to ram lies and propaganda down the entire country's throat to make damn sure it passes.
- adammarples 3y ago
  Just in case you're not british, no that's not what they did. They organised a referendum, voted in parliament to follow through on the vote, then spent 5 years negotiating pretty much the most damaging version of an exit that they could, burnt bridges with the EU, signed an agreement on the border with Ireland which they then decided to renege on, trashed our trade with the EU through failure to compromise on anything, failed to prepare our ports leading to massive queues and delays and the loss of small to medium business transactions with the EU. Implemented damaging and unnecessary additional british regulations which diverge from EU regulations and standards, necessitating extra cost to uk businesses which must support both standards. Screwed over the horizon science funding, screwed over studying abroad, and many other things too. There was a version of brexit that was minimally damaging, but on every case they pursued a maximally antagonistic solution in order to pander to the ERG and be seen to be tough to their senile voter base.

gherkinnn 3y ago

I bet somebody said that very sentence just after the country voted for Brexit. But no. The government handed out shovels and started digging their collective grave at an ever increasing pace.

anothernewdude 3y ago
Yes. And it did fail.

john_the_writer 3y ago

I see GDPR as the same thing. People in Germany getting fined heaps for including google fonts in the websites.

cccbbbaaa 3y ago
Do they really get fined for this by a DPA or a court in Germany? Is it not one of these shady lawyers sending an invoice for “providing legal advice”? I (and people I “know”) reported countless uses of Google Analytics to our DPA, back when Schrems II was still effective, and all they did was send a bunch of letters. Anyway, GDPR is getting enforced, even if DPAs are slow. Not sure what your point is here.