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We don't negotiate and then leave. That's the weak position. We leave and then negotiate from the position of strength. IF you (The EU) want a trade deal then we talk. Otherwise it's WTO rules.
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That's more like it. :) |
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I think government strategy is a little further ahead then has been publicly disclosed.
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Quelle suprise. :rolleyes: |
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More BBC hating politicians cannot be such a surprise given Rupert is still pulling the strings.
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As a number of us predicted, it looks like the PM is ignoring the Rabid Right and will be seeking to unify for the country:
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I don't think it's possible to do given that the aims on both sides are entirely opposite. |
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We did that in 75 and ever since - I think we've given enough ground.
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Only those stubborn Eurocrats and certain EU politicians may prevent this from happening. Then just watch the unrest that follows as it dawns on everyone the impact on EU exporters the UK's exclusion will have. Then watch this space. |
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I heard this interview and the shocking bias it revealed. Truely aweful. The BBC should apologise to Mr Dowling and the good people of Hull. |
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Perhaps you should understand the message rather then desperately trying to shoot the messenger with your prejudice and small minded posts. |
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You'll find the interview here at 34m 45 seconds in.
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Well given the bbc has been getting money from the EU not surprising it has a bias to be honest the bbc is nothing but an agenda machine truth only counts when it suits them.
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In fairness though the "good people of Hull" have been the recipients of massive amounts of EU funds and Siemens have been flip flopping since the referendum.As far as BBC bias goes who cares. |
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I never said anything about the sun or any of that lot not having an agenda or a bias because they do but what they don't have is four billion of citizens money whereas the bbc does and that's why a bias within the bbc is a problem. Now hey if the licence fee is abolished and no money from the people of the UK automatically gets given to the bbc then they can be as low as the others that I don't pay to support.
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Well the BBC is biased either way depending on who you ask.
E.g.https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/polit...reporting/amp/ Everyone is biased one way or another, however in an organisation as big as the BBC it usually balances out. The BBC is maybe the only true independent media we have left. Politicians from all sides have tried to bully it. We'll be sorry when it's gone. Do you trust Murdoch's Sky more? |
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I don't trust any of the media including the bbc none of them are content anymore to simply report events they try to shape events and misrepresent events with growing regularity. I cannot stand murdoch and despise him even more then i despise the bbc and when the day comes when the bbc has to survive without our money i most certainly won't miss it.
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Pro-Brexit group struggles with basic economics.
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Bearing that in mind, it's actually logical to prepare for the worst case scenario and hope that it doesn't happen rather than prepare for some bonanza which may or not happen, and hope that it does. This is, as I understand it, what the experts are actually doing. If you prepare for the worst case and it doesn't happen, you've lost nothing, and may actually cope better than if you prepared for the best case and it didn't happen. On the other hand, if you prepare for the worst case, and the best case happens, you have profited. ---------- Post added at 16:25 ---------- Previous post was at 16:17 ---------- Quote:
That said, I still do question the important stuff they publish, like the articles about Brexit. |
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I tend to find Reuters reasonably balanced, but there's always spin with them all. Today on Sky News they're saying civil war is about to break out over Brexit because the country is supposedly totally disunited.... Strange, I've never found an occasion before where the country (NOT London) is so universally united. |
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Scotland because : English people
London because it's full of non english people. |
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couldn't be further from the truth, as Mrs May recently pointed out. Unless ~50% is the new definition of "united" :) ---------- Post added at 20:53 ---------- Previous post was at 20:47 ---------- Quote:
No wait, you just made it up .. as usual, no evidence to back up the (endless) complaining. |
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Oh yes I'm sure. Thankfully we had the vote when we did, another 5 or so years of the British londoners would have killed it dead.
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How is it not true, the country being united, that is? On your own graph, whole regions of the country voted by a huge majority to vote leave, almost 60% and most of the others by over 50%. Only Scotland, NI and London voted differently. You never get a general election result so overwhelmingly clear like that. I call that very united! |
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That being said, I agree the country is united about the Government getting on and doing Brexit now that we have committed to it. |
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Don't forget Scotland, Northern Ireland and many English cities like Liverpool and Manchester all voted to remain. |
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I can imagine Irish nationals would vote Remain. Many Commonwealth nationals voted leave as they felt that if immigration was reduced from the EU, it would increase from Commonwealth countries. Crucially, no other EU nationals apart from Ireland could vote...and these significantly comprise its foreign population. |
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I didn't say the majority from the Commonwealth voted to stay in and I'm not sure this figure is known. I said "I can imagine Irish nationals would vote Remain. Many Commonwealth nationals voted leave as they felt that if immigration was reduced from the EU, it would increase from Commonwealth countries." |
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.... as you correctly say the number of commonwealth citizens voting or how they voted is not know. But we can extrapolate a rough guess based on the demographics of each London borough. And guess who is the majority population in the 5 London boroughs that voted to leave...? British of course. The rest of London is majority foreign and it is not out of this world to suggest that they voted a different way. I suggest they did. The correlation is clear.
The 3 million figure I quoted is for foreign residents in London. I didn't say they all voted, that's just how many are registered to vote. |
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---------- Post added at 00:56 ---------- Previous post was at 00:43 ---------- Speak truth to power’, departing envoy tells UK Brussels staff “Serious multilateral negotiating experience is in short supply in Whitehall, and that is not the case in the [European] Commission or in the Council,” he writes. “The government will only achieve the best for the country if it harnesses the best experience we have . . . and negotiates resolutely. Senior ministers . . . also need from you detailed, unvarnished — even where this is uncomfortable — and nuanced understanding of the views, interests and incentives of the other 27. “I hope you will continue to challenge ill-founded arguments and muddled thinking and that you will never be afraid to speak the truth to those in power.” Google headline or subscribers' direct link https://www.ft.com/content/88c29514-...1-7393bb2e1b51 Also at: http://news.sky.com/story/britains-o...rexit-10717357 |
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But places like Richmond are filled with bankers and media types etc who voted to stay in because of all the cheap foreign labour. The term "Polish Plumber" is very popular in London. So these boroughs, are not representative of how the majority of the population voted. I'll check the demographics tomorrow, because as said, I don't think they are majority British in any case. But if they are, that would be the reason. They are the rich areas that benefit from foreign labour. There are 32 London boroughs and the demographics in them are pretty clear. Just not sure about Richmond and a few others. You pick Richmond, I pick Tower Hamlets.;) |
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His position was compromised - he could not provide the leadership required to deliver the will of the British people with credibility. He was right to go. But yes, he was an asshole. |
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Article 50 will be commenced before the end of March this year, as planned, and negotiations will then proceed immediately. |
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Trouble is anybody we send to Brussels goes native in a few days and forgets why they're there: To represent the UK in the EU not the other way round. |
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Professor who predicted Brexit and Trump claims European Union will CEASE TO EXIST in 2017
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Sir Tim Barrow new UK envoy to EU
Sir Tim Barrow will replace Sir Ivan Rogers as the UK's ambassador to the European Union, Sky sources say. http://news.sky.com/story/sir-tim-ba...urces-10718079 May to pick career diplomat as UK’s new man in Brussels Four well-placed sources have told the Financial Times that Sir Tim has been recommended for the post by Sir Jeremy Heywood, cabinet secretary, as Mrs May tries to draw a line swiftly under the row over Sir Ivan’s shock departure. The choice of Sir Tim will be a disappointment to Eurosceptic Tory MPs who have been critical of pro-EU “group think” at the Foreign Office; they wanted to see a candidate with an open mind about the advantages of Brexit. But Sir Jeremy insisted that the post should not be politicised and said it was a key civil service appointment. Google headline for full article or subscribers can access via link below. https://www.ft.com/content/90aa8f1e-...b-680c49b4b4c0 |
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Fantastic, they've found a 'yes' man. That's all right then. All sorted.... The Ministers can keep living in cloud Cuckoo land.
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I think the best thing Theresa May can do is guarantee his pension if he successfully pulls us out of this quagmire. |
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I'm curious, where do you read this misinformation? |
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Project Fear Brexit predictions were 'flawed and partisan', new study says
Predictions by the Treasury ahead of Brexit have been brought into question by a new study which says that leaving the European Union will halve net migration, give UK workers a pay rise and help to solve the housing crisis. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...ew-study-says/ |
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Meanwhile, LBC's James O'Brien struggles to get a Brexit supporter to answer a simple question. ;) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7510961.html |
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James O'Brien rarely shuts up long enough for anyone to get a word in. :D
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More pressure on the PM.
Tory donor threatens to stop funding over Brexit plans A major Tory donor has threatened to stop funding the party if Theresa May plans to remove the UK from the "critical" single market after Brexit. Sir Andrew Cook, who has given more than £1.2m to the party, told BBC Radio 4 that ending single market access was "chronic and dangerous" to the economy. The engineering firm chairman said at least one of his factories was almost "entirely dependent" on access to it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38540813 |
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I doubt that represents an awful lot of pressure. It sounds like a lot of money but the Tories are still very good at attracting big donations. They do not have a cash crisis, unlike some other parties.
Our membership of, or level of access to, the single market, will hinge on far greater concerns than this. |
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It's not as many donors are going to donate to others either.
Most of the time viability == cash. If you're not viable the only donors are ideologues who donate out of genuine belief in the cause rather than personal interest and there aren't many of the them. At the moment there is little prospect of anyone other than the Conservatives forming the next government. |
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Former UK ambassador to the EU Sir Ivan Rogers quits civil service
Sir Ivan Rogers has resigned from the civil service, days after quitting as the UK's ambassador to the EU. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office confirmed he would not continue with any role within the civil service. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38542076 |
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Another remoaner flounces out in hissy fit over brexit AHH well door hitting ass on way out and all that . |
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When we leave we will be leaving completely there will be no deal on continuing access to the single market the EU won't allow it and we need to stop kidding ourselves it's an option. Negotiations are going to start off very tough but will soften somewhat later in the process as the EU has to deal with larger problems and people trying to pretend that the UK has nothing or very little to use to get a deal need to look objectively at the EU and the growing number of issues that are threatening the EU.
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The two-year timescale reduced by elections is insufficient to allow both disentanglement negotiations and a trade deal to be struck. That's why some sort of transitional arrangement is likely to be agreed. |
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Sir Ivan could be replaced by Sir Andy, who would be a tough negotiator being a tightarse Scot, or Sir Mo, who will run rings around them with his skinny legs :D. |
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Theresa Maybe, Britain’s indecisive premier
The Economist nails it. "The growing suspicion is that the Sphinx-like prime minister is guarded about her plans chiefly because she is still struggling to draw them up." This comparison is interesting too "Yet Mrs May could turn out to resemble another, less obvious predecessor: Gordon Brown. He, too, was thin-skinned. Like her, he moved into Downing Street without an election, in 2007. He also started with a fearsome reputation and big promises. And when it became clear he had little idea what to do with the job he had so coveted, he flopped. The financial crisis paralysed his government because of his desire to micromanage every decision. There is more than a little of this in Mrs May." http://www.economist.com/news/leader...arperhaps-even |
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Or maybe things are not as clear cut as some like to think and there is a reason why the government doesn't want to outline it's plan till it needs too. End of the day theresa may has been left to sort out a mess she didn't make and it's easy to throw all this criticism at her how about we use this whole thing to setup a system so cowardly politicians are accountable for what they say, i honestly am stunned at how vehemently people are going after may but cameron has walked off scot free no one's hounding him for the complete utter mess he made. Given some of the rhetoric and posturing that's coming out of the EU i wouldn't be declaring my plan either and it's a little funny the loudest voices calling for our plans to be laid out are pro EU. March isn't far away so not long to wait to find out one way or the other.
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Yes, you can guarantee that May will be criticised by a large proportion of those who wanted to remain no matter what she does at this stage. They're trying to undermine the process in order that we wind up with as little real change from the status quo as possible which is exactly what they want. It amazes me that people seem to think this is a simple process when it's so far from it. This is uncharted territory and despite the impression which a few Eurocrats like to give, the EU member states aren't exactly united in what they want either but let's not dwell on that fact. Right now the Brussels elite have on their hands a massively complex task too and if anyone thinks they have a clear plan I think they're confusion planning with intransigence, denial and arrogance.
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May’s Brexit rebel secretly met Cameron Ivan Rogers dined with ex-premier before attack http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ne...eron-r3tx8kbqt |
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Theresa May: Government not muddled over Brexit
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Let me correct that for you : http://news.sky.com/story/theresa-ma...rexit-10722028 |
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