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1andrew1 30-12-2016 19:46

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Originally Posted by Ramrod (Post 35878425)
Well Jean-Claude Piris can feck right off (imHo) :D

Are you not shooting the messenger? He's been asked a question and is giving his response. Bearing in mind the fact that trade deals between any countries take years to complete, to expect Brexit and a trade deal to be completed in two years is a tall order, especially for the UK which needs to build a trade negotiating team.

heero_yuy 30-12-2016 19:49

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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.

Ramrod 30-12-2016 20:14

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35878430)
Are you not shooting the messenger?

In this instance, not a bad thing. :D

heero_yuy 31-12-2016 12:46

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BRITAIN will leave the EU’s Single Market after Brexit, a Tory Minister has finally confirmed after months of speculation.

Despite Theresa May’s desire to keep her negotiating strategy a secret, Robin Walker said that membership will “automatically cease to apply” as part of the country’s EU divorce.

<snip>

Asked about the merits of remaining part of the European Economic Area, Mr Walker said: “As the UK is party to the EEA agreement only in its capacity as an EU member state, once we leave the European Union the EEA agreement will automatically cease to apply to the UK.”
Linky

That's more like it. :)

RizzyKing 31-12-2016 19:48

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I think government strategy is a little further ahead then has been publicly disclosed.

pip08456 31-12-2016 20:07

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35878562)
Linky

That's more like it. :)

I said that quite a few pages ago.

heero_yuy 01-01-2017 11:33

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THE BBC has been accused of taking “secret” bungs from the EU – including £300,000 since the referendum.

Pen-pushers in Brussels have handed millions to the taxpayer-funded broadcaster over the last three years for “research projects”.

Critics say the funding – which the Beeb has not publicly declared – is a conflict of interest which might influence the way it covers Brexit.

Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said: “It beggars belief that the BBC hasn’t declared this funding, instead saying people should ask the EU. It’s far from transparent.

“They already get about £4billion of taxpayers’ money each year. It seems astonishingly greedy for them to be sniffing around for this extra cash.
Linky

Quelle suprise. :rolleyes:

denphone 01-01-2017 11:42

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More BBC hating politicians cannot be such a surprise given Rupert is still pulling the strings.

heero_yuy 01-01-2017 11:43

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35878680)
More BBC hating politicians cannot be such a surprise given Rupert is still pulling the strings.

Shoot the messenger den.;)

Pierre 01-01-2017 11:52

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35878426)
TBQH I would stop all this sodding about and just leave. This would give the clarity that industry needs and a 2 year period to prepare for it.

That's what I've been saying since day one.

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Originally Posted by RizzyKing (Post 35878617)
I think government strategy is a little further ahead then has been publicly disclosed.

Of course it is.

ianch99 01-01-2017 12:53

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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:

Theresa May new year message: EU referendum 'laid bare divisions'

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In her new year message, Mrs May said: "I know that the referendum last June was divisive at times.

"I know, of course, that not everyone shared the same point of view, or voted in the same way.

"But I know too that, as we face the opportunities ahead of us, our shared interests and ambitions can bring us together...

"So when I sit around the negotiating table in Europe this year, it will be with that in mind - the knowledge that I am there to get the right deal - not just for those who voted to leave - but for every single person in this country.

Mr K 01-01-2017 13:28

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 35878692)
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:

Theresa May new year message: EU referendum 'laid bare divisions'

Well, she is a remoaner at heart.....
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...share_btn_link

techguyone 01-01-2017 13:44

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 35878692)
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:

Theresa May new year message: EU referendum 'laid bare divisions'

That'll be a neat trick, reminds me of that old adage 'try to please everybody, end up pleasing nobody'

I don't think it's possible to do given that the aims on both sides are entirely opposite.

ianch99 01-01-2017 17:26

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Originally Posted by techguyone (Post 35878700)
That'll be a neat trick, reminds me of that old adage 'try to please everybody, end up pleasing nobody'

I don't think it's possible to do given that the aims on both sides are entirely opposite.

Isn't it also known as compromise? Both sides will need to give ground ..

techguyone 01-01-2017 17:55

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We did that in 75 and ever since - I think we've given enough ground.

OLD BOY 01-01-2017 20:04

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Originally Posted by techguyone (Post 35878700)
That'll be a neat trick, reminds me of that old adage 'try to please everybody, end up pleasing nobody'

I don't think it's possible to do given that the aims on both sides are entirely opposite.

It is quite possible. We leave the EU and negotiate a free trade agreement instead. Best of both worlds.

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.

martyh 01-01-2017 20:11

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Originally Posted by techguyone (Post 35878728)
We did that in 75 and ever since - I think we've given enough ground.

What's 1975 got to do with anything apart from the fact the leavers lost because the democratic decision was to remain in the EC by a much larger % than voted to leave this time round ,so there wasn't much if any ground given

heero_yuy 02-01-2017 11:33

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THE people of Hull had the very good sense to vote Brexit by a whopping 70 per cent to 30 per cent. No surprise there. It’s the kind of city that Trump identified. Too many LBs (the Left Behinds) with massive youth unemployment, rundown housing and poor opportunities. Remain had done bugger all for Hull.

People in Hull had the good sense to vote Brexit – and that should be cause for celebration rather than for leftie Beeb staffers to tear them down

But 2017 looks a lot different. It’s the City of Culture this year, which will pump £1.5billion into the area, plus the German manufacturing giant Siemens last year built a windfarm plant to serve the North Sea and employed 1,000 people.

So you would have thought that when the Siemens project director, Finbarr Dowling, came on the Radio 4’s Today programme on Saturday it would be all upbeat and cheery. Not a word of it. Instead, the poorly prepped presenter, Mishal Husain, spent the majority of the interview trying desperately to catch out Mr Dowling with various questions about the city voting one way and Siemens going the other.

She was desperate to trick Siemens programme director Finbarr Dowling into saying something controversial, though he was having none of it – and it was embarrassing. Having seen the transcript, I reckon well over 70 per cent of the interview was given over to attempting to trap Mr Dowling into saying something controversial about the diversity.

He was a good sight cleverer than Ms Husain (not that difficult) as she tried to make the point that the Hull workforce might have a different view on the EU from the management. Mr Dowling knocked it straight back by saying: “That’s the great thing about democracy.”

Then she asked the ill- researched question on how exports might be affected, only to be told that the 28-tonne turbines were for the UK only.
Dowling is managing a Siemens project which will build wind turbines for the UK – and which could actually create British jobs, contrary to Ms Husain’s line of questioning. Finally she fell flat on her face when she suggested Siemens might not invest further in the UK and Mr Dowling was able to reply that, were they to win orders for train rolling stock, they would build new factories in the UK.

One question on Brexit I can understand, but turning over the whole interview was so wrong and indicates the private voting choice of Ms Husain, her editors or the BBC itself.
Linky

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.

Mr K 02-01-2017 13:19

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35878801)
Linky

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.

Mmmm an editorial from the Sun, from the same editor responsible for the Hillsborough headlines. Maybe the interviewer did have a bias, but maybe the Sun editor and the interviewee do too..

heero_yuy 02-01-2017 14:38

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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35878813)
Mmmm an editorial from the Sun, from the same editor responsible for the Hillsborough headlines. Maybe the interviewer did have a bias, but maybe the Sun editor and the interviewee do too..

Did you ACTUALLY listen to the interview? I did and Kelvin McKenzie is completely correct in his column.

Perhaps you should understand the message rather then desperately trying to shoot the messenger with your prejudice and small minded posts.

1andrew1 02-01-2017 14:54

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35878801)
Linky

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.

Ironic that the City of Culture which Hull won is a UK copy of the European City of Culture following the success that the award brought to Liverpool.

heero_yuy 02-01-2017 15:11

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You'll find the interview here at 34m 45 seconds in.

RizzyKing 02-01-2017 18:17

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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.

Mr K 02-01-2017 18:49

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Originally Posted by RizzyKing (Post 35878847)
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.

Yes the Beeb is full of communist euro luvvie veggie traitors. Where as the Sun/Express/Mail/Breibart are the voices of truth for the right minded. :rolleyes:

denphone 02-01-2017 18:53

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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35878856)
Yes the Beeb is full of communist euro luvvie veggie traitors. Where as the Sun/Express/Mail/Breibart are the voices of truth for the right minded. :rolleyes:

To be honest whether its a leftie luvvie or a right wing xenophobic they are both as bad as each other Mr K.

martyh 02-01-2017 20:32

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35878801)
Linky

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.


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.

RizzyKing 02-01-2017 20:38

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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.

martyh 02-01-2017 20:57

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Originally Posted by RizzyKing (Post 35878878)
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.

The Sun and the rest can be as biased as they like because they are private enterprises and you are perfectly correct in that the public money the BBC relies on forces them to be as unbiased as possible and there have been complaints about BBC bias towards remain in the EU debate ,usually from rabid brexiters like the Sun it has to be said .The BBC are in a no win situation, if they question companies like Siemens about their plans post Brexit they are accused of bias if they don't question them they are accused of bias the other way .I personally have found the BBC's reporting on the EU referendum quite fair.

Mr K 02-01-2017 20:59

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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?

TheDaddy 02-01-2017 21:55

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35878821)
Did you ACTUALLY listen to the interview? I did and Kelvin McKenzie is completely correct in his column.

Perhaps you should understand the message rather then desperately trying to shoot the messenger with your prejudice and small minded posts.

In the case of kelvin mckenzie I'd say shooting the messenger is entirely appropriate, everytime no matter what

Ramrod 02-01-2017 23:12

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Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35878879)
.I personally have found the BBC's reporting on the EU referendum quite fair.

rofl. :D

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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35878880)
The BBC is maybe the only true independent media we have left.

Big maybe! :erm:


http://news-watch.co.uk/bbc-brexit-c...eaving-the-eu/

RizzyKing 03-01-2017 14:51

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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.

Mr K 03-01-2017 15:10

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38498839

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The UK's top diplomat in Brussels, Sir Ivan Rogers, has resigned.
Probably guilty of telling minsters the facts; facts that they don't like.

heero_yuy 03-01-2017 15:14

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like:

Quote:

Brexit boost: Hard Brexit will lead to a 400,000 jobs bonanza

Lord Digby Jones believes that new trade deals will provide a job bonanza in Britain

Analysis of eight potential trade deals that could be agreed once the UK quits the European Union uncovered massive potential for employment growth across the country.

More than 100,000 of the new vacancies could be opened up in manufacturing industries including car making, shipbuilding and aircraft production by a hard Brexit.

The research, published by the Brexit-supporting pressure group Change Britain, is expected to strengthen calls for the Government to ensure a full break with Brussels rather than a watered-down so-called “soft Brexit”.

Change Britain founding supporter Lord Digby Jones, a former minister and business leader, said: “The UK has a rich history as a great trading nation. It is therefore no surprise that a number of major economies have already expressed an interest in striking free trade agreements with us.

“The only way we can make the most of these huge opportunities is to leave the EU’s customs union and take back control of our trade policy.

“We can then take our place as one of the global champions of free trade.”
Source

1andrew1 03-01-2017 16:50

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Pro-Brexit group struggles with basic economics.

A report which claimed that a ‘Hard Brexit’ would create 400,000 jobs was based on ‘entirely fictional statistics’

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Economist Jonathan Portes has described as "entirely fictional" claims that leaving the customs union as part of a "hard Brexit" could create nearly 400,000 jobs.

The claims were made by pro-Brexit think tank Change Britain, which is backed by prominent Leave campaigner Michael Gove.

"The point of trade deals is to increase exports to the countries we make deals with and imports from the countries we make deals with, because we reduce barriers to trade," he said.

"Change Britain are counting the number of jobs they claim would be created by extra exports, but just ignoring jobs that would be lost by extra imports. That obviously makes no sense."

"In practice most economists would expect jobs created from free trade deals — they are a good thing — to be balanced out by the jobs they destroy. This is basic economics," he added.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/jonath...17-1?r=US&IR=T

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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35878934)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38498839

Probably guilty of telling minsters the facts; facts that they don't like.

Surely they'll give the role to Nigel Farage? He was only passing around the Ferrero Rochers the other day!
http://www.itv.com/news/2016-11-23/n...bassador-joke/

Stuart 03-01-2017 17:25

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Originally Posted by RizzyKing (Post 35878247)
Gotta love predictions for 2030 when most experts struggle to be right a couple of years from now yet come brexit we have all these predictions of gloom how do all those countries outside the EU manage to survive. Honestly no one has the first damn clue about whats actually going to happen it's all guesswork most of it driven by whatever side they are on it's boring and predictable. Until we are out and have a trading position in place no one can predict doom and gloom or rainbows and unicorns far too many volatile factors that haven't been set yet and that ignores the problems the EU is going to have in the coming years which may end up making brexit look like a genius move on our part. The way so many remain supporters completely ignore the gaping problems the EU is facing and insist it's the only way to a prosperous future is truly incomprehensible.

Countries outside the EU are irrelevant as the problem isn't actually surviving outside the EU, but having to renegotiate potentially tens of thousands of agreements. No other country is in that position. We are the first to leave the EU.

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.

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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35878880)
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?

That's why I think the BBC is actually the closest we have to a balanced media outlet. I am sure it has it's own biases, but the fact that every political party (and both Leave and Remain campaigns) have complained it is biased against them means, I think it's probably relatively impartial.

That said, I still do question the important stuff they publish, like the articles about Brexit.

Horizon 03-01-2017 18:11

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Originally Posted by RizzyKing (Post 35878931)
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.

They've always been biased. The difference is now is that with the net you can access many different news sites, so at least you can balance one with another.

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.

ianch99 03-01-2017 21:16

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Originally Posted by Horizon (Post 35878955)
They've always been biased. The difference is now is that with the net you can access many different news sites, so at least you can balance one with another.

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.

Not even close to being true:

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2017/01/16.png

techguyone 03-01-2017 21:38

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Scotland because : English people

London because it's full of non english people.

ianch99 03-01-2017 21:53

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Originally Posted by techguyone (Post 35878971)
Scotland because : English people

London because it's full of non english people.

.. but the point is being missed, Horizon said "... where the country (NOT London) is so universally united"

couldn't be further from the truth, as Mrs May recently pointed out.

Unless ~50% is the new definition of "united" :)

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 35878200)
Ok, don't be a coward. Who are these people on this forum who "employ the most appalling abuse, intimidation and worse in pursuit of their goals whilst at the same time playing victim whenever it suits"?

Come on name names and show us evidence of your claims?

If you can't, take the chip off your shoulder and debate the points raised like an adult ..

Still waiting ..... :sleep:

No wait, you just made it up .. as usual, no evidence to back up the (endless) complaining.

Ramrod 03-01-2017 22:13

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35878934)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38498839



Probably guilty of telling minsters the facts; facts that they don't like.

That or being guilty of being a remainer.

Damien 03-01-2017 23:15

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Originally Posted by techguyone (Post 35878971)
London because it's full of non english people.

They would have been British (or from the commonwealth or Ireland) in order to vote.

techguyone 03-01-2017 23:24

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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.

pip08456 03-01-2017 23:46

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35878934)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38498839



Probably guilty of telling minsters the facts; facts that they don't like.

Probably guilty of being appointed by the lily-livered ass-hole who ran away when the referendum vote went against him.

1andrew1 03-01-2017 23:58

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Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 35879000)
Probably guilty of being appointed by the lily-livered ass-hole who ran away when the referendum vote went against him.

Would you have preferred for Cameron to have remained PM?

Horizon 04-01-2017 00:08

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 35878970)
Not even close to being true:

Quote:

Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 35878975)
.. but the point is being missed, Horizon said "... where the country (NOT London) is so universally united"

couldn't be further from the truth, as Mrs May recently pointed out.

Unless ~50% is the new definition of "united" :)[COLOR="Silver"].

It's interesting how some can interpret things so differently from others.

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!

1andrew1 04-01-2017 00:18

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Originally Posted by Horizon (Post 35879003)
It's interesting how some can interpret things so differently from others.

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.

I call that very united!

52% v 48% is not united. A figure that includes the Remain stronghold of Gibraltar.

That being said, I agree the country is united about the Government getting on and doing Brexit now that we have committed to it.

pip08456 04-01-2017 00:19

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35879002)
Would you have preferred for Cameron to have remained PM?

Do you really think I'm that stupid?

Horizon 04-01-2017 00:23

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35879004)
52% v 48% is not united. A figure that includes the Remain stronghold of Gibraltar.

That being said, I agree the country is united about the Government getting on and doing Brexit now that we have committed to it.

The vote from the British people was clear and overwhelmingly. London has skewed the results due to its huge, foreign population.

1andrew1 04-01-2017 00:30

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Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 35879005)
Do you really think I'm that stupid?

I wouldn't have thought previously that you wished Cameron to remain PM. But your recent criticism of him for running away suggests you did not wish him to step down.

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Originally Posted by Horizon (Post 35879006)
The vote from the British people was clear and overwhelmingly. London has skewed the results due to its huge, foreign population.

As others have explained - most foreigners were unable to vote in the referendum. The Poles, French, Romanians, Italians...all unable to vote.
Don't forget Scotland, Northern Ireland and many English cities like Liverpool and Manchester all voted to remain.

Horizon 04-01-2017 00:34

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35879007)
I wouldn't have thought previously that you wished Cameron to remain PM. But your recent criticism of him for running away suggests you did not wish him to step down.

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As others have explained - most foreigners were unable to vote in the referendum. The Poles, French, Romanians, Italians...all unable to vote.
Don't forget Scotland, Northern Ireland and many English cities like Liverpool and Manchester all voted to remain.

Sorry, but you are wrong. Loads of foreigners voted.... have you ever been to London?

1andrew1 04-01-2017 00:47

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Originally Posted by Horizon (Post 35879009)
Sorry, but you are wrong. Loads of foreigners voted.... have you ever been to London?

Those who could vote were British, Irish and Commonwealth citizens who lived in the UK, along with Britons who have lived abroad for less than 15 years.
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.

Horizon 04-01-2017 00:57

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35879010)
Those who could vote were British, Irish and Commonwealth citizens who lived in the UK, along with Britons who have lived abroad for less than 15 years.
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.

As you correctly pointed out both Irish and Commonwealth citizens voted. Which is over 3 million in London alone... You say that the majority from the commonwealth voted to stay in, I beg to differ.

1andrew1 04-01-2017 01:08

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Horizon (Post 35879011)
As you correctly pointed out both Irish and Commonwealth citizens voted. Which is over 3 million in London alone... You say that the majority from the commonwealth voted to stay in, I beg to differ.

Only 3.8m voted in London so Commonwealth/Irish citizens would have formed a percentage of this figure but not 3m of it.

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."

Horizon 04-01-2017 01:15

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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.

1andrew1 04-01-2017 01:56

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Horizon (Post 35879017)
.... as you correctly say the number of commonwealth citizens voting or how they voted is not know. But we can correlate 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 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.

I get the theory but the facts don't prove it. Take a Remain borough like Richmond. Very few Commonwealth citizens but plenty of EU nationals who couldn't vote. The borough voted Remain.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Horizon (Post 35879017)
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.

There's a correlation between people who have strong interactions with immigrants and a vote to remain. Boroughs like Hammersmith & Fulham with low percentages of eligible foreign-born residents still voted to remain.

---------- 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

Horizon 04-01-2017 02:00

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35879020)
I get the theory but the facts don't prove it. Take a Remain borough like Richmond. Very few Commonwealth citizens but plenty of EU nationals who couldn't vote. The borough voted Remain.

You have some very wealthy London boroughs like Richmond where all the "elites" live. Google "Islington Sect", if you're not familiar with the term. A few liberals live there too...I would need to check the demographics in those boroughs, but I'm not so sure they are majority British. The Chinese and Arabs own central London now...

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.;)

pip08456 04-01-2017 02:00

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35879007)
I wouldn't have thought previously that you wished Cameron to remain PM. But your recent criticism of him for running away suggests you did not wish him to step down.

I just wish he did what he said he would do, invoke article 50! He didn't as he did not expect to have to. That makes him an ass-hole!

martyh 04-01-2017 08:00

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Horizon (Post 35879003)
It's interesting how some can interpret things so differently from others.

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!

The country is most definitely not united ,almost half the voters are against the decision to leave the EU that is why the process up to now has been so so troublesome .You simply cannot say that the vote has united the country .

---------- Post added at 06:55 ---------- Previous post was at 06:52 ----------

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35879002)
Would you have preferred for Cameron to have remained PM?

Either stayed to follow through on the result as he promised or resigned in a more controlled manner instead of spitting his dummy out .He has done the country a great disservice and if he is never seen in Parliament again it will be too soon

---------- Post added at 07:00 ---------- Previous post was at 06:55 ----------

Quote:

Originally Posted by Horizon (Post 35879017)
.... 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.

You can tweak the figures as much as you like but it still doesn't mean the country is united behind Brexit ,the exact opposite is true

denphone 04-01-2017 08:20

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Quote:

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35879030)
The country is most definitely not united ,almost half the voters are against the decision to leave the EU that is why the process up to now has been so so troublesome .You simply cannot say that the vote has united the country .

The country had some divisions before the referendum and whether one agrees with Brexit or not that has just widened the divisions as one can see.

OLD BOY 04-01-2017 13:45

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Quote:

Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 35879023)
I just wish he did what he said he would do, invoke article 50! He didn't as he did not expect to have to. That makes him an ass-hole!

What made him an asshole was his feeble attempt to renegotiate Britain's membership of the EU, painting a false picture of what he had achieved and then trying to fool the British people into believing that catastrophic consequences would flow from our pulling out of this failed bureaucratic superstate.

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.

1andrew1 04-01-2017 13:59

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Quote:

Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 35879023)
I just wish he did what he said he would do, invoke article 50! He didn't as he did not expect to have to. That makes him an ass-hole!

It would have been foolish for him to have done so without a negotiating team in place or a strategy. That's why Theresa May will be waiting nearly ten months until she invokes Article 50, keen as she is to get it out of the way before the next election.

nomadking 04-01-2017 14:00

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35878995)
They would have been British (or from the commonwealth or Ireland) in order to vote.

But the list of Commonwealth countries is large and includes "small" countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nigeria. Apart from EU citizens, most that are not White British or Irish will be from the Commonwealth. Therefore the original point stands.

OLD BOY 04-01-2017 14:12

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35879055)
It would have been foolish for him to have done so without a negotiating team in place or a strategy. That's why Theresa May will be waiting nearly ten months until she invokes Article 50, keen as she is to get it out of the way before the next election.

The departure of Sir Ivan Rogers now provides Theresa May with an ideal opportunity to put in his place someone who truly believes in Brexit and who will ensure that obstacles are not put in the way by her own negotiating team.

Article 50 will be commenced before the end of March this year, as planned, and negotiations will then proceed immediately.

heero_yuy 04-01-2017 15:36

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Quote:

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35879058)
The departure of Sir Ivan Rogers now provides Theresa May with an ideal opportunity to put in his place someone who truly believes in Brexit and who will ensure that obstacles are not put in the way by her own negotiating team.

Article 50 will be commenced before the end of March this year, as planned, and negotiations will then proceed immediately.

Apparently Sir Ivan was the main adviser to Cameron on what he could and could not get from his EU "renegotiation" and "no they won't give you that" was his advice to DC on just about everything so DC never asked for it.:rolleyes:

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.

1andrew1 04-01-2017 15:51

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Quote:

Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35879062)
Apparently Sir Ivan was the main adviser to Cameron on what he could and could not get from his EU "renegotiation" and "no they won't give you that" was his advice to DC on just about everything so DC never asked for it.:rolleyes:

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.

Someone in the ambassador's role needs to be a pair of well-informed ears. It may turn out that bad news is more acceptable if it comes from another person. The danger is that it simply becomes a big group think whereby anyone with unpleasant news is drowned out.

papa smurf 04-01-2017 17:26

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Professor who predicted Brexit and Trump claims European Union will CEASE TO EXIST in 2017

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/750...ation-collapse

OLD BOY 04-01-2017 17:35

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35879065)
Someone in the ambassador's role needs to be a pair of well-informed ears. It may turn out that bad news is more acceptable if it comes from another person. The danger is that it simply becomes a big group think whereby anyone with unpleasant news is drowned out.

There is only good news when it comes to Brexit.

You'll see.

1andrew1 04-01-2017 19:40

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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

Mr K 04-01-2017 20:51

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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.

1andrew1 04-01-2017 21:01

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35879094)
Fantastic, they've found a 'yes' man. That's all right then. All sorted.... The Ministers can keep living in cloud Cuckoo land.

I don't think he's a yes man.

OLD BOY 04-01-2017 21:19

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35879094)
Fantastic, they've found a 'yes' man. That's all right then. All sorted.... The Ministers can keep living in cloud Cuckoo land.

What we need is a 'can do' man, not another abominable 'no man'.

We will soon see how 'complicated' it is to pull free of this wretched organisation.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35879096)
I don't think he's a yes man.

Well he won't be if the EU refuses to pay his pension if he does not tow their line!!

I think the best thing Theresa May can do is guarantee his pension if he successfully pulls us out of this quagmire.

Hugh 04-01-2017 21:29

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Quote:

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35879100)
What we need is a 'can do' man, not another abominable 'no man'.

We will soon see how 'complicated' it is to pull free of this wretched organisation.

---------- Post added at 20:19 ---------- Previous post was at 20:16 ----------


Well he won't be if the EU refuses to pay his pension if he does not tow their line!!

I think the best thing Theresa May can do is guarantee his pension if he successfully pulls us out of this quagmire.

UKRep is paid for by the UK Government.

1andrew1 05-01-2017 00:04

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Quote:

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35879100)
Well he won't be if the EU refuses to pay his pension if he does not tow their line!!

That's wrong as he's a UK civil servant so paid by HM Government.
I'm curious, where do you read this misinformation?

papa smurf 05-01-2017 08:24

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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/

jonbxx 05-01-2017 09:55

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35879121)
That's wrong as he's a UK civil servant so paid by HM Government.
I'm curious, where do you read this misinformation?

Maybe he's thinking of Nigel Farage who will get his nice EU pension....

1andrew1 06-01-2017 01:21

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jonbxx (Post 35879136)
Maybe he's thinking of Nigel Farage who will get his nice EU pension....

lol :D

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

TheDaddy 06-01-2017 02:38

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35879272)
lol :D

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

Typical remoaner, wanting answers and trying to bring facts into the debate and yes his vote is worth the same as everyone else's and I for one would be happy to sign a petition calling for Mr O'brien to be charged with treason and after the kangaroos have tried him, hung, it's the only way they'll learn, losers

Osem 06-01-2017 18:15

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James O'Brien rarely shuts up long enough for anyone to get a word in. :D

1andrew1 07-01-2017 11:34

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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

Chris 07-01-2017 11:36

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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.

Damien 07-01-2017 12:40

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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.

1andrew1 07-01-2017 13:14

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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

papa smurf 07-01-2017 13:18

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35879479)
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

the headline should be


Another remoaner flounces out in hissy fit over brexit

AHH well door hitting ass on way out and all that .

RizzyKing 07-01-2017 15:26

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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.

1andrew1 07-01-2017 16:03

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RizzyKing (Post 35879509)
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.

The Original Project Fear - of the EU failing - has been done to bits since 1975. Like all institutions it's imperfect but it's going to be around for the forseeable future as France and Germany believe in it.
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.

Kursk 07-01-2017 17:28

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Quote:

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35879480)
the headline should be

Another remoaner flounces out in hissy fit over brexit

AHH well door hitting ass on way out and all that .

Indeed. Sir Ivanhoe has legged it just after being knighted (2016) the ungrateful git. Still, his title will adorn the letterhead of some private company earning him oodles more than the miserly £170k he was paid in the Civil Service + the usual expenses. He obviously isn't up to facing down his EU mates.

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.

martyh 07-01-2017 18:16

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Quote:

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35879480)
the headline should be


Another remoaner flounces out in hissy fit over brexit

AHH well door hitting ass on way out and all that .

I personally respect the bloke for his openness .The government are being very "muddled" and if he doesn't think he can do the job required he should go ,which is what he has done .Probably a few more that should go now but will cling on to the bitter end

1andrew1 07-01-2017 18:35

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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

martyh 07-01-2017 18:56

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35879528)
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."

Whether it's true or not that's the conclusion people will come too because of her lack of communication.All i can say is that she'd better have a doozy of a Brexit plan

RizzyKing 07-01-2017 23:31

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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.

papa smurf 08-01-2017 10:32

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RizzyKing (Post 35879567)
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.

:clap::clap::clap:

Osem 08-01-2017 11:29

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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.

papa smurf 08-01-2017 11:35

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35879594)
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.

people like this .

May’s Brexit rebel secretly met Cameron
Ivan Rogers dined with ex-premier before attack

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ne...eron-r3tx8kbqt

1andrew1 08-01-2017 12:36

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Theresa May: Government not muddled over Brexit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38546820

Mick 08-01-2017 12:45

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35879605)
Theresa May: Government not muddled over Brexit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38546820

Bit silly linking to BBC. When interview was done on Sky News:-
Let me correct that for you : http://news.sky.com/story/theresa-ma...rexit-10722028

papa smurf 08-01-2017 12:46

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35879605)
Theresa May: Government not muddled over Brexit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38546820

good perhaps the remoaning can stop .

martyh 08-01-2017 12:56

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mick (Post 35879606)
Bit silly linking to BBC. When interview was done on Sky News:-
Let me correct that for you : http://news.sky.com/story/theresa-ma...rexit-10722028

news by twitter feed is really annoying to read ,the beeb have a much better concise report

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38546820

1andrew1 08-01-2017 13:05

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mick (Post 35879606)
Bit silly linking to BBC. When interview was done on Sky News:-
Let me correct that for you : http://news.sky.com/story/theresa-ma...rexit-10722028

Thank you. In the spirit of goodwill, let me correct your punctuation for you. ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mick (Post 35879606)
Bit silly linking to the BBC when the interview was done on Sky News.
Let me correct that for you: http://news.sky.com/story/theresa-ma...rexit-10722028


Mick 08-01-2017 13:17

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35879613)
Thank you. In the spirit of goodwill, let me correct your punctuation for you. ;)

I preferred my punctuation thanks. I'm not really interested if it was right or wrong to be perfectly honest. End result, you understood what it said ! :rolleyes:


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