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are you caught up in the latest cull ?
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article171582692/Ich-habe-gefragt-ob-ich-sie-zurueckschicken-kann.html
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article171606257/Was-Orban-hier-macht-ist-eine-Schande.html
Anything else that people chose to infer from that question is their business. Brexit was explicitly defined as leaving the EU and nothing else.
I am impervious to it so far. Big one this time though I must say.
If I was a boy I would not be hanging about. How about your
other half is she OK.
but loads of people round her sound as if it's the last straw and are going for it, as ever just the type of people they need to keep
Back to the three Shredded Wheat regime tomorrow, eh lads?
its just the usual guff of sending the jobs overseas so the CEO can increase his bonus
UK gets it in the neck because were easy to ditch, but they wont do the same in France or Germany
Officially stop next Thursday. But taking my team out this lunchtime, then a management bash on Tuesday. Basically, we’re done for 2017 after this morning! You?
told my factory guys that when they have all their orders delivered they can go off on hols, so they tend to come in for a few extra hours to clear the decks and then get a longer break with their families. So we'll shut up shop weds luch time.
it;s been a fun year so I really need a break to recharge the batteries
I agree with the Archbishop of Canterbury; let's have a Brexit truce over Christmas.
Interesting article on alcohol:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42353206
Contrary to my own experience, to be honest, but there we are. Not everyone can be blessed with the self-restraint of a morris dancer.
Working offspring/grand-offspring seem to be finishing any time from Monday onwards. Think everyone’s stopped by Friday next.
Here’s wishing you a very Merry Xmas and Happy New Year.
You Leave-backing bastard!!
https://mobile.twitter.com/adamfleming/status/941268474986364930
The LDs commitment to stay permanently in the single market and the UKIP commitment to go to WTO terms and not agree any regulatory alignment with the EU were both soundly rejected
The vote was just illogical stupid gesture politics.
There will be a deal. It will be 'take it or leave it'.
Most trade deals involve a deal on business visas.
None (that I am aware of) involve free movement of people
If there was a 'spirit' at all I should say that there was a sort of curmudgeonly 'eff 'em all attitude.
That was perfectly understandable but difficult to distil a coherent foreign and economic policy out of it.
Leave the EU (and give the NHS an extra £350m a week)
Like a traitor, I still voted Remain though.
Politely disagreed with someone the other day that Grieve was a traitor. But he was pretty pissed off about it, citing the fact that most of Grieve's constituents voted to Leave. My response was that MPs have to exercise their own judgement not just go along with their constituents' view, but that I disagreed entirely with Grieve's decision in this case.
If we end up with departure in name only or actually remaining, people are going to be livid.
After Marina Hyde that's two interesting reads this morning (posted by Williamglenn)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mueller-sought-emails-of-trump-campaign-data-firm-1513296899
' Unauthorised redundancy payments made by the state-owned company managing the HS2 rail project were a "shocking waste of taxpayers' money", MPs have said.
The Public Accounts Committee said the firm overseeing construction of a high-speed rail line offered staff terms "well in excess" of authorised levels.
The MPs blamed "weak internal processes" at HS2 for overpayments to 94 people totalling £1.76m.
An HS2 spokesperson acknowledged "a serious error" had been made.
The company made the payments in 2016-17 after shedding 94 staff in a move from London to Birmingham.
A combination of compulsory and voluntary redundancy schemes were offered on enhanced terms, resulting in a total bill of £2.76m, despite instructions from the Department of Transport that they should be at statutory rates, which would have incurred payments of £1m, MPs on the committee said.
The MPs' report says that HS2's chief executive at the time, Simon Kirby, had an email from the government telling him that he wasn't allowed to offer staff larger, enhanced redundancy payments when the firm relocated.
But it says Mr Kirby didn't pass that email on to anyone else.
However, Mr Kirby - who now works at Rolls Royce - said in a statement that he had not been responsible for the decision to approve more generous severance packages.
"I did not approve the payments at issue and deny any allegation of wrongdoing," he said.
"I left HS2 in December last year and the decision to make senior managers redundant, and under what terms, was not made until after I left."
MPs concluded a lack of basic financial controls at HS2 Ltd heightened the risk of fraud and financial errors, a situation it said was exacerbated by high rates of staff turnover.
"The unauthorised schemes were able to proceed because weak internal processes at HS2 Ltd prevented key decision-making and scrutiny bodies from receiving accurate information," the committee said. '
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42358892
"We need you to vote for Remain."
"Or else we'll have another referendum?"
I can see real anger.
Old gits tend to be cynical about politics; being treated as fools won't help.
So that other person was wrong on that.
I'm relaxed about the range of options for leaving the EU, but it's got to be a departure, otherwise we'll end up clinging to the disadvantages and losing the advantages, the worst of all worlds.
Still, we are where we are. It's all about damage limitation imho and to be fair to TMay, it appears that she gets that.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2017/dec/14/spare-thought-christmas-unholy-trinity-nigel-farage-milo-yannopoulos-katie-hopkins
The tories went into the 2017 election on a `no deal is better than a bad deal` policy and UKIP didcut down significantly the amount of UKIP candidates standing due to their lack of resources both in financial and membership terms.
My view is that if the Tories do not hold a 2nd referendum on the final deal it is likely to have disastrous consequences both nationally and for the Tory party.It is highly likely Brexit will lead to both winners and losers.Many losers will quickly end up bitter even if they voted Brexit that they did not get a chance to vote on the deal.
Remainers who become postbrexit losers will doubledown on their bitterness.
Ironically the most likely winners of Brexit are the professional middle class service industry i.e lawyers,consultants etc .The people one associates with Remain.Note most of the 11 Tory remain rebels this week are lawyers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9dKcjfeVTs
Mr. Eagles, cheers for that (I hadn't seen anything on it myself either way).
Mr. Pointer, every country must meet the trading requirements of any country they wish to export to - for exports. A great many businesses do not export, and we'll be free to regulate ourselves without need the approval of the Prime Minister of Luxembourg.
"We will scrap the Conservatives’ Brexit White Paper and replace it with fresh negotiating priorities that have a strong emphasis on retaining the benefits of the Single Market and the Customs Union – which are essential for maintaining industries, jobs and businesses in Britain."
Same with Ireland.
I get it, I was an expat for a while. Out come the Union Jack boxer shorts, the gramophone playing Land of Hope and Glory, and listening to The Archers on loop. But really.
Most of the Brexit rebels are lawyers. Maybe experts are useful after all
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/14/brexit-rebels-lawyers-experts-tory-mps-government
There will come a point in this process when the focus will move from the deal through the transition into the longer term. What kind of relationship does the EU want to have with us in, say, 20 years? If they still want us to be one of their major trading partners that itself will shape the deal we get now.
From our perspective the question will become are we wanting to stay close to the EU or move further away? Once again the deal will set the context of that question. If we feel hard done by then it is very likely the next step will be further away. The UK has been both the consumer of last resort and employer of the youth of much of the EU for the last couple of decades. There is quite a lot at stake for the EU too.
You were the one banging on about it being in the manifesto of both parties.
' In 2016, consumption per head in the UK, measured using actual individual consumption (AIC) per head was fourth highest in the EU, behind Luxembourg, Germany and Austria. This is according to new figures recorded by Office for National Statistics (ONS) and compiled and released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union1, on 14th December 2017.
AIC, which is a measure of material welfare of households, was 16% higher in the UK than the EU28 average; this compares with 15% higher in 2015. Luxembourg was again the highest in the EU (32% above the EU28 average), with Bulgaria the lowest (53% of the EU28 average). AIC per head is often used as a measure of households’ material welfare as it incorporates all goods and services that a household consumes, whether they have purchased and paid for them themselves or not. '
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/consumptionperhead/consumptionperheadintheukisfourthhighestintheeu
Interestingly consumption per head in Ireland is about 20% lower than in the UK despite GDP per head supposedly being 70% higher.
I nearly voted Labour* - had I done so I would not have been supporting leaving the Single Market. I respect your views and argument but don't think it's right to assume that the 80% who voted Tory/Labour were supporting leaving the single market.
(*I voted LD in the end 'cos I thought they had the best chance of unseating my safe-seat Tory MP - wrong!)
Now it stirs up interest. Hoping to slip in a no-leave leave without anyone noticing won't happen. A second referendum will bring it into sharp focus. Not so much about the result as about the political and chattering classes taking the piss.
Can I be the first to suggest that Frank Field be given a knighthood?
Had you voted Labour you would certainly have voted to end permanent UK membership of the single market, sorry, the only way you could have ensured that was to vote LD or Green. You were therefore correct to do so.
"We will reject ‘no deal’ as a viable option and if needs be negotiate transitional arrangements to avoid a cliff-edge’ for the UK economy"
It stands for nothing in particular though a vague reference to my time studying in Wales but as I have used it for so long and people know me by it I cannot be bothered to change it
England’s batting this morning or Theresa May’s ratings during the election campaign?