Farage is a barnacle and will be back as soon as he gets the chance.
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Rawnsley at his most magisterial - and most devastating......
Keenest political eye out there....
One notes too, the UK's continued refusal to grant the EU Ambassador full diplomatic status... out of sheer Little-Englander spite presumably.
One wonders how many Brexiters voted for that.......even the Tory Baroness Hooper called it "gratuitously offensive..."....
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but this was pointed out time + time again - but as many have pointed out he is not on top of any brief and spouts nonsense at times to deflect criticism as well as the public-school bullyboy technique instilled by EtonComment
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But presumably they would approve of the current petty minded stance? Anyone would think this country doesn't want to trade with the EU...Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View PostRawnsley at his most magisterial - and most devastating......
Keenest political eye out there....
One notes too, the UK's continued refusal to grant the EU Ambassador full diplomatic status... out of sheer Little-Englander spite presumably.
One wonders how many Brexiters voted for that...Comment
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Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post
But typical of the way the UK always interpreted EU rules**: The EU is not a sovereign state.
** Remember how the Department for Trade argued that the EU rules on the use of lead did apply to organ pipes when the EU commission said they didn't.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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But everything changed on 1/1/21.....Originally posted by french frank View Post
We no longer have voice or influence within the EU so - cruel irony of supposed Independence and Sovereignty - we have to be nicer to them now if we want to get anything out of them....but this government - as pure an example of Elective Dictatorship as you'll ever see - won't want to do that, causing all of us endless troubles for the sake of their own terribly flawed and dated, in fact mythological, nationalistic political philosophy.Comment
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No but I don't remember an age of bounty when we entered either.Comment
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And of course this administration doesn't even need the help of Brexit(or Covid) to wreck business. https://www.theguardian.com/environm...and-job-losses
Several firms not paid for the work they have already done so now struggling financially. A spokesperson quote at the end of the article says 17,000 grant vouchers have been issued; to put that in context the scheme was supposed to have benefited 600, 000 households(ie 600,000 vouchers) by the end of March this year. It has been extended to 2022, but given the number of contractors now deciding to(or have already) quit the scheme, or not signing up in the first place due to the admin load and costs of doing so, that may not make all that much difference.Comment
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Not quite everything, sadlyOriginally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Just in case people have forgotten about the EU's WEEE (Waste electrical and electronic equipment) Directive and the disposal of hazardous waste: there was disquiet on this very forum about how this would apply to the use of lead pipes for historic organs, since the Department for Trade considered the directive would apply and would prevent replacing such pipes. I wrote to my MEP to see if he could do something to prevent this, and after checking with the EU Commission he said no, the directives were not intended to cover such things as organ pipes. The Dept of Trade objected and said it certainly did, which gave the impression that they intended to enforce it whether the EU demanded it or not.Originally posted by gradus View Post
I felt it was the same sort of tunnel vision which dictated that the EU was 'not a sovereign state' and therefore it is impossible to allow them a full Ambassador and the EU's UK Ambassador has been therefore stripped of full diplomatic status. As far as I can see, we had previously had a UK Ambassador to the EU (erroneously, I presume as the EU didn't suddenly stop 'not being a sovereign state' when we left). Pettiness and jobsworth bureaucracy by our current masters. Here endeth.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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,,. has London told Lindsay Redvers Mark Croisdale-Appleby CMG he is no longer our ambassador?Originally posted by french frank View Post
(Actually the FCO press release is carefully worded and refers to him as Head of the UK Mission to the European Union : it may be that wiki is a bit sloppy here... )
But then the press release for his predecessor refers to Sir Timothy Earle Barrow GCMG LVO MBE as having been our ambassador to the EU - so some sloppiness on the FCO's part -
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Well, he is now technically our 'Head of Mission', whatever title they give him. Unless, of course, we expect the EU to give him full diplomatic status (in spite of not being a sovereign state).Originally posted by vinteuil View Post,,. has London told Lindsay Redvers Mark Croisdale-Appleby CMG he is no longer our ambassador?
(Actually the FCO press release is carefully worded and refers to him as Head of the UK Mission to the European Union : it may be that wiki is a bit sloppy here... )
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Oh, yes, you said that. I didn't read it or you added it
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Not to us but...
From which this is worth noting
While around half are British companies, the other half are from places such as the US and Asia, who want a foothold in the EU, and have decided against locating in the UK following its departure from the bloc.Comment
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And Pfeizer.....it would seem that better supply of the Astra Zeneca vaccine to the UK has been helped by being out of the EU, ( in the sense that the EU contract has been heavily cut) but who knows how that will play out medium term? Not the sort of thing to point score over.
But trouble is on the way, I fear.
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Robert Peston has interesting things to say on this.Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
This episode will be an object lesson for future journalism on even handed ,( or otherwise,) reporting,where the full story ,rather than edited highlights, is important.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.Comment
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