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15 hours ago, RuamRudy said:
Deflection and obfuscation - I was referring specifically to infant mortality, not child mortality, which includes deaths due to accidents, violence and the effects of toxins in children up to the age of 19. But nonetheless, it is absolutely deplorable, I agree. However it takes nothing away from my point.
Health in England 'faltering' after 10 years of austerity, warns damning Marmot review
"Life expectancy has stalled, patients are living longer in ill health and health inequality has risen after a decade of austerity that will 'cast a long shadow' over the lives of UK children, according to a devastating follow-up to the 2010 Marmot review."
But in answer to your final question, yes - there is something askew in my country. It's that we are forced to give all our cash to the country next door and let them decide how much to return to us. If we weren't routinely bled dry by them, we might stand a better chance to fix our own problems.
I get the impression that many seem to think that the austerity regime did not apply to Scotland, or relevant to the way people vote.
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15 hours ago, billd766 said:The Greeks must have been damned good at falsifying their accounts or the alternative is that the EU auditors were 3rd or 4th rate and the EU desperately wanted Greece in the EU and glossed over the report and failed to do due diligence. If the latter was the case the EU have only themselves to blame.
Mainly the former Bill. It was based on an omission that only a few in Greece knew about and came to light a couple of years later. Problem here is that Eurostat had no say until Greece became a member.
Greece's membership should have immediately been suspended and the EU accountants a P45, then there would not have been the fallout from the fiasco.
There is certainly a question mark over the EU decision to allow Greece to remain a member, but on the other hand Greece has no right to complain.
In March 2002, Eurostat refused to validate data transmitted by the Greek government. In reaction, the NSSG (National Statistical Service of Greece) revised the debt level by several percentage points. In September 2002, Eurostat again refused to validate the data. The debt was revised upwards once again, and the government balance, which the Greek government had presented as a surplus, became a deficit.
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15 hours ago, billd766 said:
I had forgotten about the marine side. Thank you for reminding me.
https://www.rolls-royce.com/products-and-services/defence/aerospace.aspx
Defence Aerospace business
With more than 16,000 military engines in service with 160 customers in 103 countries, Rolls-Royce is a powerful player in the defence aero engine market. From combat to transport, from trainers to helicopters, our engines and pioneering service solutions ensure that our customers have world-leading engine technology available, whatever the mission demands.https://www.rolls-royce.com/country-sites/india/products-and-services/civil-aerospace.aspx
Civil Aerospace
We are a leading manufacturer and service provider of aero engines for large civil aircrafts and corporate jets worldwide, powering more than 30 types of commercial aircraft. We have over 13,000 engines in service globally with airlines, freight operators, lessors and corporates; with 50% share in the modern wide-body engines on order.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Holdings
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (company number 04706930)[3] is a British multinational engineering company incorporated in February 2011 that owns Rolls-Royce, a business established in 1904 which today designs, manufactures and distributes power systems for aviation and other industries. Rolls-Royce is the world's second-largest maker of aircraft engines[4] (after General Electric)[5] and has major businesses in the marine propulsion and energy sectors.
Rolls-Royce was the world's 16th largest defence contractor in 2018 when measured by defence revenues
TBH I had only a vague idea of the size of Rolls-Royce holdings and I didn't realise that it was this big or this varied. There must be a huge export market world wide.
So much for the UK not producing very much for export.
I simply cannot be be bothered to reply to logoosones post as he always runs down the UK and England wherever and whenever possible.
Bill, you have to remember that Rolls Royce went bankrupt in 1971 and was nationalised by Ted Heath, who according to some was the architect of the UK's demise.
The government will have a bit of a challenge if they have to bail them out again.
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15 hours ago, sanemax said:
The Greek Drachma would have devalued due to the terrible state of the Greek economy and financial affairs , this would have helped their economy by ways of increased tourism and their exports would have been cheaper and more attractive to buyers
As Greek was in the Euro , their currency didnt devalue
I have to assume you would blame the NHS for people getting lung cancer after smoking all their life.
The problems were there before they had the Euro so why not devalue at that time, couldn't possibly the fear of losing the EU as a sugar daddy.
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21 hours ago, digibum said:
Actually, you can get text messages on a non-smartphone. Believe me, I remember having to triple-tap a key to get the right letter back in the early 2000's.
Sounds like you're confusing two things. You have a Thai number which CapitalOne will not text and saying that you can't receive text messages because you don't have a smart phone. Almost any phone sold today can receive a text message. It's that CapitalOne isn't going to pay the international fee to send you a text message.
I would agree, I was getting text messages from various entities for years before smartphones came about. I had 2 small nokias, one UK sim card and the other Thai. The UK sim was a pay as you go, still works and held as an emergency when travelling, must be nearly 20 years old.
I now use a smart phone with dual sim, UK and Thai.
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45 minutes ago, sanemax said:Greece having the Euro as its currency rendered them unable to deevaluate its currency and ward of recession
Absolute garbage, they lived beyond their means for decades and falsified the accounts to get into the EU.
The brexiteers always turn to Greece as stick to bash away at the EU.
One has to assume that they are in favour of inequality, the Greeks used to pay themselves the old age pension after working 30 years, now they are moaning about having to work to 60.
Just how much will Bojo level the field.
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4 hours ago, talahtnut said:There are two ways of looking at the EU membership.
One view is from the wealthy, which I suspect is your situation.
You've done well, and I respect your views.
The second view is from the poor and working class, which is my
viewpoint, where, since 1973 food banks have increased from a
handful to over 600, child poverty is now in the millions,
homelessness is rife, job opportunities poorly paid, and zero hours
contracts for the desperate. personal and family debt at record
levels. It is for the less fortunate majority, the EU has been a disaster.
That is why they won the Brexit referendum.
The points raised are perfectly valid and you are right to a certain extent.
A large part of the UK population were led to believe that austerity was an EU ruling rather that UK government policy.
The real disaster lies a lot closer than you think.
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6 hours ago, vinny41 said:
Not really you failed to criticize the article you instead decided to make a comment against the poster says it all
If you had been engaged in trade with the EU prior to the single market you would be aware of how tariffs operate and not need an opinionated article as to the benefits the SM brought to the small UK exporter.
Of course trying to deride personal experience is a way of life to many on this forum.
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14 hours ago, CG1 Blue said:Here you go:
Eve Geddie, director of Amnesty International’s European Institutions, said: “The reckless measures being taken by the Greek authorities are a blatant breach of EU and international law and will put lives at risk. People seeking asylum are once again being used as bargaining chips in a callous political game.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/greece-violating-eu-international-law-amnesty/1753460
I will say the same again, it would only take 1 Turk out of the millions of refugees for Amnesty International to start shouting the odds.
The issue surrounds the 3.6 million Syrian refugees that are in Turkey and refugees must seek asylum in the first border they cross, they cannot transit to a country of their choosing.
Closing the Greek border to Syrian refugees is not a breach of International law as is being claimed.
There is no dispute that a humanitarian crisis exists and it is up to the International community to resolve it, not the Greeks or the EU.
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17 minutes ago, vinny41 said:
Glad you appreciated the article
Jumping to conclusions appears to be a strong point.
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21 hours ago, tomacht8 said:
The price of Danish Blue was 258Baht for 820 grams.
Incredibly cheap. Have never seen an import cheese here so cheap for years.
31 Baht for 100 grams.
The cheapest cheese in macro, and you have to buy at least a Kilo or more, is 50-60 baht per 100 grams.
The poster must have been to a different Siamburi to me. The price you mention is nearer the ballpark for the cheaper cheeses. The problem is that they are cutting it and packing it themselves so each piece is priced on weight and on some cheese the price goes down the larger the piece. There is quite a wide selection so not easy to be specific. Most comes from Australia and with some, like Edam, they have both Australian and Dutch, with the Australian being a good bit cheaper.
Danish Blue and Gouda are not ones I would have looked at.
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22 hours ago, vinny41 said:
Myth and Paradox of the Single Market How the trade benefits of EU membership have been mis-sold
Obviously your lack of personal experience forces you to rely on some article.
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17 hours ago, Nanaplaza666 said:
555555555 it's of so much importance to king IV of marroco, that he doesn't want the criminal filth that is living in my homecountry back into his own . And if my government treatens to stop paying them social wellfair there would be procutions . My government is trying to send back many of the rif and berber marrocans that are clearly not in my country to integrate, but just to steal and benefit , but their own country just won't take them back . And it's only getting worse with all these new so called fugitives from save country's as marroco and algeria , i would urge them to take care of that problem first before playing the nice guy and talk about enviroment . Sorry for that but other people that are from my country know axactly what i am talking about . Sending them back is a big step in cleaning up my enviroment .
"king IV of marroco,"
First indication post is garbage.
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6 minutes ago, Logosone said:Sorry, but that's a lie, the UK was never a 'net contributor'. The UK got far more out of the EU than it ever put in. When you take into account the amount of tax revenue the UK makes from EU immigrants working in the UK (a sum that far outweighs any benefits they receive from the UK government), plus the tax on the profits of free trade within the common market, tourism and travel that wouldn’t have happened without the EU’s free movement policy you begin to understand that the UK received far more than it ever put in.
Of course it is not so easy to quantify the real extent to which the UK benefitted from the EU economically. For example, if a French tourist visits London and spends a thousand pounds, how do we know whether or not they would have done so if they’d not benefitted from free travel which the EU faciliated at the time?
To quantify these things is not easy, much easier to say 'Aaaah but da Brittish, we's paid in dat amount and we waz a net contributtor'.
But you weren't. And if you could have built those gigantic infrastructure projects in Wales et al you wouldn't have applied for EU funds and held your hand, would you?
And yes, the fact that the EU is debating increasing its budget tells you that the British contribution will not be missed, especially when we'll take in exactly the same amount from tariffs on UK products.
Exactly, but it is like seeds on stoney ground.
In the last 30 or so years, UK exporters have enjoyed a level of trade with the EU that would never have come about had it not been for the single market.
Many small exporters will not be able to stand the "friction" that will be introduced and a large proportion may well downsize or close the operation. An unquantifiable EU based contribution to the economy that will disappear.
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9 minutes ago, vinny41 said:As for EU tariffs the EU will pay more to the UK than the UK will pay to the EU
Garbage, in more ways that one. Only the delusional could think that trade with the EU will follow the same historical pattern.
Tariffs are based on product classification and at the end of the day a lot depends on how far companies are prepared to distort the classification.
If you pack a bicycle with the wheels off, are you selling a bicycle or bicycle spares. Some of us remember the tariff days, not the easiest way to do business.
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On 3/6/2020 at 8:27 AM, vinny41 said:Access to each other’s markets
The UK is seeking tariff-free access to the EU market and for the EU to have tariff free access to the UK market
no adds on, no side deals merged into the main trade agreement
Tariff free access = EU alignment.
Greater divergence = Greater tariff.
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14 hours ago, CG1 Blue said:
Interestingly, President of the European Commission Ursula Von Der Layen is quite content for Greece to flout international law wrt refugees.
You would have to be more specific on your reference to "flout".
If you are referring to the migrants from Turkey then you do not know if international law is being broken. Refugees can only cross one border, not transit. Only Turkish refugees would be allowed to cross into Greece so do you have proof that Turkish refugees are being refused access under international law, if not you should refrain from unjustified accusations.
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18 hours ago, Guderian said:
It's the same even in villages, the house opposite me is for rent on AirBnB at 2560 Baht/night. Hardly anybody stays for more than a week, though, and most people only come for a few days, or even just one night. The owners who live in Phuket are only interested in the money and don't bother explaining to their short-stay tenants about the village rules on things like parking, rubbish collection and dogs, so it ends up a case of people doing whatever they feel like until it annoys me or somebody else enough to explain that they're breaking the rules.
The village rules clearly state that no commercial premises are allowed inside the village, if you want to run a laundry or restaurant there are shophouses for sale and rent at the front of the village, and this is one of the few rules that the management do enforce strictly. So why they're allowing nightly house rentals with all the inconvenience that entails for other residents I don't know. And, I suppose, they don't care.
Nothing to do with Airbnb. The owner has lied to Airbnb and the village authorities should take action against the owner.
Houses are not subject to hotel licence issue so length of stay is irrelevant but breaching local rules is different and the guest is probably totally unaware.
The way the Airbnb system is constructed it is very difficult for even a guest, far less anyone else to make a complaint against an owner. Been there and got the T shirt on that one.
I would suggest the village elders draft a letter outlining the complaints and give a copy to the guests and ask politely if they would submit it to Airbnb. If one actually gets to Airbnb there is every chance the listing will be removed.
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13 hours ago, melvinmelvin said:
(in general, international law is as soft as sponge or tit or mashmellow or whipped cream - your choice
Are you trying to say the Kosovo case was not fought and won on the basis of international law.
The UK has always claimed it abides by international law so little to back up the claim that UK law would prevail.
When push comes to shove the UK will follow the Law of the Sea.
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10 hours ago, nauseus said:
We weren't even given a referendum in 1972 and the good reason for that is that if Heath had been honest and open, the British voters would have rejected membership, and he knew that!
Selective memory. With a state of emergency having been declared twice in 1972 Joe Public was desperate to move in a different direction, the government decision was ratified in 1975 by a much greater margin than brexit.
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13 hours ago, CG1 Blue said:
Ah, so you get pleasure out of hoping that others are going to suffer?
Brexit was all about making others suffer, sadly, like much of what happens in the UK it got screwed up and hit the wrong target.
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4 hours ago, melvinmelvin said:
nope
that ain't the way it works
UK statues apply no end
if the rest of the world is not happy with UK actions in line with UK law they can complain to the guys in Netherlands
International law prevails over domestic law. The UK made a big thing of that when they supported Kosovo in their declaration of independence.
The Law of the Sea takes conservation and migration into account and the UK will have to follow the guidelines, something ministers acknowledge.
But, if no deal could be reached by the end of June, the UK would automatically become an “independent coastal state” from next January, with the power to determine access arrangements.
“We would automatically take back control of our exclusive economic zone and there would be an obligation on both us and the European Union to work towards a sensible annual negotiation at the end of this year,” Mr Eustice said.
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5 hours ago, melvinmelvin said:
have to disagree a bit here,
in the UK the UK law prevails
UNCLOS is a wish
The UK ratified the agreement, are you saying they plan to renege.
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14 hours ago, TheDark said:
Perhaps denying access to the English waters, could actually be beneficial for the EU.
Let the English do all the hard work, catch the fist out in the open seas. Add sufficient tariffs, to make sure that the fish price stays low for the sellers (EU countries getting the tax revenue). Also making sure that only unprocessed fish is allowed to enter the EU. Thus cutting of the value added fish processing industry altogether.
Then process the fish inside Europe, adding value to the product and sell it either to the EU markets.
This model would make the English fishermen as producers of bulk items.
Unfortunately the introduction of tariffs will kill off the onshore side of the Scottish fishing industry, which happens to be the largest part of the industry.
Wiping out rural communities will be perceived as collateral damage by many, including, I hate to say, much of the Scottish offshore fishermen.
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Britain tells the EU: we shall not sell out our fishermen
in World News
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Once again vagueness becomes overriding proof and makes an indisputable connection to the Law of the Sea.
Pointing the finger of hypocrisy at the EU and not at the UK is hypocritical in itself, but then having taken back control the UK can rewrite the dictionary in the brexit image.