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1 hour ago, Flustered said:
Who will pay for Corbyn's Billions that he will have to borrow, the great unwashed masses at Glastonbury?
Socialists like Corbyn live in a dream world. He is the admitted enemy of big business, the very engine that drives the economy.
Still, as I said, you are welcome to the Marxist/Socialist utopia that will exist if Comrad Corbyn gets into power. Britain will become the perfect breeding ground for a rapid rise in ideology and the rise of Islam as a major power within.
Be careful what you wish for, it may come true.
Corbyn's proposals are no more than that, proposals. If he became PM tomorrow he has less chance of getting anything passed than Maggie May.
The cost of brexit is mounting on a daily basis and who do you think is going to pay for that, it wouldn't happen to be the same people that may have to foot Corbyn's proposals would it?
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17 hours ago, Flustered said:
Laugh? I thought I would have died.
The "Young" have finally woken up....Classic.
Corbyn offers free uni's £10 per hour, lower taxes and all the beer you can drink in the students bar and they have "woken up".
The "YOUNG" don't have a clue on how all of this will be paid for. They will be the ones who will be burdened by the debt we will incur if he ever gets in power.
Why should I care? I will not be around to pay this debt off and the reason I don't have to worry is that I spent a life of careful spending, saving as much as possible for my pensions and not getting into debt I could not afford to pay back. And yes, "I'm all right Jack" and screw the rest of you socialist economists.
But why be frugal when you can spend and borrow today and not care how it is paid back.
Watch out youngsters, the sting is in the tail. You will have to pay this debt back later with massive interest and inflation.
That's a good one.
EU referendum Bill - cost unknown
Failed court case - cost unknown
Failed appeal - cost unknown
Additional brexit ministerial posts - cost unkown
Additional dept to exit EU - cost unknown
Additional brexit advisors - cost unknown
Outstanding EU debt - estimated 50 billion Euros
EU negotiations - cost unknown
Negotiating new trade agreements - cost unknown
Establishing new entities to replace those currently operated by the EU - cost unknown
Rewriting thousands upon thousands of pieces of legislation and documents - cost phenomenal.
Corbyn's proposals will seem like petty cash compared to the overall cost of brexit.
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18 hours ago, Khun Han said:
We've had pretty much this conversation before, and my answer is the same: anyone who believes that the world will stop trading with the UK on tecnicalities is living in cloud cuckoo land.
Nobody has ever said that trading would stop but only the mentally challenged would advocate that trading outside the WTO would be beneficial to the UK.
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20 hours ago, jpinx said:
but the question I pose is, will trade between UK and - for example - Spain - revert to the prior WTO agreement that existed between them before the EU's own agreements were rubber-stamped by the WTO?
Just cannot happen. Post brexit the UK cannot trade with Spain as such, it will be with the EU, no EU member state has a WTO tariff profile.
The old WTO profile cannot be reinstated as it would not contain any terms in relation to the EU. As I said previously the most likely outcome is they adopt the EU profile and just amend the text as necessary. Any actual change in the tariff rates is likely to extend the timeframe.
Of course it all becomes academic with respect to the EU if there is an EU trade agreement which is why she has been so desperate to get things moving on trade, but she shot herself in the foot time wise.
There has been very little said about trade with non EU countries come March 2019. All current trade with countries like US, Canada, India etc is done under the WTO EU tariff profile which may cease to apply when the UK is no longer an EU member state. There are differing views on this, one that existing arrangements will still apply and the other that agreements will have to be renegotiated.
A good summary can be found here.
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20 hours ago, mommysboy said:
I shall research.
This was my understanding and is Bloomberg's words: "The ECB claimed power over clearing back in 2011, including the right to require firms that clear euro-denominated derivatives and other contracts to set up shop in the currency zone. The U.K. challenged this claim in court and won. In a 2015 judgment, the EU’s General Court ruled that the ECB lacked this authority."
To my thinking that meant the EU could not prevent countries outside the currency zone. And the situation has not changed- UK has never been in the currency zone.
Perhaps that is wrong. What is your info ?
You can never totally rely on a correct interpretation but this one does indicate relocation.
BRUSSELS—Europe’s second-highest court annulled a policy by the European Central Bank that would have required British companies managing financial trades in euros to relocate to the eurozone.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-k-wins-court-case-with-ecb-on-euro-clearing-1425462219
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On 6/23/2017 at 9:25 AM, ubonjoe said:
That is not correct.
The first digit is village number. The 2nd is house number.
There are no plots. There are property boundaries and more than one house can be on a property. There are many cases where a family owns the land and there are several family members with houses on on that land.
Yes. We have 3 properties on the same land, the original property is 8/1 Moo 7, mine is 8/9 Moo 7 and my brother in laws is 8/10 Moo 7.
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On 6/22/2017 at 5:44 PM, superal said:
Sorry but wrong , if you reached retirement age before 06 April 2016 the pension is 122 pounds & 30 pence a week . If born after 06 April 1951 he will get 159 pounds & 55 pence per week . Where did you get your figures from ?
You can only put a figure on the basic state pension not the max state pension.
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1 hour ago, SheungWan said:
Investingdotcom reporting on Govt negotiations with DUP, that DUP demanding 2 billion for infrastructure and healthcare, not answering the phone to May for 36 hours and even having 'secret' talks with Labour and LIbDems to pressure the Tories. And here's the kicker: ' Chances are she (May) will cave to the DUP just as she is beginning to cave to the European Union on Brexit talks'.
"' Chances are she (May) will cave to the DUP"
She may have to win first.
A Northern Irish politician who campaigned for the Good Friday Agreement is taking legal action against the government.
Ciaran McClean has launched a legal challenge against the proposed deal between the Conservative Party and the DUP.
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13 hours ago, goldenbrwn1 said:Overall yes, you are probably right. But that is on an EU v UK overall basis. Individual countries in the EU will be affected far more than some others. Some of these countries that will be mostly affected negatively from brexit are the biggest contributers. Do you think these big players are not going to have influence on junker and co in Brussels as the negotiations progress? Especially if they're going to take a bigger hit than the smaller members who are still not contributing?
I don't think so.
The problem here is that everyone is hung up on historical data. Post brexit it will all change. Once the new customs regulations kick in many current exporters on both sides of the fence will not want the hassle of the customs paperwork.
Companies on the EU mainland are more likely to concentrate on the hassle free 500 billion customers on their doorstep than bother with the UK. Funny how the talk of EU trade always involves German cars, people in the UK that want to buy German cars will always do so, they can afford it. Not quite the same for customers in places like Lidl and Aldi.
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15 hours ago, mommysboy said:
Poor deduction. The bulk of clearing business will stay in UK. UK has legal competence. The only viable competitor to UK is the USA, which is also not in the EU. Its a cobbled story.
Not quite. This issue has already been to court and the court ruled that Euro clearing could remain in the UK as it was an EU member state and there is every likelihood that decision will be overturned.
There is a precedent, the US has taken control of the dollar so there is little to stop the EU taking full control of the Euro.
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11 hours ago, jpinx said:There has not been any attempt to describe the situation post-brexit if UK car distributors want to sell Mercedes cars. What will the invoice include? What import duty? What VAT? Everyone is huffing and puffing about the rights and wrongs of something that no-one has actually defined. Selling post-brexit UK's produce to EU countries will incur what duty and taxes to the buyers in France, Greece, etc? If the WTO rules apply - what is their baseline for tariffs in that situation?
It is a bit difficult to describe something that has no current definition. The UK does not have a current WTO tariff profile, it trades under the EU tariff profile, tariffs are all listed on the WTO website. The simplest solution would be for the UK to adopt the EU profile but that will be subject to approval by the WTO membership. It was never going to be easy getting that approval but it becomes increasingly difficult every time TM opens her mouth.
Everyone seems to think that trading under WTO would be the worst case scenario, but its not.
If there is no EU trade agreement and no WTO profile has been established then the UK would have to trade completely independent. Every trade would would be determined by parties involved, no price control and no rules or regulations, total free for all with the most powerful getting the better part of the deal.
TM hung her hat on getting an EU trade agreement but she is walking the line, the UK cannot have a WTO tariff profile as a member of the EU and the WTO is not renowned for getting things done quickly.
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20 hours ago, dick dasterdly said:
The 'bottom line' is that uk governments support cheap labour from poorer countries, as this increases business profits.
So you agree that they fail to provide resources to the NHS in line with government policy.
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On 6/22/2017 at 5:08 PM, ubonjoe said:
Extensions based upon marriage have to be approved by the division headquarters for the region where you apply is the reason for the 30 day under consideration period.
Only those in the central region are sent to division 3 in Bangkok.
For the first extension part of approval process it a home visa at most offices. Some offices want witnesses instead of doing the home visit.
And some offices want witnesses and a home visit on the second extension application where there are no dependent children.
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15 hours ago, Grouse said:
Which EU country has been fortunate enough to have been favored by you?
Ill tell you one thing, I was horrified to see the dreadful Abbott back on the front bench. Corbyn stands NO chance now....
I am not anti UK but I am embarrassed and indeed horrified by the direction it is being led.
I do not think any of us are anti UK as has been suggested, more a lack of confidence. UK governments are weak at the knees and definitely need support and the best support they have ever had has been from the EU.
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2 hours ago, Laughing Gravy said:It could also be argued that NHS and doctors surgeries are so overloaded due to the increase in immigration over the last 15 years.
Of course this is all down to the EU and nothing to do with resources.
About half of net migration is from outside the EU which is completely under government control. EU nationals are subject to EU regulations on migration which the UK government chose to ignore. It should also be borne in mind that many EU nationals would be covered under reciprocal arrangements so in fact the UK government would be paid to provide care, a bit like UK nationals in the EU.
The bottom line is that the government implemented an immigration policy and failed to provide the NHS the additional resources required to deal with that policy.
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1 hour ago, dick dasterdly said:No mention that May tried to agree this previously, but was rebuffed by the EU?
As in other cases, TM thinks she can do what she wants when she wants. As far as she is concerned, due process is an alien concept.
She was not 'rebuffed' by the EU just reminded that there was no issue to discuss until after she had invoked Article 50. If TM had any real concern over EU citizens she would have invoked Article 50 a long time ago, of course she couldn't do that because she tried to bypass the due process with parliament.
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59 minutes ago, AlexRich said:
Solution is to wreck your economy ... have skill shortages that you are unable to fill (as the skilled leave first) and put the fruit and veg people out of business (as there are plenty of UK jobs so no UK person will take them) so that we can buy all out fruit and veg from Europe. That's a plan.
Quite. Mother nature must be a brexiteer, she shut down all the fruit farms in Moray & Nairn so no need for fruit pickers, foreign or otherwise.
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On 6/20/2017 at 7:53 PM, observer90210 said:
why? are sceptic tanks rare in Thailand????...what is EM???....I was not asking about the deep storage area far below
...rather just above on the bowl, plainly the loo, as obviously use of regular cleaning fluids on the toilet bowl would kill the bacteria down below!!....
Anyhow...white vinegar and baking soda?..ok sounds good thanks, and I assume (baking soda) it's available at BigC, Tesco etc etc???
I wouldn't bother, I have tried it and it doesn't work. The vinegar and baking soda combine to give off a lot of gas and create water.
I found the best thing to keep the bowl clean is a bit of wet & dry.
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22 hours ago, evadgib said:
Any border controls will be in mainland UK; not least to stop the IRA etc raising funds by cross border activities that were otherwise rife.
I does not matter how anyone wants to look at it, post brexit there will be an EU external border between the Republic of Ireland and the UK, simple fact.
At this point in time there is an agreement between the 2 EU states, the CTA, a bit like a mini Schengen. TM has said she will try and keep the CTA and then goes on to say she does not want freedom of movement. 'Cherry picking' at its best but at the end of the day it will not be her decision.
In the absence of a customs union there must be customs control between the north and the south, a really contentious issue. This is how Mr Barnier put it and note the "hope to".
Without producing a new hard border, they have to find rules for goods and services, without undermining the integrity of the single market, he says.
He says they hope to find “imaginative and concrete solutions”.
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2 hours ago, pitrevie said:You will get used to Khun Han's periodic rants about Germany and how the cheap Euro has benefited German Industry which it undoubtedly has. However what he always fails to explain is that long before Germany adopted the Euro they had become the powerhouse of Europe while the DM was also increasing in value. So it appears Germany achieved its pre-eminence in Europe despite the ever increasing value of the DM.
You would think with a pound that has gone in one direction almost consistently since WW2 the UK would be the powerhouse of Europe if that were the case.
As a result of Brexit the pound plummeted by around 20% and a year later exactly what benefits has that brought us?
German industry benefited from the fact that Germany was not allowed any defence spending after the war so they funded infrastructure. The UK however squandered the taxpayers money on defence with one bad decision after another.
That coupled with the fiasco in the motor industry took away any chance of the UK being a powerhouse, and all before getting involved with Europe. Bit strange that since then the motor and aviation industries have gone from strength to strength.
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On 6/20/2017 at 8:15 PM, nasanews said:
There is no need to link a credit card to bank account, maybe for a debt card? I don't know.
When linking a bank account with PP it only asks for account number!
That my vary on a historical basis, I have been with PP nearly 20 years. My bank account is linked to PP via the debit card, when the debit card expires I have to renew the link with the new card just like a credit card.
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Ms May will also be forced to endure the embarrassment of putting her Queen’s Speech before Parliament without knowing if it can be passed, as she wrote it having failed to secure the support of Democratic Unionist Party MPs needed for her Commons majority.
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7 hours ago, AlexRich said:
I doubt Phillip Hammond would have been so bold with his speech today if May had achieved the landslide majority that she sought.
It would not have been him making the speech.
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On 6/20/2017 at 2:59 AM, Goldbear said:
"Badly overspent." I really don't see how that happens. Doesn't one know how much money they have? Divide by the number of days you are out and then just spend that.
I know, off topic. Sorry.
The voice of reason. Sat in a bar with a few under the belt, the brain moves below the belt and reason goes out the window. To many it is a one off opportunity for the experience of a lifetime.
Instead of trying to find cheap accommodation he should be looking to see if he can use the money to bring his flight forward.
...rather just above on the bowl, plainly the loo, as obviously use of regular cleaning fluids on the toilet bowl would kill the bacteria down below!!....
May ready for tough talks over Brexit
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That would be a matter of perception. The administrative cost of brexit is money that has gone and will go straight down the drain. There is absolutely no doubt that many will view the Labour plans in the same vein but at this point in time they have yet to affect the national debt. By the time JC gets his hands on the purse strings there will be nothing left to spend.