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35 minutes ago, Loiner said:The EU have always said there is nothing more to negotiate. Their position appears to be that they are waiting for Boris to capitulate as Theresa did for them.
A change of surroundings is hardly likely to induce a Surrender.
Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa ConnectYou can only negotiate if you know what you want. Just going on about what you don’t want doesn’t get you closer to a solution. But perhaps BJ does not really want one?
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“I would caution you all not to think that this is going to be the moment,” Johnson told reporters on the plane to New York. “I don’t wish to elevate excessively the belief that there will be a New York breakthroug.”
I doubt whether anybody in his/her right mind would expect a breakthrough. He still hasn’t put forward a formal proposal in Brussels, so why would New York change anything?
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15 minutes ago, billd766 said:
Have to pay the EU import taxes for that.
My posting refers to what was written by @Scott123:
‘I am looking to buy a new Rav 4 next year now I will seriously think of changing my purchase to a country that shuts its mouth and keeps out of British politics.’
So that excludes USA-cars, was my reaction. Not much to do with import duties.
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3 minutes ago, sandyf said:
That will make the choice quite easy.
More exclusions, I would think: what about cars from the USA?
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15 hours ago, donnacha said:Worth noting that the successful island nation of Japan would never consider ceding sovereignty to an undemocratic supra-national entity controlled by a major competitor.
........................I have news for you: the UK has also never ceded sovereignty to an undemocratic supra-national entity controlled by a major competitor.
But never mind loosing the Japanese, in 3 - 4 years the UK will have a trade deal with New Zealand!
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6 hours ago, Thongkorn said:
All self inflicted by the EU bring it on, If they had acted like Adults and actually put some positive input into the negotiations things could have been better, But their nastiness to try and stop Britain leaving is all to prevalent for the world to see, So Britain is doing the right thing, In leaving a corrupt Political Quango.
Well, the EU is still waiting - more than 3 years now - for some positive input by the UK, apparently. Nobody tries to stop the UK leaving. If you want out, please go, but don’t blame it on others.
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1 hour ago, DannyCarlton said:
Does it block everything that disagrees with the Farage/Cummings doctrine.
It's too long to post in full. Here's a flavour:
"Boris Johnson’s flirtation with dishonesty has cost him at least three jobs and damaged his standing with the people of Liverpool and London.
The Conservative frontrunner is now facing a possible private prosecution for intentionally misleading voters during the EU referendum campaign.
And while he once told The Independent that his mistakes “are too numerous to list in full”, here is our roundup of his seven most notorius untruths."
The one lie that I wasn't aware of is this:
"Misrepresenting the people of Liverpool
Mr Johnson became editor of the Spectator in 1999 after telling owner Conrad Black, who was later convicted of fraud, that he would not pursue a political career. This promise was broken in 2001 when he won election as Conservative MP for Henley in Oxfordshire.
Three years later he was forced to apologise for an article in the magazine which blamed drunken Liverpool fans for the 1989 Hillsborough disaster and suggested that the people of the city were wallowing in their victim status.
“Anyone, journalist or politician, should say sorry to the people of Liverpool – as I do – for misrepresenting what happened at Hillsborough,” he said."
Very surprised that @Laughing Gravy supports this worthless POS.
‘Boris Johnson’s flirtation with dishonesty’ - now isn’t that a great example of an euphemism?
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34 minutes ago, kingdong said:Was obvious they were going to be awkward,just like they,beenfor the last 42 years.no deals better than a bad deal,these colours don,t run.
Exactly who is being awkward here? The UK has had over three years to come up with a concrete proposal for a deal, but never did it. You can’t blame your opponent at the negotiating table for having done some preparation and lay down a proposed text - but I’m sure you will.
BJ just don’t seem to seriously seek a deal - and will then blame the EU for the following crash......
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‘Britain is not likely to present a complete set of detailed, written proposals of how it would want the text of the existing - but stalled - Brexit deal changed before the end of the month, UK and EU sources said.’
More than 3 years and the UK is still without a plan...........
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1 hour ago, JonnyF said:
Absolutely, they always have a backup plan, what if it rained for example?
This was obviously planned. They did this to May as well. Mocked her, refused to greet her, nebulous comments etc. Then there was Tusk's "special place in hell comments" for British MP's.
Totally lacking class and maturity. Playing right into the hands of Brexiteers as well. I hope they keep this up, plenty of ammunition for whenever Parliament decides to allow Democracy to return to the UK.
‘Totally lacking class and maturity’: thanks for a good laugh. Luckily ‘class and maturity’ are signature dishes in the Brexit kitchen.
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1 hour ago, CaptainNemo said:
in fact, of the 65,000,000 population of the UK, approximately 49,000,000 people chose not to remain.
What's next, imaginary numbers?
Nope
1. Brexit creates a solution.
2. Remainers create a problem.
2. Remainers don’t have solution.
3. Remainers comes up with problem.
4. Brexiters don’t like problem.
5. Remainers blame Brexit for problem.
6. Remainers threaten Brexit.
7. Brexiters calmly points out facts.
8. Remainers dismisses facts, and attempt to trash constitution, recruiting the judiciary.
9. Repeat monthly, yearly, and Remainers refuse to hold a General Election until you get their own way.What problem exactly did Brexit create a solution for?
It is Brexit that created all of the problems, so deal with it instead of blaming others. What about coming up with a concrete proposal on what you want, instead of only saying what you don’t want?
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17 hours ago, Thaifriends said:
Blondie is bluffing and playing with time. He has no plans and will not have any deal.
The Luxembourg PM said that BJ had many words, but no text.........
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16 minutes ago, sanemax said:
No , the rest of the sentence stated that It would be the fist signed deal and it was a priority to get that first deal signed
Keep in mind that the negotiations haven’t even started. Making it a priority to get a deal signed is a bad starting point for negotiations, you put yourself in a vulnerable position.
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3 hours ago, vogie said:Protesters with amplifiers, does it make any sense to give a speech when it would not be heard over the mob, Bettel whose only intention was to try and humiliate Boris, but Boris was one step ahead of Bettel who was made to look like a jilted bride at the church alter.
Luxenbourg maybe doing ok, but the UKs economy is only second to Germany, whilst Luxenbourg is down at number 25.
As for your closing sentence: perhaps you might take a look at the World Bank’s Gross National Income (GNI) per capita figures. In 2018, in USD, the figure for the UK was 40,530, for Luxembourg 70,260. For GDP the difference is even bigger: 39,720 for the UK, 104,103 for Luxembourg.
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1 minute ago, roobaa01 said:
was alcoholic junker sober when he spoke ??? how can an mentally unfit alcoholic negotiate ??
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As BJ didn’t bring any proposals to the table there was nothing to negotiate, I’m afraid. I read reports this morning in which it was said that the participants found Boris’ knowledge of Brexit rather underwhelming (to put it mildly). So it appears he traveled to Luxembourg both empty-handed and empty-minded, as far as ‘seeking a deal’ is concerned,
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1 hour ago, RAZZELL said:
Yep, nice to take lessons in diplomacy from a country with a population less than the size of Birmingham and whose entire economy is based on facilitating dodgy corporate banking and tax avoidance:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_Leaks
RAZZ
Oh, you mean they copied those operators in the City?
Yeah, blame everything and everybody, but not BJ.
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14 minutes ago, evadgib said:Cameron-Publicly humiliated while in office by an EU that thought they were bomb proof.
May- Publicly humiliated as above by an EU that knew full well she wasn't up to it.
Johnson- Publicly humiliated, this time by a mickey mouse state with a population no bigger than an average London council when he was Mayor.
"that'll learn 'em!" ????
Can you imagine Gibraltar doing this in the other direction to the likes of Merkle or Makron, and why are the 44 consecutive weekend riots across France not being covered by MSM?
Public humiliation, because of 75 protesters? Are you sure Boris is in the right profession? If you can’t stand the heat you have no business in the kitchen..............
By the way, this ‘mickey mouse’ state is doing extremely well, unlike the UK.
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5 minutes ago, petermik said:Give the EU (german republic to be) nowt Boris....walk away now...we the British public should be allowed to make our own decisions on the way OUR country is run...not by a bunch of fat salaried non elected cronies who have absolutely no interest of what is best for our still great country
You would prefer to have decisions made by your own non-elected cronies, like Cummings?
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10 minutes ago, shaurene said:I am ex UK lived in NZ for 30+yrs. NZ will do a deal with UK no problem. UK will buy our lamb, beef, cheese, roan pressed Posum, honey, wine & shell fish. And Australia, Canada, India, West Indies for Sugar etc. We do not need Europe, they need us.
Yeah, right.......... but what will you buy from the UK?
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3 hours ago, snoop1130 said:“Striking a free trade deal with New Zealand is a very important priority for the UK,” she said.
Doesn’t sound like she’s got the priorities right..........
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6 hours ago, villagefarang said:
It has always been my understanding that marriage could be done any day of the week because the paperwork has to be sent off to Bangkok, anyway, for approval. Retirement is limited to Monday and Wednesday because those are the two days the IO required to approve and sign the renewal is present at the Chiang Rai office.
You could very well be right. I was absolutely sure about the retirement based one and assumed - most likely incorrectly - that the same would be valid for a marriage extension; I wasn’t aware of the approval having to be granted by Bangkok.
By the way, I meant to quote the opening post instead of yours, sorry.
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10 minutes ago, villagefarang said:
Monday and Wednesday for retirement, not sure what you mean by new visa.
If you mean extensions based on marriage or retirement: Monday and Wednesday. But you can also apply at the Mae Sai office (not the border station!) 5 days a week.
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13 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:
Why travel by bus? Why not train or private car?
Travel by train from Mae Sai? He would have to lay the tracks first..........
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3 hours ago, Joinaman said:sounds a bit like staying in the EU does it not
Told lies from day one, told how good it was going to be for us all, while increasing cost, taking away our freedoms
But hey, come back in 5 years time after the Lisbon Treaty is in full force and let is know how that works out for you
Yes massive, ( possibly but unlikely) disruption, for short period, then settles down with the UK able to decide how and what it wishes to do
More expensive, possible on some items, much cheaper on other too, so no problems there
Fewer jobs, like the project fear kept telling us if we voted out, but like so many , have been proven to be lies and totally wrong haven;t they ?
Please explain the upside to remaining as servants to the EU, with the loss of all our forces, laws, parliament, loss of jobs, increased payments, etc, etc,
Then give us the true downsides of leaving, but please, no opinions, just true facts and links to these facts
Would be very interested in knowing the true facts from a really intelligent remainer, rather than some idiots opinion
but still waiting for these since the referendum , so looks like i will never get them
‘Please explain the upside to remaining as servants to the EU, with the loss of all our forces, laws, parliament, loss of jobs, increased payments, etc, etc,’ : well, if that’s your view of the current situation in the EU I’m afraid an explanation would be a waste of time.........-
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PM Johnson goads opponents to call election as tempers flare over Brexit
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Why do you keep telling lies - to put it mildly - about the EU? Or don’t you really have a clue at all, and does your rant come from sheer ignorance?