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4 hours ago, CG1 Blue said:

The EU wants to retain some control over the UK. That's not how trade deals work.

Actually that’s exactly what a trade deal is. And that’s probably the issue here: that the UK wants to negotiate something that it hasn’t understood. 

2 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

no comment 555  555  555

1 minute ago, Kadilo said:

For those who are missing Thai Airways cuisine you can now rekindle those fond memories at 7/11

Doesn’t sound like a stupid idea. And what do you think you get served at 7-11 and gas stations if it doesn’t come from TG? Just a different mass producer of convenience <deleted> that has production cost of a few baht. 

Hope Thailand keeps its borders closed so we are safe from all those western Covidiots.

Just now, JonnyF said:

The EU's best customer is itself? Awesome. They may as well not bother with trade deals with non EU countries then eh? Or just stop exporting altogether.

While I appreciate that you care, I believe that’s the EU’s business. 
 

And your inability to make business decisions based on picking the right data doesn’t create much confidence in you as an advisor. 

5 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

I've been in business for 25 years. We tend to give good deals to our best customers. The UK is one of the EU's best customers

No, it isn’t. The EU’s best customer is the single market, so the EU will always protect that over the 6% market. 

5 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

they run a massive trade surplus with us.

 

Your inability to draw the right conclusions from interpreting the right data makes me wonder what business you’ve been doing for 25 years. 

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

Given that the EU are making completely unreasonable demands that have never before been part of a trade deal the EU has made with other non EU countries, I think that we can conclude they are not acting in good faith.

It sounds more like you should never open an own business if your key principle would be to give every stakeholder the same business terms. 
 

2 minutes ago, nauseus said:

This a forum. This is my personal opinion, so obviously I am both the source and the link. 

Ideally an opinion is based on facts which can be proven by providing a credible source. Otherwise it’s more a fantasy than an opinion. 
 

19 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

If you think Germany and France don't exert pressure on all the other 25 members, to "tow the line" or else you are extremely naive at best.

You can call not buying into conspiracy theories “extremely naive”, but it doesn’t change the fact that Germany and France don’t rule the 27. 

25 minutes ago, transam said:

You just did...............????

Yes, I did my homework. Others don’t. 

2 hours ago, steve187 said:

27 ruled by 2

Not true. Do your homework before making a fool of yourself. 

2 hours ago, steve187 said:

 

I am glad the UK is out of that club

Agree. It will be easier to integrate without the UK blocking everything. Oh, wait, how did the UK block things when all are ruled by 2? 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

We have plenty to say,” Trump said.

Person

Woman

Man

Camera

TV

Yosemite 

Difficult times for the conspiracy theorists. 
“Covid doesn’t exist, it’s just the governments and media trying to control us.”

”Covid exists and the government is covering it up.”

1 hour ago, transam said:

How many million folk did they ask...?  

Now much do you know about empirical research? 

1 hour ago, Cryingdick said:

The thought that Kamala can unify the country is preposterous. I can't think of anybody worse in that regard.

Trump/Pence 

2 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Any particular reason the OP article makes absolutely no mention of what nationality folks are making these channel crossings headed for the UK?

 

He also doesn’t mention their favorite color, whether they’re are vegan or not, as well as shoe sizes. Coincidence or is the author deliberately keeping these things a secret? 

17 hours ago, kingdong said:

the uk has no legal or moral duty to economic migrants,

...and no legal or practical lever to send them anywhere. Unless you can find an agreement with another country to accept them. 

1 minute ago, twocatsmac said:

 

Would that be the deal where turkey keep threatening to open the floodgates unless more wonga is produced?

 

Use the suggested solution in post #9.

You can put whatever you want on your coastline. Once a boat is in your waters, it’s your problem. So the only feasible solution seems to be investing enough in France so that these refugees don’t even start their journey. Your inhuman violence fantasies are just that. 

Boarding a boat is probably not illegal, so there’s nothing much the French police can do about it. They could patrol the border in the channel, but that would cost a bit for nothing in return (quite the opposite, they’re probably happy to get rid of people who want to leave anyway; wow, that sounds like Brexit). So the UK would have to pay if it wanted to outsource their border control to the French, but that would upset Brexiteers who wanted to “take back control” of their borders. So in the end, the UK will have to deal with them, unless it wants to build a wall in the channel. Sending them back will hardly work as many don’t have paperwork. It’s not like you can put them in the mail and write “E. Macron, Paris” on it. 
 

I believe the UK and France will agree on a deal similar to the one between the EU and Turkey.