A trade deal with the UK is low priority to the US too. I think, its more a case of importance. Putin, Syria, trade deal with the US > UK trade deal
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A trade deal with the UK is low priority to the US too. I think, its more a case of importance. Putin, Syria, trade deal with the US > UK trade deal
Ain't it. Absolutely clueless. Strong and stable my arse.
Makes me happy. This country must learn a painful lesson.
I've quoted you before when you said something similar, the people who will feel this painful lesson will be - the very poorest, young people, people of colour, disabled people, immigrates. I get the anger(I always feel the same way after the Tories win an election) but the outcome of Brexit falling (which it will do) will only mean Britain becoming a more bigoted, racist and xenophobia place.
"Let's make Brexit a success". The cheek...why should he care?
Probably more like Fix Eurozone> Line ones own pockets> talk about the shape of fruit> discuss why the Eurozone is unfixable> discuss trade deal with Chad> move on to less important things.
Hats off to may, sitting there having dinner with Junk and not shooting him in the face shows quite some restraint
Maybe because I'm off to Scotland next year. But I don't think so. I guess I'm still just very angry. What does it say about us when the failure of right wing policies make us more right wing bigoted and racist?
Back on topic, the idea that we were going to get a sweet deal was fanciful at best. How the feck were so many people convinced?
It is stated as a strategic leak from the EU which will be their ongoing strategy. Obviously both sides are going to take strong negotiating positions initially. Naturally the balance of power lies with the EU but it is not time to crap the bed yet.
Chad? I can understand the fact that theres a tory party in government who kiss saudi arabia's regime arse by providing them with weapons to kill yemeni civilians. However calling the uk that way is taking it a bit too far.
Its within the eu domain to decide its priority and with whom to have trade deal with. Syria, putin and a trade deal with the us is far more important
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A strategic leak to expose May's cluelesness. You can see why they'd do it but the content is grim regardless.
Its the direction of travel that i dont like, we will see how it goes. My partner is one of those immigrant types so might not be welcome anymore.
The financial crisis was created through the opportunism and abuse of financial de-regulation rather than economists getting anything wrong.
You're right, brain surgery, feck getting a qualified surgeon I want a down to earth bloke on the checkout at Asda doing it
It affects everyones day to day life. Everything at the supermarket is now 10-20% more expensive because of the pound devaluing.
We haven't gone through Brexit yet but if tarrifs/quotas hit as a result of no trade agreement then every business who imports from mainland will have higher costs because of tarrifs. Every business who does a great deal of business in mainland Europe will lose business because they'll be forced to charge higher prices because of the tarrifs. Any of these businesses that go under will see people lose jobs.
Banks have started to leave and if more leave jobs will be lost.
Now if you're in a business that doesn't do much business in the EU you'll be fine but those that do will inevitably hurt.
It is a leading and bias source. May's government took legal advice which stated that Article 50 does not state that any leaving member state has to continue paying EU budget fees after leaving. The interesting thing about the source is the German connection as Merkel's government fear that they will cop for most of the shortfall if the UK doesn't pay it.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...ave-pay-penny-leave-european-union-say-peers/
That we are stupid.
. Although On the subject of economists, this event in British politics undermined them big time and why I think Cameron's government were determined to go against the consensus in that field regarding austerity.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/.../How-364-economists-got-it-totally-wrong.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/.../How-364-economists-got-it-totally-wrong.html
Because of the balance of trade or something.
This actually came up in the FAZ report. Davis suggested to Juncker that the UK could simply leave without paying anything. Juncker's response was they could kiss goodbye to any hope of a trade deal if they did. So you may be technically correct, but it is unlikely to happen in practice.
Do you think the uk will resemble a scene from Grapes of Wrath in ten years?
I'm not saying it will happen in practice. It is a key negotiating point clearly. I fully expect us to keep contributing in order to get a deal. But the UK should take a strong negotiating stance initially.
Which is such a staggeringly obvious point I can't believe people (including those in the gov) could delude themselves to think otherwise.
I think this might be why May called the election. Get an untouchable majority before the UK's position is set out because there are a lot of people who are not going to like the initial stance.
Your Prime Minister is a bit sneaky, isn't she? She wants all the good things about the EU, but not the so-called "bad".
Red, white and blue brexit.
I think our banking/finance and manufacturing industrices will all decline and we'll be poorer as a nation. That the NHS and Schools will face further cuts with the justification of 'the economy is in recession and we need to pay off our national debt'. That workers rights are cut now The Torries can do what they want without EU check and balances.
In 10 years time we might have rebounded somewhat but if The Torries fullfil their threat of turning Britain into a tax haven then our public services will be wiped out.
the nhs will suffer brexit or not, if tax shy brits don't put their hands iin their pockets there will always be cuts.
What eu checks are done on workers rights? What have they done about fruit pickers on 2.90 an hour? feck all is the answer cos they don't have the power
Jean Claud Junk made a success of turning Luxenbourg into a tax free haven, he can advise the tories how it can be successfully implemented.
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It didn't, the economy grew in the 80s despite the reduction in aggregate demand not because of it. Post credit crunch austerity reducing aggregate demand has hindered economic recovery in the UK where as in the US they recovered much quicker due to increasing aggregate demand. The Torries haven't proved 2+2=5.
Thatcher may have seen economic growth but at what price? Industries destroyed, privatisation of national assets making the state was poorer as a result, mass unemployment, increasing the north south divide turning many towns into slums and increasing the gap between the richest and poorest. And as part of her deregulation policies the start of the de-regulation of financial services that would eventually see the credit crunch.
It's still the cake and eat it strategy but the way she's approaching it, it'll be stale bread and lump it.
Don't mind a bit of Fondue
The trick will be how to make the idea of leaving extremely unappetising to other member states without ruining the UK economy so as to avoid the knock on effects on the European economies. It'll be a very fine line to tread especially as the negative effects begin to set in.
The key point of the exchange that really highlights either May's complete misunderstanding of the situation the country is in, or that she is ignoring whatever advice she may be getting, is on the subject of the refusal to pay fees. This is because saying you will do that has consequences that make the negotiations much, much worse, and this has been pointed out before.
If we do not pay, it escalates the situation because the shortfall in EU funding then becomes an issue for each individual parliament of the 27 countries. Right now, we are dealing with EU negotiators who take a deal back to each government for approval. Get each parliament involved and we are then in negotiation with the entirety of each countries political framework, and each parliament (not government, parliament, opposition and all) will have the power of veto over any deal.
It is not playing hardball, it is a singular failure to understand the position we are in and the actual consequences of her actions. She will make it much, much worse, not better.
If we do not pay, it escalates the situation because the shortfall in EU funding then becomes an issue for each individual parliament of the 27 countries. Right now, we are dealing with EU negotiators who take a deal back to each government for approval. Get each parliament involved and we are then in negotiation with the entirety of each countries political framework, and each parliament (not government, parliament, opposition and all) will have the power of veto over any deal.
It is not playing hardball, it is a singular failure to understand the position we are in and the actual consequences of her actions. She will make it much, much worse, not better.
Except many economists, especially the types right wingers love, spout theories supporting low regulation economies 'The market regulates itself'
Right, it's up to the UK government to enforce it, so why are you so angry at the EU for Westminsters failure?
Because the previous poster seems to think leaving the eu will affect workers rights while those said workers have no rights since forever.
She's tough on egg hunts not containing the word 'Easter' though. Even when it turns out they actually do and she's just bought into a PR stunt by a CofE linked chocolate company.
Strong and stable etc.