Smashing. We're here for Christmas but heading to Czech for new year. Snow there too at the moment. Should be ace.
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Smashing. We're here for Christmas but heading to Czech for new year. Snow there too at the moment. Should be ace.
joey_macmo
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Sound.
You said people who generalise make your blood boil whilst you generalised in the very same post.
All the best.
The Cowboy
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One can only draw upon ones experiences. I have only ever seen that infernal phrase to disparage leave voters.
peteblue
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*sends a note to the PM suggesting we toughen up on anyone entering the country now that Bruce and Clint are outside of the UK.........
peteblue
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Hi joey, I've been without internet access for a while (thanks FAST.co) and only just seen this.....I trust you are now feeling better......oh and merry Christmas and a happy New Year everyone........
peteblue
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Yep, the sooner article 50 is triggered the better.........
Happy new year Pete
peteblue
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Happy new year Pete
And you as well mate.........
Gwladysstreetlad
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Also to you and your family
All the best not one drink tonight, but enjoyed the GOT as per usual
http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.25.3.83
A literature review of all studies into this topic suggests that removing all border controls around the world would provide a boost to global GDP of around 100%. As it is though, we had coppers crawling all over our bus to check if someone wasn't hiding in the engine(ffs!) or wheel axle. Oh, and welcome to Britain.
peteblue
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Glad to see my note had the desired effect........can't believe they let you back in though......
summerisle
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Can't be good news.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/03/uk-ambassador-to-eu-quits-amid-brexit-row
UK ambassador to EU quits amid Brexit row
Britain’s ambassador to the EU has quit his post less than a month after it was revealed that he said a post-Brexit trade deal with the bloc could take up to a decade to achieve.
first reported by the Financial Times, came almost a year before his scheduled departure in November.
Rogers, who conducted David Cameron’s renegotiation with the EU before the referendum, angered Eurosceptics in December when it emerged he had told ministers it could take 10 years to negotiate a free-trade deal with the EU. Downing Street insisted at the time that the ambassador had been communicating the views of some European leaders, rather than giving his own assessment.
While there was no official reaction from the Foreign Office to Rogers’ resignation, a Whitehall source said ministers were not surprised given he had been due to leave later in the year. It is understood discussions had already begun at a civil service level about finding a replacement before November. “It won’t affect any of the article 50 timetable at all,” the source said.
The Daily Mail claimed the knives were out for Rogers, saying there were “demands for Sir Ivan to be replaced with a diplomat who is more energetically pro-Brexit, amid speculation that his comments were deliberately leaked to undermine his position”.
The Conservative MP Dominic Raab, a member of the exiting the European Union select committee, said it would have been more disruptive if Rogers had left in November.
“Sir Ivan is a distinguished diplomat with a long record of public service,” Raab said. “He didn’t exactly hide the fact that his heart wasn’t in Brexit, and he was due to step down in the autumn anyway. It makes sense all round to give the ambassador who will see the negotiations through some lead time.”
The former Labour shadow foreign secretary and chairman of the EEU committee, Hilary Benn, told the BBC the resignation was “not a good thing” and the government would be under pressure to get a replacement up to speed to meet Theresa May’s timetable of triggering article 50 before the end of March.
“I think that it means that the government will have to get its skates on to make sure there is a replacement in place so he or she can work with Sir Ivan in the transition, the handover,” he said. “But the hard work is going to start very soon, because if article 50 is triggered, as the government says it wishes to, by the end of March, then negotiations will probably begin shortly thereafter. And having a handover in the middle of that, depending on when exactly he goes, is not ideal.”
Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform, tweeted that Rogers’ resignation meant the UK had lost one of its most experienced EU negotiators at a crucial juncture.
“The [EU] 27 will take Rogers’ resignation as a sign that May’s government prefers to placate hardline sceptics than keep its top EU expert,” Grant said.
Rogers was appointed by Cameron, having previously worked as private secretary to Kenneth Clarke when he was chancellor.
His advice to No 10 about the length of time a trade deal could take to negotiate also reportedly carried the warning that such a deal could be rejected by any of the 27 national parliaments during the ratification process.
The Ukip donor and Leave.EU founder, Arron Banks, said Rogers had been “far too much of a pessimist” about Brexit. “It’s time now for someone who is optimistic about the future that lies ahead for Brexit Britain,” he said. “Enough talk, we need to get on with getting out.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/03/uk-ambassador-to-eu-quits-amid-brexit-row
UK ambassador to EU quits amid Brexit row
Britain’s ambassador to the EU has quit his post less than a month after it was revealed that he said a post-Brexit trade deal with the bloc could take up to a decade to achieve.
first reported by the Financial Times, came almost a year before his scheduled departure in November.
Rogers, who conducted David Cameron’s renegotiation with the EU before the referendum, angered Eurosceptics in December when it emerged he had told ministers it could take 10 years to negotiate a free-trade deal with the EU. Downing Street insisted at the time that the ambassador had been communicating the views of some European leaders, rather than giving his own assessment.
While there was no official reaction from the Foreign Office to Rogers’ resignation, a Whitehall source said ministers were not surprised given he had been due to leave later in the year. It is understood discussions had already begun at a civil service level about finding a replacement before November. “It won’t affect any of the article 50 timetable at all,” the source said.
The Daily Mail claimed the knives were out for Rogers, saying there were “demands for Sir Ivan to be replaced with a diplomat who is more energetically pro-Brexit, amid speculation that his comments were deliberately leaked to undermine his position”.
The Conservative MP Dominic Raab, a member of the exiting the European Union select committee, said it would have been more disruptive if Rogers had left in November.
“Sir Ivan is a distinguished diplomat with a long record of public service,” Raab said. “He didn’t exactly hide the fact that his heart wasn’t in Brexit, and he was due to step down in the autumn anyway. It makes sense all round to give the ambassador who will see the negotiations through some lead time.”
The former Labour shadow foreign secretary and chairman of the EEU committee, Hilary Benn, told the BBC the resignation was “not a good thing” and the government would be under pressure to get a replacement up to speed to meet Theresa May’s timetable of triggering article 50 before the end of March.
“I think that it means that the government will have to get its skates on to make sure there is a replacement in place so he or she can work with Sir Ivan in the transition, the handover,” he said. “But the hard work is going to start very soon, because if article 50 is triggered, as the government says it wishes to, by the end of March, then negotiations will probably begin shortly thereafter. And having a handover in the middle of that, depending on when exactly he goes, is not ideal.”
Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform, tweeted that Rogers’ resignation meant the UK had lost one of its most experienced EU negotiators at a crucial juncture.
“The [EU] 27 will take Rogers’ resignation as a sign that May’s government prefers to placate hardline sceptics than keep its top EU expert,” Grant said.
Rogers was appointed by Cameron, having previously worked as private secretary to Kenneth Clarke when he was chancellor.
His advice to No 10 about the length of time a trade deal could take to negotiate also reportedly carried the warning that such a deal could be rejected by any of the 27 national parliaments during the ratification process.
The Ukip donor and Leave.EU founder, Arron Banks, said Rogers had been “far too much of a pessimist” about Brexit. “It’s time now for someone who is optimistic about the future that lies ahead for Brexit Britain,” he said. “Enough talk, we need to get on with getting out.”
peteblue
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Good news as far as I can see. He negotiated the pitiful concessions for David Cameron, my granddaughter would have negotiated a better deal. He appears to have gone native just like our previous EU Commissioner had. A fresh face is required......
Old Blue 2
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The only thing missing from that, Bruce, is a pie chart!!!
Big on quoting studies, which have no foundation in fact. Pie in the sky (pardon the pun on my previous para!).
Those kind of things should be seen for what they are. An Academic study to make the person who produced it appear knowledgeable, well-versed, etc., etc..
The academic who read over the complete synopsis for my first book, said there was no value in publishing it to the publishing company who had sought his views. He was really up-to-speed, yeah. It's now in its second edition! Oh, and 8 books later with another in the pipeline for next summer, and a meeting with another publisher next week to consider second editions of two that are out-of-print (original print run of thousands sold out). But what do we ordinary mortals know...???
Lord, spare me from academic critiques!!!
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