peteblue
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It’ll be changed. The contract hasn’t yet been awarded.....
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It’ll be changed. The contract hasn’t yet been awarded.....
Haha, can't make it up can you?
I wouldn't be too sure, they have made a pigs ear of everything concerning their interpretation of leaving the EU and 'taking back control'. The Tories are stuck in the ideology of free market competitive tendering and this was awarded on that basis. Would be a hell of a leap backwards to admit that competitive tendering isn't the right thing to do and that it should be a 'Britain first' policy. Which is protectionist. Hardly the basis for talking free trade deals with other countries. Also, there would be an avalanche of complains about competitive tendering for NHS contracts, to DWP contracts, schools contracts etc.
peteblue
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So, if we print them you are not happy, and if someone else prints them you are not happy. It looks as though DLR have made a bit of mess of pricing, and indeed their CFO has stood down from the board to pursue other things, but will hang around until September for handover purposes. Maybe they just got too greedy......we’ll find out soon enough......
peteblue
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“Sources say awarding job to Franco-Dutch firm Gemalto rather than UK firm De La Rue was a simple question of value for money.
Government sources say awarding the job to Franco-Dutch firm Gemalto will be £120m cheaper over the five years of the contract.”
So it probably was greed then......
Brexit with Lego
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I came to the conclusion, it entirley depends on the day of the week, Different definition on Brexit Monday to Brexit Tuesday and so on for the rest of the week. Im also concluding there are different definitions to Brexit between am and pm of each day of the week.
Its like the Russian nesting doll, Brexit dividing itself, it just gets smaller and smaller.
The clock is ticking for May's dream of an invisible border like it is now has to become reality.
Brexit
EU approval of Brexit blueprint comes with Irish border warning
Leaders agree vision for future trade deal but say UK must provide solution for Ireland
Daniel Boffey and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
Fri 23 Mar 2018 11.05 GMTLast modified on Fri 23 Mar 2018 11.26 GMT
The EU wants a backstop solution that would keep Northern Ireland in regulatory alignment with the EU if no soft border solutions are found. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA
EU agreement on the terms of a transition period and its vision of a “wide-ranging and ambitious” free trade deal with the UK has come with a warning that nothing will be sealed until Downing Street provides a solution for avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland.
The leaders of 27 member states endorsed a seven-page blueprint for a future deal with the UK at a summit in Brussels on Friday morning. It includes zero tariffs on goods, reciprocal access to fishing waters and cooperation in defence and foreign affairs.
Progress on a draft withdrawal agreement unveiled earlier in the week was also welcomed by the 27. The 129-page document contains both the terms of the transition period and Brussels’ proposed solution to the issue of the Irish border, which is being contested by the UK because it would effectively keep Northern Ireland in the customs union and single market.
However, the 27 insisted in their guidelines on the future trade deal that negotiations could only progress once the UK provides a legally watertight alternative to its “backstop” solution of keeping Northern Ireland in regulatory alignment with the EU.
That default status for the country would come into effect should a future trade deal or bespoke technological solution not emerge that can do the work of avoiding a hard border with the Irish Republic.
The Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, said the deadline for having a “done and dusted” agreement was October, although Dublin was pressing for answers from London on how it would avoid a hard border by the next European council summit in June.
Varadkar claimed the UK had made a significant move in the last week by accepting the premise of a backstop option.
It had initially rejected it “out of hand”, he said, but had now said it would “engage on the text of the backstop that the EU has put forward”.
Varadkar added: “It’s not a case of when they’re winning we’re losing, and when we’re winning they’re losing.”
As she left the leaders’ summit in Brussels, Theresa May said she believed there was a “new dynamic” to the negotiations, and reiterated her commitment to offer answers on the Irish border.
”I welcome the fact that the EU council has agreed the details of the implementation period,” she said. “This gives certainty to people and businesses, it gives them the clarity to plan for their future and it ensures that they will only have to make one change when we enter into our future relationship.
“I believe there is a new dynamic now in the negotiations. We are approaching this with a spirit of cooperation and a spirit of opportunity for the future. We will now be sitting down and determining those workable solutions for Northern Ireland, but also for our future security partnership and economic partnership.”
Negotiators on both sides believe a trade deal can be drawn up during the 21-month transition period that will come into force after 29 March 2019.
However, Philippe Lamberts, a Belgian MEP who co-leads the Green group, voiced scepticism shared by some European diplomats in private. “Who can believe that within 21 months you can complete and then ratify a full association agreement,” he told the Guardian. “That is impossible.”
Lamberts said he expected the EU to make provision in the withdrawal agreement to extend the transition, but “they want to extract a price for that concession”.
Brexit
EU approval of Brexit blueprint comes with Irish border warning
Leaders agree vision for future trade deal but say UK must provide solution for Ireland
Daniel Boffey and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
Fri 23 Mar 2018 11.05 GMTLast modified on Fri 23 Mar 2018 11.26 GMT
The EU wants a backstop solution that would keep Northern Ireland in regulatory alignment with the EU if no soft border solutions are found. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA
EU agreement on the terms of a transition period and its vision of a “wide-ranging and ambitious” free trade deal with the UK has come with a warning that nothing will be sealed until Downing Street provides a solution for avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland.
The leaders of 27 member states endorsed a seven-page blueprint for a future deal with the UK at a summit in Brussels on Friday morning. It includes zero tariffs on goods, reciprocal access to fishing waters and cooperation in defence and foreign affairs.
Progress on a draft withdrawal agreement unveiled earlier in the week was also welcomed by the 27. The 129-page document contains both the terms of the transition period and Brussels’ proposed solution to the issue of the Irish border, which is being contested by the UK because it would effectively keep Northern Ireland in the customs union and single market.
However, the 27 insisted in their guidelines on the future trade deal that negotiations could only progress once the UK provides a legally watertight alternative to its “backstop” solution of keeping Northern Ireland in regulatory alignment with the EU.
That default status for the country would come into effect should a future trade deal or bespoke technological solution not emerge that can do the work of avoiding a hard border with the Irish Republic.
The Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, said the deadline for having a “done and dusted” agreement was October, although Dublin was pressing for answers from London on how it would avoid a hard border by the next European council summit in June.
Varadkar claimed the UK had made a significant move in the last week by accepting the premise of a backstop option.
It had initially rejected it “out of hand”, he said, but had now said it would “engage on the text of the backstop that the EU has put forward”.
Varadkar added: “It’s not a case of when they’re winning we’re losing, and when we’re winning they’re losing.”
As she left the leaders’ summit in Brussels, Theresa May said she believed there was a “new dynamic” to the negotiations, and reiterated her commitment to offer answers on the Irish border.
”I welcome the fact that the EU council has agreed the details of the implementation period,” she said. “This gives certainty to people and businesses, it gives them the clarity to plan for their future and it ensures that they will only have to make one change when we enter into our future relationship.
“I believe there is a new dynamic now in the negotiations. We are approaching this with a spirit of cooperation and a spirit of opportunity for the future. We will now be sitting down and determining those workable solutions for Northern Ireland, but also for our future security partnership and economic partnership.”
Negotiators on both sides believe a trade deal can be drawn up during the 21-month transition period that will come into force after 29 March 2019.
However, Philippe Lamberts, a Belgian MEP who co-leads the Green group, voiced scepticism shared by some European diplomats in private. “Who can believe that within 21 months you can complete and then ratify a full association agreement,” he told the Guardian. “That is impossible.”
Lamberts said he expected the EU to make provision in the withdrawal agreement to extend the transition, but “they want to extract a price for that concession”.
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Utter Cad.
peteblue
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He forgot to mention the blatant Government fiasco of openly sending remain leaflets to ever UK household costing £9 million - far more influence than facebook as we are told us oldies who voted for Brexit I would suspect not use the evil website =oh and why wait two years to announce this spectacular find - money for the story no doubts!......
peteblue
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Of course, vote leave targeted the youth vote to vote remain.....no wait, they targeted the graduates......no wait......
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I have to admit I only voted Leave because of Facetube..........
Yes that student site that Sir Vince reckons all voted remain!
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