orchard
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-and taking away the powers given to the devolved countries of the UK...
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They were adamant that the government are going for a no-deal Brexit.
It's a complete shambles, all of it.
peteblue
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“Unilever has withdrawn plans to move its headquarters from London to the Netherlands after a massive shareholder rebellion.
The consumer goods company said the proposal had not “received support from a significant group of shareholders and therefore consider it appropriate to withdraw”......
The consumer goods company said the proposal had not “received support from a significant group of shareholders and therefore consider it appropriate to withdraw”......
abelard
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"... AND TWO WORLD WARS!!!!"
peteblue
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That just goes without saying......
abelard
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and yet they still sing it... ; )
Thought this was interesting from Tim Harford recently:
"The World Bank’s Doing Business database reports that the typical time to clear border checks in high-income countries is not two minutes, nor even 15 minutes, but 12 hours and 40 minutes. This, remember, is not a train-crash scenario but business as usual for most of the rich world. The World Bank adds, helpfully: “It is entirely possible that the border compliance time and cost could be negligible or zero, as in the case of trade between members of the European Union.”
http://timharford.com/2018/10/counting-the-costs-of-brexit-uncertainty/
"The World Bank’s Doing Business database reports that the typical time to clear border checks in high-income countries is not two minutes, nor even 15 minutes, but 12 hours and 40 minutes. This, remember, is not a train-crash scenario but business as usual for most of the rich world. The World Bank adds, helpfully: “It is entirely possible that the border compliance time and cost could be negligible or zero, as in the case of trade between members of the European Union.”
http://timharford.com/2018/10/counting-the-costs-of-brexit-uncertainty/
The EU folk I spoke to this week said their plan was to drag it out sufficiently long that all the leave voters would die off and we could forget the whole thing. They reasoned their plan would be complete by next April.
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
Which just happens to be my birthday.......
peteblue
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Yeah, but when it falls, Remainers say ‘look Brexit is killing the country’, and Leavers say ‘it’s good for exports’, then when it goes up, Remainers say ‘an overpriced pound will kill exports’ and Leavers say it good for the economy..........
Theres something to this, in my opinion.
tommytowne
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The Unilever thing from yesterday.
When the subject was first mooted a short while back, it was heralded as a prime example of what awaits the UK post -brexit.
Yet yesterday, one of the learned commentators on the BBC stated categorically that the whole episode had nothing to do with brexit.
Really?
When the subject was first mooted a short while back, it was heralded as a prime example of what awaits the UK post -brexit.
Yet yesterday, one of the learned commentators on the BBC stated categorically that the whole episode had nothing to do with brexit.
Really?
tommytowne
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And all of a sudden it seems that there is nothing but positivity emerging from the EU negotiators on amazing progress having been made in the last week making a mutually acceptable deal becoming a reality.
Is the whole scenario of posturing on both sides to portray deep and meaningful discussions now coming to the fore?
Is the whole scenario of posturing on both sides to portray deep and meaningful discussions now coming to the fore?
He's suggesting that the press have no business invading the privacy of people in the public eye if they have health issues. He's hardly suggesting that actually important things aren't discussed, just a bit of decency that tabloids often miss. Or was Leverson for nothing?
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