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They've started talks now with a few tiddlers. What the bloody hell has taken so long?
summerisle
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Haggling over cuckoo clocks.
peteblue
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That 66Bn is 20% of all EU/UKtrade and represents the difference between UK Exports and EU exports.......so not an insignificant sum......
summerisle
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I wouldn't trust any figures given by this government.
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Hear hear. It's probably balls.
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Think what Russian Pete meant to say was-
"Эти 66 миллиардов составляют 20% всей торговли между ЕС и Великобританией и представляют собой разницу между экспортом Великобритании и экспортом ЕС ....... так что не является незначительной суммой ......"
The giveaway is the excessive use of full stops...
I would say the bigger problem with the agreement is the reduction in funding for science and innovation. That doesn't seem sensible at all.
peteblue
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They seem to have trimmed one or two programmes/initiatives to help pay for this. It’s a fudge really. They have actually increased yearly rebates to buy off the likes of Holland as well.....
I think it was Merkel that said historically the UK would have led that group, but in the absence of the UK, Rutter has stepped forward instead. The need for a speedy resolution made horse trading an inevitability unfortunately, which meant there were various bits of nose holding going on, not least giving the Poles and Hungarians free rein to carry on as they are.
peteblue
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Hungary basically said they would veto the whole thing if the Democracy and Rule of Law wording was inserted, so as you say, they can both carry on doing as they please. Unless of course the European Parliament actually acts like a Parliament and throws it all out....
UK science thrives on international collaboration but faces an uncertain future
We can’t tackle the huge global challenges we face in isolation – scientists must be able to work together across borders.
theconversation.com
peteblue
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UK science thrives on international collaboration but faces an uncertain future
We can’t tackle the huge global challenges we face in isolation – scientists must be able to work together across borders.
A good read. Although I was a little surprised at this paragraph...
”To put this in context, total research and development spending in the UK during the period of the FP7 programme (2006-13, the last for which complete figures are available) was €226 billion. Of this, 45% (€102 billion) came from industry, the Research Councils contributed 11%, charities 5% and just 3% (€6.9 billion) came from the EU.”
The funding, while not insignificant, is not the main thing though, it's the access to talent, and the collaborative opportunities presented by Horizon. While Patel has said about having an easy visa for researchers, we'll see how big a hurdle having any visa requirements at all versus free movement represents, plus how being a satellite to Horizon rather than a fully fledged member.
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