Current Affairs EU In or Out

[Jebus_lives]

I've spent the day building a tree house for my children, so would someone be able to objectively tell me what we've signed up for.

Are we being buggered or is this a mutual hand job?

Wait for the detail.

Holding position really should be a deal is better than none at all...and seemingly the UK haven't moved on any of their defensive issues, but made no positive gains.

 

[Haydn]

I've spent the day building a tree house for my children, so would someone be able to objectively tell me what we've signed up for.

Are we being buggered or is this a mutual hand job?

Hand jobs remain tariff free but require the correct paperwork.

Veterinary certificates may be required.

An independent appeal panel will assess if hand job standards diverge.

Farage is waving a semi at the telly and is keen to test the new hand job rules.

 

[Jebus_lives]

For those of us who don’t speak Spanish....

”Welcome to the beginning of the agreement between the EU and the UK. Congratulations to @MichelBarnier, @vonderleyen and their teams. The Member States will examine it and @EUCouncil will comment in the coming days.

Spain and UK continue to dialogue to reach an agreement on Gibraltar.”

Didn't know you spoke Español Pablo.

Pro tip - just click Translate tweet like Pete has done here.

 

[peteblue]

I've spent the day building a tree house for my children, so would someone be able to objectively tell me what we've signed up for.

Are we being buggered or is this a mutual hand job?

Apparently a whole host of EU tree house health & safety, climate and environmental laws..... *prays for PhilM and the kids.....

 

[davek]

And a heartfelt Happy Christmas to you too Dave, I hope you and yours have a good one.......

Same to you pete.

 

[peteblue]

Didn't know you spoke Español Pablo.

Pro tip - just click Translate tweet like Pete has done here.

Perhaps you should start by reading what I wrote....

 

[catcherintherye]

Any idea why we have cut the erasmus program? Bit of a disgrace that.

 

[Haydn]

Summary

 

[peteblue]

Any idea why we have cut the erasmus program? Bit of a disgrace that.

I read that It was too expensive, but I imagine the replacement will cost more. It’s probably just another cutting of the EU strings......

 

[BlueDraka]

It’s a statement of fact, unless you want to claim three and a half centuries of history didn’t happen. Also you are making the mistake of thinking what happens now is what will happen in ten or twenty years; there’s every chance after all that the EU is not going to be so dependent on the US at the end of that time.

I wasn't disputing the history you were right. Still think even in 20 the EU will be still dependant on nto and hence the US.
unless the EU are going to have a massive increase in military spending. But even Germany with its wealth dosnt reach the 2% nato target. So I cant see the EU massively 8ncresing its military .

 

[catcherintherye]

Summary

So can anyone explain to me the upside of this deal? Ideally with facts and figures.

 

[Tree13]

Interesting to hear in the news report that one little snippet got past the BBC's editorial team. The EU wanted the entire trade deal to gradually come into effect over a 14-year transitional period, whereas the UK wanted a three-year transition... final agreement is for a five-year interval.

 

[Tree13]

So can anyone explain to me the upside of this deal? Ideally with facts and figures.

Doubtful. it's 2000 pages long and neither the Welsh Assembly or Scottish Parliament have seen it yet.

 

[peteblue]

Summary

We’ve left the club mate...and the issues are the same for the Eu dealing with the U.K...think of it as a new start or setting up a new business, a little bit frightening but exciting at the same time.....

 

[Shevin Keedy]

So can anyone explain to me the upside of this deal? Ideally with facts and figures.

We need to see the deal before we can determine it. That table relates to people and goods, but not services, which is what the UK economy mainly is based on.

A big shame about the erasmus scheme though, I done a year on that myself.