Current Affairs EU In or Out

[peteblue]

“Almost 1,500 European firms applied to be regulated in the UK ahead of Brexit. A Freedom of Information request filed by financial regulation consultancy Bovill found 1,476 firms applied for authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority under its temporary permissions regime. Around 1,000 were setting up operations in the UK for the first time, having previously relied on passporting to serve UK clients from elsewhere in Europe.”....

 

[peteblue]

good, I’d hate to see you redefine this when Johnson goes further down the road he’s announced

As he no doubt will, however I would treat them as the pariah state that they are......

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I’m surprised at you holding up China as a positive for the EU. I think it’s disgraceful that the EU are kowtowing to the CCP. Mind you they probably see it as a political model to aspire to........

Brexiters have been telling us for years that we're better off out of the stagnant EU, that all the growth will be in Asia, that we'll never get good deals while stuck to the European carcass etc. All a bit silly, isn't it?

 

[Bruce Wayne]

British pros urge government to negotiate visa-free permit to race in EU after being left in lurch by Brexit - Cycling Weekly

Some British riders are currently limited to 90 days of travel in Europe and are campaigning for the introduction of a visa-free permit as the new season gets underway

www.cyclingweekly.com

 

[orchard]

British pros urge government to negotiate visa-free permit to race in EU after being left in lurch by Brexit - Cycling Weekly

Some British riders are currently limited to 90 days of travel in Europe and are campaigning for the introduction of a visa-free permit as the new season gets underway

www.cyclingweekly.com

Surely this is a Brexit win? They'll just have to cycle quicker.

 

[tsubaki]

Surely this is a Brexit win? They'll just have to cycle quicker.

hopefully the paradox caused by this will finish Tebbit off, at least

 

[peteblue]

I see the EU require an extension to the end of April to approve the deal agreed in December. It’s this foot dragging and glacial movement that will kill it eventually......

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I see the EU require an extension to the end of April to approve the deal agreed in December. It’s this foot dragging and glacial movement that will kill it eventually......

And Britain rushing this through in 24 hours has led to no problems whatsoever?

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Sunny uplands.

Lincolnshire records UK's highest Brexit vote

Lincolnshire voters were among the most Eurosceptic in the UK, with more than 75% of voters in Boston voting to leave.

www.bbc.co.uk

Project Reality.

World's largest daffodil farm forced to let flowers rot in fields due to Brexit staffing issues

The world's largest daffodil farm, which is based in Cornwall, is being forced to let hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of flowers...

www.theneweuropean.co.uk

 

[summerisle]

Dense fog on those uplands.

 

[peteblue]

Dense fog on those uplands.

Would it have stopped the salmonella if we had still been in the EU ? Obviously not. So the real issue is the standards, or lack of them, applied within the EU. Gove has, through his six month open door policy, allowed them in.....

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Would it have stopped the salmonella if we had still been in the EU ? Obviously not. So the real issue is the standards, or lack of them, applied within the EU. Gove has, through his six month open door policy, allowed them in.....

You've just got to hope those Polish chickens aren't also buying milk at @arminisgod 's local Tesco.

 

[Kurt.]

Check in to here every day.... Brexit just gets better doesn’t it ?? lol lol lol

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Counting the cost of Brexit’s impact on trade

The government talks of teething troubles, but the red tape is here to stay

www.economist.com

 

[peteblue]

Check in to here every day.... Brexit just gets better doesn’t it ?? lol lol lol

It does for the 19 million who have so far had the vaccine......