Current Affairs EU In or Out

[Drico]

In real life I impassively stare long and hard at people when they say really dumb stuff. Just to allow myself the time to be sure they've actually said something so dumb.

This would get at least 10 mins of staring.

It's very rewarding to see Sunak make the same argument those of us in Ireland have been making forever. Of course, it completely shows up the ludicrousness of Brexit and confirms that we've gotten everything we wanted. It also confirms for all small countries how powerful membership of the EU is. In the past, the UK could have ridden roughshod over us. Now? Not so much.

 

[gonetomorrow]

This EU thing sounds really good.

 

[Taifi gorm]

This EU thing sounds really good.

Never heard of it. What are the benefits?

 

[WA Toffee]

Never heard of it. What are the benefits?

We get straight bananas.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Never heard of it. What are the benefits?

We can sit around moaning about filthy foreigners "tekkin ooz jobs" while they help keep the NHS, the farming and hospitality sectors from going under.

 

[spectateur]

Never heard of it. What are the benefits?

Blue passports.
Good thing cos you need them much more now. I

 

[gonetomorrow]

Never heard of it. What are the benefits?

We can see more of Ursula von der Leyen instead of Jacob Rees-Mogg.
Wunderbar!

 

[Taifi gorm]

We get straight bananas.

Bananas, Tories and straight? Definitely a pun in there.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

This shower continues to ignore the research community

UK’s new science superpower plan makes no mention of joining Horizon Europe

A ten-point government plan designed to grow the economy, improve lives through investment in science, technology and innovation, and “cement” the UK’s position as a science superpower, has conspicuously failed to mention Horizon Europe association as part of the vision.

sciencebusiness.net

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Going well innit?

New York’s stockmarkets are thrashing Hong Kong and London

As it attracts more overseas listings, the Big Apple is getting bigger

www.economist.com

 

[bluerobert]

Tory or not, if only people would have listened to him.

 

[Rita_Poon]

"nonsense on stilts" "hogwash" "copper bottomed leave nonsense", seemed to really have a bee in his bonnet, shame he wasn't pushing so loud and so regular at the time - I suppose he would have needed to confirm what was put to him, "fair weather boris is a liar and a thief, and his sudden and late conversion to the leave cause is a serious concern, because how could he have envisioned anything in the long term at such a late moment? Like trying to win the mile footrace only starting when ones competitors are in the home straight"

I wonder what his thoughts on may are.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

This shower continues to ignore the research community

UK’s new science superpower plan makes no mention of joining Horizon Europe

A ten-point government plan designed to grow the economy, improve lives through investment in science, technology and innovation, and “cement” the UK’s position as a science superpower, has conspicuously failed to mention Horizon Europe association as part of the vision.

sciencebusiness.net

I have it on good authority the new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology have asked Russell Group Universities to provide case studies of where EU funding has led to direct 'impact' for the UK. They appear to be trying to make the case association is a large investment for little direct return.

Which is a very very very strange stance to take. A) it ignores the much larger benefits of collaboration which facilitates our standing as a 'science superpower' B) Our own funding formulas are heavily dictated by the Research Excellence Framework which evaluates 'impact' from UK research. Generating international impact from our research is positively rewarded. C) Our multi-billion Overseas Development Aid (ODA) funding programmes have, by and large, required solid 'in country' benefit as a starting point often to the point of backgrounding UK focused outcomes. D) the stated intention to facilitate ever more in R&D is arguably undermined as the UK were traditionally net beneficiaries from EU programmes compared to how much we put in as a country. Because we're actually good St research and well respected collaborators (back to point A).


It literally makes no sense. In fact I openly said "they're being effing thick" at work. I'm normally quite polite

 

[Wizard]

"nonsense on stilts" "hogwash" "copper bottomed leave nonsense", seemed to really have a bee in his bonnet, shame he wasn't pushing so loud and so regular at the time - I suppose he would have needed to confirm what was put to him, "fair weather boris is a liar and a thief, and his sudden and late conversion to the leave cause is a serious concern, because how could he have envisioned anything in the long term at such a late moment? Like trying to win the mile footrace only starting when ones competitors are in the home straight"

I wonder what his thoughts on may are.

Pretty sure this interview is from before the Brexit vote given he says “in 3 weeks time”.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Pretty sure this interview is from before the Brexit vote given he says “in 3 weeks time”.

What I meant was, How come this and similar wasn't primetime viewing everynight? It appears a lot of media channels carried the vote leave line and the remain side wasn't catered for nearly as well. There was and still is rancor in the tory benches about this charade, the more light shone on the lies and the liars the better, and if its blue on blue alls the better.