howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Brian Dixon
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more of like throwing a life line into the works.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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I think it is beginning to dawn on the EU head honchos that they have not found a way of dealing with the large budget shortfall if and when we leave. Their project is based upon getting all Europeans nations within the EU eventually and it is starting to dawn on them that the Eastern member states are only in it for the free money and the freedom to get rid of their unemployed into mainly low paid jobs in better off countries. Pronouncements from Poland, Hungary, Czech republic and Slovakia make it clear that they don't share the values of Brussels.
The EU daren't cut subsidies to those member states so it will be the likes of Germany and France having their contributions upped which will go down like a lead balloon there.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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rumors doing the rounds that brexit is raceist.
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Jan Higgins
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A different angle that is seldom if ever mentioned which I read yesterday was that we could have the upper hand in the negotiations.
The EU exports more to us than we import to them result if they are awkward we could put high tariffs on their exports to the UK, this is something the EU side seem to have forgotten with their insular arrogance.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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I said right from the beginning that with us being a nett importer there should be free trade between the EU and us, if anything they should pay for access to our market. Our negotiators seem oblivious to the trade figures.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Our negotiating team should be aware of these facts.
https://fullfact.org/europe/uk-eu-trade/Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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mrs. may is liking the norwiegen stile of trading
Weird Granny Slater
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'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Weird Granny Slater wrote:Now that's stile
Only a few weeks into 2018 but already we have a favourite for our annual pedant of the year competition.
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howard mcsweeney1 wrote:Only a few weeks into 2018 but already we have a favourite for our annual pedant of the year competition.
Shouldn't there be a comma after '2018'?
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Button
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Good to see Mr Starmer saying today that Brexit (or a putative implementation period - wasn't sure which) must work for the Port of Dover. Bravo. Same goes for Calais, actually. But then to mention that the UK should 'stay in the' (in reality, 'be in a') Customs Union? Would make not one scrap of difference sir!
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Some people are gluttons for punishment, the problem as I see it is that a lot of stuff about the final deal will be hidden away and we won't know the effect it will have until a few years later.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/26/britons-favour-second-referendum-brexit-icm-pollhoward mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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If this transition period does stretch out until 2021 it will be very messy afterwards to undo the rules applied to us over those three years.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-transition-period-extend-eu-brussels-uk-considers-david-davis-theresa-may-a8179996.htmlhoward mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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The Czech President has been re-elected with a promise of giving an in/out Referendum to the people. Despite them being a recipient of funding the people are very patriotic and don't like their affairs being run from outside their country. I think we can expect other member states in the East to follow suit.
