More and more dystopian by the day
i'm still laughing at this childish move from Raab, how pathetic and in the end pointless.
"At the weekend it was reported in the Sunday Times that Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, had ordered British diplomats to "sit separately" from their former EU colleagues at international meetings following the UK's departure from the union on Friday. It was an odd story, not least because at international meetings delegations are normally seated according to precedence, or alphabetical order, not personal preference. At the WTO this morning Braithwaite was sitting next to his US counterpart."
did he think everyone was going to move for us or something, i just can't get my head around someone this fucking stupid being the head of the foreign office.
More basically, someone who hasn't read up on how international diplomacy is done, or its decorum.
Which really, is the Tory notion of governance in a nutshell
You clearly have a short memory. :pi just can't get my head around someone this fucking stupid being the head of the foreign office.
If no decision has been taken by the Joint Committee before July 2020, there is no other legal basis for extending the transition beyond 2020.
Same as it ever was...The Johnson government is clearly pushing for a no deal next year
I don't mind Bercow getting scuppered by his behaviour, I do mind Tories trying to get all moral over it with half the scum they send to the chamber and honour/give titles to.
PikatchuShockedFace.gifInteresting morning update from Politico earlier. They interviewed the comms chief for the former PM of Canada, Stephen Harper, who dealt with the majority of their deal with the EU.
He gives some really good insight as to why it would be miraculous to get a trade deal done in 11 months. Follow the link and scroll down to find it but I'll post some relevant quotes here.
On preparation:
"Harper got every political premier of different political stripes [on board], and industry associations — there were over 200 consultations with cattle men, pork producers, fish people, you name it, the government went and talked to them. And we went into the negotiation with political support and trade support.....
You contrast that with the way Britain has done it … Scotland obviously hates it, Northern Ireland has a Withdrawal Agreement that no party supports … And you have industry saying: 'well, we just got a call yesterday from somebody in the government saying let's think about what we want to do.'"
On negotiation:
They've negotiated as a bloc for a long time. All I can tell you is that when our negotiators from Canada came back from rounds with them, they didn't look like they'd been on vacation.
"...at the end of the day Canada had a clear idea of what it wanted; a clear idea of its red lines; and if it moved from those red lines it did so with the full buy-in of the stakeholders back home"
On the timescale:
"Eleven months sounds like a long time to ordinary people — but in trade negotiations it's not even one innings. It is barely the time you'd figure out what you want in a trade negotiations — not do the actual entire negotiation … [The EU-Canada deal] was far less ambitious, and it's been 10 years and counting."
I'm sure the UK and Europe negotiations would move faster as both sides want to see an end to this nonsense and move on but the sad reality is our government has boxed itself into a corner. Its has to negotiate a trade deal with 27 other countries, we don't have any experience, we don't have a method, we don't have a structure and no one agrees on anything.
Then you have to factor in the idea that this is a big bluff and they are going to attempt to ransom Europe with some ridiculous fantasy deal or no deal as an alternative. So they get their win either way.
Yes and No.Is the government avoiding the media and does it even matter?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51371760
Fuck me that sounds like something that Sean Spicer would have said.They argue this is the most open and transparent government in decades.
The first demand is: "Applicants must have the unrestricted right to live and work in the EU."
Say what you will about Ryanair but ouch.
Regarding new jobs advertised.
https://www.independent.co.uk/trave...on-manchester-airport-brexit-eu-a9316596.html
Say what you will about Ryanair but ouch.
Regarding new jobs advertised.
https://www.independent.co.uk/trave...on-manchester-airport-brexit-eu-a9316596.html
The UK has left the EU and it is time for us to look forward to our future as an independent, global champion of free trade.
It is vitally important that we now move away from complex tariff schedule imposed on us by the European Union
They really are a bunch of sneaky fucks. Imagine what else they do.
"..in order to stay competitive, aerospace will inevitably end up complying with EASA. But for political reasons, compliance needs to look like an autonomous decision. One convenient option doing the rounds is for the UK's own safety agency — the Civil Aviation Authority — to pay EASA to do oversight on its behalf...
... In effect, the UK would pay to lose its say. By all accounts, industry figures think it is an illogical position, but it might just prove politically expedient.."
😂, cannot make this up. Paying the EU to keep the gammon happy.https://www.newstatesman.com/politi...hat-next-uks-aerospace-and-defence-industries
Much more at the link. Ouch.
FT has a story about Javid launching a red tape "challenge" to the public on where we should diverge from EU regulations alongside the budget.
These clowns don't even know what they should argue about. Such a massive waste of time.