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09-11-20, 09:17 AM | #12841 |
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What I find most interesting about this latest row is that, as far as I'm aware, there hasn't been any mention of this internal market bill's effects on the devolution settlement with NI, Scotland and Wales etc in any of the UK wide news outlets.
As the main focus has been the bill's effects on the Withdrawal Agreement with the EU have any of the England-only news outlets mentioned the devolution side of it? Up here in Scotland we've been getting both sides of the bill's effect. Scotland: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...itics-53423452 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-54065391 Wales: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-54072660 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-54090332 Northern Ireland: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-54099832 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-54050248 Mike.
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09-11-20, 09:31 AM | #12842 |
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Dont be funny, no need to excuse for anything, since no harm was done by anyone!
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09-11-20, 10:46 AM | #12843 |
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At this point, Ive kind of given up all reading about Brexit, given the current state of the world, it all seems abit academic now. I suppose I will sit back and see what unfolds and reserve judgement until then.
Not that Ill be living in the Uk much longer.... Can't say my future expectations of either the Europian Union or Post Brexit Britian are particullarly high. |
09-11-20, 11:02 AM | #12844 |
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Yep
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09-11-20, 11:05 AM | #12845 | |
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A good representation on the subject of trade in layman's terms.
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09-11-20, 03:21 PM | #12846 | |
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With the "UK" (if it remains the UK) i am not sure when it comes to trade, we will see. Four years for a trade with Japan, ok, and no advantage compared to be in the EU towards Japan. Regarding the EU i am a bit underwhelmed when it comes to absolute and unconditional rescue of shipwrecked fugitives.. when it comes to freedom of travel, working, trade exchange of science and international discussions i do not see any better worldwide. Main problem are nationalistic and xenophobic tencencies in governments of Romania and Poland, but you can hardly blame this on the EU.
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09-11-20, 03:26 PM | #12847 | |
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Forgiving a country, or forgiving citizens of today that have nothing to do with what happened in the past? Can anyone feel responsible or guilty for what was done two generations ago by humans he never met or knew? Surely not. Should anyone try to never let such things never happen again? Absolutely. But do you ask yourself whether colonies, slaves or whatever xour glorious Empire suppressed and killed forgive "England"? Which England? The 'nation'? The England of today?
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09-11-20, 04:28 PM | #12848 |
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Catfish, we move to spain next year. Nothing to do with brexit. It was always the plan. My wife is spanish. We bought a place over there And with our son turning 11. We want him starting secondary in spain.
I think is said my peice on the EU 100 times on here already. Some good. Some bad. Ill continue to live with in it. Ill let you know that goes. I dont have crystal ball but i dont see it returning to the pre 2008 glory days. Whether it survives as an institution? All bets are off. |
09-11-20, 04:35 PM | #12849 |
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Even though this is an international forum and this is the UK Politics thread I wonder why any of my European friends hasn't started an EU thread.
EU has a huge influence on us European whether we like it or not. I don't know how much influence the EU will have on Britain after Jan. 1 2021. Markus |
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Its a given. You can ask any time. You may need permission by your hosting country or country you transit through whether they want to let you in or not, which is okay, since it is the locals' home, not yours. If I want to drive to spaoin or onto the Balkans, I can expect to not get blocked. I mean you do not let just every stranger strolling by right into your house, too - or do you? Quote:
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I recently read that in France, every day 1-2 chuches get defamed, set on fire, vandalized. 40-50 churches per year are givne up and get lost or rededicated (they are not owned by the catholic church, but the French communities). But every 10-14 days, a new mosque gets opened. And when you say you do no like that, you get called a xenophobe or nationalist.
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As a true European citizen who crosses borders (NL/BEL/GER) several times a day, delivering service for our European customers and partners and used to live in the Netherlands for 11 years I am deeply convinced the EU is the best thing that has ever happened to the continent. It's a shame that some dwarfish brains will never get it. Quote:
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09-12-20, 01:54 AM | #12852 |
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The Eu wont throw anyone out, as its completley counter productive to its vision and long term goals.
For the Eu that's continous expansion, and here (when the likes of Verhofstadt speak of these things,) the Darker side of the Eu is visible. Those with nationalistic and xenophobic tencencies do push out some appalling rhetoric, but conflating all EU skeptisism with nationalistic and xenophobic tencencies is also appalling rhetoric. The Eu is complicated beast and has been benefit and a detrement to different people in many different ways, people expressing cherry picked, one sided views on it, is nothing but dogmactic projection. "I cant really be bothered to read up on it beyond my media diet of confirmation bias, but i feel this has been a good/bad thing for me overall, so it must be a good/bad thing for everyone." - is not a very respectable polticial decision making process, but unfortunatley its the most natural one. Last edited by JU_88; 09-12-20 at 02:13 AM. |
09-12-20, 04:59 AM | #12853 | |
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09-12-20, 05:01 AM | #12854 | |
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09-12-20, 01:11 PM | #12855 |
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Seems i was in a bad mood, as it usually happens if someone mentions brexit, Trump or other natural disasters
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