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Brexit
By: guest5 Date: October 19, 2020, 8:14 pm
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UK claims Brexit trade talks “are over” unless EU shifts its
position
[quote]Downing Street has said that Brexit trade talks are over
and “there is no point” to negotiations continuing unless
there’s a fundamental shift in the EU's position.
Boris Johnson says Britain should get ready for leaving without
a deal on January 1st, after an EU summit in Brussels concluded
it is the British who should be making concessions. [/quote]
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Re: Brexit
By: guest5 Date: November 17, 2020, 12:03 pm
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Brexit trade talks between Britain and the EU enter crucial
final stretch | DW News
[quote]Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in precautionary
self-isolation on Monday after contact with a lawmaker who
tested positive for COVID-19. The news comes during what could
prove the last leg of Brexit talks in Brussels. "Our red lines
haven't changed and we're preparing for whatever the outcome
is," Health Secretary Matt Hancock told UK broadcaster Sky. "Of
course our preference is to get a deal and that is open to the
Europeans if they choose to make the progress that's needed," he
said. Britain left the EU as a political institution in January,
but its trading ties to the bloc are yet to change in any
meaningful way. The two sides are trying to seal a long-term
deal on future trading terms before a transition period expires
at the end of the year. The last-ditch talks have ran well past
the two sides' original planned deadlines. Irish Foreign
Minister Simon Coveney estimated on Monday that barely a week
remained to strike an accord. "We really are in the last week to
10 days of this, if there is not a major breakthrough over the
next week to 10 days then I think we really are in trouble and
the focus will shift to preparing for a no trade deal and all
the disruption that brings," Coveney told Ireland's Newstalk
radio station.[/quote]
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Re: Brexit
By: guest5 Date: November 21, 2020, 11:55 am
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Northern Ireland’s Brexit balancing act | DW Documentary
[quote]The coming months could be a real stress test for
Northern Ireland. Though legally it has left the European Union,
Northern Ireland will still be subject to many EU laws and
regulations. Officially part of the UK but in many ways still in
the EU.
What could this new role mean for a country that has struggled
for decades to secure lasting peace, stability and economic
success? The new situation could reignite old questions about
Northern Ireland’s identity. There are currently no border
controls on the island of Ireland. Northern Ireland, which is
part of the UK, and the Republic of Ireland which remains a
member of the EU have a completely open border, with freedom of
travel, trade and a shared electricity grid. And that is
supposed to remain unchanged in spite of Brexit, in order not to
jeopardize the Good Friday Agreement and the hard-fought peace
that has been achieved on the island.
Northern Ireland will effectively remain in the European Single
Market, with the customs border officially in the Irish Sea.
This poses a huge challenge for port authorities and haulage
companies, because that customs border will effectively split
Northern Ireland from the rest of the United Kingdom. The port
will be required to carry out customs checks for goods coming
from Britain to Northern Ireland. Haulage contractors will have
to fill out customs declarations although it’s actually domestic
trade.
On the other hand, some companies - like one sports clothing
manufacturer in Belfast - are happy to be able to continue
trading closely with the Republic of Ireland and the rest of the
EU, despite Brexit. But it’s clear, businesses will have to
realign and many fear they will be forced to decide whether to
trade with the EU or the rest of the UK.
And that turns Northern Ireland’s special status into a
political issue. Could it drive a wedge between Northern Ireland
and Britain, making closer ties with the Republic of Ireland
seem more attractive? The Unionists, who attach great importance
to Northern Ireland being part of the UK, are furious. They
rejected all suggestion of a customs border in the Irish Sea
right from the start, while the Republicans believe this process
will inevitably work in their favor, leading ultimately to the
reunification of Ireland. So how is all this affecting ordinary
people in the cities of Belfast and Londonderry, who continue to
live with the high barriers that separate predominately Unionist
neighborhoods from Republican ones? [/quote]
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Re: Brexit
By: guest5 Date: December 4, 2020, 10:46 am
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Brexit talks falter: Prospect of deal breakthrough ‘receding’
[quote]Critical negotiations over a post-Brexit deal hampered by
‘eleventh-hour’ EU demands, UK government figure tells
Reuters.[/quote]
[quote]The prospect of a breakthrough in crunch Brexit talks
between the UK and the European Union is “receding”, according
to a senior British government source, with time rapidly running
out to broker a deal.
The UK government figure told Reuters news agency on Thursday
evening that the EU had disrupted the negotiations by attempting
to wrench further concessions at the last minute.[/quote]
France threatens veto
[quote]Both sides have warned that time is fast running out to
reach an agreement amid continued division over several issues,
including fishing rights, competition rules and the governance
of any trade treaty.
UK Business Secretary Alok Sharma on Thursday said talks were
now at a “critical phase”.
“It is fair to say that we are in a difficult phase, there are
some tricky issues still to be resolved,” he told Sky News.
“Right from the start of this process, we’ve always said that a
deal can only be done if the EU recognises that the UK is a
sovereign, independent nation,” Sharma added. “It is on the
basis of that a deal will be done.”
European Council President Charles Michel said the next few days
would decide matters and the 27 EU leaders holding a virtual
summit on December 10-11 would take a position.
“The real question is – which political, economic, social
project do they want for their own future?” Michel told a news
conference. “And this is a question for the British government
and for the British people.”[/quote]
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Will Brexit break up the UK?
[quote]The UK officially left the European Union on Friday,
beginning a transition period where London must negotiate a
trade deal with the EU by the end of the year. The historic end
to 47 years of EU membership was met with both celebration,
mourning, and a sense of anxiety for many UK citizens living in
Scotland and Northern Ireland - both places where the majority
voted to remain in the EU.
The push to quit the EU has generated renewed interest in
independence from the UK as some citizens outside of England say
London no longer represents their interests. The Scottish
parliament has already agreed to hold an independence
referendum, and support for a united Ireland - an idea once
viewed as unrealistic - is now part of mainstream political
discussion.
So is Brexit - a campaign whose electoral success was linked
closely to English nationalism - destined to break up the United
Kingdom? [/quote]
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Re: Brexit
By: guest5 Date: December 17, 2020, 7:34 pm
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Brexit Talks Head for Their Climax With a Fight Over Fishing
[quote]The U.K. and European Union are heading for a final
battle over fishing rights as trade talks reach a climax, with
officials cautiously predicting a deal within days.
The pound climbed against the dollar on Wednesday amid optimism
that the focus on fish is a sign the two sides have largely
settled their differences over the other major obstacle to an
accord: the level competitive playing field for business.
And U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office said that
Parliament, which will go into recess Thursday, could be
recalled as soon as next week to approve any deal that is
reached. “Parliament has long shown it can move at pace and the
country would expect nothing less,” 10 Downing Street said in a
statement.
But people close to the negotiations warned that the differences
between the two sides on what access EU boats will have to U.K.
waters are still substantial -- and failure to reach an
agreement would scupper the entire deal.
“On fisheries, the discussion is still very difficult,” European
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the European
Parliament. “In all honesty, it sometimes feels that we will not
be able to resolve this question.” But her tone was largely
upbeat, saying there was now a “narrow path” to a deal.
In another sign that an accord may be within sight, Johnson
softened his pessimistic rhetoric about the chances of a deal.
Asked at a press conference Wednesday if he still stood by his
Sunday claim that the “most likely” result is no deal, he
demurred.
“That is very much a matter for our friends,” Johnson said.
“They know what the parameters are.”
Officials said the discussions on fisheries will probably take
some days before there can be talk of agreement. Negotiations
are stuck over how long the transition period should be before
any new rules and quotas apply. The U.K. has pushed for three
years; the EU wants longer.
The two sides are also at loggerheads over how frequently access
would be renegotiated: The U.K. wants to do it annually, but the
EU wants a longer-term arrangement.
While the other major sticking point, the level competitive
playing field -- which for months looked like it could collapse
the negotiations -- isn’t completely resolved, the two sides are
much closer, officials said.
The U.K. has given up on its longstanding opposition to
cross-retaliation -- the idea that either side can use a breach
in one area of the agreement to slap retaliatory tariffs or
quotas in another. It has also pledged not to roll back from
current EU labor, social and environmental standards after Dec.
31, according to officials.
But there’s still disagreement on what happens if the EU’s
standards get tougher over time. Initially, the bloc wanted the
U.K. to change its rules in lockstep. Now, both sides have
agreed to an independent mechanism that would allow for some
divergence, but the details of this are yet to be completely
nailed down.
In Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel repeated that the EU
is prepared for no deal.
“The Commission is again negotiating, with all our agreement, in
these hours and days until the end of the week, to see if there
can still be a solution,” she told Germany’s lower house of
parliament. “There has been progress -- but no breakthrough.”
If the two sides bridge their differences and Britain’s
Parliament is recalled to vote on any trade deal, its
proceedings will be adapted to focus exclusively on passing the
legislation and it may start sitting at an earlier time,
Johnson’s office said.[/quote]
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Re: Brexit
By: guest5 Date: January 24, 2021, 10:46 pm
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Britain moves towards Anglosphere federation
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[quote]Michael Smith
3 days ago
Britain: "I'll make my own EU! With blackjack! And hookers!"
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Re: Brexit
By: acc9 Date: February 4, 2021, 10:04 pm
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A good read : How incompetence, malice, greed and stupidity left
Britain a smoking shattered wreck....
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Re: Brexit
By: guest5 Date: February 4, 2021, 10:33 pm
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[quote]Imagine if entire sections of the supermarket —
reflecting whole sectors of the economy — simply vanished
overnight. You probably can’t, because it’s something that
doesn’t tend to happen in the absence of, say, a bully like
America sanctioning you, which is something that usually only
happens to poor brown people. But nobody sanctions themselves,
right? That’s just…idiotic! Well, not until now,
anyways.[/quote]
:D
My British step-father believes that all his brothers who voted
for Brexit against his own warnings will come to their senses
and stop listening to rightists. No they won't! I suspect
Germanophobia will be on the rise once again in Britain like it
was prior to WWI and WWII. Could be wrong about that, but a
shitty British economy usually lead to German hatred in the
past, did it not?
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Re: Brexit
By: guest5 Date: February 27, 2021, 7:07 pm
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The End of UK Fishing? Brexit Destroying Coastal Towns
[quote]Martin Laity is a shellfish merchant in Falmouth,
Cornwall whose business has been devastated by Brexit. Since
January he has seen a 99% drop in his business and has been
forced to lay off 50 staff because of problems with paperwork
and the inability to export his product to Europe. He lays the
blame squarely on Brexit and its implementation, telling Byline
TV his business was actually managing to continue trading and
even seeing an uptick in sales despite Coronavirus. He voted
Remain having foreseen problems of this nature but says he
didn't even expect the situation to be this dire. Now like many
others in coastal towns, he is worried about the future for
thousands of hard working fishermen who feel they have been
thrown to the wolves.[/quote]
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UK report denies systemic racism, prompting angry backlash
By: guest5 Date: March 31, 2021, 11:42 am
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UK report denies systemic racism, prompting angry backlash
[quote]Findings of government-ordered review into racism
condemned by equality campaigners as an ‘utter
whitewash’.[/quote]
[quote]London, United Kingdom – A government-commissioned review
into racism has concluded the United Kingdom is not an
institutionally racist country, prompting a backlash from
critics who described the findings as an “utter whitewash”.
In an anticipated report published on Wednesday, the Commission
on Race and Ethnic Disparities said the UK was not yet a
“post-racial country” but should be regarded as a “model for
other white-majority countries”, citing achievements towards
equality in the sectors of education and economy.[/quote]
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Clinging onto "whiteness" and "white" identity means YOU ARE
RACIST because "white" identity itself is racist to it's core.
Never forget Jews and "whites" created Jewish and "white"
identity for themselves and then forced the non-"white" and
non-Jew (gentile\goyim) distinction on everyone else!
It would be one thing if Jews and "whites" created these
identities for themselves and then left everyone else alone and
stayed in their own countries, but they cannot! They must ****
with everyone else, it's what they do! Lest we forget Western
colonialism, a phenomenon that only Homo Hubris, ie. Westerners,
could manifest.
Aren't you getting sick and tired of all these "white" people
and their degeneracy and shameless idiocy? I know I am! These
"whites" are bottom of the barrel genetic trash!
See also:
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