BREXIT
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Hampshire
Age: 74
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Listening to the news today, I am totally baffled by pronouncements from various parties in the Brexit saga. On the one hand we have Javid saying British business will no longer be following/complying with EU rules on standards etc. On the other hand, we have representatives of various UK manufacturing/retailing associations saying this will be a massive blow to their industries. Has nobody thought this through? Regardless of what Javid says, manufacturers, exporters and importers will all understand that if they hope to sell any of their products or services to members of the EU, their products or services will have to conform to EU standards. So, those led by directors with an IQ greater than 2 will be able to figure out that, regardless of what pap is emanating from Downing St., they will continue to conform to EU standards and sod what the political idiots say.
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Farnham, Surrey
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Originally Posted by KelvinD
So, those led by directors with an IQ greater than 2 will be able to figure out that, regardless of what pap is emanating from Downing St., they will continue to conform to EU standards and sod what the political idiots say.
PDR
Join Date: Apr 2001
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The Zed team now running the UK, until it collapses is already exposing themselves. Is it me or does Javid look like an alien?
Anyway in the real world despite the alien's view of things
If you don't follow EU rules you won't sell to the EU. His asinine comment that the Japanese are not European ignores the reality that Japan has plants in the EU.
There's a man promoted beyond his ability.
Anyway in the real world despite the alien's view of things
If you don't follow EU rules you won't sell to the EU. His asinine comment that the Japanese are not European ignores the reality that Japan has plants in the EU.
There's a man promoted beyond his ability.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 6,096
Originally Posted by KelvinD
Listening to the news today, I am totally baffled by pronouncements from various parties in the Brexit saga. On the one hand we have Javid saying British business will no longer be following/complying with EU rules on standards etc. On the other hand, we have representatives of various UK manufacturing/retailing associations saying this will be a massive blow to their industries. Has nobody thought this through? Regardless of what Javid says, manufacturers, exporters and importers will all understand that if they hope to sell any of their products or services to members of the EU, their products or services will have to conform to EU standards. So, those led by directors with an IQ greater than 2 will be able to figure out that, regardless of what pap is emanating from Downing St., they will continue to conform to EU standards and sod what the political idiots say.
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Southwold
Age: 69
Posts: 62
Originally Posted by Steepclimb
The Zed team now running the UK, until it collapses is already exposing themselves. Is it me or does Javid look like an alien?
Anyway in the real world despite the alien's view of things
If you don't follow EU rules you won't sell to the EU. His asinine comment that the Japanese are not European ignores the reality that Japan has plants in the EU.
There's a man promoted beyond his ability.
Anyway in the real world despite the alien's view of things
If you don't follow EU rules you won't sell to the EU. His asinine comment that the Japanese are not European ignores the reality that Japan has plants in the EU.
There's a man promoted beyond his ability.
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: England
Posts: 421
Originally Posted by Effluent Man
I had a chuckle at that. In our house his name is "Brown Spock". Looking at his career at Deutsche Bank my guess is that he had more to do with the 2008 crash than Gordon Brown did. I ran my own car dealership for 35 years and I reckon that took more financial nous than running a bank.
Join Date: Oct 2019
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As the UK 's Euro MP Gravy train hopper-on-ers near the end of the line, a quick tally :
All of Wales = 4 MEPs
All of Scotland = 6 MEPs
London and the south East REGION of ENGLAND = 18 MEPs
And still there are those in power that play little more than lip service to the disparities and disconnection between Westminster and the majority of the country that played such a large part in the 2016 result.
Combine this with the moans of the self appointed keepers of the truth and the whimpers of the failed Brexit wreckers who prefer to see it as being the result of millions of Thickos having the right to vote and its evident we will have decades of blaming Brexit for anything and everything.
I suspect when the EU does fall apart their narrative will blame Brexit
May I suggest they STFU and get on with it?
All of Wales = 4 MEPs
All of Scotland = 6 MEPs
London and the south East REGION of ENGLAND = 18 MEPs
And still there are those in power that play little more than lip service to the disparities and disconnection between Westminster and the majority of the country that played such a large part in the 2016 result.
Combine this with the moans of the self appointed keepers of the truth and the whimpers of the failed Brexit wreckers who prefer to see it as being the result of millions of Thickos having the right to vote and its evident we will have decades of blaming Brexit for anything and everything.
I suspect when the EU does fall apart their narrative will blame Brexit
May I suggest they STFU and get on with it?
Join Date: Oct 2014
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Meanwhile: The South West is a combined constituency region of the European Parliament, comprising the South West of England and Gibraltar. Six Members of the European Parliament using closed party-list proportional representation allocated using the D'Hondt method of distribution are elected.
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sweden
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Originally Posted by Slaine
As the UK 's Euro MP Gravy train hopper-on-ers near the end of the line, a quick tally :
All of Wales = 4 MEPs
All of Scotland = 6 MEPs
London and the south East REGION of ENGLAND = 18 MEPs
And still there are those in power that play little more than lip service to the disparities and disconnection between Westminster and the majority of the country that played such a large part in the 2016 result.
Combine this with the moans of the self appointed keepers of the truth and the whimpers of the failed Brexit wreckers who prefer to see it as being the result of millions of Thickos having the right to vote and its evident we will have decades of blaming Brexit for anything and everything.
I suspect when the EU does fall apart their narrative will blame Brexit
May I suggest they STFU and get on with it?
All of Wales = 4 MEPs
All of Scotland = 6 MEPs
London and the south East REGION of ENGLAND = 18 MEPs
And still there are those in power that play little more than lip service to the disparities and disconnection between Westminster and the majority of the country that played such a large part in the 2016 result.
Combine this with the moans of the self appointed keepers of the truth and the whimpers of the failed Brexit wreckers who prefer to see it as being the result of millions of Thickos having the right to vote and its evident we will have decades of blaming Brexit for anything and everything.
I suspect when the EU does fall apart their narrative will blame Brexit
May I suggest they STFU and get on with it?
Population of Scotland:- 5,400,000 = 6 MEP’s
Population of Wales:- 3,100,000 = 4 MEP’s
Care to explain why that seems unreasonable?
Using your example it could be argued that London and the SE are actually under represented and Wales over represented.
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: England
Posts: 421
Originally Posted by Avionker
Population of London and SE England:- 18,000,000 = 16 MEP’s
Population of Scotland:- 5,400,000 = 6 MEP’s
Population of Wales:- 3,100,000 = 4 MEP’s
Care to explain why that seems unreasonable?
Using your example it could be argued that London and the SE are actually under represented and Wales over represented.
Population of Scotland:- 5,400,000 = 6 MEP’s
Population of Wales:- 3,100,000 = 4 MEP’s
Care to explain why that seems unreasonable?
Using your example it could be argued that London and the SE are actually under represented and Wales over represented.
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Pays Basque
Posts: 584
I think this might be a first for me but there's a positive story in a broadsheet (beloved of some) this morning that somehow slipped past the Mess ante room (approved media) sub committee that might interest a few here!
UK shrugs off Brexit uncertainty with backing of global CEOs
UK shrugs off Brexit uncertainty with backing of global CEOs
Thought police antagonist
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Posts: 1,131
Originally Posted by sidevalve
I think this might be a first for me but there's a positive story in a broadsheet (beloved of some) this morning that somehow slipped past the Mess ante room (approved media) sub committee that might interest a few here!
UK shrugs off Brexit uncertainty with backing of global CEOs
UK shrugs off Brexit uncertainty with backing of global CEOs
Another little organisation which features prominently in "Private Eye".............. for all the wrong reasons.
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: England
Posts: 421
PwC touting for lucrative business.
"Come and buy up a British firm or two. There are just a few left in UK ownership so get in quick. We'll do your DD for you and handle all the negotiations at our usual rates."
"Come and buy up a British firm or two. There are just a few left in UK ownership so get in quick. We'll do your DD for you and handle all the negotiations at our usual rates."
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Lincoln
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Posts: 463
Most of the firms were sold off long before the referendum and those since the referendum would have been sold even if the result had been to remain, why people keep harping on about something that has been going for many years while a member of the EU and were quite happy with it, but now it is bad all of a sudden because of Brexit.
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: England
Posts: 421
Originally Posted by Exrigger
Most of the firms were sold off long before the referendum and those since the referendum would have been sold even if the result had been to remain, why people keep harping on about something that has been going for many years while a member of the EU and were quite happy with it, but now it is bad all of a sudden because of Brexit.
Now if you said that was off topic, you'd be right.
Thought police antagonist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Where I always have been...firmly in the real world
Posts: 1,131
Originally Posted by sidevalve
Odd that the Guardian printed this obvious piece of marketing then.
Officers' Mess Ante Room as fondly imagined by KnC
Officers' Mess Ante Room as fondly imagined by KnC
However, I would suggest you also look up PwC and indeed the other three of the "big four " .....nothing new to readers of "Private Eye " however.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cr...=1579613276626
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Oh no no no. The IMF has forecast UK economy to outgrow the Eurozone for the next two years. That's not supposed to happen, as anyone from London well knows. Now, IMF have a terrible record of forecasting... but loads of arguments for remaining in the EU were pinned on pessimistic IMF forecasts of doom. What a pickle!
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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After yesterdays glowing self promotional piece for PwC, this one returns to earth and reality......
https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...costs-tory-mps
https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...costs-tory-mps
