BREXIT
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: England
Posts: 406
In the news just today...
We have the farming industry telling us why we can't change food standards.
We have manufacturers telling us why we can't change product standards.
We have the US telling us which telecoms equipment they will allow us to buy.
This Taking Back Control is going to be such a benefit. I can hardly wait to see it in action.
We have the farming industry telling us why we can't change food standards.
We have manufacturers telling us why we can't change product standards.
We have the US telling us which telecoms equipment they will allow us to buy.
This Taking Back Control is going to be such a benefit. I can hardly wait to see it in action.

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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Where I always have been...firmly in the real world
Posts: 82
KnC
That just makes my day. I am so personally pleased that we moved our business to Europe after the initial vote, even though it personally has had the effect of me having to leave home for longer periods. How ever Mrs Mac has supported this absence, as it has just added Munich to options of to do things for the weekend. We have a friend who is doing the same with Dublin. What is telling is that both our companies have grown substantially, and to be honest I now wished we had moved 15 years ago when I first got a controlling interest. Our companies are not huge, having around the 100-120 range of employees though in my case average salaries are around the £70k mark, so a little loss to Mr Javid.
PS
Are you on this web site permanently as despite much travelling and time zone changes on my behalf, you seem to e-mail at some odd times, I presume it is the dog calling !
Kind regards
Mr Mac
That just makes my day. I am so personally pleased that we moved our business to Europe after the initial vote, even though it personally has had the effect of me having to leave home for longer periods. How ever Mrs Mac has supported this absence, as it has just added Munich to options of to do things for the weekend. We have a friend who is doing the same with Dublin. What is telling is that both our companies have grown substantially, and to be honest I now wished we had moved 15 years ago when I first got a controlling interest. Our companies are not huge, having around the 100-120 range of employees though in my case average salaries are around the £70k mark, so a little loss to Mr Javid.
PS
Are you on this web site permanently as despite much travelling and time zone changes on my behalf, you seem to e-mail at some odd times, I presume it is the dog calling !
Kind regards
Mr Mac
It's actually very disturbing to learn that the information has been withheld because so much emphasis has been placed on leaving that you might think it would make sense to ensure all sectors are fully aware. The bit about them being aware since 2016 is risible given the years if vacillation that ensued . It's even more worrying to think about what else has been quietly hidden from the public only to emerge later when it's too late.
The lighter side. You once kindly gave us a rough idea as to your UK location, nice area, one I've passed through more than a few times.....all I can say, is, in lieu of the bells, gaze heavenwards...damned cunning these aliens and you are not far from a UFO hotspot.....

And yes, madam does have an input as to my erratic times on here....never, ever, try to reason with, or ignore, 9kgs of stroppy cockapoo at 00 silly hrs, trust me, you will lose !
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Hampshire
Age: 73
Posts: 824
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
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PDR
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: yes
Posts: 175
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: 5,771
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: 68
Posts: 58
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: 406
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.

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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?
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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.
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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?
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.
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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
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Posts: 585
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
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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
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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