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// on a British road, distances have never been expressed any other way than in imperial measurements? //
The distances are currently in yards on the signs but the Brexit opportunity highlighted by the Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities is that the location and spacing of the signs can now be adjusted so that the signs won't contain "funny numbers" - a specific example of a funny number was given as "121 yards".
The distances are currently in yards on the signs but the Brexit opportunity highlighted by the Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities is that the location and spacing of the signs can now be adjusted so that the signs won't contain "funny numbers" - a specific example of a funny number was given as "121 yards".
//Well, who'd have thought it ?//
I most certainly would, for three reasons:
First:
Toby Helm- Political editor of The Observer (aka The Grauniad on Sunday)
Robin McKie – Science Editor for The Observer (ditto)
Dunno who the other two are, but I expect they are cut from the same cloth.
Secondly:
This government has singularly failed to take advantage of the benefits provided by Brexit. Agreed, it has had the pandemic to deal with but that is now largely over and they need to crack on. Most government efforts are undoubtedly frustrated by “The Blob” – and amalgamation of Remainers among senior civil servants (probably more than 99% of them) together with various other Remainer factions.
Thirdly:
It was obvious from June 2016 that the EU would do all it could to frustrate our departure and, when it was achieved, do their best to ensure it was not seen as a success. Witness their efforts to ensure Northern Ireland remains firmly in its remit by undertaking 20% of all customs checks on goods entering NI from GB, when only 0.5% of goods (at most) enter the EU by that route.
There is nothing unexpected in any of this. I have repeatedly said that I care not one jot whether there are advantages or disadvantages to our leaving the EU. I waited almost a quarter of a century to cast a vote in favour of leaving. Nothing in that time – particularly some of the claptrap spouted (by both sides) during the referendum campaign – caused me to rethink. We should never have joined the EU’s predecessor in the first place, we’ve now left and long may it remain that way. The EU has plenty of candidate nations willing and eager to take our place. If they get their backsides into gear the 27 will soon be joined by the likes of Albania and North Macedonia (draft negotiating document presented to the members two years ago). There are three other candidates whose applications are not so far advanced (including one which is likely never to join). Of course Ukraine is likely to be “fast tracked” as everything else to do with Ukraine seems to be, s there’s at least three countries who will soon be able to raise the EU flag on their town halls. I’m sure they’ll all be very happy together.
I most certainly would, for three reasons:
First:
Toby Helm- Political editor of The Observer (aka The Grauniad on Sunday)
Robin McKie – Science Editor for The Observer (ditto)
Dunno who the other two are, but I expect they are cut from the same cloth.
Secondly:
This government has singularly failed to take advantage of the benefits provided by Brexit. Agreed, it has had the pandemic to deal with but that is now largely over and they need to crack on. Most government efforts are undoubtedly frustrated by “The Blob” – and amalgamation of Remainers among senior civil servants (probably more than 99% of them) together with various other Remainer factions.
Thirdly:
It was obvious from June 2016 that the EU would do all it could to frustrate our departure and, when it was achieved, do their best to ensure it was not seen as a success. Witness their efforts to ensure Northern Ireland remains firmly in its remit by undertaking 20% of all customs checks on goods entering NI from GB, when only 0.5% of goods (at most) enter the EU by that route.
There is nothing unexpected in any of this. I have repeatedly said that I care not one jot whether there are advantages or disadvantages to our leaving the EU. I waited almost a quarter of a century to cast a vote in favour of leaving. Nothing in that time – particularly some of the claptrap spouted (by both sides) during the referendum campaign – caused me to rethink. We should never have joined the EU’s predecessor in the first place, we’ve now left and long may it remain that way. The EU has plenty of candidate nations willing and eager to take our place. If they get their backsides into gear the 27 will soon be joined by the likes of Albania and North Macedonia (draft negotiating document presented to the members two years ago). There are three other candidates whose applications are not so far advanced (including one which is likely never to join). Of course Ukraine is likely to be “fast tracked” as everything else to do with Ukraine seems to be, s there’s at least three countries who will soon be able to raise the EU flag on their town halls. I’m sure they’ll all be very happy together.
Warning ...Liable to make the remainiacs cry.
//The case for Brexit was very simple: it was the retrieval of self-government by the British people. When the Heath government joined the EU in 1973, with a referendum in 1975 under Harold Wilson’s Labour government, both governments argued that British self-government was not at risk: we were joining a customs union only. Tony Benn and Enoch Powell, at opposite ends of the political spectrum, warned that this would eventually lead to the loss of sovereignty, and in the intervening 40 years have been proved right. The EU has moved steadily towards its stated aim of a federal state of a “united Europe”, acquiring power over not merely trade but also regulation of all industrial and social areas of life, owing to the creation of the single market and then the Social Chapter.//
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//The case for Brexit was very simple: it was the retrieval of self-government by the British people. When the Heath government joined the EU in 1973, with a referendum in 1975 under Harold Wilson’s Labour government, both governments argued that British self-government was not at risk: we were joining a customs union only. Tony Benn and Enoch Powell, at opposite ends of the political spectrum, warned that this would eventually lead to the loss of sovereignty, and in the intervening 40 years have been proved right. The EU has moved steadily towards its stated aim of a federal state of a “united Europe”, acquiring power over not merely trade but also regulation of all industrial and social areas of life, owing to the creation of the single market and then the Social Chapter.//
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//fatti: "You said elsewhere on here that there are no crises, Johnson has dealt with them all?" - he has now, yes.//
Lol, seriously??
As for sovereignty, it’s not making any impact on a cost of living crisis, fuel cost crisis and impending strikes by multiple sectors of the employed.
If he’s dealt with everything, I’d love to see what he does when he’s under some proper serious pressure! Pmsl.
//fatti: "You said elsewhere on here that there are no crises, Johnson has dealt with them all?" - he has now, yes.//
Lol, seriously??
As for sovereignty, it’s not making any impact on a cost of living crisis, fuel cost crisis and impending strikes by multiple sectors of the employed.
If he’s dealt with everything, I’d love to see what he does when he’s under some proper serious pressure! Pmsl.
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