davieG Posted 27 March 2017 Share Posted 27 March 2017 A special Question Time just starting on BBC1- BRITAIN after Brexit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 28 March 2017 Share Posted 28 March 2017 20 hours ago, davieG said: A special Question Time just starting on BBC1- BRITAIN after Brexit It was very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 28 March 2017 Share Posted 28 March 2017 London-Paris business and tourism partnerships announced 4 hours ago From the sectionLondon Share Image copyrightAURELIEN MEUNIER Image captionMayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, announce the Paris-London Business Welcome Program The mayors of London and Paris have announced joint tourism and business schemes, a day before the UK's formal exit from the EU is triggered. A business unit is to be set up in the city hall promotional agency, London and Partners, and its French counterpart Paris&Co. A joint tourism scheme is due to be launched next year, City Hall said. Mayor Sadiq Khan said "two of the world's greatest cities" had "so much to gain from joining forces". Prime Minister Theresa May is to trigger Article 50 on Wednesday - beginning formal negotiations on Brexit. Speaking at the launch, Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo said: "Paris and London share common values and willpower." The "Paris-London Business Welcome Program" will be run by a "small dedicated team" aiming to "encourage and facilitate the flow of trade and investment between the two cities", a spokesman said. Image copyrightLONDON AND PARTNERS Image captionThe 2018 tourism agreement will focus on key drivers for international visitors to both cities, such as culture and heritage, say City Hall London receives more inward investment from Paris than any other global city, having attracted £2.6bn that has generated almost 10,000 jobs in the last 10 years, according to City Hall. Paris, in comparison, is the largest European destination for foreign direct investment from London, with more than 160 London-based companies set up in the city since 2006, creating 7,500 jobs. And, according to figures released by the partnership, tourists spend in excess of £30bn and support up to 1.2m jobs in both London and Paris. A London and Partners spokesman told the BBC it was hoped similar schemes would be rolled out "to other European and world cities". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 Its very quiet in here on the day article 50 is triggered! A decent letter I thought, if a little repetitive. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-39431070 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 3 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said: Its very quiet in here on the day article 50 is triggered! A decent letter I thought, if a little repetitive. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-39431070 You'd have thought she'd have saved her best handwriting for the most important letter she'll ever write. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innovindil Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 23 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said: Its very quiet in here on the day article 50 is triggered! A decent letter I thought, if a little repetitive. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-39431070 Staying away from the clusterfvck until everyone calms down. Going to be plenty of over reactions in the following days. No point rehashing the same debates. That being said, overall very happy to see this pass without the unnecessary shackeling of the remainers. Hopefully the start of a bright future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voll Blau Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 Just now, Innovindil said: Staying away from the clusterfvck until everyone calms down. Going to be plenty of over reactions in the following days. No point rehashing the same debates. That being said, overall very happy to see this pass without the unnecessary shackeling of the remainers. Hopefully the start of a bright future. Yeah, sod people wanting proper scrutiny of possibly the biggest decision this country will ever make before they plough ahead with it eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 Just now, Voll Blau said: Yeah, sod people wanting proper scrutiny of possibly the biggest decision this country will ever make before they plough ahead with it eh? Its all just common sense at the moment, nothing there to scrutinize really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 2 minutes ago, Innovindil said: Staying away from the clusterfvck until everyone calms down. Going to be plenty of over reactions in the following days. No point rehashing the same debates. That being said, overall very happy to see this pass without the unnecessary shackeling of the remainers. Hopefully the start of a bright future. Shackelling or Shelacking? In one way you're correct. In the other not so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgfualol Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 Grab ye popcorn, this is gonna be a ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzy Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 I wish I could get excited or even just slightly interested in all the Brexit/Article 50 stuff - but I can't. I'm sure it's all very important, but stuff has a habit of eventually all working itself out, and I'm sure they'll be ups and downs, winners and losers along the way. When all is said and done, I'll just continue to play the hand I'm dealt as always. In the mean time, I'm not going to lose any sleep or get stressed about something I've got absolutely no control over. I trust the PM with all this stuff. She's growing on me week by week and I wasn't sure about her to start with. I'm starting to quite like her actually which is a bit weird I know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 I also tend to think most of us wont notice much difference day to day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innovindil Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 17 minutes ago, Emilio Lestavez said: Shackelling or Shelacking? In one way you're correct. In the other not so much The one that means to have your hands tied. Shackeling is my phones auto correct, going to have to google it now to find out what I've been posting all this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 5 minutes ago, Izzy Muzzett said: I wish I could get excited or even just slightly interested in all the Brexit/Article 50 stuff - but I can't. I'm sure it's all very important, but stuff has a habit of eventually all working itself out, and I'm sure they'll be ups and downs, winners and losers along the way. When all is said and done, I'll just continue to play the hand I'm dealt as always. In the mean time, I'm not going to lose any sleep or get stressed about something I've got absolutely no control over. I trust the PM with all this stuff. She's growing on me week by week and I wasn't sure about her to start with. I'm starting to quite like her actually which is a bit weird I know... I said that when we joined and when it was subsequently strengthened but like then we plebs have little or no influence anyway. Even voting for a like minded MP has little impact on anything they are spread across the various political parties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innovindil Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 23 minutes ago, Voll Blau said: Yeah, sod people wanting proper scrutiny of possibly the biggest decision this country will ever make before they plough ahead with it eh? Exhibit "a" in trying to dodge the clusterfvck If you think guaranteeing the rights of eu workers before negotiations is "scrutiny" then I feel bad for you. If you think Gina Miller's court case was about "scrutiny" and not finding a way to overturn the decision then I feel really bad for you. They have been told they will get a vote on the final outcome, scrutiny comes then. Last post in here for a bit, like I said, rehashing the same debates, waste of everyone's time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voll Blau Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 2 minutes ago, Innovindil said: Exhibit "a" in trying to dodge the clusterfvck If you think guaranteeing the rights of eu workers before negotiations is "scrutiny" then I feel bad for you. If you think Gina Miller's court case was about "scrutiny" and not finding a way to overturn the decision then I feel really bad for you. They have been told they will get a vote on the final outcome, scrutiny comes then. Last post in here for a bit, like I said, rehashing the same debates, waste of everyone's time. Don't think I mentioned either of those specific examples, but never mind. If you can't see why people still feel pretty nervous about what deal we're actually going to get out of it, and whether it was all worth it, then I feel bad for you. I suppose it'll all be worth it as long as we get state-sanctioned killing, different coloured passports, legalised child assault and strawb'ries-by-the-pound back though... https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/politics/leave-voters-support-reintroduction-of-death-penalty-caning-and-traditional-incandescent-light-bulbs/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alf Bentley Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 I'm just wondering what the country will be called if Scotland and eventually Northern Ireland leave? "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" wouldn't really be feasible any more. How about "the Divided Kingdom of Lesser Britain and Northern Ireland"? Then that could be shortened to "the Divided Kingdom of Lesser Britain" if the Northern Irish bugger off too. "The DK" has a ring to it, as we Don't Know what we're doing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokes Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 Pleased that the process and negotiations can now begin and looking forwards to finding out what we can secure. I still think we will come away with a free trade agreement, because it's in the best interest of all of us. I don't see any reasons why citizens rights will be negatively affected. The exit bill will be interesting, the EU are very keen for that to be agreed asap. Are we now able to discuss free trade deals with other countries or do we need to wait until we have formally left the EU? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokes Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 3 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said: I'm just wondering what the country will be called if Scotland and eventually Northern Ireland leave? "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" wouldn't really be feasible any more. How about "the Divided Kingdom of Lesser Britain and Northern Ireland"? Then that could be shortened to "the Divided Kingdom of Lesser Britain" if the Northern Irish bugger off too. "The DK" has a ring to it, as we Don't Know what we're doing... It will be called England and the sheepshaggers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alf Bentley Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 2 minutes ago, Strokes said: It will be called England and the sheepshaggers. Sounds like a band. I'm imagining something like The Wonder Stuff for some reason. Most experts seem to think that it will take longer than 2 years to negotiate a new trade deal with the EU....but what do experts know? As for negotiating trade deals with non-EU countries, my understanding is that there can be no formal negotiations or signing of deals until we've left, though informal discussions are permitted and are probably already taking place....but the terms are unlikely to be decided until the Brexit deal is implemented as other countries will want to know where we stand vis-a-vis trade with the EU. Presumably it could take much longer than 2 years to do such deals if the EU trade deal takes longer than the 2-year Brexit divorce. Most trade deals do take longer than 2 years, anyway, though I'm sure Brexit folk will expect us to manage it quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 I'm hoping it won't be 2 years of mass City business exodus followed by a crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Guvnor Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 Can't wait for the whole thing to find it's conclusion now so we won't have to listen to those insufferable tw*ts Farron, Clegg and Paddy Pants down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webbo Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 Just glad the phoney war is over and we can get on with it now. It's been dragging on too long now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bovril Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 Three days before April fools. Just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 29 March 2017 Share Posted 29 March 2017 A very happy day, for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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