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[alphorn] 22/8/2019 10:07

Some very entertaining posts here. Keep them up, but don't get too serious. Lol

[gotnorolex] 22/8/2019 10:07

Big question will be answered soon...Can Boris eat the Macaroon?

[maxk] 22/8/2019 09:58

No story worth a light, but the comments are good.



Tom Archer 22 Aug 2019 9:52AM

No-one seems to have commented on the way Mutti has gone casually over the heads of the EU to make a deal with Boris.

Still, he'll be happy with that outcome. Come the start of September he can now be seen to be beavering away on an alternative to the backstop, to be presented by the 20th. That will probably be enough to stop him losing a confidence vote.

Come the 20th, the EU will almost certainly dismiss his proposals, but the timing will be perfect. The UK will have everything in place for a no deal exit by then, and parliament will be in recess for the conference season, so he will be able to take us out with no deal on Sept 30th, announcing it in the Conservative party conference..

[xxxxxy] 22/8/2019 09:58

How Merkel's Germany dominates the EUGermany's share of the Single Market is FOUR TIMES that of the UK?    ?Chart © Brexit Facts4EU.Org 2019 - clickable full-size version is belowGermany also has more than DOUBLE the share of World exports, compared to the UKYesterday Boris Johnson had dinner with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. In this report we show how Germany is dominating in the EU and why it has no desire to change the rules.BREXIT FACTS4EU.ORG SUMMARYExports within the Single MarketGermany has 22% of total EU exports within the Single Market – UK has only 5.5%Germany is No.1 by a very large marginGermany's share of sales within the Single Market is FOUR times that of the UKThe UK is in SEVENTH place, beaten by Spain and just ahead of Poland?© Brexit Facts4EU.Org Source: Official Eurostat data for 2018Exports to the rest of the WorldGermany has 28% of the EU's total global exports - UK has 11.1%Germany is No.1 by a very large marginGermany's share of exports outside the EU is more than DOUBLE that of the UKThe UK is in second place, but far behind Germany?

[gotnorolex] 22/8/2019 09:51

The only reason Farage went into politics was because of his failed deal or no deal attitude, he personally jiggered his once successful inherited metal trading business! City trader he never was, too intransigent! He bet against the market and LOST once too often!

[careful] 22/8/2019 09:50

WTO must be great?
That is what the USA and China use.
What a useless system, it leads to arbitrary tariffs and arguments.

What we want is a totally unrestricted free trading area.
Like say trade between Wales and England, or Yorkshire and Scotland.

or dare I remind you, as we now how have with the EU. the richest and largest trading block in the World.

No wonder Trump is jealous and wants to destroy it.

[xxxxxy] 22/8/2019 09:40

The Euro. Made in Germany for Germany.LEAVE and WTO

[xxxxxy] 22/8/2019 09:32

Collapse of Italian governmentBy JOHNREDWOOD | Published: AUGUST 22, 2019The decision of the Italian Prime Minister to resign rather than face a Confidence vote brings to an end a curious government experiment. 2 populist parties with very different programmes and outlooks tried to govern together. Both found the restrictions of the EU budget rules and Euro scheme difficult to live with. Lega were keen to cut taxes and 5 Star wanted to introduce a more generous basic income payment by the state. The PM, not elected for either governing party, sought to keep the government more in line with EU requirements and tried to keep co-operation between the two leaders of the two main parties in the coalition against a background of disagreements. Meanwhile the Italian economy stagnated, and fell into a shallow recession for the second half of last year.There will be efforts for the pro EU New Democracy party to ally in government with 5 Star to avoid an election both of them might do badly in. They might be able to establish a temporary government. It would have to pass a budget that appears compliant with EU rules. If they do this Lega will look for any way to bring on an early election which they think would give them more seats and more clout in the Parliament.They will be looking to the new EU Commission to see if there is any scope to relax the current tight settlements, given the wish of many in Italy to spend more and be taxed less. They will also be hoping the new President of the European Central Bank follows an even more accommodating policy, and will expect Italy to continue as the number one borrower from that Bank under the Target 2 balances arrangements.Italy is an interesting test of whether populist parties can govern in any way in the Euro area that keeps faith with what their electors want and what they promised. The Lega/5 Star coalition compromised with the EU to avoid a worse conflict in ways which prevented the implementation of much of their respective economic and financial programmes. Mr Salvini of Lega is hoping to bring about an election which he thinks he can win, when he would doubtless be less willing to compromise. This in turn raises bigger questions of Italian electors. Would they trust a committed populist government to challenge these EU orthodoxies? How far would they let such a government take their demands? When Syriza in Greece tried it they ended up backing down. Greece is a much smaller country that does not have the same weight as Italy financially and economically, so we would be in uncharted territory. Italy owes large sums to the ECB, which is Germany's problem as well as they have lent most of it.

[gotnorolex] 22/8/2019 09:05

Brexit news latest: Boris Johnson set for showdown Brexit talks in Paris after given 30 days to find 'solution' to Brexit by Angela Merkel

[poikka] 22/8/2019 09:03

Merkel - 30 days, m8, and it better be good.

Macron - ""Renegotiation of the terms currently proposed by the British is not an option that exists, and that has always been made clear by [EU] President Tusk."

BBC political correspondent Ben Wright said Mr Johnson was likely to get a "chillier reception" from Mr Macron, who sees Brexit as "contaminating the whole European project" and wants it over and done with."

1. Boris, m8, please do NOT go back to see either Merkel or Macron, it's humiliating to have them play with us like that.

2. Merkel knows how the border issue could be resolved, and so does Macron, and Tusk, and whoever else is shoed-in.

3. IF they want to reach an agreement with us, they'll make bloody sure that any agreement fixes us good 'n proper.

4. Therefore, the ONLY answer is to Leave without a deal and then see what happens.

Hopefully, Boris knows that and will not humiliate us further. He's made his approaches, done the right thing, and now needs to get on with making it work.

[maxk] 22/8/2019 08:41

May threw the election. There is no other way of looking at it.


Just watch Boris's honeymoon period go up in smoke if he tries to pull a fast one.

[cheshire pete] 22/8/2019 08:41

Careful: May and Boris are as different as chalk and cheese.

[careful] 22/8/2019 08:34

We know there is a 30 day deadline.
When parliament re opens it will be chaos.
Boris has no effective majority.

If he is to pull a rabbit out of the hat it needs to be quick.
Brexit and power could be lost altogether.

I hope he is not too optimistic about his chances in a general election.
May made the same mistake.

[excell1] 22/8/2019 08:30

Scotland's deficit is the equivalent of more than half the entire UK's thanks to public spending being £1,600 higher per person, according to official figures that damage Nicola Sturgeon’s independence case.

The annual Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) showed total public spending in Scotland was £75.3 billion in 2018/19 but the country only raised £62.7 billion in revenues.

The 2018/19 report showed the £12.6 billion deficit was the equivalent of more than half the £23.5 billion recorded for the entire UK, despite Scotland having only 8.3 per cent of the populatio

[maxk] 22/8/2019 08:25

Here we go, another dogs breakfast dressed up as a good deal.




Thursday morning news briefing: 30 days to ditch the backstop






Danny Boyle
22 AUGUST 2019 • 7:32AM




Angela Merkel holds out prospect of a new Brexit deal


You have got 30 days. That is what Angela Merkel told Boris Johnson last night, as she gave him a deadline to come up with a solution to the Northern Irish backstop and forge a new Brexit deal with the European Union. In comments that were seen as a victory for Mr Johnson on his first trip abroad as Prime Minister, the German Chancellor suggested she would be willing to ditch the controversial backstop if the UK could agree a suitable alternative by September 20. Peter Foster and Daniel Capurro have a simple explanation of what the...



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[buywell3] 22/8/2019 08:09

Ask yourself the reason WHY ?

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[cheshire pete] 22/8/2019 00:58

Merkel in blue when she met Boris, not red, yellow or green.

[cheshire pete] 21/8/2019 23:56

Can you hear it, can you hear it....what? the deafening silence from Cameron, May, Hammond, Blair, Major et al....all on the run.

[maxk] 21/8/2019 23:43

Why would you need more roads if trade is going to fall off a cliff?







‘We literally need more roads’: ports brace for Brexit chaos

[sentimentrules] 21/8/2019 23:17

BBC media action received over £3 million from Brussels. Fran Unsworthy is or was the chair (head of news and all the board nominated by the bbc)

I wonder what they would call that if it was Russian money supporting an 'independent charity' chaired by Trump.

[k38] 21/8/2019 23:06

BBC (and it's associates) on Brexit (the end of the world..)Still going on with it's old brainwashing tricks.

[k38] 21/8/2019 22:46

..and the next two years .. started 3 years ago. This time UK (Boris) mean business!!

[sentimentrules] 21/8/2019 22:44

What did you 'imagine' stupidpants?