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[geckotheglorious] 30/9/2020 15:27

Every dime Trump has been paid as President of the USA he has donated..

Circa $1.6million dollars.



Interesting video.

Wonder how much tax Trumps company paid.

[alphorn] 30/9/2020 15:05

Here is new term that we may here more about - a 'Phase down period'.

[geckotheglorious] 30/9/2020 14:57

Chlorine Washed Chicken!!!!
Wooo hoo!

I can add it to my chlorine washed salads from the EU!

Not that I will eat either. Nor am I forced to eat either!

[maxk] 30/9/2020 14:28

That's the quid, where is the quo?

[geckotheglorious] 30/9/2020 14:24

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"The first shipments of UK beef will be exported to the USA on Wednesday after 24 years"

Superb news.

[xxxxxy] 30/9/2020 14:23

Who cares.

[xxxxxy] 30/9/2020 14:22

A taste of things to come.Fingers crossed.

[xxxxxy] 30/9/2020 14:22

The first shipments of UK beef will be exported to the USA on Wednesday after 24 years.The longstanding ban on EU beef by the states – introduced in the wake of the BSE outbreak, also known as mad cow disease, in 1996 – was lifted for the UK in March 2020 following a three-week inspection during summer 2019.UK beef producers now have access to the US market for the first time in more than two decades.The industry is estimated to be worth £66m ($85bn) over the next five years.The first shipment of beef originating from Foyle Food Group, Foyle Campsie in Northern Ireland is to be dispatched to America, with further shipments from across the UK expected in the coming weeks.Environment secretary George Eustice said: "Our beef is renowned as some of the best in the world for its high quality, food safety and welfare standards, and this landmark milestone means more people around the globe can enjoy our produce."READ MORE: UK economic slump during lockdown not as bad as first fearedInternational trade secretary Liz Truss said today marked a "historic moment" for British farming which could be just the "tip of the iceberg."The government hopes the free trade deal currently under negotiation with the US will create a host of export opportunities for British agriculture.AHDB international market development director Phil Hadley said: "The US represents an important potential market for our red meat exports and today's first shipment is the result of the hard work and persistence of industry and government to bring about this crucial next step."This important milestone will bring a fantastic boost to the sector and we look forward to seeing more of our red meat served up on dinner tables across the US in the months and years to come."... Yahoo Finance

[xxxxxy] 30/9/2020 14:03

Britain offers EU fishing concession as part of Brexit sweetenerExclusive: Three-year transition period for European fishing fleets among proposals in negotiating paperDaniel Boffey in Brussels and Lisa O'Carroll... Guardian...If it is good enough for JRM it will be good enough for me.

[xxxxxy] 30/9/2020 13:42

JPMorgan Chase to pay record $920 million to resolve U.S. investigations into trading practicesPUBLISHED TUE, SEP 29 2020 11:14 AM EDTUPDATED TUE, SEP 29 2020 3:37 PM EDTHugh Son@HUGH_SONDawn Giel@DAWNGIEL... CNBC..

[xxxxxy] 30/9/2020 13:38

The Speaker has accused Boris Johnson of treating Parliament with "contempt" as he confirmed he will not grant a vote on the much-discussed Brady amendment to the Coronavirus Act.Sir Linday Hoyle delivered ministers a sharp rebuke for using emergency powers in a "totally unsatisfactory" manner and failing to give MPs sufficient time for scrutiny."All too often, important statutory instruments have been published a matter of hours before they come into force and some explanations as to why important measures have come into effect before they can be laid before this House has been unconvincing and shows a total disregard for the House," he said.But he said selecting any amendment "risks giving rise to uncertainty" about the decision of the House because only 90 minutes were available for the debate.More than 80 Tory MPs were prepared to vote for Sir Graham Brady's proposal - which would have meant certain defeat for the Government - to be given more say on Covid regulations.But those rebels are not about to slink back into the shadows, with some including Sir Desmond Swayne and Steve Baker suggesting they would bring the fight to other battlegrounds if concessions were not granted today.... Daily Telegraph

[geckotheglorious] 30/9/2020 13:12

"Germany, which holds the rotating presidency of the bloc, offered a proposal this week that would suspend payouts from the budget if a weighted majority of nations determined a rule-of-law breach, such as not adhering to values like prosecuting high-level corruption. The draft was rejected by Hungary and Poland, with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki calling it "political blackmail," while a group of richer nations, including Finland and the Netherlands, said the proposal didn't go far enough"

We all know "Not taking Illegal Immigrants/bogus refugees" would be the main value used to stop payments to Eastern European members.

This is one reason EU is destined to fail.

It is basically a German run club with French acquiescence...everyone else gets railroaded if contrary to the interests of these two main countries.

[mitchy] 30/9/2020 13:04

Newbank - i'm talking about the mass market that we were part of creating back in the day. 50 years ago nobody would have guessed that even Spain would produce more cars than us. Ship building is another lost market. There was a time, not to long ago, when the U.K lead the world in every science and industry. Now look at us thanks to the likes of the wreckers Thatcher and Scargill.
I believe this country is still one of the most innovative in the world and we deserve to be in a much better place than we today after everything we have brought to the table...for the whole world.
Rant over.

[mr.elbee] 30/9/2020 12:42

now run by Dido Harding.

another casualty to add to her ever growing list of total management failures.

[xxxxxy] 30/9/2020 12:36

Kill the Economy.Will not save thw NHS. Or The People.Stop the Mass Hysteria. And get to grips with Responsibilities to all of society.Economy dies today. NhS will be tomorrow.

[xxxxxy] 30/9/2020 12:34

The UK economy shrank by a record-breaking 19.8pc between April and June as Covid-19 dragged down demand and left swathes of businesses virtually inactive.The revised slump – the worst three-month drop ever recorded – was slightly more mild than the 20.4pc decline projected by the Office for National Statistics' first estimates.... Daily Telegraph

[xxxxxy] 30/9/2020 12:31

My speech yesterday on the United Kingdom Internal Market BillBy JOHNREDWOOD | Published: SEPTEMBER 30, 2020Sir John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con): I support the Government's amendments to the legislation for the reasons outlined admirably by the Minister-it did need a little strengthening and this is a welcome clarification-but I rise mainly to oppose new clause 1.I am disappointed with the official Opposition, because I was delighted after the clear decision of the people in the last general election that the Opposition said that they now fully accepted the result of the referendum, although it took place years ago-the previous Parliament blocked its timely implementation. We had a rerun in the general election and the Opposition fully accepted the verdict of that general election, yet here we are again today, with new clause 1 deliberately trying to undermine the British Government's sensible negotiating position in the European Union.Whenever there is a disagreement in interpretation of that original withdrawal agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union, the Opposition and most of the other opposition parties rush to accept the EU's-very political-interpretation of the situation and rush to say that anything the UK Government wish to assert in this Parliament, or in a court of law if it came to that, is clearly illegal.It is preposterous that we have so many MPs who so dislike the people of this country that they are still trying to thwart the very clear wish to have a Brexit that makes sense.Karin Smyth (Bristol South) (Lab): Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?Sir John Redwood: I must not take up too much time. I wish to develop my argument quickly.We have to recognise what we are dealing with here. The EU withdrawal agreement was pretty unsatisfactory and one-sided because the previous Parliament stopped the Government putting a strong British case and getting the support of this Parliament in the way the British people wanted. The Prime Minister wisely went to Europe and did his best to amend the withdrawal agreement but it was quite clear from the agreed text that a lot was outstanding and rested to be resolved in the negotiations to be designed around the future relationship, because we used to say that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed and that the withdrawal terms had to run alongside the future relationship.The EU won that one thanks to the dreadful last Parliament undermining our position all the time. This Prime Minister is trying to remedy that and the only ?reason I was able to vote for the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018-much of it was an agreement that I knew had lots of problems with it-was that we put in clause 38, a clear assertion of British sovereignty against the possibility that the EU did not mean what it said in its promises to my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and did not offer that free trade agreement, which was going to be at the core of the new relationship. We therefore needed that protection, so I am pleased that the Government put it in.That made me able to vote for the measure to progress it to the next stage, but I was always clear that the EU then needed to get rid of all its posturing and accept what it had said and signed up to-that the core of our new relationship was going to be a free trade agreement. We were going to be a third country, we were not going to be under its laws and we were not going to be in its single market and customs union, but it has systematically blocked that free trade agreement. The UK has tabled a perfectly good one based on the agreements the EU has offered to other countries that it did not have such a close relationship with, but it has not been prepared to accept it. Well, why does it not table its own? Why does it not show us what it meant when it signed up to having a free trade agreement at the core of our relationship? If it will not, we will leave without a deal and that will be a perfectly good result for the British people, as I said before the referendum and have always said subsequently.Of course, it would be better if we could resolve those matters through that free trade agreement. As colleagues will know, many of the problems with the Northern Ireland protocol fall away if we have that free trade agreement, and we are only in this position because the EU is blocking it.Why is the EU blocking the agreement? It says that it wants to grab our fish. I have news for it: they are not on offer. They are going to be returned to the British people, I trust. I am always being told by Ministers that they are strong on that. The EU wishes to control our law making and decide what state aid is in the United Kingdom. No, it will not. We voted to decide that within the framework of the World Trade Organisation and the international rules that govern state aid-rules, incidentally, that the EU regularly breaks. It has often been found guilty of breaking international state aid rules and has been fined quite substantially as a result.I support the Government's amendments, and I support this piece of legislation. We need every bit of pressure we can to try to get the free trade agreement and the third-country relationship with the EU that we were promised by it and by the Government in the general election. We can then take the massive opportunities of Brexit. It is crucial that new clause 1 is not agreed to, because it would send a clear message to the European Union that this Parliament still wants to give in.

[freddie01] 30/9/2020 12:07

Tech investment top priority for UK banks

[alphorn] 30/9/2020 11:59

Having some bullish GBP positions may fall foul of 'discredited financial institutions'.

ROFLMAO

[xxxxxy] 30/9/2020 11:58

HALIBUT OUT, PARIS EU states urge France to drop hardline Brexit fishing demandsNick Gutteridge2:00, 30 Sep 2020Updated: 2:00, 30 Sep 2020... The Sun

[alphorn] 30/9/2020 11:53

Newbank - "The UK still make great cars, ie, Noble"

Do they??? Made in South Africa with assembly by a VERY small workforce in UK.