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[stansmith3] 01/2/2021 10:52

minerveonly half the tories started it

[xxxxxy] 01/2/2021 10:37

UK to join trading bloc which has 63 million more consumers than the EUUnlike EU this bloc doesn't want to rule over our laws, borders, vaccines, or money?© Brexit Facts4EU.Org 2020Today UK celebrates 1 year of Brexit, applies to join most populous trade bloc in worldThe great Brexit news just keeps on coming. With Brexit Britain far out in front of the EU on its vaccine strategy and programme, today we report on another area of excellence which the UK has been developing since freeing itself from the EU's shackles.This morning the Rt Hon Liz Truss MP, Secretary of State for International Trade, will make a conference call to her counterparts in Japan and New Zealand. In this call she will formally start the UK's application to join the most populous trading bloc in the world: the Pacific free trade area known as the CPTPP.BREXIT FACTS4EU.ORG SUMMARYThe CPTPP compared to the EU27The population of the CPTPP countries is 508 millionThe population of the EU27 is 445 millionWhen the UK joins the CPTPP, the combined population will rise to 575 millionThat will be 29% more than that of the EU27?© Brexit Facts4EU.Org - click to enlargeOn the road to joining the most populous trading bloc in the World"Joining CPTPP will create enormous opportunities for UK businesses that simply weren't there as part of the EU and deepen our ties with some of the fastest-growing markets in the world."We're at the front of the queue and look forward to starting formal negotiations in the coming months.- Liz Truss, UK International Trade Secretary, Singapore, 10 Dec 2020?Joining this Pacific £8.5 trillion partnership will cut tariffs for UK industries, for example:Whisky (down from 165% to 0% in Malaysia)Cars (reducing to 0% in Canada by 2022, two years earlier than through the UK-Canada trade deal)It will also create new opportunities for modern industries like tech and services, ultimately supporting and creating high-value jobs across the UK. Crucially, unlike EU membership, the CPTPP are not demanding control over our laws, borders, territorial waters, vaccines, or money.According to the ONS, UK trade with the CPTPP was worth £111 billion in 2019, and has grown on average by 8% a year since 2016 – several times faster than the growth in UK trade with the EU.What precisely is the CPTPP?The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is a free trade agreement between 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific region: Australia, Brunei, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. Seven of these countries are already parties to the agreement, with the others going through domestic ratification processes.Brexit Facts4EU.Org analysed the economic opportunity for the United Kingdom. Our research shows :-The 11 current signatories accounted for 12.9% of global GDP in 2019This would rise to 16.2% if the UK were to joinIf South Korea joins, the CPTPP would have 18.0% of global GDPThe EU27's share is 17.9% and fallingAs can be seen above, if the UK joins, the CPTPP will be snapping at the heels of the EU in terms of share of the global economy. Given the much faster growth rates in the CPTPP than in the EU, it is very likely that the EU will fall into third place (after the US-Canada-Mexico trading bloc and the CPTPP) in short order. In addition, several more countries are in the wings.The United Kingdom formally declared its interest in 2018, and this has already been welcomed by several members including Japan who currently holds the presidency. The other countries which have made formal announcements include China, Colombia, Indonesia, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. If the UK and, say, South Korea joined, the CPTTP's combined economies would exceed those of the EU27.OBSERVATIONSIn the last five years Brexit Facts4EU.Org has reported many times on the range of opportunities for an independent and free-trading United Kingdom, once it was no longer under the suffocating control of the unelected bureaucrats of Brussels.In recent years we have reported on the UK's trading possibilities with countries in the Pacific region, including Commonwealth friends such as Australia and New Zealand. In particular we covered the UK's expression of interest in 2018 to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), as well as subsequent positive developments with the countries involved.Going forwardWe continue to research and publish reassuring reports based on the EU's own data and on data such as that above from the Dept for International Trade, the UN and the IMF, debunking the Remainer myths and urging heads to be held high. The country was right in 2016 to vote to leave the European Union. The subsequent hostility and bad faith from the EU since that time has shown just how right voters were.With our donations having fallen due to the Covid measures, we urgently need some generous readers to help to keep us going. Quick, secure, and confidential donation links are below this article or you can use our donations page here. A member of our team will send you a warm 'thank you' note and you can sit back in the knowledge that you've done something to help to ensure progress towards a fully free, independent, and sovereign United Kingdom. Less than 1% of our readers have made a donation. Can you help to increase this to 2%, 3%, 5%...?[ Sources: UK Department for International Trade | CPTPP Commission | UN population data | IMF GDP data ] Politicians and journalists can contact us for details, as ever.Brexit Facts4EU.Org, Mon 01 Feb 2021

[minerve 2] 01/2/2021 10:13

Says the skint, working class chump!

LOL!

[y1phr1] 01/2/2021 10:12

Brilliant job Boris and well done Torys.will be in power for another 10 years

[maxk] 01/2/2021 09:43

But the keep voting the nutjobs in Stan.

[stansmith3] 01/2/2021 09:39

utrickytypical pish from youjocks/scots and snp nutjobs are not always the same thingalbeit a decreasing number, around half of scots value greatly being part of the uk and our friends south of the borderwe fought in the same trenches together to save the world, dont throw that away just so you can sound like an ill informed t@t

[maxk] 01/2/2021 08:52

Common sense breaking out..




Fridges, washing machines and televisions given longer lifespan under post-Brexit plans

Government plans will require spare parts of appliances to be available for seven years, giving them a longer lifespan


By
Max Stephens
31 January 2021 • 8:51pm



Ministers also plan for new washing machines to have labels that show their expected lifespan. CREDIT: PA



Fridges, washing machines and televisions will be guaranteed to last longer under new post-Brexit plans to tackle waste.

The proposals aim to increase the lifespan of the appliances and reduce the need for them to be replaced more regularly.

New laws introduced by the Government will require spare parts to be available for a minimum of seven years, allowing the electrical products to last longer.

Ministers also plan for new machines to have labels that show their expected lifespan.

In spring, the Government will launch a policy framework for energy products, the Mail on Sunday has reported.

Washing machines typically last for eight years before breaking down with manufacturers rarely retaining the parts during that length of time.

In plans being drawn up by the Department for Business and Energy, later models will also have to be built with parts that "can be replaced with the use of commonly available tools, tackling premature obsolescence".

‘Planned obsolescence’ refers to a product being intentionally designed to have a short life-span or fall out of fashion with consumers.

Business Minister Paul Scully aims to bring in the measures after publishing the results of two public consultations later this year.

This was in response to a ministerial question from SNP MP Angela Crawley on what the Government intended to do counter the practice of planned obsolescence

The measures "aim to improve the resource efficiency of energy related products," Mr Scully added.

In an interview with the The Mail on Sunday, Crawley said: “Planned obsolescence is a cynical marketing strategy and has a damaging impact on the environment as well as consumers.”

James Daley, managing director of consumer group Fairer Finance, told the paper the plans were sensible, adding: "It’s good that the onus is on companies to produce goods that are better quality and can be easily fixed."

[utrickytrees] 01/2/2021 08:46

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TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has said he would laugh at the “catastrophic consequences” of Scotland becoming an independent country.

The 60-year-old also said the upside of separation would be the absence of “Caledonian Communists standing in our queues at Heathrow”.

[utrickytrees] 01/2/2021 08:33

Noted and amended DW.

[poikka] 01/2/2021 07:57

895 Liz Truss CPTPP article.

BRILLIANT! Love the digs at the EU.

[xxxxxy] 01/2/2021 07:49

7:10amAgenda: FTSE set to rise Good morning. The FTSE 100 is set to start the week in positive territory as Reddit traders look to target the silver market. ... Daily Telegraph

[xxxxxy] 01/2/2021 07:46

Tom Edwards1 Feb 2021 7:40AMYou have to admire the French political class. Here AstraZeneca is offering them the vaccine at cost, without any profit,  In France they threaten to sue, attack and financially hinder AZ's development... Yet so far have not approved the vaccine for use. Macron ought to reflect....J'ai besoin d'amener ma tête à la lumière du jour... Daily Telegraph

[xxxxxy] 01/2/2021 07:44

ByLucy Fisher, DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR ; Anna Pujol-Mazzini IN PARIS and James Rothwell31 January 2021 • 9:30pmBritain will prioritise offering spare vaccines to Ireland once stocks are secured for the UK jab rollout, The Telegraph understands.Ministers are examining .... Daily Telegraph..... Seems good sensible policy....

[xxxxxy] 01/2/2021 07:36

Nigel Farage@Nigel_Farage12hThe victory we won against the establishment was the result of decades of hard work by thousands of ordinary people. I salute every single one of you who played your part, no matter how big or small. The will of the people prevailed.

[daddy warbucks] 01/2/2021 07:19

It's not a British vaccine scandal. The EU have tried to pull the UK into it to hide their mismanagement. It is nothing to do with us.

[utrickytrees] 01/2/2021 05:40

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The poor old EU have still got 1 friend left......the Jocks! Suprise suprise the only political party in the UK & Ireland not to condemn the EU's behaviour in their Assault of British funded vaccine innovators Astra Zeneca are the SNP, what a bunch of xxxx's they are.