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[xxxxxy] 17/6/2021 07:07

Time to trust people more. Time to control people less.JUNE 17, 2021 5 COMMENTSI will post this morning the text of my speech yesterday in Parliament about the planned extension to the lockdown. I joined with others to vote against the measures, and spoke in favour of an alternative approach.Yesterday with full Opposition backing Parliament voted to delay the return of a full Parliament. All the time we are encouraged to join remotely, all the time seats are very limited in the chamber, all the time you need to bid for a speaking slot in advance and find your name on a published list, the scope for spontaneity and more challenge to government is limited. Parliament thrives on the  momentum of causes, on the noise of support and opposition, on the heat of the moment remark or intervention. Much of this is lost with a largely remote Parliament.The Opposition parties supported the government and most Labour MPs did not bother to join the debate. The few who did just wanted to exploit the latest  Cummings Revelations. It fell to Conservative MPs to question the policy and to make the case for a restoration of Parliament.Now the government has said we will have to live with the virus, and has stated it cannot be completely eradicated, the question is why not start doing that now? We accept all sorts of other risks in our lives. We all know there is no guarantee of immortality, and no government can protect us from all harms. Every time we cross a road, drive a car, fly in a plane, prepare food, stay in a railway carriage or on a bus with people with flu we run a risk of harm. It is important to let people decide for themselves how much risk of this virus they want to run, and offer them several ways of minimising that risk.We n ow want to get on with our lives. We now need to let people go to work and rebuild our prosperity... John Redwood

[maxk] 16/6/2021 22:57

Truss closes in on New Zealand trade deal

Deal with New Zealand is seen as a clear next step after Britain and Australia announced the outline of an agreement on Tuesday

By
Louis Ashworth
and
James Crisp,
EUROPE EDITOR
16 June 2021 • 7:59pm



Liz Truss at Downing Street on Wednesday



Liz Truss will hold talks with New Zealand negotiators on Thursday as she seeks to pave the way for a trade deal with the country in a matter of weeks.

The Trade Secretary's Kiwi counterpart, Damien O’Connor, flew to Britain on Wednesday and the pair had dinner, ahead of direct talks due to be held in the Locarno Room of the Foreign Office. It is the first time they have met in person.

A deal with New Zealand is seen as a clear next step after Britain and Australia announced the outline of an agreement on Tuesday.

The tie-up with Wellington is expected to follow similar broad strokes to the Australian deal – prising open the country for UK goods and services, but opening up British markets to exports sent by New Zealand farmers.

A source at the Department for International Trade said: “We want to keep the momentum going that’s been created by the Aussie deal. The agreement will be similar in shape to Australia – so fundamentally liberalising, high standard and advanced in areas like services, reflecting our shared values and the kinship between our two countries.

“The New Zealanders will need to give us much more on mobility, investment and services if they want an agreement, and Liz will be driving a hard bargain on that.”

Government officials emphasised that any deal signed will maintain protections for UK farmers. The immediate economic benefits of a deal with New Zealand are likely to be negligible.

The Government’s own analysis said the GDP impact over 15 years would be “close to zero” compared with not having a deal.

However, Britain is seeking to show the world it is a free trading nation and it is hoped that larger and more lucrative deals will follow.

The outline of the Australian deal met a frosty reception by many British farmers, who warned a gradual phasing-out of tariffs and quotas could leave the UK vulnerable to a flood of Aussie beef.

The backlash continued on Wednesday, with Peter Hardwick from the British Meat Processors’ Association saying an influx of high-end cuts from Down Under could “skim the top off our home market and have a very negative effect on returns”.



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[diku] 16/6/2021 22:31

Don't know if this has happened in your areas...but since the pandemic roads to near schools area have become a no go zones for drivers during certain times of the day...new sign posts have been put up or changed and cameras installed for penalty charge notices...some of free parking bays of say 1 hour between 7am - 7pm have had signs changed to loading bays only...are all this changes necessary or just a bit over the top and who is paying for it...they are forcing traffic onto main roads so main roads are getting clogged up...

[utrickytrees] 16/6/2021 22:11

You can't tat it u muppets, just like you can't tat road signs lol. every bit of kit I've ever seen has a medequip sticker on it with a telephone number. All you need to do is ring the number. FFS.

[maxk] 16/6/2021 19:31

"stress"

Classy excuse for couldnt keep up with the hot burd he was banging.

[renewed1] 16/6/2021 19:29

According to the Mail he made 60m from Lloyds, Didnt even have the guts to take on the PPI case. When he realised what he had done he had a nervous breakdown. The real problem lies with the chairman and board who appoint the CEO.

[maxk] 16/6/2021 19:12

Thats different mm. Thats worth a few quid, so worth the time to clean and decon.

Not so something that costs £20-30. And thats the going rate, try ebay, people actually try to sell them on.

[mikemichael2] 16/6/2021 19:07

I have contacted our MP, see if he's bothered.

maxk, heart monitor???how much do they cost?

[maxk] 16/6/2021 19:04

It's not as simple as that. They cant take them back because they would have to decon them and certify they are ok etc etc.

Crutches, boots etc are treated as disposable items for a reason.

Think about it.

[diku] 16/6/2021 18:56

Shareholders buy a moving mechanism...they could be holders one minute and not the next...who really are the real owners...the BOD are the owners during their duration...they say jump and the shareholders are supposed to say how high...

[utyinv] 16/6/2021 18:49

Antonio got his knighthood. He never put shareholders first, the main responsibility of a CEO. When people say all he did was feather his own nest with options, an over exaggerated remuneration award and screwing the banks shareholders, I am inclined to agree. When he arrived, the share price was 60+p he had a £9million golden hello, went on sick leave for stress, brought in his cronies from Santander to do a lot of his work whilst still getting a generous salary and bonus for not actually delivering anything himself.

IMV parasite comes to mind

[joestalin] 16/6/2021 18:16

Contact the Daily Express and ask them if they would like to send a photographer.

[lefrene] 16/6/2021 18:05

mm2, send them an official 28 days notice, and then dispose of it as you see fit. Send it to the home of the head of the hospital board, with a suggestion that it be sold and the proceeds used to defray that persons stipend. If this is happening to you it's likely it's happening all over the country, there could be a business in acting as a collection point and exporting the stuff to less careless parts of the world?

Perhaps a letter to the press? NHS always screaming for more money, but look at all this waste, sort of story.

[scruff1] 16/6/2021 16:42

Cant disagree with a word of that arja. Any faith in the HoL has been destroyed by self interest, cronyism on a biblical scale and the usual disregard for public cash. Wants clearing out and fumigating

[arja] 16/6/2021 16:22

so many Tory MPs got knighthoods and I wonder what they achieved as most are
real dummy brexiteers . Some billionaires are knighted for giving money to the Tory party . Honours system is ridiculous !

[mikemichael2] 16/6/2021 16:08

lefrene, the care and provision she got whilst at home was first class, absolutely no problem getting stuff from the care team at NHS, but getting it back !!!!

Its all stuck in our garage, they don't want it.

[mr.elbee] 16/6/2021 16:03

I agree with you diku but of course the underlings are"only following orders"

[lefrene] 16/6/2021 15:43

Protocols, boxes to be ticked and there's plenty more peasants to be milked for more money to waste. Government was ever thus, and lately has gone into overdrive, this covid thing must be making fortunes for some suppliers.

[maxk] 16/6/2021 15:16

They dont want crutches etc back because they would have to clean/disinfect before they could be re issued. Too expensive, and as mentioned too paperwork heavy.


State sponsored waste.