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JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Government is spinning this phase one agreement to mean different things to different people - OK that's what happens and no doubt Ireland and the EU have tried as well. > > But 27 nations have to sign off on phase 1 still - and antagonising them doesn't help. Yes, the spin the next day was baffling. And therein probably lies the longer term flaw in all of this. It is hard to see just how an agreement/ deal will be arrived at in the end to please everyone. My feeling is that the government will in the end, sign for a soft brexit and see what happens at the ballot box, and indeed in Parliament. The key thing here at this stage, is that May has saved her position for the time being. The biggest risk for the Tory party right now is a leadership challenge, followed by an election, follwed by a Corbyn government. This is why I think, the Tory hard brexiteers are stepping in line behind this. But the nearer we get to that leaving deadline, the more I think that current peace will fall apart.

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No- the UK needs its control back...we have been scuppered on industry, farming and fishing by the EU and that is probably why they let us in in the first place- to plunder. Utter nonsense. Only 17% of all UK legislation is impacted by EU law and of that, it is overwhelmingly linked to laws that relate to trade and employment rights (50% of all laws realting to trade and employment are impacted, but then again 44% of our exports are derectly to the EU). There are agreements made in any trade deal relating to those things. Leaving the EU does not free us from having to conceed on that. CETA, for example, only includes 80% of food products for Canada, but in return, Canada has had to open up it's public sector to tendering from EU companies. That is what happens when a market of 40 million wants a deal with a market of 500 million. > The EU is, in the main, an unelected bunch of useless very expensive gravy-train bureaucrats. No it is not. The number of elected MEPs is 751. The commission and it's role in policy formation is similar to our own civil service which is also unelected. Someone has to do that work. > Much of the money given to Eastern Europe has disappeared because of corruption - FACT Then provide the evidence. Just because you say it is FACT is proof of nothing. > As a born cynic I believe there is a hard core of politicians who are remainers because they are having a cushy time of it under the EU. And I could similarly quote the head of Dyson, who backed leave, so that he can hire and fire at will - it is the removal of employment regulation and protections that these people want to see gone. Not a fairer economy for workers. > We have NOT benefited as a country in the EU- Nonsense. Here is a link to show where most EU grants heading for Britain go. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/01/mapped-where-in-the-uk-receives-most-eu-funding-and-how-does-thi/ It is not London as you can clearly see. > individuals in cities, especially London, have benefited greatly- if you look at the voting map for the referendum you will see the areas that voted remain and they are all rich areas. Wrong again. Most urban city areas voted remain. Also Wales and Scotland, neither of which are affluent in terms of UK GDP both voted remain. The biggest losers from leaving the EU will be the very areas that can least afford to lose those grants and subsidies. The only people to blame for the southeast centric economy we have, are successive UK governments, who have failed to invest in regeneration and business outside of the southeast. Over reliance on the free market and city to sort it all out ergonomically. The problem with you rabbid leave suppoters UC, is that you blame the EU for everything, because that is a simple bogeyman for you. It is as though China and India and all those other Asian economies that have been able to undercut the West for decades do not exist. And whether we are in the EU or not, nothing will change in term of the establishment, and the dominence of global corporations in lobbying and shaping policy to favour their buiness interests over us the people.

I think if you need to ask cn150, that you should have an expert come round and advise you. You can't just knock a wall down at will. As Bob says, some are load bearing, and those need steels put in by professional builders to remove etc. Get in someone who knows what they are doing, or you could seriously damage your house.

Agree with you Loz. i think remainers are happy with this. Of course there is still a lot of complicated stuff to work out but the there are two things that are clear I think. 1. No-one on any side of the negotiations wants a hard brexit. The damage that would cause to the UK and the EU is understood. 2. Any deal will require give and take and felxibility written into it and a transition deal will be part of that deal. Both of those things seem the right solution to a country so split down the middle. Had leave won by an overwhelming margin, then it would be different, but they didn't. A middle ground can be the only solution to please as many people as possible.

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Blah Blah Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Yes, Bojo seems untouchable and I think none of > us > > really understand why. > > I can understand why none of YOU can understand > why. > AND talk of millionaire Tory Backbenchers- how > come Tony Bliar walked away with a ?25 million > property portfolio- some kind of socialism that > was! You do write some rubbish sometimes. Bojo is a privileged Etonian with an establishment network that keeps him there. So yes, I DO fully understand why he has the position in the Tory Party he does. And why on earth are you banging on about socialism? Where did I even say privileged and out of touch politicians was only a Tory problem? Being a rabid rightwinger does not make you better than any rabid left winger either btw. JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Keep moving those goalposts UG, it's so much fun > to watch. You do love speaking in riddles - why > don't you try writing more than a bigoted sounbite > for once, give us the full broadside of your > wisdom? Or is it easier to despise what you don't > like? > > Let the hate flow through you, embrace your > destiny young padawan! Quite. The truth is that common sense always wins out over extremism and bigotry in the end, and people like UC better get used to it.

Yes quite. I made the mistake of venturing into the Daily Express comments section and saw no end of rabid leave supporters there, calling London 'Londonistan' - how original. But at some point, someone in government has to grow a pair and get this done. Hard brexit was never going to be the best solution, and those that want it, can 'go whistle' lol.

Yes, Bojo seems untouchable and I think none of us really understand why.

The only way out of his is through a place of consensus, and that can only mean a soft brexit. May held out as long as she could for her hard brexit backbenchers, but the reality is that hard Brexit will damage the economy for 5-10 years and it is not those millionaire Tory backbenchers who will pay the cost of that. I hate to say it, but I think she personally has done ok at the 11th hour. Whether it holds though, remains to be seen. Farage is already piping up about it.

A three week build for a three day event seems a bit excessive. I would like to know why the build is so long beforehand, and how long is the clearup afterwards?

I would go as far to as to say that failure to reach agreement has to be a vote of NC in the government. Any trade deal, or transition arrangement, has to be agreed by October of next year. Waiting until March to solve the NI border issue is just not an option.

The deadline for progress on NI is end of Sunday, so the a.m. announcement may be significant, athough I can not see how May can have satisfied the DUP and her own backbench brexiteers and the EU. UKIP are finished whatever happens in my opinion. And I think the Tory Party will never be the same either. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-northern-ireland-border-deal-theresa-may-dup-eu-arlene-foster-deadline-summit-european-a8097726.html

It is a step back to the coffin box dorms of the Victorian Era is we are ever going to seriously consider this as an approptiate type of accomodation for the low paid. This mentality has to stop. A short let hostel for travellers is what it says it is. It is not a substitute for housing longer term and nor should it ever be.

He was all over the place today in his press conference over trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Isreal.

No Alice it is not. Going down a route of accepting that housing anyone long term in this kind of accomodation is wrong. Tenants have rights under the law which will not apply in this kind of accomodation.

Sounds like the Police will be able to get a dangerous dogs order on this owner, which will require her to keep her dogs on leads in public and/ or muzzled.

A shared bunk room is not a home. It is meant to be temporary and short let. Any suggestion that this is suitable for people in work over fixing the ridiculous housing and rental inflation in London is wrong.

She didn't do badly at PMQs because Corbyn prefers to give speeches instead of askng actual questions these days.

Wot, Teresa May doing another U-Turn? Surely not!

But what would they be paying for exactly?

It has gone from a slow car crash to a great big huge train crash hurtling at full speed and there is nothing Teresa May can do about it. Oh how she wishes she never called that General Election now!

We had this problem some years ago from a council building. The solution in the end was to change the angle of the light and turn the brightness down a little, which the council did after we reported the problem to them.

Yes, some people seem to convenirently forget that 20,000 police officers have been lost since the coalition came to power and stations have closed as the Met tries to cope with cuts. There is not a lot the mayor of any party colour can do about that, let alone one in opposition. There is little that can be done by the Police to stop knife crime anyway. This is why inititatives are more about pursuading people to not carry knives in the first place. But then again, there have also been massive cuts to youth services and other mentoring programmes (we can even throw Safer Neighbourhood Teams in there). Local authorities have seen central government funding cut by 40%. Everyone always wants better public services, but never thinks about where the money is coming from for that.

Another vote for PeckhamRose.

'Starter jobs'? have you seen how hard it is for those under 24 and over 50 to find stable jobs? And how is someone supposed to hold down a job if they have no stable home? The rising levels of evictions show that everything is geting worse not better, and there is no government will whatsoever to take responsibilty for policy failings or to do something meaningful about any of it.

Agreed Rendel. He sounds to me like someone who wants his independence, and that includes independence from the stress of maintaining a rented home and dealing with the DWP.