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Originally posted by Tubby Isaacs View PostWhiskey export tax! Counted as English because it goes through English ports!
An yi spelt whisky wrang.Last edited by Lang Spoon; 04-08-2017, 23:53.
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Ah, so maybe a hint on how this is going to play out. Seen the new data protection rules being touted as "taking back control" - well...yesssss. As in taking back personal control of your online data by adopting the new GDPR privacy rules that the EU is introducing from next May.
It isn't generated by the UK at all, just implemented and consider it strengthens data privacy you can probably hear the teeth grinding by May and Rudd right now. So the playbook seems to be "implement EU rules and lie about it. Also don't tell them that post-Brexit we will have no say in the rules whatsoever".
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UK needs new party to stop 'catastrophic' Brexit, says former David Davis aide
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...y_to_clipboard
Off the cliff edge we go. Happy happy joy joy.
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No chaos here. Yesterday's headlines: "UK to leave customs union in 2019". Today's headlines: "UK looks to retain Brussels customs deal".
The chancellor clarified the government’s position in a statement jointly written with Liam Fox, the international trade secretary, saying that the UK would be “outside the customs union” during the post-Brexit transition phase and that at that point it would be “a ‘third country’, not party to the EU treaties”.A government paper to be published on Tuesday makes clear that the UK wants to remain in a customs union with the EU for at least the estimated three years of transition after Britain’s 2019 exit.
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Originally posted by Ginger Yellow View Post
The chancellor clarified the government’s position in a statement jointly written with the international trade disgraced former defence secretary Dr Liam Fox, saying that the UK would be “outside the customs union” during the post-Brexit transition phase and that at that point it would be “a ‘third country’, not party to the EU treaties”.
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David Davis today said that people are not being told what is going on because "constructive ambiguity" is vital for negotiations. He also said that trade deals would be done on a sector-by-sector basis. Jesus fucking wept.
Why are they still talking trade deals when the timetable is about citizens rights, the exit bill and all that?
Edit: There's an old, but great clip that has resurfaced of disgraced former Defence Secretary Liam Fox on Sky denying he sent a tweet and calling it a Remain conspiracy, while said tweet is displayed on a big screen behind him.
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It could be a cunning ploy to delay and delay until EU countries that would have to setup border controls would be in no position to do so and in order to avoid chaos, the EU would go along the UK custom union that is not a custom union. At this point, the only strategy I can see from HMG is scorched earth, thus forcing the EU to concede on points in order to not cause too many problems for members. Devious but effective, I suspect they are working on contingencies for this in Brussels.
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Originally posted by Snake Plissken View PostDavid Davis today said that people are not being told what is going on because "constructive ambiguity" is vital for negotiations. He also said that trade deals would be done on a sector-by-sector basis. Jesus fucking wept.
EU: "So you want to leave. We respect that. How would you like to go about leaving?"
UK: "That would be giving away our secrets!"
?? It makes no sense.
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So, basically, the UK will either a) get better at customs generally, somehow, or b) have a new customs "partnership" with the EU, whereby it will apply EU tariffs and rules of origin at its border for goods to be consumed in the EU.There would need to be a robust enforcement mechanism that ensured goods which had not complied with the EU’s trade policy stayed in the UK.
Also, no hard internal or external border for NI, but no suggestions for what should be done.
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The UK would seek to recognise the unique circumstances of Northern Ireland and aim to
protect individuals and traders by making maximum use of the UK’s flexibility in relation
to our own operation of the border. As elsewhere, the processes on the other side of the
border would be constrained by the relevant requirements of EU law.
But that would cause the DUP-Tory coalition to collapse.
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The Nordies of the Proud Unionist variety will know who they blame though. And there is a ratcheting up of anti Irish vileness at the moment (countrysquire blog thing, Batshit Scotch Unionist Effie Deans). I'd expect this to go mainstream to the Mail/Sun/Torygraph any time now. Folk will be hating the Paddies again like it's 1983.
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