It's classic disaster capitalism. Think Chile under Pinochet or post Hurricane Katrina.
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British users of any Google company will no longer be covered by GDPR, and instead their personal data will be subject to US standards.
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Originally posted by Diable Rouge View PostBritish users of any Google company will no longer be covered by GDPR, and instead their personal data will be subject to US standards.
This change might mean that Google are able to shift a bit faster if UK legislation changes (e.g. because of trade or security deals, because "GDPR blocks innovation OMG!", because "GDPR blocks what we want to do on public services", etcetera).
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Originally posted by pkw View PostIt's not as simple as that. The UK Data Protection Act still applies, and that is still reasonably closely aligned with GDPR (UK-specific exceptions include use for immigration purposes).
This change might mean that Google are able to shift a bit faster if UK legislation changes (e.g. because of trade or security deals, because "GDPR blocks innovation OMG!", because "GDPR blocks what we want to do on public services", etcetera).
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NME claiming that any non-UK musician will require a visa and £1,000 in savings to perform in the UK after the transition period:
https://www.nme.com/news/non-uk-musi...mpression=true
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Originally posted by Diable Rouge View PostNME claiming that any non-UK musician will require a visa and £1,000 in savings to perform in the UK after the transition period:
https://www.nme.com/news/non-uk-musi...mpression=true
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UK mandate published
FT is leading on the line that we're threatening to walk away in June and prepare for WTO terms if things aren't progressing. Which I actually find encouraging, as it means the government is acknowledging that July is the real deadline. Of course, the UK backpedalling as hard as it can on the political declaration is not so encouraging.
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Almost a thousand Britons being naturalised as Irish next week - to put that in context, the figure was 600 during the first six months of 2019.
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics...rade-says-gove
Red tape Brexit continues apace.
The article neglects to mention that HMRC is in the midst of haemorghing tens of thousands of staff as it retreats from the big towns and smaller cities into thirteen superstatesites in cities that have buoyant employment markets.
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Why are they doing this? There's two new build blocks of 10 storeys in Glasgow's Financial district flying up at the moment for HMRC. Keeping staff in say East Kilbride real estate must be a lot cheaper. Is it to get the "best and the brightest"? (Who will prob go to vampire wankers like Accenture for three times the money)
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