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  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,057
  • MasoniReefMasoniReef Member Posts: 168
    HAYSIE said:

    HAYSIE said:

    Japan's ambassador warns more firms could leave UK over Brexit

    More Japanese companies may relocate away from the UK in the coming months if Britain does not seal a promising post-Brexit deal, the Japanese ambassador has warned.
    In an exclusive interview with Sky News, Koji Tsuruoka said Japanese companies had been cutting back on investment in the UK amid the uncertainty.



    https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/japans-ambassador-warns-more-firms-142200212.html

    Let them go and beg for money off their own countries instead of cap in hand to british government they show no loyalty once the profits decline and pastures look greener elsewhere they wanna up sticks smoke and mirrors threat
    Its a lot of jobs.
    And someone will step into the void ----do we really need leeches????
  • EssexphilEssexphil Member Posts: 8,522

    HAYSIE said:

    HAYSIE said:

    Japan's ambassador warns more firms could leave UK over Brexit

    More Japanese companies may relocate away from the UK in the coming months if Britain does not seal a promising post-Brexit deal, the Japanese ambassador has warned.
    In an exclusive interview with Sky News, Koji Tsuruoka said Japanese companies had been cutting back on investment in the UK amid the uncertainty.



    https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/japans-ambassador-warns-more-firms-142200212.html

    Let them go and beg for money off their own countries instead of cap in hand to british government they show no loyalty once the profits decline and pastures look greener elsewhere they wanna up sticks smoke and mirrors threat
    Its a lot of jobs.
    And someone will step into the void ----do we really need leeches????
    It is all according to your perspective on such matters.

    For you, it is "leeches".

    For me, it is more a question of international supply and demand, coupled with providing the right financial (and other) incentives to any businessman (here or abroad) so that you receive more in benefits as a country than you pay out. Because that is the way that trade (particularly international trade) has always operated. If we do not offer the right incentives, others will. And do. and it is not just international businesses that do not come-ours leave.

    Businesses exist primarily to make profit. Not for our benefit. The difficult bit is trying to ensure we win as well.
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,057

    HAYSIE said:

    HAYSIE said:

    Japan's ambassador warns more firms could leave UK over Brexit

    More Japanese companies may relocate away from the UK in the coming months if Britain does not seal a promising post-Brexit deal, the Japanese ambassador has warned.
    In an exclusive interview with Sky News, Koji Tsuruoka said Japanese companies had been cutting back on investment in the UK amid the uncertainty.



    https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/japans-ambassador-warns-more-firms-142200212.html

    Let them go and beg for money off their own countries instead of cap in hand to british government they show no loyalty once the profits decline and pastures look greener elsewhere they wanna up sticks smoke and mirrors threat
    Its a lot of jobs.
    And someone will step into the void ----do we really need leeches????
    That is a typical Brexit argument, completely based on hope, rather than facts.
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,057
    Liam Fox Refuses To Rule Out Chlorine-Washed Chicken In US-UK Trade Deal


    Trade Secretary Liam Fox has refused to rule out accepting America’s hormone-treated beef and chlorine-washed chicken in a US-UK post-Brexit trade deal.
    Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show, the cabinet minister did not back away from claims the government could cede to demands from Donald Trump’s administration on British food standards.
    Fox said: “You take the chlorine-washed chicken, a lot of our food is already chlorine-washed, the salads that we get.
    “The question is not about safety, the question is about the implications for animal welfare further down the track.”
    He added: “There is a world beyond Europe and there will be a time beyond Brexit.”
    Fox had previously promised lowering food standards would be off the table, telling the BBC in November 2017: “We have made very clear we are not going to see reductions in our standards as we move forward, partly because British consumers wouldn’t stand for it.”



    Fox was also asked about whether Brexit could be delayed, after Theresa May told the Commons last week that it could be an option if MPs cannot agree.
    Fox said: “It would be very unfortunate were that to happen.
    “But, if we have no option, in order to deliver a smooth Brexit, then so be it.”
    It comes amid reports that the hardline pro-Brexit Tory faction the European Research Group was ready to compromise and back May’s deal if it meets three key tests on the Northern Irish backstop.
    Asked if delaying departure from the EU beyond March 29 would be going back on a promise, Fox added: “I think that to attempt to have a delay mechanism in order to thwart the process of Brexit itself is actually politically completely unacceptable,” Fox added.
    “And, as I have said before, would provide a backlash, provoke a backlash, amongst voters.”
    Fox was also challenged on how many trade deals would be ready for when Britain leaves the EU.


    It comes after a leaked document showed eight deals were “off track” and 19 were “significantly off track”.
    Fox would not confirm whether the document was accurate, but said a number of deals were “very close” and repeated his claim that trade deals would “run right up to the wire”.
    Labour MP Rupa Huq, who supports the People’s Vote campaign for a second Brexit referendum, said Fox was leading the UK to a “blindfold Brexit”.
    She said: “That’s why he is refusing to rule out accepting chlorine-washed chicken and hormone-fed beef as part of a trade deal with Donald Trump.
    “Before we are forced to accept a Brexit deal that would put food that no-one wants on British supermarket shelves it is only fair that we get a people’s vote so the public can decide if we go ahead.”

    https://uk.yahoo.com/news/liam-fox-refuses-rule-chlorine-125200663.html
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,057
    Could Gina Miller’s next move compel the EU to delay Brexit?

    In a crisis, imagination is as important as commitment – and Gina Miller has both. As 29 March hoves ominously into view, the investment manager, who successfully challenged the government’s authority to invoke article 50 without parliamentary approval, is making another significant intervention in the Brexit process – more subtle this time, but no less worthy of political and legal attention.
    Having used the courts in 2017 to give parliament a say in the triggering of article 50, Miller is now, I gather, seeking to reframe the way in which Westminster and Brussels contemplate the possibility of its extension. Armed with a legal opinion written by Kieron Beal QC and three other senior lawyers, the co-founder of the pro-remain campaign Lead Not Leave will argue that the EU council of ministers could itself, unilaterally, extend the article 50 deadline.




    Why should it even contemplate doing so? First, because – as Miller’s legal paper points out – “the wording of article 50(3) presupposes that the European council take the decisive lead with the consent of the withdrawing member state”. Second, because the EU has a legal duty to all its member states to ensure that any such withdrawal is not damaging to what article 13(1) of the treaty on European Union calls the “consistency, effectiveness and continuity of its policies and actions”, or to the principle spelled out in article 13(2): “Pursuant to the principle of sincere cooperation the EU and the member states shall, in full mutual respect, assist each other in carrying out the tasks which flow from the treaties.”
    Miller’s point, of course, is highly political as well as specifically jurisprudential. By circulating this opinion at the European parliament and in Brussels, she hopes to remind the EU that the legal, practical and moral obligation to prevent a catastrophic no-deal outcome is not confined to Westminster. Her message is addressed to figures such as Donald Tusk, the president of the council, and Jean-Claude Juncker, his counterpart at the European commission, but also to the EU body politic as a whole.


    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexit/could-gina-millers-next-move-compel-the-eu-to-delay-brexit/ar-BBUlKWm?ocid=spartandhp
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,057
    Tory party suspends 14 members for posting Islamophobic or racist comments online



    Fourteen Conservative party members have been suspended after posting Islamophobic or racist comments on social media, The Independent can reveal.
    Comments found on Facebook from Conservative party members included calling for Muslims to be "turfed out of public office" and for the government to "get rid of all mosques".
    The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), who have repeatedly called for an independent inquiry into Islamophobia within the party, said the latest revelation was "astonishing".
    "We've seen MPs, councillors and members engage in bigotry that should have no place in a modern Conservative Party," a spokesperson for the MCB said.
    "Yet the constructive call by Muslim communities for an independent inquiry into the issue has been ignored again and again. Instead we hear excuses, denials and the responses we would expect when there is an institutional problem. We call again for an independent inquiry, and hope the call will now be heeded."



    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/tory-party-suspends-14-members-for-posting-islamophobic-or-racist-comments-online/ar-BBUoFM7?ocid=spartanntp
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,057
    Car giants Toyota and BMW warn of no-deal Brexit threat



    Car giants Toyota and BMW have issued stark warnings about the impact a no-deal Brexit would have on their plants in the UK.
    The future of the Mini factory at Cowley, near Oxford, would be thrown into doubt if there is a no-deal scenario, parent company BMW said.
    The German firm said production of Minis could be moved to Holland if the UK crashed out of the European Union without a deal on March 29.
    And Toyota warned that a no-deal Brexit would make it “extremely complicated” for the Japanese firm to build new models in the UK.



    Speaking at the Geneva Motor Show, Graham Biggs, corporate communications director of BMW Group UK, said he could not give “any guarantees as to the future of the Oxford plant”.
    He said: “In the event of a no-deal Brexit, some or all of the production of the Mini could be moved to Holland where we have a plant.
    “We need frictionless trade and a no-deal Brexit will not give us that from what we can see.
    “Nothing is certain. I cannot give any guarantees as to the future of the Oxford plant. No company can.
    “I cannot make any promises to the workers because at the moment we just don’t know. But what I can say is we are heavily invested in the UK.”
    Even if there was a deal, “no promises could be made” as “nothing is certain”, he said, but added: “We are pressing for a deal and that’s what we’d like to see.”


    https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/car-giants-toyota-bmw-warn-132733751.html
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,057
    edited March 2019
    UK services sector hit by Brexit worries.







    Output in Britain’s dominant services sector increased marginally in February, but hiring declined at its fastest pace in seven years as Brexit concerns continue to weigh on the economy.
    The closely watched IHS Markit/CIPS services purchasing managers’ index (PMI) showed a reading of 51.3 last month, up from the two-and-a-half-year low of 50.1 recorded in January. A reading above 50 indicates growth.
    The reading beat economists’ expectations of 49.8 but recent data suggests the economy is close to stagnation and on track for its weakest quarter since the final three months of 2012.
    The data indicates that the economy will grow by just 0.1% in the first quarter of 2019.
    New work fell for the second month in a row in February and employment numbers declined at the fastest rate since 2012 as financial services firms held back on hiring due to subdued demand and concerns about the outlook of the economy.

    https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/uk-services-sector-hit-brexit-104352883.html
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,057
    Brexit: Scottish and Welsh parliaments pass joint motion




    Scottish and Welsh politicians have joined forces to urge the prime minister to change her position on Brexit.
    The Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly voted to pass identical motions calling for the planned exit date of 29 March to be put off.
    MSPs and AMs also reiterated their opposition to the UK government's plans and to leaving the EU without a deal.
    The UK government said its deal was a good one for Scotland and Wales.
    It said the focus should be on gaining further assurances from the EU to allow the prime minister's deal to go forward.
    Mrs May has promised MPs a vote to delay Brexit if they cannot agree on her deal.
    This was the first time in 20 years of devolution that the Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales had debated the same motion simultaneously.


    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-47447176
  • MasoniReefMasoniReef Member Posts: 168
    pure ramp up project fear we are doomed the end of europe is nigh
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,057
    edited March 2019

    pure ramp up project fear we are doomed the end of europe is nigh

    Obviously you missed the news about Honda closing, the X-Trail being manufactured in Japan, Dyson opening his car factory in Singapore, Deutsche Bank moving 4,000 jobs, Barclays moving jobs to Ireland, Diageo moving jobs to Italy, and the US, Goldman Sacks moving jobs to New York, Lloyds of London moving jobs to Brussels, Microsoft moving jobs to Europe, Smiffys opening up in the Netherlands, etc etc

    Easyjet, and Vodafone are both considering moving their head offices to Europe.

    Many manufacturers set up in the UK to service the 550 million consumers in the EU.

    Why would Japanese manufacturers see a long term future in the UK, when they now have their own deal with the EU?

    Why would anyone choose to set up in the UK in the future, if their aim was to supply the European market?

    Sounds like reality to me.

    Who do you think will replace them?



    No-deal Brexit will see Derbyshire firm move jobs abroad
    www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/business/no-deal...
    The boss of a Derbyshire firm has warned that some of his company will move abroad in the event of a no-deal Brexit, taking dozens of jobs with it.

    Third of UK companies considering Brexit move abroad ...
    www.personneltoday.com/hr/brexit-prompts-one...

    Third of UK companies considering Brexit move abroad. By Adam McCulloch on 1 Feb 2019 in Europe, Financial services, Brexit, Manufacturing, Economics, government & business, Latest News, Relocation. Paris is a key city for companies looking to relocate. ...
    Moving abroad: what's going to happen after Brexit ...
    www.propertypriceadvice.co.uk/moving-home/moving..
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    However, whether those people who wish to move after Brexit will be permitted to do so is another question. If you wish to work in the European Union, it may be wise to do so now and be living in the EU when the Brexit question on freedom of movement is finally settled.
    Firms plan to quit UK as City braces for more post-Brexit ...
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    London to Lose Tens of Thousands of Jobs After Brexit
    fortune.com/2016/06/24/london-brexit-jobs

    It won’t just be Britain that is doing the leaving after the Brexit vote. A number of large companies, particularly banks, are likely to pack up at least some of their workers and move them out ...
    Brexit: Third of UK businesses considering move abroad ...
    www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47083214

    An Institute of Directors survey finds 29% of businesses are considering moving abroad after Brexit.
    Where in Europe should you live if you abandon Britain after ...
    www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/after-brexit-find...

    Search terms referring to moving abroad were also analysed. 'Moving to Edinburgh', 'French citizenship' and 'Why move to Canada' all ranked in the top 10 search queries post- Brexit . Video Loading
    Brexit: Microsoft is latest major company to threaten to pull ...
    www.independent.co.uk › News › UK › Home News

    The tech company has signalled it may move some of its business overseas ( Getty ) Microsoft has joined a growing list of companies threatening to pull investment from the UK after Brexit .
    Moving from the UK to Europe Post Brexit - johnmason.com
    www.johnmason.com/european-removals/uk-post-brexit

    Moving from the UK Post Brexit The UK's decision to leave the EU raises a number of questions, including the impact it has on international removals.
    Banks begin moving some operations out of Britain | Financial ...
    www.ft.com/content/a3a92744-3a52-11e6-9a05-82a9b...

    But lawyers are warning that after Brexit, they would likely need a new legal home base, so they are preparing to shift at least some work to cities such as Dublin, Paris and Frankfurt.




  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,057
    ‘Sajid Javid too MUSLIM to be leader’ says Tory peer in SHOCKING Islamophobia claim
    A CONSERVATIVE peer claimed Home Secretary Sajid Javid is considered ‘too Muslim’ to be leader by some within the Conservative Party last night.




    https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1096204/Conservative-party-news-sajid-Javid-islamophobia-baroness-Warsi-tory-peer-bbc-newsnight
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,057
    Theresa May starts 'BLACK OPS campaign' to REMOVE Remainer Minister
    THERESA May has started a "black ops campaign" against Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd as the Remainer is now no longer allowed to give live broadcast interviews, claimed reporter Rachel Sylvester.




    https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1095940/Brexit-news-Theresa-May-no-deal-resignation-Amber-Rudd-universal-credit
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,057
    'You're FIRED!' Fierce backlash as Lord Sugar calls for 2016 referendum to be 'CANCELLED'
    LORD Alan Sugar has sparked outrage after arguing the 2016 Brexit referendum should be “cancelled”, adding there is “no such thing as a good deal” as other EU countries are “only interested in what is good for them”.




    https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1095982/brexit-news-latest-lord-alan-sugar-referendum-no-deal-vote-date-live-today-uk-eu
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,057
    BREXIT CHAOS: May ‘not hopeful’ of backstop breakthrough – delay or no deal MORE LIKELY
    THE UK's Brexit future has been thrown into chaos after it emerged Downing Street is not expecting last-ditch talks in Brussels to produce a breakthrough, making the option of a delay or crashing out of the EU with no deal more likely.




    https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1096137/brexit-news-latest-theresa-may-delay-article-50-extension-eu-no-deal-meaningful-vote
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,057
    ANDREW PIERCE: From Tony Blair’s old pal to Jeremy Corbyn’s new crony... another anti-Semitism shambles

    The senior Labour MP Dame Margaret Hodge, who has endured horrific abuse about her Jewish heritage from hard-Left Corbyn supporters, yesterday denounced Falconer and any role he might play in curbing anti-Semitism in Labour’s ranks. Even though Falconer was a friend of her late husband Henry, a High Court judge, Hodge claimed the former Lord Chancellor had bullied her and even asked her to apologise to Corbyn after she had accused the Labour leader to his face of being ‘anti-Semitic and racist’.




    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6775059/ANDREW-PIERCE-Tony-Blairs-old-pal-Jeremy-Corbyns-new-crony.html
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,057
    Jeremy Corbyn’s allies 'intervened in anti-Semitism probes as a matter of routine and demanded leniency', whistleblowers claim
    A Labour whistleblower compared investigating claims to stepping on rail track
    Members of Corbyn's inner circle, including Seamus Milne, 'intervened in cases'
    Labour spokesman said the claims were unfounded and there was no evidence





    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6775817/Jeremy-Corbyns-allies-intervened-anti-Semitism-probes.html
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,057
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,057
    Theresa May's gamble has backfired - her MPs would sooner extend Brexit than accept her awful deal




    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/03/05/theresa-mays-gamble-has-backfired-mps-would-sooner-extend/
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