Brexit: ‘Several’ WTO members block Britain's attempt to fast track deal
The US and China are reportedly among 20 countries attempting to block Britain from agreeing a fast-track deal with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on its post-Brexit terms of trade with the rest of the world. Liam Fox, the international trade secretary, admitted several WTO members had “expressed reservations” about the government’s plan to stay on terms similar to those it still enjoys as a member of the European Union (EU). Britain is a full member of the WTO, but its membership is bound up with the EU, meaning it has to come to an independent agreement with the trade body.
Why do Germany do 6 times as much trade with China than we do, without a free trade deal? Is it because their Liam Fox, is better than our Liam Fox? Perhaps we should consider getting a better Liam Fox?
We are now spending billions on no deal Brexit preparations. Assuming we get a deal, this money will be wasted. Had the negotiations been done more professionally, there would not have been a threat of no deal. There are so many places where this money would have been better spent.
If we cant agree on a "Backstop", which is a solution to the Irish border problem, there will be no trade talks. This will obviously result in no deal. No deal will result in an Irish border.
The public is shockingly wrong in its perception of Brexit – and there's a simple reason why
But the perception among large proportions of the UK population is that European immigration has taken money out of the system, increased crime and decreased the quality of health services.
The MAC report concluded that European migrants contribute £4.7bn more in taxes than they use in welfare benefits and services. But only 29 per cent of the public believe that this is the case, dropping to 16 per cent of Leave voters. Instead, four in 10 Leave supporters think European migrants pay £4.7bn less in taxes than they take out. On crime, the misperception is particularly startling. More than half of the public, and 75 per cent of Leave supporters, think that European immigration has increased crime levels, when the best evidence identified by the MAC report finds no link.
Four in 10 of the public also think that European immigration has decreased the quality of healthcare services in the UK, when evidence from the review shows this isn’t the case. Indeed, surveys of health professionals show doctors’ and nurses’ growing concern about the ability of the NHS to maintain services with decreasing numbers of immigrants as staff.
And old, debunked claims refuse to die. Two thirds of the public have heard of the claim that the UK sends £350m a week to the EU, and 42 per cent of these believe this is true, despite it being labelled a “misuse of statistics” by the UK Statistics Authority. The claim divides the public sharply along political and Brexit lines: two thirds of Conservative-Leave supporters believe it is true, compared with just 20 per cent of Labour-Remain supporters.
No-deal Brexit would tip the UK into a ‘long recession’, warns S&P
A no-deal Brexit would be likely to tip the UK into a recession that would last as long as the downturn following the 2008 financial crisis, ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has warned.
“Most of the economic loss of about 5.5 percent (of) GDP over three years compared to our base case would likely be permanent,” S&P said.
Economy to face severe implications in no-deal Brexit – OBR
Britain’s fiscal watchdog has warned of the “severe implications” for the economy in the event of a no deal Brexit, adding that the vote to quit the EU has already weakened growth.
Irish passport applications from British applicants skyrocket
The number of British applications for an Irish passport has boomed following the UK's vote to leave the European Union. Some UK residents are entitled to an Irish passport if their parents or grandparents were born in Ireland. In 2015, the year before the Brexit vote, more than 46,000 applications were lodged from Britain - excluding Northern Ireland. By the end of 2017 that number had nearly doubled to 81,000
London's Irish embassy has issued more than 176,000 since 2016 - more than 10 times that of any other office. Mr Richmond said embassy staff were expecting 2018 to be the busiest year ever.
NI firm asked eligible staff to apply for Irish passports
A firm that employs 500 people in Cookstown, County Tyrone, has asked eligible staff to apply for Irish passports. C&D told BBC News NI it is part of their "Brexit contingency planning".
Good Morning I really hope those that voted ( and may still have a say if there is a “people’s vote) are viewing this great thread, thanks for all the real facts Mr.Haysie, most appreciated.
Good Morning I really hope those that voted ( and may still have a say if there is a “people’s vote) are viewing this great thread, thanks for all the real facts Mr.Haysie, most appreciated.
Dominic Raab has written an article in one of todays papers stating that the backstop can only last 3 months.
How much confidence can you have in the man that is supposed to be negotiating the deal, if he hasn't grasped that if a backstop doesn't last forever it is not a backstop.
Unlike David Cameron, we can’t flee the Brexit disaster
Almost everywhere I go, people ask me: “Where is David Cameron?” I must admit that I occasionally bump into him. He gives a superficial impression of insouciance, but one hears on the grapevine that, privately, he regrets having called that referendum.
The people who ask me for Cameron’s whereabouts are of course not remotely interested in them. They are furious that, having promised to stick it out whatever the outcome, he simply walked away.
With a referendum aimed at resolving fissures over Europe within the Tory party having actually widened them, Cameron joined the shortlist of postwar PMs who have made truly catastrophic misjudgments
In last week’s London Evening Standard he argued that “the moral case for a second vote has never been more powerful”. Major pointed out that: “Since June 2016, there are now nearly 2 million more young people who are eligible to vote ... of those certain to vote, an astonishing 87% would opt to stay in the European Union.
Brexit: Top lawyers say another EU vote is 'democratic'
MPs have been urged to back another Brexit referendum by 1,400 of the UK's top lawyers. They have written to Prime Minister Theresa May to say that Parliament should not be bound by the 2016 vote. "Democratic government is not frozen in time," the letter said.
Bosses demand 'people's vote' on final Brexit terms
Former bosses from BT Group (Other OTC: BTGOF - news) and J Sainsbury (Other OTC: JSAIY - news) will this weekend join dozens of entrepreneurs in demanding a "people's vote" on the final terms of Britain's exit from the European Union. Sky News has learnt that a letter effectively calling for a second EU referendum will warn of economic damage being wrought by "either a blindfold or destructive Brexit". The letter, which is to be published in The Sunday Times, is understood to have been signed by more than 50 senior businesspeople, and will herald the launch of Business for a People's Vote, a new strand of campaigning to take place during the coming weeks.
If we had unelected experts in charge of UK ltd, they would have surely decided long ago, that enough was enough, revoked Article 50, and remained in the EU.
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The US and China are reportedly among 20 countries attempting to block Britain from agreeing a fast-track deal with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on its post-Brexit terms of trade with the rest of the world.
Liam Fox, the international trade secretary, admitted several WTO members had “expressed reservations” about the government’s plan to stay on terms similar to those it still enjoys as a member of the European Union (EU).
Britain is a full member of the WTO, but its membership is bound up with the EU, meaning it has to come to an independent agreement with the trade body.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/brexit-us-china-among-20-231736847.html
Is it because their Liam Fox, is better than our Liam Fox?
Perhaps we should consider getting a better Liam Fox?
Assuming we get a deal, this money will be wasted.
Had the negotiations been done more professionally, there would not have been a threat of no deal.
There are so many places where this money would have been better spent.
This will obviously result in no deal.
No deal will result in an Irish border.
But the perception among large proportions of the UK population is that European immigration has taken money out of the system, increased crime and decreased the quality of health services.
The MAC report concluded that European migrants contribute £4.7bn more in taxes than they use in welfare benefits and services. But only 29 per cent of the public believe that this is the case, dropping to 16 per cent of Leave voters. Instead, four in 10 Leave supporters think European migrants pay £4.7bn less in taxes than they take out.
On crime, the misperception is particularly startling. More than half of the public, and 75 per cent of Leave supporters, think that European immigration has increased crime levels, when the best evidence identified by the MAC report finds no link.
Four in 10 of the public also think that European immigration has decreased the quality of healthcare services in the UK, when evidence from the review shows this isn’t the case. Indeed, surveys of health professionals show doctors’ and nurses’ growing concern about the ability of the NHS to maintain services with decreasing numbers of immigrants as staff.
And old, debunked claims refuse to die. Two thirds of the public have heard of the claim that the UK sends £350m a week to the EU, and 42 per cent of these believe this is true, despite it being labelled a “misuse of statistics” by the UK Statistics Authority. The claim divides the public sharply along political and Brexit lines: two thirds of Conservative-Leave supporters believe it is true, compared with just 20 per cent of Labour-Remain supporters.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/public-shockingly-wrong-perception-brexit-095352037.html
A no-deal Brexit would be likely to tip the UK into a recession that would last as long as the downturn following the 2008 financial crisis, ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has warned.
“Most of the economic loss of about 5.5 percent (of) GDP over three years compared to our base case would likely be permanent,” S&P said.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/no-deal-brexit-tip-uk-084900460.html
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/brexit-car-maker-bentley-warns-143000933.html
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/eu-roaming-charges-apos-probably-171247502.html
Britain’s fiscal watchdog has warned of the “severe implications” for the economy in the event of a no deal Brexit, adding that the vote to quit the EU has already weakened growth.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/economy-face-severe-implications-no-184349358.html
The number of British applications for an Irish passport has boomed following the UK's vote to leave the European Union.
Some UK residents are entitled to an Irish passport if their parents or grandparents were born in Ireland.
In 2015, the year before the Brexit vote, more than 46,000 applications were lodged from Britain - excluding Northern Ireland.
By the end of 2017 that number had nearly doubled to 81,000
London's Irish embassy has issued more than 176,000 since 2016 - more than 10 times that of any other office.
Mr Richmond said embassy staff were expecting 2018 to be the busiest year ever.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46030552
A firm that employs 500 people in Cookstown, County Tyrone, has asked eligible staff to apply for Irish passports.
C&D told BBC News NI it is part of their "Brexit contingency planning".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-45599483
I really hope those that voted ( and may still have a say if there is a “people’s vote) are viewing this great thread, thanks for all the real facts Mr.Haysie, most appreciated.
How much confidence can you have in the man that is supposed to be negotiating the deal, if he hasn't grasped that if a backstop doesn't last forever it is not a backstop.
Almost everywhere I go, people ask me: “Where is David Cameron?” I must admit that I occasionally bump into him. He gives a superficial impression of insouciance, but one hears on the grapevine that, privately, he regrets having called that referendum.
The people who ask me for Cameron’s whereabouts are of course not remotely interested in them. They are furious that, having promised to stick it out whatever the outcome, he simply walked away.
With a referendum aimed at resolving fissures over Europe within the Tory party having actually widened them, Cameron joined the shortlist of postwar PMs who have made truly catastrophic misjudgments
In last week’s London Evening Standard he argued that “the moral case for a second vote has never been more powerful”. Major pointed out that: “Since June 2016, there are now nearly 2 million more young people who are eligible to vote ... of those certain to vote, an astonishing 87% would opt to stay in the European Union.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/unlike-david-cameron-t-flee-070021143.html
Donald Trump was elected.
Armed Forces: Recruits don't need to have lived in Britain
Foreign nationals living abroad will be allowed to join Britain's Armed Forces, the government is set to announce.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46092838
MPs have been urged to back another Brexit referendum by 1,400 of the UK's top lawyers.
They have written to Prime Minister Theresa May to say that Parliament should not be bound by the 2016 vote.
"Democratic government is not frozen in time," the letter said.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46091134
Former bosses from BT Group (Other OTC: BTGOF - news) and J Sainsbury (Other OTC: JSAIY - news) will this weekend join dozens of entrepreneurs in demanding a "people's vote" on the final terms of Britain's exit from the European Union.
Sky News has learnt that a letter effectively calling for a second EU referendum will warn of economic damage being wrought by "either a blindfold or destructive Brexit".
The letter, which is to be published in The Sunday Times, is understood to have been signed by more than 50 senior businesspeople, and will herald the launch of Business for a People's Vote, a new strand of campaigning to take place during the coming weeks.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/bosses-demand-peoples-vote-final-164200303.html