This place is not a place of honor, no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here, nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us.
This place is best shunned and left uninhabited.
The decision to join the EEC was taken by Edward Heath’s government in 1973, but Labour’s manifesto promised a referendum on Britain’s ongoing membership.
The question facing voters was, “Do you think the UK should stay in the European Community (Common Market)?” Britons were thus divided into Yes and No camps, as opposed to today’s ‘Leave’ and ‘Remain’.
Younger Tory voters may raise an eyebrow at footage of the then leader of the opposition Margaret Thatcher arguing passionately in favour of Britain remaining in Europe.
“Everyone should turn out in this referendum and vote yes, so that the question is over once and for all, we are really in Europe, and ready to go ahead,” she told a television interviewer.
Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools.
The decision to join the EEC was taken by Edward Heath’s government in 1973, but Labour’s manifesto promised a referendum on Britain’s ongoing membership.
The question facing voters was, “Do you think the UK should stay in the European Community (Common Market)?” Britons were thus divided into Yes and No camps, as opposed to today’s ‘Leave’ and ‘Remain’.
Younger Tory voters may raise an eyebrow at footage of the then leader of the opposition Margaret Thatcher arguing passionately in favour of Britain remaining in Europe.
“Everyone should turn out in this referendum and vote yes, so that the question is over once and for all, we are really in Europe, and ready to go ahead,” she told a television interviewer.
If there's one thing the more reactionary parts of Facebook despise just as much as being pro-Europe, it's all these forrins coming over here and owning our stuff. With her pro-European stand and her enthusiasm for selling off the family silver, I wonder if Thatcher's gilding is beginning to peel. I mean, she has a long way to fall to be reviled by her party's members like Tony Blair is by his, but it's interesting to see.
Sciolus wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2020 8:23 pmThe the Queens English. Still, Brexiteers aren't racist or semi-literate, are they?
I was only half watching it but during the QnA after his speech today Johnson was questioned about this and couldn't quite bring himself to condemn it instead he just waffled on about how important it is to learn English before slowly trailing off into silence...
As I said perhaps he did and I just didn't notice. Feel free to track it down on YouTube if you can be bothered. I think it was near the end.
This place is not a place of honor, no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here, nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us.
This place is best shunned and left uninhabited.
Sciolus wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2020 8:23 pmThe the Queens English. Still, Brexiteers aren't racist or semi-literate, are they?
I was only half watching it but during the QnA after his speech today Johnson was questioned about this and couldn't quite bring himself to condemn it instead he just waffled on about how important it is to learn English before slowly trailing off into silence...
As I said perhaps he did and I just didn't notice. Feel free to track it down on YouTube if you can be bothered. I think it was near the end.
A confused look, a stammered “I ... I .... I ... do” and then another minute of irrelevant waffle.
It was hardly a full-throated defence of and open and tolerant global multicultural Britain. Strange that.
This place is not a place of honor, no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here, nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us.
This place is best shunned and left uninhabited.
The decision to join the EEC was taken by Edward Heath’s government in 1973, but Labour’s manifesto promised a referendum on Britain’s ongoing membership.
The question facing voters was, “Do you think the UK should stay in the European Community (Common Market)?” Britons were thus divided into Yes and No camps, as opposed to today’s ‘Leave’ and ‘Remain’.
Younger Tory voters may raise an eyebrow at footage of the then leader of the opposition Margaret Thatcher arguing passionately in favour of Britain remaining in Europe.
“Everyone should turn out in this referendum and vote yes, so that the question is over once and for all, we are really in Europe, and ready to go ahead,” she told a television interviewer.
If there's one thing the more reactionary parts of Facebook despise just as much as being pro-Europe, it's all these forrins coming over here and owning our stuff. With her pro-European stand and her enthusiasm for selling off the family silver, I wonder if Thatcher's gilding is beginning to peel. I mean, she has a long way to fall to be reviled by her party's members like Tony Blair is by his, but it's interesting to see.
While Prime Minister Thatcher was also a strong advocate of taking action on climate change, and supporter of the IPCC.
[That she later changed her mind was more as a reaction to the way climate change activism became (to her mind) anti-capitalist/socialist.]
"My interest is in the future, because I'm going to spend the rest of my life there"
The biggest operator of ferries in the Irish Sea has confirmed that there will be checks, inspections and some new infrastructure for trade, and it wants to know what the government will pay for.
The plans will affect both trade with the Republic of Ireland and within the UK between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as a result of Brexit.
Stena Line said that its working assumption was that new checks would be carried out in British ports.
Stena boss Ian Hampton told the BBC that though a managed exit was "positive" and the extent of new procedures could be lessened with a strong deal, "there's a border, and the border requires checks".
Anyone else noticing the narrative that it's just realism that we won't get frictionless trade, because obviously the government cannot seek an arrangement where that's possible.
Hang on just a cotton picking minute, nobody told us this.
Isn't that JIT officially f.cked then?
At some point the major international manufacturers are going to have to take decisions. I've been assuming up to now that since closing a big and otherwise efficient factory would be an expensive proposition if it turned out that the UK did maintain close alignment with EU rules, the likes of Nissan and Toyota have been putting off doing anything drastic until now. But the time is approaching when they will have to make concrete plans for how to service both their EU and UK markets.
Something something hammer something something nail
Hang on just a cotton picking minute, nobody told us this.
Priceless
However, Gove did seem to distance himself from recent comments by the chancellor, Sajid Javid, that suggested business should stop complaining about future trade barriers as they have known about Brexit since 2016.
My avatar was a scientific result that was later found to be 'mistaken' - I rarely claim to be 100% correct
ETA 5/8/20: I've been advised that the result was correct, it was the initial interpretation that needed to be withdrawn
Meta? I'd say so!
Hang on just a cotton picking minute, nobody told us this.
Priceless
However, Gove did seem to distance himself from recent comments by the chancellor, Sajid Javid, that suggested business should stop complaining about future trade barriers as they have known about Brexit since 2016.
Between the two of them who is the biggest **** scumbag?
So, once again, if you were a major motor manufacturer with two large plants in the UK (say BMW Mini) which relies heavily on cross-border parts supply why would you want a plant outside of the customs control area? BMW don't just assemble Minis here, they also produce components and engines for other BMW plants over Europe at Hams Hall (and probably other manufacturers too). So it would be double hamstrung.
Hang on just a cotton picking minute, nobody told us this.
Isn't that JIT officially f.cked then?
At some point the major international manufacturers are going to have to take decisions. I've been assuming up to now that since closing a big and otherwise efficient factory would be an expensive proposition if it turned out that the UK did maintain close alignment with EU rules, the likes of Nissan and Toyota have been putting off doing anything drastic until now. But the time is approaching when they will have to make concrete plans for how to service both their EU and UK markets.
How do we currently manage JIT with non-EU suppliers?
By and large the large companies don't need to. The mass volume stuff like bulbs, electrical do dahs and the like are brought over from Asia in bulk by 3rd tier suppliers and are cheap to store. They have stock and are constantly topped up. The 3rd party then ships them into the JIT chain. They are paid well by the motor manufacturers to do this.
It's also the reason why a company like BMW will also run at least two separate component suppliers in different countries, so if Hams Hall can't get crankshaft blanks from France due to weather, accidents or strikes it will have another supplier running concurrently somewhere else.
Don't underestimate what lengths a manufacturer will go to to prevent a line stopping. My ex-neighbour was a specialist emergency parts supplier to the motor manufacturing industry. He would, if necessary charter an aircraft to get a few boxes of ECU's from one part of Europe to another, but as long as it was cheaper than stopping the line (£1m an hour ish) he had carte blanche to do whatever he needed.
Hang on just a cotton picking minute, nobody told us this.
Isn't that JIT officially f.cked then?
At some point the major international manufacturers are going to have to take decisions. I've been assuming up to now that since closing a big and otherwise efficient factory would be an expensive proposition if it turned out that the UK did maintain close alignment with EU rules, the likes of Nissan and Toyota have been putting off doing anything drastic until now. But the time is approaching when they will have to make concrete plans for how to service both their EU and UK markets.
How do we currently manage JIT with non-EU suppliers?
To simplify what veravista said: by not tightly integrating JIT manufacturing with non-EU suppliers.
veravista wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2020 10:39 am
By and large the large companies don't need to. The mass volume stuff like bulbs, electrical do dahs and the like are brought over from Asia in bulk by 3rd tier suppliers and are cheap to store. They have stock and are constantly topped up. The 3rd party then ships them into the JIT chain. They are paid well by the motor manufacturers to do this.
It's also the reason why a company like BMW will also run at least two separate component suppliers in different countries, so if Hams Hall can't get crankshaft blanks from France due to weather, accidents or strikes it will have another supplier running concurrently somewhere else.
Don't underestimate what lengths a manufacturer will go to to prevent a line stopping. My ex-neighbour was a specialist emergency parts supplier to the motor manufacturing industry. He would, if necessary charter an aircraft to get a few boxes of ECU's from one part of Europe to another, but as long as it was cheaper than stopping the line (£1m an hour ish) he had carte blanche to do whatever he needed.
Yup, a now-retired colleague was apparently the only person in our multinational to be flown to the US on Concorde to prevent a line stop in a Detroit factory
Boris: "We could always have a deal like Canada or Australia have with the EU"
Ursula von der Leyen: "Sure, happy to do either, but Canada's deal has stringent "Level-playing field" rules in it (the ones the Tories have been dancing around saying they don't need) and Australia trades with the EU on WTO rules..."
