Because members and supporters of the current government prevented it, in other words.
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Such that the government ended up having to accept whatever worse deal was on the table when the clock ran out.
having that swing is a necessary but not sufficient condition for it meaning a thing
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which is a pretty awesome definition of "politically impossible", thanks
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Though I guess, like all the best quotes, it is apocryphal. Nevertheless, on such grounds one might suspect Dominic Cummings of a first-rate intelligence. If one believes he retains the ability to function.F Scott Fitzgerald wrote:The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57882892 wrote:But, Mr Cummings tells the BBC that anyone who says they are sure, five years after the result, that Brexit is a good thing must "have a screw loose".
However, he adds: "Obviously I think Brexit was a good thing."
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There are lots of things I think that I'm not sure of.
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There's a quote I've been trying to track down, along the following lines but I'm sure I'll butcher it.
Basically a reasonable person proceeds as if all of their beliefs are true, but also that any one of their beliefs might turn out to be false, simultaneously.
Sounds about right to me.
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Here’s a lukewarm take on the UK’s command paper: https://mobile.twitter.com/AntonSpisak/ ... 6591070208
The only thing I think they’ve missed is that we’re playing for time - which is why we don’t mind if the conversations are difficult or protracted. Fun trying to guess which points we’ll concede on to finally get there.
The only thing I think they’ve missed is that we’re playing for time - which is why we don’t mind if the conversations are difficult or protracted. Fun trying to guess which points we’ll concede on to finally get there.
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That was a good thread. Thanks.plodder wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:30 amHere’s a lukewarm take on the UK’s command paper: https://mobile.twitter.com/AntonSpisak/ ... 6591070208
The only thing I think they’ve missed is that we’re playing for time - which is why we don’t mind if the conversations are difficult or protracted. Fun trying to guess which points we’ll concede on to finally get there.
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MEPs appear to agree. Not sure exactly when the ball is back in the UK’s court, or if there’s an upcoming deadline that will act as a pinch point.
https://mobile.twitter.com/DPhinnemore/ ... 7037754372
https://mobile.twitter.com/DPhinnemore/ ... 7037754372
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This week the biotech company I work for decided to cease all trading with Italy as the post-Brexit delays* and paperwork involved in exporting there has rendered it uneconomic. That's about 4% of our sales gone.
We've had similar issues with Spain and Holland so they may follow too, with question marks around the rest of the EU.
Meanwhile, Australia still represents <0.1% of our sales and is likely to continue to do so unless the government decide to launch a Tim-Tams-for-Stem-Cells exchange scheme. Sales to the Faroe Islands remain solidly consistent though, matching our sales to Namibia, Neptune's moon Triton and Narnia.
We also continue to struggle to recruit from the EU despite formerly getting about 25% of our staff, all but one of which have left in the last two years. Turns out geriatric Leave-voters from Blyth don't fancy relocating to Cambridge to retrain as molecular biologists for some unexpected reason.
*most of our products are shipped on dry ice or in LN2 so even a day or two's delay can make the difference between viable product and expensive lukewarm mush.
We've had similar issues with Spain and Holland so they may follow too, with question marks around the rest of the EU.
Meanwhile, Australia still represents <0.1% of our sales and is likely to continue to do so unless the government decide to launch a Tim-Tams-for-Stem-Cells exchange scheme. Sales to the Faroe Islands remain solidly consistent though, matching our sales to Namibia, Neptune's moon Triton and Narnia.
We also continue to struggle to recruit from the EU despite formerly getting about 25% of our staff, all but one of which have left in the last two years. Turns out geriatric Leave-voters from Blyth don't fancy relocating to Cambridge to retrain as molecular biologists for some unexpected reason.
*most of our products are shipped on dry ice or in LN2 so even a day or two's delay can make the difference between viable product and expensive lukewarm mush.
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having that swing is a necessary but not sufficient condition for it meaning a thing
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https://twitter.com/GalleseVittorio/sta ... 68673?s=19ERC Consolidator grants 2020. Blue: country where the funds are allocated. Red: nationality of the winners.
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ah cool. October and January deadlines. I won’t hold my breath...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... negotiated
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... negotiated
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Wow, what dipshits. "This deal we negotiated sucks!"
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Hadn't seen this one
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/28/busi ... index.html
Lugano Convention, it's about law, sorry, cooking at the same time!
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/28/busi ... index.html
Lugano Convention, it's about law, sorry, cooking at the same time!
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having that swing is a necessary but not sufficient condition for it meaning a thing
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We've not quite got this building relationships with your trade partners thing, have we?shpalman wrote: ↑Sun Aug 01, 2021 11:06 amEU citizens who applied to stay in Britain facing threat of deportation
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Vodaphone - we have no plans to introduce roaming charges for UK users in the EU introduce roaming charges for UK users in the EU. As one commentator said it's not a roaming charge, it's a sovereignty fee.
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You're all so negative. It's not all bad news - there's been an increase in trade between NI and ROI https://www.irishtimes.com/business/con ... -1.4648728
eta: this has more - https://www.irishtimes.com/business/eco ... -1.4648699Imports from Britain fell by 32 per cent or €2.5 billion in the first six months of this year ... Meanwhile, the level of imports from Northern Ireland rose by €776 million
Imports from Northern Ireland to the Republic have risen by 77 per cent since the UK left the EU at the start of the year, while the value of exports from the Republic to the North has risen by 43 per cent, according to fresh Central Statistics Office (CSO) data.
The agency’s latest trade numbers show the value of goods imports from Northern Ireland rose to €1.77 billion in the first six months of 2021, up from just under €1 billion for the same period last year.
Exports to the North, meanwhile, rose to €1.57 billion, up from €1.1 billion last year.
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There's a lot of them there that would find that a rather offensive joke.jdc wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 12:33 amYou're all so negative. It's not all bad news - there's been an increase in trade between NI and ROI https://www.irishtimes.com/business/con ... -1.4648728
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The Sun almost has a moment of self-awareness…
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Bah, try this:
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And in just case anyone thought this was just an echo-chamber of Remoaners seeing what they want to see, I popped into our local Co-op* to be greeted by an automated message apologising for all the shortages. So not only there are shortages but they are frequent enough to make it worth while recording an automated message.
Meanwhile 5 years after the vote and 18 months after it bl..dy happened I'm still waiting for a Brexiteer to point to a single concrete Brexit win without using the phrase "blue passports".
*a large, city supermarket rather than a tiny, rural shop.
Meanwhile 5 years after the vote and 18 months after it bl..dy happened I'm still waiting for a Brexiteer to point to a single concrete Brexit win without using the phrase "blue passports".
*a large, city supermarket rather than a tiny, rural shop.
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