Of course it does our attention spans are short, if the media don't highlight the racism all we see are the protests
comment by Insert random username (U10647)
posted 12 minutes ago
Of course it does our attention spans are short, if the media don't highlight the racism all we see are the protests
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.....sorry you were saying something
A nicer conversation on it here than the "Boos at England games thread"
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/covid-chaos-at-airports-in-rush-to-flee-portugal-before-it-leaves-green-list-3j6wd9pg7
Covid chaos at airports.
Interesting piece on the struggles of social democratic parties across Europe here - what they’ve done wrong and where they need to go:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/09/not-just-britain-across-europe-social-democracy-losing-way
Economic vision:
“… social democrats have largely failed to construct an agenda that both communicates a clear vision of economic policy, but is not only focused on economics…
“…in the post financial-crash era clearly did offer too little to voters suffering from economic austerity, focusing on economic competence rather than a vision of a fairer future. As European centre-right parties moderated their position on economic and social policies, these parties were able to attract centrist former social democrats.“
Social vision:
“A commonplace argument is that a shift away from progressive policies on immigration, European integration and gender equality could help social democratic parties (and Labour) win back working-class voters.
“The rise of both new working and middle classes means that this strategy is bound to fail in the long run. Moreover, political science research shows that this approach does little to actually attract these groups in the short run.
“Voters who support left economic policies also tend to favour more equitable gender relations, racial equity and a greener future. New left and green parties have often picked up voters with these demands, further squeezing social democrats.
“What, then, is to be done? Social democratic parties need to ask themselves how they can build a broad and durable electoral coalition. They need to overcome an image of the working class as white men in the production sector with conservative cultural attitudes. The truth is that today’s working class is ethnically diverse and often holds progressive positions, even on the hotly contested issue of immigration.”
comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 14 hours, 54 minutes ago
IRU
No doubt the same person that stated players were claiming victim hood and linking the affect of racism to how much they earn, it should be expected apparently.
Always funny that more fuss is being kicked up about taking a knee than the actual racism itself. There were articles and comments on the forum about the racism initially, it soon died down. Replaced with outrage at a gesture.
Does that speak to the nature of our society?
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Aye. Apparently being rich means you can't lecture anyone on anything.
“Joe Biden is expected to warn Boris Johnson not to renege on the commitments made in his Brexit deal when they meet for the first time at the G7 summit later this week.
“The US president will use a meeting with the prime minister to back the Northern Ireland protocol and warn the prospect of a US-UK trade deal could be damaged if the current dispute with the EU remains unresolved.”
Probably the biggest challenge for the UK at the G7: Continuing the US charm offensive whilst somehow navigating Biden’s obsession with maintaining the EU-UK deal on NI.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-biden-johnson-g7-ireland-b1860843.html
A strong Europe is probably quite appealing to biden, the only way that the US will regain its leverage over China will be an alliance with a strong Europe imo.
Hopefully it comes to pass and we can start to put pressure on for the plight of the Uighar Muslims.
comment by rosso - time to #takefootballback (U17054)
posted 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
“Joe Biden is expected to warn Boris Johnson not to renege on the commitments made in his Brexit deal when they meet for the first time at the G7 summit later this week.
“The US president will use a meeting with the prime minister to back the Northern Ireland protocol and warn the prospect of a US-UK trade deal could be damaged if the current dispute with the EU remains unresolved.”
Probably the biggest challenge for the UK at the G7: Continuing the US charm offensive whilst somehow navigating Biden’s obsession with maintaining the EU-UK deal on NI.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-biden-johnson-g7-ireland-b1860843.html
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Can't see how an agreement will be reached at the moment, as Frost has continually ruled out regulatory alignment (to mitigate many of the SPS checks etc). And is blaming the EU (quell surprise) for not being pragmatic.
However back in 2019 the UK government in its position paper to the EU, the government were fully aware of the need for alignment, and the issues (additional checks, delays, etc etc) that would transpire if there were not.
In its proposals the government stated:
“Building on the existing practice established to maintain the Single Epidemiological Unit (SEU) on the island of Ireland, Northern Ireland would align with EU SPS rules, including those relating to the placing on the market of agri-food goods.
Agri-food goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain would do so via a Border Inspection Post or Designated Point of Entry as required by EU law, building on the provisions that already exist to support the SEU.
They would be subject to identity and documentary checks and physical examination by UK authorities as required by the relevant EU rules.”
“In addition, Northern Ireland would also align with all relevant EU rules relating to the placing on the market of manufactured goods. This would reinforce the arrangements above by ensuring that regulatory checks can be implemented at the boundary of the zone, as appropriate and in line with relevant EU law, minimising the potential for non-compliance.
This would be supplemented by on-the-market surveillance, as it is now.”
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/836116/Explanatory_Note_Accessible.pdf
Frost's assertion the UKgov did not fully foresee the EU implementing the NIP in full (a so called light touch) is at best disingenuous.
The current position of equivalence (I suspect following pressure from Washington / USTR) will not mitigate full SPS checks etc.
So whilst Biden may want the NIP to be implemented in full I wonder if his administration would consider carving out agri-foods in the UK/US FTA
comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? Percy Pig aficionado (U3126)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by rosso - time to #takefootballback (U17054)
posted 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
“Joe Biden is expected to warn Boris Johnson not to renege on the commitments made in his Brexit deal when they meet for the first time at the G7 summit later this week.
“The US president will use a meeting with the prime minister to back the Northern Ireland protocol and warn the prospect of a US-UK trade deal could be damaged if the current dispute with the EU remains unresolved.”
Probably the biggest challenge for the UK at the G7: Continuing the US charm offensive whilst somehow navigating Biden’s obsession with maintaining the EU-UK deal on NI.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-biden-johnson-g7-ireland-b1860843.html
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Can't see how an agreement will be reached at the moment, as Frost has continually ruled out regulatory alignment (to mitigate many of the SPS checks etc). And is blaming the EU (quell surprise) for not being pragmatic.
However back in 2019 the UK government in its position paper to the EU, the government were fully aware of the need for alignment, and the issues (additional checks, delays, etc etc) that would transpire if there were not.
In its proposals the government stated:
“Building on the existing practice established to maintain the Single Epidemiological Unit (SEU) on the island of Ireland, Northern Ireland would align with EU SPS rules, including those relating to the placing on the market of agri-food goods.
Agri-food goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain would do so via a Border Inspection Post or Designated Point of Entry as required by EU law, building on the provisions that already exist to support the SEU.
They would be subject to identity and documentary checks and physical examination by UK authorities as required by the relevant EU rules.”
“In addition, Northern Ireland would also align with all relevant EU rules relating to the placing on the market of manufactured goods. This would reinforce the arrangements above by ensuring that regulatory checks can be implemented at the boundary of the zone, as appropriate and in line with relevant EU law, minimising the potential for non-compliance.
This would be supplemented by on-the-market surveillance, as it is now.”
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/836116/Explanatory_Note_Accessible.pdf
Frost's assertion the UKgov did not fully foresee the EU implementing the NIP in full (a so called light touch) is at best disingenuous.
The current position of equivalence (I suspect following pressure from Washington / USTR) will not mitigate full SPS checks etc.
So whilst Biden may want the NIP to be implemented in full I wonder if his administration would consider carving out agri-foods in the UK/US FTA
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“So whilst Biden may want the NIP to be implemented in full I wonder if his administration would consider carving out agri-foods in the UK/US FTA”
I wouldn’t bother your neurons with that one
Frost has his PR hat on when he’s speaking publicly about the EU’s (close to textbook) implementation of the NI protocol. There’s not a chance that the UK team didn’t see that coming, because it’s the EU’s modus operandum; and it’s no doubt part of the reason why they risked so much - including serious short-term economic and political damage - pushing the talks to the deadline.
The UK is now up the proverbial creek, paddle-free. There’s no impetus on the EU side to make concessions. There’s nothing in international trade law that’ll help the UK. The UK now has very little in the way of carrot (thanks to its insistence on self-harming red lines it has promised to its public), and even less in the way of stick (unless it wants to further self harm economically, or punish one way or another UK business and the UK consumer).
They gambled against the odds; and they lost. Now they’re effectively asking the guy who swept up their chips if he’ll lend them a small stack to help them get back into the game.
As for the UK working to curry greater favour with the US, why would Biden’s administration do any more than look at the US’s best interests?
He can’t expect the EU to be any less useful than the UK when it comes to finding partners to help exert pressure on Russia and China, with taxation and other issues with Big Tech, global public health, climate change, etc.
It looks like there’s only really one area in which the UK might be prepared to offer the US more than the EU would, and there’s no real net benefit in doing so for UK plc, and only net loss for the UK consumer.
*prepared and really able to offer the US
comment by rosso - time to #takefootballback (U17054)
posted 2 hours, 8 minutes ago
“Joe Biden is expected to warn Boris Johnson not to renege on the commitments made in his Brexit deal when they meet for the first time at the G7 summit later this week.
“The US president will use a meeting with the prime minister to back the Northern Ireland protocol and warn the prospect of a US-UK trade deal could be damaged if the current dispute with the EU remains unresolved.”
Probably the biggest challenge for the UK at the G7: Continuing the US charm offensive whilst somehow navigating Biden’s obsession with maintaining the EU-UK deal on NI.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-biden-johnson-g7-ireland-b1860843.html
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Not so Sleepy Joe.
Blimey, that police officer has admitted to raping and killing Sarah Everard then
comment by Constantinople (U11781)
posted 4 seconds ago
Blimey, that police officer has admitted to raping and killing Sarah Everard then
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Wow.
Get less time if you plead.
WWSPD
Don’t know if you caught this article on the EU-Mercosur deal?
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-04-21/dont-allow-doubts-to-stop-the-eu-mercosur-deal.html
I have a feeling we’ll see it ratified in the not-too-distant. I think signed and sealed it’d actually make forging ahead with an EU-US deal look a more attractive proposition to USTR for more than one reason. Certainly under a Biden administration, anyway.
comment by Automatic For The People #BLM (U21889)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by rosso - time to #takefootballback (U17054)
posted 2 hours, 8 minutes ago
“Joe Biden is expected to warn Boris Johnson not to renege on the commitments made in his Brexit deal when they meet for the first time at the G7 summit later this week.
“The US president will use a meeting with the prime minister to back the Northern Ireland protocol and warn the prospect of a US-UK trade deal could be damaged if the current dispute with the EU remains unresolved.”
Probably the biggest challenge for the UK at the G7: Continuing the US charm offensive whilst somehow navigating Biden’s obsession with maintaining the EU-UK deal on NI.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-biden-johnson-g7-ireland-b1860843.html
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Not so Sleepy Joe.
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Sleepy Joe?
More like Woke Joe
comment by rosso - time to #takefootballback (U17054)
posted 4 minutes ago
WWSPD
Don’t know if you caught this article on the EU-Mercosur deal?
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-04-21/dont-allow-doubts-to-stop-the-eu-mercosur-deal.html
I have a feeling we’ll see it ratified in the not-too-distant. I think signed and sealed it’d actually make forging ahead with an EU-US deal look a more attractive proposition to USTR for more than one reason. Certainly under a Biden administration, anyway.
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Didn't see that.
Whilst quick trade agreements are normally revisted/renegotiated, talks began on the Mercosur FTA something like 20yrs ago.
If only they had our Liz on board, could have everything sorted and ratified in a couple of months.
comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? Percy Pig aficionado (U3126)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by rosso - time to #takefootballback (U17054)
posted 4 minutes ago
WWSPD
Don’t know if you caught this article on the EU-Mercosur deal?
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-04-21/dont-allow-doubts-to-stop-the-eu-mercosur-deal.html
I have a feeling we’ll see it ratified in the not-too-distant. I think signed and sealed it’d actually make forging ahead with an EU-US deal look a more attractive proposition to USTR for more than one reason. Certainly under a Biden administration, anyway.
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Didn't see that.
Whilst quick trade agreements are normally revisted/renegotiated, talks began on the Mercosur FTA something like 20yrs ago.
If only they had our Liz on board, could have everything sorted and ratified in a couple of months.
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From what I’ve read, I think the more political aims of the agreement are, whilst maybe a little overambitious, probably the most interesting and potentially beneficial elements for the EU short to medium term.
Mercosur has 550m citizens including the observer states of Mexico and NZ. Between the EU and Mercosur, that’s a lot of political clout.
Kind of feel like without Bolsonaro and the instability in Argentina things might have been signed and sealed already.
Beeb:
Licensed cannabis stores in the US state of Washington are now able to offer free marijuana cigarettes to promote coronavirus vaccinations, officials there have said.
The "Joints for Jabs" programme allows them to give one pre-rolled joint to adults who get vaccinated on the premises.
Washington state already allows breweries and restaurants to offer free drinks to people who've had their shot. Other incentives include cash prizes and sports tickets.
The state legalised the recreational use of cannabis back in 2012.
That's a brilliant initiative
Macron slapped by a member of the public
Pleeeease can someone do the same to Boris but substitute slap with a kick
https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2021/jun/08/david-squires-on-the-unlikely-marxist-takeover-of-english-football
comment by Insert random username (U10647)
posted 7 minutes ago
https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2021/jun/08/david-squires-on-the-unlikely-marxist-takeover-of-english-football
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6,000 new cases, almost double last week.
Bank holiday boom
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posted on 7/6/21
Of course it does our attention spans are short, if the media don't highlight the racism all we see are the protests
posted on 7/6/21
comment by Insert random username (U10647)
posted 12 minutes ago
Of course it does our attention spans are short, if the media don't highlight the racism all we see are the protests
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.....sorry you were saying something
posted on 8/6/21
A nicer conversation on it here than the "Boos at England games thread"
posted on 8/6/21
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/covid-chaos-at-airports-in-rush-to-flee-portugal-before-it-leaves-green-list-3j6wd9pg7
Covid chaos at airports.
posted on 8/6/21
Interesting piece on the struggles of social democratic parties across Europe here - what they’ve done wrong and where they need to go:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/09/not-just-britain-across-europe-social-democracy-losing-way
Economic vision:
“… social democrats have largely failed to construct an agenda that both communicates a clear vision of economic policy, but is not only focused on economics…
“…in the post financial-crash era clearly did offer too little to voters suffering from economic austerity, focusing on economic competence rather than a vision of a fairer future. As European centre-right parties moderated their position on economic and social policies, these parties were able to attract centrist former social democrats.“
Social vision:
“A commonplace argument is that a shift away from progressive policies on immigration, European integration and gender equality could help social democratic parties (and Labour) win back working-class voters.
“The rise of both new working and middle classes means that this strategy is bound to fail in the long run. Moreover, political science research shows that this approach does little to actually attract these groups in the short run.
“Voters who support left economic policies also tend to favour more equitable gender relations, racial equity and a greener future. New left and green parties have often picked up voters with these demands, further squeezing social democrats.
“What, then, is to be done? Social democratic parties need to ask themselves how they can build a broad and durable electoral coalition. They need to overcome an image of the working class as white men in the production sector with conservative cultural attitudes. The truth is that today’s working class is ethnically diverse and often holds progressive positions, even on the hotly contested issue of immigration.”
posted on 8/6/21
comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 14 hours, 54 minutes ago
IRU
No doubt the same person that stated players were claiming victim hood and linking the affect of racism to how much they earn, it should be expected apparently.
Always funny that more fuss is being kicked up about taking a knee than the actual racism itself. There were articles and comments on the forum about the racism initially, it soon died down. Replaced with outrage at a gesture.
Does that speak to the nature of our society?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Aye. Apparently being rich means you can't lecture anyone on anything.
posted on 8/6/21
“Joe Biden is expected to warn Boris Johnson not to renege on the commitments made in his Brexit deal when they meet for the first time at the G7 summit later this week.
“The US president will use a meeting with the prime minister to back the Northern Ireland protocol and warn the prospect of a US-UK trade deal could be damaged if the current dispute with the EU remains unresolved.”
Probably the biggest challenge for the UK at the G7: Continuing the US charm offensive whilst somehow navigating Biden’s obsession with maintaining the EU-UK deal on NI.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-biden-johnson-g7-ireland-b1860843.html
posted on 8/6/21
A strong Europe is probably quite appealing to biden, the only way that the US will regain its leverage over China will be an alliance with a strong Europe imo.
Hopefully it comes to pass and we can start to put pressure on for the plight of the Uighar Muslims.
posted on 8/6/21
comment by rosso - time to #takefootballback (U17054)
posted 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
“Joe Biden is expected to warn Boris Johnson not to renege on the commitments made in his Brexit deal when they meet for the first time at the G7 summit later this week.
“The US president will use a meeting with the prime minister to back the Northern Ireland protocol and warn the prospect of a US-UK trade deal could be damaged if the current dispute with the EU remains unresolved.”
Probably the biggest challenge for the UK at the G7: Continuing the US charm offensive whilst somehow navigating Biden’s obsession with maintaining the EU-UK deal on NI.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-biden-johnson-g7-ireland-b1860843.html
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Can't see how an agreement will be reached at the moment, as Frost has continually ruled out regulatory alignment (to mitigate many of the SPS checks etc). And is blaming the EU (quell surprise) for not being pragmatic.
However back in 2019 the UK government in its position paper to the EU, the government were fully aware of the need for alignment, and the issues (additional checks, delays, etc etc) that would transpire if there were not.
In its proposals the government stated:
“Building on the existing practice established to maintain the Single Epidemiological Unit (SEU) on the island of Ireland, Northern Ireland would align with EU SPS rules, including those relating to the placing on the market of agri-food goods.
Agri-food goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain would do so via a Border Inspection Post or Designated Point of Entry as required by EU law, building on the provisions that already exist to support the SEU.
They would be subject to identity and documentary checks and physical examination by UK authorities as required by the relevant EU rules.”
“In addition, Northern Ireland would also align with all relevant EU rules relating to the placing on the market of manufactured goods. This would reinforce the arrangements above by ensuring that regulatory checks can be implemented at the boundary of the zone, as appropriate and in line with relevant EU law, minimising the potential for non-compliance.
This would be supplemented by on-the-market surveillance, as it is now.”
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/836116/Explanatory_Note_Accessible.pdf
Frost's assertion the UKgov did not fully foresee the EU implementing the NIP in full (a so called light touch) is at best disingenuous.
The current position of equivalence (I suspect following pressure from Washington / USTR) will not mitigate full SPS checks etc.
So whilst Biden may want the NIP to be implemented in full I wonder if his administration would consider carving out agri-foods in the UK/US FTA
posted on 8/6/21
comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? Percy Pig aficionado (U3126)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by rosso - time to #takefootballback (U17054)
posted 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
“Joe Biden is expected to warn Boris Johnson not to renege on the commitments made in his Brexit deal when they meet for the first time at the G7 summit later this week.
“The US president will use a meeting with the prime minister to back the Northern Ireland protocol and warn the prospect of a US-UK trade deal could be damaged if the current dispute with the EU remains unresolved.”
Probably the biggest challenge for the UK at the G7: Continuing the US charm offensive whilst somehow navigating Biden’s obsession with maintaining the EU-UK deal on NI.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-biden-johnson-g7-ireland-b1860843.html
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Can't see how an agreement will be reached at the moment, as Frost has continually ruled out regulatory alignment (to mitigate many of the SPS checks etc). And is blaming the EU (quell surprise) for not being pragmatic.
However back in 2019 the UK government in its position paper to the EU, the government were fully aware of the need for alignment, and the issues (additional checks, delays, etc etc) that would transpire if there were not.
In its proposals the government stated:
“Building on the existing practice established to maintain the Single Epidemiological Unit (SEU) on the island of Ireland, Northern Ireland would align with EU SPS rules, including those relating to the placing on the market of agri-food goods.
Agri-food goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain would do so via a Border Inspection Post or Designated Point of Entry as required by EU law, building on the provisions that already exist to support the SEU.
They would be subject to identity and documentary checks and physical examination by UK authorities as required by the relevant EU rules.”
“In addition, Northern Ireland would also align with all relevant EU rules relating to the placing on the market of manufactured goods. This would reinforce the arrangements above by ensuring that regulatory checks can be implemented at the boundary of the zone, as appropriate and in line with relevant EU law, minimising the potential for non-compliance.
This would be supplemented by on-the-market surveillance, as it is now.”
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/836116/Explanatory_Note_Accessible.pdf
Frost's assertion the UKgov did not fully foresee the EU implementing the NIP in full (a so called light touch) is at best disingenuous.
The current position of equivalence (I suspect following pressure from Washington / USTR) will not mitigate full SPS checks etc.
So whilst Biden may want the NIP to be implemented in full I wonder if his administration would consider carving out agri-foods in the UK/US FTA
----------------------------------------------------------------------
“So whilst Biden may want the NIP to be implemented in full I wonder if his administration would consider carving out agri-foods in the UK/US FTA”
I wouldn’t bother your neurons with that one
Frost has his PR hat on when he’s speaking publicly about the EU’s (close to textbook) implementation of the NI protocol. There’s not a chance that the UK team didn’t see that coming, because it’s the EU’s modus operandum; and it’s no doubt part of the reason why they risked so much - including serious short-term economic and political damage - pushing the talks to the deadline.
The UK is now up the proverbial creek, paddle-free. There’s no impetus on the EU side to make concessions. There’s nothing in international trade law that’ll help the UK. The UK now has very little in the way of carrot (thanks to its insistence on self-harming red lines it has promised to its public), and even less in the way of stick (unless it wants to further self harm economically, or punish one way or another UK business and the UK consumer).
They gambled against the odds; and they lost. Now they’re effectively asking the guy who swept up their chips if he’ll lend them a small stack to help them get back into the game.
posted on 8/6/21
As for the UK working to curry greater favour with the US, why would Biden’s administration do any more than look at the US’s best interests?
He can’t expect the EU to be any less useful than the UK when it comes to finding partners to help exert pressure on Russia and China, with taxation and other issues with Big Tech, global public health, climate change, etc.
It looks like there’s only really one area in which the UK might be prepared to offer the US more than the EU would, and there’s no real net benefit in doing so for UK plc, and only net loss for the UK consumer.
posted on 8/6/21
*prepared and really able to offer the US
posted on 8/6/21
comment by rosso - time to #takefootballback (U17054)
posted 2 hours, 8 minutes ago
“Joe Biden is expected to warn Boris Johnson not to renege on the commitments made in his Brexit deal when they meet for the first time at the G7 summit later this week.
“The US president will use a meeting with the prime minister to back the Northern Ireland protocol and warn the prospect of a US-UK trade deal could be damaged if the current dispute with the EU remains unresolved.”
Probably the biggest challenge for the UK at the G7: Continuing the US charm offensive whilst somehow navigating Biden’s obsession with maintaining the EU-UK deal on NI.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-biden-johnson-g7-ireland-b1860843.html
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Not so Sleepy Joe.
posted on 8/6/21
Blimey, that police officer has admitted to raping and killing Sarah Everard then
posted on 8/6/21
comment by Constantinople (U11781)
posted 4 seconds ago
Blimey, that police officer has admitted to raping and killing Sarah Everard then
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Wow.
Get less time if you plead.
posted on 8/6/21
WWSPD
Don’t know if you caught this article on the EU-Mercosur deal?
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-04-21/dont-allow-doubts-to-stop-the-eu-mercosur-deal.html
I have a feeling we’ll see it ratified in the not-too-distant. I think signed and sealed it’d actually make forging ahead with an EU-US deal look a more attractive proposition to USTR for more than one reason. Certainly under a Biden administration, anyway.
posted on 8/6/21
comment by Automatic For The People #BLM (U21889)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by rosso - time to #takefootballback (U17054)
posted 2 hours, 8 minutes ago
“Joe Biden is expected to warn Boris Johnson not to renege on the commitments made in his Brexit deal when they meet for the first time at the G7 summit later this week.
“The US president will use a meeting with the prime minister to back the Northern Ireland protocol and warn the prospect of a US-UK trade deal could be damaged if the current dispute with the EU remains unresolved.”
Probably the biggest challenge for the UK at the G7: Continuing the US charm offensive whilst somehow navigating Biden’s obsession with maintaining the EU-UK deal on NI.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-biden-johnson-g7-ireland-b1860843.html
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Not so Sleepy Joe.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Sleepy Joe?
More like Woke Joe
posted on 8/6/21
comment by rosso - time to #takefootballback (U17054)
posted 4 minutes ago
WWSPD
Don’t know if you caught this article on the EU-Mercosur deal?
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-04-21/dont-allow-doubts-to-stop-the-eu-mercosur-deal.html
I have a feeling we’ll see it ratified in the not-too-distant. I think signed and sealed it’d actually make forging ahead with an EU-US deal look a more attractive proposition to USTR for more than one reason. Certainly under a Biden administration, anyway.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Didn't see that.
Whilst quick trade agreements are normally revisted/renegotiated, talks began on the Mercosur FTA something like 20yrs ago.
If only they had our Liz on board, could have everything sorted and ratified in a couple of months.
posted on 8/6/21
comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? Percy Pig aficionado (U3126)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by rosso - time to #takefootballback (U17054)
posted 4 minutes ago
WWSPD
Don’t know if you caught this article on the EU-Mercosur deal?
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-04-21/dont-allow-doubts-to-stop-the-eu-mercosur-deal.html
I have a feeling we’ll see it ratified in the not-too-distant. I think signed and sealed it’d actually make forging ahead with an EU-US deal look a more attractive proposition to USTR for more than one reason. Certainly under a Biden administration, anyway.
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Didn't see that.
Whilst quick trade agreements are normally revisted/renegotiated, talks began on the Mercosur FTA something like 20yrs ago.
If only they had our Liz on board, could have everything sorted and ratified in a couple of months.
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From what I’ve read, I think the more political aims of the agreement are, whilst maybe a little overambitious, probably the most interesting and potentially beneficial elements for the EU short to medium term.
Mercosur has 550m citizens including the observer states of Mexico and NZ. Between the EU and Mercosur, that’s a lot of political clout.
Kind of feel like without Bolsonaro and the instability in Argentina things might have been signed and sealed already.
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Beeb:
Licensed cannabis stores in the US state of Washington are now able to offer free marijuana cigarettes to promote coronavirus vaccinations, officials there have said.
The "Joints for Jabs" programme allows them to give one pre-rolled joint to adults who get vaccinated on the premises.
Washington state already allows breweries and restaurants to offer free drinks to people who've had their shot. Other incentives include cash prizes and sports tickets.
The state legalised the recreational use of cannabis back in 2012.
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That's a brilliant initiative
posted on 8/6/21
Macron slapped by a member of the public
Pleeeease can someone do the same to Boris but substitute slap with a kick
posted on 8/6/21
https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2021/jun/08/david-squires-on-the-unlikely-marxist-takeover-of-english-football
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https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2021/jun/08/david-squires-on-the-unlikely-marxist-takeover-of-english-football
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posted on 8/6/21
6,000 new cases, almost double last week.
Bank holiday boom
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