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- 03 Feb 2016 10:00
Thought I'd start a new thread as this is going to be a major talking point this year...have not made up my mind yet...(unlike bucksfizz)....but thinking of voting for an exit as Europe is not doing Britain any good at all it seems....
MaxK
- 31 Jan 2017 21:05
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If A50 doesent go through... general election and Armageddon for the remainers.
Haystack
- 31 Jan 2017 23:43
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Result for Labour like 1931. Look at the figures.
Dil
- 01 Feb 2017 07:54
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Why March 9th Haystack ?
grannyboy
- 01 Feb 2017 08:07
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The 9th March is when the Lords should've have waved it through.
then May can trigger article50 which should be near the end of March
as per timetable....
Fred1new
- 01 Feb 2017 09:25
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Hays,
Look at what happened shortly after 1931.
VICTIM
- 01 Feb 2017 09:28
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1932 .
jimmy b
- 01 Feb 2017 09:54
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Poor old Fred he seems to find a handle on anything to do with misery .
Fred1new
- 01 Feb 2017 11:12
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The elephant has been let out again.
mentor
- 01 Feb 2017 11:18
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Speculating once again, How we can get a better deal..............
New trade agreement with EU will have to go further to provide for services, says NIESR
(ShareCast News) - When negotiating a new free trade agreement with the European Union, Britain will have to go further than any other deal that is currently in existence to provide for its services industry, the National institute of Economic and Social Research said.
NIESR also revised up its forecast for UK growth in 2017 by 0.3 percentage point to 1.7% and expects it to improve to 1.9% in 2018. But this marks a slowdown from the 2% reading in 2016. The think thank warned that rising inflation would affect consumer spending.
The world economy is predicted to grow faster in the next couple of years, from 3% in 2016 to 3.1% in 2017 and 3.5% in 2018.
The think tank said that the current European Union trade agreement is more comprehensive and goes further than most free trade deals as it covers non-tariff barriers, which encompass regulations for services, mutual recognition of intellectual property and passporting rights.
The financial services industry has been concerned with passporting rights which allows them to conduct business across the EU through a single license, especially since the Prime Minister Theresa May said that Britain will no longer be a member of the European single market and customs union.
NIESR estimated that once Britain leaves the single market and if it adopts World Trade Organisation rules for a deal with the EU there will be a 59% reduction in UK trade with the bloc, consisting of a 58% reduction in goods and 61% in services.
If the UK negotiates a new free trade agreement with the EU, the NIESR expects a 45% reduction in UK trade consisting of 35% decline in goods, a 61% fall in services.
When compared to Britain gaining free trade agreements with leading emerging economies such as the BRIICS (Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa), there will be a 19% gain in trade, consisting of 26% in goods, but none in services. This is similar to a free trade agreement with Anglophone countries - the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - with a 12% gain, consisting of 26% in goods and none in services.
For total UK trade, NIESR predicted that leaving the European single market could lead to a long-term reduction between 22-30%, while the increased trade from new trade deals with all the BRIICS nations and Anglophone countries will come to just 2.6% and 2.2%, respectively.
Fred1new
- 01 Feb 2017 11:54
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Dumbo,
A natural place for you to be.
jimmy b
- 01 Feb 2017 12:00
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I'd love to be with those elephants ,lot better than listening to a misery guts.
Haystack
- 01 Feb 2017 13:36
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Fred1new
- 01 Feb 2017 14:41
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Dumbo,
You would feel at home.
cynic
- 01 Feb 2017 15:08
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one step at a time ...... it's certain that A50 will be approved by the MPs and the lords would be committing suicide not to follow suit
thereafter remains to be seen with a great many twists and turns and surprises and shocks along the way
VICTIM
- 01 Feb 2017 15:21
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How does anything get done any where if these sort of losers interfere like this , maddening .
mentor
- 01 Feb 2017 15:59
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Nigel Farage had as usual his show on the European parliament telling off at most of the top men there for taking down Trump
video http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38833590
Haystack
- 01 Feb 2017 19:42
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Parliament has voted for A50 498 to 114
Haystack
- 01 Feb 2017 20:37
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Next stage is the Committee Stage (Public Bill Committee). The Bill will be examined line by line. That shouldn't take long as it is one line long. Then we have the Report Stage. This is when amendments will be considered. The deputy Speaker will choose which amendments are to be allowed for consideration.
MaxK
- 01 Feb 2017 20:43
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What is Corby going to do about the rebels?
Three line whip??