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Juncker renews offer to UK to stay in EU; Brexit is a catastrophe and “the blame is on many”
The European Union chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker renewed an offer to Britain on Wednesday to stay in the European Union and said he hoped that even if it goes through with Brexit it would apply to rejoin the bloc. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesChildishly simple Claude. Let the UK decide who works here and who doesn't and you are home and dry.
Jan 18th, 2018 - 11:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0We are leaving, you had your chance when Cameron went to discuss possible changes.
Jan 18th, 2018 - 11:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0@gc
Jan 18th, 2018 - 11:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0Precisely, the attitude then was take it or leave it we're not changing.
So we left.
It took a long time for the penny to drop that the EU will have a massive funding gap when the UK leaves.
the fact that they''ve only just realised this tells you all you need to know about the EU ogligarchy.
The next thing will be, if you don't rejoin, Tony Blair won't be allowed to be our president.
Because the EU politically, is so out of touch, they will gasp in bewilderment when the UK public say, that's another good reason to stay out.
I think this is the first time anyone in the EU has admitted they have some of the responsibility. About time.
Jan 18th, 2018 - 09:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Good for the UK. The tradition of British democracy and free trade does not mesh very well with an overbearing, unelected bureaucracy like that of the EU. I'm sure now, with a free hand to pursue its own trade deals Britain will overcome this transition period. All the best wishes from an Argentine.
Jan 19th, 2018 - 12:34 am - Link - Report abuse +1We are leaving, the decision has been made. It is a terrible decision but in a democracy you can't always get what you want.
Jan 19th, 2018 - 10:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0EB. Strangely, England/Great Britain/United Kingdom “managed” quite well for around a thousand years. Largely without Europeans. As I recall history during that time, Britain managed to build three empires, fight, and win, three worldwide wars and lead “progress” with the Industrial Revolution. As a minor matter, I learned recently that Britain actually “bought” American assistance for WW2 by handing over a whole raft of “developments” in technology. Things like radar, sonar, jet engines spring to mind.
Jan 21st, 2018 - 10:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0Have you got some reason to believe that Britain couldn't do the same again? As I see things, this is the main problem with Remainers. They have become accustomed to certain features of the European regime. Their attitude may be composed of equal parts of fear and greed. The prospect of making, and being responsible for, national decisions truly frightens them. It's probably fair to assume that the European regime benefits their self-interest. That's where the greed comes in. It's appropriate to say that when Remainers are asked to justify their view, their “reasons” generally include what they believe that they or their descendants will “lose”. What is quoted most often is the “right” to study, work and/or reside in 27 other countries. Although that “right” is not without strings. I'm reminded that, prior to 1973, the UK had a number of “reciprocal agreements” with other countries on health matters. So the UK could cut out the Brussels “middlemen” and negotiate reciprocal agreements on educational, employment, health and residence matters with 27 countries. Same effect, right? Then there's the illusory European citizenship. Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under the custom or law as being a legal member of a sovereign state or part of a nation. But the EU is neither a sovereign state nor a nation.
We will do much better, as a country and a nation, without the Europeans. As we have done for a thousand years.
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Jan 21st, 2018 - 12:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0A poll conducted by the manufacturer’s organisation, EEF, found that 40 per cent of the companies questioned were planning for growth in 2018. Britain’s manufacturers are more upbeat about the state of the global economy than at any time since 2014 and believe demand from overseas will sustain their businesses. Investment into the UK’s tech sector reached an all-time high in 2017, creating more opportunities. UK-based firms attracted £2.99 billion of new funding – almost twice as much as 2016’s total of £1.63 billion. This was almost four times more funding in 2017 than in Germany, where investment totalled £694 million last year, and more than France, Ireland and Sweden combined. In the UK film industry, big films in 2016 contributed £7.7 billion to the UK economy – 80 per cent more than five years earlier. The Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing purchasing managers' index showed a 51-month high. Manufacturing output and new orders have both expanded throughout the past 17 months. In addition, more businesses were established in the UK last year than in any of the world’s other developed economies - some 218,000 new businesses in the UK last year, a 6 per cent rise year-on-year. The UK is also the world’s best prepared country to make the most of Artificial Intelligence and high-tech industries, which create higher paying jobs in communities across the UK. Finally, the UK topped the Forbes annual survey for the first time of the best countries in which to do business.
I hope you're right TV. Are they also planning for growth in 2019 when we actually leave? We'll need something to make up for the drop in financial services.
Jan 21st, 2018 - 07:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The question is why is this piece appearing in Mercopenguin, a British government propaganda organ supposedly devoted to America, South America and the “South Atlantic”?
Jan 25th, 2018 - 05:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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