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 chris123  hove actually 25 May 21 7.37am |
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Originally posted by Orange1290
Sanctions only hurt the normal residents of Belarus, the 'elite' will feel no effect from them as they will receive reciprocal support from Russia. Edited by Orange1290 (24 May 2021 4.26pm) Lowish oil prices hurt Russia and the Belarussian economy is dependant on Russia.
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| steeleye20 Croydon 25 May 21 6.48pm |
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An enjoyable throw-back to the cold war. I was half-expecting Michael Caine and Colonel Stock. Or Callan versus 'Richmond'. Those were the days.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 25 May 21 6.51pm |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
An enjoyable throw-back to the cold war. I was half-expecting Michael Caine and Colonel Stock. Or Callan versus 'Richmond'.
Just finished watching that on London Live
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| steeleye20 Croydon 25 May 21 7.02pm |
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Originally posted by Badger11
Just finished watching that on London Live You too? I am an addict. The best film ever for me 'The Spy who came in from the cold'.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 25 May 21 7.03pm |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
You too? I am an addict. The best film ever for me 'The Spy who came in from the cold'. Tinker Tailor with Alec Guiness.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 26 May 21 11.01pm |
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Switzerland walks away from EU deal 13 years of talks down the drain. The EU again pushing for too much, after Brexit you would have hoped that they would have realised this was an opportunity to create a template which perhaps the UK and other non EU countries might have considered in the future. Freedom of movement for workers was the sticking point again.
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BlueJay  UK 27 May 21 12.34am |
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Originally posted by Badger11
Switzerland walks away from EU deal 13 years of talks down the drain. The EU again pushing for too much, after Brexit you would have hoped that they would have realised this was an opportunity to create a template which perhaps the UK and other non EU countries might have considered in the future. Freedom of movement for workers was the sticking point again. From our perspective now, it's probably best that the whole thing falls apart and gets put back together again in terms of ease of trade, but not the fixation on freedom of movement. Sure it's a privilege to be able to more where we wish, but without limits the pace of change is too fast. That's the sad thing about our relationship with the EU, if they had been reasonable something of mutual benefit (that would've actually benefited the whole of the EU) could've been thrashed out.
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Orange1290  27 May 21 6.37am |
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"Boris Johnson warned not to strike Australia trade deal that could 'decimate' British farming" Not a nice place trying to make deals as a 3rd country, especially when you have a government that doesn't care about local industry. Edited by Orange1290 (27 May 2021 6.37am)
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| dannyboy1978 27 May 21 6.49am |
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That's surprising
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| Badger11 Beckenham 27 May 21 7.51am |
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Originally posted by Orange1290
"Boris Johnson warned not to strike Australia trade deal that could 'decimate' British farming" Not a nice place trying to make deals as a 3rd country, especially when you have a government that doesn't care about local industry. Edited by Orange1290 (27 May 2021 6.37am) Any trade negotiation will impact somebody so far I have not heard what the UK will benefit from and that to me is the key question. I am not in favour of giving up our farming industry for nothing so what do we get in return. As for our farmers they have had 40 years of being funded by the taxpayer (CAP) and yet we have had many food / health scandals during this time. They may not be able to compete with Australian large scale farming so they should focus on quality. I would like to see any taxpayer support focused on free range, organic and environmental friendly produce, the public can then make the choice as to what they buy.
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| Orange1290 27 May 21 7.59am |
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Originally posted by dannyboy1978
That's surprising Not surprising at all as the report also states the reason: "China was the only major economy to see its global trade grow last year as it became the first big country to emerge from the pandemic." However it also states: "Despite a 23.1% fall in total trade with European Union countries as a whole in the period, the EU remains the UK's biggest trading partner, the report found." To put things into perspective, in 2020 Germany was the 3rd largest exporter of goods in the world, more than double the the value of UK exports at nearly 1.4 trillion. Germany has a population only 20% larger than the UK. It's really no contest in global trade. Edited by Orange1290 (27 May 2021 8.02am)
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| Badger11 Beckenham 28 May 21 11.50am |
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Never mind Brexit this is the real threat to peoples job
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