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#2000 Re: EU Referendum
March 20, 2017, 12:46:39 pm
Re Murdoch and Dacre - I don't think either of them have made any donations in the UK. Murdoch has donated in the US to both sides.

Dacre was a big fan of Gordon Brown. I could quite easily him turning against a bloated big Tory majority after this increasingly likely snap general election in May.

And then Keir Starmer (and his haircut) can get on with rebuilding Labour.

Maybe...

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#2001 Re: EU Referendum
March 21, 2017, 10:11:25 am
If you think we've got it bad, have you been following the situation in Bongobongoland?

https://flipchartfairytales.wordpress.com/2017/03/17/special-report-bongobongoland/

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#2002 Re: EU Referendum
March 24, 2017, 01:09:04 pm
Brexit means Brexit. Which might mean the Welsh, who overwhelmingly voted for it, have royally shot themselves in the foot. http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2017-03-24/ukip-access-to-european-single-market-critical-for-welsh-farmers-post-brexit/

We didn't mention this before, nope, not at all...

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#2003 Re: EU Referendum
March 24, 2017, 01:56:20 pm
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MARK RECKLESS AM, CHAIR OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

I wonder if he marked his ballot paper recklessly?

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#2004 Re: EU Referendum
March 24, 2017, 02:38:15 pm
Which might mean the Welsh...

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I'm sorry  I just have to check "A Ukip Welsh Assembly Member says rural communities must not lose out as a result of Brexit and access to the European single market is a "critical priority" once Britain leaves." that would be the same single-market that May has ruled out membership of then.

Am I seeing things or are these people just insane?

Having read further he's only talking about tariff-free trade so possibly not mad just very optimistic.
« Last Edit: March 24, 2017, 03:00:16 pm by i.munro »

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#2005 Re: EU Referendum
March 24, 2017, 04:20:02 pm
Which might mean the Welsh...

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I'm sorry  I just have to check "A Ukip Welsh Assembly Member says rural communities must not lose out as a result of Brexit and access to the European single market is a "critical priority" once Britain leaves." that would be the same single-market that May has ruled out membership of then.

Am I seeing things or are these people just insane?

Having read further he's only talking about tariff-free trade so possibly not mad just very optimistic.

"Let them eat cake!"




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#2006 Re: EU Referendum
March 24, 2017, 05:18:58 pm
Let them eat gateaux.

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#2007 Re: EU Referendum
March 28, 2017, 06:32:42 pm


Indey ref #2 "The Krankies' Revenge".

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#2008 Re: EU Referendum
March 29, 2017, 01:50:46 pm
I felt a ripple in the force yesterday, millions of voices going Noooooooo

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#2009 Re: EU Referendum
March 29, 2017, 02:22:53 pm
I'm wondering if I can recoup some of the money this has cost me with a punt on how much more I'm going to lose today.

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#2010 Re: EU Referendum
March 30, 2017, 10:17:07 am
This has been put up in Witney
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8Cv8S-W4AIOD0U.jpg

Brexit going well, taken 9 months to write 6 page letter.
48 hours or something for it to be hand delivered.
Why couldn't it be simply emailed?

Lloyds moving offices to Brussels, first a trickle followed by an exodus.

Britshit negotiating positions
Plan a) make sure that we are no worse off than we are now, why bother.
Plan b) no deal definitely worse off than we are now.

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#2011 EU Referendum
April 04, 2017, 05:12:23 pm
I tried the "walking out" tactic with Mrs OMM, once.

Once.

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2017/04/memo-my-select-committee-colleagues-you-cant-walk-out-brexit





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#2012 Re: EU Referendum
April 05, 2017, 01:29:03 pm
It would appear that DEFRA are no longer calling the Water Framework Directive the Water Framework Directive. They're calling it the Water Environment Improvement Fund.

Thank heavens we Took Back Control and can now exercise our sovereignty by adopting the same legislation as before and rebranding it.

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#2013 Re: EU Referendum
April 05, 2017, 04:29:32 pm
Heaven forbid some of it was quite good and useful.

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#2014 Re: EU Referendum
April 05, 2017, 05:38:12 pm
It would appear that DEFRA are no longer calling the Water Framework Directive the Water Framework Directive. They're calling it the Water Environment Improvement Fund.

Thank heavens we Took Back Control and can now exercise our sovereignty by adopting the same legislation as before and rebranding it.

Can't find any news on this Will..

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#2015 Re: EU Referendum
April 05, 2017, 06:11:49 pm
News came through the internal channels. Someone at the EA telling someone at our place.

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#2016 Re: EU Referendum
April 07, 2017, 09:31:40 am

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#2019 Re: EU Referendum
May 04, 2017, 07:51:54 pm
Brexit plan all going well, when in doubt piss off fellow Europeans.
Mayhem, with the cheap shots, what a dick.
EU meddling in the General election, for f*cks sake you could make it up.
Strong and stable she doesn't give a rats ass.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/may/04/european-commission-dismisses-theresa-may-claims-as-electioneering

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#2020 Re: EU Referendum
May 04, 2017, 09:19:24 pm
There's votes in it, according to Lynton, so rat's ass indeed.

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#2021 Re: EU Referendum
May 10, 2017, 07:55:25 pm
The Brexit ripples starting to spread out.
First a trickle of bad news, watch for the tsunami out on the horizon.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/10/university-of-manchester-to-axe-171-staff-amid-brexit-concerns

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#2023 Re: EU Referendum
May 11, 2017, 08:42:49 am
The Brexit ripples starting to spread out.
First a trickle of bad news, watch for the tsunami out on the horizon.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/10/university-of-manchester-to-axe-171-staff-amid-brexit-concerns

It seems to me when such University senior managent teams blame nearly everything, the real fault is closer to home. This restructure almost certainly has nothing to do with Brexit.

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#2024 Re: EU Referendum
May 11, 2017, 10:00:52 am
The Brexit ripples starting to spread out.
First a trickle of bad news, watch for the tsunami out on the horizon.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/10/university-of-manchester-to-axe-171-staff-amid-brexit-concerns

It seems to me when such University senior managent teams blame nearly everything, the real fault is closer to home. This restructure almost certainly has nothing to do with Brexit.

Well, Manchester are normally pretty quick to trim things back if an area isn't recruiting/bringing in £££

But, the main areas hit are Medicine, Business and the Arts.

Medical research is heavily funded by EU/joint EU funding (IIRC its one of the research areas most likely to be hit hardest). Business may well see a drop off in EU students - not sure if they have an MBA (bet they do) and this is an area that in the past has been hit by changes in visa issues and external perception. Arts subjects... well many are in decline for student numbers, so I doubt this has much to do with EU stuff...

I suspect a good chunk are being made with Brexit considerations in mind - but also a good chunk are ones that would be made anyway. From management perspective it makes it easier to swing past staff/unions (not that they do anything in HE anyway..) than 'regular' cuts...

 

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