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07-29-20, 11:10 AM | #12781 |
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https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/29/u...gbr/index.html
I think Johnson'S Brexit plan needed a strong EU attention focus on the issue, on which he then could surf his Brexit agenda. But the wave has been collapsed by Corona and now he has nothing to surf on. TheEU has issues on its mind that are more relevant for the EU members. This lack of attention focus on the UK is somethign that takes all wind out of the UK's sail, as far as its intended future relation the the continent was concerned. EU members simply do not care anymore. And Johnson has nothing anymore to use for blackmailing them to enforce their interest or attention. Brexit simply is not much relevant for the EU anymore. The new terrible EU fiscal regime - open destruction of the Masstricht treaty, collectivisation of debts and the ECB now openly financing states nd no longer hiding it that it does, and the union collectively making new debts - renders the costs of an unregulated Brexit irrelevant. Its a fiscal-political nightmare what they have done in those four days. Worst it could not have gotten. The illusion the EU bought with this desaster summit, will last only shortly. But they will be enough to make it impossible for the UK to keep the EU busy with thgreats or intidmiation attempts. That all has become irrelevant, thanks to a tiny virus.
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07-29-20, 01:19 PM | #12782 |
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And so both sides must go on their separate ways.
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07-29-20, 03:05 PM | #12783 |
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08-01-20, 05:08 AM | #12784 |
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Here is a list of those who are being honoured or should I say 'set up for life'?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53606083
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08-03-20, 12:48 PM | #12785 |
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Documents on UK-US trade talks, leaked ahead of the 2019 general election, were stolen from an email account belonging to Conservative MP Liam Fox, it has emerged.
The papers were published online and used by Labour in the 2019 campaign to claim the NHS would be put at risk. The UK government has said Russians almost certainly sought to interfere in the election through the documents. A criminal inquiry into the leaking of the documents is underway. A spokesman for the National Crime Agency confirmed it was leading the investigation, but added he could not comment further. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53642923
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08-03-20, 01:05 PM | #12786 |
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08-05-20, 08:01 AM | #12787 |
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Boris Johnson: Spitting Image puppet unveiled ahead of relaunch
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53662230
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08-06-20, 02:14 PM | #12788 |
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An opinion piece from "Die Welt".
The media dismay over the decision by the British government to exclude foreign and security policy from the Brexit negotiations is limited. On the one hand, this is realistic: there is basically no common European foreign and security policy that would be worth negotiating about. On the other hand, this impotence is an expression of the very lack of interest. In Germany, for example, they were never ready to evaluate the dependence on Russian gas supplies or Chinese car buyers from a strategic point of view. In Britain, on the other hand, the political class and the media maintain the primacy of politics. For example, Boris Johnson, along with the other powers in the Anglosphere - the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - has reacted much more sharply to the suspension of democracy in Hong Kong than the European Union, which is led by business interests. Although Great Britain originally hoped to conclude advantageous business relations with China after breaking away from the EU as "Global Britain", it tacitly buried this hope in the face of Chinese aggression and also conceded its decision to allow the Chinese company Huawei to expand the UK 5G network participate. For the British, intelligence cooperation within the Anglosphere, the so-called "Five Eyes" alliance, was more important. For a few months now, London has been promoting another form of international cooperation: a club of the ten most important democracies, the "D10", consisting of the G-7 members - USA, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Japan - plus Australia, South Korea and India. The primary goal: to develop an alternative to Huawei technology for 5G and to secure critical supply chains. Even if London assures that the club should not represent an anti-Chinese alliance, the contours of an alliance are emerging that defends liberal against state monopoly capitalism, democracy against authoritarianism. Germany should not stand aside, but actively promote the D10 with London and advocate that the EU should not only enjoy observer status there, as with the G7, but should also have a seat and vote. Thus, the most important foreign and security policy questions between the EU and its ex-member would be clarified. https://www.welt.de/debatte/kommenta...gen-China.html
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08-14-20, 10:19 AM | #12793 | |
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08-15-20, 12:42 PM | #12794 |
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New Zealand is "very frustrated" with the pace of post-Brexit trade talks with the UK, the country's deputy prime minister has said.
Winston Peters said the UK's EU membership had not left it "match fit" to negotiate its own agreements around the world. The UK opened trade talks with New Zealand in July, but will not be able to sign a deal until next year. The government said talks on a deal had been "positive and productive" so far. Speaking to Times Radio, Mr Peters said the "prescription" for an agreement "could have been already virtually signed up to". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53755640
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