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Q. Will Father Christmas be given special Christmas worker status so that he can come to these shores or will he and his reindeer find access to British chimneys closed off?

So because the House of Lords is of that opinion that would be accepted by the EU? Splitting my sides at the thought!

21 Dec 2018

For info - various links below give information about the PM's proposed UK/EU deal Reality Check: Brexit withdrawal agreement - what it all means - BBC ... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46237012 25 Nov 2018 - Money. The draft agreement sets out the calculations for the financial settlement (or "divorce bill") that the UK will need to pay ...

21 Dec 2018

1. Euros - Japan and Canada were/are in a different situation than the UK with regard to the EU.  They have never been part of the EU 'club'. We have. And because we have, we still have outstanding commitments to honour/fees to pay. Not too sure how any country, with whom we would wish to set up a FTA, would regard our integrity to honour any commitments concerning the FTA if we default on ...

21 Dec 2018

er........the EU has just signed a Free Trade Agreement with Japan. This will take effect from Feb 1st 2019. This means there will be a free trade area for services and goods covering approx 650 million people. This trade deal took some five years to agree. I think you'll find that the EU has just gained a major partner - Japan. And then of course there's the recently signed off ...

Brent oil
21 Dec 2018

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But the application was withdrawn before whether or not it should be granted planning permission was considered at TDC. Therefore to claim that it received planning permission is incorrect.

Well the article was written in October of this year so hardly out of date although I grant you that things are very fluid at the moment. And perish the thought that anyone should take any notice of the insights into how the EU works, its priorities etc in an article written by someone who knows the EU very well. You been on the blower to the PM yet telling her that in your opinion there ...

19 Dec 2018

@ Burneside 1. Not questioning the result of the referendum. Questioning the consequence of the result.. Two entirely different things. 2. Suggest you contact T.May then and tell her to stop the stockpiling and preparations for No Deal. "No deal, if it happens, will be a process – not an event – managed by the EU to their negotiating advantage, just as the article 50 talks have been ...

19 Dec 2018

The UK Car Industry . Majop referred to this earlier on in the thread. "if you’re a Japanese or German carmaker in Britain, you can certainly organise the annual shutdown for 29 March and after, because you know things will be getting fairly hairy then. But sooner or later you’re going to have to go back to work and figure out how to make and sell cars with bits missing, because the ...