Bigus wrote: » The days of high oil prices is a busted flush in 2018 , as a result of alternative renewable energies such as wind( as high as 65% of Ireland's total electricity requirements sometimes), solar and energy storage along with much more efficient ICE and even electric cars. High oil prices would only hasten role out of these alternatives, ultimately collapsing the price forever which is not in the oil producers interest. Interesting theory all the same dublinbuster to bring some logic to Brexit. If it's worse for us we'll make sure it's a disaster for you , type of logic .
An Ciarraioch wrote: » Meanwhile, Sam Coates reports that the new backstop will be published tomorrow, will be much the same as the leaked one, but the time limit will be diluted, only ending if/when an alternative solution can be implemented.
May had planned to send the plan to Brussels this week, possibly as soon as Wednesday, but she was forced to put it on hold after Mr Davis led a rebellion by Eurosceptic cabinet ministers," the report says. The plan didn't make it clear that any border-smoothing moves would be temporary and Davis felt it could leave Britain in the EU indefinitely. May leaves for the G7 in Canada this afternoon. Update: Comments from a UK govt spokesman are now crossing the wires. He says the government will publish the backstop plan for Northern Ireland 'soon'. The BBC also reports that the plan is coming today so it's possible May has told Davis that she's going ahead with it despite his objections
He says he wants to concentrate on one aspect of the new partnership the UK wants with the EU after Brexit - that is, the need for the partnership to stand the test of time. That is why they UK has avoided briefing against the EU, he says. It wants to ensure the two sides can have a relationship of trust after Brexit. He says the new relationship should not ignore the decades of trust and collaboration that has existed for years. Cooperation has kept the peace and kept people secure. He says the UK does not need to be in the EU for that cooperation to continue. But it does need trust, he says. Anyone who doubts that does not know their British history, he says.
trellheim wrote: » Fury over Galileo ( but in all honesty what did he expect here ? )
Too bad. The current PM is so busy ensuring her survival that she has little time to compromise with the EU. The EU itself is -by its very nature- a commitee organisation: they follow a rule book and decisions such as Brexit rely on unanimous approval from the government of the member states. Which means that there is a lack of flexibility or boldness to tackle the problem. It is more difficult to try to solve the problem than coping with it. And this is why, unless the Brexiteers decide to make bold decisions, the UK is very likely to crash out of the EU. Everybody will lament the outcome, and nobody will own the decision.
Nody wrote: » Saw this comment on an Indo article and I think it sums things up quite well atm:
Over half of recruitment companies could not find the labour even in the "quiet" first months of this year, the Association of Labour Providers says ... Ninety-nine percent of seasonal workers on British farms come from Eastern Europe. Two-thirds of these come from Romania and Bulgaria.
dublinbuster wrote: » The UK "plan" is text book Sun Tzu art of war
Kermit.de.frog wrote: » https://twitter.com/ImIncorrigible/status/1004420793969840130 Davis reported to be refusing to present backstop plan tomorrow.
Thargor wrote: » Twitter thread where the Leave.EU guy basically calls Johnson/Mogg Davis etc a load of charlatans:https://twitter.com/PeteNorth303/status/1003992951557681152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fukpolitics%2F I think they're starting to feel the crunch coming.
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