Brexit - the next steps

[Jack Knave]

I'm not trying to prove a negative, I'm trying to get you to prove (by which I mean show evidence for) a positive claim, namely hat the EU is fascist.

It was a general comment.

No you are right I can't, but I'm having fun trying.

Yes, you're very trying!

[Jack Knave]

What is the govt trying to achieve here? Do they know?


https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/i-feel-truly-ashamed-keith-burnett-theresa-mays-trade-mission-india

Basically it is about show and making friends etc., and where they want to take Britain i.e. future trade deals and so on. Only minor stuff will actually come from this visit.

[Nearly Sane]

Basically it is about show and making friends etc., and where they want to take Britain i.e. future trade deals and so on. Only minor stuff will actually come from this visit.

and it would appear that they missed the 'making friends' part wring and puffed up(lied) about the scale of achievement

[Jack Knave]

and it would appear that they missed the 'making friends' part wring and puffed up(lied) about the scale of achievement

That's politics for you. All puffed up with whisking spin.

[Nearly Sane]

That's politics for you. All puffed up with whisking spin.

just a pity that they failed on the making friends part

[Anchorman]

Nice wee comment "Orange is the new black" From "The Wee Ginger Dug", courtesy of "The National" newspaper. http://www.thenational.scot/comment/wee-ginger-dug-its-a-grave-new-world-for-the-us-and-for-us.24682

[Jack Knave]

just a pity that they failed on the making friends part

I get the feeling that May thinks she has the clout and presence of Thatcher. This will be her undoing as she reaches for the sun like Icarus.

[Nearly Sane]

I get the feeling that May thinks she has the clout and presence of Thatcher. This will be her undoing as she reaches for the sun like Icarus.

Thatcher the neo con you mean?

[Jack Knave]

Thatcher the neo con you mean?

She followed Reagan, so yeah. But possibly neo-neo-con.

[Nearly Sane]

She followed Reagan, so yeah. But possibly neo-neo-con.

can you print a little chart of these neo and neo neo cons, and neo libs and possibly neo old neo libs and people's front of neo old con libs?

[Jack Knave]

can you print a little chart of these neo and neo neo cons, and neo libs and possibly neo old neo libs and people's front of neo old con libs?

The chart gets too complicated, one has to take it on faith that it all makes sense.

[Harrowby Hall]

I don't know  but I would like to see where he gets the 14 billion a year figure from.

I presume he means all international students not just from India. Since he is the vice chancellor of a major university I assume that his figure is likely to be accurate - after all, THES is not the kind of publication which would allow him to get away with a largely incorrect figure.

[jeremyp]

I don't know  but I would like to see where he gets the 14 billion a year figure from.

It's believable. There are about 440 thousand foreign students in the UK. Fourteen billion means they each contribute around £30k. That would include their fees, stuff they buy, stuff the people who are paid through their fees buy and so on.

[jeremyp]

She followed Reagan, so yeah. But possibly neo-neo-con.

No she didn't. She gained power in 1979, Reagan gained power in 1981.

[Nearly Sane]

I don't know  but I would like to see where he gets the 14 billion a year figure from.

http://tinyurl.com/hc63ku3

[Sebastian Toe]

I presume he means all international students not just from India. Since he is the vice chancellor of a major university I assume that his figure is likely to be accurate - after all, THES is not the kind of publication which would allow him to get away with a largely incorrect figure.

That makes sense then if its not just Indian students. My bad!

[Nearly Sane]

I so hope this isn't true. The last thing we need is this to be screwed up.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37983948

[Jack Knave]

No she didn't. She gained power in 1979, Reagan gained power in 1981.

That's besides the point. The academic idea of neo-liberalism had been around for some years before either were elected into power.

[jeremyp]

That's besides the point. The academic idea of neo-liberalism had been around for some years before either were elected into power.

No it isn't. The point was that you said Thatcher followed Reagan when it isn't true.

[jeremyp]

I so hope this isn't true. The last thing we need is this to be screwed up.

Which bit? It's a racing certainty that there are differences between cabinet members on how best to handle Brexit. That doesn't mean they won't settle on a course and it doesn't mean they will screw it up.

Actually, it will be screwed up, at least in part, it's far too complex a problem to get it completely right.

It's interesting that nobody mentioned how much it was going to cost to leave the EU in purely bureaucratic terms. Maybe they can take it out of the £350 million /sarcasm.

[Jack Knave]

No it isn't. The point was that you said Thatcher followed Reagan when it isn't true.

Yes it is!!!

[Jack Knave]

Which bit? It's a racing certainty that there are differences between cabinet members on how best to handle Brexit. That doesn't mean they won't settle on a course and it doesn't mean they will screw it up.

Actually, it will be screwed up, at least in part, it's far too complex a problem to get it completely right.

It's interesting that nobody mentioned how much it was going to cost to leave the EU in purely bureaucratic terms. Maybe they can take it out of the £350 million /sarcasm.

The bureaucratic costs are in the short term, the £350 million/week is for life!!! So screw that up your mile high, non-reality, arse.

[ProfessorDavey]

the £350 million/week is for life!!!

the £350 million/week is a lie!!!

There you go - fixed it for you.

[Jack Knave]

the £350 million/week is a lie!!!

There you go - fixed it for you.

Doesn't matter what the actual sum is IT  IS  FOR  LIFE!!!!!!!

[Sebastian Toe]

Doesn't matter what the actual sum is IT  IS  FOR  LIFE!!!!!!!

£2.79 per week FOR LIFE.