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Gran Canaria mate.
A Norwich shirt? Mmm...........................................couldn't ever happen!
Ah go on Col. You would look splendid in yellow heading off on your hols. Enjoy Gran Canaria. It is a great little island. I tend to go at least once a year in the Winter. Enjoy.
What was wrong with Cuba Fingles? I was toying with the idea of giving the island a visit.
Most people that go there go to a resort, Veradero for example and they stay in plush 5 star hotels. I stayed with local Cubans in Havana and kind of lived the life of a Cuban and I found it quite difficult to accept the poverty mainly. Some food items are really hard to find and the shops are just sad places with hardly any goods in them. The food I found awful to put it mildly and there is huge amounts of prostitution as the people are desperate for money. On the plus side, the people are nice, some of the old buildings are really nice and the old cars are nice. Everything else is in a bad state of disrepair. I just found it all very third world and not cheap.
Thanks for the heads up mate. I guess that's communism for ya? A potentially beautiful island that's inhibited by the politics. Maybe a stopover on a cruise is the best option.
Yep - long live capitalism. After 6 days, I was delighted to get out of it. When I arrived in Mexico it felt like a different world completely and much more advanced. To summarise, I would not recommend Cuba for a holiday.
unless you stay in a hotel away from the prostitutes(or you might get a better class of prostitute in the 5 star)
you can stil see the buidings and cars no doubt from the comfort of an air conditioned bus
you can stil see the buidings and cars no doubt from the comfort of an air conditioned bus
Turns out that the UK blocked an EU - India trade agreement after 13 rounds of negotiation starting in 2007, because of stuff around legal and financial services. So much for our bold free trade credentials.
Priti Useless Patel banging on about the 'will of the people' yet again. A small majority of people who voted wanted to leave the EU, expressed in an inarticulate one word 'leave'. They didn't give a mandate to a clique of Tory nobodies to interpret this in any way that suits them from day to day.
Priti Useless Patel banging on about the 'will of the people' yet again. A small majority of people who voted wanted to leave the EU, expressed in an inarticulate one word 'leave'. They didn't give a mandate to a clique of Tory nobodies to interpret this in any way that suits them from day to day.
It's what a decades long trade embargo, including medical products, gives you. Plus communism. Give it a couple of years now Obama has helped the US loosen up a bit and it will be just like all the other Caribbean islands.
Glad you liked Mexico Fingy, my favourite place visted ever, though it was a long time ago. Gets a, probably justified, bad press at the moment because of all the violence, but a great place and people.
If you like Mexicans you don't need to go to Mexico, come here, they're everywhere.
But there are more Sceptics where you are aren't there? Never mind, love them too.
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NZ, Britain launch talks on a new free-trade deal as Brexit date looms
Last updated 05:16, October 18 2016
JOHN HAWKINS/REUTERS
Trade Minister Todd McClay met with his British counterpart in London.
The government and Britain's government agreed overnight to set up regular trade policy talks to help push for greater global trade liberalisation and reform as Britain leaves the European Union.
Britain, which voted to leave the bloc in June, is keen to court countries outside the EU on trade, but cannot formally agree any deals until it has left the bloc, a process which will take at least two years from when it starts divorce talks.
British Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will trigger the formal divorce procedure - Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty - by the end of March next year.
TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS
Britain Trade Secretary Liam Fox said he's looking forward to working closely with the New Zealand government on a deal.
Trade Minister Todd McClay met his British counterpart, Liam Fox, in London on Monday (early Tuesday morning NZ Time), to get the talks underway.
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* New Zealand trade rethink required if Brexit campaign succeeds
* Brexit: Opportunities and threats for New Zealand business
* What a Brexit would mean for New Zealand
McClay said New Zealand was eager to agree a deal.
"The UK is a major trading partner for New Zealand, and we have signalled our interest in a free-trade agreement with them when they are in a position to negotiate one independently of the European Union," he said.
"In the meantime, we hope this dialogue will allow us to develop a better understanding of one another's trade interests."
Fox said in leaving the EU, Britain had opportunities "to drive even greater openness and put Britain at the forefront of global trade".
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New Zealand was among the Commonwealth member states targeted by British officials as potential areas of growth.
"This new trade policy dialogue reflects a strong political commitment from New Zealand and the UK to take the lead in pushing for greater global trade liberalisation and reform and I look forward to working closely with them."
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NZ, Britain launch talks on a new free-trade deal as Brexit date looms
Last updated 05:16, October 18 2016
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JOHN HAWKINS/REUTERS
Trade Minister Todd McClay met with his British counterpart in London.
The government and Britain's government agreed overnight to set up regular trade policy talks to help push for greater global trade liberalisation and reform as Britain leaves the European Union.
Britain, which voted to leave the bloc in June, is keen to court countries outside the EU on trade, but cannot formally agree any deals until it has left the bloc, a process which will take at least two years from when it starts divorce talks.
British Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will trigger the formal divorce procedure - Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty - by the end of March next year.
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TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS
Britain Trade Secretary Liam Fox said he's looking forward to working closely with the New Zealand government on a deal.
Trade Minister Todd McClay met his British counterpart, Liam Fox, in London on Monday (early Tuesday morning NZ Time), to get the talks underway.
READ MORE:
* New Zealand trade rethink required if Brexit campaign succeeds
* Brexit: Opportunities and threats for New Zealand business
* What a Brexit would mean for New Zealand
McClay said New Zealand was eager to agree a deal.
"The UK is a major trading partner for New Zealand, and we have signalled our interest in a free-trade agreement with them when they are in a position to negotiate one independently of the European Union," he said.
"In the meantime, we hope this dialogue will allow us to develop a better understanding of one another's trade interests."
Fox said in leaving the EU, Britain had opportunities "to drive even greater openness and put Britain at the forefront of global trade".
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New Zealand was among the Commonwealth member states targeted by British officials as potential areas of growth.
"This new trade policy dialogue reflects a strong political commitment from New Zealand and the UK to take the lead in pushing for greater global trade liberalisation and reform and I look forward to working closely with them."
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