The pressure on capacity is on the west coast, the eastern port of Savannah is undergoing a massive investment programme. Farage's mate Trump has indicated there will be a vast increase in spending on infrastructure including ports. He will make sure those dealing with good old Blighty are adequate.
You need to try to understand how important fiscal policies and competences are. A successful country is one where unemployment is low with sufficient economic growth to pay for adequate services. One that has the most respected law system in the world. One where citizens of other nations clamour to live in given the chance. One where it is possible to start a business with ease with no barriers for anyone who has the desire to achieve. I would describe an unsuccessful country as one with high unemployment with the young particularly hard hit. It would also have polarised political views with the far right in ascendency. The failing countries would include those with political instability and also those with an inability to properly control its borders.
Which countries have the highest living standards SH ? and by living standards I mean that as being shared amongst the bulk of the population. Which have the highest overall standards in education, health, democratic accountability, security in old age, physical safety, transparency, political activity, environmental protection etc. certainly not the USA. and certainly not Britain. Of course you can create zero hour contracts, casual hire fire employment, enforced freelance work and cut down the unemployed figures through these means. But is this real employment ? Also, Britain looks to be politically pretty unstable at the moment.
Britain is the most politically stable country in Europe. We have minuscule support for the far left and the far right, unlike Germany, France etc etc. Best Countries for Education How we score MORE Best Countries for Education MORE please log in to view this image please log in to view this image United Kingdom #1 in Best Countries for Education #3 in Best Countries Located off the northwest corner of Europe, the United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain – which contains England, Scotland and Wales – and the northern portion of the island of Ireland. The U.K. is a highly developed nation that exerts considerable economic, political, scientific and cultural influence internationally. The nation’s global influence has its roots in the British Empire that formed during the European colonial era and peaked in the early 20th century before embarking on decolonization following World War II. The United Kingdom of today dates to the formation of the Medieval Kingdom of England, and later, the establishment of a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy in the 17th century. The national government is divided between executive, legislative and judicial branches. The prime minister is the head of government and appoints members of the cabinet. more $2.7 trillion GDP 64.5 million POPULATION $39,511 GDP PER CAPITA, PPP please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Canada #2 in Best Countries for Education #2 in Best Countries Canada takes up about two-fifths of the North American continent, making it the second-largest country in the world after Russia. The country is sparsely populated, with most of its 35.5 million residents living within 125 miles of the U.S. border. Canada’s expansive wilderness to the north plays a large role in Canadian identity, as does the country’s reputation of welcoming immigrants. Although the Norse briefly settled in Canada during the 10th century, European exploration accelerated in the 1500s. France and Britain angled for control over the region, with the British cementing their dominance in 1763. The country was a collection of British colonies until it became a self-governing dominion in 1867. more $1.8 trillion GDP 35.5 million POPULATION $44,843 GDP PER CAPITA, PPP please log in to view this image please log in to view this image United States #3 in Best Countries for Education #4 in Best Countries The United States of America is a North American country, half the size of Russia, bordering Canada and Mexico. The country is the world’s most dominant player in terms of economic and military might, and has left a significant cultural imprint in part due to its entertainment industry. After experiencing terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. launched its so-called War on Terror, which included the Iraq War and the ongoing war in Afghanistan. The war has had wide-reaching effects on the country’s politics, economy and global alliances. more $16.8 trillion GDP 318.9 million POPULATION $54,597 GDP PER CAPITA, PPP please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Germany #4 in Best Countries for Education #1 in Best Countries Germany, the most populous nation in the European Union, possesses one of the largest economies in the world and has seen its role in the international community grow steadily since reunification. The Central European country borders nine nations, and its landscape varies, from the northern plains that reach to the North and Baltic seas to the Bavarian Alps in the south. more $3.7 trillion GDP 80.9 million POPULATION $45,888 GDP PER CAPITA, PPP please log in to view this image please log in to view this image France #5 in Best Countries for Education #8 in Best Countries It is difficult to overstate the influence France has on the world, both in the past and today. Located in Western Europe, France is one of the world’s oldest countries, and its reach extends around the globe through science, politics, economics and perhaps above all, culture. Starting in the Middle Ages, France evolved through kingdom, empire and finally, into a republic. It was one of the first nations to champion the rights of the individual. France today is a democracy with a separation of power falling between executive, legislative and judicial branches of government. more $2.8 trillion GDP 66.2 million POPULATION $40,375 GDP PER CAPITA, PPP please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Australia #6 in Best Countries for Education #6 in Best Countries The Commonwealth of Australia occupies the Australian continent. The country also includes some islands, most notably Tasmania. Indigenous people occupied the land for at least 40,000 years before the first British settlements of the 18th century. more $1.6 trillion GDP 23.5 million POPULATION $46,433 GDP PER CAPITA, PPP please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Sweden #7 in Best Countries for Education #5 in Best Countries The Kingdom of Sweden, flanked by Norway to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east, expands across much of the Scandinavian Peninsula and is one of the largest countries in the European Union by land mass. Capital city Stockholm was claimed in the 16th century, and border disputes through the Middle Ages established the modern-day nation. more $580.0 billion GDP 9.7 million POPULATION $45,986 GDP PER CAPITA, PPP please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Japan #8 in Best Countries for Education #7 in Best Countries Japan, one of the world’s most literate and technically advanced nations, is an East Asian country made up of four main islands. While most of Japan is covered by mountains and heavily wooded areas, the country’s roughly 126 million people lead a distinctly urban lifestyle. Long culturally influenced by its neighbors, today the country blends its ancient traditions with aspects of Western life. more $4.9 trillion GDP 127.1 million POPULATION $37,390 GDP PER CAPITA, PPP please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Denmark #9 in Best Countries for Education #10 in Best Countries The Kingdom of Denmark emerged in the 10th century and includes two North Atlantic island nations, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Along with Sweden and Norway, it forms Scandinavia, a cultural region in Northern Europe. Copenhagen, Denmark’s capital, also serves as the country’s cultural and industrial hub. With a population of more than 1 million, Copenhagen is home to notable institutions such as the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. Copenhagen also serves as a hub connecting Northern Europe with the rest of the world, with the largest international airport in Scandinavia, an active port, a subway system and the Oresund Bridge, connecting the city with Malmo, Sweden. more $336.0 billion GDP 5.6 million POPULATION $44,343 GDP PER CAPITA, PPP please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Netherlands #10 in Best Countries for Education #9 in Best Countries Situated along the fringes of Western Europe, the Netherlands is a coastal lowland freckled with windmills characteristic of its development around the water. Three major European rivers - the Rhine, Meuse and Schelde - run through neighbors Germany and Belgium into the nation’s busy ports. The Kingdom of the Netherlands emerged in 1815 after years of Spanish and later French occupation. In 2010, a collection of island territories in the Caribbean known as the Dutch Antilles were disbanded, but Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten remain constituent countries within the Kingdom. Known as Dutch, the people of the Netherlands have formed a tolerant society. In 2001, the country became the first to legalize same-sex marriage, and national stances on drugs, prostitution, euthanasia and abortion are liberal. Holland also boasts the highest concentration of museums in the world. It was the birthplace of Rembrandt and Van Gogh, as well as the microscope, telescope and thermometer. More than 1,000 bridges and 20,000 miles of bike pathsconnect the densely populated nation, with most citizens concentrated in a grouping of cities along the coast, known as the Randstad. Much of the country is underwater, and the 40 million people that touch down in capital city Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport each year land more than a dozen feet below sea level. The seat of the government is located about 40 miles southwest of the capital in The Hague. The Dutch operate under a constitutional monarchy with an elected parliament, within which there are two main political parties. In 2012, leaders of the two parties signed a cooperative coalition agreement, focused on improving health care, the housing market, the labor market, foreign policy and the energy sector. [Explore the top universities in the Netherlands.] Known for its tulips, this high-income, developed nation is one of the world’s leading exporters of agriculture, an industry that has become mostly mechanized. An open-market policy and prime transportation location help the Netherlands maintain a trade surplus, but the economy continues to recover from an expensive stimulus program designed to help it bounce back after the economic downturn in 2009. The Netherlands is active in United Nations peacekeeping efforts and headquarters The International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court in The Hague. It was a founding member of NATO and the modern-day European Union, of which it has been quite vocally supportive. more $854.0 billion GDP 16.9 million POPULATION $47,355 GDP PER CAPITA, PPP
Where do you drag up your statistics from - out of thin air ? There have been several studies made of comparative school systems, and not one of them places Britain that high. The WEF. rankings for overall education systems (including Univ.) is: 1. S. Korea 2. Japan 3. Singapore 4. Hong Kong 5. Finland For only the school system (and this is the important one): 1. Finland 2. Equal - Switzerland and Belgium 3. Singapore 4. The Netherlands
In the 2016 social progress report the UK was one of the 'very high social progress' countries coming in at number 9. Germany and France were merely in the 'high social progress' band at numbers 15 and 18 respectively. The 2016 universities 21 annual rankings of national systems of higher education puts the UK in 4th place. Germany is 16th, France 17th, Spain 24th. This is based on resources, environment, connectivity and output.
Where is the source ? And is it an independent one ? What social progress report - done by who ? Mine come from the WEF = World Economic Forum, and yours ? Or do you just quote things at random, not questioning their source ?
I had my son-in law here for the day, who works in the Pharmaceutical Approval Industry. The European Medicines Agency is based in London, employing 4,500 experts from all over the continent, many being very specialized in specific fields. There has been speculation since the referendum that if the UK leaves the EU the EMA would go to. It seems that the departure has already started. My s-i-l works for an American company that has used the UK as it's base for a foothold in Europe. Directly after the vote the office in London was closed, some of the staff were relocated to the Brussels office, while others lost their jobs. The week before Christmas my s-i-l was asked to go to Limoges to discuss with some companies there the possibility of setting up what was the UK operation in France. From the e-mails he has received back it looks very likely to happen. The USA companies that sell medicines into the EU have to comply with very strict rules set out by the EMA. The attitude of the American companies is one of dealing directly with the EU institution rather than going through the UK as they do now. Should the UK be outside the EU and wanted the pharmaceutical companies to continue selling, then the EU compliance rules would still have to be adhered to. So nothing would change, except for the loss of jobs, the loss of revenue to the government and the loss of experts in their field working alongside their British counterparts.
Seems to be some sort of US media sponsored survey..... http://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/best-education There are no indicators seemingly other than three questions asked of respondees ......
This is terrible. It is, of course, an example of the reality of the stupid example of 'democracy' we witnessed in June. The glib answer is that this ties in with Mr Gove's "Britain's had enough of experts" argument.
France has been shunned by commercial businesses for many years as a place to invest in due to its unrealistic labour laws. This has been recognised by Fillon who may or may not have a chance to correct them. Some leading American industrialists have even gone on to say 'you would need your head tested to invest in France'. This is one of the reasons why the unemployment rate is twice that of the UK. In the spirit of 'entente cordiale' we don't mind giving France a small number of jobs to help them in their desperation, particularly when 500,000 state workers are set to lose theirs. The UK is such an attractive location for inward investment creating jobs is no problem.
Interesting to get the breakdown of expats and migrants. More migrants will come to UK than entire EU populations if Britain stays in single market, warns think tank 7 Comments please log in to view this image Border Force check the passports of passengers arriving at Gatwick Airport CREDIT: OLI SCARFF/GETTY IMAGES please log in to view this image The best budget hotels in Europe Read our expert guide to the top cheap hotels for European city breaks. Read more › Steven Swinford, deputy political editor 29 DECEMBER 2016 • 12:01AM More migrants will come to Britain than the entire populations of Bulgaria, Latvia and Lithuania combined if the UK stays in the Single Market after Brexit, a think tank has warned. A new analysis by Migration Watch found that unless free movement is curbed after Brexit more than 12million people will come to Britain over the next 25 years, putting an ever increasing strain on public services. It warned that the scope for a "significant reduction" in the level of migration is "extremely limited" if Britain remains a member of the single market and is subject to free movement rules. please log in to view this image People queue outside London City Airport CREDIT: YUI MOK/PA WIRE The think tank's intervention adds to mounting pressure on Theresa May to formally rule out membership of the single market after Brexit in a move that has been described as a "hard Brexit". Lord King, the former head of the Bank of England, said earlier this week that the Government should stop "pretending" that Britain will remain a member of the market after Brexit. Alp Mehmet, vice chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: "“This research spells out the very serious consequences for our society of net migration continuing at its present scale with membership of the single market resulting in a relentless increase in our population. ADVERTISING please log in to view this image Immigration and passport control, Terminal 2, Heathrow CREDIT: WRONAPHOTO.COM / ALAMY "An increase of anything like 12 million in just 25 years is, quite simply, unacceptable to the British public and certainly not what they voted for in the referendum.” The most recent official figures showed that total international net migration - the difference between the number of people arriving and leaving the country - was at a near record estimated level of 335,000 in the year to the end of June. The paper from Migration Watch suggests that net migration, including both EU and non-EU migrants, is likely to remain at more than 300,000 in the medium to long term unless Britain leaves the single market. Watch | Boris Johnson clarifies his position on EU immigration 01:14 Net migration from the European Union alone will remain at 155,000 as migrants are drawn to Britain by the prospect of higher wages and more jobs. The report found that the UK's minimum wage remains three times higher than that of Poland, five times higher than in Romania and six times higher than in Bulgaria. Migrants will also continue to be attracted to Britain because of the high rates of youth unemployment in southern Europe. please log in to view this image A European Union flag in front of Big Ben CREDIT: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/PA WIRE The report says: "At a time when the UK government is seeking to close the budget deficit it is hard to see where the money will come from to provide the additional schools, GP surgeries, hospitals and housing, not to speak of how the country’s road and rail networks will cope with such rapid growth. "The housing crisis, already having a huge impact on people’s lives, is bound to worsen. Indeed we would have to build a new home every four and a half minutes just to house the new migrants and their families." It urges Mrs May to introduce a work permit system to control the numbers coming to the UK. It says: "Leaving the single market would allow the UK government to control the entry of EU citizens. "We have recommended that they should have visa free access unless they wish to work. "Workers would have to apply for Work Permits that would be confined to those offered highly skilled work. We estimate that this would reduce net migration from the EU by about 100,000 a year and would significantly slow our population growth." The Prime Minister has said that controlling migration will be a red line in her negotiations with the European Union, but has repeatedly refused to rule out staying in the single market. 7 C
Your use of external propaganda is getting more and more like Dr. Goebbels every day. Try bringing in your own material and arguing your own case before resorting to bringing in this type of alarmist rubbish. The actual numbers of EU. migrants are less than for many other EU. countries - in fact, per head of population, about average. EU. migrants are also under represented amongst claimants of social benefits - compared to both non EU. migrants and to natives. Britain simply does not have a 'problem' with European migration - you just need scapegoats to blame for all of Britain's ills. If it's not them it is Scotland, the EU. the lefties, the Unions - soon you may have no scapegoats left.
The article included a chart with the breakdown of each country, for some reason it did not copy. Britain does have a problem with unregulated numbers of migrants from the EU, that was the main reason why Britain voted to leave the EU after Cameron failed to achieve any kind of sensible control. You ask for facts but when presented with them you try to dismiss the findings. The UK is not the only country unhappy with the direction the EU is heading. A recent WIN/Gallup poll of 15,000 showed 89% in Greece, 82% in France, 79% in Italy and 62% in Germany did not like the eurocrats idea of more common government. This has encouraged the rise of far right wing populist parties. Hopefully the mass sexual attacks on German citizens will not be repeated in Cologne on new year's eve. I don't think the police will be allowed to disgracefully hide details if it happened again.
Dr Goebbels would have been extremely proud of his countrymen in the way they manipulated news of the attacks to avoid embarrassment to Merkel after her disastrous open door policy.
When I first moved to France I found a class locally that I hoped would improve my language skills that were basic. Our teacher was a lovely lady from Burnley, who introduced us students to her husband and two small daughters. The elder one Heather was a nine year old, who had been to school in England, but now went to one of the local schools. Over the years I watched Heather growing up, going on to secondary school and then university. Part of her studies included working abroad, which took her to Peru for a year, where she taught English to children in schools. She then spent another six months working with children in Spain. While on her travels she stopped in the USA, Canada, and Germany. Recently she wrote an article for a local magazine about her experiences and how it had helped to form her outlook on the world that she will have to live in. As she speaks French with a flawless accent and English with an equally good Lancashire one she said that people often asked her did she feel more English or French. Her response always was that she felt a citizen of the world firstly and European secondly. It is uplifting when I do meet up with her these days as she has grown up to be just as lovely as her mother. It makes me ashamed to know that there are so many who can only see their own noses, only want to talk about keeping foreigners away from them, only try to blame others for their own failures and think that they can isolate themselves from the rest of humanity. Heather has grown up into a fine young woman who has a far wider view of life and the world than many who wish to pull up the drawbridge and retreat into a country of the past that will never return. All countries have problems, but as Heather said in her article, people need to work together to get the best for all.
Remember the above post from June 24th? The FTSE Futures 100 Index has just reached an all time high, perhaps somebody needs to buy our Farage a pint?
SH. the percentage of the British population coming from other EU. countries makes up 5% of the overall population. That is an insufficient number to be asking the EU. for 'special conditions' - the rates are far higher in Germany, France, Belgium or the Netherlands. In terms of 'hiding details' when referring to the German police - it is illegal to publically give out the nationalities or ethnic origins of people who have committed crimes, or who have been arrested. I think that this may be the same in the UK.
As they say - travel broadens the mind. It certainly did for me - and one day I may pay a visit to my old school to try to find out if I ever did pass those O levels. Or maybe not, as they really only represent what I still view as a wasted four years of my life.
I and millions of others were pleased the EU gave Cameron nothing because it ensured Brexit would happen. Hopefully evoking article 50 can proceed smoothly and on time.
