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Latest opinion polls in Germany show the Greens on 22%, making them the second most popular party - as we have been for the last 10 surveys. With Angela Merkel giving her last speech as leader of the CDU today the overall picture here could be changing. Something of a distraction I know, but if SH. can do it so can I. <laugh>
 
colognehornet said:
Latest opinion polls in Germany show the Greens on 22%, making them the second most popular party - as we have been for the last 10 surveys. With Angela Merkel giving her last speech as leader of the CDU today the overall picture here could be changing. Something of a distraction I know, but if SH. can do it so can I. <laugh>
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What is the AfD's polling rate?
 
So it is now admitted that stockpiling six weeks of medicines will not be enough with the chaos in Kent likely to go on for six months. The government would do far better to invest money into the NHS rather than buying space to store these items. 1,000 less doctors rather than the 5,000 promised, 3 weeks for an appointment. Priorities totally wrong. Cancel the whole ridiculous experiment, and tell people that the money can be spent on improving their lives.
 
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oldfrenchhorn said:
So it is now admitted that stockpiling six weeks of medicines will not be enough with the chaos in Kent likely to go on for six months. The government would do far better to invest money into the NHS rather than buying space to store these items. 1,000 less doctors rather than the 5,000 promised, 3 weeks for an appointment. Priorities totally wrong. Cancel the whole ridiculous experiment, and tell people that the money can be spent on improving their lives.
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There'll be no point in getting all that medicine as the way it's going there'll be no nurses to administer it.... To be fair that isn't all down to Brexit but it sure as hell hasn't helped matters.
 
oldfrenchhorn said:
So it is now admitted that stockpiling six weeks of medicines will not be enough with the chaos in Kent likely to go on for six months. The government would do far better to invest money into the NHS rather than buying space to store these items. 1,000 less doctors rather than the 5,000 promised, 3 weeks for an appointment. Priorities totally wrong. Cancel the whole ridiculous experiment, and tell people that the money can be spent on improving their lives.
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The French are bound to induce difficulties at the ports until those French areas with already very high unemployment demand their government stops the shenanigans to prevent further suffering to their inhabitants. No wonder the far right have strongholds in these Northern areas.
 
superhorns said:
The French are bound to induce difficulties at the ports until those French areas with already very high unemployment demand their government stops the shenanigans to prevent further suffering to their inhabitants. No wonder the far right have strongholds in these Northern areas.
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It doesn't matter how or why such events happen, none of them would have done under the current arrangements. Stop trying to blame others for something that you didn't worry about when you voted.
 
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It doesn't matter how or why such events happen, none of them would have done under the current arrangements. Stop trying to blame others for something that you didn't worry about when you voted.
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I fully appreciated the capacity for the French to cause disruption, I have witnessed it before at the ports. Most Brexiteers knew there would be some hassle especially with a no deal scenario but well worth it to be free of the dysfunctional EU claptrap.
 
superhorns said:
I fully appreciated the capacity for the French to cause disruption, I have witnessed it before at the ports. Most Brexiteers knew there would be some hassle especially with a no deal scenario but well worth it to be free of the dysfunctional EU claptrap.
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The French will find it easy to cause the UK lots of disruption, they have perfected it so well on themselves!!!

90,000 to be deployed this weekend, this is almost total anarchy. It makes the UK's political woes seem like a picnic.

Eiffel Tower closed as Paris braces for worst 'yellow vests' protests
 
Lord Howard now saying that we should prepare to leave without a deal - and then accept all EU goods with no tariffs or new documentation even if the EU doesn't reciprocate. I can definitely see the logic in that but a) I don't think EU businesses will be allowed to send to us under current arrangements whereby they are obliged by EU rules to have different documentation and procedures (certainly for agriculture and fisheries) and b) it won't go down well with UK businesses trading with the EU if they don't see reciprocity. On the plus side it's good to see someone seeking to build bridges in a pragmatic and constructive way.
 
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Lord Howard now saying that we should prepare to leave without a deal - and then accept all EU goods with no tariffs or new documentation even if the EU doesn't reciprocate. I can definitely see the logic in that but a) I don't think EU businesses will be allowed to send to us under current arrangements whereby they are obliged by EU rules to have different documentation and procedures (certainly for agriculture and fisheries) and b) it won't go down well with UK businesses trading with the EU if they don't see reciprocity. On the plus side it's good to see someone seeking to build bridges in a pragmatic and constructive way.
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The big flaw in his suggestion is that a trade deal along the lines of the Canada one is that it could be done in 12 months. Although he might be trying to help, it looks like a further method of creating even more chaos. How could our exporters work without a transition, something that will not exist without acceptance of the withdrawal agreement?
 
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