Brexit

[Witton Park]

Just out of interest, why do you want to remove that duty? Would that not wipe out EU and UK footwear manufacturing?

The UK Government has voted against the footwear anti-dumping measures on every occasion since the were introduced late 90s and been defeated. The UK Govt is not alone voting against them. It is around a 65/35 split.

As a test of whether we have had a genuine Brexit or not, the removal of such duties gives a clear indication that we have control of our own trade policy.

DT is right. We have hardly any factories left, but the ones we have would not be affected by the removal of anti-dumping duty.

[Oracle]

There are a number of celebrated myths , that even the EU promote on a web page somewhere that ,for example "EU is accused of controlling banana straightness" which it does not. eg here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6481969.stm

They prefer discussing these myths rather than the true stupidities like moving the entire parliament including all aides once a year on the so called gravy train at the french behest costing billions. That is actually true. So EU would rather not talk about it. They definitely go silent when asked about the irrecoverable balance of Italian Target2 at ECB or the bank bond collateral rules that will collapse italian banks. Which I cite as an example of something most would not understand but proves the stupidity of EU banking and that the euro will fail. There is a lot of stupid stuff the EU would rather hide, that is mostly too arcane for the average person to know it exists.

They prefer discussing bent bananas to the real problems of their own making.

[Wheeze]

I thought it was cucumbers??

[Oracle]

I thought it was cucumbers??

Both. The crazy thing is there IS an EU document about quality of bananas that mentions the bend or straightness! It just mentions it as one quality factorand doesnt put a limit on it, which is why EU claims bend is not mandated so therefore a myth that bend is prescribed. But it is a 1000 other EU mandates that bother me, this is a non issue.

[Jez Hellewell]

Both. The crazy thing is there IS an EU document about quality of bananas that mentions the bend or straightness! It just mentions it as one quality factorand doesnt put a limit on it, which is why EU claims bend is not mandated so therefore a myth that bend is prescribed. But it is a 1000 other EU mandates that bother me, this is a non issue.

This makes sense. I hate it when my banana won’t fit in my protective banana guard.

[Derby Tup]

This makes sense. I hate it when my banana won’t fit in my protective banana guard.

Straighter bananas - well worth billions of pounds of our money and a hundred plus pages of tripe on here

[mr brightside]

Has this thread made any masters yet?

[shaunaneto]

Has this thread made any masters yet?

https://goo.gl/maps/wqwHnyQeKzF2

Not sure it’s relevant to be fair

[Stagger]

Interesting that the PM is trying to bully/bribe the government in to backing her.

Typically a tory policy.

[Oracle]

Interesting that the PM is trying to bully/bribe the government in to backing her.

Typically a tory policy.

Bullying? Tory? Hardly. Momentum and militant own the intimidation franchise.
I dislike her, and May is too much an administrator not a leader, but she is the only MP that comes away from this with integrity intact.
Corbyn has proven to even doubters he is the most disingenuous and unprincipled MP in the house. He will say or do anything for power. Which is why he is the most unpopular leader in history, not that his sycophants care.

The behaviour of MPs, the speaker, lords and labour are a constitutional disgrace.