Is Britain about to leave the EU?

[Arakhor]

Or the UK or anyone with any sort of exception.

 

[Kyriakos]

You aren't in the Eu anymore so you don't count.

 

[Arakhor]

I'm not sure our government has quite worked out what it is or isn't, yet.

 

[Lillefix]

I'm not sure our government has quite worked out what it is or isn't, yet.

Considering they are banned from several EU meetings, it seems like EU has already decided for them

 

[Arakhor]

Theresa May doesn't appear to agree, claiming that the UK will still take a full role in EU affairs until Brexit (which she keeps insisting actually means Brexit, without ever saying what that means).

 

[Cheetah]

^Indeed, the Eu is known to put the interest of member countries first. As long as they are Germany or France.

Or sub-Belgian, as this case shows.

Just face it: the EU is pretty damn democratic.

If you're upset that it didn't do enough to help Greece, I can agree. But lets also remember that the EU wasn't, and isn't, empowered by its member countries to help in such cases. If anyone let Greece down it wasn't the EU, but the national states which cared more for their own voters than the citisens of Greece.

 

[Arakhor]

Which doesn't absolve the Greek government or electorate of course, but that applies in in most democratic countries.

 

[innonimatu]

Or sub-Belgian, as this case shows.

We'll see. If the EU bureaucrats actually fail with CETA I may reevaluate the danger they pose. But I hold very little hope that they won't find a way to impose it.

 

[Snerk]

Is CETA as bad as TTIP?

 

[Manfred Belheim]

It isn't the English government, though, whatever the more sanguine Scots nationalists might insight. It's the British government, and it's remit runs the length of the country. Directly involving itself in local affairs suggests, at best, a certain lack of focus.

I know it's not the English government! I openly acknowledged that in the very post you're quoting. This is all just getting so far away from the point I was making now. Whether or not they're being too involved or not involved enough in this particular local affair, or local affairs in general, is absolutely irrelevant to my comment. I was just commenting on the (as I read it) notion that England would be the first place that Westminster would relax its grip on, rather than the last. I saw it as a complete logical reversal of reality.

 

[Takhisis]

Is CETA as bad as TTIP?

I'm not sure regarding the free-trade parts, but there was a tiny bit there about companies operating in Canada (say, all Internet giants) being allowed to sue EU governments.
Also, read this article: Think Canada is a progressive paradise? That’s mooseshit, which might help.

(warning: link has four-letter word referring to excrement)

 

[FriendlyFire]

Wasnt this the plan all along ?
Remove the last of the workers protections and slash business tax.

Brexit: UK warns EU that it will halve business tax

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...x/news-story/f802a0a6de55559807bb7e76b7f4e6f9

 

[JohannaK]

I'm not sure regarding the free-trade parts, but there was a tiny bit there about companies operating in Canada (say, all Internet giants) being allowed to sue EU governments.
Also, read this article: Think Canada is a progressive paradise? That’s mooseshit, which might help.

(warning: link has four-letter word referring to excrement)

Butbutbut muh Trudeau

 

[Manfred Belheim]

(warning: link has four-letter word referring to excrement)

Erm... yeah. We can see it in the link text above this. Thanks for the "warning".

 

[Verbose]

Is CETA as bad as TTIP?

Does it matter if it cannot be passed?

Which is the interesting bit regarding what kind of trade deal a post-exit Britain might get with the EU — i.e. possibly none.

 

[Verbose]

Wasnt this the plan all along ?
Remove the last of the workers protections and slash business tax.

Brexit: UK warns EU that it will halve business tax

That might trigger a kind of "tax-war" between the EU and the UK... Can the UK win one?

 

[GoodSarmatian]

I'm not sure regarding the free-trade parts, but there was a tiny bit there about companies operating in Canada (say, all Internet giants) being allowed to sue EU governments.
Also, read this article: Think Canada is a progressive paradise? That’s mooseshit, which might help.

It's basically a lower profile backdoor TTIP where US companies would just have to set up subsidiaries in Canada to sue EU governments over regulations.

 

[Takhisis]

Erm... yeah. We can see it in the link text above this. Thanks for the "warning".

I thought it's be censored out of the link.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

I'm still traumatised.

 

[EnglishEdward]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/educatio...h-lower-grades-jump-the-university-queue.html



Are universities and experts lying about the need for supplementing their income with foreign student fees? If they lose this stream of income, where are they going to get their funding? The Tory government?

Unsurprisingly, you're living under the Brexit rock. This isn't news, but since you left higher education like 40 years ago, you probably have no idea. The hallmark of the Brexit voter is pretending to know more than they do.

I have read such reports, but no, I do not believe them.

What has become quite apparent to me over the last 40 years is that universities no
longer primarily care about research or about education, but are really about making money.

As de facto commercial entities it is therefore only to be expected that they
will prioritise educating those who can pay the most.

And if it is, often one child, Chinese parents who can pay most for their children,
then following capitalist principles, the universities understandably prioritise those.

That is not about need, it is about greed.

Nine thousand pounds a year is rather a lot of money to pay for tuition. While tuition costs may vary according to
subject, I have seen no evidence that most subjects can not be taught for nine thousand pounds per year.

I rather suspect that the foreign student premiums are instead used to pay for grandiose projects, keeping up
with the Americans etc and vice-chancellor bonuses, rather than in cross subsidising UK students.