Brexit

[JupiterMan]

I assume that you are both not quite as negative as you sound. From what I can see, the whole world's media is very positive. I agree with your main position. Brexit was a mistake and we will struggle to replace it ever. You are on the winning side. But, this is good all things considered and could have been much worse.

anything that improves UK relationship with Europe is positive, and anything that helps calms tensions in NI also

After six years of acting in bad faith and hostility to europe, I've lost much faith in ability for Tories/ERG being able to do anything constructive. We've been in similar places before, where the nutters come out of the woodwork days after apparent progress to again wreck things. And as long as Johnson is in the wings continuing to act like he is a PM, who knows how things will pan out.

so positive if this can get through, but sceptical also!

 

[petit_bateau]

As predicted,

"Jaguar Land Rover owner demands £500mn from UK for battery factory
Tata Motors will decide between Somerset and Spain for new plant within weeks"

(I'm sure the Somerset site was offered to Tesla, but Brexshit meant it didn't even pass the laugh test. In case anyone is unaware UK auto production has fallen by over 50% since the Brexshit referendum.)

 

[Buckminster]

Door opened for financial regulation deal

 

[petit_bateau]

EU view of NI administrativia arrangements branded as Windsor Framework. Somewhat different phrasing, summed by

"The solutions have been found within the framework of the Withdrawal Agreement, of which the Protocol is an integral part."
and

"Has the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union changed? : There is no change to the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union. The Court of Justice remains the sole and ultimate arbiter of EU law."

Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland after Brexit

Discover the political agreements between the UK and the EU to address the situation in Ireland and Northern Ireland after Brexit.

commission.europa.eu

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Highlights, press releases and speeches

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[petit_bateau]

US bank Citigroup said on Monday that it planned to double its number of staff in Paris by building a new trading floor in the French capital, part of a gradual shift by global lenders away from London after decades of using the UK as a hub for EU business............ “We’ve already moved quite a few and there’s more to go,” he said. “We’ve been able to hire talent in Paris that we would never have been able to attract in London.”

Brexit: EU suppliers wary about doing business in UK, warn manufacturers

Trade body Make UK adds to pressure on Rishi Sunak as it calls for reset of relationships with Europe

www.theguardian.com

 

[petit_bateau]

China’s BYD blames Brexit as it rules out UK for first electric car plant in Europe​

World’s largest EV and hybrid manufacturer is not the first to cite EU exit for such a decision

China’s BYD blames Brexit as it rules out UK for first electric car plant in Europe

World’s largest EV and hybrid manufacturer is not the first to cite EU exit for such a decision

www.theguardian.com

 

[petit_bateau]

JLR decline

How Jaguar Land Rover fell behind in the race to an electric future – and what it means for the UK

There are fears for UK industry as a whole as the country’s carmaking champion falls further behind wealthy rivals in the race for zero-emission vehicles

www.theguardian.com

 

[Buckminster]

I told you that the Scots were sensible...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1635285974799482880

 

[petit_bateau]

It is a tangled web we weave ..........

UK and Spain embroiled in post-Brexit row over Gibraltar passport checks

Spain is demanding that passengers wishing to cross the border must be checked by its police force

uk.style.yahoo.com

 

[EVNow]

I told you that the Scots were sensible...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1635285974799482880

You mean unlike the Brits

 

[Buckminster]

You mean unlike the Brits

Scots are Brits. Welsh are probably sensible. The English however...

I won't give my views on the Irish as I have only known a couple well. One from either side of the border.

Well better go and put those frogs in a box.

 

[Buckminster]

Elon might have hyper loop but we have superloop:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1640700483261136896

Max speed 40mph!

 

[petit_bateau]

Britons have more confidence in EU than Westminster, poll finds

Faith in bloc higher than that in UK parliament for first time in three decades of World Values Survey

www.theguardian.com

"The former Brexit secretary David Davis .....suggested that since Brexit, the media – he named the Sun, Daily Telegraph, Times and Daily Mail – have stopped “kicking Brussels all the time” as they did in the run-up to the 2016 referendum."

 

[Buckminster]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1641672228235296770

Not just UK getting hit here. Germany and UK autos will get a boost when manufacture is >90% robots. Will need to be multi floor factories also.

 

[Buckminster]

UK-Asia trade deal to boost UK economy by 0.08%
I was hoping for US deal but that was for personal subjective reasons. This is probably a better long term deal as more countries get inducted.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Elon might have hyper loop but we have superloop:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1640700483261136896

Max speed 40mph!

Not knowing London I don't know how useful that would be.

I used to use the Nottingham ring road buses on occasion. Service frequency was the main issue. If the timing right though, it was helpful because both of the hospitals and some other places were on the ring road and could allow people to get to places without having to go in and out of the city centre.

The usual hub and spoke models can be annoyingly slow. I cycled 45 miles to my parents' house once and it took 3 hours. Sometimes it would take longer than that on public transportation.

 

[petit_bateau]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1641672228235296770

Not just UK getting hit here. Germany and UK autos will get a boost when manufacture is >90% robots. Will need to be multi floor factories also.

GERMANY : -36% over 10 years, with new entrants (Tesla) being prepared to build a factory.

UK : -54% over 6 years with no new entrants, statements by many prospective entrants that they will not consider post-Brexshit UK, and exits by Toyota and Honda.

Hmmmm........

 

[petit_bateau]

Same old usual, Brexshit - and entirely and frequently predicted way back pre-referendum that this would be a consequence

"coach traffic suffered significant delays due to lengthy French border processes and sheer volume.”"

Port of Dover adds overnight sailings to help clear severe coach backlog

School holiday delays of up to 14 hours blamed on ‘French border processes and sheer volume’

www.theguardian.com

 

[petit_bateau]

More Brexshit reality, funny old world when the club you've just left still gets to veto your laws (or trade war)

Government retreats from Brexit bill plan to ditch EU laws

Climbdown likely after cross-party Lords revolt threatens to defeat Jacob Rees-Mogg’s retained EU law bill

www.theguardian.com

and, less money

French and German tourists turn their back on Brexit Britain

Industry leaders fear new entry restrictions and the UK’s tarnished image among some Europeans have caused a decline in EU visitors

www.theguardian.com

 

[petit_bateau]

Another UK Brexshit sh1tshow for the UK car industry

"Ineos, the company founded and run by the British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, will build an electric version of its new Grenadier off-road vehicle in Austria.
The electric version of the 4x4 will be developed with the Canadian car parts manufacturer Magna and production is scheduled to start in 2026. The decision means that the UK has missed out on building a second Ineos vehicle, after Ratcliffe, a vocal Brexit backer who is resident in Monaco for tax purposes, chose a French factory for the original Grenadier."

Brexit backer Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos to build electric Grenadier in Austria

Britain misses out on building second Ineos vehicle, after company chose France for original model

www.theguardian.com