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But Paul, can you please advise us of what "The Plan" consists of?
Don't know exact details yet as, quite rightly, the Government will not be releasing them before entering into negotiations with the EU. I would hope that the plan includes regaining control of our borders, laws and money rather than them being dictated to us by an unelected, undemocratic body.
If you can, then you are clearly a major player in HM Government because it appears to most of us that no one in high office has frankly the first idea as to what "The Plan" is.
I would happily negotiate with the EU if the Government wanted me to. No chance would they get anything like 60 million euros as an exit fee if it were down to me.
Seems to me that the phrase "Bloody shambles" sums the present position re HM Government re this matter.
And Labour's position is what exactly? Give us a clue?
Which given the massive importance that this issue has and will continue to have on all of our lives over the next decade or more is a damning indictment on the party that has got us into this dreadful situation.
Depressing reading!! This is the most fantastic opportunity the UK has had in 40 years. The world is our oyster without the shackles of the EU.
Thanks to the utter self interest of the 'Nasty Party', we know find ourselves outside of our biggest market and in an unequal battle of 27 v 1 (which we will never win).
I heard that we contribute more to the EU than 20 0f the 27 counties you are referring to collectively. The EU needs us as much as we need them. A sensible trade agreement can and will be achieved. If it isn't it's a massive loss for the EU, we hold the stronger cards.
Oh, and remind me. How much of that £350M per week that the 'Out' campaign said would be directed back to the NHS has so far found its way into its coffers?
Don't have exact figures but the money saved from being outside the EU should indeed be put into the NHS, Social Housing, Social Care and many other areas in our country that is starved of cash. It could well be that Labour will have to deal with the money saved in a couple of years time, would you not trust them with it either?
I'll tell you.
Nowt. Zero. Bugger all. Diddly squat. Zippo.
Some of the money saved from not being in the EU can be used towards new public toilets on our beach fronts where people can go to "spend a penny"Poole have shut most of their beach-front public toilets. 7 miles of glorious beaches to attract the family holidaymakers, but nowhere to go for a pee.
so when you talk about pooled admin resources - those are shared with other councils like cornwall, hampshire etc?
Something I was told to-day about students loans can anyone confirm if it's true or false.The government sell on the debt to a private company who charge interest on it monthly.I thought the government at the time said the loan would be interest free?.
A bit like some parts of Northwich being in Weaver Vale and other parts of Northwich in Tatton. Seems a bit silly to me.i mean that my council tax in East Dorset is collected by a central facility consisting of Poole, East Dorset, Purbeck, North Dorset Councils, while my East Dorset council shares a central admin team with Christchurch and North Dorset. It is all rather complicated, with Poole and Bournemouth being unitary authorities administratively distinct from Dorset County Council, and the councils at District Council level having a degree of autonomy from the county, this being a rural area
That's the simple version.
Knutsfordian - as ever you make some very reasonable suggestions and points. Having worked in both the public and private sectors in the last decade, I see this from 'both sides'Student debt is charged at inflation plus (I think 3%) so currently about 6%. Its an absolute disgrace. Our young grads are being fleeced. Its the greatest scandal of our time.
Not quite Paul - that;s the constituency boundaries. Not the same as local authorities
The services that Alan refers to are I suspect a hash up of previous council functions where some councils have been amalgamated but the council that collected (say) council tax continues to do so.
What I am talking about is a service to collect taxes (as an example) for a number of counties or authorities so the costs are shared. I don't think this happens. So taking the police as an example all the local constabularies are self contained, rather than sharing costs and services.
What I am talking about is a service to collect taxes (as an example) for a number of counties or authorities so the costs are shared. I don't think this happens. So taking the police as an example all the local constabularies are self contained, rather than sharing costs and services.
It's interesting that many people believe that student fees/loans are a Conservative policy. They were brought in by labour at very short notice.
Nikki, my memory is that the 3 day week was brought in because of the amount of strikes the unions were calling, pretty undemocratically (i.e. on a very small turnout) forcing the government of the day to do it. As I remember principally the miners under Joe Gormley. This was probably the reason the milk snatcher was so pig headed when King Arthur took his miners out, believing he could bring the government down - all he did was double-handedly bring down the mining industry in this country (double handed because he was every bit as pig headed as she was). At roughly the same time as Scargill the steel unions were also out for best part of a year but luckily the steel industry was not killed off then, probably the reason why no-one seems to remember that particular strike. Luckily for me I worked in a specialist area within BSC, notably steel fabrication and erection, where we did most of our work overseas and our union (Steel Industry management Association) did not take part in it anyway, but I know it cause tremendous hardship to large parts of the work force.I bet you there are more people who (wrongly) believe it was Labour who bought in the 3-day week back in the 70s!
I guess these sorts of things happen because people repeat a lie (or mistruth) often enough that people begin to forget what really did happen. Social media has served to quicken the pace at which the truth gets lost.
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