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If only Sturgeon kept her strength over this brexit fuckery, instead she has diluted her initial proposition. Typical politician. No honey, time to take Scotland out of the divided kingdom of turds, should have done that 3 years ago...

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8 hours ago, pjcowley said:

If only Sturgeon kept her strength over this brexit fuckery, instead she has diluted her initial proposition. Typical politician. No honey, time to take Scotland out of the divided kingdom of turds, should have done that 3 years ago...

Well, she's done all she can at this point. The devolved parliaments were promised they would have an integral role in the negotiations and it was a lie. So another referendum probably will will be on the cards...maybe in 2019. The polls aren't where they need to be at this point though. There's so much uncertainty over...well...EVERYTHING politically at this point. I think it will happen though, I've seen so many people personally switch sides after this Brexit fiasco, and the simple fact of the matter is that economically it's going to kill the country, so is there any choice?

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3 hours ago, Kim said:

Well, she's done all she can at this point. The devolved parliaments were promised they would have an integral role in the negotiations and it was a lie. So another referendum probably will will be on the cards...maybe in 2019. The polls aren't where they need to be at this point though. There's so much uncertainty over...well...EVERYTHING politically at this point. I think it will happen though, I've seen so many people personally switch sides after this Brexit fiasco, and the simple fact of the matter is that economically it's going to kill the country, so is there any choice?

I know... sigh she's one of the very few current politicians who doesn't make me barf. I very much hope leaving the kingdom will happen, both for Scotland and Northern Ireland, whilst staying in the EU. Let hard Brexit England become a fake tax heaven with all those amazing trade deals outside Europe the pendulum mop-head will attempt to make. Let hard Brexit England rot in genetically modified products and chlorine washed chicken imported from their beloved trading partner the USA. Let hard Brexit England moan about import costs from European countries skyrocketing after the divorce takes place.

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3 hours ago, pjcowley said:

I know... sigh she's one of the very few current politicians who doesn't make me barf. I very much hope leaving the kingdom will happen, both for Scotland and Northern Ireland, whilst staying in the EU. Let hard Brexit England become a fake tax heaven with all those amazing trade deals outside Europe the pendulum mop-head will attempt to make. Let hard Brexit England rot in genetically modified products and chlorine washed chicken imported from their beloved trading partner the USA. Let hard Brexit England moan about import costs from European countries skyrocketing after the divorce takes place.

This is why I'm SNP, independence or not...

 

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29 minutes ago, Kim said:

This is why I'm SNP, independence or not...

 

 

When they raised those tuition fees, my goodness

It's not just that they raised them, they triplicated them on a yearly basis if I'm not mistaken

I'm just wondering whether the London property market will suddenly burst, Brexit or not

I have friends who have been there for years and they told me it's become ludicruous

Like you can't get anything for less than £400k in London and the average price in smaller cities is not that far below either

Let's not talk about the rent situation

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16 hours ago, pjcowley said:

Brexit will wipe UK out of history: It will no longer be the UK

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The Brexit crisis is not the only emergency facing the UK and leaving the EU could spell the end for another union

The UK is facing a major crisis because of the consequences and complexities involved in exiting the European Union.

But an even greater calamity lies buried in the Brexit debacle.

The underlying condition of the constitutional order – whose malaise makes the Brexit debacle possible – could see the United Kingdom exit not just from the EU but from existence.

The Supreme Court has ruled that there must be a Parliamentary debate on whether to trigger Article 50. Efforts by Theresa May and the Brexit cabal to dodge a full Parliamentary debate are in effect efforts to sideline the principles on which the Supreme Court reached this view, and the role of Parliament.

This is a subversion of our representative democracy, and is a vivid symptom of what is so badly wrong with the British polity.

To understand the crisis that the UK is facing, recollect the facts.

The EU referendum of 2016 was not prompted by any downturn in relations between the UK and the EU or any threat posed by Europe to our prosperity, security or well-being.

On the contrary, the UK was benefitting handsomely from EU membership in many respects, from the staffing of the NHS to the leading role of the UK in European science, from the huge and profitable role of the City in European as well as global finance to the equally profitable business and investment conduit into Europe that the UK represented.

No, there was no problem with EU membership, though xenophobic irritation at immigrants (often fellow EU citizens) in some quarters, mendaciously exacerbated by the Daily Mail and its ilk, masked the net contribution that their presence in the UK makes.

 

 

Instead the EU referendum was promised by David Cameron to spike the guns of the Tory right-wing, and to prevent the loss of votes to UKIP in some constituencies. It was entirely an internal Conservative Party matter.

Cameron doubtless did not expect there to be a referendum because he did not expect to win a majority in the 2015 election. When to his surprise he did so, he lazily and thoughtlessly allowed the referendum to be poorly organised.

 

 

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1 hour ago, karbatal said:

And there he is,  laughing and getting money for doing all wrong 

All of them. All of the people responsible of recent messes are not being questioned. 

He should be trown out of UK together with Theresa and that Brexit mess should be forgotten

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Brexit: UK tourists to continue paying internet roaming fees despite EU ban

‘Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 on roaming will no longer apply with respect to the UK’

British holidaymakers will have to continue paying EU roaming charges after they’re scrapped this June, according to a leaked document created by the European Parliament’s committee on industry, research and energy.

From 15 June, mobile phone users travelling in the EU will be able to make calls, send texts and use the internet at the same price they pay at home.

However, Brexit means British people will be unlikely to benefit from the new roaming rules from 2019, when the country is expected to exit the EU.

“Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 on roaming will no longer apply with respect to the UK, impacting business and other travellers to and from the UK,” reads the document, an analysis of the UK’s impending EU withdrawal.

It adds that “transitional arrangements will be necessary”.

Unless the UK Government strikes a deal with the EU, British consumers spending time abroad will face hefty phone bills again in the near future.  

Mobile networks such as Three and Tesco Mobile have already scrapped roaming charges for customers travelling to a selection of European countries.

The Government's European Union bill is set to be debated by MPs this week for its Committee Stage. 

However, opposition MPs have been accused of trying to block Brexit after tabling 146 pages of amendments to it – despite it being just eight lines long.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/brexit-latest-news-uk-tourists-internet-roaming-fees-phone-date-eu-ban-citizens-a7564926.html

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Theresa May insists she has 'mandate' to impose hardest possible Brexit

The Prime Minister says she has the authority to pull out of the EU with no trade deal – which would force British exporters onto World Trade Organisation tariffs

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Theresa May has insisted she has a “mandate” to impose the hardest possible Brexit, potentially imposing huge tariffs on businesses trying to sell in the EU.

Ahead of further debate on the Article 50 Bill, the Prime Minister said she had the authority to pull out with no fresh trade deal, if necessary – forcing Britain onto World Trade Organisation (WTO) tariffs.

Before the referendum, the Treasury warned that falling back on those tariffs would trigger an economic slump, forecasting a 7.5 per cent hit to GDP by 2030.

For that reason, some alarmed Conservative MPs will vote with Labour tomorrow to try to force a “meaningful” vote on the outcome of the Brexit negotiations, in 2019.

They want it to be early enough for the Prime Minister to be required to go back and seek better terms from the EU if there is no agreement, or if MPs reject the terms she has reached.

It has been suggested that, if defeated in Parliament on her exit terms, Ms May would call a snap general election to win a mandate directly from voters.

But, asked if she had a “mandate for WTO tariffs”, the Prime Minister’s official spokeswoman said: “There was a decision put to the British people, ‘do you want to stay in the EU or do you want to leave’.

“And it came back very clearly that people wanted to leave the EU – so, yes, the PM has a mandate to deliver on the decision of the British people.”

However, the spokeswoman suggested WTO tariffs would not be necessary, adding: “We are approaching this with a view that we are going to make as success of this and that we can achieve the right deal for Britain in the negotiations.”

She also refused to give ground on Opposition demands for the final vote to be before any agreement is debated – and voted upon – by the European Parliament.

It was expected to be “at the outcome of the negotiations, as the process is being taken forward both here and in the EU,” she said.

Asked in what way “no deal” could be better than a “bad deal”, Ms May’s spokeswoman pointed to the central aims of regaining control of immigration and law-making, while getting the “best possible comprehensive trading deal”.

The spokeswoman also hinted that the Prime Minister was unlikely to accept any of the amendments that will be tabled to the Article 50 Bill over the next two days.

She said: “We've been very clear, we think this should be a straightforward bill about giving the Government the power to deliver on the decision of the British people.”

MPs will debate the Article 50 Bill at its detailed committee stage for the next two days, before a vote on its third and final reading at 7pm on Wednesday.

Flashpoints will come tonight over whether the Government must report back regularly to Parliament on the status of the negotiations and over Brexit’s impact on the devolved nations.

Tomorrow, Labour and the Tory rebels will attempt to force an early “meaningful” vote on the outcome and the Liberal Democrats will push for a further referendum on the exit terms before Brexit is completed.

On Wednesday, Ms May will come under pressure to guarantee the rights of 3m EU citizens in Britain - before the negotiations get underway. 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-mandate-hard-brexit-article-50-bill-wto-eu-tariffs-prime-minister-treasury-customs-union-a7565316.html

 

Shameful demented fascist coward bitch.

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Brexit: British workers 'facing explosion of zero-hours contracts and fewer rights'

More than three million people now work in insecure jobs - one in 10 employees in the UK

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British workers face “cut-rate, bottom-of-the-league protections” after Brexit, with more zero-hours contracts and fewer guarantees over holiday and equal pay, the TUC has warned, as it publishes a damning report highlighting the soaring number of insecure jobs in the UK.

The number of workers without guaranteed hours or basic employment rights has risen by more than 660,000 in the past five years, the study found.

Labour said an "explosion" of insecure jobs was likely unless fundamental workers’ rights were protected. 

And the dire situation many employees now face is predicted to intensify once the Government drags the UK out of the EU.

TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady said insecure work had become “the new normal for far too many people” and the problem was “getting worse” as Theresa May pushes ahead with a hard Brexit. 

“If the Government rushes to the bottom on employment rights after Brexit, we could see even more of these dodgy contracts,” she told The Independent.

“People in Britain deserve better than cut-rate, bottom-of-the-league protections at work.”

More than three million people now work in insecure jobs, representing one in 10 employees in the UK. That is up from 2.4 million in 2011.

TUC research showed the 27 per cent rise in insecure jobs was being driven by traditional industries, such as teachers, carers and the service sector. 

It suggests those on lower salaries could be hit hardest by the shifting jobs market. 

Those employed in newer, technology sectors, for example, were better insulated from the changes in employment conditions, the federation of trade unions found. 

Shadow business minister Jack Dromey questioned Ms May's sincerity in protecting workers' rights.

"Under the Tories, Brexit risks making a bad situation worse," he said. "I simply do not believe assurances that Theresa May will protect workers’ rights that are currently guaranteed by membership of the European Union. 

“Labour will fight to make sure that the Tories do not use Brexit to rob British workers of their rights. Britain must not become an offshore island with British workers the poor relation to their European neighbours.”

Labour backbencher Melanie Onn, who tabled a series of amendments to the Government’s bill and introduced her own bill to safeguard workers’ rights derived from EU legislation, said the Tories had a mandate to leave the EU but not to "downgrade the rights of workers".

“There is a great risk that without fundamental workers’ rights, which come from the EU, we will see an explosion of temporary, insecure jobs and zero hour contracts," she told The Independent.

The TUC report reveals workers are increasingly faced with zero-hours contracts – where they have no guaranteed minimum income each month and the hours they work fluctuate – and fewer protections for casual, agency or temporary staff over 'benefits' such as sick pay.

Jobs in the arts and entertainment sector are most likely to face insecurity, a league table of industries shows, with two-thirds of actors and artists judged to be in unprotected employment. This is followed by those in other service industries, such as hairdressers, fitness instructors and cleaners, as well as taxi, train and lorry drivers, where around a third of jobs are classified as insecure. 

The EU acts as a safeguard against any government overriding basic rights - from limits on working hours to guaranteed maternity rights.

Ms May has promised that existing rights will be guaranteed and the Great Repeal bill will convert all EU laws, including the ones relating to employment rights, to UK law. 

But unions and MPs fear that the UK could fall behind the rest of the EU after Brexit, as Brussels enacts greater protections while Westminster enforces the status quo.

Ms O'Grady added: "Insecurity at work is becoming the new normal for too many workers. 

“It's happening across new and old industries, with workers forced onto shady contracts, whether they're Uber drivers, bar staff or teaching assistants.

"People need jobs they can live on and build a life around, but if you don't how much work you will have from one day to the next, making ends meet is a nightmare.

"The rules that protect workers need to be dragged into the 21st Century."

Despite Ms May’s pledge to protect rights, threats from the Government to slash corporation tax if they don’t get a good deal from Brussels will raise fears that workers’ rights could be ripped up in an effort to retain businesses in Britain. 

At the weekend, Chancellor Angela Merkel cautioned Downing Street against slashing levies on firms operating in the UK, saying Germany would not enter a race to the bottom on regulations and taxes. 

Unison general secretary Dave Prentis also warned about employment rights being ripped up.

"If the Prime Minister pushes ahead with a hard Brexit things are set to get a whole lot worse," he said. 

"Then we're likely to see employment rights being scrapped right, left and centre. 

"And with European citizens making up a significant proportion of the social care workforce, any lingering uncertainty over their right to remain could soon lead to severe shortages of experienced care workers."

A spokesman for the union Unite added: “A lot will depend on what happens after the Great Repeal bill and whether Theresa May sticks to her word on workers’ rights not being diluted once we’ve withdrawn from the EU. 

“Either way there are some things the Government can do here and now such as beefing enforcement to crack down on rogue bosses, Government ministers supporting trade unions in addition to following the lead of New Zealand where a conservative government banned zero hours contacts.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest-news-workers-zero-hours-contracts-rights-warning-a7565761.html

 

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On 03/02/2017 at 2:28 AM, XXL said:

Theresa May 'hires Daily Mail political editor James Slack as chief spokesman'

Mr Slack would become the second 'Daily Mail' political editor to work for the Conservative Government

Prime Minister Theresa May has reportedly hired The Daily Mail's political editor James Slack as her chief spokesman.

Mr Slack will replace Helen Bower, who will go on to work as Boris Johnson's director of communications at the Foreign Office. 

He will be responsible for No 10's twice daily briefings with political journalists in the Houses of Parliament.

 

If his appointment is confirmed, Mr Slack will become the second political editor from the tabloid to work for the Conservative Government.

James Chapman left the paper in 2015 to work for forrmer Chancellor George Osborne, as his chief of communications.

He is now director of communications for Brexit secretary David Davis.

A spokesman for No 10 declined to comment.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-daily-mail-political-editor-james-slack-appointment-a7557696.html

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1 hour ago, Kim said:

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We have the same problem in Australia.  Too many newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch who hires the most right wing, anti migrant, anti women, anti union, anti Aboriginal writers imaginable.   We call it the Herald Scum.  It is not as dreadful as the Daily Fail but has the same political view point and uses fear of immigrants all the time. 

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Sorry to bring Australian Politics into the Brexit thread, but this does relate and there is not enough Australians here to have this discussion anywhere else on the forum.  The rise of the conservatives in Australia is very frightening and now ultra conservative and major Brexit supporter Corey Bernadi has left the Coalition to form his own conservative party.   Corey is a devoted Catholic whose idol is Margaret Thatcher and he even has her picture on his desk.   He was thrilled Brexit got up and part of the new conservatives that seem to be speaking more loudly than ever and emerging Worldwide.  He is anti immigration, anti marriage equality, anti climate change discussion and anti refugees.  Just a few examples of him below 

“I consider myself a conservative rather than right wing,” he says in his city office. It’s a claim that would be easier to swallow if the largest picture on his desk wasn’t one of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, a woman who defined a particularly fierce brand of right-wing political theory. Bernardi loves Thatcher. He has written to her, read her books and the highest compliment Bernardi pays his wife Sinead or mother Jo is to compare them to the Iron Lady. He is happy to describe himself as an “ideological warrior” but denies he is an extremist, a racist or a bigot. He is pleased, however, to celebrate his climate-change scepticism.

“I don’t think I am even extreme in the political culture of the day,” he says. “I think I reflect what a great many people think. That might not be politically correct but based on the responses I get from ordinary Australians they are grateful that someone is prepared to do it.”

If you were to depict Cory Bernardi’s politics in art it’d be a picture of man guarding a path above a slippery slope. He’d be armed with a very long bow. In his book, The Conservative Revolution, Bernardi claims the attack on “Christian values and traditional sexual mores” is a communist plot. “The first salvo was the introduction of sex education in Soviet Hungary’s public school system,” he writes. “This initial success inspired other Marxists to establish the Institute for Social Research at Frankfurt university… this is where the concept of ‘political correctness’ was born; an insidious doctrine that has led an assault on our culture ever since and made its presence felt in social and political ­discourse on almost any subject today.” There you have it, teach kiddies about the birds and the bees in Budapest and you end up with blokes marrying blokes in Bundaberg.

His hard-line views on Islam, gay marriage, climate change and the green movement (“cultural Marxism”), abortion (“legalised infanticide”) and asylum seekers (“welfare squatters”) have made him a polarising figure, not least in his own party. “He’s mad,” says a former senior Liberal minster, “completely bonkers”. North Queensland Liberal MP Warren Entsch told me that he didn’t “feel comfortable being in the same f..king room as him, to be honest”. Entsch, who is now mustering the numbers within the Liberal Party in the push for gay marriage, has said of Bernardi: “He’s obviously got an obsession with people that are gay. It worries me. You’ve really got to watch out for those that have these obsessions. He who protests the loudest…” Grahame Morris, Howard’s former chief of staff, says: “John Howard always said the Liberal Party was a broad church… Cory has his own pew.”

 

 

 

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14 hours ago, jazzyjan said:

 

“I don’t think I am even extreme in the political culture of the day,” he says.

 

Well, that's the thing. These degenerates who used to keep their views to themselves because they went against progressive society are now emboldened by Brexit and Trump and the new political landscapes, they now feel they have the go-ahead and guts to start spewing. The fact is that right wing rhetoric HAS become the new norm these days, which is why you have to laugh at these other on the fence idiots thinking they're being so subversive and "devils advocate" by repeating that rhetoric everywhere. We already SEE it everywhere, it's the new normal as the "leftie liberals" and "snowflakes" become the marginalised voice.

We can only hope that common sense prevails, and as the world slips into disrepair, people start waking up again.

 

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53 minutes ago, Kim said:

Well, that's the thing. These degenerates who used to keep their views to themselves because they went against progressive society are now emboldened by Brexit and Trump and the new political landscapes, they now feel they have the go-ahead and guts to start spewing. The fact is that right wing rhetoric HAS become the new norm these days, which is why you have to laugh at these other on the fence idiots thinking they're being so subversive and "devils advocate" by repeating that rhetoric everywhere. We already SEE it everywhere, it's the new normal as the "leftie liberals" and "snowflakes" become the marginalised voice.

We can only hope that common sense prevails, and as the world slips into disrepair, people start waking up again.

 

So true.  With Brexit and Trump getting up, they are now proudly and openly giving their views.  If people don't wake up and smell the roses sooner rather than later, they will keep gaining traction and power.  Then we will have to again fight for the freedoms that have been fought and won for us all - more frightening and real than so many realise.  We have to learn from history, not sit back and just hope they go away. 

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The only amendment to that bill that I thought MIGHT have gone through...didn't. Bunch of spineless pigs intent on using PEOPLE as bargaining chips.

MPs reject Brexit bill amendment to protect EU citizens in UK

MPs in the House of Commons during voting on proposed amendments to the Article 50 bill.

Measure to force government to give all EU citizens living in Britain permanent residency defeated 332-290

Attempts to force the government to give all EU citizens in the UK permanent residency after Britain leaves the bloc have been defeated.

The government successfully blocked the bid to add the protections in amendments to the Brexit bill in the House of Commons on Wednesday by 332 votes to 290. Three Tory MPs voted in favour of the amendment – Ken Clarke, Andrew Tyrie and Tania Matthias

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Brexit bill: Full list of MPs who voted against guaranteeing EU citizens’ rights before triggering Article 50

By 332 votes to 290, MPs opposed the amendment

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MPs have voted against guaranteeing the rights of EU citizens in the UK before Theresa May triggers Article 50.

By 332 votes to 290, a majority of 42, MPs voted down an amendment to the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill, which was brought by Labour’s Harriet Harman.

It would have ensured that all EU citizens legally living in the UK on June 23 - the date of the EU referendum - would have their right to stay protected.

Here is the full list of MPs who voted against guaranteeing EU citizens’ rights – followed below it by a list of those who voted for the amendment

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-bill-full-list-mps-voted-against-guaranteeing-eu-citizens-rights-article-50-a7570421.html

 

Pieces of dry shit. Karma will bite you right back in the arse, you spineless dickheads.

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MPs reject Brexit bill amendment to protect EU citizens in UK

Measure to force government to give all EU citizens living in Britain permanent residency defeated 332-290

Attempts to force the government to give all EU citizens in the UK permanent residency after Britain leaves the bloc have been defeated.

The government successfully blocked the bid to add the protections in amendments to the Brexit bill in the House of Commons on Wednesday by 332 votes to 290. Three Tory MPs voted in favour of the amendment – Ken Clarke, Andrew Tyrie and Tania Matthias.

However, the Liberal Democrats say they are confident they have enough support from Labour peers to pass the amendments when the bill comes through the House of Lords later this month.

“The Liberal Democrats will make protecting these citizens’ rights a top priority. We have tabled amendments in the Commons and we will do so again in the House of Lords,” Lib Dem Lords leader Dick Newby said. “We believe we have support on all sides to deliver on the promises the government should have made to millions of people who have made our country their home.”

Both parties are to table amendments in the Lords concerning the rights of EU citizens, though one Labour source said it would be “naive” to see any vote as a done deal. It is understood peers are keen for the issue not to be seen as party political, in case it deters sympathetic Conservative or crossbench peers from supporting whichever amendment is selected for a vote.

During the Commons debate before the vote, the former culture minister Ed Vaizey said Tory MPs had received reassurances from the home secretary, Amber Rudd, on the status of EU citizens after departure from the EU. The letter, published later by ConservativeHome, stresses “any hold-up is less an issue of principle than one of timing with a few EU countries insisting there can be ‘no negotiation before notification’”.

In her letter, Rudd says the status of EU citizens can only change after parliament has approved a new immigration system. “The great repeal bill will not change our immigration system,” she wrote. “This will be done through a separate immigration bill and subsequent secondary legislation so nothing will change for any EU citizen, whether already resident in the UK or moving from the EU, without parliament’s approval.”

Rudd says she supports “securing the rights of EU citizens already here, as well as establishing a new immigration system for new arrivals from the EU once we have left”.

Vaizey, whose Wantage and Didcot constituency is home to the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, said he had held a public meeting for 150 people, many of them scientists and researchers from EU countries. “They are devastated and they need reassurance from the government,” he said. But, he said, he was “reassured by the home secretary’s letter that was circulated earlier and the prime minister’s repeated comments”.

The Labour MP Helen Goodman and the SNP’s Alex Salmond asked Vaizey to publish the letter or place it in the House of Commons library. The Tory MP then admitted he may have made a “faux pas”.

He said: “It was addressed ‘dear colleague’ so it may just have been for me. It may be private correspondence for me to circulate to my European constituents who are among the most talented Europeans living in this country. I’ve only been in the house for 11 years so I’m still learning the ropes.”

A No 10 spokesman said: “This was a ‘dear colleague’ letter just repeating the messages the prime minister has made about protecting the rights of EU citizens in the UK and reciprocal arrangements. We are aware this is an area of concern and the PM has been clear she wants to make it one of the first priorities.”

Vaizey, who backed remain in the referendum and jokingly described himself as a “remoaner” said he thought the negotiations would be “a difficult road that lies ahead but make no mistake the mood of the house, particularly among many colleagues who supported Brexit is to move as soon as possible to provide reassurance to EU citizens”.

Caroline Lucas, the Green MP, who voted for the amendment, said: “The prime minister’s refusal to guarantee that now, when she has the ability to do so is cruel and, frankly, I think it is immoral as well. What we are talking about are people’s lives. People’s lives are not to be traded as part of some wider deal.”

Brexit minister David Jones said the government had been as clear as it could about the status of EU citizens. “The government fully recognises that the issue of EU nationals resident in the UK is an extremely important one and one we will be addressing as a priority just as we wish to address the issue of the rights of EU nationals resident in the EU,” he said. “This has to be a matter that is decided after the negotiations commence.”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/08/mps-reject-brexit-bill-amendment-to-protect-eu-citizens-in-uk

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20 minutes ago, jazzyjan said:

She is easily the best leader.  Has ethics, is strong and stands up for what she believes in.   Puts the other cowards and morally bankrupt fools to shame. 

She can also take a joke and have a bit of humour which is almost unheard of in politics these days!

 

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And old Alex has a point... while that posh Tory twat Jacob Rees-Mogg needs his balls booted. How all these daft idiots who thought they were being ANTI establishment when HE represents the people who will actually get anything out of us leaving the EU while the country rots away as some offshore tax haven is anyone's guess. As usual, it's just the racists and xenophobes that are celebrating.

 

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UK inflation highest since June 2014

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Inflation has reached its highest rate for two-and-a-half years, mainly as a result of the rising price of fuel.

Annual inflation as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) reached 1.8% last month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, up from a rate of 1.6% in December.

It is the fourth consecutive month that the rate has risen and takes inflation to its highest since June 2014.

Fuel prices hit a two-year high in early February, according to the RAC.

As well as fuel, the ONS said food prices also contributed to the rise in inflation, as prices were unchanged between December and January, having fallen a year ago.

Offsetting these factors, the prices of clothing and footwear fell by more than they did 12 months ago.

The increase in the inflation rate takes it closer to the Bank of England's target rate of 2%, which was last seen in December 2013.

Inflation is widely expected to pick up this year as a result of the weaker pound, which is making imported goods more expensive.

Earlier this month, the Bank of England said it expected the inflation rate to hit 2.7% next year.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38966692

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Brexit: Lloyds Bank close to choosing Berlin as European base to secure EU access

 Lender examining steps to turn branch in the German capital into subsidiary - may apply for licence later this year, sources say

Lloyds Banking Group is close to selecting Berlin as a European base to secure market access to the European Union when Britain leaves the bloc, sources told Reuters.

Britain's largest mortgage lender is examining steps to turn its branch in the German capital into a subsidiary and may apply for a licence to do so later this year, the sources said.

Lloyds, which declined to comment, is the only major British retail lender without a subsidiary in another EU country and it would be the first major lender to commit to Berlin as a hub to access the rest of the continent after Britain quits the EU.

Many other European banks are considering Frankfurt, the country's main financial hub and the home of the European Central Bank, as the preferred destination.

Lloyds, which has almost all of its assets in Britain, has been examining how to retain its EU clients and maintain access to the European payments system.

Banks are expected to announce more concrete plans for how they will adapt to Brexit in the coming months after Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed in a speech in January that Britain would leave the European single market.

For Lloyds, the German capital's appeal is that it already has the bank's main European hub with a full management team in place, including the finance, risk and human resources staff required of a full subsidiary.

Therefore, in terms of staff, the Berlin branch would only need to change the status of those roles to meet legal requirements for a subsidiary, rather than having to transfer more people, according to one of the sources.

Lloyds operates in Germany via the Bank of Scotland brand, which it acquired in 2008 as part of the takeover of HBOS and would still likely need to capitalise the new entity in line with regulatory requirements, the sources said.

Franz von L'Estocq, the managing director for Bank of Scotland in Germany, is based in Berlin, where the bank offers savings accounts, private banking and consumer and car loans.

The bank had previously explored setting up a subsidiary in both Frankfurt and Amsterdam.

Last month UBS and HSBC, two of Europe's biggest banks, warned they could each move around 1,000 jobs out of London in the clearest sign yet of how financial firms are preparing for the disruption.

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Brexit: Hate crimes could soar once Article 50 is triggered, police and community groups warn

Exclusive: Campaigners fear an 'undercurrent of xenophobia' may boil to the surface once EU talks begin

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Police forces across the UK are ramping up intelligence gathering and putting protection in place for vulnerable communities ahead of a projected spike in hate crime when Theresa May triggers Article 50 next month.

The move follows a dramatic rise in the number of racially and religiously-motivated crimes reported to police following the June referendum result in favour of Brexit, including assaults and arson.

Community groups representing EU nationals in the UK have warned about the potential for an “undercurrent of xenophobia” to spread after the talks with Brussels get underway. The head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Rebecca Hilsenrath, has also said he is “hugely concerned” about a backlash against European citizens once the Government’s EU withdrawal negotiations begin.

In response, the Metropolitan Police, the UK’s largest force, said it was initiating a plan to increase intelligence gathering and reassure potential victims of racism and xenophobia.

A spokeswoman said the force had witnessed a steady increase in hate crimes in recent years and acknowledged that “national and world events”, such as the activation of Article 50, could act as a “trigger”.

“Where we identify a possible trigger event that could result in more hate crime, we instigate a community engagement plan to ensure those in communities who may be victims of hate crime know that we will not tolerate this kind of crime and that we encourage them to report this to the police,” she said.

Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for hate crime, said the organisation had been in touch with European embassies based in the UK over the threat of increased violence.

“We know that national and global events have the potential to trigger short-terms rises in hate crime and we saw this following the EU referendum last year,” he told The Independent.

“We have increased the central reporting and monitoring functions to enable us to recognise spikes earlier. This will be used to assess any threats that may arise and inform local police activity.”

Police in Scotland said they had reactivated community impact assessments, which will allow the force to more easily investigate hate crimes as well as offering increased protection for at-risk groups.

West Midlands Police said they were “continually reviewing intelligence and community tension”.

“Should we detect an emerging threat related to the triggering of Article 50 we would intervene swiftly to mitigate that through our officers, partners and communities,” Chief Superintendent Chris Johnson. “We have a zero tolerance stance on hate crime and recognise the impact it can have on communities.”

A Government Bill giving Theresa May the power to trigger Article 50 cleared the House of Commons last week without any amendments being made, making it likely that the Prime Minister will be able to stick to her timetable of starting the process in early March.

Home Office figures show that hate crimes soared by more than 40 per cent after last year’s Brexit vote. In July 2016, police recorded a 41 per cent increase compared to the same month a year earlier.

Data from 31 police forces showed that 1,546 racially or religiously aggravated offences were recorded in the two weeks up to and including the day of the referendum on 23 June. In the fortnight immediately after the poll, the number climbed to 2,241.

In one incident in Telford, Shropshire last year, a student was stabbed in the neck with a smashed drinks bottle “because he was speaking Polish”.

Polish police were also called in to patrol the streets of Harlow in Essex alongside British officers to reassure the public after 40-year-old Polish national Arek Jóźwik was killed in what was believed to be a hate crime.

Wiktor Moszczynski, of the Federation of Poles in Great Britain, said there remained an “anxiety” about a surge in attacks on or around the date Article 50 is invoked, despite the increase in police action.

“If the Brexit negotiations start with a quick settlement of the EU citizens’ rights issue it might reduce the tension,” said Mr Moszczynski. “If it does not, then there could be more unpleasant incidents.

“An undercurrent of xenophobic and unpleasant comments, mostly verbal, has been reported by Polish families.

“Often these arise in situations involving neighbours or work colleagues or classroom bullies, where there is already an atmosphere of conflict, which is then made more acute by racist comments and threats.

“For the most part these are not reported to the police or to company bosses as Poles prefer to keep their heads low and out of trouble.”

David Isaac, head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, warned of the potential for increased violence. “After the rise in reported hate crime after the referendum, it makes sense to be prepared and plan for any potential spike in hate crimes throughout each point in the process,” he told The Independent.

“The triggering of Article 50 is the next major milestone and we must do all we can to ensure people who may feel at risk are supported.”

Such is the scale of the problem that the Government has awarded researchers at Cardiff University a £250,000 grant to help monitor Brexit-related hate crime on social media.

Professor Matthew Williams, lead investigator and co-director of the Social Data Science Lab at the university, said: "Hate crimes have been shown to cluster in time and tend to increase, sometimes significantly, in the aftermath of 'trigger' events.

"The referendum on the UK's future in the European Union has galvanised certain prejudiced opinions held by a minority of people, resulting in a spate of hate crimes.

"Many of these crimes are taking place on social media. Over the coming period of uncertainty relating to the form of the UK's exit, decision makers, particularly those responsible for minimising the risk of social disorder through community reassurance, local policing and online governance, will require near-real-time information on the likelihood of escalation of hateful content spread on social media.”

Other forces said they were awaiting instructions from the Home Office on how to address any potential spike in hate crimes once Article 50 is invoked.

But the Government declined to tell The Independent what extra guidance it was giving police forces.

A spokesperson said the deployment of resources was an “operational matter” for local forces, adding: “The Home Secretary has been crystal clear that crime motivated by hostility and prejudice towards any group in society has no place whatsoever in a Britain that works for everyone.

“That is why we have some of the strongest legislation on hate crime in the world.”

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You Brexiter cunts, I resent you all. May you pay one day for the fuckery you have unfolded through hatred and ignorance, bunch of shameful morons.

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