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http://www.conservativehome.com/ : These BBC Bourbons who have learned nothing and forgotten nothing risk precipitating their own downf

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:42:51 +0000

When you apply to be in the QT audience you are asked to declare your political leanings, this is to ensure a balanced audience for the debate. I ca';t believe you believe that QT does not have any Tory voters in the audience!! Yesterday's BBC offering had no balance whatsoever, even with Justine Greening, who is not a Tory MP, she was sacked by the Party last year and stood as an independent in the 2019 GE,

http://www.conservativehome.com/ : These BBC Bourbons who have learned nothing and forgotten nothing risk precipitating their own downf

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:43:21 +0000

You forget that the Blair Govt was seen as Tory-lite hence the reason the hard left hate Blair and Blairism so much. The left has always viewed Blair's Iraq actions as those of a right-wing administration bearing in mind he worked hand in glove with the Bush Republican adminstration.

http://www.conservativehome.com/ : These BBC Bourbons who have learned nothing and forgotten nothing risk precipitating their own downf

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:08:01 +0000

How much longer is the Tory Party going to put up with the clear Toryi-bias antics of the BBC? Yesterday, we saw yet another example of Tory bashing hwere '2 concerned Mums' were wheeled out to condemn the Tories 'going back to school' policy, yet it turns out both women are Labour supporting left wing activists: https://order-order.com/2020/08/25/revealed-bbcs-... A complaint to the BBC merely produces a generic response declaring the BBC is 'impartial',,,,,,,,,,,, blah blah blah

http://www.conservativehome.com/ : Cameron noted the Environment Agency's flawed approach to flooding. But the problem has still not be

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:42:04 +0000

Dredging the Somerset Levels has been re-introduced and hey presto Np Flooding after 2 recent periods of stormy weather........ https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/202... And no brigdes smashed or flooding in Bridgwater!

http://www.conservativehome.com/ : Whacking the BBC. Change is coming - whether the Corporation likes it or not.

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 17:06:02 +0000

So you have never heard of the EU Stability & Growth Pact? https://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economy-euro/e... Why do you think Nacron is having to make deeply unpopular cuts to pensions etc? http://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20191120-european-uni...

http://www.conservativehome.com/ : Whacking the BBC. Change is coming - whether the Corporation likes it or not.

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 16:56:59 +0000

Ever changing technology and comsumer habits is the 'big beast'. The BBC audience share has been falling for years and public apathy towards the BBC is clear with over 100k non-payers fined last year,that is just the ones who have been 'caught', just how big is the non-payment issue? The criminalisation process, that costs more through the courts and associated costs, simply enrages more people rather than make more pay up. As the lead article states, it not a case of will the BBC change but when and by how much, a mere tinkering around the edges will not be enough to satisfy public opinion. .

http://www.conservativehome.com/ : A Waltzing Matilda Brexit?

Sun, 2 Feb 2020 21:05:58 +0000

So are you saying the UK should align with the EU in for example Workers Rights on Maternity Leave? The EU level is 14 weeks whereas in the UK it is 52 weeks. Uk Holiday entitlement at 5 weeks 3 days is higher that the EU mandated 4 weeks The UK Climate Change Act far exceeds any EU equivalent/ Perhaps the EU should align with the UK! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referen...

http://www.conservativehome.com/ : A Waltzing Matilda Brexit?

Sun, 2 Feb 2020 20:57:23 +0000

The UK has already agreed 40+ trade deals for impelementation post Dec 2020 and more will inevitably follow: https://order-order.com/2019/09/11/uk-agrees-post...

http://www.conservativehome.com/ : Philip Davies: Better Off Out - the campaign that shattered Westminster's taboo about leaving the EU

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 13:56:43 +0000

Indeed! The EU 'success story' the Single Market was a UK (Thatcher) driven initiative to build on the Common Market concept yet some 30 years on the SM remains incomplete as the federalists push the political federal Europe agenda.

http://www.conservativehome.com/ : Philip Davies: Better Off Out - the campaign that shattered Westminster's taboo about leaving the EU

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 13:50:59 +0000

The EU, aided and advised by a sucession of Remainers, never believed that it would come to BREXIT Trade negotiations. Hence the reason the EUcrats insisted on a WA being negotiated first. They believed the Referendum result could be nullified and the UK signed up to Theresa May's underhand BRINO deal whereby the UK would remain in a Single Customs Territory, a euphemism for a Customs Union. Leaving the UK trapped in the same position as Turkey. However, with a firmer hand from Boris and his team the WA was amended and the phrase Single Customs Territiory has been deleted. We are about to see how if the EU is serious about negotiating a Trade deal or intent on making a strong political statement to deter BREXIT contagion. The EU has very few actual Free Trade deals https://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-r... Of the deals the EU currently has in place several have been rolled over for the UK post BREXIT: https://order-order.com/2019/09/11/uk-agrees-post....

http://www.conservativehome.com/ : Daniel Hannan: I wave farewell to the EU in my last column for this site as an MEP

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:59:48 +0000

Over 40 trade deals have already been agreed post BREXIT: https://order-order.com/2019/09/11/uk-agrees-post... More will be agreed in the next year, including one with the EU! Unless of course the EU wishes to forgo the £96bn trade surplus it currently enjoys in order to play politics, not sure EU exporters will be happy with that!

http://www.conservativehome.com/ : Maximum flexibility - the Government's starting assumption in post-Brexit negotiations

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:19:18 +0000

The EU does not have 100s of bilateral trade deals with other countries but trades under the WTO umbrella, just as the UK will do post-BREXIT: "The EU has specific trade policies in place for all its partners and abides by the global rules on international trade set out by the World Trade Organisation." https://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-r... The UK has already rolled over 40+ trade deals: https://order-order.com/2019/09/11/uk-agrees-post... Collectively, the EU enjoys a £96bn trade surplus with the UK but that surplus is not evenly spread across the bloc, there are some big players who woul lose out signifcantly: https://fullfact.org/europe/uk-eu-trade/ Finally, in case you have not heard, UK exports to the wider world are growing as exports to the EU continue to fall: https://www.businessleader.co.uk/uk-annual-export...

http://www.conservativehome.com/ : The year in which the British people forced the pro-Remain Ascendancy to "come to heel"

Tue, 31 Dec 2019 13:48:17 +0000

29%???? You are being totally disingenuous with that figure, can you reference it? In the 2019 General Election the Tory vote share was 45% of those chose to participate in democracy. Those who could not be bothered are clearly not bothered either way on BREXIT.

http://www.conservativehome.com/ : The year in which the British people forced the pro-Remain Ascendancy to "come to heel"

Tue, 31 Dec 2019 13:44:38 +0000

If you are claiming the Lbaour vote share as Remain perhaps you could inform us what Labour's policy on BREXIT was? It was certainly not for Remain or Leave so I would suggest that the Labour vote share should be classed as 'Don't Knows' leaving your spurious claim in tatters!.

http://www.conservativehome.com/ : The year in which the British people forced the pro-Remain Ascendancy to "come to heel"

Tue, 31 Dec 2019 13:38:52 +0000

Labour had an 'on the fence' policy in the General Election neither Leave or Remain so I do not believe you can claim the Labour Vote share as REMAIN.

http://www.conservativehome.com/ : How the half a century-long Conservative civil war over Europe was won last week in a single day. By

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 18:02:02 +0000

You need to check your 49% figure. It is closer to 44% and falling year on year: https://fullfact.org/europe/uk-eu-trade/ However, Dr Fox and more recently Liz Truss, actually agreed 45 Trade deals: https://order-order.com/2019/09/11/uk-agrees-post... The EU itself only has 36 Free Trade deals. Finally, why would the UK as the 5th largest economy actuallt PAY to trade?

http://www.conservativehome.com/ : David Gauke: An election won. But a year on: “You promised us you’d get Brexit done, but all we

Mon, 9 Dec 2019 19:17:02 +0000

What privileged position would that be? The opt-outs mean the UK cannot 'lead in Europe; or 'have influence' and certainly not 'reform the EU' Leaving the UK in the 'privileged position; of being a net budget contributor but well outsu=ide of the EU inner core! Countries like Canada with its Free Trade Agreement, abolishing 98% of tarriffs, but with no EU budget contributions, no ECJ interference, no Freedom of Movement........... have the privileged position!

http://www.conservativehome.com/ : David Gauke: An election won. But a year on: “You promised us you’d get Brexit done, but all we

Mon, 9 Dec 2019 19:11:22 +0000

Gauke supported May's deal because it was BRINO therefore he did not support delivering the Referendum resut at all!

http://www.conservativehome.com/ : Stephen Booth: The strict time limit will steer the next phase of Brexit towards a clear choice

Tue, 26 Nov 2019 11:58:38 +0000

The 11 month Transition Period ticking clock will focus minds but not everything has to be agreed and finalised in the 11 month period. GATT 24, if both parties agree, allows for agreement to leave matrers as they are for up to 10 years whilst formalising a Trade Deal. https://briefingsforbrexit.com/the-mystery-surrou... Of course Remainers dispute the GATT 24 route but fail to say why the EU would be happy to go for a No Deal BREXIT? We have seen with the 'renegotiation; under Boris that Brussels fears a No Deal scenario, not least becuase of the risk to the near £100bn trade surplus the EU currently enjoys with the UK.

http://www.conservativehome.com/ : David Gauke: Labour struggling. The LibDems not cutting through. The Tories winning by default. My t

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 13:50:08 +0000

Except, why would the EU want a 'barebones' deal that puts a current £96bn trade surplus at risk? With the Witdrawal element agreed the future relationship negotiations will be far more balanced with both sides seeking agreement!