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  1. Perhaps you would like to educate yourself for a change: Treaty, a binding formal agreement, contract, or other written instrument that establishes obligations between two or more subjects of international law (primarily states and international organizations). The rules concerning treaties between states are contained in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), and those between states and international organizations appear in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Between States and International Organizations or Between International Organizations https://www.britannica.com/topic/treaty https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/treaty https://www.srdlawnotes.com/2017/03/meaning-definition-and-types-of_7.html
  2. Except that despite the months that have passed Boris has not been given any such advice because it is obvious to anyone with a brain that the NI protocol is essential to the deal. I'm not sure what "renegating" is supposed to be but one thing for certain is that the NI protocol requires customs checks in the "Irish sea" as the only alternative to a hard border between between Ireland and Northern Ireland. The UK government SIGNED off on that arrangement so has not got a case against the EU who have made it very clear they will take the UK government to court if it reneges on that agreement. You have to be extraordinarily gullible to fail to notice that Frost's words are full of bluster and no legal detail. But then brexiteers in NI believed every word Frost and Johnson said when they claimed there would be no customs checks on goods between Britain and NI.
  3. A pathetic pile of piffle and waffle that even colonel Blimp would have been too ashamed to spout. Not a single substantive word in response to the concerns voiced by the president of the NFU. You can spout grandiose but utterly meaningless words about being "bold", "flexible", "nimble", and "brave" as much as you like, it makes not a jot of difference to farmers whose livelihoods are being imperilled by Truss' desperation to do any kind of deal post brexit. Indeed, such words are nothing more than euphemisms for a dash to the the bottom in food standards that the UK's desperately weak negotiating position is precipitating.
  4. NFU president, Minette Batters, fears Liz Truss' desperation to complete post-brexit trade deals are throwing UK farmers under a bus: NFU President: You can't level up by throwing family farms under a bus Last year, The Mail on Sunday ran a major campaign to save this country's family farms from the very real threat of trade deals which would have brought imports of cheaply produced, substandard food into this country. More than a million people signed a petition to say this would never be acceptable. And, as a result, the Government promised to create a commission charged with scrutinising new trade deals and their impact on the farming industry. But one year later, I am increasingly concerned. Once again, there is a cloud looming over our farmers, our landscapes and our ability to produce our own food on these islands. The United Kingdom is currently in trade negotiations with a number of major agricultural producers, including Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America. Some of these talks have reached a crucial stage. And it's clear that negotiators from Australia and New Zealand are sticking firm to their hardline demands for the complete removal of tariffs on all their exports to the UK. This would make life unbearable for small British family farms, which, remember, must respect British laws governing high farm standards. It will be all but impossible to compete with vast volumes of imports from the southern hemisphere produced in a very different manner. Not unless we lower our standards to compete with them – and turn our backs on the iconic British countryside. Surely no one can want our green and pleasant land to become like the Australian Outback or the American dust bowl. I have huge admiration for farmers across the world, not least our cousins in Australia and New Zealand. But their farms are very different to ours and on a very different scale. And were we to throw our doors wide open to their exports, the stark differences in the way we operate would spell major trouble.
  5. Exactly! If the UK tries to set aside the NI protocol they will be taken to court by the EU for a breach of contract as there are no grounds under A16 to do so. The idea that the UK had outfoxed the EU in the provisions of A16 is utter nonsense. The UK's continual threats to junk the protocol followed up by no action whatsoever ought to be enough evidence for any rational individual that the UK knows it can't succeeed in such an action without destroying the entire brexit deal. The real motive behind this constant carping about the NI protocol is the government's attempt to change the narrative from one that highlights it's own deception of the NI people to one in which the EU are nasty monsters seeking revenge for brexit. In other words, just another attempt at a Tory con trick
  6. Just a reminder of one area where Bamford "excels" over Pukki:
  7. Much better than that. It's notable he loves Leeds so much he can't be bothered to learn how to communicate in English.
  8. Then they are the most retarded lawyers ever employed if it's taking this long to find the "loophole". As ever you are talking utter crap. It's the EU that that outfoxed the desperate Frost and Johnson.
  9. Indeed! It would be like comparing a grandad to his grandson
  10. Jesus! Don't you get it yet? These people tell you story after story to keep your gullible tiny minds thinking they know what they are doing and have a plan. Breaching the NI protocol would be an illegal breach of the brexit deal they signed. End of story.
  11. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/pm-s-ex-aide-sorry-for-ok-ing-187m-loan-to-property-firm-he-advised/ar-BB1gMMQ1?ocid=msedgntp PM's ex-aide sorry for ok'ing £187m loan to property firm he advised One of Boris Johnson's longest serving aides apologised last night for approving a £187million loan under-written by the taxpayer for a property developer he was being paid to advice. Lord Udny-Lister green-lit a payment by affordable housing authority Homes England to Delancey, a firm which has built luxury flats in the Olympic Park in East London. The peer, who as Sir Edward Lister worked for many years with Boris Johnson in No10 and City Hall in London, was a paid strategic adviser to the firm at the time it was made in May 2019. Last night when the loan was revealed by the Sunday Times Lord Udny-Lister said: 'I apologise for not taking sufficient steps to prevent any perception of a conflict.'
  12. Indeed! I fear that "reining in" is the best that can be hoped for as the current conflict escalates. There is simply no prospect at all that the US would side with the Palestinians.
  13. The egregious slimy toad has just lied about it on Marr's show. Said he just "pinged" it on to the department when in actuality he forwarded it with a recommendation that it came from an ex-Tory MP and was an "excellent" proposal. This bunch of spivs just don't care that their corruption is so public.
  14. It seems a horrible fact that conflict suits both the far right in Israel and Hamas in Palestine. It provides each side with an excuse to escalate tension and serve their own extremist agendas. The USA is ultimately key to controlling Israeli behaviour.Sadly, Trump gave them carte blanche to do what they want, Biden needs to rein them in again.
  15. perhaps you should take a look at the RHA figures for the relevant period.
  16. Leaks are what the government does so well. I suspect you're trying to raise a titter with a hilarious stereotype about leeks.
  17. I'm sure the people of Northern Ireland, and all those failed and failing SMEs are thankful for your incredibly sophisticated and helpful advice
  18. Probably had his breakfast served by "piccaninies with watermelon smiles", sent his postcards home via "muslim women letter-boxes", and spent his time avoiding the "tank-topped bum-boys" on the beach.
  19. Your genius never ceases to amaze. No doubt you've also heard of the notion of a pyrrhic victory. Never have we had a "better" modern day example of that concept.
  20. Succinctly put! Only the stench will last a lot longer than that.
  21. Well done brexiteers for setting in place the break-up of the UK.
  22. So destroying the livelihoods of the owners of many SMEs, fishermen, dairy producers, farmers etc, etc, etc, is all worth it for a highly speculative gamble that we "might" be doing better than the EU in ten years time. What an utterly callous and shameful disregard for the lives and livelihoods of other people who were lied to by anti-EU ideologues.
  23. Found an example of voter fraud in the US elections: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/maga-fan-accused-of-murdering-his-wife-and-using-her-ballot-to-vote-for-trump/ar-BB1gK5vj?ocid=msedgntp
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