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Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:06 am Just found the first Brexit benefit

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:10 am No need to worry about food shortages folks; your Brexiteer has a solution.

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:10 am No need to worry about food shortages folks; your Brexiteer has a solution.

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:59 am Ah but exports to non-EU countries rose by £0.2b, so that's all right then and proves it was all worthwhile!

SaintK wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:12 am

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:59 am Ah but exports to non-EU countries rose by £0.2b, so that's all right then and proves it was all worthwhile!

You are Bimbo and I claim my 5 Euros

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 3:42 pm

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 6:06 pm

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 3:42 pm

Yet another lie from the Bumblecunt; there are dozens of briefing papers on gov.uk making exactly this point; & they've been there for years; there's also the minor point that UK custom & agri officials have been enforcing these rules for decades.

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 12:53 pm

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:10 am No need to worry about food shortages folks; your Brexiteer has a solution.

Wonders if Toby's do spit-roasted Tories...

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 9:18 am

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 6:06 pm

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 3:42 pm

Yet another lie from the Bumblecunt; there are dozens of briefing papers on gov.uk making exactly this point; & they've been there for years; there's also the minor point that UK custom & agri officials have been enforcing these rules for decades.

Please, he probably didn't read those either.

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 9:51 am

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 9:18 am

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 6:06 pm

Yet another lie from the Bumblecunt; there are dozens of briefing papers on gov.uk making exactly this point; & they've been there for years; there's also the minor point that UK custom & agri officials have been enforcing these rules for decades.

Please, he probably didn't read those either.

Nor do his various ministers. I've mates in the civils service and they're deeply frustrated by the amount of Prep work they've done over the last few years that seems to be willfully ignored by the intended audience.

Marylandolorian wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:38 pm I’m not an EU fan, but kudos to them for being so patient with these morons (bojo&co)

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:06 pm

Marylandolorian wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:38 pm I’m not an EU fan, but kudos to them for being so patient with these morons (bojo&co)

I think it's becoming increasingly obvious that the UK wants the EU to not ratify the deal, & will then blame the resultant WTO NO Deal, on the EU.

They really don't give a fuck, & will happily burn the country down.

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:16 pm

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:06 pm

Marylandolorian wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:38 pm I’m not an EU fan, but kudos to them for being so patient with these morons (bojo&co)

I think it's becoming increasingly obvious that the UK wants the EU to not ratify the deal, & will then blame the resultant WTO NO Deal, on the EU.

They really don't give a fuck, & will happily burn the country down.

Was in Waitrose this afternoon and very nice girl on the till said there were serious shortages of cut roses and cat food - not a good idea to upset lonely Tory voters, Boris!!

OneWeb: Dominic Cummings and the £400m public bailout to rescue an imperilled satellite internet firm

Sky News reveals the full story of the taxpayer-funded rescue, that saw government doors open at speed despite Whitehall jitters.

This Thursday, three dozen satellites will be fired into space from a launch station in a desolate corner of eastern Russia, less than a hundred miles from the northern Chinese border.

Each a little bigger than a fridge, they are attached to a Russian rocket which will travel 750 miles up into what is known as low Earth orbit.
....

The company behind the launch is both funded and owned by the British taxpayer, after Boris Johnson authorised spending £400m rescuing this unknown company that was in bankruptcy proceedings in the US at the height of the pandemic.

....

In exchange for Britain's £400m the taxpayer now owns a 33% share in the firm, meaning everyone in the UK now has a stake in the latest stage of the global space race - to be master of the low Earth orbit, a slice of space which is coveted by billionaires as well as governments.

The venture is unprecedented.

OneWeb's mission is to use its low orbit satellite network to provide internet connections for business and governments in every corner of the globe, from Alaska to Afghanistan.

.....

On 26 June, days after Mr Johnson met Mr Mittal, Sam Beckett, the acting permanent secretary at the Department for Business, issued a formal warning, known as a "ministerial direction".

She said that proper due diligence had not been done on the deal and it was "hard at this time to be confident" that the project would generate the promised cash and warned that under some scenarios, all the £400m invested could be lost.

Ms Beckett was overruled by then business secretary Alok Sharma.
....

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:51 pm Remember the Independent UK rival to Galileo ?

Well it turns out, that the UK Taxpayer now owns 33% of a firm that is dedicated to providing Internet access to polar bears & penguins; because; (as the experts, & many who aren't experts; but can read a fucking prospectus said), the satellites that OneWeb were lofting, were never usable for GPS ......

OneWeb: Dominic Cummings and the £400m public bailout to rescue an imperilled satellite internet firm

Sky News reveals the full story of the taxpayer-funded rescue, that saw government doors open at speed despite Whitehall jitters.

This Thursday, three dozen satellites will be fired into space from a launch station in a desolate corner of eastern Russia, less than a hundred miles from the northern Chinese border.

Each a little bigger than a fridge, they are attached to a Russian rocket which will travel 750 miles up into what is known as low Earth orbit.
....

The company behind the launch is both funded and owned by the British taxpayer, after Boris Johnson authorised spending £400m rescuing this unknown company that was in bankruptcy proceedings in the US at the height of the pandemic.

....

In exchange for Britain's £400m the taxpayer now owns a 33% share in the firm, meaning everyone in the UK now has a stake in the latest stage of the global space race - to be master of the low Earth orbit, a slice of space which is coveted by billionaires as well as governments.

The venture is unprecedented.

OneWeb's mission is to use its low orbit satellite network to provide internet connections for business and governments in every corner of the globe, from Alaska to Afghanistan.

.....

On 26 June, days after Mr Johnson met Mr Mittal, Sam Beckett, the acting permanent secretary at the Department for Business, issued a formal warning, known as a "ministerial direction".

She said that proper due diligence had not been done on the deal and it was "hard at this time to be confident" that the project would generate the promised cash and warned that under some scenarios, all the £400m invested could be lost.

Ms Beckett was overruled by then business secretary Alok Sharma.
....

£400m spaffed against a wall !

dpedin wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:23 am

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:51 pm Remember the Independent UK rival to Galileo ?

Well it turns out, that the UK Taxpayer now owns 33% of a firm that is dedicated to providing Internet access to polar bears & penguins; because; (as the experts, & many who aren't experts; but can read a fucking prospectus said), the satellites that OneWeb were lofting, were never usable for GPS ......

OneWeb: Dominic Cummings and the £400m public bailout to rescue an imperilled satellite internet firm

Sky News reveals the full story of the taxpayer-funded rescue, that saw government doors open at speed despite Whitehall jitters.

This Thursday, three dozen satellites will be fired into space from a launch station in a desolate corner of eastern Russia, less than a hundred miles from the northern Chinese border.

Each a little bigger than a fridge, they are attached to a Russian rocket which will travel 750 miles up into what is known as low Earth orbit.
....

The company behind the launch is both funded and owned by the British taxpayer, after Boris Johnson authorised spending £400m rescuing this unknown company that was in bankruptcy proceedings in the US at the height of the pandemic.

....

In exchange for Britain's £400m the taxpayer now owns a 33% share in the firm, meaning everyone in the UK now has a stake in the latest stage of the global space race - to be master of the low Earth orbit, a slice of space which is coveted by billionaires as well as governments.

The venture is unprecedented.

OneWeb's mission is to use its low orbit satellite network to provide internet connections for business and governments in every corner of the globe, from Alaska to Afghanistan.

.....

On 26 June, days after Mr Johnson met Mr Mittal, Sam Beckett, the acting permanent secretary at the Department for Business, issued a formal warning, known as a "ministerial direction".

She said that proper due diligence had not been done on the deal and it was "hard at this time to be confident" that the project would generate the promised cash and warned that under some scenarios, all the £400m invested could be lost.

Ms Beckett was overruled by then business secretary Alok Sharma.
....

£400m spaffed against a wall !

There will be a dodgy link somewhere, someone will find it, to a Tory donor, supporter or Cummings mate who was losing money on Oneweb going bust! Follow the money ...

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:50 am
Now the UK owns a third of a company, in direct competition with Musk & others, & years behind in the deployment of their satellites.

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:51 pm Remember the Independent UK rival to Galileo ?

Well it turns out, that the UK Taxpayer now owns 33% of a firm that is dedicated to providing Internet access to polar bears & penguins; because; (as the experts, & many who aren't experts; but can read a fucking prospectus said), the satellites that OneWeb were lofting, were never usable for GPS ......

OneWeb: Dominic Cummings and the £400m public bailout to rescue an imperilled satellite internet firm

Sky News reveals the full story of the taxpayer-funded rescue, that saw government doors open at speed despite Whitehall jitters.

This Thursday, three dozen satellites will be fired into space from a launch station in a desolate corner of eastern Russia, less than a hundred miles from the northern Chinese border.

Each a little bigger than a fridge, they are attached to a Russian rocket which will travel 750 miles up into what is known as low Earth orbit.
....

The company behind the launch is both funded and owned by the British taxpayer, after Boris Johnson authorised spending £400m rescuing this unknown company that was in bankruptcy proceedings in the US at the height of the pandemic.

....

In exchange for Britain's £400m the taxpayer now owns a 33% share in the firm, meaning everyone in the UK now has a stake in the latest stage of the global space race - to be master of the low Earth orbit, a slice of space which is coveted by billionaires as well as governments.

The venture is unprecedented.

OneWeb's mission is to use its low orbit satellite network to provide internet connections for business and governments in every corner of the globe, from Alaska to Afghanistan.

.....

On 26 June, days after Mr Johnson met Mr Mittal, Sam Beckett, the acting permanent secretary at the Department for Business, issued a formal warning, known as a "ministerial direction".

She said that proper due diligence had not been done on the deal and it was "hard at this time to be confident" that the project would generate the promised cash and warned that under some scenarios, all the £400m invested could be lost.

Ms Beckett was overruled by then business secretary Alok Sharma.
....

£400m spaffed against a wall !

Biffer wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:29 pm

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:51 pm Remember the Independent UK rival to Galileo ?

Well it turns out, that the UK Taxpayer now owns 33% of a firm that is dedicated to providing Internet access to polar bears & penguins; because; (as the experts, & many who aren't experts; but can read a fucking prospectus said), the satellites that OneWeb were lofting, were never usable for GPS ......

OneWeb: Dominic Cummings and the £400m public bailout to rescue an imperilled satellite internet firm

Sky News reveals the full story of the taxpayer-funded rescue, that saw government doors open at speed despite Whitehall jitters.

This Thursday, three dozen satellites will be fired into space from a launch station in a desolate corner of eastern Russia, less than a hundred miles from the northern Chinese border.

Each a little bigger than a fridge, they are attached to a Russian rocket which will travel 750 miles up into what is known as low Earth orbit.
....

The company behind the launch is both funded and owned by the British taxpayer, after Boris Johnson authorised spending £400m rescuing this unknown company that was in bankruptcy proceedings in the US at the height of the pandemic.

....

In exchange for Britain's £400m the taxpayer now owns a 33% share in the firm, meaning everyone in the UK now has a stake in the latest stage of the global space race - to be master of the low Earth orbit, a slice of space which is coveted by billionaires as well as governments.

The venture is unprecedented.

OneWeb's mission is to use its low orbit satellite network to provide internet connections for business and governments in every corner of the globe, from Alaska to Afghanistan.

.....

On 26 June, days after Mr Johnson met Mr Mittal, Sam Beckett, the acting permanent secretary at the Department for Business, issued a formal warning, known as a "ministerial direction".

She said that proper due diligence had not been done on the deal and it was "hard at this time to be confident" that the project would generate the promised cash and warned that under some scenarios, all the £400m invested could be lost.

Ms Beckett was overruled by then business secretary Alok Sharma.
....

£400m spaffed against a wall !

One of the guys I work with did a quick back of the envelope (which for him is PhD level stuff) calculation and figured out they'd be able to give an accurate position to around 1 km.

Guys in the Satellite Applications Catapult (which is another government organisation wanking money into the aether) are now trying to push it as a positioning network by combining it with a network of ground stations to stabilise the signal. It's fucking fairytale nonsense.

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 10:54 am

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 10:54 am

Exports to the EU from Britain have been subject to controls since 1 January, but the government decided to opt for a phased approach on EU imports to give hauliers and business more time to adapt.

Checks were due to be introduced in stages from 1 April and from 1 July, but in recent days traders and ports have said they are not ready and that the introduction of processes as originally planned could lead to empty supermarket shelves.

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:42 am Delayed reporting seems to be about 2 months behind, so unlikely to get stats for March until June time.

EU have relaxed certain rules in the first few months and UK has delayed theirs by 6 months, so likely to get worse before it gets better.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... -not-ready

Exports to the EU from Britain have been subject to controls since 1 January, but the government decided to opt for a phased approach on EU imports to give hauliers and business more time to adapt.

Checks were due to be introduced in stages from 1 April and from 1 July, but in recent days traders and ports have said they are not ready and that the introduction of processes as originally planned could lead to empty supermarket shelves.

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:08 pm

During several hours of rioting in Belfast on Wednesday, police were attacked, petrol bombs were thrown and a bus was burnt.

The Police Federation said seven officers were injured at an interface between loyalist and nationalist areas.

Mr Raab was sent over to Brussels to try and break the deadlock over complications surrounding the Northern Ireland Protocol and UK fisheries.