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Brexit never? Britain can still change its mind, says Article 50 autho
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Won’t be long before it happens at the Dover end then?
Nothing has changed, we have not had any problems either.
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Britain and the US are poor societies with some very rich people When it comes to average household incomes, the UK may soon need to ask migrant labourers to take a pay cut
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They have not put a cap on the price? Or are they wanting the companies to cap themselves to avoid a windfall tax?Can certainly see why this group of tories were so desperate to get out of the EU, we cant have this level of unfairness, can we?
Where will this windfall tax go?
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Theyve said it will be distributed been the EU countries to help mitigate the energy cost rise.
so it’s like taxing the top, giving it to the poor, just to give it back to the ones at the top🤔
Can certainly see why this group of tories were so desperate to get out of the EU, we cant have this level of unfairness, can we?
They have the power to impose that ? Haven't you been telling us for years that individual Countries can opt out ? I think it's great if the headline is true but it isn't is it?
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Brewery hailed as a Brexit export champion calls in administrators
A Kent brewery that the government proclaimed as an export champion after Brexit, is racing to find a buyer weeks after it revealed it had only one EU customer
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The penny will eventually drop.Brewery hailed as a Brexit export champion calls in administrators
A Kent brewery that the government proclaimed as an export champion after Brexit, is racing to find a buyer weeks after it revealed it had only one EU customer
We have a PM who has partly got into her position because she actually managed to negotiate far worse deals with countries than we had before leaving.
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Surely the alternative is to NOT tax the top... then to borrow one or two hundred billion pounds and give it to the ones at the top.
And the borrowed money is on the national debt... which we all have to pay back.
Am I missing something? Because that's just so fundamentally different, I can't see what you (and @Wibble) appear to be not understanding.
Sadly, that is always how it seems to work.
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Sadly, that is always how it seems to work.
That's what the UK is doing - but I thought the EU was taking a different approach - with a windfall tax to limit the cost to their individual national debts. I thought that was the point of the post I was replying to. Not fully clued up on it
Let's say I am a little mistrustful of the EU after the past decade - our personal share of the bailout debt is over 100,000 Euros that is shifted upwards!
I'm not necessarily against a windfall tax, btw, but people are overstating how effective they will be - firstly, while countries are proclaiming them because it soothes angry voters, courts in various countries are already striking them down. Secondly, such initiatives in the past always fall far short of the headline figures - I suspect that they won't get anywhere near the 140 billion Euros claimed. There are plenty of loopholes and exceptions, and many of the profits these companies produce have already been hedged against future prices and are not taxable. Energy markets are unbelievably complex (deliberately so, IMO).
Even if you take the optimistic figure, they still fall woefully short of what is needed and the shortfall still falls upon the national debt and taxpayers (Germany is talking about them providing maximum 9 billion out of a total 60 billion cost). We are also not sure how this will feed through into future prices yet - if they rise, then we have merely delayed, not solved the problem. They are also short term measures that give governments an excuse to avoid making the tough decisions about reforming markets, cutting demand, and investing in energy that are needed. In other words, kicking the can down the road like we did after the financial crisis.
As a provocative question, why don't we impose a windfall tax on Covid vaccine manufacturers?
we Shouldn’t be borrowing to give folks money to pay higher bills, they should cap the companies AND take a windfall tax off them, the money they make is obscene.
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UK at risk of 'brain drain' as scientists leave Britain to avoid losing EU research funding
Scientists and engineers tell Sky News the UK's position as a world leader in research is at risk due to a "significant brain drain" as the industry's brightest talents relocate overseas in the wake of Brexit.
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