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[Uzzy]

Losing the EU institutions is hardly a surprise. But the main take from that story is how May's focus on internal party politics and domestic concerns has managed to upend 500 years of foreign policy and create a united Europe.

Unfortunately, I don't see that changing, at least while the main threat to May's position comes from the Eurosceptic wing of the Tory party, who'd stab her in the back if she even thought of compromising from the hard Brexit plan.

 

[Maledict]

Carswell said recently he had every confidence in May to deliver Brexit, because most politicians don't care about the script they are reading, they just care about being the star of the play. That's unfortunately very true.

It constantly shocks me how little the Tory party cares about EU opinion. They would crawl over backwards to get a good headline in the Mail or Sun, and fucking the country in the upcoming negotiations doesn't seem to matter at all.

 

[8bit]

Perhaps I didn't explain it well. The UK would be replicating the same laws to facilitate regulation but would have equivalent entities to the CJEU and EMA.

Thus the UK would be forced to use the same laws but they would be applicable only inside the UK. Clearly I know very little about this, but do other countries essentially copy the rules set out in the EMA or FDA? For smaller countries it would seem like a good course of action.

This is an unprecedented action on behalf of the UK, no-one left the existing framework but instead they built up their own agencies and rulesets in parallel. For instance you have Swissmedic performing the EMA-esque admin stuff in Switzerland, but you can't submit a EU eCTD (this is the container of all files of any drug you want to apply to market) in it's unaltered form to CH, it needs to be reworked. Nowadays, most countries base their applications on the eCTD so it shouldn't be too hard to do, but that's 20 odd years of work by UK professionals in this area thrown away for no good reason other than FURRNERS.

For the UK to get drugs to market they will need to be created in the new framework and at increased cost to the drug maker. And if they don't see the benefit in creating a separate license for the UK, it might not make to market as it was previously covered by the EU license.

Some of the better known OTC products could go away to be replaced by cheaper generics produced in the UK.


Anyway, just wanted to post this.

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We won't let you leave!

 

[Funky Papa]

Anyway, just wanted to post this.

*Hundreds of Spanish engineers sigh in relief*

Edit: That seems to come from The Sun. Eh.

 

[Uzzy]

Carswell said recently he had every confidence in May to deliver Brexit, because most politicians don't care about the script they are reading, they just care about being the star of the play. That's unfortunately very true.

It constantly shocks me how little the Tory party cares about EU opinion. They would crawl over backwards to get a good headline in the Mail or Sun, and fucking the country in the upcoming negotiations doesn't seem to matter at all.

Yeah, it seems as if both Cameron and May forgot that diplomacy was a thing, and they had to actually engage with European leaders, who had their own papers and people to worry about. They've managed to alienate our allies on the continent, and we're now left with only Flanders in wanting trade negotiations to happen alongside the divorce arrangement.

Hopefully we see some improvement in our diplomatic skills and somehow end up with a good deal, but it looks a bit grim based on past performance.

 

[Linkstrikesback]

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We won't let you leave!

This is exactly the nonsense they've been feeding universities too. "Nothing has changed yet!" as we get rejected from EU grants and refuse UK academics to be included in proposals because they live in a whole different world to everyone else.

 

[Zaph]

If the Brexit team is in denial over such obvious and (relatively) small losses like the European Banking Authority and the European Medicines Agency, then this is going to get very ugly.

 

[DarthMasta]

Wait, is this politics as usual, ammo to prove to folks back home just how meanie the EU is, or are your politicians straight up idiots?

 

[Zaph]

Wait, is this politics as usual, ammo to prove to folks back home just how meanie the EU is, or are your politicians straight up idiots?

Our ruling party (the Tories) are in full coddle-the-brexiters mode and don't want to break their delusion and positive thinking bullshit until it's too late.

 

[PdotMichael]

That UK Brexit department reminds me on getting the Permit A38 part of the The Twelve Tasks of Asterix movie.

 

[Pixieking]

Wait, is this politics as usual, ammo to prove to folks back home just how meanie the EU is, or are your politicians straight up idiots?

Yes.

Imagine a whole party of Trumps and mini-Trumps.

So I suppose a mixture of ignorance, arrogance and idiocy.

 

[8bit]

Wait, is this politics as usual, ammo to prove to folks back home just how meanie the EU is, or are your politicians straight up idiots?

 

[JonnyDBrit]

Wait, is this politics as usual, ammo to prove to folks back home just how meanie the EU is, or are your politicians straight up idiots?

I suspect it was more:
A) The Brexit team don't want the optics of Brexit costing jobs. Because they keep pushing this idea that Brexit will be better for Britons, and give us more opportunities, so losing thousands with an obvious, 1:1 connection to the consequences of the Leave vote is something they'd like to prevent.
B) I suspect they may have wanted those agencies as some kind of leveraging or a means to ease negotiations after Brexit is dealt with. Ie, if things are tense about cooperation, gently remind them that we're still 'partners', and that we (would) have several of their agencies still situated in this country.

The EU response on both points was a raised middle finger.

 

[Camp Freddie]

Perhaps I didn't explain it well. The UK would be replicating the same laws to facilitate regulation but would have equivalent entities to the CJEU and EMA.

Thus the UK would be forced to use the same laws but they would be applicable only inside the UK. Clearly I know very little about this, but do other countries essentially copy the rules set out in the EMA or FDA? For smaller countries it would seem like a good course of action.

I work in a similar area to medicine (other controlled chemicals of various types). A lot of small countries will mutually recognise EU or USA approvals. Sometimes they recognise the whole thing and just need some forms and a rubber stamp (and an admin fee or disguised bribe, because this includes those sorts of small countries). Other times, they still do a limited national assessment to cover specific concerns of that country.

We will probably do the latter for a lot of our chemicals. We don't have the money or staff to duplicate EU bodies like ECHA or EFSA.

And the idea that the EMA would stay here is insane. This was never seen as possible, even by the craziest leave supporter.

 

[Meadows]

hmm, maybe this thread has calmed down a bit so we can have some reasonable discussion. I guess I'll check in and see...

 

[Theonik]

And the idea that the EMA would stay here is insane. This was never seen as possible, even by the craziest leave supporter.

What's crazier in Davies's position is he thinks he can hold them hostage. Like he thinks them leaving is under negotiation or that the EU will wait 2 years to begin the complicated logistical task of relocating these agencies.

 

[CyclopsRock]

This reminds me of an interesting fact - When the lines for what constitutes London were re-drawn in the 60's we ended up with the slightly perverse situation where Surrey County Council - location in Kingston - isn't actually in Surrey. They've had 50 years to move it but haven't bothered.

 

[Joni]

No, because EU had the decision. They chose poorly.

They chose to put the European Union institution in a country where European Union citizens can actually enter easily. That no longer goes for the United Kingdom. So they can either move it or make it hard for employees ot actually work. Hard to understand. If you don't want European Union citizens working in your country, you can't have institutions where a lot of European Union citizens work.

 

[oti]

hmm, maybe this thread has calmed down a bit so we can have some reasonable discussion. I guess I'll check in and see...

It's difficult to have a reasonable discussion when the best "argument" Leavers can come up with is 'the EU is mean to us'.

 

[Jackpot]

EU dipshits gonna cause what they want to prevent. Idiots.

I'm confused. Why did you think the European Banking Authority and the European Medicines Agency would be headquartered in a non-EU country?

 

[PdotMichael]

So long people really think that the EU has no right to stand for its members any discussion with the Leaver crowd here is pointless.

At this point they aren't more than trolls.

 

[Linkstrikesback]

No, because EU had the decision. They chose poorly.

UK want a situation that benefits both, EU chooses one that is exactly what EU don't want. UK has no fault here, EU doing same shit that caused Brexit in first place, they wont learn.

UK doesn't want a situation that benefits both. UK wants a situation that benefits UK. We had a situation that benefited both, which, yes, meant concessions from both sides on things.

UK voted, one of the key arguments was whether the UK wanted free movement and as a result EU people working in the UK. They voted against it. So the EU is making motions to leave the UK, like the UK public voted for.
The UK is only getting what they voted for. That EU institutions would leave the UK was no secret.

 

[Xando]

Denmark to contest UK efforts to 'take back control' of fisheries

The British government's plan to ”take back control" of its waters after leaving the EU is about to be challenged by a claim from Denmark that its fishermen have a historical right to access to the seas around Britain dating back to the 1400s.

Officials in Copenhagen have mined the archives to build a legal case that could potentially be fought in the international court of justice in the Hague, although officials hasten to say that this is not their intention.

Denmark is seeking a Brexit deal that recognises the right of its fleet to continue to exploit a hundred shared stocks of species such as cod, herring, mackerel, plaice and sand eel.
Officials say 40% of Danish fishermen's annual take is from waters within the 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone around Britain, over which the UK may seek to impose greater control when it leaves the EU. Some of Denmark's coastal communities are almost entirely economically dependent on access to UK waters.

The development suggests that leaving the EU will not reap the dividends promised by prominent leave campaigners, including the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, who has claimed that the union's ”crazy" common fisheries policy has halved UK employment in the industry.

The Danish position is likely to be mirrored by the seven other member states who will be affected if the UK seeks to limit access to its waters to EU fleets after 2019, it is understood.

 

[Mr. Sam]

It seems the Danes have a very tenuous case but it's telling that even one of the areas most cited as disadvantaging Britain won't necessarily improve post-Brexit.

 

[kmag]

Denmark to contest UK efforts to 'take back control' of fisheries




Much control

Fisheries is going to be a clusterfuck. Most of the catch in British waters is shit the British don't like to eat but the Europeans do while the most popular British fish are mostly within the EU area. Then you're going to have double dipping on stocks as they pass through each sector leading to resource drain.

 

[axisofweevils]

So, there's going to be an unexpected announcement from the PM at 1115. Speculate Wildly.

https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/854255578981552128

 

[Dougald]

So, there's going to be an unexpected announcement from the PM at 1115. Speculate Wildly.

https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/854255578981552128

If its a General Election, Labour will be obliterated

 

[liquidtmd]

So, there's going to be an unexpected announcement from the PM at 1115. Speculate Wildly.

https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/854255578981552128

Snap election

Health concerns and stepping down

Cancelling Brexit as 'it was only a prank bro'

 

[Vivalaraza]

So, there's going to be an unexpected announcement from the PM at 1115. Speculate Wildly.

https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/854255578981552128

Wenger out?

 

[oti]

So, there's going to be an unexpected announcement from the PM at 1115. Speculate Wildly.

https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/854255578981552128

 

[War Peaceman]

They surely can't launch an election at this stage of brexit negotiations? You either do it before it has started or after a deal has been laid out...

 

[oti]

They surely can't launch an election at this stage of brexit negotiations? You either do it before it has started or after a deal has been laid out...

"They surely can't ..." is the running theme of Brexit so WHO KNOWS

 

[8bit]

So, there's going to be an unexpected announcement from the PM at 1115. Speculate Wildly.

https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/854255578981552128

Kris Marshall as new Doctor Who. Adric & Mel as companions.

 

[War Peaceman]

For the record that is not a prediction but an expression of incredulity.

 

[Xando]

So, there's going to be an unexpected announcement from the PM at 1115. Speculate Wildly.

https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/854255578981552128

May resigning and migrating to EU

 

[theaface]

We won't let you leave!

Come back here and take what's coming to ya! I'll bite your legs off!

 

[DarthMasta]

All foreign EU citizens in the UK to be placed in labor camps for their own protection?

 

[Xando]

So watching Sky News this is either GE or military action.

Spain mobilizing forces as we speak.


Maybe this could be an announcement about northern ireland?

 

[TimmmV]

Denmark to contest UK efforts to 'take back control' of fisheries

Its ok, once we leave there will be no fish left for those thieving Danes to get anyway

 

[oti]

Sky News got a complaint by Number 10 because they speculated the announcement could be related to May's health.

 

[ty_hot]

I thought after the Brexit repercussion, other countries would stop wanting to leave the EU. It's just bad news for the Uk all the time (as expected). But it doesnt seem to be the case, the "exit" parties are still strong around Europe.

 

[Stallion Dan]

Denmark to contest UK efforts to 'take back control' of fisheries

EU trying to keep what it only got as part of EU while stating UK loses what it only got as part of EU.

Wow.

 

[Funky Papa]

What a shitshow.

I wonder if this will have an impact on the negotiations and how is the cabinet going to cope with everything.

 

[Theonik]

EU trying to keep what it only got as part of EU while stating UK loses what it only got as part of EU.

Wow.

It's international waters. Current arrangements are based on the EU. New treaties must be signed. Claims are open season.

Fisheries are also hilariously hard to enforce.

 

[Stallion Dan]

It's international waters. Current arrangements are based on the EU. New treaties must be signed. Claims are open season.

Fisheries are also hilariously hard to enforce.

The rights to fish there belonged to the UK, only shared due to the EU, no EU, rights should be with UK again.

 

[Jackpot]

EU dipshits gonna cause what they want to prevent. Idiots.

I'm confused. Why did you think the European Banking Authority and the European Medicines Agency would be headquartered in a non-EU country?

Still waiting for an answer on this.

 

[Theonik]

The rights to fish there belonged to the UK, only shared due to the EU, no EU, rights should be with UK again.

Denmark has a claim. The EU helped prevent the waters being contested by making the case irrelevant. You will see a lot of that going forward.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

The rights to fish there belonged to the UK, only shared due to the EU, no EU, rights should be with UK again.

It's not clear the rights to fish there did belong exclusively to the UK. The international maritime treaty only regulated new claims developed from that point, it specifically does not supersede any rights or agreements that predate the treaty (hence why the Spanish keep going on about the precise text of the Gibraltar treaty). If Denmark could produce historical documents from even the 1800s, for example, where the UK acknowledged Danish customary rights, that would be us snookered.

 

[Maledict]

The rights to fish there belonged to the UK, only shared due to the EU, no EU, rights should be with UK again.

That's not how international law works. These countries have a valid historical claim to fish in those areas and international law will almost certainly rule in their favor. As denmarks minister put it - their fishermen have been buried in Scotland and England for centuries. There's no way we can block them out.

Fishing was never really part of the eu issue. It was used as a scapegoat by the government as it was easier than explaining that market economics, technology changes and rapidly depleting fish stocks meant that it was always going to have less jobs than before. My favorite was Boris Johnson saying we lost 50% of our fishing jobs thanks to the EU - which means we've lost 11,000 low paying, dangerous as hell jobs in total since joining the EU. Even if we got them all back, that's10% of the jobs were already committing to losing in london alone thanks to Brexit.

 

[oti]

The rights to fish there belonged to the UK, only shared due to the EU, no EU, rights should be with UK again.

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