Poor Ed

He’s never had to work so hard

@aphclarkson.bsky.social made the point yesterday that the UK has to do the running on this, as Europe has so much in its inbox.

Instead, it is cavilling every detail and resisting common standards and paying its fair share, delaying everything.

I do get the feeling that some of these problems on Erasmus and visas stem from the Treasury and Home Office, and are a result of a lack of a coordinated position, and, as many of said, a failure to explain and win over domestic stakeholders to that position.

Ends

So the UK approach of fighting tooth and nail over every issue is self-sabotage. Better to concede with good grace on more symbolic (and cheaper in budget terms!) issues like erasmus or youth visas to build a receptive EU lobby when being tougher on SPS or carbon tax that involve more £s and €s

Yes, originally

🇺🇸 commemorates their military who lost their lives on Memorial Day in May

Veterans Day has always been more of a celebration of their military might

Typical of the low IQ dimwit President not to understand that

To maintain balance I expect there will be at least two right wing climate change deniers and one right leaning person who is on the fence on the panel with you

Really hoped we would be past this win/lose, big bully/brave underdog, zero sum bollox by now

A mutually beneficial outcome seems to be the last thing anyone wants although it’s exactly what everyone needs

Proof that British TV can still produce outstanding comedy content

The government is reckless.

Very accurate. The lack of realism and pathological need for special treatment is killing the UK

They continue to think that if they ask for the same things that May demanded but without the threats and associated hubris somehow they will be successful

Bring back Monsieur Barnier, he had a good way with words to explain the reality

If he’d actually followed through with all his threats to sue various people and organisations for $billions (and won) he’d be richer than Musk by now

They’re waiting until it reaches double figures before they even acknowledge the fact let alone do anything positive about it

never going to be a long term solution

So we are again locked in a position where we refuse to accept reality and expect to achieve the unachievable

The problem is that the current UKG needs the same thing the 2016/18 version needed

Access to the SM and CU without fully reciprocating the four freedoms especially the movement of people

The 2019 UKG pretended full access wasn’t needed in order to get the drama over and done with but that was

It’s a shame the program wasn’t streamed on ITVX

They could easily just say it was buffering (as usual) in the middle of the speech