[Merged]Brexit stuff (part 2)

[sasguru]

Germany mustn't risk EU trade over Brexit deal - industry group | Reuters

There we have it, Germany's trade with the UK is less than 5th of its trade with the rest of the EU. It is pretty clear that a transitional deal that May is planning will involve caving into the EU.

If you take the Nissan issue and May's speech to the CBI yesterday together, it's quite clear there isn't going to be a hard Brexit.
Exactly as I predicted on June 24 - Brexit lite with some form of work permit system i.e. free movement of labour (albeit with a bit of bureaucracy) but not free movement of people.
Now why we couldn't do that in the first place I don't know - Switzerland is meant to allow free movement of people but in fact only allows free movement of labour - you can't just move there without a job, nor can you stay if you lose your job and haven't got one after a certain period of time (AFAIK, still researching this prepatory to moving).
If the war criminal had the pragmatic sense to have implemnted such a system in the noughties a lot of grief could have been saved.
It's a shame though, hard Brexit would be a fantastic asset picking opportunity particularly if you have non-Sterling denominated assets

[shaunbhoy]

What a shame - hard Brexit would be a fantastic asset picking opportunity particularly if you have non-Sterling denominated assets

You really set a lot of store by what your carer tells you, dontcha sas?
He may be a dab hand at mopping slobber from your chin, but I doubt he is Adam Smith!

[sasguru]

You really set a lot of store by what your carer tells you, dontcha sas?
He may be a dab hand at mopping slobber from your chin, but I doubt he is Adam Smith!

For people who suck on the tit of the state, Brexit is a poverty creator.
Debt is getting out of control which means extreme cuts to the public sector are in the offing:

Chancellor warns Brexit uncertainty leaves UK facing 'eye-watering' debt

[PurpleGorilla]

International Law professor with THREE PhD's says we can just leave on our own terms under A50; and there is nothing to 'trigger';

http://uk.businessinsider.com/britai...the-eu-2016-11

[NotAllThere]

International Law professor with THREE PhD's says we can just leave on our own terms under A50; and there is nothing to 'trigger';

Britain does not need to trigger article 50 to leave the EU - Business Insider

Do you know how easy it is to get a PhD? It only takes time - not intelligence. For example, we have students come through client office working on their PhDs. What it amounts to is doing a project with some new tool and writing it up. Then they get their doctorate. A law student will write a book on an aspect of law no-one has ever written about before. Essentially, it shows that they're capable of research to a certain (not necessarily high) level.

Don't be impressed by someone having a large number of PhD's. It just means they spent a lot of time at "school". If those 3 PhDs were not on related subjects (thye are) then it'd be even more meaningless.

However, even if she has a brilliant legal mind (which seems to be the case), it is nonetheless her opinion. And as all BN66 people know, legal opinions are worthless...

[sasguru]

International Law professor with THREE PhD's says we can just leave on our own terms under A50; and there is nothing to 'trigger';

Britain does not need to trigger article 50 to leave the EU - Business Insider

Yeah let's do it. Economic chaos is a great opportunity for some

[PurpleGorilla]

Do you know how easy it is to get a PhD? It only takes time - not intelligence. For example, we have students come through client office working on their PhDs. What it amounts to is doing a project with some new tool and writing it up. Then they get their doctorate.

Don't be impressed by someone having a large number of PhD's. It just means they spent a lot of time at "school".

Do you have a PhD?

[shaunbhoy]

Do you have a PhD?

He can't even spell it!!

[BlasterBates]

Well he's perfectly right the UK can leave the EU at any time it wants simply by ignoring the treaties. Contrary to popular belief the UK was always a sovereign nation, quite capable of introducing it's own laws when ever it wants and if it so chooses. Of course if it does it would start a trade war with immediate import bans on selected UK exports and it wouldn't get WTO membership because the EU would block it.

Comes down to the fact is how wealthy is the UK. If the UK was wealthy with no debt it could afford do these sort of things because it would simply spend it's way out of any economic downturn. A different matter weighed down with a huge debt.

He is a professor of law and not economics. In fact he has probably spent so much time studying law that he doesn't know a great deal about economics. So his plan might be legal but it isn't economically viable.

[sasguru]

Do you know how easy it is to get a PhD? It only takes time - not intelligence. For example, we have students come through client office working on their PhDs. What it amounts to is doing a project with some new tool and writing it up. Then they get their doctorate. A law student will write a book on an aspect of law no-one has ever written about before. Essentially, it shows that they're capable of research to a certain (not necessarily high) level.

Don't be impressed by someone having a large number of PhD's. It just means they spent a lot of time at "school". If those 3 PhDs were not on related subjects (thye are) then it'd be even more meaningless.

However, even if she has a brilliant legal mind (which seems to be the case), it is nonetheless her opinion. And as all BN66 people know, legal opinions are worthless...

Agree with you in general. But it depends on the awarding university and the subject studied.
Some non-STEM PhDs are little more than extended essays and require more persistence than intelligence.
On the other hand some PhDs in fields like AI or maths require genuine brains and innovation.
But yes, the days of respecting someone simply because they have a PhD are long gone, more scrutiny is needed.
It's all part of the dumbing down that happened in the 90s, nowadays ex-polys are allowed to award PhDs in utter crap.