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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostThat's because we are still in the EU and under EU rules have to tender the job across EU countries. I expect when we fully leave we will not renew that contract as we will be FREE to do whatever we like, like give it to a US company because someone in the govt is a big shareholder there.Comment
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Originally posted by chopper View PostIt's nothing to do with EU rules, but all about WTO rules. And we know Brexiters are very pro-WTO rules, so its all OK.
Brexiters will still be sucked in by the Daily Mail dog whistle though, facts are not their strong point.
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Originally posted by meridian View PostCorrect, it’s WTO rules on public procurement. They don’t apply to in-house government manufacturing which is why the French still make their own, but the Tories in their drive to privatise services have only themselves to blame by outsourcing the manufacture to public tender.
Brexiters will still be sucked in by the Daily Mail dog whistle though, facts are not their strong point.
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This passport business is such a load of old bollocks and in particular being stirred up by the right wing patriotic press. For a start the company, Gemalto, who have possibly been awarded the contract actually have 5 locations in the UK where they could easily print the passports, De La Rue, if they had got the contract may well have decided to print them at one of their plants in Kenya, Sri Lanka and Malta. Possibly if De La Rue had won the contract due to jingoism then they should stop printing all the banknotes and passports for the other foreign countries that they do and as for the 'Global Britain' that Brexiteers keep banging on about, then surely this is a sign of an 'Insular Protectionist Britain'?“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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The main reason why this had to go out to tender is in fact due to the Tories. Back before 1996, passports and other like documents were printed by HMSO but in the age of privatisation, that was one of the agencies that they sold off. Interestingly one of the major stakeholders of Williams Lea is in fact Deutsche Post who print Hansard and other government documents“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Going back in time to the 'Buy British' campaign
“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Originally posted by meridian View PostCorrect, it’s WTO rules on public procurement. They don’t apply to in-house government manufacturing which is why the French still make their own, but the Tories in their drive to privatise services have only themselves to blame by outsourcing the manufacture to public tender.
Brexiters will still be sucked in by the Daily Mail dog whistle though, facts are not their strong point.
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“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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FFS is this stupidity still going on?
I have a solution.
Why don't the Daily Fail readers and Wrexiters in general pay a special surcharge to make up the extra 120 million it will cost to have the passports printed in the UK?
Everyone's happy thenHard Brexit now!
#prayfornodealComment
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