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Supervising art director for film/TV #Shetland
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If BBC continues on this route they will see a huge swathe of its existing audience disappear.
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At the start of every contract I have to provide my passport as proof I've the right to work. It applies to most freelancers and I suspect a large majority of the UK workforce to ensure they get paid. The only harm is to those attempting to circumvent legitimate routes.
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Interestingly, the two EU countries that don't have ID cards still have passport cards, which is effectively what the UK card would replicate.
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As a supposed spokesperson for BFP Fish Auctioneers, she was constantly challenged over on the other site for her lack of knowledge and consistency on fisheries policy and its implementation. Nothing has changed.
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EFTA-EEA was the best option after leaving EU, but the idea of promoting it as a temporary move is being somewhat disingenuous. Norway has been against the idea of UK using EFTA like this and the disruption it would cause for existing members. UK needs to decide what it wants and commit to it.
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Glasgow Southside is such a rich mix of nationalities. No one should have to put up with that kind of abuse.
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You would think after recent weeks that Labour would adjust the dial and pull back on the rhetoric. They are not attracting Reform voters but will go into the next election dispersing much of their earned support to Lib Dems, Greens and SNP.
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Everyone should be owed an apology. MPs were ignorant to the consequences and despite all advice allowed Government to pursue one of the hardest withdrawals. Even with a huge majority, Labour are still willing to sacrifice the economy if it helps them stay in Government.
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EEA-EFTA was always the best landing place for UK. Anyone following EFTA position on UK withdrawal will know any suggestion of temporary membership will be immediately shut down by its members. Arrogant to think UK has that choice.
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Any suggestion of EFTA being a temporary holding place for UK whilst it sorts itself out will immediately have the Norwegians on edge. Whilst supportive of UK joining, this was their number one concern in 2018. They will expect UK to join as a committed member.
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I still don't know why the media care for Stanley Johnson's opinion. It has added nothing to the debate over the past decade except ensuring the Johnson name stays in the public mind.
If Johnson returns to politics in the next 10 yrs it'll be because the media never let us forget about him.
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Aerials and flourescent lighting specialist.
She needs to move entirely online or update stock to reflect current demands. Failing business has nothing to do with immigration. Shoddy reporting from BBC. Demographic might've changed but population size is back up to what it was in 1970.
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Conservatives shafted the fishing industry and it hasn't recovered. It was one thing to leave the EU and CFP. Another entirely to leave the Single Market, without the arrangements that Norway and Iceland have.
They're prepared to repeat the same mistake- 10yrs on and still no lessons learnt.
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A good analysis of the changes made to UK-EU relations. However, we MUST stop equating Single Market, customs union and free movement as reversing Brexit, when they were viable solutions to our withdrawal from the EU. Doing so only gives ammunition to those still bemoaning the loss of sovereignty.
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If your default response to any issue is 'Europe good Britain bad' you're just as much of a Little Englander as those you criticise.
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We are outside Common Fisheries Policy. What is Reform objecting? About time they are pulled up on their objections, instead of being allowed to move the goal posts each time the deal is improved on.
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It's not difficult to follow that if you're not one of the three major economies (EU, US, China) your economic decisions are going to be dictated by whichever you're closest to.
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Do you think most Brits acknowledge what goes on in Europe outside Ukraine? Do you think many of those who voted to leave EU could name all its members?
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There was no mandate to leave the Single Market, a customs union or end free movement. Anyone taking a look at UK migration policy can see the controls are there, it's just the layers of UK bureaucracy that prevent it being correctly managed. Besides, the world is different to what it was 10yrs ago.
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Unfortunately, and it applies to Starmer too, no one has ever taken the time to talk to those Brexit supporters. Instead, they play to their bigotry and ignorance. Rather than inform people of the benefits from participating in the Single Market and joining the EU.
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Sun's coverage of the youth mobility scheme is simply deranged. "Fury as UK could be opened up to 150MILLION new migrants under EU youth visa scheme in fresh Brexit surrender"
This dedicated visa path will include mechanisms to ensure the overall number of participants is acceptable to both sides
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The Brexiters simply have to be defeated now. There is no way of accommodating their emotional outbursts with the national interest. There's no way to improve our economy while respecting their demands. So they have to vanquished.
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Reform just need reminding of Farage's position. If the Swiss arrangement was his inspiration, what is the goal now?
Funny listening to Tice yesterday discuss the giving up sovereign powers to EU bureaucracy. Ignoring Farage was a part of that machine the past decade before leaving.
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Having recently been to Shetland for work, I know there is conflict between the large trawlers landing at the detriment to smaller, local fishers- but they bring in a lot of investment and on-shore processing jobs.
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What Labour should be doing is creating a new narrative about immigration - about welcoming people who make a contribution but reducing the numbers who don't.
Pretending to be super tough pisses off liberals and won't be believed by Reform voters.
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Until and unless we have a political class willing and able to state these basic truths about social care, reform its provision so it doesn’t carry on destroying local govt, and actually raise the taxes needed to fund it properly, we are, not to put to fine a point on it, f***ed on this issue.
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People who have a problem with immigration in the first place are never going to be swayed by evidence.
Especially as the highest anti-immigrant sentiments are consistently found in the areas with lowest immigration. (And vice-versa.) Pandering to such sentiments is always going to be doomed.
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The problem is that it's too expensive to make films in Hollywood. Tariffs on non-US films won't have the impact he is expecting. Most of the franchises basing out of UK film studios are still largely considered to be US productions.
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Instead on pandering to Reform, Labour need to look to Canada & Australia, while making it very obvious to the public that Farage stands for the same policies as Trump, because if the majority of people saw that, like the people of Canada & Australia did, they may be more motivated to stop Reform UK
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Well actually I do know how Brexit is sustainable… it’s precisely because those responsible for it are not held to account.
And because our politicians and media are up to their necks in the dishonesty of it all.
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Freedom of movement was a relatively recent issue built off resentment towards refugees, following the perceived crisis in 2014/15. Government made a scapegoat of our FoM and EU nationals living in UK. Many leavers wanted to follow an EFTA/EEA arrangement, keeping ties to the Single Market.
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There have been some pro-EU folk in the UK thinking conformity assessment would be an easy win.
Said it before, but it's not just Brexiters who are exceptionalist – it's the British as a whole.