sevenair wrote:Lemme guess. They want it paid other away. Whereas they’re rather silent on Ireland’s rotten Apple deal. Hmmm.
frmrCapCadet wrote:The actual words British politicians use to describe their magic borders using special fairy dust oxford wands: flexibility - think creatively - imaginatively. Borders: Now you see it. Now you don't.
ElPistolero wrote:sevenair wrote:Lemme guess. They want it paid other away. Whereas they’re rather silent on Ireland’s rotten Apple deal. Hmmm.
Last I read, Apple agreed to pay 13 billion Euros to Ireland.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-agre ... counts-wsj
Has that changed?
sevenair wrote:Lemme guess. They want it paid other away. Whereas they’re rather silent on Ireland’s rotten Apple deal. Hmmm.
Tugger wrote:ElPistolero wrote:sevenair wrote:Lemme guess. They want it paid other away. Whereas they’re rather silent on Ireland’s rotten Apple deal. Hmmm.
Last I read, Apple agreed to pay 13 billion Euros to Ireland.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-agre ... counts-wsj
Has that changed?
"Agreed to pay" is not fully accurate. Apple and Ireland agreed on an escrow set-up so the money is officially paid to Ireland but is secured separately from use until Apple's appeal to the EU GC is completed. Basically Apple (and Ireland) expects/plans to have the money returned once they are exonerated. .
Tugg
JJJ wrote:par13del wrote:Reinhardt wrote:The government has no mandate to leave the single market and they don't have a commons majority to do it either.
Help me with this one, the UK government gave its people a choice of in or out of the EU, how can one be in the Customs Union without being in the EU, or do you see a difference between being a voting member and someone who has to follow all the rules of the EU?
British voters were given a choice: in or out the EU, but those advocating leave also said they would still be in the single market (or something amounting to pretty much that).
JJJ wrote:So either they were knowingly misleading them or they didn't have the slightest idea of how the whole thing works.
I honestly don't know which one is worse.
frmrCapCadet wrote:The actual words British politicians use to describe their magic borders using special fairy dust oxford wands: flexibility - think creatively - imaginatively. Borders: Now you see it. Now you don't.
LAH1 wrote:Redd wrote:par13del wrote:...don't worry, help is just around the corner in a new Labour Government, who knows better how to run utilities like rail, power and NHS than the government.....
Rail costs in France are 2% of the average salary, in the UK they're 14% of the average salary. 60€ monthly in France, 390€ in the UK. French rail is state owned, UK is private. France has a good, on time, reliable, comfortable, high speed & modern rail system. UK doesn't. Do you really think privatization of rail is a good thing?
That must be apart from the high speed once an hour train I took from Edinburgh to London yesterday then, you know, the one with 4 stops on the way taking under 4 1/2 hours and doesn't have a fancy name as it's just a "normal" train. Every country has its slower, less comfortable trains. Been on them in France as well as the superb TGV but your comment is OTT. Remember, UK is a small island with hardly any room left for new rails, unlike France for instance.
sevenair wrote:Lemme guess. They want it paid other away. Whereas they’re rather silent on Ireland’s rotten Apple deal. Hmmm.
LAH1 wrote:Redd wrote:par13del wrote:...don't worry, help is just around the corner in a new Labour Government, who knows better how to run utilities like rail, power and NHS than the government.....
Rail costs in France are 2% of the average salary, in the UK they're 14% of the average salary. 60€ monthly in France, 390€ in the UK. French rail is state owned, UK is private. France has a good, on time, reliable, comfortable, high speed & modern rail system. UK doesn't. Do you really think privatization of rail is a good thing?
That must be apart from the high speed once an hour train I took from Edinburgh to London yesterday then, you know, the one with 4 stops on the way taking under 4 1/2 hours and doesn't have a fancy name as it's just a "normal" train. Every country has its slower, less comfortable trains. Been on them in France as well as the superb TGV but your comment is OTT. Remember, UK is a small island with hardly any room left for new rails, unlike France for instance.