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This is worth watching again. I can't imagine any current presidential candidate, blue or red, making such a magnanimous or eloquent concession speech.
And he's spent the last two years shilling for the Labour Party desperately trying to get back into Corbyn's inner circle which hasn't happen as they don't trust him anymore. How sad.
No NW third runway at LHR; extend the two existing runways over the M25 to create four runways. Add a sixth terminal in between and stick to the toast rack layout.
It's amazing how many of these pubs have gone in such a short space of time. No space for sh*t pubs when the decent ones are closing. Clive's Desert Rat was demolished several years ago and Clive_Anderson's The Globe of drug deal fame appears to have had a housing estate built on it.
Trade wise perhaps, but political and culturally Australia remains very much part of the Anglosphere.
The FTA between the EU and Canada still hasn't come into force, nearly ten years after negotiations started. The FTA between the US and Australia was done and dusted in less than two.
An Israeli passport means he doesn't need a visa before getting on a plane to the UK but he can still be turned away at the border if the government sees fit to do so.
We'll have to disagree on that. The concept of the UK being the 'mother country' is gone and won't be coming back but cooperation as equal partners already goes on a large scale and can only increase post-Brexit; free trade deals with Australia and NZ are already done and dusted in principle.
Knighting the DoE was the start of the end for Abbott. I understand HRH was intensively embarrassed about the idea. Mike Rann was unceremoniously ditched early by Abbott in favour of Downer. I can only presume it was his preferred posting.
I would've thought it's pretty self-evident; the historical wrong being the UK turning away from the Commonwealth and towards Europe. The direction of travel is now being reversed and they're first in line to reap the benefits.
Agree that Downer is a bit of a weirdo. Posh boys don't do well in Oz. He's still chaffing that Abbott wasn't around long enough to give him a knighthood like Dad.
I suspect the current Liberal government would disagree with you. They are very keen on doing exactly that and turning back the clock; comprehensive free trade, easing of visa restrictions, increased military and security cooperation, etc..
I don't need to 'believe' anything; the Australian and New Zealand governments have said so publicly as did many others at CHGOM. That's why they're queuing up to make FTAs to kick in on day one. As for Britain's self-interest, who is disputing that?
Sure they do. It's called the 'Bolivarian Revolution'. It's the one where you manage to turn the country with the world's largest proven oil reserves into a humanitarian disaster zone, where children are literally starving to death.
As for the manifesto, here's the spending commitment breakdown:
- £250 billion for a National Transformation Fund - £100 billion for a National Investment Bank - £48.6 billion per year in increased day to day spending - £176-306 billion for the nationalisation of PFIs, energy, water, the railways and Royal Mail.
You're right, my maths was a little out; it's anywhere between £769 to £899 billion.
I actually read Labour's last election manifesto and tried to keep track of how much they wanted to borrow to turn Britain into a socialist paradise. I lost count at £750 billion. As for Abbott, I wouldn't trust her to run a bath, let alone a department of state. There's a complete dearth of talent in British politics at the moment but at least the Tories aren't touting Venezuela as the economic model to emulate.
I don't know about 'definitive' but it's what the legislation says. Many Commonwealth countries are very happy about Brexit as it corrects what they see as an historical wrong.
Not quite correct. The Windrush generation lost their British citizenship (Citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies) when their particular country obtained its independence from the UK. They then became citizens of the newly independent country, albeit within the Commonwealth with the right to come to the UK if they met certain conditions. The Immigration Act 1971, which commenced on 1 January 1973, broke the final link between Commonwealth citizenship and the right to come to the UK (although the process had started with the Commonwealth Immigrants Acts 1962 and 1968). On the same day, the UK joined the EEC which permitted freedom of movement from EEC countries. We effectively pivoted away from the Commonwealth and towards Europe. The 1971 Act granted blanket Indefinite Leave to Remain to all those Commonwealth citizens who were already settled in the UK but no paperwork was issued or was required to apply for. Most decided to naturalise or register in the decades that followed. Those that did not and now cannot evidence their status are now those facing problems.
Spike Milligan was born in India to an Irish father and English mother. British women were not able to pass on their citizenship until 1983 so when Ireland and India gained their independence he ceased to be a British subject by birth or descent. He had the option apply for citizenship, but chose not to, falling back on his automatic right to an Irish passport.
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