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  1. Exactly right. I didn't for one minute believe that there was any great deficiency in Liz Truss' reticence to answer the Duchess Thornberry's questions asking for statistical information on the Japan trade deal, compared to Thornberry's utterly humiliating shortcomings as Shadow Foreign Minister not able to name her counterparts in the French Government or in South Korea. Talking of Diane Abbott, as Shadow Home Secretary, it is a toss-up as to which was the more incompetent of the two of them, but we must thank them heartily when added to Corbyn and McDonell as Shadow Chancellor for making Labour unelectable.
  2. As usual, anybody who disagrees with your opinions doesn't know what they are talking about. Typical arrogance from your side. Whereas most of the trade deals so far negotiated are rolled over from the EU deals we were a part of, that is the immediate expedient position as a starting point. Further negotiations will concentrate on the specific areas of beneficial advantage to both sides and expand the deals with those Countries. We will not only arrange trade deals with Australia and New Zealand, but a combined one with them and Canada too, to form CANZUK. We are also looking towards joining the massive CPTPP block, with whom we already have deals with several members. A further possibility is a bloc comprising Commonwealth members. You do not seem to have realised that the EU is the declining force in world trade, whereas most of the growth is in the Pacific region, India and Brazil. Yes, there are Free Ports in the EU, 80 of them, mostly in the newer member states in Eastern or Central Europe and they existed before those countries became members. It is generally accepted that the benefits will be far greater outside of the EU rules regime, provided that we would be free from the level playing field rules on state aid investment, which thankfully we largely are. Regarding your assertions that EU rules applied to all UK businesses regardless of whether they traded with the EU or not will be retained because they are deemed to be essential to maintain standards, no doubt those business leaders will soon enough highlight those areas where they disagree with you. Many of them were put in place to make the UK less competitive against EU manufacturers and producers in Germany and France in particular, and decimated much of our manufacturing base and producers as a result. Manufacturing standards in the UK are to a high level, and only need to be commensurate to the specifications required by the buying country, not the EU. Naturally we will need to maintain EU standards when selling to them, but not to others. You have this bizarre notion that cutting ourselves free from EU red tape will result in a race to the bottom on workers rights and the lowering of wages. In most areas, we have much higher standards in both compared to the EU. I suggest that you look at the EU's policy of FOM which had the biggest effect on falling wages and work conditions in this country, and now that we are out and have ended FOM, wage levels will rise as a whole when we employ our points based system on immigration and raise the standards and qualifications of those coming in to the UK for work and residency. You seem obsessed with this £350 million a week. Now we are not paying into the EU slush fund, we are saving much more than that. I seem to recall asking you before, but I will ask you again, as I don't think I received a reply; how much do you think our contribution would have been to the EU emergency budget post Covid? What do you reckon; would it be more, or less than that £80 billion you mention? Forecasts like those from the OBR and BoE are very long term, and rely on a lot of assumptions, basically guesswork. When Singapore left the Federation of Malysia, their GDP was half of the UK's. A few decades later, it is now double that in the UK. What did the forecasters predict for the Singapore economy at the time of their departure?
  3. On the other hand, we are motoring ahead with trade deals all over the place, plans are being made to open several free ports around the country, especially in run-down areas of the country, we have in place our own immigration policy now that FOM has ended, and the Government is liaising with business chiefs to ask for ways that industry and commerce can be made more efficient by getting rid of EU red tape, you know, the sort that had to apply to all businesses whether they dealt with the EU or not. £100 million to be invested in our fisheries to assist their growth as the quota of fish in our own waters grows over the next five years. The Erasmus programme ditched and replaced with one that allows student changes around the world, instead of just Europe, aimed to benefit the poorer students in particular. All this already and we only left five minutes ago.
  4. In the same way that there were advantages of our EU membership, then of course any sensible intelligent person would also acknowledge that there were disadvantages too. The decision to stay or leave the EU was based on whether one's assessment considered the the advantages to outweigh the disadvantages and vice versa. You have said on more than one occasion that there were no advantages to leaving, so clearly you are completely blinkered, and it would be a waste of time attempting to argue with you. I am confident that time will prove that our decision to leave the failing EU will have been the right one, and that now was the right time too. We have container ships coming into Southampton from all over the World, and the goods are unloaded and checked within minutes. I understand that the French are being their usually bolshie selves deliberately delaying our exports via Calais in order that serial remoaners like you can bleat about how we have made a massive error in leaving, but they will soon realise that such pettiness is counter productive and soon things will settle down to an efficient routine. Oh, and bully for you selling some football books to somebody in Liverpool. Has your name been submitted for a Queen's Award to Industry?
  5. If there is all this trouble over so-called additional bureaucracy because of the deal we have with the EU, then perhaps we should just go WTO and have done with it. How do all of those other countries export and import with the EU under WTO terms with seemingly none of the fuss that is being created here at the moment? Either it is deliberate stirring of the pot by the usual anti-Brexit suspects, or some businesses which had months and months to get their houses in order, haven't bothered to do so.
  6. Doesn't Van Dijk count as an ex-Saint who caused Liverpool to flounder without him playing?
  7. If Armstrong has tied up 3 players and then loses the ball, then there are three fewer players available for the counter attack. In any event, it is usually far further upfield that Armstrong receives the attention of defenders, as he is more likely to pass the ball in the middle of the park, only running forward with the ball when there is a clear path open ahead. Walcott is just as likely to run at the defence and find himself closed down. However, I am pleased that both of them do carry a real threat to defences because of what they bring to the attack by getting the ball into the box, or behind the defence, drawing defenders towards them so clearing holes that Ings or Adams can exploit. I think that Armstrong suffered some lingering affects of the Chinese virus for a few matches, but last night he was a major contributor to our win.
  8. My heart sank when I heard that Mariner was refereeing. He's usually awful where we're concerned. Naturally, I'm not complaining about him tonight. 😄
  9. Saints brilliant to deny the champions more than one shot on target, and unable to score in the 88 minutes following Ings' goal. This was a team missing three key players; our in-form goalie, our midfield stopper and one of our two main strikers. And by the final whistle, we had added three youngsters as substitutes and still we held fast against a World class team. Before the match on here, some thought that our high pressing play would suit Liverpool down to the ground with their fast breaking attackers, but Aston Villa proved that an attacking team could unsettle Liverpool, and with their makeshift defence, it was worth sticking to our usual high pressing tactics. In fact, we threatened to hit them on the break on several occasions and could have been more comfortable with better finishing. With Mc Carthy out, it was at least a blessing that the back four was intact, with Stephens having been reliable in place of Vestergaard. The absence of Adams wasn't too critical because we were able to switch Walcott up top with Ings, and Diallo put in a great shift in place of Romeu. The midfield was also anchored by Armstrong, who showed great energy in winning the ball and breaking up Liverpool attacks, as well as giving good support to Walker-Peters, who kept Mane quiet most of the time. Bertrand and Djenepo gave good width up the left. We were the better team for sure in the first half, closing Liverpool down and winning the 50/50 balls. In the second half, Liverpool came out much more energetically, put real pressure on us for the first 15 minutes and we were backs against the wall. But their shooting was wayward, and we put in some last ditch blocks and clearances and weathered the storm. We both made substitutions, but it seemed that ours worked themselves into our system smoothly, with fresh legs, and Liverpool's made their play more disjointed. Djenepo had gone off injured to be replaced by Tella, who looked lively. Ings went off to be replaced by L'lundulu on the 77th minute and Walcott went off in the 81st minute to be replaced by Valery, who would have scored a minute later, had his shot been stronger, having nutmegged their keeper. Great performances throughout the team, and this must have been an embarrassment for Liverpool bearing in mind the makeshift nature of our team. A couple of observations aside; it only took the commentators 30 minutes to mention the 9-0 loss. A defensive clearance by Ings went out clearly for a throw, but Liverpool were awarded a corner. A kick out from Forster went out for a throw virtually at their corner flag, but they took it several yards upfield. Oh, and Forster didn't have much to do, but did it well enough, of course, to get a clean sheet.
  10. Try this definition - Hyperbole exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. As nobody on here is likely to be able to do anything individually to change the situation regarding Brexit, then as you say, posts from them on a football club forum are opinions only. As such, charges of treasonable behaviour are much more closely attributable to those fifth columnists who independently attended meetings without the government's blessing to give counsel to the EU negotiators and Commissioners about how they could best act to thwart the Brexit negotiations from our side.
  11. Really? https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tampon-tax-abolished-from-today
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