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In which case, why make the changes outlined ? Perhaps their reason is that they don't trust the UK with some of those systems ? To be honest, you would be better off asking them, they asked for it to be put in and we agreed.

Reported on the BBC: On Policing and security, "But the brutal truth is that the agreement downgrades what British police can achieve - and how quickly. There’s an extradition agreement which avoids the nightmare scenario of suspects being held for months if not years as the courts wrangle over sending them for trial abroad. And while the UK retains what is seemingly a considerable presence within Europol, the cross-border co-operative organised crime-fighting agency, it's no longer a "member" and will be unable to dictate its priorities. The UK is still part of an ambitious plan linking DNA and fingerprint systems. But, as expected, the UK will have to unplug its connection to an enormous real-time database that shares alerts on wanted or missing people. And while they'll have access to the EU's database on air travellers, it will be limited - meaning British police, like their US counterparts, won't be allowed to use all the tools. And it's those nuances that are why the EU says the UK will no longer benefit from "privileged co-operation amongst police and judicial authorities"."

To term anything as Chinese, Spanish, etc may be deemed to lend an air of identification, ownership, and perhaps blame with a nationality or particular people, race, or skin tone. In contrast, the Ebola virus, White Nile fever, etc, give a geographical context to an outbreak, without implication of an 'ism. Anyway, to get back on topic, UK Chief Negotiator Lord Frost has said "We made our fair share of compromises". I wonder what they were.

Hardly anybody yet knows what is in the 'deal', yet already there are so many experts on it's content. Let's wait and see where both sides' 'red lines' have been blurred, and where concessions were made.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/24/business/brexit-deal-economy/index.html "Brexit is finally done. It will leave the UK poorer"

https://www.itv.com/news/london/update/2013-04-10/boris-nets-an-odds-defying-basketball-shot-after-many-failed-attempts-to-net-an-average/

It's an even better trick when applied to a document that hasn't been completed, let alone published, at the time you summarise it.

Potch looks like he is the replacement at PSG.

And you know full well that that would not be the case. His 'Trump-eting' of the term 'Chinese virus' is just another of his particular affectations, and not one of his own creation. His use of the term is specifically pointed to the bogus claims about how the virus emerged into the wild - a theory espoused by Trump, and championed on here by GM in particular.

So would you refer to Ebola as the 'Congo virus' ?

The cynic in me says that is those areas where he can make most money as a consequence.

What, as the 51st State of the Union ?

But what does his German wife think of it ? You can understand Nige's fear of the EU, his first mother-in-law was Irish, his second was German.

But we held all the cards.

Every 'scheduling' decision made during the pandemic has been botched.

Aretha

I reckon Tier 4 will be extended across the whole of England on Jan 1st. It is faintly ridiculous to think an arbitrary line on a map has any effect; at what point as you drive from Maybush to Cadnam do you become less infectious ?

Bit late to the party, aren't you ?

Exactly. As Nige said, if the referendum was to finish in a close, eg 52-48, remain vote, he would continue to campaign to leave the EU.

How, when we can't take advanrage of any reduction in EU fishing in UK coastal waters ?

No, for the vast majority of them we have agreed that the UK can roll over the terms of the existing EU agreements. What a negotiating coup that is.

A sure sign they are about to talk bollocks.

No, we were able to authorise the CoViD vaccine 2 weeks before the EU. 🙂

Donnie taking care of the important things in the current crisis; US President Donald Trump has issued an order that future federal buildings across the country must be "beautiful", and preferably built in a classical Greek, Roman, or similar style. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55407136