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    Post by boomer crook Fri Oct 07, 2016 11:09 am

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    http://www.vox.com/world/2016/10/6/13189338/steven-woolfe-punched

    TUCA!


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    Post by Kinder Lad Fri Oct 07, 2016 11:47 am

    “Steven Woolfe has then taken his jacket off, walked over and said: ‘Right you, outside now’ 

    tradicionalne vrednosti


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    Post by Erős Pista Sun Oct 23, 2016 7:21 pm

    independent.co.uk
    David Cameron reportedly texted Boris Johnson to say 'you should have stuck with me, mate' after Michael Gove betrayal
    Charlotte England
    Former prime minister David Cameron texted Boris Johnson to gloat after the now foreign secretary was betrayed in his Tory leadership bid by Leave Campaign ally Michael Gove, a new book has claimed.
    Mr Gove managed Mr Johnson’s campaign to become prime minister, before changing his mind the night before nominations were announced and running himself, forcing Mr Johnson to withdraw from the contest.
    Mr Cameron, who campaigned to remain in the EU and resigned over the referendum result, texted Mr Johnson and said:  "you should have stuck with me, mate," following the debacle, author Tim Shipman has said. 
    In a book telling "the disastrous inside story of how Boris did not become prime minister", Mr Shipman reported that, following the Brexit referendum in June, Mr Gove initially agreed to back his colleague for the top job, despite the fact he was under "intense pressure from close allies" to run for the leadership himself. 
    But the relationship between the two politicians disintegrated over a series of mistakes and misunderstandings.  
    First, an email to Mr Gove from his wife was leaked. In it she urged her husband to get "specific assurances" from Mr Johnson and "not to concede ground", Mr Shipman said. 
    The email was posted online and went viral, damaging the relationship between the two men. 
    The situation reportedly worsened when an election strategist advised Mr Johnson to bring Eurosceptic MP Angela Leadsom on board, suggesting she could be helpful to his campaign.
    Mr Johnson agreed and allegedly offered Ms Leadsom a top three job: deputy prime minister, Brexit negotiator or chancellor.
    But, the book says, Mr Johnson became distracted when he encountered difficulties writing his campaign launch speech.
    According to the book, he became so stressed by the task that he failed to ensure a letter was delivered to Ms Leadsom confirming his offer of an important position in his government.
    Annoyed at the delay, Ms Leadsom reportedly texted Mr Johnson to say the deal was off.
    Mr Gove “went ballistic", a source told Mr Shipman, and decided it was "too big a risk for the country" to allow someone as "incompetent" as Mr Johnson to become prime minister.
    Over the course of the night, Mr Gove – who Mr Shipman said may also have been moved by speeches about how good a leader Mr Cameron was – decided he would put in his own leadership bid.
    He reportedly told advisors: “I don’t have the luxury of time. Tomorrow I have to say to my colleagues and the country, ‘I think this man is ready to be prime minister’ and be held to account forever for having made that claim – or not”

    Ten things Boris Johnson doesn't want you to know

    When he first heard, Mr Johnson reportedly did not believe Mr Gove had decided to run, but when he realised the news was true he decided he could no longer stand in the contest. 
    He said later: “To go on would have been very bloody, and with Gove’s knife in my back it would have been hard to pick up momentum again with colleagues.”
    The book claims one person who was with Mr Johnson when the nominations were announced said: “I’ve never seen him so winded. He looked utterly crushed. It was not the realisation it might all be over; it was just the betrayal” 
    David Cameron, however, was reportedly described by a member of the cabinet as “the happiest I have seen him in a long time".

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    Post by Guest Thu Nov 03, 2016 12:55 pm

    PPPejci naprosto ne mogu da prebole sto su ih Britanci odalamili po intelektualnom nosu. Od Brexita pa naovamo, britanske teme su im se svele na kolektivno svrsavanje na lose vesti iz Britanije.
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    Post by Erős Pista Thu Nov 03, 2016 1:05 pm

    Nije u tome stvar, Britanci su sami sebe opalili po nosu, kao što te vesti jasno pokazuju. Mislim da svi neveruu (uključujuči i mene) koliko su ljudi koji su trenutno na čelu UK nesposobni, plitki i nepromišljeni. Bukvalno ne prođe dan da neko ne odvali neku budalaštinu. A sve Oksrbidž ekipica. Creme de la creme, što reko Del Boy.


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    Post by Guest Thu Nov 03, 2016 1:11 pm

    William Murderface wrote:Nije u tome stvar, Britanci su sami sebe opalili po nosu, kao što te vesti jasno pokazuju. 


    Vesti jasno pokazuju i da Srbija dozivljava privredni procvat, a da premijera zbog toga zele da ubiju. Kolicina dezinformacija, poluistina i raznoraznih gluposti koje se sire odande je zapanjuca. Ja to razumem kao nemoc liberalnih elita sto su izgubile, pa onda nalaze pornografski odusak u ovakvim vestima.
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    Post by Guest Thu Nov 03, 2016 1:17 pm

    Evo sta rade silovateljima u zatvoru Brexitu
    Monstrume, ovo te ceka !!!!
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    Post by Ointagru Unartan Thu Nov 03, 2016 2:04 pm

    Demokratija na delu:


    Brexit court defeat for UK government

    Parliament must vote on whether the UK can start the process of leaving the EU, the High Court has ruled.

    This means the government cannot trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - beginning formal exit negotiations with the EU - on its own.

    http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-37857785


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    Post by Erős Pista Thu Nov 03, 2016 2:15 pm

    Pržun wrote:
    William Murderface wrote:Nije u tome stvar, Britanci su sami sebe opalili po nosu, kao što te vesti jasno pokazuju. 


    Vesti jasno pokazuju i da Srbija dozivljava privredni procvat, a da premijera zbog toga zele da ubiju. Kolicina dezinformacija, poluistina i raznoraznih gluposti koje se sire odande je zapanjuca. Ja to razumem kao nemoc liberalnih elita sto su izgubile, pa onda nalaze pornografski odusak u ovakvim vestima.


    Ma daj, Pržune, cena Brexit-a je ogromna, i to niko ne spori. Konzerve, kako one koje su bile za Leave, tako i one koje su bile za Remain, se sad hvataju za glavu šta da rade, nešto muljaju, izmišljaju svakog dana sve luđe priče, a s druge strane kukaju da im EU dozvli soft Brexit, ali bez uspeha. Ako tražiš poređenje sa Vučićem, eto ga. Oni su kao guske u magli.

    Izgubile su, ne liberalne elite, nego britanski građani, i to već osećaju, a osetiće još žešće u godinama koje slede. Dobio nije niko, pa čak ni te budale koje su bile za Bregzit, a koje su već na smetlištu istorije (Džonson, Faraž, Gav).


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    Post by Erős Pista Tue Nov 15, 2016 2:46 pm

    Leaked Brexit memo: Whitehall struggling to cope and no single plan

    Jennifer Rankin

    Whitehall is struggling to cope with the scale of work generated by the Brexit vote and the lack of a common strategy among cabinet ministers, according to a report about a leaked Cabinet Office memo.
    The note found that departments were working on more than 500 projects related to leaving the EU and may need to hire an extra 30,000 civil servants to deal with the additional work.
    It identified a tendency by Theresa May to “draw in decisions and settle matters herself” as a strategy that could not be sustained, and highlighted a split between the three Brexit ministers – Liam Fox, Boris Johnson and David Davis – and the chancellor, Philip Hammond, and his ally Greg Clark, the business secretary.
    The note, leaked to the Times and said to be dated 7 November, also claimed that “no common strategy has emerged” on Brexit between departments despite extended debate among the permanent secretaries who head Whitehall departments.



    In addition, it said major industry players were expected to “point a gun to the government’s head” to get what they wanted after the carmaker Nissan was given assurances that it would not lose out from investing in Britain after Brexit.
    It is understood the report was written by a consultant at the professional services firm Deloitte. A government source said it was “unsolicited” and its contents were not recognised.
    Chris Grayling, the transport secretary who sits on the government’s Brexit cabinet committee, said he had no idea where the report had come from and denied it had been commissioned by ministers.
    “The process is complex but by no means the challenge that is set out in today’s newspaper story,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. “I have a team of people in my department who are working with David Davis on issues like aviation, but I do not see the scale of the challenge that is in today’s newspaper.”
    Asked if the government was planning to hire 30,000 civil servants to cope with the extra pressures of the negotiations, Grayling said: “I have not seen anything to suggest that is the case. We have got people in my department [and] in other departments working with the Brexit department. I don’t know what 30,000 extra people would do.”
    A government spokesman also denied the existence of an official memo, which the Times said had been drafted by an outside consultant. The spokesman said: “This is not a government report and we don’t recognise the claims made in it. We are focused on getting on with the job of delivering Brexit and making a success of it.”
    It is understood not to have been seen by ministers or commissioned as an official report by the Cabinet Office.
    The note appears to be one of a number of recent leaks from the heart of government discussing dissent among senior figures about how May should approach Brexit.
    The prime minister has promised to start the process of leaving the EU by the end of March next year but declined to reveal details of her approach, beyond saying there must be a bespoke deal to allow immigration controls as well as maintaining access to the single market.
    The Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, said the leaked report showed a “shambles at the heart of government” over the direction of Brexit. “It’s time for the prime minister to stop being led astray by her warring cabinet,” he said. “Otherwise her government is heading for the worst possible outcome: a reckless, destructive Brexit that will do untold damage to British jobs and the economy.”



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    Post by kondo Mon Dec 05, 2016 10:12 am

    Ovo je mnogo jako! British humour at best, ubise stupidnog UKIP-ovca koji se u rasistickom ispadu na tw ponudio da na aerodrom odveze svakoga ko ne voli Bozic...




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    Дакле, волео бих да се ЈСД Партизан угаси, али не и да сви (или било који) гробар умре.
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    Post by паће Mon Dec 05, 2016 10:58 am

    Због мене су на оном тамо форуму почели да додају "свима који славе", након што сам их 3-4 године сваки пут замолио да ме изоставе са списка прималаца.

    Немам ништа против, нека слави ко хоће, ал' нека оставе места и онима који неће. Да, например, могу да прођем у то време градом и да бар једном не приметим да опет имају тај период.


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    Post by Indy Mon Dec 05, 2016 11:01 am

    Toliko su nafatali strah da sad kažu i "dobar dan, svima koji slave".

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    Post by No Country Mon Dec 05, 2016 4:45 pm

    Знам и ја једног Аниша Патела, ал' није тај. Ипак мислим да је овде у питању један транзициони феномен.
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    Post by паће Mon Dec 05, 2016 5:19 pm

    No Country wrote:Знам и ја једног Аниша Патела, ал' није тај. Ипак мислим да је овде у питању један транзициони феномен.

    Дакле, транџа?


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    Post by No Country Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:37 pm

    Па да, у смислу "претеривања на другу страну".
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    Post by Anduril Wed Dec 07, 2016 8:34 pm

    Strategija britanske vlade oko Brexita:


    Economics and populism

    [size=44]Schrödinger’s Brexit[/size]

    Nov 30th 2016, 11:26 BY BUTTONWOOD




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    SOMETIMES an analogy strikes you on the head with the force of a plummeting cricket ball. On [size=15]Radio 4 yesterday, Hamish Johnson, editor of physicsworld.com, had the brilliant insight to explain the British government’s policy in terms of physics; Schrödinger’s Brexit.

    The poor cat is stuck in a box with a radioactive substance and a poison; when the substance decays, the poison is released. Since it is impossible to predict when the substance will decay, the cat may be deemed simultaneously alive and dead. The only way to know is to open the box.
    Before Britain voted to leave the European Union in June, then prime minister David Cameron promised to trigger Article 50 (the exit mechanism) immediately. Five months on, Article 50 has yet to be triggered. The new prime minister, Theresa May, has promised to do so by the end of March. But in terms of what Britain wants, we have heard nothing but platitudes: “Brexit means Brexit”, or “have our cake and eat it”. Pushed for details, Ms May has said there will be “no running commentary” on negotiations. In fact, it is quite easy to do a running commentary. Since the other EU members won’t talk until Article 50 has been triggered, there have been no negotiations. 
    Among the many important questions to be answered are whether Britain will stay in the single market, or the customs union, and whether there will be a transitional period after Britain leaves the EU during which it would retain existing access (in order to reduce the economic disruption). The rationale for this silence is that Britain does not want to “reveal its hand” before negotiating starts. This doesn’t really make sense since it will have to reveal its hand when Article 50 is triggered and the negotiations will last two years; everyone in the EU will have plenty of time to react and counter Britain’s offer.
    Anyway, until such decisions are made, Britain is like the cat; simultaneously inside and outside the single market and customs union. This has the advantage for the government of allowing it to pretend that the “have cake and eat it” solution can occur; no trade-offs need to be made between sovereignty and economics. But were the government to open the box, to declare for one option over another, the full costs (political or economic) will be revealed. The longer the box can be kept closed, the better. Hence all the meaningless rhetoric.
    The analogy can be used more broadly for Trumpian-style populists. Such politicians promote the idea that there are simple solutions to national problems that involve no trade-offs; if only existing leaders had been better negotiators, our country would have had a better deal. It is easy to spout this stuff from the sidelines; harder to achieve when actually in government. (Indeed, populist parties tend to lose appeal when they take office and are forced to make decisions.) Mr Trump can’t actually cut taxes, maintain entitlement spending, and narrow the budget and trade deficits, for example. Abandoning the Iranian nuclear deal will make it more, not less, likely that Iran will get the bomb. But those cats won’t be out of the bag (or box) until after the votes are counted.[/size]
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    Post by Kinder Lad Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:19 am

    ARGUMENT
    Theresa May Is a Religious Nationalist
    You can't understand the British prime minister’s politics, or her Brexit strategy, without understanding her Anglicanism.


    BY ANDREW BROWN | DECEMBER 6, 2016


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    One of the least understood, yet most important, things about British Prime Minister Theresa May is that she is the daughter of a Church of England vicar. The fact that she is personally devout, by contrast, is well-known. I have heard several anecdotes about her time as a member of Parliament and minister when she would turn up at local parish initiatives that could offer her no conceivable political advantage. Such devotion to the church is unusual if not unknown among British politicians. Gordon Brown remains a very serious Presbyterian; Tony Blair went to Mass most Sundays.

    But the reason May’s Anglicanism offers insight into her political character, and her political agenda, is not because it has informed her identity as a devout Christian. Rather, it is because it has informed her identity as an Englishwoman.

    As a Conservative politician, May’s appeal depends largely on her apparently apolitical common sense. Her manner and rhetoric always suggest that things are pretty much all right as they are, that reasonable people don’t want to rock the boat, and that there is something wrong with the people who want large change. She expresses distrust of ideologues and chancers — the two labels that most naturally attach to her political rivals at the moment.
    Spoiler:

    https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/06/why-theresa-mays-english-doesnt-translate-to-america/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Flashpoints%20Dec%207&utm_term=Flashpoints


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    Post by Erős Pista Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:22 am

    Ta nova ideologija, konzervativizam.


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    Post by Kinder Lad Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:26 am

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    Post by Erős Pista Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:48 am

    Bar neće biti rata...


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    Post by Filipenko Thu Dec 08, 2016 3:01 am

    Anglikanizam mi je definitivno totalna sprdnja od religije i karikatura karikature. To treba zabraniti i proterati na incestno ostrvo porekla. Nažalost, ta sekta operiše i u Srbiji. Jebem ti religiju nastalu tako što sektaš papa, na direktnoj liniji sa Bogom, zabranjuje kralju da se razvede, pa on napravi crkvu. Koliko trebaš biti blesav da iskreno veruješ u takve gluposti.
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    Post by Erős Pista Tue Dec 20, 2016 12:35 pm

    ZAPANJUJUĆE: Pacov uskače na brod koji tone! (VIDEO)

    Spoiler:


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    Post by Guest Tue Jan 17, 2017 6:46 pm

    Tereza je održala 1 govor u kom je u suštini najavila izlazak UK iz ZT i punu kontrolu granica.


    komentar:





    Theresa May’s speech means the Brexit phony war may be ending
    David Allen Green

    |  Jan 17 15:52  |  http://blogs.ft.com/david-allen-green/2017/01/17/theresa-mays-speech-means-the-brexit-phony-war-may-be-ending/  


    For a speech that she did not need to make, Tuesday’s Brexit speech by Theresa May was significant. Had the day come and gone without anyone being told there would be a speech then nobody would have expected or asked for one. The first significant thing about the speech is that she gave one at all.


    And it was not a bad speech. You could not have reasonably asked for any more detail at this stage of the process. There was even some new information. This was not that parliament would vote on any final Brexit deal (there would be no other way) or that the UK would be leaving the single market (this was the necessary implication of what was already plain). The two things that were new and significant were about the customs union and about “phased implementation” (that is, transitional arrangements).


    The UK wants to set its own tariffs for trade with the EU and the rest of the world. This is not possible under the common commercial policy and the common external tariff. But stepping out of the customs union means that, in principle, tariffs will apply between Britain and the Union. In other words, trade with our major trading partner will be affected.

    The speech indicated that Mrs May will seek to get round that inconvenience:

    “Now, I want Britain to be able to negotiate its own trade agreements. But I also want tariff-free trade with Europe and cross-border trade there to be as frictionless as possible.
    “That means I do not want Britain to be part of the Common Commercial Policy and I do not want us to be bound by the Common External Tariff. These are the elements of the Customs Union that prevent us from striking our own comprehensive trade agreements with other countries. But I do want us to have a customs agreement with the EU.
    “Whether that means we must reach a completely new customs agreement, become an associate member of the Customs Union in some way, or remain a signatory to some elements of it, I hold no preconceived position. I have an open mind on how we do it. It is not the means that matter, but the ends.

    She says elsewhere, however, that “no deal for Britain is better than a bad deal for Britain”. So businesses face the certainty of the country stepping outside a customs union (and so facing tariffs) but not (currently) the same absolute certainty of there being a tariffs deal.

    The prime minister cannot now be faulted for lack of clarity on the ultimate question of membership of the EU customs union. What will replace it is not clear and is up for negotiation. But businesses can at least plan for steep hikes in tariffs, until and unless there is an agreement otherwise.

    The other significant novelty in the speech was the talk of “phases”. This is a word we will hear a lot about. The implementation will be phased. Different things will be implemented in different phases. To use a horrible term from the world of civil justice, there will be a kind of “multi-track” approach.

    Mrs May said:
    “I want us to have reached an agreement about our future partnership by the time the 2-year Article 50 process has concluded. From that point onwards, we believe a phased process of implementation, in which both Britain and the EU institutions and member states prepare for the new arrangements that will exist between us will be in our mutual self-interest. This will give businesses enough time to plan and prepare for those new arrangements.
    “This might be about our immigration controls, customs systems or the way in which we co-operate on criminal justice matters. Or it might be about the future legal and regulatory framework for financial services. For each issue, the time we need to phase-in the new arrangements may differ. Some might be introduced very quickly, some might take longer. And the interim arrangements we rely upon are likely to be a matter of negotiation.
    “But the purpose is clear: we will seek to avoid a disruptive cliff-edge, and we will do everything we can to phase in the new arrangements we require as Britain and the EU move towards our new partnership.”

    If you look carefully at this passage, you will see there is a lot of wiggle-room. So much so that “EU institutions” can still have involvement. And you will also see that something is not there: a deadline. The prime minister did not provide a hard date by which any phase will end. The only restriction will be that the phase will not last forever:
    “I do not mean that we will seek some form of unlimited transitional status, in which we find ourselves stuck forever in some kind of permanent political purgatory. That would not be good for Britain, but nor do I believe it would be good for the EU.”

    A phase that lasts forever, minus one day, is thereby not ruled out. This is sensible stuff. There is no way EU membership of the UK can be dismantled in two years. There is no reason why the hard Brexit has to happen immediately. Admitting that there will be a phased approach, and going further and saying there will be phased approaches (in the plural) shows that the government is finally getting a grip on the process of achieving an exit.

    One impression the speech gave is that a hard Brexit will be implemented because a soft Brexit would be difficult – just as Blaise Pascal once said that he was writing a letter long because he did have enough time to write it short.

    Rather than the prospect of years of negotiation with skilled and experienced EU officials over keeping the UK as a member of the single market, the government has shrugged and decided to go for the easier (if more perilous) option. Until Tuesday, there was still a kind of debate over what shade of Brexit. Now it is plain: a full Brexit is the only kind on offer.

    But this is not entirely a matter of choice for the UK. It was perhaps the only position left, given the Article 50 default position and the settled and resolute stance of the EU on freedom of movement. Any attempt to negotiate around this may not succeed. In a way, the speech is an admission by Britain that the EU has won the first (informal) round of the negotiations, by providing the terms of the departure. The EU said that there would be no membership of the single market without freedom of movement and the UK has now conceded this.

    Mrs May did not need to make this speech (though she was due to provide a “plan” for leaving the EU before the end of March, and Number 10 has confirmed the speech constitutes that plan). But now that she has made the speech, the daft days of “no cards on the table” and “no running commentary” may be over. The prime minister did not even use the phrase “Brexit means Brexit”.

    The speech was realistic, as far as the move is realistic. Implied positions are now explicit; the need for transitional “phases” is admitted. The phony war over Brexit may be coming to an end.

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