British taxpayers ordered to bail out euro Britain faces paying out billions of pounds under a European Union deal intended to prevent another financial crisis like the one in Greece. All 27 EU finance ministers have been summoned to Brussels on Sunday to sign up to a âEuropean stabilisation mechanism. Britain will be unable to veto this as it will be put through under the âqualified majority votingâ system. The deal, effectively to shore up the euro, was denounced as a âstitch-upâ last night after it emerged Nicolas Sarkozy, the French President and Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, had devised it behind closed doors and were attempting to push it through at a time when there is no clear government in Britain. It was declared a "done dealâ by the 16 euro zone leaders who met in the early hours of Saturday morning. British taxpayers ordered to bail out euro This is all happening thanks to Lisbon Treaty, which was signed without a referendum. It's up to you to give credit to whome it belongs...
âThe euroâs 16 countries have already agreed it - thatâs a majority," said a diplomat. "Itâs a fait accompli. Those not in the euro - Britain, Poland, Sweden and other new EU members - canât stop this."
He wants 4 new Trident submarines at a vast cost. He already has 2 part completed aircraft carriers and now wants an armoured quick reaction brigade. How he hopes to combat terrorism with subs plus carriers is unknown. His judgement is flawed. He overspends and now has imposed savage cuts in spending to pay for the ships etc. Even the over stretched police budget is being cut. He and Osbourne are not being sensible.
Trident, aircraft carriers and deficit reduction (and beginning to pay off the 1.5T debt) were on the cards pre general election. Voters voted. The problem with Trident is you can't predict the state of the world 20-50 years from now. The decision to renew had/has little to do with IS or the current wave of terrorism. Given the number of wars and threats during the last 100 years, Trident seems a sensible precaution. Not wise to base a decision about a long term deterrent on current affairs. A shame the rapid deployment brigades won't be ready until 2025.
Australia was a penal colony. In my experience, I have never met an Australian that was not a flat-out crook.
None of them will be ready by the next election and it will be a miracle if the blue meanies get in again. It would be a lot cheaper if certain volunteer civilians were equipped and trained with concealed weapons while this terrorist threat lasts. When it is deemed over they would be required to hand back their weapons. The last Socialist Govt. outlawed handguns in the 1990s. Only criminals and terrorists are armed. Most of the police in the UK don't carry weapons. However all may not be lost. Our Archbishop of Canterbury is busy admiring nature and communing with God !? How can we fail
It is the decision to commission that is relevant, not the delivery time. You're a trader! Jeremy Corbyn (the miracle, by the way) will do all he can to piss on your fire if he gets in.
The government seems to be employing a divide and conquer tactic in Britain or have something even more sinister up their sleeve. Self defence by definition is the ability to defend yourself, we currently do not have that right, which is a basic human right principle. Those people in Paris killed had no means of defence.
Cameron's bid to get the other 27 nations in line to meet Britain's wishes seems to have flopped. On Cameron's watch it looks like Scotland will cut themselves adrift from the UK. The people will cut the UK adrift from the EUSSR in next summer's referendum. Across the pond Kerry still hasn't grasped who the US is fighting or why. Trump looks to be the preferred Republican candidate. He has insulted nearly everyone. Bit of an all round balls-up imho.
Theoretically possible (just about), but realistically there's very, very little chance of this, for many reasons. First, Cameron has already publicly announced that the duration of his "watch" is limited; secondly, there's no way the UK government would agree to another binding referendum on Scottish independence, so soon after the last one (it would - at most - be only a "statement of intent", like those Catalonian referenda in Barcelona with results completely ignored by the Spanish government); thirdly, even the Scottish Nationalists don't seriously suggest that, and it isn't their current policy; fourthly, it would depend on an "out" vote in the EU referendum and a "leave the UK" vote in a Scottish referendum - neither outcome predicted by current opinion polls. Recent opinion polls all suggest not. A few by a narrow margin, admittedly, but most by considerably wider ones. What makes you think the referendum will be as early as next summer? (Granted, it's possible: Nigel Farage predicts Thursday 16th June, but England are playing Wales on that day, so it doesn't seem so likely to me). And boosted his ratings, each time? Well, the Republicans have a long history of not selecting the best candidates, don't they? Hillary will probably be "very happy for him"?