The UK is Out - New PM - and whither now for Article 50
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The NHS annual budget for 2015/16 was £116.4bn
There are a few Billionaires and Multi-millionaires in India, China, Africa, Arabia, South America ... I think you get my drift ...
.......apart from as much attention from the media as he can get
I'm sure that Nazi Germany started off as a system that truly represented a lot of the German people in the early 30's
We do need a political class to represent us, and some views should not be represented imo
It seems these peoples only function is to come up with more ideas of how the Company can 'Grow' which includes making us provide sales leads - which has not been the roaring success they thought it would, we normally spend the first hour or so of visits listening to all the issues with the back office (which we report but they seem unable to do anything about) functions.
The problem is they keep employing these people then ramping up the pressure on the fee earners (those at my level and below and the one or two levels to a lesser degree above mine) because profits and income are down despite growth targets being achieved - given that the additional numbers of senior managers roles is costing us over £1 million in the UK alone, if this has been replicated globally it is not hard to work out why that is happening.
All the senior board and all the others down to Country level communicate to us is information about growth targets, turnover, expenditure, profit, budgets etc., etc. - nothing about the real running of the Company or improvements of service delivery to address the Client issues etc. it is almost as if they have abdicated that responsibility to each individual Country and are only interested in how much we contribute to the Company coffers which they get their extortionate wages and performance (whatever that may be) bonuses from. The thought of taking a bit less and investing a bit more on the front line, which would bring better customer satisfaction and probably more work from them on that basis, does not seem to occur to them.
when I suggested rather than growth, maybe we should pursue a policy of stabilisation and business improvement for a while then look at growth in a couple of years, I was told I knew nothing about business and leave it to the experts - which considering the job I am employed to do (I actually Client Manage and audit Business Management Systems) shows the people running things have lost touch.
Aslef - even if all that money was collected, given the UK Spending (around £740 Billion for 2016 and almost £785 Billion for 2017) and all those clamouring for more it would not go that far. The whole Gov't spending structure needs to be reviewed and re-prioritised and some have to accept what they are given as there is no endless supply. Despite what many believe, we can't keep borrowing for today leaving future generations to foot the bill - that is the true failure of the current generation in charge (sort of fits in the TML's views), we have to live within our means and those with the most (although some already do through charitable donations and work) should pay more and look at realistically what they need to live on.
Admeus, technology applied to produce more, to increase humanities choices and maximise its riches should and could be a desirable thing, if the riches and rewards were shared equally, used to enrich us all, and not at the planets expense. But those that control the means are keeping the vast majority of the spoils for themselves. No-one has the "right" to "more". The very fact that you point to charity, and there are people like Bill Gates and his philanthropic organisations doing on the face of it wonderful work, highlights to me that there is a huge imbalance in our system that needs addressing. But, to me, this imbalance is so drastic, (and the gap is widening as I type), that small reforms, from governments of any persuasion, are nothing more than temporary appeasements. I honestly think that if we continue on our current path, and things get worse before they get better, then in the short to medium term things could "turn nasty". This is why I think that we need radical solutions, wholesale shifts in our political and economic systems rather than reforms.
According to the constitution, an Act of Parliament is needed to authorise the govt to trigger Article 50.
So far so as it was before.
But the new bit is that the govt doesn't have to consult the devolved administrations.
Interesting times we live in....
It's only our money until we've paid our taxes.
Then it's the govt's money.
The EU have already made their position clear - nothing will be on the table at the start and there are some things they will not agree to, so if you attach a conditions for negotiations as part of the article 50 bill which the EU refuse to discuss or entertain, where does that leave things?
Aslef - SNP are treading a very thin line with an independence vote, I was in Falkirk last week and this obviously came up during a lunch time discussion. Interestingly about six out of ten of those in the room who voted to remain said they would vote to stay with the UK as they felt the benefits they got from the UK Devo Max deal they currently had was better than they would get from the EU - also they were wary of joining the EU as it was clear (despite what Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP said) that this could not happen until after the UK Exit and Scottish independence, and they would have to do it as a new member - not walking into the UK seat and agreements, so they would be getting the Euro and everything being an EU member entailed (including paying towards the Euro zone debt and bailouts), with the ruling bodies (EU Parliament and Commission) being further away than Westminster and Scotland having a lot less influence. Also what would happen with the borders and people who crossed it daily for work. One even posed the question that if several areas clearly had a high level of votes to stay in the UK (not wanting independence) would the SNP allow them to stay and breakaway, using the argument the SNP has for leaving the UK (majority vote to remain in the EU).
If brexit goes ahead the UK as it stood on June 22nd may have had it's course changed completely for generations to come, and as Phillip Hammond remarked a whole new model may need to be found. Despite all the spin which will be put on it in these times when the politics is taking centre stage the outlook will be clear to see, then they will make a call on whether to have a vote. I don't think we can refuse them as the union will have been demonstrated to have been significantly changed from the one they were previously part of and we obviously cannot claim once you enter a union of countries you remain forever as we just voted out of one, and as many leave voters quite reasonably suggested they did so because the union they joined changed course.
I was against Scotland leaving the United kingdom but would have a lot of sympathy with them should they hold another and would wish them well on their own.