Posts by Dan 55

Re: the lies told then were as bad as the lies told now

And then at the start of the this year he returned to the scene of the crime and said he should have put a higher figure on the bus.

So the EU agricultural tariffs don’t exist ?

Did you not read it? In trade negotiations, the EU proposal was to drop tariffs but African countries wouldn't.

Myths of Commonwealth Betrayal: UK–Africa Trade Before and After Brexit

Abstract

This article critically interrogates claims that a British exit from the European Union (EU) (Brexit) will create opportunities for the UK to escape the EU’s apparent protectionism and cumbersome internal politics in order to pursue a more liberal and globalist trade agenda based on the Commonwealth. Taking a historical view of UK and EU trade relations with the Commonwealth in Africa, the author highlights the way in which the incorporation of the majority of Commonwealth states into the EU’s preferential trading relationships has reconfigured ties between the UK and its former colonies over time. Further, the author suggests that the EU’s recent attempts to realise a vision for an ambitious set of free trade agreements in Africa—the Economic Partnership Agreements—was disrupted not by EU protectionism or internal politics but rather by African resistance to the EU’s liberal agenda for reciprocal tariff liberalisation and regulatory harmonisation. The UK therefore faces a complex challenge if it is to disentangle its trade relations with Africa from those of the EU and to forge its own set of ambitious free trade agreements with African Commonwealth partners.

My point was, why do you presume that they're all queuing up to trade with the UK? The UK can't dictate terms, they may trade with the UK if it's advantageous for them.

And why do you think time has stopped still? They're in their own local trading blocs now, only the UK has found it necessary to leave its own trading bloc in a moment of national madness.

And finally their markets aren't big enough to replace the EU.

No, the downvotes are because a) it's a smaller market than the EU and b) they're not waiting for the UK to flounce back and assume its rightful place at the head of the table. Empire is over, those days have been and gone.

Perhaps the Commonwealth countries wanted independence for a reason? I don't think the Windrush countries will be out in the streets welcoming our one and only aircraftless carrier.

It's better not to have emojis...

Re: Perhaps

If TSB hadn't been forcibly split off from Lloyds then this wouldn't be an issue.

You can't have Lloyds, TSB, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland all belonging to the same group and claim there's a functioning competitive retail banking market where choice is offered.

Or a card reader where you show you have the card and know the PIN but don't input it on either a computer or a mobile app.

Re: Why do they still have customers?

Keep a quid in the account.

Re: The gift that keeps on giving

Indiegogo are probably panicking a bit due to the Vega+ court judgement being cited in other cases. They used the GDPR T&Cs change as an opportunity to add a clause which prohibits court action and says only a US arbitration service is valid. The thing is, GDPR specifically allows it (and that was on top of existing EU nation state law which probably already allowed it anyway) so I guess the change is to stop the wheels falling off the bandwagon in the US.

As for the Vega+, it’s probably going to be like the Every Child Can Code website pushed by RCL again using Sinclair's name. Great things were promised including a teacher support network and programming books. There was liberal mention of using the Vega (you know, that thing with four keys) in schools to execute BASIC programs.

In the end there was no teacher support network, no books, Paul Dunn (who did the BASin software used in the project) was never paid, the website disappeared, and the Twitter account was just used to spam more alternate-reality Vega+ news before falling silent.

Still, at least whatever harebrained scheme they come up with next to spend other people's money, their name in the Sinclair world is mud so they won't be bothering us any more.

Re: The gift that keeps on giving

It seems Indiegogo haven't got a clue what's going on because Sky has nothing to do with the delay or games or the lack of them, just the ROM and the instruction manuals. And Sky will probably be as equally confused by the question.

Is it wrong of me to think that perhaps RCL made some shit up to get them off their backs just a couple of weeks longer?

Re: One of two down

You know, if they're already using LibreOffice and Firefox, it's a small step to migrate to Linux.

I guess a Redmond theme should do the trick.

Re: Microsoft Up To Its Usual Tricks

This time they didn't even bother to pop up a window for you to close thinking that that would be the last of it before installing.

Re: Needs saying!

Indeed. Now throw in embedded devices, servers, and mobiles.

Re: Try the LTSB...

Anyone who doesn't want crap like Windows Store, Metro apps, Cortana, and Edge.

Re: 47 different state sales taxes

They also do different VAT rates for the EU.

So basically their reason is they can't be arsed because Australia's too puny to stand up to them.