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You mean the EU civil service? Don’t get the bit about another bung.

Well, I said there would be the ombudsman, then there is a period when the parties concerned have to study the ombudsman‘s recommendations. So, maybe there will be something. There was a rumour about him applying to be EU ambassador in London, which would take the heat off him. Here is a nice...

The enquiry wasn’t paid off. The ombudsman wasn’t paid off.

That’s not generally true. When they do break the rules, they get sanctioned- as Germany are being right now for not taking enough action over diesel emissions. And the U.K. for not charging over 2 billion tariffs on Chiinese imports.

Stick up for who? I have said it was a scam sham and annoying, but not illegal. No money changed hands, and the new rules are not illegal. It wasn’t me that found the whole thing legal. That was two enquiries. Pointing out facts is not sticking up for anyone.

You say it isn’t a trading bloc, just a trade agreement. The aims of TPP: lower tariffs on trade between partners; SM and CU better uniform intellectual property protections; Lots of criticism about that standardized labor and environmental laws; Like the EU. Probably lower standards than...

They voted 28:0. the Commissioners get to keep their perks for 3 years after they leave. A new rule. Yes it stinks, but I have had enough of Selmayr for the next few years. The plant in Turkey was a joint venture with a Turkish firm and the loan was part of a 4 billion development which had...

We’ve been through this a million times.

The EU don’t break the rules. Individuals may have done. If TPP isn’t a trading bloc, what is it?

The truth. The EIB lent the U.K. 2,1 billion pounds in the UK the same year as they lent 80 million to a part of a 4 billion pounds project in Turkey. There is no evidence that the jobs would have been saved without the 80 million loan to a joint venture in an EU neighbour country. There is a...

The EU has, or is getting shortly, a free trade deal with Japan. Another one is being worked on with Australia, and Juncker is in talks with the USA.

Letting Liam Fox back into frontline politics is downright dishonourable

I said Banks are waiting to see what happens.

Trump is a self publicist. He has bragged about his sexual promiscuity, has owned a dodgy casino, ripped people off, dodged taxes, made racist comments, led campaigns against previous presidents and basically been a cxxt all his life. Hard to beat that.

Normal those days. Most women didn’t go to work. Child bearers and cooks.

Putting it simplistically. The GFA is an annex to a registered treaty with the UN. It guarantees everyone’s right to their aspirations and bans discrimination. Basically, the republicans can get about their life feeling as if they are in a unified Ireland, and Unionists have the guarantee...

Not me. I am not a shareholder and don’t know what their objection was.

I haven’t said anything of the sort. Just that Banks are waiting to see what happens and some have already started upgrading their EU presence.