stupot07
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The Red Wall overwhelmingly opposes a no-deal Brexit | The Spectator
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The Red Wall overwhelmingly opposes a no-deal Brexit | The SpectatorOne for the what did you think you were voting for file
We’re certainly not concentrating on it6 weeks is plenty of time. Its not like there's anything else going on at the moment that other countries might be concentrating on.
For sureBrexit supporters will fall for the blame eu again though won’t they?
Maybe that’s the aim disaster capitalismwe are a fucking laughing stock.
Maybe that’s the aim disaster capitalism
That is one of the most pathetic and embarrassing things I've ever seen.
He's the Prime Minister ffs. And that's what we get from him.
Also was it really worth trashing the economy just for some cheaper biscuits from the other side of the world?
Been a few years since I was in Australia last but aren’t Tim Tams basically Penguins?Also was it really worth trashing the economy just for some cheaper biscuits from the other side of the world?
At least we get blue passports
UK's post-Brexit 'black' passport mocked online for being 'flimsy' | Daily Mail Online
But we've got our country back....
This will be the same OneWeb who filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection at the end of March.The UK has begun the process of purchasing its own satellite navigation system for defence and critical national infrastructure purposes, according to reports.
The Times says Boris Johnson and the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, signed off on the purchase of a 20% stake in satellite operator OneWeb on Thursday night, after the UK was unable to access the EU’s Galileo satellite navigation system because of Brexit.
The prime minister agreed “to put up about £500m” of taxpayer money for the purchase, according to the Financial Times, which said the funds were part of a larger private sector consortium bid.
The FT also said Johnson’s chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, was “instrumental” in pushing for the UK’s involvement in the bid.
The replacement for the EU's Galileo project.
This will be the same OneWeb who filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection at the end of March.
OneWeb files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
We’d already invested £1.2B in Galileo and wasn’t the argument for coming out of it as part of Brexit to do with not having control over Galileo. So how is spanking another £500M to be a minor investor in what sounds like a very unstable company going to cure that? I’m going to predict it ends up being a combination of useless, hitting the rocks, the taxpayer ends up getting nothing for the £500M and we end up going to the EU cap in hand asking for access to Galileo and god knows what cost.The replacement for the EU's Galileo project.
This will be the same OneWeb who filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection at the end of March.
OneWeb files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Yep, and we don't get that money back either. So we've paid the money and don't get the benefit with the added bonus that UK companies lose their contracts as the work moves to companies based in the EU.We’d already invested £1.2B in Galileo and wasn’t the argument for coming out of it as part of Brexit to do with not having control over Galileo.
The more I read about OneWeb the more I’m reminded that this is the government that gave a ferry company with no ferries millions of pounds of taxpayers money.
They only have 10% of the required hardware needed to make their system work in space.
They have very little production capacity now after filling for bankruptcy and laying of the majority of their workforce earlier this year.
The satellites they do have orbiting the Earth have only worked for a short period to meet with international law.
They apparently need a further $5B in funding yet we’re going to be investigating £500M for a 20% stake. Not sure how that maths adds up but I’m all ears.
I see Airbus is one of OneWebs biggest investors. This is Airbus who is making a lot of the hardware and software for Galileo and will be part of the operation of the system. Are we just going to end up with a more expensive less effective version of Galileo. Struggling to see where the common sense is here.Yep, and we don't get that money back either. So we've paid the money and don't get the benefit with the added bonus that UK companies lose their contracts as the work moves to companies based in the EU.
Of course the whole reason for Galileo in the first place was so that we weren't reliant on a system owned by the US. So we're now investing in a system with a company that has a lot of its operation based in the US.
You're happy to spunk on stuff like this ? :wideyed:So much for there being no magic money tree.
Happy to spunk billions on stuff like this and the new plane paint job (which has the union jack the wrong way up by the way) but not willing to give nurses a payrise.
You're happy to spunk on stuff like this ? :wideyed:
So basically the government is looking to invest in Betamax.Oh dear.
This company don't even make the right type of satellites apparently.
'We've bought the wrong satellites': UK tech gamble baffles experts
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