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The Green Agenda Will Lead to Civil War
If the civil war is not yet apparent, it is because its battle fronts are not barricades, but remote agencies and lofty courts and financial markets.Watts Up With That?
"One in three Britons advocate for fossil fuel divestments in pensions, poll finds"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange
One in three Britons advocate for fossil fuel divestments in pensions, poll finds
A new poll has found that one in three Britons aims to avoid investing in fossil fuels through their pension, highlighting the imperative for the pension industry to divest from fossil fuels.Sidhi Mittal (edie)
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...top country of dispatch for both customs duties and the value of imported goods”." 2)
As the Wiki entry states, the #TCA was ratified and came into force on May 1st, 2021.
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Ireland reaps €700m Brexit bonanza from customs duties
Dublin records near-doubling of tax revenue from duties on imports of clothing, food and other goods from Great BritainLisa O'Carroll (The Guardian)
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...increased?
The #TCA is in stark contrast with #TheGuardian article:
"Ireland has landed a €700m (£600m) Brexit bonanza with a steep increase in tax 👉revenues flowing from customs duties now applicable to imports of clothing, food and other goods from Great Britain...👈
The report added that Great Britain was “the top country of dispatch for both customs duties and the value of imported goods”...
The report added that Great Britain was “the...
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...to import duties, and does it really originate in the #UK?
I could see the #UK customers having to pay more now, as the #EU is a customs union that has signed #FTA|s with many countries. The #UK will not be able to replicate that. Still, these duties would not be levied in #Ireland, but the #UK.
So, where does it come from, and why has it...
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...result of the #UK leaving the EU customs area, customs formalities are required between the two parties, and VAT and certain other duties apply upon import.[37] There are provisions intended to limit technical barriers to trade (#TBT), building on the #WTO TBT Agreement.[38]"
Services are pretty much omitted. However, they should not be "passing through customs."
Begs the question, what is the merchandise that is being subjected...
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Maybe we got carried away here a bit. Apart from some exotic taxes (excise tax, perhaps?), there shouldn't be any custom duties, as the #EU and #UK formed a #FreeTradeArea by signing the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (#TCA):
"Trade in goods: 👉Trade in goods between the EU and UK shall not be subject to any #tariffs or #quotas.👈 Traders can self-certify compliance with agreed rules of origin. However, as a...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU%E2%80%93UK_Trade_and_Cooperation_Agreement
#Ireland #Customs
#BrexitBrokeBritain
Seen from a sarcastic perspective, one could arrive at the conclusion that the #UK has finally begun to pay reparations for hundreds of years of #Brithish occupation, ending in independence in 1931.
#UKpol #IRLpol #PM #Sunak #Ireland #UK #asylum
Via @theguardianrss
"Sunak: rise in asylum seekers in Ireland proves Rwanda plan ‘having impact’"
s/: Hm, IDK, #Rishi. As a descendent of a people that were colonized by the #Brits, did it never occur to you that the Torys destroyed #Britains's attractiveness with #Brexit so much, that not even #AsylumSeekers want to go there anymore for lack of a better life? /s
Sunak: Rise in asylum seekers in Ireland proves Rwanda plan ‘having impact’
UK PM points to Irish deputy PM’s claim that threat of being deported led people to cross border from Northern IrelandCash Boyle (The Guardian)
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Taken at face value, it is ironic, indeed.
However, ss #MathewCooke rightly analyses in his podcast*, all US institutions were originally built as a #SlaverNation. Unequal justice for different parts of society continue(d) to be the groundwork for the development of the Republic.
Whereas the #UK was (arguably) able to eventually overcome the strongly discriminatory nature...
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110128712544929842
HistoPol (#HP) (@HistoPol@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image (1/7) Are the #US on a road to a #NewCivilWar or to a resolution of #SystemicRacism? Truthful history education in the #US would be quintessential, yes, but very hard, because the US are built as a #SlaverNation right from the st…Mastodon
#UK: "#Smart" #motorways as a #danger for road #safety:
"The technology behind England's smart motorway network stops working on a regular basis, the #BBC has discovered.
Figures obtained by Panorama have revealed hundreds of incidents when crucial safety equipment was out of action.
National Highways - which maintains major routes in England - says "smart motorways are our safest roads".
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68848418
Claims that smart motorways tech leaves drivers at risk
Figures obtained by the BBC reveal worries about the reliability of the tech behind smart motorways.By Steve Anderson, Richard Bilton & Rory Tinman (BBC News)
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Bluetit with a feather in its beak
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♲ Muse - 2024-04-17 22:25:01 GMT
People outside the US really have no concept of what it's like inside that country. They haven't for decades.
I try to keep this in mind whenever I read about events in another country. We always see such a tiny slice of the situation.
If this is true, do not under any circumstances talk to them or engage.
To be clear, these are only rumors; but The Guardian in the UK is horribly transphobic and it is completely within their character to attack DIY HRT options to further their anti-trans agenda.
Stop sacrificing the Arts for STEM.
"By the government’s own estimates, the creative industries contribute around £126 billion to the UK economy. That’s more than the car industry, for instance, or aerospace, oil and gas."
#uk #fundingcuts #tories #arts #humanities #highereducation
UK’s creative industries bring in more revenue than cars, oil and gas – so why is arts education facing cuts?
In the latest higher education funding freeze: sacrificing the arts for STEM subjects makes no sense.The Conversation
JFC, the #UK is so desperate for a #GeneralElection which must be called in the next 6 months ... But not before the #Tories make one more attack to damage the #NHS
Enough! #ToriesUnfitToGovern
#GeneralElectionNow
BBC News - Sunak to tackle 'sick note culture' in speech on welfare reform
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68853166
Sunak to tackle 'sick note culture' in speech on welfare reform
The PM will say the focus should be on "what work you can do", but Labour says he has run out of ideas.By James Gregory (BBC News)
#USpol #WarInUkraine #MiddleEastWar #AUKUS
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...#MAGA (#MoscowAgentGriftingAmeric) in centuries, Putler is proving to be the most successful military-alliances salesmen for the #US:
Via #ABCnews:
"#Australia, #US and #UK confirm #Japan could be brought into #AUKUS fold on eve of #Kishida's Washington visit...
But they've stopped short of announcing a formal expansion of the AUKUS partnership, which has been the subject of ongoing speculation..."
Australia, US and UK confirm Japan could be brought into AUKUS fold on eve of Kishida's Washington visit
Australia and its AUKUS partners, the US and UK, are considering including Japan in some of the alliance's advanced technology projects, the three countries' defence ministers confirm.Brad Ryan (ABC News)
‘What would Britain do if a hostile nation flattened one of our consulates?’
Foreign Secretary David Cameron after condemning Iran: ‘We would take very strong action.’
One set of rules for the global south, another set of rules for the US and Europe.
In fact, the West's track record shows they'd bomb to oblivion civilian infrastructure and population.
#Israel #Palestine #Palestina #Gaza #Rafah #UK #UnitedKingdom #Britain #London #Cameron #politics #press #breaking #news #Iran
#London #England #UK 🇬🇧
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More photos of the always beautiful borb that is the Long-tailed tit
#nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #UK
#MiddleEastWar #Israel #Iran #US #UK
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...almost willing to bet.
I've been saying it for months: #Netanyahu needs war, if necessary even escalation. As soon as the war is over, he will face criminal charges.
No, he's not a madman, but utterly ruthless and doesn't care about non-Jewish lives at all, and #Jewish lives only if it serves him politically.
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#MiddleEastWar #Israel #Iran #US #UK
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Sounds reasonably true.
However, w/o telling him to desist from further escalation or else...it will not work.
Besides, "Bibi" is the guy who embarrassed mighty Ronald Reagan twice with severe acts of aggression. (Interesting #TheEconomist pod last week--paywalled.)
For decades, the US always had his back. He's not going to change now, not in his old age and with his political and legal back against the wall.
I'm ...
@gimulnautti
#MiddleEastWar #Israel #Iran #US #UK
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...nation hostage is, IMO, a casus belli. Portugal should consider invoking #NATO Article 5.
The mass delivery of #Iranian drones to #RussiaIsATerroristState causes enormous hardships in the #WarInUkraine. The West is footing the gigantic financial bill.
Maybe it is time to solve the weapons problems at its root: take ot #Iranian drone and ballistic missiles factories as a response.
Once it has nuclear warheads, this...
#MiddleEastWar #Israel #Iran #US #UK
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...behind his big brother.
Yes, #Israel's right to exist must not be questioned and must be defended.
But we all know what happens if "some animals are more equal than others."
The #Netanyahu Regime and the IDF personnel must face justice at the #ICJ; so must #Hamas and #Iran for its probable act of piracy.
In fact, I am not familiar enough with shipping laws, but just holding the crew of a ship from a #NATO nation...
@gimulnautti
#MiddleEastWar #Israel #Iran #US #UK
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...Also, the "ironclad support" must be within the framework of international law: if the Netanyahu Regime clearly is the aggressor or escalates situations beyond any reasonable retaliatory measures (#Gaza, #IranianConsulate in #Syria,) it cannot be that the West defends #Israel against--reasonable--retaliation.
It is like the nasty small guy on the playground that hits others and then quickly runs away, hiding...
#MiddleEastWar #Israel #Iran #US #UK
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...than 120 #BallisticMissiles, a very small number penetrated the #Israeli
border, while the rest of the missiles were intercepted. This small number fell at an
air force base in #Nafatim and caused minor damage to infrastructure."
#MiddleEastWar #Israel #Iran #US #UK
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What is the source, please?
"Out of about 170 #drones launched by #Iran - not a single one of them penetrated the State of #Israel, as air force warplanes and our and our allies' air defense systems intercepted dozens of them.
Of the more than 30 cruise missiles launched by Iran - none of the missiles
penetrated Israeli territory. Our #warplanes intercepted 25 missiles outside
the country's borders
Out of more...
It's that time again. There was no active UK parliament petition about #nonbinary identities being recognised in law, so I made one.
#UK #petition: Recognise nonbinary people's genders in law and in identity documents
Sign here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/659107
Track signatures here: https://petition-track.uk/check-petition/659107
Deadline: 11th October 2024
@RA_Negm @OhWeh
#Energiepolitik #VWL #Interessenkonflikt #VeronikaGrimm
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...von den boomenden #Balkonkraftwerken, der zunehmenden #Energieeffizienz, oder den in anderen Ländern wie #Schweden, #Norwegen oder #Finland bereits seit längerem dominierenden #Gebäude-#Heiztechnolgogie, #Wärmepumpen, die in #Deutschland und #UK mit unangemessener Propaganda madig gemacht wurde 1).
Selbst im #VereinigtenKönigreich fördert man inzwischen jedoch...
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https://mastodon.social/@CelloMomOnCars/112145023039808416
CelloMom On Cars (@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social)
As heat pumps proliferate so does #misinformation about them. "#HeatPumps are a mature technology and in countries such as Norway, Sweden and Finland, they are the dominant heating technology.Mastodon
Opinion: How the West is Betraying Ukraine and Itself
Why the West needs to get out of its debilitating slumber, face harsh realities, and ensure that Ukraine defeats Russia.Kyiv Post
#UKpol #UDAUKGovCollusion
#IRpol
#USpol
#PoliticalMurder
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...concern that the 👉#Finucane case will become an irritant in #Irish relations with the #UK and get in the way of a deal...”👈
Read the whole article here:
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