Brexit

2022-08-18

With the UK announcing its new farming support stance (support for nature, less so for food production) and EU governments in hot pursuit of the WEF-UN Agenda 2030 Climate Change narrative and provoking lively protests from their farming communities, now sounds like a good time for us to review the likely effects on our UK food supply and prices.

Brexit Watch have opened this debate with a review of the way things are going...

"... as the UK is presently facing a ‘cost-of-living-crisis’ which includes higher food prices, then surely it should be a good thing the UK will have ample supplies of food, if not fuel, from countries unaffected by the present supply-chain disruptions in Europe?"

"... with fuel shortages, drought (yes, the EU has a water shortage as well), high fertiliser prices and

2022-08-04

The UK government has released "full guidance" on its Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme (for England).

This is "the first of 3 new environmental schemes being introduced under the Agricultural Transition Plan. The other 2 schemes are Local Nature Recovery and Landscape Recovery."

"We are phasing out subsidies so that we can invest the money in farm productivity, the environment, and animal health and welfare" - New farming policies and payments in England

EU on the Skids?

2022-07-05

One of the petitions (to those who masquerade as our government) that I have not yet seen raised might be a petition urging the UK to join the BRICS (Brazil Russia India China) group of nations - in other words that group of nations that appears to be forging a new path to the future rather than clinging to the outmoded and failing power-groupings of the past.

Of all the European nations, Britain may well be among those best placed to do exactly that following our exit from the EU.

Some may find this suggestion tasteless, made as it is whilst the UK is clearly engaged in an even more tasteless proxy war with Russia, but this is (at least for now) merely a philosophical issue which doesn't detract from the primary argument.

In any case, there is no case for casting aside logical thought and philosophical enquiry because there is a war on - wars are never won by building strategy upon untruths.

In fact, the

2022-06-09

A rather depressing but some might think all-too-predictable analysis of the new trade deal with New Zealand is offered by Brexit Watch.

"Who negotiated this deal, the EU?"

A fair question. Still, over the next 4 to 8 years (why so long?) tariffs on nearly all of New Zealand's products will be removed, although it seems that some quotas may remain.

So from all parties' point of view, traders and producers will have time to review supply chains and bring in controlled change. One can always argue about the details, but clearly an abrupt removal might be a source of unwanted disruption.

There again, the world is being disrupted with supply chains already in some turmoil, so one wonders whether we might need a bit more flexibility.

How Does this Differ from Open Borders?

2022-05-31

This piece from the Campaign for an Independent Britain and based on research by Brexit Facts 4 EU I present without comment, as I am not qualified to comment (not that that would stop me, but on this occasion I think it best to leave you to form your own judgements).

I find it interesting, but without any comparative information about what say France, Germany or Spain (to mention three at random) are doing, I think it isn't possible to conclude very much.

See what you think.

Still, there are some interesting nuggets on the

2022-05-30

Maybe you welcome gene-edited plants (initially), or maybe you don't, depending on your faith in "the science" to bring us safe and improved foods.

If "the science" is exemplified by the rigor displayed recently by the global medical establishment then maybe we shouldn't be queuing up to applaud this latest initiative.

Of course there is scientific rigour and rigor mortis, and sadly it may be necessary to remind some of our appointed scientific experts of the difference.

In rigor mortis, the limbs become stiff and inflexible (much like the assurances of late from our medical establishment, politicians, and other appointees to high public positions, when confronted by independent experts and lay people alike) whereas in science, the rigour originates from the practice of gladly submitting any particular theorem to any and all challenges freely accepted, and seeing whether or not it stands up to the evidence of experiment and experience, and the application

2022-05-08

Go on, admit it, you're excited to read about this!

Brought to us by Global Research, this article brings us up to date with the roll-out of the most important development in the EU for many years - the accession by the EU to the Global Health Governance measures currently underway at the WHO, in the form of the Pandemic Treaty, which will codify into international law control by the WHO over pandemic preparedness in all the treaty countries.

Naturally this will be facilitated by the WHO’s QR Verification Code project, which is intent upon creating a global digital data bank of 7.9 billion people.

"Both initiatives are to be carried out concurrently by the WHO in liaison with ID2020 and the Gavi Alliance,

2022-04-09

From Global Research:

Mandatory vaccination for the EU just went through under the radar

Whilst I can't vouch for the bit about abolishing cash, nor can I say that it won't happen.

Extension of EU Digital COVID Certificate Regulation 

COVID-19: Council agrees to extend the Regulation establishing the EU Digital COVID Certificate

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2022-04-08

Of course, what could possibly go wrong?

Priti Patel surely cannot win this one. 

Fly the illegal channel migrants to Rwanda for processing (out of sight, out of mind?), wait for the media to highlight the appalling conditions in which they are held, then fly them back again? And if their asylum claims are rejected, where will they be released?

And how much would all this cost?

Nigel Farage doesn't think she can either. Not for the first time, he hits the nail on the head.

Our politicians can wriggle and squirm all they like but they only confirm just how out of touch with reality and the popular mood they really are.

2022-03-24

Brexit is a work-in-progress - except that this term implies progress, whereas it appears to be going into reverse.

Of course it depends on whose viewpoint you are taking - from the EU's perspective it is advancing its agenda to break Northern Ireland away from the UK.

From this report it would appear that the EU is unilaterally tightening up the red tape to make it stupidly expensive to import goods from the UK across that border in the Irish Sea.

Will anybody in government get a grip on this situation, or will they simply string out the already interminable nonsense with more rounds of meaningless negotiations?

The EU have made their intent abundantly clear.

We should either pull the plug on the protocol and have done with it, or wrap up the province in a nice

2022-02-18

"Freedom loving MEPs demanded the immediate resignation of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen who failed to disclose communication with the CEO of Pfizer. They also called for an ending of imposition of EU's Digital Covid Certificate which is useless, unnecessary and discriminatory. One MEP also called for a compensation fund for the COVID vaccine injured and they all ended with a rising encouragement to the freedom loving truckers of Canada. (Press conference - Strasbourg, 16 February 2022)"

"-00:32 - MEP Stasys JAKELIŪNAS (Greens, LT)
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