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by lhopki01 10y ago
Since the founding of the EU there have been several steps towards common military work. In the mid 2000s EU battlegroups were created. In 2009 SAFE laid the foundations for a EU military. Since then EU forces have been involved in peace
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by lhopki01 10y ago
Trade pacts don't really cover what the EU does. The EU goes well beyond traditional trade pacts in services. Take for example passporting for financial firms. Also it provides a much better legal framework for disputes than arbitra
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The Pounds fell as an immediate result. Since then the economy has been held up by very strong consumer spending which can only last so long in the face of rising prices and increased capital inflows taking advantage of the weaker pound. T
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That link showed that France did help the UK. Also they provided ports in West Africa for UK ships as well as details of all the weapon systems sold to the Argentinians. At least as much help as the Chileans.
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So your argument is that the Economic body that was the EEC was supposed to help the UK fight a war half a world away because.....reasons?
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This has been the longest period of Peace in Western Europe in history by a massive margin. That's evidence. Non top tier countries used to fight all the time in Europe before.
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What? Norway is a member of the EEA and Switzerland has bilateral agreements that come to the same thing. Nothing changed for them they just don't get a say in the rules.
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Yes anecdotal evidence of one trip to the supermarket which has nothing to do with the very terrible winter in Southern Europe. Time for anecdotal evidence. My weekly supermarket bill has been going up since the Brexit vote.
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What exactly would you expect to change when nothing has actually changed yet? What you're saying is as disingenuous as me saying that since all the horrible things people are afraid Trump didn't happy after the election before he
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He also selectively quoted facts. 4/10 in the top 10 are EU countries. Though if you want to actually look at the information all the nordics are in there of which 3 are in the EU and 2 are in the EEA.
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The US will have the chance to make a different decision in 4 years and then again in 4 years after that. The UK will not.
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The UK does lack democracy. It has an unelected upper house and elections for the lower house are profoundly undemocratic. I have never lived anywhere in the UK where my vote counted for General Elections.
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Would this be the same EU that wasn't founded for another 13 years? While we're putting forward spurious facts not a single non-EU country aided the UK.
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It's worth noting that all three of those countries are either in the EEA or have similar agreements. That means they're following EU rules without having a say in them. I'm not sure why you think they have more autonomy. A
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Delaware basically operates like a tax haven. It allows companies to avoid taxes in other states by shift royalty profits to Delaware. It is also extremely popular as a location of shell corporations because of secrecy laws. To form a co
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Yes. A well developed legal field is completely why lots of companies incorporate in Deleware. It's got nothing to do with highly favourable tax regimes. I'm sure it's the same reason Ireland and Luxembourg are so favourab
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UK police often misuse sensitive data for personal reasons(engadget.com)
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The massively shorter range of VTOL aircraft completely negates any advantage of being stationed closer to the front that small patches of dirt give you.
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VTOL aircraft have bigger issues than full sized carriers. The Harrier that the Marine's currently use has a terrible range and payload. Also there are carriers that carry full sized aircraft that are smaller than US Marine carriers l
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Of course if the marines were allowed to build full sized carriers they would and wouldn't need VTOL. And if the army was allowed to build close air support aircraft they would and wouldn't use Attack Helicopters. This isn't
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by lhopki01 10y ago
US population: 324,420,000 Number who voted for Trump: 62,985,106 Trump won 57% of the Electoral College, 46% of those who voted, 25% of the voting age population and 19% of the population as a whole. That's not half the US population.
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What half? 19% of people in the US voted for Trump.
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They tried a very low tax. 20% of monthly rent.
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There are many articles about abandoned Olympic venues but I've never seen one about successful former Olympic venues. I'd like to see what happened to all the venues in London and Beijing. From my bit of knowledge a lot of the
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Yet if everyone drove a car like you I'm guessing your 15 minute commute would be a lot longer. In London whenever there is a tube strike and people drive instead of taking the tube journeys take multiple hours to complete.
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While I agree that buy to let inflates prices a tiny bit the biggest issue is still lack of supply. For all the cheap credit out there many can still not get a house. It's not that they can't afford to pay the mortgage (often mo
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Or that the private sector only caters to the top end of the market and will never cater to the the lower ends. Where do you get that the government didn't allow them to make up the shortfall? What you're claiming is that the pl
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by lhopki01 10y ago
> Between 2006 and 20015, planning permission was awarded in England for 2,035,835 housing units. That is an average of 204,000 per year. You've completely missed my point. The private sector has been building 200,000 units a year
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Highway costs less per lane than a single line of rail but considering most highways are 3 lanes either side the cost factor starts to become favourable to railway lines.
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Cost per passenger per mile is cheaper by rail than by road. It is just much more efficient. If we then start to take into account the other costs such as pollution, land wasted on parking and wider roads, the increased area of municipal s

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