mytailorisrich

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by mytailorisrich 1mo ago
We are not mere states of a federal country but sovereign countries despite the narrative some would like you to believe.
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by mytailorisrich 1mo ago
France has only one citizenship, everyone holds the same French passport so everyone has the same freedom of movement within the EU. It's not in Schengen, like most overseas territories in the EU, to limit illegal immigration into the
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by mytailorisrich 1mo ago
A better comparison is with Hawaii.
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by mytailorisrich 1mo ago
The French used to launch their rockets from Algeria. Their first satellite was launched from there. Since then they moved to (French) Guiana. The UK launched from Australia.
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by mytailorisrich 1mo ago
I think a point is to be made that international treaties and alliances work on trust. They don't "oblige" a country in the sense that you may be obliged to do something. Now the EU is not a military alliance per se and Artic
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by mytailorisrich 1mo ago
Yes, we really need big investment in infrastructure. At the moment parks and gardens don't have automatic watering as we expect rain to do its job, and we suffer from hosepipe bans because infrastructure to store water is not fit for
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by mytailorisrich 1mo ago
Ok, summer has been a record dry, as said... not the first time it looks like that but perhaps the longest and driest.
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by mytailorisrich 1mo ago
I must depend on the country because the trend is that some countries, the UK for instance, are receiving more rain as climate warms, but it is becoming more seasonal. This year winter was extremely wet then indeed summer has been a record
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by mytailorisrich 1mo ago
Sovereignty, noun: the power of a country to control its own government. [Cambridge] A country, EU member, Euro, Schengen, etc. does not control its foreign trade, has no currency, does not control its monetary policy, does not control its
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by mytailorisrich 1mo ago
In the EU Iceland would lose sovereignty because the EU is going federal, and the people of Iceland would lose sovereignty, too as a consequence. You are trying to clutch at straws because you are insisting on denying a fact that is not eve
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by mytailorisrich 1mo ago
Everyone went basically bankrupt 20 years ago and while they were hit they also recovered. The Euro can be a big impediment, too, as we have seen. Iceland ranks 5th globally in nominal GDP per capita, 1st in Europe for average wage, 1st glo
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by mytailorisrich 1mo ago
This looks like the usual "plan": frightening people (either because of Russia or Trump) will make them see the "correct path". In fact this is standard EU rhetoric: in today's world there is no choice. This is iron
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by mytailorisrich 1mo ago
But that's exactly how it is supposed to work. Primacy of EU law, currency, monetary policy, borders, trade, defence (under way), etc. It is not micromanagement, it is the aim to transfer sovereignty to a federal EU. There is no way to
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by mytailorisrich 1mo ago
It is logical if indeed sovereignty was a main issue in the debate even if this vote was officially only about whether to resume "accession talks." They have the benefit of seeing the situation in the EU and the direction of trave
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by mytailorisrich 1mo ago
Well, no they are not. And some very punctual, limited measures like Italy is doing right now for the show obviously does not mean they have control, as already said (and obvious).
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by mytailorisrich 1mo ago
Well there are not. And they did relinquish sovereignty on borders: Schengen means you do not control your border and we've seen exactly that over the years. This is factual, not an opinion. Even just free movement is a big reduction o
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by mytailorisrich 1mo ago
The Icelandic people are fortunate to have this discussion and debate now because, in 2026 and seeing what the EU is, it is very clear what the choice is: being an independent country or being a 'state' of a federal EU. It is for
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by mytailorisrich 1mo ago
OK, the Treaty of the EU does have a mutual defence clause but the military is specifically out of scope. Considering the huge ramifications of EU membership in all areas it still does seem ridiculously onerous if you are "just" a
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by mytailorisrich 1mo ago
As it happens sovereignty is a binary thing, at least when looked at domain by domain. Either you are sovereign or you are not, there is no half-sovereign. The EU is going the federalisation way. Even now member countries relinquished sover
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by mytailorisrich 1mo ago
Despite what you might see a lot in the media lately the EU is not a military alliance and has explicitly no involvement in the military. So joining the EU is irrelevant on these issues. The article mentions that sovereignty is a big issue.
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by mytailorisrich 2mo ago
I don't think any compromises are required. The quality of a pizza mostly comes from the quality of the ingredients and a pizza is otherwise simple to make and bake. Yes I am sure that some toppings are more difficult than others but t
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by mytailorisrich 2mo ago
The market works better in China: Competition is fierce and nowadays with online reviews most restaurants are so scared of a bad review that they go the extra mile and staff go all out as soon as you raise a slight concern.
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by mytailorisrich 2mo ago
The UK tends to be much more sensible than the EU and the main EU countries (France, Germany, Italy).
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by mytailorisrich 2mo ago
Well for Covid it became clear that the risk was indeed quite low if you were not elderly or with an underlying condition while the restrictions were drastic and poorly targeted: Young people suffered a lot even when Covid was really no wor
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by mytailorisrich 2mo ago
I think that what happened with Covid was the big gap between the very strict measures enacted and the perceived risk. When people think "it's just the flu" it's easy to become defiant. On the other hand, Ebola has a kno
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by mytailorisrich 2mo ago
It's older than that. It started in 2018. January 2025 was when the system became eVisa only. In this case I suspect that either there was a recent mix-up or that person hasn't travelled since she came to the UK or got settled sta
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by mytailorisrich 2mo ago
The issue is that Wifi offers no reliability guarantees and does not scale when number of nodes grows beyond a relatively low number. So when number of nodes is large and you want to perform critical tasks (e.g. control robots, machinery, e
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by mytailorisrich 2mo ago
Warehouses, factories, etc need private 5G, not Wi-Fi.
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by mytailorisrich 2mo ago
You are missing the point. The EU has been massively increasing its imports of gas from the US since the war in Ukraine started. Promising to buy US gas is not a false promise it is primising to do something that is already reality. I think
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by mytailorisrich 2mo ago
There must be an argument there somewhere, maybe, who knows...

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