[David9694]

No more lollipop ladies, close paddling pools and turning off streetlights: How budget cutting BCP Council proposes to save millions

This will be coming to your area in one shape or another.  A few items below, with more in the pipeline as they still have a £12m gap. 

No America trade deal. Still, I was reading, a possibility of an India deal next year, which will fix everything. 

Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (Save £270,000) – They aim to remove community safety officers from Poole Town Centre, Christchurch Town Centre and Boscombe.

Monitoring CCTV (Save £49,000) – Reduce live monitoring of the cameras by 15-30 per cent and to seek support from partner agencies to fund the service. This could mean cameras will no longer be watched by staff at off-peak times.
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Switching off street lighting (Save £68,000) – Turn off streetlights after midnight to 6am on quieter residential roads within the Poole area.

School Crossing Patrol (Save £12,000) – Remove school crossing patrols from locations that have existing crossing facilities and remove school crossing patrols from locations that, following a survey, do not meet the threshold for a patrol.

https://www.dorset.live/news/dorset-news/bcp-council-savings-budget-cuts-8924988

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[Rich_cb]

The idea that protectionism
The idea that protectionism actually protects anybody but a tiny minority of vested interests has long been debunked.

Free trade makes a country richer and improves the prosperity of its citizens.

The EU has attempted and, so far, failed to secure FTAs with India and the USA. The EU has secured an FTA with Japan but the UK has also agreed a near identical agreement post Brexit.

The point being that the ‘negotiating strength’ of the EU doesn’t seem to actually translate into big differences when dealing with larger economies.

I think the Australia FTA needs to be seen in the context of the CPTPP and AUSUK deals, trade is just one aspect, geopolitics is equally as important.

[RDaneel]

Rich_cb wrote:

Rich_cb wrote:

Has the EU been able to secure a trade deal with the US or India? If they can’t secure those deals then what use is their supposed ‘negotiating strength’?

No they haven’t, and so what? Both are highly protectionist and are wary of opening up their markets, and that is their perogative. As some are wearily consistent in pointing out the US is the biggest single country trade partner of the U.K. even without an FTA in place. Indeed the Austraila -USA FTA has so far looked to have benefited the US more than Australia so FTA’s are not the panacea some seem to be selling them as. The EU certainly won’t be signing anything that doesn’t benefit its members. The same may not be said for the U.K. so far when looking at the deal that was signed with Australia. 
 

[Rich_cb]

We seem to be going over old
We seem to be going over old ground here.

Inflation has been a global issue post COVID/Ukraine. Europe has been the epicentre of this.

It should be obvious to anyone that if an issue is affecting countries that aren’t even in continental Europe let alone the EU then it’s unlikely to be caused by Brexit.

We had a long discussion about Brexit benefits before, your refusal to have that discussion in good faith resulted in the screenshot you posted earlier.

[Rendel Harris]

David9694 wrote:

I presume I’ll be compensated for this in 10, 15 or 20 years’ time? 

You can leave the receipt to your great grandchildren and they can enjoy the recompense in 2100.

[David9694]

Where are my Brexit benefits?

Where are my Brexit benefits?
Or has the goodwill season ended? 

Below is from my EBay purchase history, in September 2018 it’s me buying two 10s KMC chains, at a price which is close to the going rate today for one. I thought we were having cheaper stuff? If we are, it’s not the things I buy.  

See also my supermarket bill. My energy bill. 

I presume I’ll be compensated for this in 10, 15 or 20 years’ time? 

[Rich_cb]

Apologise for your lie Rendel
Apologise for your lie Rendel and you might just about save some face from this debacle.

A sentence that contains the words ‘if it gets over the line’ can in no way be considered to be ‘in a way that expresses little doubt’. Almost every relevant post on that previous thread expressed doubt in one way or another.

The little persona you’ve created on this site has both a photographic memory and a precise command of the English language. That unfortunately leaves no explanation for the discrepancy other than dishonesty.

It’s amusing you feign outrage at the continued discussions of Brexit yet you engaged with me on the topic…

Another example of your duplicity and dishonesty?

[Rich_cb]

It is the season of goodwill.
It is the season of goodwill.

If you engage in good faith I’ll happily respond.

[David9694]

Another broken promise?

Another broken promise?

 

 

[Rendel Harris]

David9694 wrote:

Your friendly reminder that we are in the Tea Shop section of the aforesaid cycling website. 

Which is fair enough in this instance but RCB has a long and tedious history of leaping on any cycling article which mentions Brexit in the most tangential way, e.g. someone saying they’re having trouble sourcing parts from Europe, and proceeding to pebbledash the pages with dozens and dozens of graph-laden posts supposedly proving how marvellous Brexit is. Then calling people liars when they share his own words on the subject…never has the phrase “you won, get over it” been more applicable.

[hawkinspeter]

David9694 wrote:

…a pint? Why, that’s very nearly an armful. 

[David9694]

…a pint? Why, that’s very

…a pint? Why, that’s very nearly an armful. 

[hawkinspeter]

Stop the press!

Stop the press!

Looks like there’s a tangible benefit on the horizon: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/27/pint-of-wine-anyone-uk-looks-to-bring-back-silly-measure

[David9694]

Your friendly reminder that

Your friendly reminder that we are in the Tea Shop section of the aforesaid cycling website. 

[Rich_cb]

Rendel Harris wrote:

Rendel Harris wrote:

Last word because I feel bad about feeding your bizarre attempts to claim you don’t say what you said, but we’ll go to the dictionary: “confidently: in a way that expresses little doubt” and “assure: to promise of tell someone something confidently or firmly.” As in “The India deal appears to be on the cusp of final sign off” – confident and with little doubt. Goodnight, feel free to call me a liar as many more times as you like, everyone can see your words.

So, by your own definitions you are a liar.

I expressed doubt multiple times. I’ve included some of the screenshots demonstrating this below but I’ve also linked to the previous thread so anyone can check.

Even your best cherry picked example doesn’t meet your own criteria. ‘Appears to be’ isn’t exactly the most ‘confident’ of phrases is it and it’s immediately followed by ‘if it gets over the line’. About as far removed from confidently as you can get.

You took some screen shots out of context and attempted to deliberately mislead people as to the content of the previous thread.

You are a liar.

The most common definition of assure:
“To tell someone something positively to dispel any doubts” is even more damning for you.

[Rich_cb]

Take it up with Rendel.
Take it up with Rendel.

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