Comments on: European Council meeting/UK Rebate http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/03/23/1561 Every day the Prime Minister's Spokesman meets a small coterie of political journalists known as 'the lobby' for a topical chat, or 'briefing'. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:51:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: SALLY BEECH http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/03/23/1561#comment-2936 SALLY BEECH Thu, 07 Apr 2005 01:58:42 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/03/23/1561#comment-2936 PLEEASE HELP THE NHS ARE NOT WHAT IT SEEMSTHE LIES ARE NOT TRUE THEY ARE NOT TELLING YOU THE TRUTH PLEASE CALL ME ON 07850 219819 01420 470928 0420 475330 I HAVE THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR THIRD WORLD NHS THAT ARE BEING PUBLISED ARE NOT TRUE PLEASE HELP MY HUSBSAND ARE IN THEIR HANDS PLEEASE HELP THE NHS ARE NOT WHAT IT SEEMSTHE LIES ARE NOT TRUE THEY ARE NOT TELLING YOU THE TRUTH PLEASE CALL ME ON 07850 219819 01420 470928 0420 475330 I HAVE THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR THIRD WORLD NHS THAT ARE BEING PUBLISED ARE NOT TRUE
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]]> By: Ian Stock http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/03/23/1561#comment-2910 Ian Stock Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:26:33 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/03/23/1561#comment-2910 I'm not sure that the rebate is justified any more. If it is, then only on the grounds that continental agriculture needs reforming. (The reason we receive relatively little E.U. funding is that much of it goes on agricultural support, and our faring is mostly efficient.) Given recent events in U.K. farming, perhaps this is changing, and maybe we would receive more if we switched to more environmentally friendly but less financially efficient forms of farming...? E.U. funding is also usually given to supplement, not replace, national funding, so perhaps our various governments' unwillingness to pay up for anything is more to blame for the scarcity of E.U. money in Britain than E.U. policy itself. Can anyone confirm/refute this? Besides, if we are serious about Europe, I would have thought we should acknowledge that the new countries (whose membership we championed)need the money far more than we do. I’m not sure that the rebate is justified any more. If it is, then only on the grounds that continental agriculture needs reforming. (The reason we receive relatively little E.U. funding is that much of it goes on agricultural support, and our faring is mostly efficient.) Given recent events in U.K. farming, perhaps this is changing, and maybe we would receive more if we switched to more environmentally friendly but less financially efficient forms of farming…?
E.U. funding is also usually given to supplement, not replace, national funding, so perhaps our various governments’ unwillingness to pay up for anything is more to blame for the scarcity of E.U. money in Britain than E.U. policy itself. Can anyone confirm/refute this?
Besides, if we are serious about Europe, I would have thought we should acknowledge that the new countries (whose membership we championed)need the money far more than we do.

]]> By: Mr Pooter http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/03/23/1561#comment-2907 Mr Pooter Sat, 26 Mar 2005 08:11:54 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/03/23/1561#comment-2907 What? Try googling for 'two jags'. http://society.guardian.co.uk/disabilityrights/story/0,7999,528324,00.html What?

Try googling for ‘two jags’.

http://society.guardian.co.uk/disabilityrights/story/0,7999,528324,00.html

]]> By: colonelmad http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/03/23/1561#comment-2904 colonelmad Fri, 25 Mar 2005 00:06:55 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/03/23/1561#comment-2904 Talking about Google, John Prescott has disappeared. Talking about Google, John Prescott has disappeared.

]]> By: Mr Pooter http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/03/23/1561#comment-2903 Mr Pooter Thu, 24 Mar 2005 11:26:21 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/03/23/1561#comment-2903 In other words, the rebate is up for grabs. There's no need to argue for it if you have a veto you intend to apply, you just say 'No'. Is there anything he wouldn't stoop at to curry favour? Perhaps he plans to hold it out as a bargaining chip to be used when the UK referendum says 'No' to the constitution and he needs to buy off the inevitable push to have us sidelined. In other words, the rebate is up for grabs. There’s no need to argue for it if you have a veto you intend to apply, you just say ‘No’.

Is there anything he wouldn’t stoop at to curry favour?

Perhaps he plans to hold it out as a bargaining chip to be used when the UK referendum says ‘No’ to the constitution and he needs to buy off the inevitable push to have us sidelined.

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