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Post by stuart1974 on May 1, 2024 17:49:00 GMT
It's not all bad, well, sort of. "British students are flocking to Spanish universities after Madrid changed its rules post-Brexit to allow non-EU candidates to work as well as study. Spain wanted to attract more students from outside the European Union, so in 2022 it approved a reform allowing non-EU students to work up to 30 hours per week. Since 2020, there has been an 11 per cent rise in UK students in Spain, with 1,645 studying in the country last year, more than half – 58 per cent – of them women. Spain saw a sharp rise in students from outside Europe, from about 40,000 in 2020 to 122,460 last year, according to data from the Spanish government. Most are women, with the highest number heading to Madrid, Catalonia and Valencia. While EU citizens can work in any EU country without any permit, even full-time, it has become more complicated for British students after Brexit. Non-EU students often have to jump through hoops to obtain a permit and face restrictions on the hours they can work. Meanwhile, the number of EU students at British universities fell by more than half in 2021-22 after Brexit, according to figures released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency last year. The main deterrent is that EU students are no longer eligible for lower, home fees or student finance support, unless they already live in the UK with settled or pre-settled status. Before Brexit, EU students paid fees of just over £9,000, now they have to pay international fees of £22,000 on average and up to £38,000." inews.co.uk/news/world/uk-students-spain-brexit-eu-rule-change-3031778
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Post by yattongas on May 5, 2024 18:12:36 GMT
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Post by stuart1974 on May 5, 2024 19:36:02 GMT
Just a thought, anyone currently in their mid 20s wouldn't have been given the chance to choose.
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Post by yattongas on May 5, 2024 20:59:44 GMT
Just a thought, anyone currently in their mid 20s wouldn't have been given the chance to choose. But that’s ok because those older and wiser thought it was a good idea …… obvs being proven 100% right as the uk flourishes 🇬🇧🙄
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Post by stuart1974 on May 5, 2024 21:24:45 GMT
Just a thought, anyone currently in their mid 20s wouldn't have been given the chance to choose. But that’s ok because those older and wiser thought it was a good idea …… obvs being proven 100% right as the uk flourishes 🇬🇧🙄 They'd have gotten away with it if it hadn't been for those pesky kids. Just as well covid, Ukraine and "gimmigrants" muddied the waters.🤫
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Post by yattongas on May 7, 2024 17:10:05 GMT
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Post by yattongas on May 7, 2024 17:11:22 GMT
But that’s ok because those older and wiser thought it was a good idea …… obvs being proven 100% right as the uk flourishes 🇬🇧🙄 They'd have gotten away with it if it hadn't been for those pesky kids. Just as well covid, Ukraine and "gimmigrants" muddied the waters.🤫 Gimmigrants…… remember that definitely not racist word fuddle ! 🙄😂
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Post by stuart1974 on May 9, 2024 11:48:34 GMT
We have higher standards, they said. Funny how this was scaremongering at the time, another predicted consequence. "While Britain was in the EU, a national chemical and ecological survey of rivers was conducted annually. After Brexit, the WFD was transposed into English law. From 2016, the government decided to test water quality under WFD every three years rather than annually. This has now been delayed further; the government has said it does not intend to deliver a complete update until 2025, the latest permissible date under the new WFD." www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/09/englands-rivers-to-remain-in-poor-state-as-eu-laws-ignored-post-brexit-says-watchdog
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Post by stuart1974 on May 9, 2024 11:51:30 GMT
Another concern coming up. "Farmers from Northern Ireland have voiced concerns to a Westminster committee about the production and supply of veterinary medicines. Farmers like David Brown rely on medicines to keep their animals healthy and to meet standards for putting them into the food chain. But Brexit has made getting those medicines more complicated. A grace period is in place but politicians say action is needed. The grace period runs until the end of December 2025 but a cross-party House of Lords committee says the issue of veterinary medicine supplies to Northern Ireland - to protect animal and human health - needs to be looked at urgently" www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-68921468
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Post by aghast on May 9, 2024 21:41:12 GMT
We have higher standards, they said. Funny how this was scaremongering at the time, another predicted consequence. "While Britain was in the EU, a national chemical and ecological survey of rivers was conducted annually. After Brexit, the WFD was transposed into English law. From 2016, the government decided to test water quality under WFD every three years rather than annually. This has now been delayed further; the government has said it does not intend to deliver a complete update until 2025, the latest permissible date under the new WFD." www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/09/englands-rivers-to-remain-in-poor-state-as-eu-laws-ignored-post-brexit-says-watchdog Absolutely shameful. This is NOT the sort of thing the gullible voted for when they ticked 'Leave', but it's the sort of thing that can now happen as a regulation free cost cutting benefit, and also the sort of thing many of us feared would start to happen. American food standards on the way soon no doubt unless it's halted. I have some but not certain faith in Keir Starmer stopping this deterioration in standards.
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Post by stuart1974 on May 10, 2024 9:28:09 GMT
Good here, in'it? "The problems farmers face are complex. They blame the government for pushing them out of business, pointing to the lack of affordable labour after Brexit; the need to tackle climate change - with agriculture accounting for 10% of the UK's total greenhouse gas emissions - leading to new regulations, and the growing realisation that for most people buying British is a luxury they can't afford." news.sky.com/story/it-keeps-me-awake-at-night-can-british-farming-survive-13132220
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Post by baggins on May 10, 2024 15:41:41 GMT
Good here, in'it? "The problems farmers face are complex. They blame the government for pushing them out of business, pointing to the lack of affordable labour after Brexit; the need to tackle climate change - with agriculture accounting for 10% of the UK's total greenhouse gas emissions - leading to new regulations, and the growing realisation that for most people buying British is a luxury they can't afford." news.sky.com/story/it-keeps-me-awake-at-night-can-british-farming-survive-13132220Didn't most of them vote for it?
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Post by yattongas on May 10, 2024 16:05:31 GMT
Good here, in'it? "The problems farmers face are complex. They blame the government for pushing them out of business, pointing to the lack of affordable labour after Brexit; the need to tackle climate change - with agriculture accounting for 10% of the UK's total greenhouse gas emissions - leading to new regulations, and the growing realisation that for most people buying British is a luxury they can't afford." news.sky.com/story/it-keeps-me-awake-at-night-can-british-farming-survive-13132220Didn't most of them vote for it? Yes but not by the margin a lot imagined. Think I’ve read it’s thought that the vote share for farmers who voted leave was just a little higher than the 52-48% ratio .
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Post by yattongas on May 10, 2024 22:25:50 GMT
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Post by yattongas on May 12, 2024 10:41:34 GMT
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Post by stuart1974 on May 15, 2024 8:03:51 GMT
Found one. "The endangered puffin - one of Britain’s most iconic seabirds - is at the centre of a row over the UK’s post Brexit freedoms. The UK recently banned fishing in the North Sea for the bird's favourite food, the sandeel. But the European Union is demanding the ban be lifted, claiming it breaches the UK’s post-Brexit breakup deal. The UK and the EU have until Thursday to find a compromise or risk escalation, something that could eventually lead to sanctions against Britain. At stake, say conservationists, is Britain's right to choose which wildlife it protects in its own waters. This is the first time the EU has triggered the dispute mechanism of the UK's breakup deal, the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. Wildlife campaigners across Europe have reacted with fury at the EU’s demand, with 38 conservation groups pledging their support for the UK ban, including the RSPB, ClientEarth, Oceana UK, Birdlife International, and the Marine Conservation Society." www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce9rrpn955qo.amp?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17157582990259&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com
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Post by yattongas on May 15, 2024 19:57:14 GMT
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Post by stuart1974 on May 17, 2024 16:13:39 GMT
"Ministers repeatedly promised, before and after Brexit, that farming and food standards in the UK would not be watered down after leaving the EU. The Guardian, however, has revealed numerous examples of environmental rules that have been weakened, from regulations on air pollution and water quality to pesticide use and agricultural emissions. This latest divergence is of particular concern because the overuse of antibiotics in farming has dire consequences for human health. The UK’s former chief medical officer Sally Davies said in an interview with the Guardian earlier this week that antibiotic overuse was leading to the rise of near-invincible superbugs that pose a severe threat to human health, making previously minor ailments deadly and threatening to make routine operations unsafe. About two-thirds of antibiotics globally are used on farm animals, and they are often used indiscriminately either to promote growth or to try to prevent infections that arise from overcrowding, poor management and insanitary conditions on factory farms." www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/17/post-brexit-rules-on-antibiotic-use-on-farms-water-down-eu-laws-experts-say
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Post by stuart1974 on May 17, 2024 17:03:46 GMT
Not what was promised. "A Cornish fisherman who voted for Brexit said the fleet had been "sold down the river" because foreign boats were still fishing near the coast. Cornish MP Steve Double raised the issue in parliament this week saying the under-10m (33ft) fleet was "sadly in decline" and had been losing more than 100 vessels each year. The former director of the New Under Ten Fishermen’s Association (NUTFA), which disbanded last month, said foreign-owned boats just "scoop up all the fish" in the area six to 12 miles from the coast." www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c103ldej4qvo
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Post by yattongas on May 17, 2024 17:06:52 GMT
Not what was promised. "A Cornish fisherman who voted for Brexit said the fleet had been "sold down the river" because foreign boats were still fishing near the coast. Cornish MP Steve Double raised the issue in parliament this week saying the under-10m (33ft) fleet was "sadly in decline" and had been losing more than 100 vessels each year. The former director of the New Under Ten Fishermen’s Association (NUTFA), which disbanded last month, said foreign-owned boats just "scoop up all the fish" in the area six to 12 miles from the coast." www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c103ldej4qvoGood ol’ Boris ! 🇬🇧
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