...Britain and the EU Understanding world politics is something that I have never felt it was necessary for me to learn in my life. After only a few weeks in this course, I have realized that it is necessary to get an understanding of world politics and the world around you if you aim to be a truly educated person. One of the first political stories I was made aware of was Britain’s decision to leave the EU if the terms they wanted were not agreed upon. When I first heard this, I didn’t know what the terms were, why they wanted to leave, or what the EU even was. After further inquiring and researching, I have found out that Britain potentially leaving the EU was actually a big deal. Over the course of this paper, I will attempt to inform about the importance of Britain leaving the EU and what this could mean for British citizens and the rest of the EU using some of the tools and perspectives that we learned in class. The Prime minister of Britain, David Cameron, has voiced many concerns that he has with the EU and has stated all of the reforms that he wants for Britain; “He has said he will campaign for Britain to remain in the EU if he gets the reforms he wants” (“Q&A: What Britain Wants From Europe”). I see this move from Cameron as a potential grasp for power from the EU. In a stat from James Kirkup from telegraph.co.uk, Britain is responsible for paying the EU £12.9 billion which equates to just under 18.2 billion dollars. This is a large amount of the EU budget, in fact...
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...Would an exit from the EU benefit the British economy? Advocates of the UK leaving the EU claim that there would be little trouble negotiating a free trade agreement with the EU once it left, because the UK has a large trade deficit with the rest of the Union. If trade barriers between Britain and the remaining member-states were erected upon exit, the EU would lose more exports earnings from Britain than vice versa. At the same time, the UK would be freed from the burdens of EU regulation and hence able to boost trade with faster growing parts of the world, nations such as China, US and emerging markets that include India that are not part of Europe. This could be done by eliminating tariffs and signing trade agreements without the constraints of EU membership. Undermining this assertion is the belief that the UK is a big enough economy to be an effective trade negotiator in its own right. As a result it might be concluded that the UK would see little impact from leaving the EU except perhaps a minor reduction in trade while new arrangements were made. However, it would be ill judged to assume that the UK would be able to dictate terms with the EU simply because it is running a trade deficit. Primarily, the EU buys half of Britain's exports whereas the UK accounts for little over 10 per cent of exports from the rest of the EU, so the UK would be in a weak position to negotiate access on its terms. Furthermore, it could be argued that the UK's access to many non-EU markets comes...
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...The case for a possible Brexit and its impact on the UK economy is one that has been widely discussed over the years, given the significant economic effects it imposes on both parties involved. The UK taking up its membership into the EU in 1973 following its establishment in 1967 enabled vast benefits of free trade to be shared amongst members of this trading bloc. However, over a quarterly time series from 1999 to 2014 the UK has been noted to have run a relatively large balance of trade deficit in terms of its trade in goods with the EU (see figure 2), and as such lays emphasis on the UK’s lack of competitiveness, specifically in its manufacturing industry. The importance of the EU has increasingly become more significant in terms of the UK’s total economic activity, generated through trade transactions. Figure 1: ONS As seen in figure 1, there has been a downward trend in the transaction with the EU expressed as a percentage of UK GDP, falling by 231.25% from Q1 of 1991 to Q4 of 2014. In relations to the total trade in goods with the EU, there has generally been a deficit, which increased by 874.9% from 1999 to 2014. From figure 2 it can be observed that the largest deficit of -£21500m occurred in Q4 of 2014 and the lowest in Q4 of 1999. Figure 2: ONS The persistent balance of trade deficit seemed to be a result of imports from the EU to the UK exceeding exports. This could be the case as the percentage increase in exports from transactions...
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...bracing for more choppy trading on financial markets in the final run-up to the EU referendum after Brexit jitters knocked the pound to a seven-week low, dented share prices and fuelled demand for safer assets such as bonds and gold. With opinion polls tight and less than two weeks to go before the vote, sterling came under pressure and it was down more than 1% against the US dollar at one point on Friday. In late afternoon trading the pound was worth $1.43. FTSE falls sharply amid new Brexit warnings - as it happened Investors take fright on Brexit fears with FTSE 100 suffering biggest one day fall since mid-February Read more “The opinion polls are as close as they’ve been for the entire campaign. And while the phone polls still show a lead for remain, with the online polls much closer and significant doubts about the reliability of all polls whatever the methodology, financial markets remain very jittery about the possibility of a ‘leave’ win,” said economists at Daiwa Capital Markets in London in a note to clients. For stock markets, worries about the 23 June referendum compounded fears of a global economic slowdown, falling oil prices and next week’s Federal Reserve meeting on US interest rates. The FTSE 100 index of blue-chip stocks suffered its biggest one-day drop since mid-February and closed down 1.9% at 6,115.8. No single market access for UK after Brexit, Wolfgang Schäuble says Read more It was a similar picture around the world. As investors reacted...
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...ran from 1980 and 1984 while its sequel Yes, Prime Minister ran from 1986 to 1988. It is set in the office of a British cabinet minister and it shows Jim Hacker (as a minister for administrative affairs) and his struggles to bring about changes in the government. His attempts are prevented by his Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby. 2. Kaj so povedal notr glede Brexita in EU + The devil you know Even though Yes, minister is 30 years old the political issues mentioned seem timeless. There are two episodes that in my opinion describe what British people think about the EU. I’m going to show you this clip from the episode The writing on the wall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37iHSwA1SwE In this clip that went viral around the time Brexit happened, Sir Humphrey Appleby explains to Jim Hacker that the reason the UK joined the EU (or what was at that time European Economic Community) was to destroy it from inside. The clip further explains that Britain was eager to bring more countries to join the EU but only to make them quarrel between themselves/to encourage disagreements between them and by that make the EU become weaker. It shows what could have been the reason the UK actually joined the EU in the first place and how British people actually view the EU....
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...business. Although following government policies may sound as easy as checking boxes, foreign government policies tend to change, either favorable for international business or not. For example, countries that have democracy as their political system change government administrations and possibly the policies, every once in a while. Government policies and regulations usually are not just two sides of a coin. There can be many possible government policies that can be implemented that can also lead to many possible countermeasures for an international business. This makes the risk so high on the list, according to Deresky (2014). A clear example is the recent exit of Britain from the European Union (EU), or more famously known as the Brexit. Most businesses did not expect the sudden leaving of Britain from the EU. As an effect...
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...Brexit has evoked a spate of comments. These comments fall into broadly two categories. The first set of comments focusses on the short-term and medium-term impact of Brexit on the U.K., Europe and the rest of the world including India. The second goes into the reasons behind this decision of the British. Is there a clear message or is it a confused signal? It is to this aspect this article is devoted. Impact of globalisation Several analysts have described this decision as a blow to globalisation. Is this really so? Or is it a superficial view? Globalisation has been interpreted in many ways. In broad terms, globalisation denotes the free movement of goods, services, capital, funds, ideas, technology and people across countries. Many people think globalisation is a recent phenomenon. This is not true. This has been going on for centuries. What has made it unique in recent times is the speed of the movement. Great Britain and many other countries in Europe have reached the present level of economic development only because of this free movement. In both demographic and geographic terms, Britain is a small country. It is not the size of the domestic market that determined its growth. London could not have emerged as the financial centre of the world but for the free flow of capital. The gamut of financial services offered by London is geared to meet world demand and not that of Britain alone. Even after the exit from the EU, Britain cannot remain as an isolated island...
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...in between green card intervals to hire workers. He intends to end welfare abuse by having candidates prove they can pay for housing and other needs. Donald Trump wants to start a jobs program for inner city kids. It would replace one now in place that is for foreign youth. His overall idea is to fix what we have, protect the country by keeping possibly dangerous people out and give American workers jobs. The United States is not the only country that is debating over immigration. The UK recently just made a very large decision regarding it. The United Kingdom had the Brexit vote this past June. Brexit is a mix of the words “Britain” and “exit”. (5)The Brexit vote was to decide whether or not the UK would leave the European Union. This vote ended with majority voting to leave the EU. This is astonishing, as Britain will be the first country to purposely leave the European Union in its fifty-eight years. Brexit came about because of the Schengen visa agreement. (6)The Schengen visa agreement says that if one has been allowed into one of the twenty-eight EU countries, they are allowed to go to any other EU country. Britons were upset about that agreement because of substandard EU regulations, poor recovery after the Recession of 2008 and immigrant access to Britain's few resources. The EU’s regulations cost the UK’s economy “£600 million a week”, according to, Parliament member, Michael Gove. Losing money at that rate was detrimental after the Recession of 2008, in which the UK...
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...prosperity, and the constant flow of immigrants from the EU and elsewhere does wonders to boost the economy. The Brexit referendum was held on June 23, 2016 and the leave the EU vote won by 51.9% to 48.1% after more than thirty million citizens voted. David Cameron upon losing the referendum handed in his resignation, and Theresa May came to power and is organizing the details of their navigation away from the union as well as election organization. Many have predicted that Brexit will be harmful to their economy, and think that confirming the exodus by signing the Lisbon Treaty was a terrible mistake. The British Pound did drop in value after the vote and now has levelled somewhat at fifteen percent lower against the US dollar, and ten percent down against the Euro. Inflation rose to 2.3% in February, which was the highest it has been for almost four years. This has occurred while the unemployment continues to fall to its eleven-year low of 4.8%. The Institute for Fiscal Studies has stated that there is danger of Britain losing up to £70 billion in reduced economic growth if it didn't retain Single Market membership. Financial services is one such area accounting for up to 71,000 jobs and 10 billion pounds of tax annually. This concerns that banks may relocate outside the UK. Economists are conflicted regarding the future of the UK’s economy with regard to Brexit, but only time will tell which party correctly predicted the consequences. ...
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...sprinkler systems? • Complies to BREAAM, LEED, CFSH requirements? • Lack of content on the news section of website • No LinkedIn profile to target large construction contracting companies • Not LPCB approval for fixed firefighting sprinkler systems Opportunities Threats • Market trends: Large scale construction plans in the UK market • Development of a mobile phone application • Economic trends: Government investment in construction & infrastructure. • Become active members of the UK Rain Harvesting Association (UKRHA). • Become a certified member of British Water (Trade association for UK Water & Wastewater Industry) * • Competitive market with opposition supplying similar products. • Current impact of BREXIT on construction • Current impact of BREXIT on GDP • Current threat of BREXIT on import/export Braithwaite was awarded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) Silver Award in 2010, for its occupational health & Safety performance. Water storage, firefighting, wastewater/ processing, anaerobic digestion, aquaculture, bulk storage, farming slurry, mining, process & industrial water storage, sewage & industrial wastewater treatment, rainwater harvesting Water storage, combating drought conditions in the developing countries and rural areas, storage large quantities of liquids, safe storage of drinking water. Sectional tanks for water sprinkler systems Sectional tanks, 1 & 2 piece tanks, GRP housing, parts & accessories, repairs & maintenance Concrete tanks, cylindrical...
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...Question 1: * Brexit meaning ? Cách 1: Brexit stands for an act of leaving by Britain from the European Union (short for "British exit") Cách 2: Brexit means the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, short for “British exit” * British should stay in The EU Union. Here are some main reasons: 1. Jobs Around 3.5 million British jobs are directly linked to British membership of the European Union’s single market – 1 in 10 British jobs. 2. Exports & investment The EU buys over 50 percent of UK exports (54 per cent of goods, 40 per cent of services). Over 300,000 British companies and 74 per cent of British exporters operate in other EU markets. American and Asian EU firms build factories in Britain because it is in the single market. 3. Trade The EU negotiates trade agreements with the rest of the world. Outside the EU Britain would have to renegotiate trade deals alone. While the EU is the world’s largest market, a UK outside the EU would not be a high priority for other counties to negotiate a trade deal. 4. Freedom to work and study abroad – and easy travel 1.4 million British people live abroad in the EU. More than 14,500 UK students took part in the European Union’s Erasmus student exchange scheme in 2012-13. Driving licences issued in the UK are valid throughout the EU. 5. Fighting crime The European Arrest Warrant replaced long extradition procedures and enables the UK to extradite criminals wanted in other EU countries, and bring...
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...BREXIT refers to the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. In June 2016, citizens of the United Kingdom won the majority vote, which was to leave the European Union. Citizens voted to leave, for one, because they believe there are too many rules on business in the United Kingdom; secondly, the United Kingdom is charged billions of pounds a year in European Union membership fees for little in return. And finally, so that they can control their borders and reduce the number of people coming to live and work in the United Kingdom. Many people from British Overseas Territories, decide to pack up and move to the United Kingdom for better employment opportunities and better benefits from the United Kingdom government. This is fine to some extent...
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...An interest in limiting free movement across borders has risen in the past thirty years due to increases in terrorism around the world and illegal immigration into countries such as the United States. While, in the long term, economic reasons fueled the push for Brexit, the vote allowed the people of the United Kingdom to demonstrate their frustration with the current government in combating terrorism, which increases as more immigrants flood in from war-torn and conflict areas, such as Syria. In this time of conflict in Syria, as a civil war ravages through the country, leaving millions homeless, the European Union's open border policies allow too many refugees to come into Europe too fast. This ultimately results in economic problems from having to support such a large...
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...of Europe’ speech. Firstly, he praised the United Kingdom: “We have the character of an island nation - independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty.”. Moreover, Cameron portrayed the UK in a very metaphorical way: “And in Europe’s darkest hour, we helped keep the flame of liberty alight.” Here, Cameron highlights the special position Britain has in the European Union. Similarly to Johnson’s speech, his speeches had strong patriotic traits to show that his priority is ensuring benefits for the UK but he also wanted to stress how important the United Kingdom is for the EU. He purposely illustrated the UK as a saviour and superior in order to make EU membership sounds attractive and differentiate his statement from Pro-Brexit ones. ...
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...If you want something in life you would go out to work or education. One also feels the surroundings and place of living does make a big impacted on life, when I lived in an underprivileged town part of Manchester which was highly rated crime and vandalised areas did make my life harder and bringing home friends one was too ashamed to bring them back but that wasn’t my or parents fault as my mother had two jobs and father had health problems. The violence of crime has increased with the Brexit vote due to more racism and religion hate crimes. However, in America this to be situated the case as the racism and religion have always been the same, but more gun crime and violence than the UK where there are more domestic violence cases. After learning...
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