Theresa May’s latest comments on the Brexit transition period, an article on hopes for a new more independent internet and discussion of England’s greatest county (or not) have got you talking today.
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Warning of ‘utter chaos’ if May ends EU free movement next March
Readers have been discussing campaigners’ view that the prime minister doesn’t understand the impact of Brexit on EU citizens in our politics live blog.
‘May’s latest comments about EU citizens will have chilling effect on UK businesses’
May’s latest comments about the rights of EU citizens are likely to have an even greater chilling effect on the large number of UK businesses that rely on them.
For the party that is the self proclaimed “safe pair of hands” for the economy, they seem to be doing all they can to damage it. That and their pretence that you can replace successful EU business with world business in a acceptable time frame after Brexit.
Not sure how anyone can believe they are a “safe pair of hands” at the moment other than those that choose to be mislead by the right wing tabloids.
SavingUK
‘We are already seeing the results of falling EU immigration’
What is it about May and immigration? It is like she was set this as homework by Cameron and she just can’t shake off her failure.
We are already seeing the results of falling EU immigration – in the NHS, in care homes, in hospitality, on farms and across universities. And yet still she bangs on and on. If she doesn’t shut up we can kiss goodbye to transition, which, given the horlicks this lot have made so far, means that we are royally screwed. The EU is beginning to look like rather a good idea...
Stokey95
The punk rock internet – how DIY rebels are working to replace the tech giants
John Harris has written about what this piece is calling the “handful of visionaries plotting an alternative online future”. You’ve been sharing your thoughts.
‘I sense a genuine mood for change out there’
The punk rock internet is a good analogy. This is where the real tech innovation is going on. It’s small scale and a bit amateurish and the powers that be won’t like it one little bit. Maybe these ventures will crash and burn like punk did but I sense a genuine mood for change out there. A lot of people are getting genuinely fed up of Twitter and Facebook and Google’s massive centralisation of power and manipulation of the populace.
FingerofDoom
‘Just a few million of government money would help this along’
The likes of Google and Facebook (and so many more from Just Eat to Uber) are hoovering up large chunks of our economy and the value they’re adding just isn’t worth the money they’re taking for themselves. That’s before we even start worrying about misuse of data. Well done! Just a few million of government money would help this along no end - and could be justified because of the negative effects on UK plc created by the tech giants.
Leigh Ayland
Yorkshire by Richard Morris review – England’s greatest county?
This book review has got readers talking about whether Yorkshire really is the greatest county.
‘I love that being from Yorkshire provides a sense of identity’
I love the Yorkshire countryside, and that being from Yorkshire provides a sense of identity, and I’m sure that it is the same for those from other regions; I also love the Cotswolds, the Derbyshire Peaks, Cumbria, Cornwall, Northumberland, the Scottish Borders, and when I finally venture to the Highlands, Ireland and rural Wales, I’m sure that I’ll love them too (Lancashire, the jury is out!).
Yorkshire has it’s downsides too – I was disappointed, but not surprised, at the referendum results in the area. One only has to walk down the high streets of the former industrial towns of Yorkshire to understand exactly the reasons: run-down streets full of pound shops, cash for gold and bookmakers are hardly a sign of prosperity. Somehow, the visible benefits of being in the EU bypassed these areas, and it was no surprise that the overwhelming vote in these areas was to leave.
So is it special? To me, yes, but to non Yorkshire folk (by which I mean those who haven’t lived there at least 30 years), of course not. But that is part of what makes up the national identity.
YorkshireAccountant
‘I arrived in Yorkshire at 43 and was smitten immediately’
The photo [accompanying this review] was taken from behind Kettlewell – the farm is an abandoned lodge on the slopes of Great Whernside, a hill I climbed many times.
I arrived in Yorkshire at 43, from Australia (though I’m a Scot). We rented a terraced cottage for the winter in Appletreewick and I was smitten completely. Over the next 11 years we lived in Grassington, Skipton and finally Harrogate. Each was a fine experience and the Southern Dales became a playground. Mountain biking from my door in Wharfedale and latterly long trips (and one week long tour) by road bike. I walked, climbed, scrambled and camped all over it in all seasons, photographing as I went. I learned to be a teacher in Skipton, made some of my best friendships, embraced the beauty of the place for over a decade and still left for a Brexile in Tasmania. I hope it is as good to me as Yorkshire was.
HangingaRoo
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