Thread: Brexit - It's Still On!

Originally Posted by Bozo633

And the problem with the remain herd is that they are quite simply to stupid to realise that it doesn't matter how loud they shout and how often they repeat themselves, the UK made its choice and brexit has happened.

Like an abused wife who decides to leave her husband and strike out on her own, nobody knows what the future will bring. She'll probably be worse off financially, but only an idiot would think that's a reason for her to remain.

You fucking idiot, the UK was not an abused partner, it was a top table member state with a privileged financial status and regarded as a valued contributor to the association's ideals and principles.

Plainly, you are quite simply too stupid to construct a valid analogy. Why on earth do you bother? As a troll you are quite feeble and your style is as dull as ditchwater. The forum has enough dullards as it is.

Free advice: Stick yer investment money into limited editions, land, gold, bitcoin...

Originally Posted by jabir

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that's a good one

s.a.

You are in truth the archetypal Brexit wanker; blinkered, biased and alienated by truth.

well, sorry it didnt go your way pal but the democratic decision was brexit, and a deal was achieved and now it is up to the uk to iron out the difficulties that the deal obviously brings and make a success of it. as i'm sure we will.

as for you, and the miserable bullying bunch of brit hating jeremiad remainers you identify with, well you now are nothing more than yesterdays news, wrappings for fish and chips, you can sit on the sidelines like spoilt kids sulking, bitching and carping all you like, or you can move on.

so suck it up s.a. boris against all the odds got a deal, a decent deal all things considered and if anything, this deal will in the future vastly improve our relations with europe and not ruin them.

s.a.

This new vaunted Turing project will of course be aimed at the target demographic of white middle class moneyed students with a few token poor and blacks.

did diane flabbot tell you that or is that just another manifestation of the negativity that has become your raison d'etre?

Originally Posted by taxexile

did diane flabbot tell you that or is that just another manifestation of the negativity that has become your raison d'etre?

Originally Posted by taxexile

diane flabbot...

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Yeah, tax should get himself a youtube channel and offer an alternative view to Jonathan Pie.

[QUOTE=Seekingasylum;4200931]and yet again you fail to address the specifics raised in my posts [QUOTE]because you are a repetitive bore, who has become a charmless caricature of Sir Humphrey, the witless civil service goon, famous for telling governments what they can and cannot do.
He was a fiction. You are a very sad, pompous joke, who deserves to be ignored.

Originally Posted by Switch

who deserves to be ignored.

Though you keep on replying

hmm Tard or not.

^^^

well, a decent enough rant from you up there s.a., but as usual, once you remove all the humour, hyperbole and horseshit from it there only remains the familiar s.a. plate du jour of personal insult, racist stereotyping, fanciful speculation and wishful thinking combined with a sprinkling of reductio ad hitlerum, but lacking the seasoning of pertinent facts, economic sense and rational debate that would make the dish that much easier to swallow.

look s.a., and in the spirit of reconciliation, i beseech you as a fully paid up brit, to forget about the humiliating defeat you suffered and realise that now is the time for you to put all this dated remainer claptrap behind you, accept the democratic will of the people and stand shoulder to shoulder with us brexiteers as we cast aside the shackles of the political sarcophagus known as the eu, and forge ahead with our trading partners both new and old and make a resounding success of the opportunities presenting themselves as a result of this deal.

what say you old boy?

p.s. hows the flat hunting in portugal coming along?

Surely, when one reads the utter gibberish of the intellectual Brexit pygmies farting their rhetoric in support of Bozo and his Tory lickspittle trash they must know they are on the wrong side of history?

Like the rednecked trash morons who sucked Trump cock, Brexiteers are a tribe now exiled to the swamp of fuckwittery where all Republicans who eased the orange cvunt into power and diminished the US to the stature of a warthog are now consigned and into which Bozo will undoubtedly follow.

The Age of The Stupid is an era that will unwind and even this nonsense will end.

I mean, just who would give credit to Bozo and Gove for anything other than an urgent need to take a piss as their prostate expands into a size large than their brains?

Originally Posted by Bozo633

That's the crux of it. We started a sexual relationship with the EU 47 years ago. 30 years ago we moved in with them. Now we've moved into a different wing of the house and bricked up the walkways between them, leaving serving hatches in their place.

not bad

“‘When you wanted to get something done with Europe, you made the first or perhaps second call to London,’ said Charles Kupchan, who served as a senior National Security Council European affairs official in both the Obama and Clinton administrations. In 2021, ‘you’re still going to call London, but that call will be lower down in the queue. Britain doesn’t have a seat at the table anymore,’ thanks to Brexit, he said.”

Britain braces for not-so-special relationship with Biden - POLITICO

It's rather obvious that if the US wants to get something done with the EU, it isn't going to phone London now that the UK is not in the EU. Quite clearly, Britain doesn’t have a seat at the EU table.

It is rather obvious, yes, but it's still worth mentioning as an obvious aspect of the monumental display of national stupidity that is BREXIT.

Originally Posted by Neverna

It's rather obvious that if the US wants to get something done with the EU, it isn't going to phone London now that the UK is not in the EU.

i can see how you'd have that reaction from the three sentences i quoted, but i'm guessing you didn't click through to the article.

also from the article...

Secretary of State-designee Antony Blinken has called Brexit a “total mess,” while Kupchan called it “an act of self-isolation that will inevitably diminish Britain’s weight in the world.”

it’s the power corridors of Brussels, Paris and Berlin, not No. 10 Downing St. and Whitehall, that increasingly command Washington’s attention.


While Democrats welcome Britain’s recent $22 billion defense spending increase, and plan close climate cooperation, “Biden is seeking to strengthen and renew ties with the EU, and Britain is not going to be a part of that,” said one person familiar with Biden’s thinking.

on a US / UK trade deal....

“I’d say the best case scenario for a deal is 2022,” said Lewis Lukens, who served as U.S. deputy ambassador to the U.K. under Presidents Trump and Obama.

Biden will continue to follow the U.K.’s negotiations with the EU, particularly how peace arrangements in Northern Ireland are handled. “Folks are watching what’s happening, where that lands,” said a person familiar with the president-elect’s thinking.


While the Biden team welcomes the U.K. government’s Dec. 8 recommitment to uphold the Good Friday Agreement in full, that move doesn’t guarantee or speed up a bilateral trade deal, which remains a “separate discussion,” the person said.


In other words, Britain will have to earn its trade deal.


“I think the ball is really in the U.K.’s court,” said Lukens, the former ambassador. “Whether Boris and his team are capable of developing a worldview beyond Brexit remains to be seen.”

on biden's relationship with johnson...

privately, Democrats continue to take offense at Johnson’s often inflammatory rhetoric, including a racially charged description of President Barack Obama as America’s “part-Kenyan president” in 2016, raising the matter in discussions with a range of British officials. Biden himself described Johnson at a 2019 fundraiser as “a physical and emotional clone” of Trump.

and what's not addressed in this article is how the US chamber of commerce is salivating at the thought of how desperate the UK is going to be to make a deal before the end of 2021.....brits will be lucky if the worst thing in the chicken is chlorine.

Originally Posted by raycarey

i can see how you'd have that reaction from the three sentences i quoted, but i'm guessing you didn't click through to the article.

That's right.

Originally Posted by raycarey

and what's not addressed in this article is how the US chamber of commerce is salivating at the thought of how desperate the UK is going to be to make a deal before the end of 2021..

I don't see why the UK should be desperate to make a trade deal with the USA. Make one, sure, but why be desperate to make one? What's the rush? There is no reason for the UK to be "desperate" for a deal with the US, let alone a poor deal.

So it's all been signed.

I don't feel very different though.

When do I get my Blue passport?

fun fact:

British police no longer have access to the Schengen Information System. Last year, they queried Europe's largest security database more than 1.6 million times per day.

Originally Posted by Neverna

It's rather obvious that if the US wants to get something done with the EU, it isn't going to phone London now that the UK is not in the EU. Quite clearly, Britain doesn’t have a seat at the EU table.

Did you only just work that out?

It’s worse than that...she’s convinced herself, by some byzantine form of ‘logic’ that it’s a good thing.

Hence her confusion upon you reminding us of yet another shit thing about BREXIT.

^^ ray carey

actually,

A document released by the European Commission around the same time was more circumspect but revealed plans for "a new framework for law enforcement and judicial co-operation".

It also said the agreement includes "ambitious arrangements" for the sharing of criminal record information, DNA, fingerprints and air passenger and vehicle registration data. That's good news.

So too is the provision for a fast-tracked extradition system to replace the European Arrest Warrant, which will be "unprecedented for a non-Schengen third country", according to Brussels, and the news that DNA and fingerprint data will continue to be exchanged through the Prüm system.

and its here in all its legalese glory.


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A
BILL
TO
Implement, and make other provision in connection with, the Trade and Cooperation
Agreement; to make further provision in connection with the United Kingdom’s future
relationship with the EU and its member States; to make related provision about
passenger name record data, customs and privileges and immunities; and for
connected purposes.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and
consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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SECURITY

Criminal records

1 Duty to notify member States of convictions.

(1) This section applies where—
(a) an individual who is a national of a member State has been convicted
by or before a court in a part of the United Kingdom, and
(b) the conviction is recorded in the criminal records database for that part.
(2) This section also applies where—
(a) an individual who is a national of a member State has been convicted
in UK service disciplinary proceedings (whether or not in a part of the
United Kingdom), and
(b) the conviction is recorded in the criminal records database for any part
of the United Kingdom.
(3) The designated UK authority must notify the central authority of the member State of the conviction.

(4) If the individual is a national of more than one member State, the designated
UK authority must notify the central authority of each of those member States
of the conviction.
(5) Notification under this section must be given before the end of the period of 28
days beginning with the day on which the conviction is recorded in the
criminal records database.
(6) A notification under this section—
(a) must include the information listed in Schedule 1, and
(b) may include any other information that the designated UK authority
considers appropriate.
(7) If the record of the conviction is amended so as to alter or delete any of the
information mentioned in paragraph 13, 14, 16, 17, 19 or 20 of Schedule 1
(information about the conviction), subsections (3) to (6) apply in relation to the
amendment as they apply in relation to the conviction.
(8) Nothing in this section requires the designated UK authority to disclose any
information if the disclosure would contravene the data protection legislation
(but, in determining whether the disclosure would contravene that legislation,
the duties imposed by this section are to be taken into account).
(9) For the purposes of this section it does not matter if the individual is a national
of the United Kingdom as well as a national of a member State.
2 Retention of information received from member States
(1) This section applies where—
(a) an individual who is a UK national has been convicted under the law
of a member State, and
(b) the central authority of the member State notifies the designated UK
authority of the conviction.
(2) The designated UK authority must retain a record of—
(a) the conviction, and
(b) any other information listed in Schedule 1 that is included in the
notification.
(3) The record may be retained in whatever way the designated UK authority
considers appropriate.
(4) If the designated UK authority is notified by the central authority of any
amendment or deletion relating to the information contained in the record, the
designated UK authority must amend the record accordingly.
(5) Nothing in this section requires the designated UK authority to retain any
information if the retention would contravene the data protection legislation
(but, in determining whether the retention would contravene that legislation,
the duty imposed by subsection (2) is to be taken into account).
3 Transfers to third countries of personal data notified under section 2
(1) Personal data notified to the designated UK authority as mentioned in section
2 may not be transferred to a third country unless conditions A and B are met.
(2) Condition A is that the transfer—
(a) is based on adequacy regulations, or
(b) is based on there being appropriate safeguards.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)—
(a) the reference to a transfer being based on adequacy regulations has the
same meaning as it has for the purposes of Part 3 of the Data Protection
Act 2018;
(b) the reference to a transfer being based on there being appropriate
safeguards is to be read in accordance with section 75 of that Act.
(4) Condition B is that the intended recipient has functions relating to the
prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the
execution of criminal penalties, including the safeguarding against and the
prevention of threats to public security.
(5) See also section 73 of the Data Protection Act 2018 for additional conditions
that must be met before personal data may be transferred to a third country (in
particular, that the transfer must be necessary for any of the law enforcement
purposes).
(6) Where personal data within subsection (1) is transferred to a third country, the
person making the transfer must make it a condition of the transfer that the
data may be used only for the purpose for which it is being transferred.
(7) In this section—
“personal data” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018
(see section 3(2) of that Act);
“third country” means a country or territory other than—
(a) the United Kingdom, or
(b) a member State.
4 Requests for information from member States
(1) The designated UK authority may, for any of the law enforcement purposes,
make a request to the central authority of a member State for information
relating to any overseas convictions of an individual recorded in a criminal
records database of the member State.
(2) If an individual who is a national of a member State makes a request to the
designated UK authority for information relating to the individual’s overseas
convictions, the designated UK authority must make a request to the central
authority of that member State for information relating to any overseas
convictions of the individual recorded in a criminal records database of the
member State.
(3) If the individual is a national of more than one member State, the designated
UK authority must make a request to the central authority of each of those
member States for the information.
(4) Any information provided to the designated UK authority in response to a
request made under this section may be used only—
(a) for the purpose or purposes for which it was requested, and
(b) in accordance with any restrictions specified by the central authority
that provided it.

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(5) But subsection (4) does not prohibit the use of such information for the purpose
of preventing an immediate and serious threat to public security.
(6) In this section “overseas conviction” means a conviction under the law of a
country or territory outside the United Kingdom.
5 Requests for information made by member States
(1) If—
(a) the central authority of a member State makes a request to the
designated UK authority for information relating to an individual’s
convictions, and
(b) conditions A and B are met,
the designated UK authority must, as soon as practicable before the end of the
relevant period, provide the information to the central authority (but see
subsection (5)).
(2) Condition A is that the request is made—
(a) for any of the law enforcement purposes, or
(b) for the purposes of enabling the central authority to comply with a
request made by an individual who is a UK national for information
relating to the individual’s convictions.
(3) Condition B is that the information—
(a) is recorded in the criminal records database for a part of the United
Kingdom, or
(b) is retained in accordance with section 2.
(4) “The relevant period” means the period of 20 working days beginning with the
day on which the designated UK authority receives the request.
(5) Subsection (1) does not require the designated UK authority to provide any
information relating to a conviction that is spent unless—
(a) the request has been made for the purposes of any criminal
investigation or criminal proceedings, or
(b) subsection (6) applies.
(6) If the request has been made for the purposes of determining the suitability of
an individual to work with children, the information to be provided under
subsection (1) must include any information relating to any conviction of the
individual for a child sexual offence (whether or not spent).
(7) Nothing in this section requires the designated UK authority to disclose any
information if the disclosure would contravene the data protection legislation
(but, in determining whether the disclosure would contravene that legislation,
the duties imposed by this section are to be taken into account).
(8) In this section—
“ancillary offence” means—
(a) an offence of attempting or conspiring to commit a child sexual
offence,
(b) an offence under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 in relation
to a child sexual offence,
(c) an offence of inciting a person to commit a child sexual offence,
(d) an offence of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the
commission of a child sexual offence, or
(e) an offence of being involved art and part in the commission of
a child sexual offence;
“child” means an individual under the age of 18;
“child sexual offence” means—
(a) an offence consisting of—
(i) the sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a child, or
(ii) conduct relating to such abuse or exploitation,
(b) an offence relating to indecent images of a child,
(c) an offence consisting of any other behaviour carried out in
relation to a child that is of a sexual nature or carried out for
sexual purposes, or
(d) an ancillary offence;
and for these purposes “offence” includes an offence under a law that
is no longer in force;
“conviction” means—
(a) a conviction by or before a court in a part of the United
Kingdom,
(b) a conviction in UK service disciplinary proceedings (whether or
not in a part of the United Kingdom), or
(c) a conviction under the law of a country or territory outside the
United Kingdom;
“criminal proceedings” means—
(a) proceedings before a court for dealing with an individual
accused of an offence, or
(b) proceedings before a court for dealing with an individual
convicted of an offence, including proceedings in respect of a
sentence or order;
“working day” means any day other than—
(a) Saturday or Sunday,
(b) Christmas Day,
(c) Good Friday, and
(d) any day which is a bank holiday in England and Wales under
the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.
(9) For the purposes of this section a conviction is “spent” if—
(a) in the case of a conviction in Northern Ireland, it is a spent conviction
for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland)
Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1908 (N.I. 27));
(b) in any other case, it is a spent conviction for the purposes of the
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
6 Interpretation of the criminal records provisions
(1) In the criminal records provisions—
“central authority”, in relation to a member State, means an authority
designated by the government of that member State as the appropriate
authority for requesting, receiving or providing information relating to
convictions;
“conviction”, in relation to UK service disciplinary proceedings—

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(a) in the case of proceedings in respect of a service offence,
includes anything that under section 376(1) and (2) of the
Armed Forces Act 2006 (which relates to summary hearings and
the Summary Appeal Court) is to be treated as a conviction for
the purposes of that Act;
(b) in the case of any other UK service disciplinary proceedings,
includes a finding of guilt in those proceedings;
and “convicted”, in relation to UK service disciplinary proceedings, is
to be read accordingly;
“criminal records database” means—
(a) in relation to England and Wales, the names database held by
the Secretary of State for the use of constables;
(b) in relation to Scotland, the criminal history database of the
Police Service of Scotland held for the use of police forces
generally;
(c) in relation to Northern Ireland, the names database maintained
by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland for the
purpose of recording convictions and cautions;
(d) in relation to a member State, any database maintained in
respect of the member State that corresponds to the criminal
records database for England and Wales;
“the criminal records provisions” means sections 1 to 5, this section and
Schedule 1;
“designated UK authority” means a person designated for the purposes of
the criminal records provisions by a direction given by the Secretary of
State;
“the law enforcement purposes” means the purposes of the prevention,
investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the
execution of criminal penalties, including the safeguarding against and
the prevention of threats to public security;
“service offence” means—
(a) a service offence within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act
2006, or
(b) an SDA offence within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act
2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1059);
“UK national” means an individual who is—
(a) a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British
National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen,
(b) a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981 is a British
subject, or
(c) a British protected person within the meaning of that Act;
“UK service disciplinary proceedings” means—
(a) any proceedings (whether or not before a court) in respect of a
service offence (except proceedings before a civilian court
within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006);
(b) any proceedings under the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act
1955, or the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (whether before a courtmartial or before any other court or person authorised under
any of those Acts to award a punishment in respect of an
offence);
(c) any proceedings before a Standing Civilian Court established
under the Armed Forces Act 1976.

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(2) The following provisions (which deem a conviction of a person discharged not
to be a conviction) do not apply for the purposes of the criminal records
provisions to a conviction of an individual for an offence in respect of which an
order has been made discharging the individual absolutely or conditionally—
(a) section 247 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995;
(b) Article 6 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I.
1996/3160 (N.I. 24));
(c) section 14 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000;
(d) section 82 of the Sentencing Code;
(e) section 187 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 or any corresponding earlier
enactment.
(3) The appropriate national authority may by regulations amend this section so
as to change the meaning of “criminal records database” in relation to a part of
the United Kingdom.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3) the “appropriate national authority” is—
(a) in relation to England and Wales, the Secretary of State;
(b) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
(c) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Justice in Northern
Ireland.
Passenger and vehicle registration data
7 Passenger name record data
In Schedule 2—
(a) Part 1 amends the Passenger Name Record Data and Miscellaneous
Amendments Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/598) (the “PNR regulations”);
(b) Part 2 makes provision for an interim period;
(c) Part 3 confers power to modify the PNR regulations to apply to sea and
rail travel.
8 Disclosure of vehicle registration data
(1) The Secretary of State may disclose vehicle registration data in accordance
with—
(a) Article LAW.PRUM.15 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement
(automated searching of vehicle registration data), and
(b) Chapter 3 of Annex LAW-1 to that agreement (exchange of vehicle
registration data).
(2) A disclosure under this section does not breach—
(a) any obligation of confidence owed by the Secretary of State, or
(b) any other restriction on the disclosure of data (however imposed).
(3) Nothing in this section authorises the making of a disclosure which
contravenes the data protection legislation (save that the power conferred by
this section is to be taken into account in determining whether any disclosure
contravenes that legislation).
(4) Nothing in this section limits the circumstances in which data may be disclosed
under any other enactment or rule of law.
(5) “Vehicle registration data” has the meaning given by Article LAW.PRUM.6 of
the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (definitions).
Evidence
9 Mutual assistance in criminal matters
Schedule 3 contains provision about mutual assistance in criminal matters.
10 Accreditation of forensic service providers
(1) The Accreditation of Forensic Service Providers Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/
1276) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a) in the definitions of “dactyloscopic data”, “DNA-profile” and
“laboratory activity”, for “the Framework Decision” substitute “Title II
of Part 3 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (exchanges of DNA,
fingerprints and vehicle registration data etc)”,
(b) omit the definition of “Framework Decision”, and
(c) after the definition of “relevant employee” insert—
““the Trade and Cooperation Agreement” has the same
meaning as in the European Union (Future
Relationship) Act 2020 (see section 37 of that Act)”.
(3) In regulation 4 (requirement to use an accredited forensic service provider) in
paragraph (2)(b) for “Article 4 of the Framework Decision” substitute
“paragraph 1 of Article LAW.PRUM.16 of the Trade and Cooperation
Agreement”.
Extradition
11 Member States to remain category 1 territories
(1) In the Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 1 Territories) Order 2003 (S.I.
2003/3333) after Article 1 insert—
“1A The following territories are designated for the purposes of Part 1 of
the Extradition Act 2003—
Austria,
Belgium,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Cyprus,
Czech Republic,
Denmark,
Estonia,
Finland,
France,
Germany,
Greece,
Hungary,
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
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Ireland,
Italy,
Latvia,
Lithuania,
Luxembourg,
Malta,
The Netherlands,
Poland,
Portugal,
Romania,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
Spain,
Sweden.”
(2) In Article 2(2) and Article 3(2) of the Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part
2 Territories) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/3334) omit the entry for each territory that
is designated for the purposes of Part 1 of the Extradition Act 2003 by reason
of subsection (1) of this section.
12 Dual criminality
(1) The Extradition Act 2003 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 64 (extradition offence: persons not sentenced for offence)—
(a) in subsection (2), for “, (4) or (5)” substitute “or (4)”, and
(b) omit subsection (5).
(3) In section 65 (extradition offence: persons sentenced for offence)—
(a) in subsection (2), for “, (4) or (5)” substitute “or (4)”, and
(b) omit subsection (5).
(4) In section 142 (issue of Part 3 warrant)—
(a) in subsection (6)(a), for “European framework” substitute “Trade and
Cooperation Agreement”, and
(b) in subsection (7), in the words before paragraph (a), for “European
framework” substitute “Trade and Cooperation Agreement”.
(5) In section 215 (European framework list)—
(a) in the heading, for “European framework” substitute “Trade and
Cooperation Agreement”, and
(b) in subsection (1), for “European framework” substitute “Trade and
Cooperation Agreement”.
(6) In Schedule 2 (European framework list)—
(a) in the heading, for “European framework” substitute “Trade and
Cooperation Agreement”,
(b) in paragraph 7, after “Corruption” insert “, including bribery”, and
(c) in paragraph 31, for “aircraft/ships” substitute “aircraft/ships/
spacecraft”.
European Union


https://assets.publishing.service.go...hip__Bill_.pdf

Quite what sort of unelected fucking eurotrash think sanitary products are a "luxury item", but thankfully that's another one of their crackpot ideas consigned to the dustbin where it belongs.

The controversial "tampon tax", which saw 5 per cent VAT added to sanitary products has now been scrapped.

The government had promised to axe the wildly unpopular levy in the March 2020 budget, with the change taking effect from today.

Under EU law, sanitary products such as as tampons and towels were considered a "luxury item" rather than an "essential item", which had prevented member states from reducing the rate below 5pc.

But the zero rate VAT on the period products started on January 1, the first day the laws no longer apply to the UK.

Tampon tax 'consigned to the history books' as controversial levy is axed from today - Manchester Evening News

^ unfortunately the exact same type of elected UK trash that rates toilet paper a luxury item and smacks on a 20% vat rate.

First successful day of UK independence from the EU.

The world didn't end and no hiccups at ports with everything going smoothly.

No more remaining beckons