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Taking Back Control
Japanese firm demands more money from UK,otherwise no power station. Never mind, after Brexit we will have control so Project Panic told us..
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And this is connected with Brexit how, exactly?
This is simply a case of the government letting a contract which did not stipulate that such an action by the contractor was not possible without breaking the contract. Nothing new in that (as most public sector contracts are hopelessly inadequate); nothing to do with "taking back control"; nothing to do with the EU (other than the government's obligation to comply with EU law when letting contracts; ; nothing to do with Brexit.
This is simply a case of the government letting a contract which did not stipulate that such an action by the contractor was not possible without breaking the contract. Nothing new in that (as most public sector contracts are hopelessly inadequate); nothing to do with "taking back control"; nothing to do with the EU (other than the government's obligation to comply with EU law when letting contracts; ; nothing to do with Brexit.
Sounds like a total screw-up to me. Governments should fund public projects with public money and ensure any contract signed ensures it is completed as per the agreed funding in the agreed timescale at the agreed standard, and that the government then owns what they paid for at the end. Or penalties get enforced. This mess seems too incompetent to understand how they got there.
Best they can do now is let the lawyers read the legal paperwork and see what can be salvaged/taken over.
Best they can do now is let the lawyers read the legal paperwork and see what can be salvaged/taken over.
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As has been pointed out, has nothing to do with Brexit despite Remainers desire for it to be so and make fake capital out of it.
No-deal creates a period of disruption then settles down again. Claiming broken anything is fake "news".
It tears you from no laws save those we chose to be replaced. Folk feel free to view Project Fear pushed on this very thread.
No-deal creates a period of disruption then settles down again. Claiming broken anything is fake "news".
It tears you from no laws save those we chose to be replaced. Folk feel free to view Project Fear pushed on this very thread.
'And this is connected with Brexit how, exactly?'
We aren't self sufficient in Electricity and presently we 'enjoy' a simplified relationship with other EU countries via interconnectors – between the UK and Ireland, France and the Netherlands which have a capacity of 4GW, and capacity to provide 6% of Britain’s power supplies. There are also 11 new connections linking the UK and other European countries either under construction or planned, meaning imports could provide more than a fifth of the country’s electricity needs by 2025.
Trade barriers (especially under a No Deal scenario)could increase the cost of importing gas and electricity across the Channel and there will almost certainly be a cut in European investment in the UK’s infrastructure.
We will no longer be a member of the EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS), which puts a price on carbon through trading of emission permits.
I have a feeling that the Japanese may have got a sniff of the fact that we (I believe) do not have a replacement for Euratom, the EU nuclear cooperation treaty which we will need, post Brexit.
The Devil is in the detail.
We aren't self sufficient in Electricity and presently we 'enjoy' a simplified relationship with other EU countries via interconnectors – between the UK and Ireland, France and the Netherlands which have a capacity of 4GW, and capacity to provide 6% of Britain’s power supplies. There are also 11 new connections linking the UK and other European countries either under construction or planned, meaning imports could provide more than a fifth of the country’s electricity needs by 2025.
Trade barriers (especially under a No Deal scenario)could increase the cost of importing gas and electricity across the Channel and there will almost certainly be a cut in European investment in the UK’s infrastructure.
We will no longer be a member of the EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS), which puts a price on carbon through trading of emission permits.
I have a feeling that the Japanese may have got a sniff of the fact that we (I believe) do not have a replacement for Euratom, the EU nuclear cooperation treaty which we will need, post Brexit.
The Devil is in the detail.
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"Look around you, Brexiteers, at the UK going down the pan.
All your own work."
Should it be pointed out that the Secretary of State for Energy who approved the Hitachi-GE bid/proposal/contract for Wylfa Newydd and who gleefully accepted Japanese involvement was Lib-Dem arch-Remainer 'Sir' Ed Davey.
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All your own work."
Should it be pointed out that the Secretary of State for Energy who approved the Hitachi-GE bid/proposal/contract for Wylfa Newydd and who gleefully accepted Japanese involvement was Lib-Dem arch-Remainer 'Sir' Ed Davey.
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