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@stephenj_colvin The EU is currently in the process of absolutely obliterating the advantage it had in innovation and market access speed for medical devices, all whilst forcing thousands of devices off the market as they're too expensive to certify. Many companies (mine inc) go UK & USA first

The global rules theory. The fact of the matter is that the EU makes regulations that go far beyond WTO / codex / ILO etc. And in some areas the EU set regulations where there isn't any standards set at a global level. It's guff.

@EggrollShogun No, it's my constitutional right

@TheLondonSmoke The system maaaaate, the system

@Sam49625050 Oh my God! The orders Simmonds and Slade have are insane. Totally against what they do. Slade is finally getting to be more silky. Finally. And it works! And Isiekwe should be a natural, but no. What did he do wrong? 'What did he do wrong?' is the epitaph of this cycle.

If our league cannot pay, then we need to adjust our selection process and where the money in rugby goes. Or we'll see the box office players, the best talent we have, go and entertain abroad. Marchant is 26 and should end up as a 50 cap international at least. Now gone.

@IrreverentErik @yuanyi_z Ok, so put aside housing (on which you are wrong). Ox Cam, reservoirs, labs, motorways. NIMBYs rule this country

Just when you think the UK's legal framework for growth literally could literally not be worse, Gordon Brown comes up with a report which will make doing anything about it constitutionally impossible.

@TheLondonSmoke Better than being picked and being used as a crash ball option (Simmonds, Slade) or picked and not backed (Isiekwe), or picked when they shouldn't have been picked (all Bath players apart from Underhill, though he shouldn't be picked until his technique is better)

@Sam49625050 I think on his carrying, passing, high ball and defence he's a bit more rounded. Maybe not quite as quick but near enough. He's the sort of player if you were designing a centre in a lab. Does everything superbly. And so Wasted. Jones should go for him not waiting to be picked.

@TheLondonSmoke Not sure about most complete, certainly the most freakishly talented since perhaps Wade. Ibitoye could have been. But yeh, horrendous mismanagement

Whatever they're paying him it won't be enough, he's probably the most complete English player of the last 3-4 years. And now I'm going to go cry.

@SimonCrick1 @Jbeardmore It's so bad. The fact that it can't cope with billing is bad enough, but it doesn't work at all on mobile

@Jbeardmore At least we wouldn’t have to contend with GMS. Awful website & labour intensive.

@Jbeardmore Less navel gazing and hand wringing about Ugo Monye's latest stupid crusade or ridiculous assertion, certainly

@A1an_M @Telegraph The opposition wanted to go even further...

@Telegraph Where were the political opposition or media voices warning that this would be a calamity in the long term? They were all too busy hiding behind the sofa, or calling people who did speak out "granny killers". Shame on them.

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@Jbeardmore Meanwhile we parents are buying extra kit and stuff for clubhouses because the RFU say no. C'est la vie

@ThalaMsutu77 Dimitri Catrakilis, seriously? Rob du Perez was rubbish then but he's been really good this year

@DevanSinha @niall_gooch Can we send the NIMBYs to France? (Probably not, we might not have many people left)

@niall_gooch Meanwhile, in metropolitan France with its slightly smaller population than UK, Macron continues to build 2x the No of houses per year and just embarked on actual levelling up with his multi-billion euro, decade-long plan for commuter rail in regional cities.

Tory party longing for the sweet embrace of death, hopefully the electorate are willing to do the decent thing in two years' time.

@KhaledBeydoun You guys were using it as a stone in a wall, so no

Since England’s talking loud about human rights at the #WorldCup, send us back our stolen relics… with interest

@RobinBrooksIIF The US takes energy security seriously, Europe doesn't. Colour me surprised

The US is NOT going into recession, while Europe is. Best way to see this is to look at services PMIs (red), which are holding up well in the US (lhs), but are falling sharply along with the manufacturing PMI in Germany (rhs). Markets have recession risk all wrong...

@thomasforth @tdubey Surely pushing powers down to a local or regional level will make the NIMBYs even more powerful?

@tdubey I think it would.

I'm enjoying following the YIMBY Tories who both hate Labour's proposed constitutional reforms and hate that their party does not want to build any homes. A cycle of introspective despair.

@yimbychris And the Brown review proposed to make the issue worse by pushing the powers down the chain, closer to the NIMBYs. Were screwed either way

@IoWBobSeely @luhc @michaelgove @lucyfrazermp @10DowningStreet @Telegraph @thetimes @PA I've voted Tory my entire adult life, more or less. I'm done with you cowards

We’ve reached an understanding with Gov’t re. #planning & we’re discussing with colleagues. We need a community-led, #green & regenerative system. 🏡🏡 #housing @luhc @michaelgove @lucyfrazermp #iwnews @10DowningStreet @Telegraph @thetimes @PA 1/17 telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/…