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21-01-2021, 09:47 AM
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UK Refuses to Grant EU Diplomats Full Status

The EU aren't happy

No cherry picking remember

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-b...-idUSKBN29Q0U3
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21-01-2021, 10:09 AM
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The BBC said EU sources had accused Britain of pettiness and hypocrisy, pointing out that when it was still a member, it had signed up to granting EU envoys full diplomatic status.

Goodness gracious me, how trifling!
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21-01-2021, 10:14 AM
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Had to laugh.....isn't it bliss not having to do as we are told
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21-01-2021, 10:17 AM
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Hi

We are the only Country not affording them diplomatic status.

This is not funny, they will retaliate.
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21-01-2021, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by swimfeeders ->
Hi

We are the only Country not affording them diplomatic status.

This is not funny, they will retaliate.
They can't spy on us either now. They have diplomatic status, we just don't trust them thats all.
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21-01-2021, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by swimfeeders ->
Hi

We are the only Country not affording them diplomatic status.

This is not funny, they will retaliate.
What you suggest is bullying; "do it or else!".


And what for; to start a process which could lead to them losing what they fought so hard to retain?

In your dreams ................ the EU just don't like having their self-importance so publicly repudiated.

The reasoning behind the UK's decisuiion is sound and IMHO the EU are worried that others might well follow suit.
Besides, it's an unnecessary duplication when member countries have the privilege already.
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Originally Posted by Bread ->
The EU aren't happy

No cherry picking remember

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-b...-idUSKBN29Q0U3
Too right! they may well have diplomatic status in 142 other countries but this is the UK. The EU have about as much right to full diplomatic privilege as Oreo's have if they asked! They are a ruddy trade organisation, not a nation. Time they realised this country is not on bended knee any more. Idiots!
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21-01-2021, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by shropshiregirl ->
Too right! they may well have diplomatic status in 142 other countries but this is the UK. The EU have about as much right to full diplomatic privilege as Oreo's have if they asked! They are a ruddy trade organisation, not a nation. Time they realised this country is not on bended knee any more. Idiots!
Why do l get the feeling that it is mainly La Belle France that's
kicking up the shyte ???

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21-01-2021, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by shropshiregirl ->
Too right! they may well have diplomatic status in 142 other countries but this is the UK. The EU have about as much right to full diplomatic privilege as Oreo's have if they asked! They are a ruddy trade organisation, not a nation. Time they realised this country is not on bended knee any more. Idiots!
We shouldn't give diplomatic status to any unelected dictatorship.
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Re: UK Refuses to Grant EU Diplomats Full Status

Originally Posted by shropshiregirl ->
Too right! they may well have diplomatic status in 142 other countries but this is the UK. The EU have about as much right to full diplomatic privilege as Oreo's have if they asked! They are a ruddy trade organisation, not a nation. Time they realised this country is not on bended knee any more. Idiots!
I struggle to see what makes the UK so special that we have to act like this. Look at the way other countries think of the “exeptionalism “ that led to Brexit to put our status in perspective.
 
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