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My letter to the Attorney General about the delay Brexit Withdrawal Agreement
Given the government's difficulty in replying to this, I am re issuing it and encourage all to circulate it more widely. The conventional media refuse to ask these questions of the government and supporters of the Agreement.
Dear Geoffrey
Let me have another go at getting a reply from you concerning the way the Withdrawal Agreement stops us leaving the EU. Would you kindly confirm
1. If we sign this Treaty we will be locked into the EU and have to obey all its rules and pay all the bills it sends us for a period of at least 21 months, and probably for 45 months if we have not surrendered further to reach an exit agreement at the 21 month stage. This would mean remaining in the EU for at least 5 years from the decision to leave and probably for 7 years. The EU would be able to legislate and spend against UK interests during this period, whilst we would have no vote or voice in the matter.
2. In order to "leave" in your terms at the 5 to 7 year stage the UK will need to stay in the customs union and accept all single market rules and laws, unless the EU relented over the alleged Irish border issue. 3 years on and the EU has given no ground on the made up border issue, so why would they over the next two years? Isn't the most likely outcome we would remain in the single market and customs union contrary to the government promise leaving meant leaving them in its referendum literature ?
3. After the 45 month period fully in the EU, the UK still would face financial obligations under the Withdrawal Treaty. The bills will be decided by the EU and we will have to pay them. Any attempt to query them would be adjudicated by the EU's own court! The longer we stay in the more the future bills are likely to be. The £39 bn figure is likely to be a considerable underestimate.
4 The Treaty creates a category of super citizen in the UK. EU nationals living in the UK when we "leave" the EU will have their access to benefits guaranteed in a way the rest of us do not for their entire lifetimes. So we will not be taking back control of our benefit system.
I am also concerned about a number of Articles in the draft Treaty that expressly extend EU powers and jurisdiction for a further 4 to 8 years beyond our departure date after the 21 to 45 month delay.
Article 3 asserts EU legal jurisdiction over Gibraltar and British overseas territories in general terms, where disputes about the extent of EU control would fall via the Agreement under the European Court of justice.
Article 5 reintroduces the powers of the European Court and enforces "sincere co-operation " on us as they do not want us impeding their plans for economic, monetary and political union.
Article 31 imposes social security co-ordination on us.
Article 39 gives special protection to EU citizens currently living in the UK from changes to social security for the whole of their lives, protection which the rest of us do not enjoy.
Article 51 applies parts of the VAT regime for an additional 5 years after the long transition envisaged in the Treaty
Articles 92-3 imposes the EU state aids regime on the UK for 4 years beyond transition
Article 95 imposes binding decisions by EU quangos and bodies for 4 years beyond transition
Article 99 requires us to pay for access to records to handle issues over indirect tax where the EU keeps powers for 4 years beyond transition
Article 127 applies the whole panoply of EU law throughout transition, including the right to legislate any way they wish against our interests and enforce it on us via the ECJ
Article 130 prevents us taking back control of our fish any time soon. Doubtless more of our fishing rights would be given away trying to get an exit deal.
Article 135 allows them to send extra bills up to the end of 2028
Article 140 imposes on us financial liabilities up to December 2020 and carry over into 2021
Articles 144 and 150 prevent us getting back accumulated reserves and profits from our European Investment Fund and EIB shareholdings
Article 143 imposes adverse conditions on us over pension and loan liabilities of the Union
Article 155 requires us to make continuing payments to Turkey under an EU programme after we have left
Article 158 gives the European Court continuing power for 8 years after transition
Article 164 makes a Joint Committee an effective legislator and government over us
Article 168, the exclusivity clause , denies us access to normal international law remedies in the event of disputes. Presumably this closes off use of the Vienna Convention to renounce an onerous Treaty where there has been a material change of circumstances.
Article 174 requires any arbitration to be governed by ECJ judgements on the application of law in disputes
The Protocol on Northern Ireland will require us to stay in the Customs Union with regulatory and legal alignment with the single market, or split off a separate place called UK (NI) which will be governed differently to the rest of the UK on an island of Ireland basis.
There is much more I could object to. This is no Treaty to take back control, no Treaty for a newly independent nation. It does not quantify the financial liabilities, which are open ended and could be much larger than the low field £39bn Treasury estimate. We have little power to abate the bills and no power to abort the bills. It would probably result even in failure to take back control of our fishing grounds.
Mrs May needs to go back to the EU and explain why the UK people and Parliament have opposed this Treaty, and ask them to think again if they want an agreement before we leave. She needs to make it clear we now intend to leave without signing the Withdrawal Agreement prior to the European Parliamentary elections.
John Redwood
I would like to see this letter sent to The Guardian, The Independent, the FT, the DT, The Times, Mr Umunna, Sir Vince Cable, Sir Oliver Letwin, Gavin Essler, Sir Keir Starmer et al, with the challenge that they should give their response, which will be made public.
The govt tried to hide the legal advice on which the servitude plan was based before a vote took place. Cox claimed it was private between client and govt. So your letter will have not get a reply. It also failed to provide legal adivce demanded by parliament after being found in contempt.
Why not ask for the full legal advice as an urgent question so you all can be properly be informed before Traitor May puts her indicative votes or servitude plan for the fourth time before the House? Very reasonable as it was a ruling by parliament. If the advice is damping it will also mean her servitude plan brought down by historic margins again.
Under the UK's non-constitution, the law is whatever the government of the day says the law is.
If there is an existing parliamentary "convention", that says the Attorney General's advice to the "Executive" in Downing Street, is a private matter, that is what it is. There is no Court in the UK that has the power to adjudicate on a parliamentary "convention".
Therein lies the problem. All law should be subject to public vote, Parliament simply cannot be trusted.
Edward2
And there is the nub of the problem Steve.
They no longer like us, nor trust us to make correct decisions.
They feel they are better than us and that they know best.
Apart from those like our gracious host obviously.
I forwarded Sir John's letter to my MP, my local rag, the Daily and Sunday Express and the Daily Mail, not one of them published it or answered my letter to them.
My MP did answer who said she would vote against it, but the various party whips may have other ideas.
Sir John,
Once again you seem to expect your fellow Tories to behave in an honorable manner. Some might, but the ones that matter will just ignore the will of the people and try by any means to thwart Brexit.
It will be an uphill struggle to get this discussed anywhere in the mainstream media.
The Prime Minister can shamelessly state she voted for Brexit without anybody being heard to challenge her.
'Crashing out' is a phrase that is still used (the fat Scottish Tory woman is the most recent example)
Fred H
Peter….do you mean fat before or after her recent childbirth?
Peter Wood
Sad but true!
The age old 'wo will replace the king' politics now holds sway. As Mrs. May's authority declines so does her support; a trickle turns into a flood as soon as it becomes clear that supporting her is less advantageous than leaving her. It must be soon over.
L Jones
The question is, why do MPs STILL support her? Is it for personal reasons, gain, promotion, etc? Because it's clear now that it can't be for Party reasons as she has turned against the Party.
Duyfken
Duly sent to my MP, Philip Dunne, asking for his considered response. He, unfortunately for his constituents, is a remainer led by the nose and I expect no joy.
Sir John;
If it comes to another vote in Parliament, may I suggest you remind the SNP as clearly as possible, that in blocking the implementation of the UK Referendum result they establish a precedent which ensures that Westminster will never implement the result of a Scottish Referendum which had a majority for Independence; and this being the case, any request for another Scottish Independence Referendum will be likely refused.
The SNP cannot arbitrarily pick and choose which Referendum result will be honoured, and which will be rejected, that would be nonsensical.
If the SNP block Brexit, they will remove the reason for their existence and make it pointless for Scottish voters to support them.
Woah, I like that point, genuinely, and shall repeat it!
I understand the Conservative manifesto for the EU elections is being delivered by freepost because the members refuse to deliver it.
Please persuade me to vote for a party whose own members don't want their policies.
Julie Dyson
An excellent point.
Interestingly, yesterday I received my postal ballot papers, and today my vote is in the mail. The only election literature I have received to date also arrived yesterday, delivered by the same postman — it was from The Brexit Party.
Just think about that for a minute. There were eight or nine options on my ballot slip and the only outfit professional and dedicated enough to get their own message to me in time to influence my vote is a party that is literally just four weeks old and has not even had time to build a local support base.
And we wonder why this country is in the mess it's in.
I have to say the same happened to me also yesterday and l thought how professional the "Brexit" party were sending out literature
I have watched several of their events on fb and noticed how they have candidates from all walks of life business men who obviously have had to promote their businesses
So l think like anyone wanting to sell themselves they know that advertising is a must
Well done "Brexit" party
Narrow Shoulders
Have you seen the Attorney General since you sent this letter?
What is his explanation for not responding (at all) to an MP's questions. Is this normal behaviour?
Please ignore. Now seen the earlier post about your chat with the AG
Lifelogic
Indeed in short it is nothing like Brexit in any shape of form. Yet the totally deluded May still says "If I had had my way we would have left the EU already". The reason we have not left dear is because you keep asking for extensions, and very expensive and damaging ones they are too. Extending uncertainty and delaying the final agreements.
Corbyn called Farage a snake oil salesman yesterday. This from the man who promistes almost everything to everyone without a clue as to how he is going to magic up any of the money. He would bankrupt the county in no time and yet despite this people still think Labour are yn better bet than May's appalling fake "Conservatives".
Keep up the good work JR and rescue the UK from May, Corbyn/Mc Donnall/SNP and the EU. It can still be done.
bigneil
Well John – – your version is a LOT more polite than what mine would be.
Sir Joe Soap
This needs to be on peoples' minds when the vote on May 23rd. Clearly the legacy parties have no answer to these questions. In that sense the only reasonable choices are Libdem for remain, one of the legacy parties for surrender or Brexit Party to leave.
Know-Dice
And SJS it is essential that we DO vote on May 23rd.
Mrs May will certainly try and get the EU's surrender agreement before Parliament [again] before then 🙁
The highest taxes for 70 year from Hammond and yet number of GPs per 100,000 patients falls from 65 to 60 and with an ageing population. Well done yet again to this government. Economic illiterate Philip Hammond's idiotic over 100% tax rates are doing huge damage here and all over the place.
a-tracy
It's time for a rethink on GPs. Practices started using Nurse Practitioners (specialists in specific care like diabetes), nearly all maternity care and antenatal care in our local surgeries is carried out by midwives and not GPs – so have their numbers increased?
Women clinics have been set up to deal with the more regular checks females need because of their child providing bodies (which is the only reason I've ever had more appointments at the surgery than my husband) do we have more senior staff in those?
If we have a net immigration figure of around 300,000 people per year where are they all coming in to? Is an extra GP hired for every 100,000 people? If not why not if they are all paying their national insurance contributions are all the fit, able workers we need and coming here for economic reasons as I believe the majority are.
Ian wragg
They may be fit etc but they use disproportionate resources of the NHS.
Many illegals use A&E as their GP because no questions asked.
We have a similar problem with Care homes when recently arrived immigrants are bringing their aged parents and putting them in homes.
We are taxpaying mugs for the whole world.
Richard1
It seems a very powerful list of reasons for not signing the WA. I will forward it to my MP and request that the govt provides a proper response.
Richard….best of luck with that.
But Martin Howe QC has tried something similar. I think all you will get, eventually if at all, will be a generalised response from Government akin to Mrs May's replies at PM Questions in the Commons. It will fail to address all your points and will refer to the political declaration saying something like 'it confirms the goodwill on both sides to reach a solution which benefits the UK and EU and which fully respects the referendum result'.
formula57
Mr. Cox is the bravest member of the Cabinet for who else would do so much to incur the enduring and inextinguishable displeasure of us Redwoodistas?
His correspondence-challenged state is of course a disgrace and he will carry the shame of it for ever.
My comment above was written before I saw your earlier post announcing Attorney General Cox's intent to arrange a reply of some sort.
My comment still stands though and if the chance arises, I will still give evidence against him to the UnBrexit Activities Committee.
Thank you for reposting this. During the referendum campaign, both sides appeared
openly to accept that the transfer of £350 million a week was unacceptable to
most voters, which is why the figure was quoted on one side and criticised as
misleading by the other. How then, after we voted to Leave, can the transfer of, as
you state, a minimum of £39 billion be presented as honouring the voters' intentions?
No wonder Mrs May cannot get her deal through there seems to be a lot of loopholes for future governments to keep us shackled to the corpse of the Eu indefinitely , but never mind come the European elections the politicians in Westminster will see the full fury of the people at the ballot box
So why do 75% of MPs support it
Even Brussels admits it confers Colonial status on us.
Let's have a judicial review to see who the real traitors are.
Iain Moore
Because the British establishment lost faith with our country a long time ago. They wanted us in the EEC to 'manage our decline'. They failed to defend our industrial base or technology, in fact pretty much gave it away. They will happily have the Chinese build nuclear power stations here, or control our 5G network, and they can't be bothered to train our own people, preferring to raid other countries for Nurses, Doctors etc. The referendum exposed this divide , and the British establishment still can't come to terms with the fact that people still have faith in our country and its people. This they sneeringly call nativist , little Englander or even racist , and ever since the referendum they have been trying to unpick , water down, or sell us out, the WA being the latter . By hook or by crook they intend to get back to their decadent old ways.
Iain Moore: "This they sneeringly call nativist , little Englander or even racist , "
They don't yet realise that such a sneering insult from such as they, is actually a complement.
majorfrustration
You might get a reply if this was published in the MSM
But as our host points out, the MSM will NOT ask these questions!
William Long
I am not surprised you have received no reply, because virtually all the questions you ask are unanswerable if there really is any intention in the Government to get us clear of the EU, and Mr Cox would no doubt get similar treatment to Mr Williamson if he admitted this.
John, all the people in your party that disagree with this WA need to coalesce behind a simple message and what you want. These points you make are simple to understand and need bullet pointing. When May writes to us telling us it is you rebels and the Labour party stopping Brexit she is clearly being disingenuous, she is trying to put through a bad deal even after she promised no deal was better than a bad deal, she has been told three times it is a bad deal it is BRINO Brexit in Name Only we are told.
The EU have been gloating about how easy it was to tie her in knots, locking doors to her, leaving her on the sidelines – they saw how weak and wobbly she and her oily Olly were (he was even reported as asking for Belgium citizenship in yesterdays papers).
Reply We do say we want often. We want to leave now! No Agreement or surrender document.
When Farage said this on Question Time last night a very angry male audience member said 'tell us one Country that trades on WTO just one who only has that', a better immediate response to that is required, it was sort of agreed that Liam Fox has done a very poor job setting up free trade agreements but I thought he wasn't allowed or is he now the A50 time period has passed? It was pointed out I think by Rudd that Ministers voted in a majority not to allow the UK to leave now with no agreement and just WTO.
Fiona Bruce 4 mins into Farage starting to speak interrupted him to throw him off his patter, (someone must have spoken in her earpiece because she stopped) she had allowed Soubry and another panel member to talk freely for a couple of minutes. Soubry said she wanted to stop ya-boo angry politics then did that thing that passive aggressive women do – that so frustrates men – interrupting every statement with a very quiet, patronising tone so that when Farage reacts with frustration he comes off looking bullish.
Prigger
Scientists in Cambridge plan a research centre developing new ways in repairing the Earth's climate.
…radical approaches: refreezing the Earth's poles and removing CO2 from the atmosphere.
Is there any way Cambridge University can be closed down immediately?
Prigger…what a wonderful scheme to keep them in the manner to which they have been accustomed! Smart people over there.
PeteS
Your fellow MPs, if there were enough of them, could compel the AG to give a fulsome reply, but they don't.
J.A. Burdon-Cooper
One of the most disturbing things I find is seeing Theresa May's condescending smile when she replied to Andrea Jenkyns yesterday (and to Sir Bill Cash a few days ago) . It is like a superior school teacher telling off her pupils, so obviously knowing she is right, and everyone else is stupid. She does just not get the plot, that the problem is with her, and her dreadful Agreement, which no semi intelligent person could accept. Of course she has been aided and abetted by the Tory "Remainers" who want to ignore all earlier commitments and manifestos, but they would not have been able to do it if we had not had the worst prime minister of my lifetime. Does she not CARE that she is destroying the conservative party, and the country, and her reputation is now irretrievable. WHY CANT ANYONE GET RID OF HER?
Shieldsman
You supported the democratic rights of 17.4 million voters.
The Conservative Party leaflet pushed though my door is dishonest and denigrating your efforts to achieve a clean Brexit
The leaflet shows that the party is effectively using the campaign to criticise the 34 Tory Brexiteers who call themselves the "Spartans" as well as the second referendum supporters who declined to back Mrs May's deal in March, causing it to fall in the Commons. In addition, the leaflet fails to say that an independent trading policy would be a benefit of Brexit, which is being seen by some as a hint that she might agree to a permanent customs union in the latest talks with Labour.
Dishing the dirt will lose more voters.
I felt that as well Shieldman, mine went in the bin.
graham1946
Last night I watched the second part of a programme filmed in the EU on BBC 4 about the 'negotiations'. Apart from being extremely boring, I found the contempt which I had always suspected from Barnier, Verhostadt and co for the UK totally unacceptable and their contempt for Mrs. May was not hidden. Their language was vile in every scene and one of her speeches to them was described as sh*t. Two of the apparatchiks said they had forced the UK into becoming a 'colony' of the EU and that they had 'chucked us out'. They thought they had achieved all they wanted whilst giving the UK nothing. Tell us something we don't know.
May may be the worst PM ever, but they showed no respect for her and ridiculed her and our Parliament at every turn. Even the 'Remainers' in Parliament were abused. Why would anyone want to pay to be in a club of small time jerks such as these? If Mrs. May watched this as she should, maybe she will get the backbone to tell them in their own style to 'f' off and get out without their rotten deal. All past gaffes would be forgiven and the Tories might get some respect back.
A further thought from the programme. Verhofstadt said that Olly Robbins had asked him if he could get Belgian nationality as he thought he would not be able to return to the UK after 'negotiating' this surrender document. Joke? Shows how they think and what he really did do.
Sorrytosay
Yeah by any yardstick you guys should leave without a deal and ASAP..only then will you have the chance to prove something to yourselves and unite your country again.. the cliff is the only answer now
What "cliff" would that be, then?
Yesterday on BBC lunchtime politics, the female Conservative MP said that 90% of MPs support May's WA and that, if she asked what the others objected to in the 600 pages of the agreement they couldn't tell you. It is a good agreement to get us out of the EU after the 40 years and she understands this having worked in industry and left school at 16. This is the line taken by the government and the media.
There are other outrageous clauses such as non taxation and secrecy for our civil service which are ignored. The inability to trade with the EU as we do with the rest of the world is another lie. The closing down of this option by the top Remain civil servants is never mentioned. The revelation of the Verhofsdaft plan to keep us as a colony is silenced. The conclusion is that the government has control of the media and that 75% of Tory MPs are either lying, stupid or both. In order to prevent May and the welchers selling us out to big business and the civil service, MPs loyal to the UK need to join the Brexit Party and soon.
" female Conservative MP said that 90% of MPs support May's WA and that, if she asked what the others objected to in the 600 pages of the agreement they couldn't tell you."
Yes Stred this is the line I'm picking up all the time, that those that oppose the WA COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT THEY OBJECTED TO. If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth.
Reply Those who say that could read this blog to find out!
But they can't be bothered to read it or any of the other articles criticising the agreement. How else could they stay so ignorant?
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WestDevonDemocrat
Geoffrey Cox is my MP and I emailed him and requested a copy of his answer to the original letter. To date I have no reply. This government is a disgrace.
As a constituent you could go and ask him for a response in his constituency surgery.
Edwardm
The points and questions you raise are on specific WA articles and are not hypotheticals, so they reasonably demand an answer.
One likes a government that can justify its proposals.
Silence speaks.
Thank you to JR for your persistence and support for true Brexit.
Reply I am not expecting an answer that persuades me the Agreement is a good one. If I eventually get a reply it will nit pick over a few details, but will not answer the main charge that this is a delay agreement locking us back in to the EU with a very uncertain and difficult way out in due course if all goes well.
John Partington
There is a lot more wrong with the WA than listed but that is a good start,Sir John.
TheyWontCrushBrexit
Dear Sir John
Forcing the Government to publish the Full Legal Advice on the WA would be political dynamite just before the EU Elections.
Please, please work with your colleagues to do this.
Jacey
If the talks between the Government and the Labour Party fail ( as has always been the most likely outcome ) there are suggestions that Mrs. May's latest ripping wheeze will be to have a system of " indicative votes " where MPs state their preferences ; " I'll have a large gin and tonic old boy thanks very much". What could possibly go wrong ? Well it could all end in utter chaos of course there is that I suppose.
Can you not send it to Fraser Nelson for The Spectator and to Guido?
MartinC
You say: "The EU would be able to legislate and spend against UK interests during this period, whilst we would have no vote or voice in the matter."
Would that include the EU requiring the UK to join the Euro and transferring the gold in the Bank of England to the Central European Bank?
BillMayes
Had a reply yet? I'm certainly not going to hold my breath. The arrogance and ignorance of Mrs May stretches to her Attorney General.
"She needs to make it clear we now intend to leave without signing the Withdrawal Agreement prior to the European Parliamentary elections."
But she has already signed it hasn't she?
Dear John, the withdrawal agreement takes us out of the EU. Full stop. It does not take us out on your preferred terms but the voters in 2016 did not vote for your version of Leave. Most voters have no idea who you are. Kindly stop wasting my time, and if you really want us to Leave (do you?) then vote for the deal agreed by the EU and HM's government
Reply The Agreement binds us back into the EU with no voice or vote for at least 21 months and probably for 45 months with no clear way out.
Ken Bull
Nope. The agreement takes us out of the EU tout de suite
Please read the 595 page WA and also carefully read Sir John's letter to Cox above.
After that you will be far better placed to actually understand why the WA can never be allowed to pass.
Ken Bull, Geoffrey,
During the transition period (21 months, 45 months …) the following is the case:-
1) EU Law applies to the UK as if it were a member state
2) UK remains in CU and Single Market with all four freedoms
3) UK is bound by obligations from EU international agreements – UK cannot apply new agreements if in areas of EU competence
4) UK is not represented !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, during the implementation period the only thing that the UK has escaped from is representation, in everything else it is as though it is a member of the EU, but cannot walk away. This is why people make 'colony' comments. This is the situation in which May thinks a future relationship should be negotiated, in which the commitments should be calculated (only methodology is mentioned in WA), in which fishing access vs. trade amongst other things is traded, etc.
Imagine that UK had held a referendum in 2016 that said
a) Remain
b) Remain but give up having any political representation.
I don't think any political party would have thought that that constituted a referendum on EU membership.
Agree, it is a terrible deal. But it IS leaving the EU. It might not be what you hoped for but it is what you voted for. Accept responsibility
It is bizarre logic Ken, to read the letter from Sir John to the Attorney General or read the the Withdrawal Agreement or read Caterpillar's excellent post and then state it is leaving the EU and it is what you voted for.
The Withdrawal Agreement is not a deal and it is not leaving the EU.
That can, very plainly, be seen to be a fact regardless which way one voted in the referendum several years ago.
mancunius
No, it really doesn't 'take us out', not 'toute de suite', nor 'en temps voulu' – in fact 'jamais'.
All the WA does is to remove our membership rights. In all practical respects – submission to the ECJ, inability to make our own trading arrangements, regulatory jurisdiction – we remain shackled to the EU, and Northern Ireland becomes an EU rule-taker – unless the whole UK fully embraces the EU customs union, in which we would be a passive rule-taker.
It is a mad idea – like claiming to be divorced, but not allowed to remarry and chained permanently to the front door of your ex-spouse's house. Simply because you were daft enough to sign such a stupid agreement.
The EU negotiators Guy Verhofstadt and Sabine Weyand have pointed out that the WA turns us into a 'colony of the EU' and that we should be forced to accept the customs union 'as the basis' of a future agreement at the very least', to avoid losing Northern Ireland – which is part of the EU's intended punishment.
It is rather too late to try to fool people about the WA. Too many of us have already read it – and we know it does not mean 'leaving the EU'.
Presumably, the real Geoffrey isn't this daft.
A little "off topic" but still Brexit-related:
Heard on the BBC Radio 2 Hereford and Worcester news today – it seems that UK
manufacturing figures are up! Great! However…… this apparently is due to people stockpiling before Brexit on 29 March. (And of course they'd only stock-pile UK-made goods.)
According to the news item reader: "Everyone (or 'we all', I can't remember exactly) breathed a sigh of relief on 30 March (to find we hadn't left)". And there was I, waiting for them to say it was because we were still in the EU!
You couldn't make it up. Though they do.
Not quite sure why we'd be making goods in the UK to stockpile here. Surely our only customers, EU countries, were going to close their borders to us after Brexit, so stockpiling here would be a bit silly. Or was our export volume massively up?
I was trying to be ironic! Not very cleverly so, though. Sorry.
And goodness only knows what point the BBC was trying to make.
You shouldn't hold your breath waiting for a reply from the AG, clearly the man's ignoring your letter.
If I might say; I find his failure to respond somewhat rude, arrogant, and unprofessional. His apparent tactic of refusing to answer questions that have public interest, does, in my opinion reflect one of the things we abhor about anyone connected with politics these days.
He and his kind believe they are above the rest of us and think themselves as having some kind of divine dispensation from public scrutiny.
They ignore us like we're trash. I am coming around to the notion that possibly the only way to get them to answer questions is a last resort of grabbing them by the scruff. Nothing else works.
He could at least have given you the courtesy of an acknowledgement, Sir John, if no more than that.
Don't you just hate it when people say "I didn't reply because I was busy/thinking about it/putting together an answer/etc"? Why not just make an initial acknowledgement? Very discourteous.
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"It would probably result even in failure to take back control of our fishing grounds."
Wouldn't surprise me if she's already given those away to Macron.
Lynn Atkinson
Last year Rodney and I planted a Redwood. It's for you, in gratitude. I hope we can't climb it before you get a response to this letter.
Anthony frank
More like terms of surrender after losing a war.
Patricia Ann Northall
I have read this letter twice now, and having witnessed how the Government and Mrs May have behaved for three years. It confirms everything I have thought was and could be happening. I would just like to say, I wish Sir John had considered putting his name forward as our next PM.
I can keep hearing it…
'In many ways, she is a good Prime Minister…'
'I support the Prime Minister, I just disagree with her deal'
'A new leader changes nothing…'
All from the mouths of our leading 'Brexiteers'.
She is trying to force us into slavery. She is the worst Prime Minister in our history and a threat to the security of our country. Civil war is inevitable with her slavery treaty or a Corbyn government, her two favoured options.
I have voted for the Brexit Party by postal vote, John.
The euroloving Conservative party, of which I was stupidly a member until last year, will never receive my vote again. Keep your traitor in power for as long as you like. When Farage takes power, I hope he uses an SAS platoon to deliver our treaty withdrawal notice to Brussels.
The shame that must be felt by the two or three genuine patriots left in Parliament must be almost overwhelming. I pity you, as one of those few.
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- Back pair that may occur during a development program.
- Arthritis of the spine, which is usually calcium deposits along the spine. This is extremely common.
- Chronic infections, usually viral, that settle in the spine.
- Subluxations or small deviations in the position of the vertebrae that pinch the spinal nerves. These are problems that chiropractors assist to correct. For details, read Chiropractic.
Another method to correct subluxations is the Spinal Twist Procedures and the rest of a development program.
- Bad posture, which causes strain on some muscles and ligaments. It also causes subluxations and other problems.
- Overweight, which puts more strain on the back.
- Adhesions, which restricts motion of the spine, affects posture and puts more strain on the back.
- Dehydration, which often causes pain in the kidney area or mid and low back. For details, read Hydration.
- Other types of stress on the kidneys such as using Tylenol, Aspirin and many other medical drugs that are toxic for the kidneys.
- Pain originating from the adrenal glands, which sit on top of the kidneys. Most people have weak adrenal glands.
- General toxicity, especially with oxide and carbonate forms of minerals. These are very irritating and cause inflammation and pain in the muscles, tendons and ligaments. For details, read Iron, Manganese and Aluminum – The Amigos.
- Other health conditions occasionally cause pain that radiates to the back. This can include constipation and other intestinal problems, ovarian conditions in women, and perhaps others.
Many people have old back injuries from falls, twists, and other injuries or accidents. These can date from early childhood. Most people have no memory of them.
During a development program one may need to retrace these episodes to heal them fully. Pain can arise temporarily as the body structure retraces, readjusts and heals deeply.
This can occur even if one has had extensive chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation, or other therapies such as massage, Rolfing or other bodywork. One may think that the structure has been corrected by these therapies, but further healing may occur during a development program.
This process will go on until these injuries are healed. This can take a number of years if they are numerous.
Dehydration can occur on a development program. It can cause back pain in the area of the kidneys or the mid to low back area. This type of pain can occur at any time during a nutritional balancing program.
1. Drinking the wrong kind of water.
3. Dehydrating the body with the �dehydration diet�. This consists of consuming sugar (including fruit), alcohol, or using caffeine in excess of one cup of coffee or tea daily.
At times, the water one drinks, even though it may be of excellent quality, is not correct for the body. Most likely, the body needs a mineral that one�s water is simply not providing.
The easiest solution if you suspect this is to switch brands of spring water. If this does not work, then ask your Helper to check with Dr. Wilson about your water. In most cases, we can find a type of water that will hydrate the body, and then the kidney pain goes away.
For more details, read Hydration and Water For Drinking.
This is an amazing process that occurs usually within 10 years of beginning a development program. It can cause back pain because the spine realigns and often there are imbalances that can distort the structure and pinch some of the spinal nerves.
This can cause sciatic pain, in some cases, or other types of back pain. The opening of the spine can take a number of years, during which it is possible one can experience some back pain. Eventually, it goes away on its own.
One can think of it as an unwinding process in which twists or tensions in the spinal column that go back years, in most cases, are slowly unwound.
Foot reflexology, the spinal twists and the rest of a development program are also helpful. It is important to drink enough carbon-filtered tap water or spring water. Chiropractic and bodywork may be very helpful.
Other types of exercises may help, but one must go easy so as not to strain the back in any way. Strength training is not recommended as it may interfere with the free movement of the spine if overdone. More about this problem is found in the Retracing article on this site.
One might retrace a flu, a kidney infection, an ovarian cyst or uterine fibroid condition, an infection of the spine, or some other health condition that can cause temporary back pain.


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Die (Gesamt-)Amerikanische Freihandelszone (, FTAA; , ALCA; , ALCA; , ZLEA) soll eine Freihandelszone und einen "gemeinsamen Markt von Alaska bis Feuerland" schaffen.

Die Freihandelszone soll alle 34 Staaten in Nord-, Süd- und Mittelamerika sowie in der Karibik (vorerst mit Ausnahme Kubas) umfassen. Dieses Gebiet umfasst knapp 800 Millionen Verbraucher mit jährlich erwirtschafteten Gütern und Dienstleistungen im Wert von über zehn Billionen US-Dollar.

Die Planungen für die Freihandelszone begannen bereits Anfang der 1990er Jahre, aber aus ideologischen Gründen besteht keine Chance der Verwirklichung.

Geschichte
Der Plan zur FTAA wurde 1991 von dem damaligen US-Präsidenten George H. W. Bush vorgestellt. Ihm gingen aber bereits mehrere Versuche voraus, einen gemeinsamen Markt im gesamten Doppelkontinent zu errichten – erstmals 1967.

Als erster Schritt in Richtung FTAA fand im Dezember 1994 eine Konferenz der Staats- und Regierungschefs von 34 nord- und südamerikanischen Ländern (Erster Amerika-Gipfel) statt. Nicht daran beteiligt war als einziges amerikanisches Land Kuba. Als Datum des Beginns der Freihandelszone wurde 2005 ins Auge gefasst. Allerdings gestalten sich die Verhandlungen wegen großer Interessengegensätze sehr schwierig. So bestanden die Vereinigten Staaten auf raschen Gesprächen über Zollsenkungen, während zahlreiche lateinamerikanische Länder erst später über dieses Thema sprechen wollten.

Erst 1999 konkretisierten sich die Verhandlungen, als man sich über die Bildung von Arbeitsgruppen einigte. Vom 20. bis 22. April 2001 fand der dritte Amerika-Gipfel in der kanadischen Stadt Québec statt, auf dem sich die Staats- und Regierungschefs erneut zum FTAA-Plan bekannten und den am 7. April 2001 von den Handelsministern der FTAA-Staaten in Buenos Aires beschlossenen Arbeitsplan bestätigten. Er sah vor, dass die Verhandlungen bis Ende 2005 abgeschlossen werden sollen. Inzwischen liegt zwar ein dritter Entwurf des FTAA-Vertrages vor, die Beratung darüber im November 2003 in Miami wurde aber wegen großer Differenzen einen Tag früher beendet. Sie waren von heftigen Protesten von Globalisierungskritikern begleitet. Gleichwohl bekannten sich die Regierungschefs beim außerordentlichen Amerika-Gipfel im Januar 2004 in Monterrey (Mexiko) erneut zum FTAA-Plan, als auch zum Abschluss der Verhandlungen Ende 2005.

Im Jahre 2005 konnten die USA mit DR-CAFTA, einem Freihandelsabkommen, das mehrere mittelamerikanische Länder und die USA einschließt, einen Teilerfolg verbuchen, obwohl das Abkommen selbst im eigenen Land sowie in den Partnerländern nicht unumstritten ist.

Opposition und Kritik
Als einer der Hauptkritiker der FTAA galt der venezolanische Präsident Hugo Chávez, der die Freihandelszone als "Werkzeug des Imperialismus" zur Ausbreitung in Lateinamerika bezeichnete. Als Gegenvorschlag zu dieser Initiative hat Chávez 2005 die Bolivarianische Allianz für Amerika begründet. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf Vereinbarungen am Energie- und Infrastrukturmarkt, die schrittweise ausgeweitet werden sollen und schlussendlich zu einer völligen ökonomischen, politischen und militärischen Integration der Mitgliedsstaaten führen sollen.

Evo Morales hält die geplante FTAA für US-dominiert und für eine "Vereinbarung, um die Kolonialisierung Amerikas zu legalisieren".

Andererseits sprachen sich die Präsidenten von Brasilien, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, und Argentinien, Néstor Kirchner, nicht gegen die FTAA aus, sondern verlangten einige Abänderungen des Vertrages. Vor allem sollen die offen oder versteckt subventionierten Agrargüter aus den USA gestrichen und die Zusicherung eines effektiven Zugangs zu ausländischen Märkten eingefügt werden.

Einer der umstrittensten Punkte, von den USA in den Vertrag gesetzt, betrifft Patente und geistiges Eigentum. Kritiker behaupten, die von den USA vorgeschlagenen Maßnahmen würden die wissenschaftliche Forschung in Lateinamerika hemmen. Dadurch würde weitere Ungleichheit durch technologische Abhängigkeit von den entwickelten Ländern entstehen. Betreffend der Patente meinen Kritiker, wie z. B. Maude Barlow, dass die USA damit lateinamerikanische Erfindungen selbst patentieren wollten.

Siehe auch
 Organisation Amerikanischer Staaten
 Handelsvertrag der Völker
 Weltsozialforum

Literatur
 Carsten Meier: ALCA. Stand und Perspektiven panamerikanischer Integration unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Subregionen und der Konformität mit dem Welthandelssystem. Herbert Utz Verlag, München 2006, ISBN 3-8316-0645-5.
 Hartmut Sangmeister: Der ALCA-Prozess: James Monroe versus Simón Bolívar (= Ibero-Analysen. Dokumente, Berichte und Analysen aus dem Ibero-Amerikanischen Institut, Heft 14). Berlin 2003.
 Georg Schulze Zumkley: Das Projekt einer panamerikanischen Freihandelszone ALCA/FTAA. In: Verfassung und Recht in Übersee (VRÜ). 35. Jg., 2002, S. 108–119.

Weblinks
 Offizielle Webpräsenz zum FTAA-Prozess
 Kluft zwischen Amerika und den USA (Telepolis)

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Internationale Wirtschaftsorganisation
Politik (Amerika)
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January 29th, 2015 10:05 PM
EU Farm Ministers travelled to Brussels for the first Agriculture and Fisheries Council under the Latvian Presidency on Monday 26th.
By Rose O'Donovan
THERE was a blanket of snow on the ground when I awoke on January 24th as the cold snap gripped much of Northern Europe. But conditions were milder and the snow was long gone when EU Farm Ministers travelled to Brussels for the first Agriculture and Fisheries Council under the Latvian Presidency on Monday 26th.
The gathering kicked off just after 10am and the Russian food import ban dominated proceedings, as Moscow might be prepared to re-open its market to certain European agricultural goods – such as pigmeat products, meal, fat, lard and ware potatoes – from countries that respect EU wide certification schemes and pass inspections by the Russian authorities. The ban was introduced following the detection of African Swine Fever – that is harmless to humans but deadly to pigs – in Poland and Lithuania in January 2014 ahead of a wider restriction on EU food imports from August 2014.
The move follows technical meetings between top EU and Russian veterinary officials in the margins of the International Green Week in Berlin two weeks ago (January 15-24). But the Commission was clear that Member States should refrain from holding bilateral talks with Moscow towards lifting Russia's food import ban for their own products, allowing a common EU solution to be reached.
The EU Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis (Lithuania) insisted that countries should remain united and bilateral talks with Moscow were unacceptable. Latvia and its fellow Baltic States – backed by Poland, UK and Slovenia – were strongest in demanding unity in the face of the ban that has been in force since early August 2014. Technical discussions are still on-going and more details are expected to emerge in the coming days.
Private Storage Aid
At the same meeting, Commissioner Phil Hogan announced the extension of Private Storage Aid (PSA) for butter and Skimmed Milk Powder (SMP) until the end of September 2015 to provide further safety net support for dairy farmers, hit by the recent dip in prices. The Commission closed the system of PSA for cheese at the end of September last year after Italy notified over 74,200 tonnes (!) of high quality cheese from regions that were not traditionally exporting significant quantities to Russia. Although the market instrument has yet to be used – as prices are so low - public intervention for butter and SMP has been open since January 1 and will remain available to farmers until September 30.
New Secretary General
This month's EU Farm Council marked the debut appearance of the newly-appointed Secretary General of the Irish Department of Agriculture Aidan O'Driscoll, who stood in for Farm Minister Simon Coveney.
Originally from the scenic village of Ballydehob, O'Driscoll served as Assistant Secretary General since 2001 with his most recent responsibilities including EU affairs, Economics and Climate Change. Commenting earlier this month, Coveney expressed his 'confidence in Mr O'Driscoll to provide the leadership, intelligence and ambition to deliver for Irish Agriculture, the food industry and the marine sector into the future'.
The Minister spoke of 'an exciting time for the agri-food industry with the abolition of milk quotas in April and prospects presented by new and emerging markets'. But the well-experienced West Cork man, who joined the Department of Agriculture and Food in 1977 and emerged as a key player during tough CAP negotiations in 2013, has a hard act to follow as he takes over the reins from the astute Tom Moran who held the post for ten years.
The Farm Council meeting was wrapped up at around 6.30pm and ministers will meet next on March 16 – on the eve of Saint Patrick's Day – as there is no gathering scheduled next month. Got a feeling proceedings might finish just a little earlier in March!


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This coming year, I'll be a visiting lecturer in the English Department at Washington College --a place that's been very good to me over the years. I'll also be the Fiction Editor for Cherry Tree, a top-drawer literary magazine they founded two years ago. Really looking forward to saddling up.


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Today, Screen Invasion saw the highly anticipated prologue to Christopher Nolan's finale of the Batman franchise, The Dark Knight Rises.
Running at six minutes in length, the footage opens with a monologue from Jim Gordon at Harvey Dent's funeral. Dressed in a black suit, he stands on a podium and he explains how he knew Harvey Dent and truly believed in what the man stood for.
We then cut to a wheat field and a jeep plowing through the terrain. In the back are hooded men. They, along with a Dr. Pavel, are met by CIA at a plane and taken into custody, believed to be working for "the masked man".
Aboard the plane, the CIA interrogate the hooded men. They say they have only listed one of them in the flight plan and so everyone had better start talking if they want to live. At one point an agent hangs one of the men out of the plane and fires a shot past his ear. They want to know who paid them to 'grab Dr. Pavel' and, more importantly, they want to know about Bane.
One of the hooded men speaks up and is questioned by the CIA officer in charge of the situation and when his hood is pulled off he's revealed to be… Bane.
The terrorist leader has a plan, it seems. And just as he starts to talk, another plane begins to approach the one carrying the men. It latches on and operatives from the second plane descend into it. Bane then explains his plan: "Crashing this plane… With no survivors."
He and his henchmen take out everyone on the plane before blowing a hole in the back to escape up into their own transport. They grab the doctor and make their ascent, with one member of the crew staying with the wreckage to ensure there's no suspicion.
In a shot that mirrors the plane escape in TDK, Bane escapes the scene held onto a wire as their plane takes off into the distance.
It's an exciting opening sequence. It doesn't hold a candle to the Joker's bank heist at the start of The Dark Knight, but certainly provides an interesting platform for the rest of the story to unfold. It's perhaps a little complex – the whole Dr. Pavel thing I'm certain will be explained more as the narrative develops – and Bane's thick Darth Vader-esque accent is hard to grasp, but I'm certainly onboard for where TDKR will take us next!
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I was really excited when I heard that Giles Tremlett was writing a biography of Catherine of Aragon, 1) because the last biography of Catherine was written in 1963 and 2) because I thoroughly enjoyed his last book, "Ghosts of Spain". I was not disappointed when I read Tremlett's "Catherine of Aragon: Henry's Spanish Queen" and I think my husband is rather fed up of me raving about it and reading sections out to him!
It gives the reader details on Catherine's background and that of her parents.
It uncovers exactly who Catherine was rather than just painting her as the victim of Henry VIII's Great Matter.
The book is highly readable and accessible to all.
It makes the reader empathise with Catherine and understand why she refused to just fade into the background and join a convent.
It is an account of her whole life, not just her marriage to Henry VIII.
Tremlett gives new information about Catherine, information that I have never read before e.g. her close relationship and dependency on her confessor, Fray Diego, her eating disorder and evidence given at the Zaragoza tribunal into Henry VIII's request for an annulment.
All in all, it's a must-read for anyone interested in the Tudor era.


Look at you. You come back from a long day of plundering ancient tombs. Your purse heavy with gold and jewels. The scent of adventurer-grade magic items wafting off your body. And, of course, the best thing to throw money at is the local tavern.
Where, of course, a piece of local color stands on stage and performs to keep the patrons drinking. "Hii, everyone! My name's Sunny, and I hear we have some special guests today. Big, fancy adventurers from out of town. Good thing I've got a special show!"
She hoists her triangle into the air and bangs the wand against the inside. Your adventuring buddies laugh at the gnome playing her heart out on stage, but you two make eye contact. The silvered tones ring true in your ears.
Before long, the whole world melts away except for her flaming locks and her tender blue eyes. Her enchanting song fills your head. You start to droop and go limp. A big, dopey smile spreads across your face. The last thing you hear is "Thank you all! What a wonderful audience!"
You wake up the next morning in bed with your favorite gnome. Sunny curls a lock of your hair around her finger. "Good boy." She kisses your cheek. It glows an ember warmth the rest of the day. "I'll help myself to your coin purse on the way out, 'kay?"
The rest of your party tells you how much fun it was last night. How you looked so cute kissing that gnome's feet on stage. How you, Big Shot Adventurer, batted at a big ball of yarn when she put your cat ears on. And, of course, how cute you are in your new outfit!


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    declare -a | grep -q $1=\'\(\\[;

    if [[ $? == 0 ]]; then
        echo "Yes"
    fi
}

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##  # change directory to somemodule, whatever is the current directory
##  cd somemodule
# @variable    CDPATH, repo_path
function hack_cdpath() {
    local repo_path=""

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        if [[ ! $CDPATH =~ "${repo_path}" ]]; then
            export CDPATH+=":${repo_path}"
        fi
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}

# Given a relative path, it outputs the realpath.
# The realpath utility uses the realpath(3) function to resolve all symbolic
# links, extra `/' characters and references to /./ and /../ in path.
# @param    Path to make real
# @stdout   Absolute path
function hack_realpath() {
    if hack_which realpath; then
        realpath "$1"
    elif hack_which readlink; then
        readlink -f "$1"
    else
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    fi
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# Cross OS `which` command implementation.
# @param    Command name
function hack_which() {
    local linux=""

    if [[ $OSTYPE =~ bsd ]]; then
        return which -s "$1"
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        linux="$(which $1 2>&1)"
        if [[ $linux =~ "no $1" ]]; then
            return 1
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UPOV's 2016 Spring Session - Upcoming Issues
UPOV members are meeting in Geneva this week for its Spring session. Its main rule-making body, the Consultative Committee (CC) will meet on 17th March in the morning to be followed by the UPOV Council, its highest decision-making body. Generally the proceedings of the CC are closed to observers.
Some of the major issues that will be considered by the CC and the UPOV Council are the "International System of Cooperation" and the interrelations with the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA). In addition, the CC and Council will also consider a draft programme of a seminar on Propagating and Harvested Material that will be held on 24th October in Geneva and an Explanatory Note on Propagating Material as well as Internal Audit and Reports of the WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee.
International System of Cooperation (ISC) (CC/91/5)
The "International Systems of Cooperation" (ISC) is an initiative proposed by the International Seed Federation (ISF), the International Community of Breeders of Asexually Reproduced Ornamental and Fruit Plants (CIOPORA) and CropLife International (CLI), aimed at establishing a harmonized mechanism for the filing and examination of applications for plant breeders' rights (PBRs), with standardized requirements and forms which would then be assessed for compliance with formal requirements and novelty by selected preliminary examining office(s) as well as centralized testing of the distinctness, uniformity and stability of the variety.
Since it was first introduced, a number of UPOV members have questioned the proposal in particular the need for such a harmonized mechanism and its implications for national and regional plant variety offices. At the last UPOV session in October 2015, Secretariat prepared information (in CC/90/10) about the need for ISC. However several Member states and observers found the information to be "vague" and inadequate to justify embarking on a harmonization initiative in UPOV. See Newsletter Issue # 19, December 10, 2015
The last UPOV session agreed "that more information, including statistical information, and a legal analysis was needed with regard to a possible ISC and agreed to request the Office of the Union to prepare a document containing a draft mandate and terms of reference for a possible working group (ISC-WG) to explore the issues concerning a possible international system of cooperation (ISC), as presented in the document of the eighty-ninth session of the Consultative Committee and additional issues raised by members of the Union, to be considered by the Consultative Committee at its ninety-first session, to be held in Geneva in March 2016. That document would also present the additional issues provided in writing by members of the Union".
The upcoming CC will consider CC/91/5, which contains comments from Denmark, Japan, New Zealand, Norway and Russia as well as Draft Terms of Reference for the setting up of a working group for a possible ISC.
The comments by UPOV members clearly question the need for ISC, its legality and the implications of such a system on national PVP systems. Given the concern around ISC, it is apparent, that these issues need to be further discussed in the CC and it would be premature to set up a working group.
For more background information: Multinational seed industry pitches for further harmonization in UPOV; A simple "agreement" proposed to accommodate Industry's UPOV-plus demands ; Vague Results Question the Need for Harmonized PVP Filing System in UPOV
Interrelations with the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) (CC/91/6)
The October 2015 session of the Consultative Committee agreed as a first step to invite the Secretary of the ITPGRFA to make a presentation at its ninety-first session (in March 2016) on possible areas of interrelations between the ITPGRFA and the UPOV Conventions.
The Consultative Committee also agreed that members of the Union should be invited to comment on the areas of interrelations identified by ITPGRFA and suggest any other areas of interrelations. It also agreed that the information should be compiled by the Secretariat for discussion at the ninety-first session in conjunction with the presentation by the Secretary of the ITPGRFA. The Consultative Committee further discussed the idea of a symposium in which Contracting Parties would present information on their experiences in implementing the UPOV Convention and the ITPGRFA.
The issue of interrelations of the ITPGRFA with UPOV and WIPO is the result of the ITPGRFA Governing Body Resolutions on Article 9 (which concerns Farmers' rights) requesting the Secretary of the ITPGRFA to invite UPOV and WIPO to jointly identify possible areas of interrelations among their respective international instruments.
The upcoming CC will consider CC/91/6, which contains comments by Denmark, Germany, Norway, Turkey and the US on the matter. Annex II of CC/91/6 contains the preliminary list of issues on interrelations of the ITPGRFA and the relevant international instruments of UPOV and WIPO. The CC will also be considering the idea of a symposium in which contracting Parties would present information on their experiences in implementing the UPOV Convention and the ITPGRFA.
On this matter APBREBES has in a letter to UPOV members stated that "the proposed symposium is inadequate to meet the objectives of the Resolutions of the Governing Body of the ITPGRFA" and that it is neither participatory nor inclusive as it is limited to UPOV Contracting Parties presenting information on their experiences in implementing the UPOV Convention and the ITPGRFA.
The letter refers to Notification GB6-028 of the ITPGRFA and states "the International Treaty outlines a clear process for the identification of interrelations in particular the convening of a team of independent experts to analyse the matter further supported by a transparent, participatory and inclusive process. This Notification was informed to you via a letter dated 27 March 2015 sent by the International Treaty. In October 2015, the 6th session of the Governing Body asked the Treaty Secretariat to "continue" with the process, clearly endorsing the steps outlined in Notification GB6-028."
APBREBES's letter further states: "if a symposium is to be organized, it should be seen only as one step in the process of identification of interrelations between the ITPGRFA and UPOV/WIPO. Such a symposium should ensure that there is a balance of views and in particular should ensure that there is adequate representation of civil society and peasant farmer organizations that are committed to the full implementation of Article 9 of the ITPGRFA as panellists in this symposium. The symposium should be open to the public and ensure the participation of delegates to the ITPGRFA. Most importantly such as symposium must not replace the need for more in-depth analysis by a group of independent experts supported by a transparent, participatory and inclusive process."
The letter calls on UPOV members to join the process as envisaged by the ITPGRFA and its member states as outlined in Notification GB6-028.
Explanatory Note on Propagating Material under the UPOV Convention (UPOV/EXN/PPM/1 Draft 6)
The understanding and definitions of propagating material varies considerably among the member states. The UPOV Conventions do not provide a definition of "propagating material". Industry has been pushing for a broad and prescriptive definition of "propagating material" in order to have more opportunities to enforce their plant breeders' rights.
Draft 6 of the Explanatory Note essentially consists of just one paragraph:
"The UPOV Convention does not provide a definition of 'propagating material'. Propagating material encompasses reproductive and vegetative propagating material. The following are non-exhaustive examples of factors that have been considered by members of the Union in relation to whether material is propagating material:
(i) plant or part of plants used for the variety reproduction;
(ii) whether the material has been used to propagate the variety;
(iii) whether the material is capable of producing entire plants of the variety and is factually used for propagating purposes;
(iv) whether there has been a custom/practice of using the material for propagating purposes or, as a result of new developments, there is a new custom/practice of using the material for that purpose;
(v) the intention on the part of those concerned (producer, seller, supplier, buyer, recipient, user);
(vi) if, based on the nature and condition of the material and/or the form of its use, it can be determined that the material is "propagating material"; or
(vii) the variety material where conditions and mode of its production meet the purpose of reproduction of new plants of the variety but not of final consumption."
This revised Draft of the Explanatory Note will be considered at the upcoming UPOV sessions. Industry associations have all endorsed a new proposal of the International Community of Breeders of Asexually Reproduced Ornamental and Fruit Plants (CIOPORA) to delete the second part of (iii). Thereby, all plant material with a capacity to reproduce could be seen as propagating material and be subject breeders' rights. In future however, almost any plant material could be used for reproduction, as an industry representative in an earlier UPOV session had explained with regard to certain plant tissue culture techniques.
Draft Program for a "Seminar on Propagating and Harvested Material in the Context of the UPOV Convention" (CC91/9)
Propagating and harvested Material has been an issue discussed in UPOV bodies for many years. Several drafts of Explanatory Notes have been discussed at the Administrative and Legal Committee (CAJ). CAJ had agreed that for the time being it would not be appropriate to develop a revision of the "Explanatory Notes on Acts in Respect of Harvested Material under the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention" (document UPOV/EXN/HRV/1). However industry continues to push for a revised Explanatory Note that serves its interests.
At its October 2015 meeting, the CAJ proposed to the Council a one-day seminar on propagating and harvested material to be held in conjunction with the UPOV sessions in October 2016. The seminar should include speakers to report on cases in which the notions of harvested material and/or propagating material have been considered, and speakers from relevant academic institutions and judicial authorities to provide perspectives on the subject. CAJ members and observers would be invited to propose speakers.
The Council at its in October 2015 session endorsed this proposal. The seminar is scheduled to take place on 24th October 2016. The upcoming CC will consider a draft programme of the seminar.


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Surrounded by the equations that changed the world
At the main entrance to CERN there is an impressive smooth curve of a memorial to the world's most important equations and scientific discoveries:
Simon pointing to the Fourier transform function
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Simon on: Will we ever live in a pure mathematical world?
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In reaction to Yuval Noah Harari's book Homo Deus (the part about humans evolving to break out of the organic realm and possibly breaking out of planet Earth):
When you cross the street there's always a risk that an accident will happen that has a non-zero probability. If you live infinitely long, anything that has a non-zero probability can happen infinitely many times in your life. For example, if the event we are talking about is an accident, the first time it will happen in your life, you're already dead. So when you cross the street and want to live infinitely long there's a risk that an accident will happen and you die. So we come to the conclusion, that if you want to live infinitely long it's not worth crossing the street. But there's always a risk that you die, so if you live infinitely long, it's not actually worth living. So we've got a little bit of a problem here. Unless you come to the more extreme idea of detaching yourself from the physical world all together. And I'm not talking about the sort of thing that you don't have a body, but somehow still exist in the physical world. I mean literally that you live in a pure mathematical world. Because in mathematics, you can have things that have zero probability of happening. You can have something definitely happening and you can also have something that is definitely not happening.
However, there's another thing. How does mathematics actually work? There are these things called axioms and it's sort of built up from that. What if we even do away from those axioms? Then we can actually do anything in that mathematical world. And what I mean by anything is really anything that you can from any set of axioms that you can come up with. There's a little bit of a problem with that, you can come to contradictions, it's a little bit risky. We are really talking about the ultimate multiverse, we're talking about quite controversial stuff here. The only way anyone can come up with this is by pushing to the extremes.
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Simon on collective intelligence
In reaction to Yuval Noah Harari's book Homo Deus (the paragraph about the a-mortals anxious about dying in an accident):
With individual intelligences, you can have the car that's driving down the street not knowing that you are going to be crossing the street at that point in time and then poof! You got yourself an accident. With collective intelligence though, that doesn't happen. Because the whole definition of knowing something or not knowing something breaks down. The members of collective intelligence don't have the notion of knowing something. It's only the "central intelligence" that the members are hooked up to that has the notion of knowing something. Which means that you can have the central intelligence deciding that a car driving down the street does not create an accident with the person crossing the street.
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Another evening tea
Simon was showing Dad a graph of how technology is developing exponentially, y = a^x. Dad asked for a specific value of a, and Simon said: "All exponentials are stretched out or squished versions of the same thing." He then quickly came up with the proof ("a few lines of relatively simple algebra"). "If all exponentials are pretty much the same, that means that all exponentials have proportionately the same derivative."
"I'm converting a to e, because e has a place in calculus that we can work with".
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The Camera Obscura at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich
Simon giving a spontaneous lecture to the other visitors of the Camera Obscura at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich
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We've found the real 0° meridian!
And it turned out to be a that little path next to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, not the Prime Meridian line. The 0° meridian is what the GPS uses for global navigation, the discrepancy results from the fact that the Prime Meridian was originally measured without taking it into consideration that the Earth isn't a perfect smooth ball (if the measurements are made inside the UK, as it it was originally done, this does't lead to as much discrepancy as when vaster areas are included).
Today, I was in @RMGreenwich, where we stood on Prime Meridian (the line which separates the eastern – from the western hemisphere). The 0° meridian though is slightly different.!. pic.twitter.com/g0loqhXLRB
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Simon standing with one foot in the Western hemisphere and the other one in the Eastern hemisphere
The GPS determines the longitude of the Prime Meridian as 0.0015° W
Simon tried to use JS to program his exact coordinates, but that took a bit too long so we switched to the standard Google Maps instead
The Prime Meridian from inside the Royal Observatory building
Looking for the real 0° meridian: this is an open field next to the Royal Observatory. At this point, the SatNav reads 0.0004° W.
And we finally found the 0° meridian! Some 100 meters to the East of the Prime Meridian
The 0° meridian turned out to intersect the highest point on the path behind Simon's back!
Simon and Neva running about in between the measurements of longitude
Astronomer Royal Edmond Halley's scale at the Royal Observatory
Halley's scale is inscribed by hand
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An amazing visit to the Red Star Line Museum this weekend! It's a museum telling the moving story of the exodus from Europe at the turn of the 20th century. Red Star Line was a private passenger liner company that brought over 2 million Europeans to America. Simon enjoyed following the story of a 9 year old girl Basia Cohen who fled the violence and hunger in Ukraine in 1919 (well, maybe it was not the story that actually triggered his interest but the exciting quest involving looking for a suitcase in every hall of the museum and completing the tasks hidden inside the suitcase).
Simon and Neva posing for an extended family picture together with their cousins, in the style of the early 20th century family photographs
Simon reading Basic Cohen's story out loud
Albert Einstein's diary written aboard the Red Star Line ship
Albert Einstein's letter of resignation written on Red Star Line stationary
Simon and Neva undergoing a pretend medical examination (eye test), just like the passengers of the Red Star Line
Another suitcase
Upon arrival in New York's Ellis Island, the newcomers were obliged to do an intelligence test (a puzzle with wooden blocks). Simon has managed to complete the task, so he would have been accepted to enter America!
Simon listing a reason for why he'd like to immigrate to America. He was first reluctant to take part in this pretend play as he was afraid it would somehow turn into reality. This is a funny side of him, taking things too literally sometimes.
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Impressions on Newton's mechanics.
"Are you impressed?" – Simon asks, laughingly, and I can see it must be a pun. We are in bed, reading up on Newton's laws of motion that talk of forces being "impressed" upon bodies.
Simon continues: "Newton's mechanics says that the speed limit is infinite, which says that matter doesn't exist, which says that Physics doesn't exist, which says that Newton's mechanics doesn't exist. Newton's mechanics contradicts itself!"
The book we are reading (17 Equations that Changed the World by Ian Stewart) goes on to describe how in Newton's laws, calculus peeps out from behind the curtains and how the second law of motion specifies the relation between a body's position, and the forces that act on it, in the form of a differential equation: second derivative of position = force/mass. To find the position, the book says, we have to solve this equation, defusing the position from its second derivative. "Do you get it?" – I ask, "Because I don't think I do". — "I'll need a piece of paper for this", – Simon quickly comes back dragging his oversized sketchbook. Then he quickly writes down the differential equation (where the x is the position) to explain to me what the second derivative is. And then he solves it:
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Building dinos and looking them up in the encyclopedia
October 14, 2018 antwerpenhomeschooling	Leave a comment
Although Simon doesn't have the Magformers Dinosaur Set, he does have all the pieces (he collects the set using the pieces from other sets). It's great fun to be able to look up the dinos and the instructions in the Magformers online pdf books and bring them back to life:
We also read up on how these dinos lived in the encyclopaedias.
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The rest of the trip to London
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Simon loved the Science Museum, even though he did not get to see the Klein Bottles from the museum's permanent collection (none of them was on display). He particularly enjoyed the math and information age spaces. The Original Tour was a success, too – giggling at all the jokes on the English audio guide, he was bubbling with joy that he could follow everything and was actively studying the map, together with Dad. The only thing Simon really hated to tears was The Tower.
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