| Top pettiness from the EU 08:11 - Nov 24 with 8359 views | GlasgowBlue |
Who are banning our cities from competing for European city of Culture.
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:20 - Nov 24 with 6489 views | dickie |
They can do what they want, they have all the power - plus why would they give the title to a city outside of the EU with all the benefits it brings? Yet again the UK continues to shoot itself in the foot. |  | | |
| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:27 - Nov 24 with 6471 views | chicoazul |
It isnt petty though is it. You can't blame them. It amazes me that people are surprised about it. |  |
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:28 - Nov 24 with 6475 views | GeoffSentence |
The entry requirements for European City of Culture are that the city has to be from:
1. An EU member state
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2. A member of the EEA
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3. A country that is a candidate or potential candidate for EU membership
I am honestly surprised that anyone is surprised that UK cities would not be able to apply for selection after Brexit. |  |
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:39 - Nov 24 with 6442 views | Pendejo |
| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:27 - Nov 24 by chicoazul |
It isnt petty though is it. You can't blame them. It amazes me that people are surprised about it. |
Hmmm
Don't they still want us to honour OUR commitments to them, quid pro quo why don't they honour their commitment to us vis a vis the European City of Culture thing. |  |
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:41 - Nov 24 with 6438 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:28 - Nov 24 by GeoffSentence |
The entry requirements for European City of Culture are that the city has to be from:
1. An EU member state
or
2. A member of the EEA
or
3. A country that is a candidate or potential candidate for EU membership
I am honestly surprised that anyone is surprised that UK cities would not be able to apply for selection after Brexit. |
They changed the rules just a few weeks ago even though several British cities had spent ratepayers money on their bids. I’d say that is petty.
Taking aside the fact that it is geographically impossible to remove us from the continent of Europe, Istanbul was granted European city of culture. Turkey is not in the EU. When the spectre of an undemocratic Turkey being a candidate to join the EU we were told that there was no realistic chance of them being allowed to join.
So it is petty. | |
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:44 - Nov 24 with 6422 views | Pendejo |
| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:28 - Nov 24 by GeoffSentence |
The entry requirements for European City of Culture are that the city has to be from:
1. An EU member state
or
2. A member of the EEA
or
3. A country that is a candidate or potential candidate for EU membership
I am honestly surprised that anyone is surprised that UK cities would not be able to apply for selection after Brexit. |
So being part of EEA is not on the table then? I guess that's why a Norwegian city has held it
And the Turkish city as an example of candidate membership. | |
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:47 - Nov 24 with 6415 views | giant_stow |
| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:41 - Nov 24 by GlasgowBlue |
They changed the rules just a few weeks ago even though several British cities had spent ratepayers money on their bids. I’d say that is petty.
Taking aside the fact that it is geographically impossible to remove us from the continent of Europe, Istanbul was granted European city of culture. Turkey is not in the EU. When the spectre of an undemocratic Turkey being a candidate to join the EU we were told that there was no realistic chance of them being allowed to join.
So it is petty. |
Even if you're right we (or you lot) brought it on ourselves. |  |
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:50 - Nov 24 with 6398 views | Pendejo |
| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:47 - Nov 24 by giant_stow |
Even if you're right we (or you lot) brought it on ourselves. |
I'd say a RESTROSPECTIVE rule change is pretty petty | |
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:50 - Nov 24 with 6391 views | blue_oyster |
The category is deliberately misleading, because what they mean is 'EU City of Culture', which would show how the EU is intolerant of non-EU affiliated European countries. |  |
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:52 - Nov 24 with 6382 views | BOjK |
Well what on earth did you think would happen? There's nothing surprising, petty or unreasonable about this.
We are leaving the EU. It is unsurprising that EU organised activities are going to exclude us. |  |
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:54 - Nov 24 with 6358 views | BOjK |
| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:50 - Nov 24 by Pendejo |
I'd say a RESTROSPECTIVE rule change is pretty petty |
They are changing which cities could enter last years European City of Culture? | |
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:57 - Nov 24 with 6343 views | blueconscience |
I am going to lose so much sleep over this!!! |  |
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:59 - Nov 24 with 6336 views | homer_123 |
| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:41 - Nov 24 by GlasgowBlue |
They changed the rules just a few weeks ago even though several British cities had spent ratepayers money on their bids. I’d say that is petty.
Taking aside the fact that it is geographically impossible to remove us from the continent of Europe, Istanbul was granted European city of culture. Turkey is not in the EU. When the spectre of an undemocratic Turkey being a candidate to join the EU we were told that there was no realistic chance of them being allowed to join.
So it is petty. |
Well, it's a waste of money, along with spending money on Eurovision song contest, the Olympics or Commonwealth games etc. |  |
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 09:00 - Nov 24 with 6327 views | artsbossbeard |
I think it's both brilliant and why would anything else be expected?
Screw you Brussels, we'll have our own one instead. Sponsored by Poundland and Hooch.
Anyone got a big red bus thing we could use for the parade ceremony? |  |
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 09:01 - Nov 24 with 6321 views | chicoazul |
| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:39 - Nov 24 by Pendejo |
Hmmm
Don't they still want us to honour OUR commitments to them, quid pro quo why don't they honour their commitment to us vis a vis the European City of Culture thing. |
A multi-year financial commitment that we knowingly signed up for is not the same as having a beano for potless sculptors in Hull is it my guy. | |
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 09:01 - Nov 24 with 6317 views | Pendejo |
| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:54 - Nov 24 by BOjK |
They are changing which cities could enter last years European City of Culture? |
Like the awarding or World Cups & Olympics it's done in advance and it was "our turn"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-42095477
It would appear they were due to award it this week to one of the applicants from the UK. Had they withdrawn it on submission of Article 52 notice I would have considered that fair enough. | |
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 09:02 - Nov 24 with 6316 views | artsbossbeard |
| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:57 - Nov 24 by blueconscience |
I am going to lose so much sleep over this!!! |
*cancels plans to clean up the "Wine Rack" dockside* | |
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 09:04 - Nov 24 with 6324 views | BlueBadger |
So, let me get this straight, you're OK with the loss of science funding, utter incometentce on the part of the UK negotiation team wit concurrent costing up to really vile regimes across the world, the complete and total drying up of EU nurse recruitment, potential loss of information sharing on criminal and terror suspects and decades of predicted economic stagnation but someone not building a sculpture that resembles an upturned rubbish bin on a roundabout in Milton Keynes is bad? [Post edited 24 Nov 2017 9:11]
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 09:14 - Nov 24 with 6252 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:54 - Nov 24 by BOjK |
They are changing which cities could enter last years European City of Culture? |
Pedantic Europhile alert | |
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 09:14 - Nov 24 with 6247 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Top pettiness from the EU on 08:52 - Nov 24 by BOjK |
Well what on earth did you think would happen? There's nothing surprising, petty or unreasonable about this.
We are leaving the EU. It is unsurprising that EU organised activities are going to exclude us. |
When are Turkey joining the EU? | |
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 09:17 - Nov 24 with 6242 views | BlueinBrum |
Honestly the mind boggles. There is nothing petty about this, it is entirely logical.
This is the future that you voted for. Moaning Brexiters need to GET OVER IT, this is the will of the people etc etc. |  | | |
| Top pettiness from the EU on 09:18 - Nov 24 with 6224 views | vapour_trail |
There nothing petty about it. |  |
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 09:19 - Nov 24 with 6226 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Top pettiness from the EU on 09:04 - Nov 24 by BlueBadger |
So, let me get this straight, you're OK with the loss of science funding, utter incometentce on the part of the UK negotiation team wit concurrent costing up to really vile regimes across the world, the complete and total drying up of EU nurse recruitment, potential loss of information sharing on criminal and terror suspects and decades of predicted economic stagnation but someone not building a sculpture that resembles an upturned rubbish bin on a roundabout in Milton Keynes is bad? [Post edited 24 Nov 2017 9:11]
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Yes I said all of that. You still haven’t replied to the nonse you posted about NHS worker numbers being down despite me posting the figures showing they are up.
Any chance of a reply to that. Then we can get into how you don’t need to be an EU member for science funding.
Iceland
Norway
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Montenegro
Serbia
Turkey
Israel
Moldova
Switzerland (partial association, see below)
Faroe Islands
Ukraine
Tunisia
Georgia
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/3cpart
The 3 countries with the greatest funding per head of population from Horizon 2020 are non-EU: Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. The country with the most project coordinators per head of population is Iceland.
https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/ | |
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| Top pettiness from the EU on 09:19 - Nov 24 with 6223 views | MattinLondon |
| Top pettiness from the EU on 09:14 - Nov 24 by GlasgowBlue |
When are Turkey joining the EU? |
I thought that officially Turkey are still a candidate country for EU membership - hence why their cities are still eligible for this award.
Maybe the UK should only have been excluded when it had officially left the EU |  | | |
| Top pettiness from the EU on 09:25 - Nov 24 with 6173 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Top pettiness from the EU on 09:19 - Nov 24 by MattinLondon |
I thought that officially Turkey are still a candidate country for EU membership - hence why their cities are still eligible for this award.
Maybe the UK should only have been excluded when it had officially left the EU |
Indeed. Juncker has said Turkey are not joining the EU any time soon. We haven’t concluded what our future relationship will be with the EU. May could blink first and do a Norway style deal. | |
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