Unthreaded
"Europe’s two-faced migration reality
Migration — like globalization — creates winners and losers."
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-two-faced-migration-reality-immigration-positives-negatives/
"As European countries grapple with the backlash to immigration, it’s become clear that there’s a growing cognitive dissonance between the global elite and ordinary voters.
Immigration has major benefits for both migrants and the host countries, but it’s important to remember that not everybody gains from the phenomenon.
Like free trade and finance, migration creates winners and losers. If Europe’s political elite doesn’t come up with ways to compensate low-skilled native workers who feel threatened or displaced by migrants, the anti-immigration wave will continue to surge.
...Migration is a great tool to fight global poverty. Young migrants — skilled or unskilled — from poor countries earn higher wages than they would back home, allowing them to send remittances to their countries of origin. If they choose to go back, they take with them the skills, networks and know-how they acquired in the West.
The gains are substantial for host countries too. Unskilled immigrants do the jobs that native workers do not want, and those with skills tend to fill the gaps in technical, specialized and managerial positions. They increase overall productivity and enrich the intellectual and scientific output of the country. Societies that absorb people from different religious, ethnic, linguistic and cultural backgrounds are also technologically more advanced. It is no coincidence that Silicon Valley is a social melting pot.
The problem is that these benefits rarely reach the host country’s unskilled population — leaving them feeling angry and betrayed. For those who feel left behind, identity and cultural issues become increasingly important, creating social turmoil."
Pcar
Macron in particular seems to act in a kind of herky-jerky way - drone, drone, drone and then he goes into a sort of marionette spasm - occasionally seemingly contradicting previous statements.... It's almost like somebody makes a decision and he's told to hop to it.
Tim Newman has a post up about his perception of the French executive decision process
It might just be a feature of the gap between the Francophone and Anglophone spheres and media reporting whims.
Our EU "Friends"
Macron: Politicians who have been positive about Brexit are “liars” and other nations* should not consider leaving the European Union (EU) because they will suffer like the UK, Emmanuel Macron has said.
Merkel: UK must suffer over Brexit deal
Why would anyone want to pay to be in such a vindictive club?
* Nations for how long? Regions is EU intent.
DOJ Tesla investigation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8QaMnMDotc
Tesla probe Could Elon Musk face jail time?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=241G2FyQeZE
Hornsea1GovtTaxpayer/Consumer subsidy is £140/KWh for 15 years
FTFY
Disgusting, ~50% more than Hinkley C and ~300% higher than free market electricity price.
It's British Leyland et al Mk2.
stew
>>crikey<< DONG made a profit? - there will be a few Danes scratching their heads over that.
Don't leave us dangling - who's the proud new owner?
re hybrid trains +another deal today
Birmingham University have signed a contract to test hydrogen trains.
Why 3 contracts on the same day ? My guess is got is throwing subsidies around.
Orsted Sells Off Hornsea1 for Bumper profit
Govt subsidy is £140/KWh for 15 years
Orsted sold it for £4.5bn
The knives are out for Marine Le Pen and the BBC isn't holding back on the "mad Marine" stuff
Populist far right must be resisted
She's being pursued over a Tweet as if it was a broadcast on national TV. Some folk are counting up the lefties who similarly tweeted about Daesh/ISIS victims and included stills and video of the victims.
The judge who's been orchestrating the hunt doesn't seem particularly keen to be comment unless it's to further the case.... Carole Bochter's been on Le Pen's case for some years.... I wonder what her politics are?
"Brexit: All you need to know about the UK leaving the EU"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32810887
A perfect example of why the BBC is not to be trusted when reporting on Brexit and the EU. In a piece entitled "Brexit: All you need to know about the UK leaving the EU" [NB ALL you need to know] they manage to use the word "trade" 34 times, without once mentioning basic raw, important facts, such as the UK being the EU's biggest trading partner and the size of the UK's trade deficit with the EU. If one wants to understand Brexit and all its implications, then I should have thought they were worth a mention.
But the inference from the BBC's headline (ALL you need to know) is that, since they don't mention these things, you don't need to know them. I have discussed Brexit with young people who would prefer to stay in the EU, and they are unaware of these facts.