'MCA go home' vs 'Where was DAP 13 years ago?' at Jonker Walk
What?! Gan qualified his being there as a survey, not to protest? Let alone to lead the protest? Did Mr. Gan Tian Loo realize that the MCA protest carries more weight than DAP protest many times
over. The state government, being UMNO-led government, considers the DAP as the opposition working hand-in-hand with PAS and PKR to oust UMNO from power, rescinding the directive on the request
from DAP leaders will make the party even more popular. I thought, at first, here come the MCA, finally to do what it's supposed to do. Then the expected happened. He got cold feet. The
reporter who covered the protest reported Gan was suddenly cautious . He was like ..."I'm here to lend my support to..the .. no, wait! I am not here to support the traders - but just to do a quick
survey! But I am glad to be standing here with the protesters but reporters, please put it down in black and white I am not, I repeat, am not here as part of the protest. This is the reason the MCA
was shunned, I mean has been shunned by the Chinese. They do not represent the Chinese anymore. They cannot get things done anymore unlike in the old days. Gan admitted his meeting with the chief
minister was fruitless, but would keep trying. Keep trying for what? He should stop embarrassing the MCA and reducing its credibility further by continuing to beg despite being rebuffed earlier.
Again, this proved that the Malaysian Chinese Association has really completely lost its usefulness. If a small matter like Jonker Walk closure was beyond its power then, that 's it.
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Theresa May Tries To Sell Her Lopsided Deal
The EU may have unwittingly overplayed their role and may have to regret if the UK crashes out on 29 March 2019!
By David Lang
November 29, 2018 Updated Today:December2, 2018
Theresa May Tries To Sell Her Lopsided Deal
And she says we wouldn't have really left the EU until we have control of
our borders, money and our destiny, back.
Brave words! But can she back them with concrete actions? Maybe. Again,
maybe not, for after she had struct the deal with the EU and returned
with a 560-page Withdrawal Agreement she had been unsuccessful in trying
to get the skeptical nation to accept it since. During the marathon
two-year negotiation, two Brexit ministers and many aides to the prime
ministers or junior ministers, if you will, quit over the way the
negotiation was heading--directed by Theresa May. But Teresa May
persisted and in the end she concluded the negotiation with the EU
largely single-handedly -- at least from midway onward.
So this is her deal - a deal she got from the EU largely on her own,
stamped with her name alone.
When told her Withdrawal Agreement gave away too much and the UK would
become a 'vassal state' aligned to the EU and follow all its laws but
have no say over their drafting or enacting, Theresa May refused to
listen. Instead she went on the offensives to try to get people to
support (accept) her deal--the Treasury came out with analysis warning
people to fall in line and accept the 560 Draft Withdrawal Agreement or
Britain may crash out of the EU which it said would be catastrophic for
the country; numerous other institutions also came out with their own
predictions of doom to help the prime minister--although all these
analysis were deemed just guess-works. Cabinet ministers were dispatched
to throughout the country to brainwash people to come on board.
Despite these efforts which cost a lot money, few people believed the
prime minister. In desperation, she hit upon the idea of sending post
cards to constituents represented by the Tory rebels to force them to
force their MPs to support her deal, or else.
Finally, the prime minister threatened if her deal is rejected, Brexit
may be stopped. Checked. Do you wish to know more?
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Theresa May Remains Defiant To The End
By David Lang
November 28, 2018 Updated Today: December 02, 2018
Theresa May presses on with her battle to get her deal that clearly does
not deliver what it says on the tin approved by parliament no matter
what. What a remarkable woman--who doesn't know from right to wrong. It
seems now she couldn't careless even if if her withdrawal agreement is
somehow approved by parliament, she is akin to sentencing the UK to a
life of dependency of the EU forever. She is clueless like a benighted
peasant what a wonderful opportunity for Great Britain if it leaves the
EU on WTO terms--or simply doesn't care. Doesn't she realise if her so-
called best deal is voted in she will subject Great Britain to a life of
humiliation unfit for a great power that once rules half the world--and
she would go down in history as a benighted prime minister who saw
herself as bringer of future good life and fortune to poor benighted
people of England?
To illustrate my point, I am bringing here a note-worthy view by someone
who knows what he's talking about verbatim.
By JOHNREDWOOD | Published: DECEMBER 28, 2018
1 Far from crashing out, we will be cashing in.We will get our money back
to spend on our priorities. We will be better off.
2 We get control of our taxes allowing us to cut VAT along with other
taxes. This will boost our growth rate and give all taxpayers a Brexit
bonus.
3.We can hire more nurses, doctors, teachers, and police, and improve our
social care with money saved from the EU
4. We can sign new trade agreements with the rest of the world to boost
the majority of our trade currently with non EU countries.
5. We can remove tariffs on imported components to provide a boost to UK
manufacturing.
6. We can restore and expand our fishing and fish processing industry.
7. We can have a farming and tariff policy that means we grow much more
of food locally, cutting the food miles.
8. We can control migration and have a policy good for UK business and
society.
9. We can make our own laws and refuse EU ones which are damaging.
10. We will end all the uncertainty for business
11. We can end the rows and the wild and usually pessimistic speculation
about Brexit. We can turn to talking about other natters, and bring the
nation together in discussing how to use the money and freedoms we have
gained from exit.
12. We will become a self governing democracy again.
Leaving the EU us not a threat or a disease, but a huge
opportunity.
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8 things wrong with the Withdrawal Agreement
By JOHNREDWOOD | Published: DECEMBER 27, 2018
1. Signing the Withdrawal Agreement gives the EU what they want, taking
away most of our bargaining power.
2. The financial commitments are open ended, with some very long lasting.
They will doubtless be much more than the Treasury £39 bn forecast. This
is money given for nothing in return that we do not legally owe them.
3.We have to accept and follow any law they pass for the next two years
or more, without any vote or voice to try to stop laws that damage our
interests.
4. We cannot sign any trade deals with other countries all the time we
stay in the so called Implementation period.
5.Under the Agreement we might be another 45 months stuck in the EU,
making a total of 78 months or six and a half years from our decision to
leave. Parliament promised to enact the decision of the People’s vote,
not to delay it indefinitely.
6.The Irish backstop splits the UK up.
7. The Withdrawal Agreement is legally binding. The Political Declaration
is a vague wish list including the contradiction of a possible free trade
agreement and a possible customs partnership.
8 Far from ending business uncertainty it prolongs it and makes it worse,
as it makes a good outcome for the UK less likely.
This is an unbelievably bad Agreement for the UK and a great one for the
EU. It is not a deal, as it does not offer the UK any of the things the
PM said she wanted. It is an invitation to much more uncertainty and more
talks on worse terms for the UK.
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Theresa May Doesn't Know What She's Doing
By David Lang
December 10, 2018 Updated Today: December 11, 2018
It's reasonable to say that in order to solve the Brexit mess which kept
Britain in limbo, you have to get rid of the cause or its cause --Theresa
May. With her around all those who voted remain or pro-EU, would appeal,
beg, force or threaten her to give them what they want: for UK to remain
as EU member. The ways or methods may be multiple or varied but the goal
remains the same--she can be pressured, persuaded, forced or threatened
to give in (What Spain had got from May after it threatened to 'veto' the
Draft Withdrawl agreement just after 24 hours is a good analogy). May
intructed the UK ambassador to EU to deliver a letter of cave-in to Spain
immediately. With a negotiator with such a weak will, no wonder the UK
came up short compared to the EU which celebrated their success and
patted themselves in the back gleefully after they got Theresa May to
sign the lopsided withdrawl agreement -- with disbelief clearly written
on their faces.
With May crossing her own red lines one after another, everyone - the
remainers, the big businesses, the Bank of England, The Labour Party, the
Liberal, and last but not least, the EU themselves -- want May to
entertain their demands and decide to remain in the EU.
Their agitation for another referndum had somewhat paid off already. At
the beginning the word 'No Deal' was much more acceptable than now. Even
May herself conceded the government would start making preparations for
the unlikelihood of the UK crashing out of the EU. Now everyone is
convinced the UK should stay in the EU rather than crash out. This change
of mind came about gradually due to bad publicity over what would happen
if the UK crashes out of the EU without agreement. A slew of analyses by
the Threasury, the Big Businesses, the Bank of England, the chamber of
businesses, and of course the EU leaders themselves
who obviously feel the pain of losing such a big and rich member who is
also neuclear-armed, to paint no-deal as a disaster for Britain equal to
the miseries of 2nd World War. So far no one who support the Leave came
out to challege these opinion pieces and predictions of doom, and allow
those who voted Leave to be brain-washed on the daily basis with no
qualm.
It's unbelievable that British people who are proud owners of the best
universities in the whole world, can be so naive and ignorant (like
benighted peasants) about what EU and their supporters in England are
trying to do.
It's an open secret that the EU want to stop Brexit. If it comes to pass
the EU stand to lose billions every year. It's therefore in their
interest if the UK cancelled Brexit altogether -- failing which they're
determined to extract every penny out of them and make life miserable for
them to make them lose interest in leaving.
The EU found themselves very lucky that Theresa May is the prime
minister. If not for her, it's more than likely that the UK would choose
to crash out rather than concede everything in order to get a deal, and
the EU would themselves have a hard time securing a good deal to
celebrate over.
The EU acted tough when negotiating with May as they observed May as
eager to clinch a deal. They played hide and seek with her for two years
to extract a heavy toll from her. They are shivering at the thought of No
Deal Brexit, for this will allow the UK to become independent and
prosperous - in competition with the EU! The British may have perished
this thought already. Poor British -- are still clueless they have been
conned good and proper. The EU and their agents such as the "Remain"
backbenchers dubbed "The 15 Mutineers" by the Daily Telegraph would fight
from many prongs: court cases by alledging overspending the limit by the
leavers. They stop at nothing to get their way.
During these turmoils, the EU are as involved in British politics as the
British themselves. Shamelessly they interfered they tried to get the
Remainers to win in the Brexit Battles--for the Remainers' win is also
their win. They kept pace with progress of Brexit and issued statements
from across the channel to frustrate leavers and aid remainers when
needed. Short of participating in debating in the Commons, the EU are as
involved as the British MPs. Every now and then they would issue
exemptions in law like the UK can unilaterally cancel Article 50 notice
anytime, no questions asked. In plain English, all will be done or
forgiven, exempted if it encourages the British to keep their membership
in the EU. Checked.
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