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  • The EU will tell Britain to give back the ancient Parthenon marbles taken from Greece over 200 years ago as part of a post-Brexit trade deal

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    The European Union will demand that Britain gives ancient marbles back to Greece as part of a post-Brexit trade deal. Greece has long argued that the Parthenon marbles - or Elgin marbles - were unlawfully removed from the Parthenon temple in Athens in the early 19th century by Lord Elgin, a British diplomat at the time. The marbles are displayed in the British Museum in London. The museum told The Times newspaper that the classical Greek structures were taken from the Parthenon temple lawfully and are "are accessible to the six million global visitors the museum receives each year." However, the same newspaper ... (full story)

So does that mean that all the members of the EU will return "lawfully " ( vis a vis Stolen) culturely sensitive items and resources plundered from all over the world e.g South American gold to Spain, Portugal and Holland, artworks and resources to Deutschland. Shrunken Polynesian heads to the UK, etc ...? and not to mention the billions of wealth secreted into the Vatican state over two millennia in the name of religion.
Lets be honest - ALL the so called civilised Western countries and including the USA have made these kinds of "appropriations", always "lawfully", for as long as history has been written into books.

i seriously think Brexit is just being used as a bitch slapping whipping boy to have a good fight over.
May the loudest bully win!
Old Dog Kiwi
More demands will come soon. The British army is recruiting like crazy. What does that suggest ? The army is protecting British fisher men. Thing's will get messy in the next 5 years. WW3 perhaps ?
utterly bullshit. just mind your own deal..
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Six to seven million people visit the Acropolis a year also, they can see them there just as easily....
Look Sharp/Trade Tight
So that's what's been wrong with Greece.
They've been playing without their marbles.
Always thought their behavior a little suspect. LOL
Quoting g0ds0n
More demands will come soon. The British army is recruiting like crazy. What does that suggest ? The army is protecting British fisher men. Thing's will get messy in the next 5 years. WW3 perhaps ?
Lol what kind of drugs do you take ? Where did you learn about last year recruitment ? aparts from the fact that there is no future for Britain without making a proxy wars to profit more from industry , there is no any conflict with the EU , Britain doesnt exist without Europe . Europe exist without UK .
Distraction.
Folk in UK have frequently accused EU as an institution, of an agenda of punishing UK for its leaving the EU.
Ironically that's not true. However there is little doubt that these negotiations will trigger the opportunities for a lot of old scores to be resurrected between individual EU countries and the UK. For example.. for Greece its the Elgin Marbles.. for France and Spain perhaps fisheries and for Spain it will ultimately be Gibraltar.
IMHO the entire UK time schedule for a trade deal is joke. The "Australian" model is a euphemism for No-Deal Brexit, (why - because there IS NO EU-Australian trade deal). BJ & Frost are blowing smoke up the UK public ass.. hes playing from an empty deck. and for all the bravado.. any stall/breakdown of negotiations with EU will place UK in very vulnerable position in context of its planned UK-US negotiations and those with other major international trade partners. One cant but wish UK well in their aspiration/choices, but as an investor they are choices we'll be very happy to exploit, (opportunism and mispricing afterall how we make our money) but not one to bet on.
As traders I believe that 2020-21 will provide great opportunities for profit (including Fx) on how this all plays out... Fx is just part of it.. and that's why we are here. Brexit isn't over. Its just started.
Just a Thought.
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Quoting PayTheLimit
Six to seven million people visit the Acropolis a year also, they can see them there just as easily....
Why this beautiful lady (3rd Caryatid)
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should be separated from her nice friends over at Erechtheion????
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I 'love' (not) how news morphed some time ago from reporting what 'has' happened to reporting what 'will' happen.

Also WTF has this got to do with trading markets?

Also how does this get through the screening process and Industrial sector stories (related to actual data releases) does not. I don't bother submitting them because FF has no interest in letting them through...
It's clear the eu is so butthurt over the UK's departure.
That is all the EU is good for-
Playing with marbles!
Have a look under the Vatican if you want to see some real plunder......
scale in, scale out
The EU has no choice but to use the UK as an example of what happens when you leave the bloc. It will be a painful divorce. Leaving was a foolish decision based on delusions of an under educated slight majority. A decision like this should require 2/3 majority vote.

I love the UK but they need to return Greece's property. And reiterating what others said above, why is this story here? I come here to read market moving news, not squabbles between exes during a break up.
The UK built it's wealth from robbing other nations. Give back the Greeks what rightfully belongs to them. Simple. Learn your history.
Quoting Mary
The EU has no choice but to use the UK as an example of what happens when you leave the bloc. It will be a painful divorce. Leaving was a foolish decision based on delusions of an under educated slight majority. A decision like this should require 2/3 majority vote. I love the UK but they need to return Greece's property. And reiterating what others said above, why is this story here? I come here to read market moving news, not squabbles between exes during a break up.
If you did not want to read such comments, as you say -
Why comment on it and get involved?!
Quoting g0ds0n
The UK built it's wealth from robbing other nations. Give back the Greeks what rightfully belongs to them. Simple. Learn your history.
They must return nothing. The eu is simply trying to piss them off, the sore losers that they are...
Quoting g0ds0n
The UK built it's wealth from robbing other nations. Give back the Greeks what rightfully belongs to them. Simple. Learn your history.
What have we , so called "robbed" for years=NOTHING. However we are the 5th largest economy in the world.
Quoting Wayne2401
{quote} What have we , so called "robbed" for years=NOTHING. However we are the 5th largest economy in the world.
The City of London is a specialist in the process of looting poorer countries of their wealth and in protecting Britain’s secrecy jurisdiction satellites from political attempts (at the United Nations, for example) to rectify the policy and regulatory flaws that enabled capital flight and tax dodging on an immense scale.

Blatant thievery just like the theft of these marbles.

Give them their stuff back you stole from them, pay damages and apologize, and hopefully you can sleep in peace.

Shocking.
Quoting barkie
{quote} The City of London is a specialist in the process of looting poorer countries of their wealth and in protecting Britain’s secrecy jurisdiction satellites from political attempts (at the United Nations, for example) to rectify the policy and regulatory flaws that enabled capital flight and tax dodging on an immense scale. Blatant thievery just like the theft of these marbles. Give them their stuff back you stole from them, pay damages and apologize, and hopefully you can sleep in peace. Shocking.
What country are you from ?
My understanding is, that Germany is part of the EU- will they also send back what they hold? Will all countries retuurn- including America-- get real.
Why pick on Britain??? If all countries do the same, maybe consider it.
A few examples--
Despite Egypt's driven campaign to reclaim more than 5,000 artifacts from around the world, a German foundation rejected on Monday the Egyptians' request to return the 3,400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti, the star attraction of the Egyptian collection at the Neues Museum in Berlin, drawing more than 1 million viewers every year.
Artifacts, just like people, animals or plants, have souls and historical memories," said Turkey's Culture Minister Ertugrul Gunay, who is part of an aggressive Turkish campaign to reclaim its antiquities from some of the world's largest museums including the Met, the Louvre, and the Pergamon. "When they are repatriated to their countries, the balance of nature will be restored."
Ancient 6th century Byzantine liturgical silverware and other decorative objects known as the Sion Treasure are also among the many items Turkey is seeking to recover from Dumbarton Oaks in Washington D.C., a research institute owned by Harvard University.
Quoting barkie
{quote} The City of London is a specialist in the process of looting poorer countries of their wealth and in protecting Britain’s secrecy jurisdiction satellites from political attempts (at the United Nations, for example) to rectify the policy and regulatory flaws that enabled capital flight and tax dodging on an immense scale. Blatant thievery just like the theft of these marbles. Give them their stuff back you stole from them, pay damages and apologize, and hopefully you can sleep in peace. Shocking.
"The city of London"
The entire city of london ?
are you sure ?
Or are you just making a blanket leftist statement because you don't know what you are talking about ?
Incidently, the former always precedes the latter
Absolutely the entire City of London is involved in this racket. Obviously you don't have to take my word for it, so watch "The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire" on YT, it's an interesting watch but it won't be pretty.
Quoting barkie
Absolutely the entire City of London is involved in this racket. Obviously you don't have to take my word for it, so watch "The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire" on YT, it's an interesting watch but it won't be pretty.
Where are you from ??
Quoting barkie
{quote} The City of London is a specialist in the process of looting poorer countries of their wealth and in protecting Britain’s secrecy jurisdiction satellites from political attempts (at the United Nations, for example) to rectify the policy and regulatory flaws that enabled capital flight and tax dodging on an immense scale. Blatant thievery just like the theft of these marbles. Give them their stuff back you stole from them, pay damages and apologize, and hopefully you can sleep in peace. Shocking.
One of the Netherlands’ most venerated institutions, the Rijksmuseum, has described the country’s failure to return artefacts stolen from former colonies as a “disgrace” as it opened talks with Sri Lanka and Indonesia
People in glass houses, should not throw stones(or marbles)
Barkie --Nothing to say??
You are usually so verbose.
Quoting Mingary
{quote} "The city of London" The entire city of london ? are you sure ? Or are you just making a blanket leftist statement because you don't know what you are talking about ? Incidently, the former always precedes the latter
How is your trading, Ming?
Quoting nbfx
I 'love' (not) how news morphed some time ago from reporting what 'has' happened to reporting what 'will' happen. Also WTF has this got to do with trading markets? Also how does this get through the screening process and Industrial sector stories (related to actual data releases) does not. I don't bother submitting them because FF has no interest in letting them through...
Has it never occured to you that ff has got a, very obvious, bias and agenda?
Quoting xy76
{quote} Has it never occured to you that ff has got a, very obvious, bias and agenda?
Abso-bloomin-lutely!
Quoting xy76
{quote} How is your trading, Ming?
I am of course a retail forex millionaire like every one else here
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Quoting barkie
Absolutely the entire City of London is involved in this racket. Obviously you don't have to take my word for it, so watch "The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire" on YT, it's an interesting watch but it won't be pretty.
If this is true, the more the reason why the EU is fu***d.
WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY:
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No keyboard warrior. Ive BEEN there. Ive LIVED in the places described in this documentary.
Ive BEEN PART of the game.
Tell me its not true.
Brexit was about Taking back Control ok.
To make sure ever tightening EU regulations didnt F**k-up this multi-decade long monopoly on facilitating 50% of the worlds corruption from which 50% of the UK establishment derives its wealth.
FF provide no on-site educational repository.
If they did, then this would be in the top ten most important briefings for Traders on understanding the International Financial system it would publish.
ESSENTIAL VIEWING.
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Quoting RossEdwards
IMHO the entire UK time schedule for a trade deal is joke. The "Australian" model is a euphemism for No-Deal Brexit, (why - because there IS NO EU-Australian trade deal).
Whereas it is true that there is no SIGNED FTA between Australia and EU, the negotiations for it have been going for sometime now (since mid 2018 to be exact), and of course without all the acrimony typical for Brexit: https://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements...s/default.aspx

Another news that I think was completely ignored by FF was the recent signing of FTA between EU and Vietnam (i should think it would be much more important and relevant to this forum than The Elgin Marbles).

UK govt. maintains a page where the progress of trade deals can be checked: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-trade...n-eu-countries

As of now, the signed trade deals cover only a minor part of the total foreign trade conducted by UK. So, come 31.12.2020, UK may in fact enter a no-deal regime with most of the world, not just EU.

By the way, a detail that may not be known to the majority of readers, the deadline for extension of the transition period is 01.07.2020. Probably before and around that date there are going to be a lot of volatile movements of GBP pairs.
Quoting Mingary
{quote} I am of course a retail forex millionaire like every one else here

Well, I am glad you have made such a great progress, Ming: from that sorry loser blaming everybody around for your poor trading perfomance, to a successful retail forex trader. Now, to think it is all because of Brexit... No more bloody forriners comin' here and takin' our hard earned fx money, huh?
Quoting xy76
{quote} Well, I am glad you have made such a great progress, Ming: from that sorry loser blaming everybody around for your poor trading perfomance, to a successful retail forex trader. Now, to think it is all because of Brexit... No more bloody forriners comin' here and takin' our hard earned fx money, huh?
Yes, something like that, but there does not seem to be any fx money for fx traders ...
... brexit ! let's hope that the "Great Replacement" is in trouble.
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