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14-08-2016, 02:38 PM
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The vultures are circling!!!

Liam Fox and Boris Johnson are at odds with one another after Fox made a grab for extra powers from Johnson's fiefdom.

http://www.aol.co.uk/news/2016/08/13...21344060293384
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14-08-2016, 02:41 PM
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Re: The vultures are circling!!!

Yes you are circling along with the rest.

Don't hold your breath UJ
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14-08-2016, 02:53 PM
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Re: The vultures are circling!!!

Originally Posted by Tpin ->
Yes you are circling along with the rest.

Don't hold your breath UJ

No, far from it, I stand on the side-lines as a bystander and watch the fun
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14-08-2016, 02:55 PM
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Just weeks after the two Brexit campaigners were elevated to the Cabinet by Theresa May, Dr Fox told the Foreign Secretary that his newly-created International Trade Department should be handed control of economic diplomacy.
I don't understand what "economic diplomacy" is, can anyone explain?
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14-08-2016, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Purwell ->
I don't understand what "economic diplomacy" is, can anyone explain?
I believe it's the purview of the Department of Administrative Affairs.
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14-08-2016, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by JBR ->
I believe it's the purview of the Department of Administrative Affairs.
That explains it then. What does "purview" mean?
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14-08-2016, 10:27 PM
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Re: The vultures are circling!!!

Noun - scope or range of activity or outlook.
Look it up
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14-08-2016, 11:11 PM
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Re: The vultures are circling!!!

Originally Posted by gasman ->
Noun - scope or range of activity or outlook.
Look it up
Thank you, now I understand everything.
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15-08-2016, 01:56 AM
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Nahhhhhhhh -
"Purview" = Purwell's view.

Surely ?
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15-08-2016, 08:32 AM
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I don't have a view, I live in a council flat, not a mansion.
 
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