CrazyDave Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 Is anyone meeting his dude when he visits in November? I wonder which local businesses will benefit from doing more trade with Estonia? “The Ambassador’s stated interests for the visit are: digital health, digital industry, defence industry, timber, ed tech.” Its a nice proactive thing and I wonder who had the foresight to instigate it? More of the same please Let the moaning and negativity commence! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 He's going to fill us in on electronic voting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 14 minutes ago, CrazyDave said: Is anyone meeting his dude when he visits in November? I wonder which local businesses will benefit from doing more trade with Estonia? “The Ambassador’s stated interests for the visit are: digital health, digital industry, defence industry, timber, ed tech.” Its a nice proactive thing and I wonder who had the foresight to instigate it? More of the same please Let the moaning and negativity commence! There are many Baltic nationals living here, Estonians, Lithuanian and Latvians. The come here and will do outreach work, renewing passports etc. El Presidente no doubt will put on his robes, and pretend to look important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 Ferrero Roche all round. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 IOM could learn a lot. NOMAD visas, better banking etc. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 "Most children know how to read and write by the time they start First Grade (age 7) They could start by exchanging a few words about the education system here on the island. https://www.educationestonia.org/about-education-system/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 he no doubt will be met by representatives of the steam packet who are probably the biggest employers of Estonians and Latvians on the Island perhaps we can have a reciprocal agreement on work permits or an agreement on the import of Herring for our kipper industry straight from the baltic its always good to get another persons slant on the island they are a young country and don't have the trappings of the British colonial system and 1000 years of bullshit Graft and incompetence to reflect on like we have , they are light years ahead of us in IT and communications ! and we should be Listening to what he has to say and not bore him with the usual 2112 quote dick waving 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 4 hours ago, CrazyDave said: Is anyone meeting his dude when he visits in November? I wonder which local businesses will benefit from doing more trade with Estonia? “The Ambassador’s stated interests for the visit are: digital health, digital industry, defence industry, timber, ed tech.” Its a nice proactive thing and I wonder who had the foresight to instigate it? More of the same please Let the moaning and negativity commence! I've actually had a bit of tech business that has had to choose between Estonia and the Isle to set-up in. There are a remarkable number of parallels to the business we're both going after and our offerings. As a point for here, I always told them that the likelihood of Russia invading the Isle was pretty small (this was before Ukraine). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 6 hours ago, 2112 said: There are many Baltic nationals living here, Estonians, Lithuanian and Latvians. The come here and will do outreach work, renewing passports etc. Less than you think. The Census gives only 241 resident from Northern Europe and that comprises: Åland Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland Iceland Latvia Lithuania Norway Sweden It's possible that we have a higher number of Estonians than you might expect from the rest of the UK, but otherwise I can't see it being that many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachomics Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 (edited) My company buys supplies from an Estonian company called Solis Biodyne. Very good they are too and at reasonable prices compared to their competitors. Edited October 13, 2023 by rachomics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fool and his money..... Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 3 hours ago, Omobono said: Estonians and Latvians on the Island perhaps we can have a reciprocal agreement on work permits We did, it was called the EU, before we let the British undemocratically remove us from it. Now we can't visit for more than three months without a visa or vice versa ( lots of V's). If we want to play at international politics the first thing we should do is look at our constitional relationship with the UK and remove the colonial thumb we are under. A constitution should work for the people it serves and be up to date and relevant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoops Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 (edited) 16 hours ago, The Phantom said: I've actually had a bit of tech business that has had to choose between Estonia and the Isle to set-up in. There are a remarkable number of parallels to the business we're both going after and our offerings. As a point for here, I always told them that the likelihood of Russia invading the Isle was pretty small (this was before Ukraine). Yeah, yeah, no threat from within. There are no Rushens in Castletown. Naive fool. Edited October 14, 2023 by Hoops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoops Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 12 hours ago, A fool and his money..... said: We did, it was called the EU, before we let the British undemocratically remove us from it. Now we can't visit for more than three months without a visa or vice versa ( lots of V's). If we want to play at international politics the first thing we should do is look at our constitional relationship with the UK and remove the colonial thumb we are under. A constitution should work for the people it serves and be up to date and relevant. I think if we had voted on that issue, we'd have got the same response (Which is why, imo, our 'leaders' didn't give us a vote). I'd love to see more local voting initiatives, referenda etc. If they went my way!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Just now, Hoops said: I think if we had voted on that issue, we'd have got the same response (Which is why, imo, our 'leaders' didn't give us a vote). I'd love to see more local voting initiatives, referenda etc. If they went my way!! But we were never a member of the EU were we? So, there was nothing to vote on. Our status in the EU was under Protocol 3 (IIRC) which was a kind of recognition under the main membership of the UK. So, the UK leaves, any status for us under Protocol 3 disappears too. We could not remain with any standing without the UK remaining. Or, at least that is how I understand it. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 15 hours ago, Roger Mexico said: Less than you think. The Census gives only 241 resident from Northern Europe and that comprises: Åland Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland Iceland Latvia Lithuania Norway Sweden It's possible that we have a higher number of Estonians than you might expect from the rest of the UK, but otherwise I can't see it being that many. problem is with our census by the time they publish it the figures can be way out of date and 10 years is far too long to wait for another , governments economic division is a shadow of its former self and very little is being done to closely monitor lots of important population and economic issues happening in our community , and dare I say it some ministers and civil servants don't want you to know either 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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