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DURING HIS VISIT to Northern Ireland today, David Cameron announced that he will host the two-day G8 summit in Enniskillen next year.
The Prime Minister confirmed earlier reports that the group will meet over two days – the 17 and 18 June – in the Fermanagh town.
The main venue will be the luxury Lough Erne golf resort. It will accommodate the leaders of eight of the world’s richest countries, including US President Barack Obama, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The five-star hotel and golf course went into administration last year and has been up for sale since September with a £10 million price tag.
The last time the UK hosted the summit, it was held in Gleneagles in Scotland.
Northern Ireland’s residents have been doling out advice to Obama et al over Twitter since the announcement.
There’s been praise for Cameron’s taste:
Offers of accommodation:
Breakfast recommendations:
Those chancing their arm:
And of course, the inevitable moan:
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So the brits couldn’t figure out their own agreement so copied the EU one which they’re so eager to renegotiate
@Anto Curran: There are more bears in Canada than people, pop. 37mln. Eu 450mln, enough said regarding markets. Populism v reality.
@Anto Curran: what in gods name is so wrong with wanting good trade deals but not handing over sovereign to the eu. grow up
The EU has 72 comprehensive trade deals with 34 countries/blocs. The UK will need a lot more just to regain what they already had, but decided to discard. Don’t expect that to be widely reported in UK news outlets.
Great news the UK has just struck a free trade deal with Canada which they already had.
@patrick o keeffe: and that’s the bit the brexiters don’t get all the trade deals they are getting are ones they already have.
@patrick o keeffe: and Canada will screw them once negotiations start.
@patrick o keeffe: let’s give them a round of applause
@patrick o keeffe: again if you don’t understand trade deals and politics then best not to make a show of yourself obviously they had free trade with Canada but as even a child could figure out now they are no longer in the eu new deals have to be made.the mind boggles how dumb people can be to get a like on the Internet
Em Boris… Canada are not part of Europe …
Its the Same thing that he voted against.
If he had a brain cell he’d be dangerous
@Eddie Michael: Canada is still part of the commenwealth …. British trade whatever… Stv
Pretty sure the Canadian agreement doesn’t give the EU the right to fish in Canadian waters, also does not stop the Canadian Government helping out their companies. Which are the main points that the UK will not signup to… Pretty sure if we where leaving we wouldn’t give up our waters..
@Ima Bored: You are aware that Canada is a teeny, tiny bit further away from Europe than the UK is, yeah?
@Ima Bored: The Eu is roughly ten times larger than the Uk so the Eu will not compromise the integrity of the Eu Single Market to get an agreement with the Uk.
@Ima Bored: The main problems apart from fisheries is subsidies and labour laws and the Canadians and the EU have a deal the UK wanted out of but have agreed it with Canada
The British empire slowly imploding though it is mind boggling their decision to increase their spending on their navy unless they are planing on new wars.
So does that mean they have to keep to all EU standards etc.?
@Alan Holohan: No. Canada has its own standards which are largely U.S. standards.
@Damian Moylan: The deal with the EU is specific on issues the UK wanted to ignore, like health standards for example. No chlorinated chicken in Canada
All the Brexit kerfuffle for nothing.
The brits want the commonwealth to take on the EU
Not sure EU will be too pleased that UK get the same terms. Significant less buying power.
@Ted Murphy: No, the Eu are concerned about protecting the integrity of ths single market in terms of compliance to Eu wide standards so free trade between all 27 member states continues.
Wahoo! The maple syrup is on me!!!
The UK finally got a Canada style deal!
The only problem is, it’s with Canada and not the EU.
Uk still basically own Canada they pay the queen for no reason and should be there own country by now
Reading comments on this story just shows how out of touch with your own brains ye really are. Yes they had all these deals bla bla bla they was the eu deals not the UK now they had the balls to stand on their own they’re making new deals that won’t include bending over for the eu I mean come on stop making a show of yourselves with but but but they already had this an that deal. will ye come out the fog
Two dodgy car salesmen there
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