I watched an interview recently with a musician. He plays in the band King Crimson. It's not a band I followed but I had heard of them and, well, he explained just how complicated and expensive it is these days to tour in Europe.
Every member of the tour party had to have a work visa to enter each country, and it cost between £100 and £200 per visa depending on which country they were entering, so it was costing the band several thousand pounds every time they crossed a border.
The visas had to be applied for at each UK embassy of the countries they were visiting so their passports could be stamped, so it took months for all the passports to receive the required stamp, as the passports could only be at one embassy at a time.
As if that was not enough, he added they had a van with all the merchandise on board, T-shirts and so on. They had to pay VAT in full on all the merchandise entering the country, and if they sold 10%, they could then reclaim 90% of the VAT they had paid when they left, but the same scenario happened when entering the next country.
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I wasn’t aware there was a march and tbh you can march until your feet drop off and it will make no difference.When you put it like that I’m struggling to know why anyone voted for Brexit or why the government allowed a referendum in the first instance. There must be some benefits the NHS, £50 million, intact borders (only there is more Legal immigration)
Anyone joining the March on Brexit tomorrow.?
Wow.Bless - so desperate ;-)
Anyway, I know it’s only four and a half years but that’s near enough.Bless
But frankly I will be glad to own it all
Genuine question: Will you be rushing onto some appropriate thread in the future - should we be witnessing the inevitable implosion of the EU - to say something along the lines of:
"Where the fuck are MCFC1632 and all those others that had the resolve to see where this federal shit was going and the guts to vote accordingly?
I just want to say a big fucking thank you
I remember at the time what an obnoxious fucker I was - giving out shit left right and centre - but, hey, you know what they say about hindsight.....
Anyway, on behalf of by children and their future generations - I raise a glass….."
Because.….
If in, say 5 years time, this is seen as a utter fuck up and that Leaving has done (net) major damage to the UK - I will indeed be on here to man up (@west didsblue please take note) and accept that I was utterly wrong and be campaigning to re-join
Will you? Can I bookmark such a post?
The fucking state of some of the posts on that thread.Was just looking at bookmarks and found this one from our old bloviating friend.
https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/posts/12680169/
Anyway, I know it’s only four and a half years but that’s near enough.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/09/17/economy/brexit-stifling-britain-trade-europe
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv22y0jvd4do.amp
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/a...onomic-and-financial-damage-looks-inescapable
Are you ready to “man up” @Oldham Exile or do we have to wait till May next year?