Political relations between UK-EU

Well, of course we are...no checks for imports, full checks and non tariff barriers for our exports. Fucked both ways.

‘The U.K. is considering postponing the introduction of border checks on imports from the EU to reduce the risk of disruption to supply chains this summer’ @Bloomberg
 
bluethrunthru said:
yeah coz that way they would stop selling it anywhere else too. And ketchup, brown sauce, salad cream and Coke would all go back to using glass bottles - I think there is other packaging we could tackle first. I agree with the sentiment but the approach is too idealistic
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Although you can't get that stuff out of a tap in your house/business premises/office kitchen etc can you?

Glass bottles wouldn't necessarily be better as the added weight would result in greater use of fuel for transport.

Invest in water stations in public places/ free use or low cost in supermarkets or convenience stores. Maybe encourage investment into the development of existing filtration technology for mass market, that is hopefully better and more sustainable than something like Brita. Unlike some other countries, we have safe drinking water, but some areas like London it doesn't taste particularly good.
 
BobKowalski said:
Well, of course we are...no checks for imports, full checks and non tariff barriers for our exports. Fucked both ways.

‘The U.K. is considering postponing the introduction of border checks on imports from the EU to reduce the risk of disruption to supply chains this summer’ @Bloomberg
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YCNMIU.
Total and utter humiliation for this country now that the EU can export stuff here without any checks yet we're forced to comply with NTBs for our exports in accordance with the agreement we signed up to.

I'm sure the Express will spin it as the EU being mean for giving us what we want again, and the Brexit bullshitters will lap it up as usual.

Meanwhile in a parallel universe Frost is threatening to ban imports of certain commodities. How will we enforce that if we're not checking anything coming in? And some people believe this guff!
 
west didsblue said:
YCNMIU.
Total and utter humiliation for this country now that the EU can export stuff here without any checks yet we're forced to comply with NTBs for our exports in accordance with the agreement we signed up to.

I'm sure the Express will spin it as the EU being mean for giving us what we want again, and the Brexit bullshitters will lap it up as usual.

Meanwhile in a parallel universe Frost is threatening to ban imports of certain commodities. How will we enforce that if we're not checking anything coming in? And some people believe this guff!
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Yeah, how we gonna keep that foreign bottled water out!?
 
That long Lambert video is worth the effort but the best bits are at the end. Why should people pay £1.50 more for a bottle of wine to satisfy Johnson's wet dream of Brexit? And the killer allegation - the UK govt is deliberately making things bad so that people will demand we rejoin the SM...

And the other one... for direct sale to EU consumers of animal products, every consumer needs a health certificate (cost £180). Instant death of a growing market (£200k for that one company). And blaming Johnson for forcing through the Agriculture Act that got rid of standards alignment (expecting a deal with Trump). Blessed are the cheesemakers.
 
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