Political relations between UK-EU

[bluethrunthru]

was inflation a Brexit bonus? I forget all the shattered promises now -

Shop prices rise amid driver shortages and Brexit red tape

Retail data shows 0.4% month-on-month increase in August, with 0.6% rise in non-food

www.theguardian.com

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Seems like ‘essential workers’ was mainly a euphemism for jobs done by foreign types and, surprisingly enough, having told them all they’re not welcome, there’s nobody left doing them. And to think, we were told all those grabbing EU migrants were all working in Pret and Starbucks and it’d only affect the middle class remoaners…..

 

[bluethrunthru]

Seems like ‘essential workers’ was mainly a euphemism for jobs done by foreign types and, surprisingly enough, having told them all they’re not welcome, there’s nobody left doing them. And to think, we were told all those grabbing EU migrants were all working in Pret and Starbucks and it’d only affect the middle class remoaners…..

The elitist Leave crew ( JRM etc ) used "essential workers" as a way of describing what was in fact low paid work as "non-essential" - they either knew the detrimental economic effect of Brexit on essential service and didn't care - the IR 35 changes and its effects on things like HGV driving shows a phenomenal lack of understanding of their actions - probably a result of having a cabinet of entitled independently wealthy individuals - which leads me to conclude that on all fronts they simply do not care about anyone but themselves.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Arf....

A vile bigot wrapped in a flag of convenience. If you were to scrub her period as an MP from history no one would notice a negative difference, but there would probably be many positive (small) changes.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Thought that **** Martin was boasting how he would get his post Brexit stock from Australia and the like

Beer shortages at Wetherspoons after Brexit and Covid hit supply chains

Pints of Carling and Coors are unavailable in some branches, with the problem due to a lack of lorry drivers.

metro.co.uk

This is the first benefit I’ve seen. No Carling or Coors should be set out in law.

 

[bluethrunthru]

eeeeeeeeee more Tory lies and fuck ups

Brexit: Rules for moving goods from NI to GB delayed

The rules govern which goods qualify for "unfettered access" when moving them from NI to GB.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[BobKowalski]

eeeeeeeeee more Tory lies and fuck ups

Brexit: Rules for moving goods from NI to GB delayed

The rules govern which goods qualify for "unfettered access" when moving them from NI to GB.

www.bbc.co.uk

They simply can't do it. Once you categorise which goods qualify, then by definition the rest do not and checks will apply and the Govt promised unfettered access for all goods.

Also, we need to be bringing in our border controls and when that happens (assuming it ever does) it has to match up with NI to GB trade, otherwise you are leaving the door open for EU companies to route trade through NI into the GB market.

The Govt is on the horns of a delicious dilemma of its own making.

 

[bluethrunthru]

The Govt is on the horns of a delicious dilemma of its own making.

I reality is a dilemma born of their own ignorance of what they were getting into. They just assumed that for the sake of BMW the WHOLE of the EU would just cave in to our demands.

 

[Vic]

Hoey may not like it but farming itself sees the reality - the "new" standard of quality mark - recognised only here not even NI never mind the rest of the world sums up the futility of Brexit in a nutshell

Brexit looks very like its a done deal

Brexit is now very much a done deal, and with each day that passes the divergence between the UK and EU becomes more clear.

www.farminglife.com

"A ban on live exports is now UK government policy, reflecting its determination to prove that Brexit is worth the commercial problems it has brought. This is further evidence of the gulf between the government and rural communities, which would have liked to have seen it pursue policies likely to have a more immediate impact there. This is a cynical ploy targeted at an urban electorate that, for example, was never concerned about bovine TB until it affected a pet alpaca imported from New Zealand."

Urban incomers are part of the problem. A tenant farmer in Cornwall wanted a house for his family and bought a plot, got planning consent, but the incomers and second-home owners crowdfunded and took it to judicial review (it was in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - but one house near others, and half a mile from a concrete bunker coastguard station). There are a million second home owners - with a vote in local elections wherever they have a home and no control over whether they vote twice in general elections.

 

[Vic]

Never fear folks - Hoey is here - she thinks Ghana is handily close to the UK and will be massive for us post Brexit....... as Trade Envoy for Ghana she hopes to make her inaugural visit there before the end of the year...........we are through the looking glass here

UK's incredible global trade options laid out by Brexiteer

BRITAIN can now look to forge long-lasting, mutual beneficial trade deals with countries outside the European Union after severing ties with the bloc and all its associated red tape, Brexiteer and former Labour Party MP Baroness Hoey has said.

www.express.co.uk

"its relative closeness to the UK, being just a five-and-a-half hour flight away"....

So just a bit further than the furthest airport in the EU?

And a mere fraction of all the other places Global Britain is targetting for deals.