Current Affairs EU In or Out

[tsubaki]

80% of freight to the uk is containers. Containers aren't affected by any ban.

the tunnel is closed; there are no sailings - there are no containers coming (edit: from France at least)

 

[orchard]

the tunnel is closed; there are no sailings - there are no containers coming

And major shipping firms were already dropping their cans bound for the UK on the continent as our container logistics have collapsed...

 

[Bruce Wayne]

the tunnel is closed; there are no sailings - there are no containers coming (edit: from France at least)

To be fair, he's only repeating what Shapps has said.

 

[roydo]

Try booking your car in for a possible repair/part.

Once upon a time, said part could be ordered and delivered the same day. Today? "Could be tomorrow, could be a month".

 

[tsubaki]

To be fair, he's only repeating what Shapps has said.

well if someone who created an entirely false online persona is saying it, I guess it must be true

also seeing as you mentioned him, nice to see he wasted a couple of million on Christmas coach travel

 

[Bruce Wayne]

well if someone who created an entirely false online persona is saying it, I guess it must be true

also seeing as you mentioned him, nice to see he wasted a couple of million on Christmas coach travel

Well indeed, the bloke is hardly a reliable source, but still.

 

[Brennan]

80% of freight to the uk is containers. Containers aren't affected by any ban.

Fresh produce is far more likely to be shipped accompanied freight than on a container.

Even if that wasn't the case, surely you don't think the UK could afford to lose 20% of it's food supply ?

And, on the subject of containers. No use having containers if there are no drivers, which there aren't. Nationwide driver shortage due to Christmas, Brexit, and now this on top. If you're a driver who works over Europe you'd be hedging your bets and steering well clear of the UK right now.

 

[peteblue]

No but they could have like we did

Vaccine approval isn’t quicker because of Brexit – Full Fact

The MHRA could have given the Pfizer vaccine the same emergency approval when the UK was in the EU.

fullfact.org

And do they all have the capability to do so ? And why has not one of them done so ?.....

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Fresh produce is far more likely to be shipped accompanied freight than on a container.

Even if that wasn't the case, surely you don't think the UK could afford to lose 20% of it's food supply ?

And, on the subject of containers. No use having containers if there are no drivers, which there aren't. Nationwide driver shortage due to Christmas, Brexit, and now this on top. If you're a driver who works over Europe you'd be hedging your bets and steering well clear of the UK right now.

People do often go on diets in the new year

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Presumably all these military transport planes have the requisite chiller equipment required to carry vaccines?

Doh!

No but they are equipped with a crew piss bucket

 

[peteblue]

They will sort out a process to keep goods moving, in all directions......

 

[tsubaki]

They will sort out a process to keep goods moving, in all directions......

hahahahaha

 

[Aberblue]

They will sort out a process to keep goods moving, in all directions......

In the fullness of time. Meanwhile?

 

[ste d' indica]

They will sort out a process to keep goods moving, in all directions......

Oh yeah, this government is a study in professional competence.

 

[peteblue]

Oh yeah, this government is a study in professional competence.

I meant the U.K. and the EU.....