Current Affairs EU In or Out

[gonetomorrow]

the sooner a compulsory retirement age of 65 is brought in for all politicians the better

But Johnson's only 57.

I demand a recount.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Good point. The grifters you voted for have impeded our trade everywhere, not just Europe. Unless, of course, it's a corporation.

I've got a couple of mates who import and export. Different trades and goods, but both say the same- trading with the EU under Brexit hampers them. Looking elsewhere is also hard because warehousing and transport costs for other parts of the globe shot up with demand coinciding with Brexit.

Of course, the latter may smooth out with time, but it does strike me as a rather stupid move to make life harder to trade with those closest to you.

Brexit, in and of itself, doesn't necessarily cause that. The 'oven ready' deal agreed by our overlords (reportedly not fully read and, if you believe Cummings, understood by the PM) certainly did.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

I've got a couple of mates who import and export. Different trades and goods, but both say the same- trading with the EU under Brexit hampers them. Looking elsewhere is also hard because warehousing and transport costs for other parts of the globe shot up with demand coinciding with Brexit.

Of course, the latter may smooth out with time, but it does strike me as a rather stupid move to make life harder to trade with those closest to you.

Brexit, in and of itself, doesn't necessarily cause that. The 'oven ready' deal agreed by our overlords (reportedly not fully read and, if you believe Cummings, understood by the PM) certainly did.

It was never about trade

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

It was never about trade

Control and sovereignity wasn't it?

Christ.

 

[orchard]

It was never about trade

It was imo mate, just not that of sme's. Nor do I think it was the/a deal with the EU that has made it so hard for SME's, that was our government (or its lobbyists) intentionally raising the barriers to trade for them, like they always did with EU directives, to favour the big boys.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

It was imo mate, just not that of sme's. Nor do I think it was the/a deal with the EU that has made it so hard for SME's, that was our government (or its lobbyists ) intentionally raising the barriers to

I mean for the people who voted brexit. Trade and trade deals were largely not a consideration

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Common sense prevails on the eve of Christmas...

Social care: Immigration rules to be relaxed to recruit staff

Offering visas to care workers will make it easier to fill gaps in workforces, the government says.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Amw79]

 

[woodsyni]

If this is true, it's scandalous! Why aren't the other parties all over it? Figured it would happen but not so quickly.

 

[ste d' indica]

Oh dear

Blimey, he's been on the pies.

 

[JammyP]

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Global Britain

‘Almost unsaleable’: slump in school trips to UK blamed on Brexit

Groups from the continent are going elsewhere, tour operators say, deterred more by passport and visa rules than the pandemic

www.theguardian.com

 

[woodsyni]

Yeah, but what about all the benefits Brexit has brought like.... y'know....err.... all the.... Nope, got nothing!

....oh! Less foreign people (that we needed for essential services). It's almost as if it wasn't in the interests of the country at all.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

This applies across Europe from Jan 1st

Non-EU tourists heading to Prague face additional paperwork and fee next year

Tourists from more than 60 countries including the US and UK will need to apply for an ETIAS visa waiver prior to entering the EU by the end of 2022.

www.expats.cz