BREXIT
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Southwold
Age: 68
Posts: 58
Good luck with " Eat British Fish" as a slogan. British diners will ignore that snappy three word slogan and order steak and chips as they always have. I don't eat a great deal of meat but when I do go to a restaurant red gurnard isn't the first thing I look for on the menu.
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: I wouldn't know.
Posts: 4,239
Originally Posted by ORAC
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/...city-of-london
The EU is stepping up its raid on the city of London
The EU is stepping up its raid on the city of London
Lately it seems, when looking into the UK from the outside, that Andrew Bailey is getting quite concerned about the impact of Brexit on the UK financial sector. Yes, the City will remain one of the largest financial centers obviously, even repatriation of much of the Euro business elsewhere will not diminish it, but it will certainly mean a few problems along the way. And yes, even inside the EU we are aware that not nearly all business (except clearing) will repatriate into the EU, much of it will probably move to other financial sectors that do have equivalence, like New York or Singapore for example.
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Where I always have been...firmly in the real world
Posts: 85
Not mentioned in the "getting Brexit done !" mantra, the minor detail of a loss of trade to Welsh ports........and associated business's .
Brexit: Why Irish freight trade is avoiding Britain - BBC News
Brexit: Why Irish freight trade is avoiding Britain - BBC News
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Southwold
Age: 68
Posts: 58
If you are heading south then it makes a lot of sense to start from Cherbourg or Caen. You are already 400km into the journey - half a day's drive for a trucker. Probably more expensive but this is more than cancelled out by the fact that it is one crossing not two for Irish drivers and negates the potential hold ups that have been encountered since the advent of The Great Folly.
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Where I always have been...firmly in the real world
Posts: 85
Originally Posted by Sallyann1234
Fewer HGVs on the "smart" M4. 
I've been waiting for something good to come out of Brexit. This must be it.
I've been waiting for something good to come out of Brexit. This must be it.
Anyway, a question for Boris at PMQ's.."does the Prime Minister know where Wales is ?"
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: England
Posts: 406
Meanwhile, Brexit is still giving. Giving jobs to the EU, that is.
A report today from professional services company EY says 7,600 jobs in the financial sector have moved abroad because of Brexit, and £1.3 trn of UK assets have been transferred to Europe since the Brexit vote.
A report today from professional services company EY says 7,600 jobs in the financial sector have moved abroad because of Brexit, and £1.3 trn of UK assets have been transferred to Europe since the Brexit vote.
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Hanging off the end of a thread
Posts: 19,253
Blimey, you lot still bitching over this, its done and dusted and to be honest the world never came to an end, things are still ticking over, admittedly there is some teething problems, but they were to be expected, you don't make an omlette without cracking a few eggs. AND at least I have had my first Covid jab, unlike most of our European counterparts.
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 193
I hate to say it.... so I wont, I'll just let you read this...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices...-b1810392.html
We are now seeing the impact of Brexit – it is time for an apology from all the people who dismissed us as ‘Remoaners’
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: England
Posts: 406
Originally Posted by NutLoose
Blimey, you lot still bitching over this, its done and dusted and to be honest the world never came to an end, things are still ticking over, admittedly there is some teething problems, but they were to be expected, you don't make an omlette without cracking a few eggs. AND at least I have had my first Covid jab, unlike most of our European counterparts.
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Where I always have been...firmly in the real world
Posts: 85
Originally Posted by NutLoose
Blimey, you lot still bitching over this, its done and dusted and to be honest the world never came to an end, things are still ticking over, admittedly there is some teething problems, but they were to be expected, you don't make an omlette without cracking a few eggs. AND at least I have had my first Covid jab, unlike most of our European counterparts.
You mentioned omelette's which are made from eggs produced by chickens.....well the chickens also produce something else in large quantities which is the perfect metaphor for Brexit...... and the chickens are coming home to roost.....
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 2,144
Originally Posted by WB627
I hate to say it.... so I wont, I'll just let you read this...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices...-b1810392.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices...-b1810392.html
If the UK had anything approaching an honest unbiased media, and a democratic electoral system these charlatans would be out of power in no time and the UK might retake it's rightful place at the European table. Sadly we have neither an honest media, nor a democratic electoral system, so we are stuck with the result of 2016 and the dishonest free-trade agreement cobbled together last Christmas Eve.
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 193
We don't have honest politicians either, which is a bigger problem than a dishonest and biased media. Time to make lying to the public by politicians a criminal offence..... but that is never going to happen whilst parliament is full of two faced lying Politian's only in it for themselves, their party and their mates.
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 193
Originally Posted by golfbananajam
ATNotts you sound just like a Trump supporter. You lied, you cheated so we didn't really lose, but watch out we'll be back.
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 2,144
Originally Posted by golfbananajam
ATNotts you sound just like a Trump supporter. You lied, you cheated so we didn't really lose, but watch out we'll be back.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Join Date: Jul 2000
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Scotch Whisky
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/...-scotch-whisky
Is the special relationship already on sturdier ground?
After the Trump administration imposed a 25 per cent Scotch whisky tariff in retaliation for EU state support for Airbus, the UK government has been fighting to have the tariffs lifted to little avail.
However, Coffee House understands an agreement has now been reached between International Trade secretary Liz Truss and the new Biden administration.
The US will suspend tariffs as of today for four months — during which the two sides will attempt to come up with a long term solution to the long-running Boeing Airbus dispute.
Since the tariffs were imposed, exports of single malt Scotch whisky have fallen by more than a third — amounting to more than £500 million in losses since October 2019.
Truss took the decision on 1st January to unilaterally end UK tariffs on US goods that had been imposed by the EU. It was an opening move to try to get things moving that has paid off.
The freeze comes at an important time — with the campaign for the Scottish parliament election soon to get underway.
The hope inside government is that this will act as an example of the benefits of an independent UK trade policy — which allows the UK to take a nimble and independent approach to these discussions.
This boost to Scottish whisky is the latest reason for the Conservatives to feel a little less pessimistic going into the Holyrood elections.
https://whiskycast.com/u-s-suspends-...great-britain/
U.S. SUSPENDS SINGLE MALT WHISKY TARIFFS DURING TALKS WITH GREAT BRITAIN
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/...-scotch-whisky
Is the special relationship already on sturdier ground?
After the Trump administration imposed a 25 per cent Scotch whisky tariff in retaliation for EU state support for Airbus, the UK government has been fighting to have the tariffs lifted to little avail.
However, Coffee House understands an agreement has now been reached between International Trade secretary Liz Truss and the new Biden administration.
The US will suspend tariffs as of today for four months — during which the two sides will attempt to come up with a long term solution to the long-running Boeing Airbus dispute.
Since the tariffs were imposed, exports of single malt Scotch whisky have fallen by more than a third — amounting to more than £500 million in losses since October 2019.
Truss took the decision on 1st January to unilaterally end UK tariffs on US goods that had been imposed by the EU. It was an opening move to try to get things moving that has paid off.
The freeze comes at an important time — with the campaign for the Scottish parliament election soon to get underway.
The hope inside government is that this will act as an example of the benefits of an independent UK trade policy — which allows the UK to take a nimble and independent approach to these discussions.
This boost to Scottish whisky is the latest reason for the Conservatives to feel a little less pessimistic going into the Holyrood elections.
https://whiskycast.com/u-s-suspends-...great-britain/
U.S. SUSPENDS SINGLE MALT WHISKY TARIFFS DURING TALKS WITH GREAT BRITAIN
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Dublin
Posts: 784
Well now, this is turning out well ....
From The Irish Times, 4th March 2021, under the headline "UK ‘cannot be trusted’ on Northern Ireland protocol, says Simon Coveney"
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/irel...eney-1.4500990
And later in the day,
From RTÉ, 4th March 2021
https://www.rte.ie/news/brexit/2021/...963-eu-brexit/
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From The Irish Times, 4th March 2021, under the headline "UK ‘cannot be trusted’ on Northern Ireland protocol, says Simon Coveney"
Ten days ago the UK had committed to implementing the protocol, but now there was a new person in charge and had taken a different direction, leaving the EU with no option but to look at their legal options, he said.
“That is why the EU is now looking at legal options and legal action which means a much more formalised and rigid negotiation process as opposed to a process of partnership where you try to solve the problems together.”
“That is why the EU is now looking at legal options and legal action which means a much more formalised and rigid negotiation process as opposed to a process of partnership where you try to solve the problems together.”
And later in the day,
From RTÉ, 4th March 2021
The European Parliament has postponed a decision on ratifying the EU-UK free trade agreement in protest at the UK's unilateral move on how the Northern Ireland Protocol should be implemented.
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