The now-enacted will of (some of) the people

[bickster 15,924]

3 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said:

Surely they’re British made aren’t they?! 

 

Nope, Irish. County Kerry

[ml1dch 5,335]

18 minutes ago, bickster said:

Nope, Irish. County Kerry

The factory is in Hyde though according to the interwebs. 

So they're probably fine.

[bannedfromHandV 6,613]

24 minutes ago, bickster said:

Nope, Irish. County Kerry

Right, that’s it, had enough of this brexit shit now........

[bickster 15,924]

23 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said:

Right, that’s it, had enough of this brexit shit now........

Well TIL learned they weren't even originally Irish but Scouse and I even remember the original factory!

[Enda 1,862]

1 hour ago, ml1dch said:

The factory is in Hyde though according to the interwebs. 

So they're probably fine.

This is a textbook case for Rules of Origin. Joe Public reckons trade agreements are about tariffs. They might have been in 1920, but in 2020 they’re about how much of that sausage has to come from Ireland to be called Irish.

This is the “control” you lot (not you, @ml1dch!) are so concerned about. Bloody sausage fests.

[bickster 15,924]

56 minutes ago, Enda said:

This is a textbook case for Rules of Origin

Scouse sausages then

[ml1dch 5,335]

59 minutes ago, Enda said:

This is a textbook case for Rules of Origin. Joe Public reckons trade agreements are about tariffs. They might have been in 1920, but in 2020 they’re about how much of that sausage has to come from Ireland to be called Irish.

It's a good case study, but I think they'd be fine. They don't claim to be Irish (I think they'd struggle to claim that even under current rules), they claim an Irish recipe. Either way, I imagine they'd fix that particular problem with a quick rebrand and just carry on.

Emulsified high-fat offal tubes all round. Worked for Jim Hacker.

[Davkaus 17,552]

The vegan ones are pretty good, and seem to have the same 0% meat recipe as the originals.

[Wainy316 9,526]

They are really good tbf.  I have proper sausage burps for a couple of hours after too so very authentic.

[StefanAVFC 19,087]

Rat

 

[HanoiVillan 20,100]

Whether we wanted it or not, we are about to fully 'leave'. I know we actually left in January, but the transition period has felt like literally nothing has changed, so now feels like a good moment to take stock. But all I can think about is the Grenfell inquiry, and the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine disaster that is unfolding. What impression does this leave of 'Global Britain'?

[colhint 1,057]

Seems as though Carole Cadwalldr has lost her case, offering no evidence and having to pay money to Arron Banks. Why she left it to the day of the hearing is baffling.

[bickster 15,924]

46 minutes ago, colhint said:

Seems as though Carole Cadwalldr has lost her case, offering no evidence and having to pay money to Arron Banks. Why she left it to the day of the hearing is baffling.

Extremely baffling given that she actually sent a tweet a couple of weeks ago apologising unreservedly to Banks

[Chindie 10,943]

I think she may have gone off the deep end.

[Davkaus 17,552]

I received an email from my car insurers warning me that I might need a green card if I want to drive into the EU after December 31st. They're not sure, but they've set up a website to obtain one if needed. It doesn't take too long, and it's not a huge problem. What I take issue with, is they don't know. Nobody does. And we have 5 weeks left.

At this point things ought to be pretty set in stone and just putting the final preparations in place, but it's all just up in the air. The tories have forced a deadline upon the country for no reason other than a rush to appease their ideologist backbenchers, and they're driving us towards a cliff, and really hoping that a bridge is built before we get to the precipice. 

I'm not going to get in to leave vs remain, it's done and it's a pointless conversation, but given they knew we were leaving, their handling of this has been absolutely unforgivable, and brexiteers should be angrier about it than anyone. They couldn't have **** this up more if they were doing it on purpose.

Edited November 26, 2020 by Davkaus

[Follyfoot 2,545]

20 hours ago, bannedfromHandV said:

Right, that’s it, had enough of this brexit shit now........

Its OK, these bad boys produced in Blocko 

[LondonLax 4,264]

1 minute ago, Davkaus said:

I received an email from my car insurers warning me that I might need a green card if I want to drive into the EU after December 31st. They're not sure, but they've set up a website to obtain one if needed. It doesn't take too long, and it's not a huge problem. What I take issue with, is they don't know. Nobody does. And we leave in 5 weeks.

At this point things ought to be pretty set in stone and just putting the final preparations in place, but it's all just up in the air. The tories have forced a deadline upon the country for no reason other than a rush to appease their ideologist backbenchers, and they're driving us towards a cliff, and really hoping that a bridge is built before we get to the precipice. 

I'm not going to get in to leave vs remain, it's done and it's a pointless conversation, but given they knew we were leaving, their handling of this has been absolutely unforgivable, and brexiteers should be angrier about it than anyone. They couldn't have **** this up more if they were doing it on purpose.

Their main argument would be that it is necessary for the negotiation.

If the UK had gone for a 'soft Brexit' and agreed to be bound by European regulations it would have been finished years ago. However they are trying to negotiate a position where the UK 'has it's cake and eats it', forcing the EU to undermine some of its core regulations. The only way they could bend the EU like that is by making sure the threat of mutually assured destruction (i.e. No Deal) is still a real possibility right up to the end. 

It's a pretty high stakes play and it remains to be seen if they are successful at extracting more from the EU than they otherwise would have done.  

[StefanAVFC 19,087]

I still need to switch my driving licence, bloody bureaucracy. 

[Davkaus 17,552]

There is nothing mutual about this assured destruction is there? What cards do we hold?

It's like someone trying to rob you, but instead of holding a gun to your head, they're threatening to shit themselves unless you give them your wallet.

Edited November 26, 2020 by Davkaus

[LondonLax 4,264]

8 minutes ago, Davkaus said:

There is nothing mutual about this assured destruction is there? What cards do we hold?

It's like someone trying to rob you, but instead of holding a gun to your head, they're threatening to shit themselves unless you give them your wallet.

Oh it would be massively more painful for the UK than the EU but the EU would take a pretty big hit as well (particularly certain counties, Ireland being an obvious one).

I think a better analogy would be the UK as a suicide bomber, threatening to blow themselves up and severely damage those around them.