blandy Posted January 23, 2021 Author Moderator Share Posted January 23, 2021 On 20/01/2021 at 12:15, sidcow said: The change, it had to come We knew it all along We were liberated from the fold, that's all And the world looks just the same And history ain't changed 'Cause the banners, they are flown in the last war Lets hope he won't get fooled again eh? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 24, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 24, 2021 (edited) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55786974 UK firms told 'set up in EU to avoid trade disruption' Firms have been hit by extra charges, taxes and paperwork, leading some to stop exporting to the EU altogether. But several say they have been told that setting up hubs in Europe would minimise the disruption, even if it means moving investment out of the UK. ...................... But it has also scrapped plans to build a new £1m warehouse in Macclesfield employing 20-30 people. "Instead we might end up employing French workers and paying tax to the EU," Mr Spurrell said. Brexit powering ahead enriching the UK some more. Edited January 24, 2021 by sidcow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 16 minutes ago, sidcow said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55786974 UK firms told 'set up in EU to avoid trade disruption' Firms have been hit by extra charges, taxes and paperwork, leading some to stop exporting to the EU altogether. But several say they have been told that setting up hubs in Europe would minimise the disruption, even if it means moving investment out of the UK. ...................... But it has also scrapped plans to build a new £1m warehouse in Macclesfield employing 20-30 people. "Instead we might end up employing French workers and paying tax to the EU," Mr Spurrell said. Brexit powering ahead enriching the UK some more. That is the inevitable result of trade barriers. Just move your operations to the EU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Fewer jobs for Brits, more for the EU. Don't recall that being on the side of a bus. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Still waiting for a single positive of Brexit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 24, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 24, 2021 4 minutes ago, Genie said: Still waiting for a single positive of Brexit. You have another 99 years and 11 months to wait. acording to Jacob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 9 minutes ago, Genie said: Still waiting for a single positive of Brexit. Schadenfreude? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enda Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 15 hours ago, ml1dch said: Schadenfreude? No mate, the Germans own that too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 25, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 25, 2021 Credit Card transactions to go up Quote Mastercard will increase fees more than fivefold when a British shopper uses a debit or credit card to buy from an EU-based company, sparking alarm among companies that rely on online payments and concern among MPs over higher consumer prices. Mastercard and Visa levy an “interchange” fee on behalf of banks for every debit or credit card payment that uses their networks. The EU introduced a cap in 2015 after concerns the hidden fees were leading to hundreds of millions of euros in costs for companies and higher prices for consumers. But Mastercard has told merchants that the cap no longer applies to some transactions post-Brexit, because payments between the UK and European Economic Area are now deemed “inter-regional”. From October 15, Mastercard will charge 1.5 per cent of the transaction value for every online credit card payment from the UK to the EU, up from 0.3 per cent at the moment. For debit card payments, the fee will jump from 0.2 per cent to 1.15 per cent. The increase will benefit British banks and other card issuers, rather than Mastercard itself. FT (Paywalled) Remember when they EU removed transaction fees from being passed on to consumers... just another of those what did the EU do for me things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 25, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) Basically this thread reads like this for the everyday man in the street: More cost More cost More cost More cost More cost More cost More cost More cost More cost Thanks a bunch Brexiteers, I'm enjoying this brave new world. Edited January 25, 2021 by sidcow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 14 minutes ago, sidcow said: Basically this thread reads like this for the everyday man in the street: More cost More cost More cost More cost More cost More cost More cost More cost More cost Thanks a bunch Brexiteers, I'm enjoying this brave new world. To be fair, there's also "more time" and "more effort" to break up the monotony. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTTERDAM1982 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Vaccine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolta Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 11 minutes ago, ROTTERDAM1982 said: Vaccine? There're vaccines outside the UK too. If you're talking about pushing through the trials, that was nothing to do with Brexit, even if the government tried to say it was. Surprisingly, they lied. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Rolta said: There're vaccines outside the UK too. If you're talking about pushing through the trials, that was nothing to do with Brexit, even if the government tried to say it was. Surprisingly, they lied. Put it on the same pile as EU countries placing restrictions on immigration from EU countries, like France not letting us in for a while. Our government is full of shit about basically everything, and even years after the vote people don't realise they've been conned. Edited January 25, 2021 by Davkaus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTTERDAM1982 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 How was it not to do with Brexit, we wouldn't have been able to do it whist still in the EU. "Our Govt is full of shit", unlike the politicians in the EU. We have all been conned, some people are just too arrogant to realise it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 25, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 25, 2021 51 minutes ago, ml1dch said: To be fair, there's also "more time" and "more effort" to break up the monotony. And less jobs. It's beginning to sound like a Monty Python sketch though. What did Brexit ever do for us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Still not sure if anything is better now than when we were in the EU? Loads of things are worse, anything actually better? The vat cut on tampons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 16 minutes ago, ROTTERDAM1982 said: How was it not to do with Brexit, we wouldn't have been able to do it whist still in the EU. We would. As demonstrated by the fact that we did it before January 1st 2021. Before when we were still applying the complete EU acquis. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 19 minutes ago, ROTTERDAM1982 said: How was it not to do with Brexit, we wouldn't have been able to do it whist still in the EU. Citation needed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 14 minutes ago, Genie said: Still not sure if anything is better now than when we were in the EU? Loads of things are worse, anything actually better? The vat cut on tampons? More uk.gov BS. http://infacts.org/we-dont-need-to-leave-the-eu-to-scrap-the-tampon-tax/ Quote Claim: “We’ll be able to cut VAT on things that we currently can’t under EU rules – sanitary products, you name it.” Boris Johnson, BBC, Nov 15 InFact: In 2016 the UK won a promise from the EU to be able to scrap the current 5% VAT on sanitary products. At that point, our government thought the new system would be in place by April 2017. After the referendum, we lost most of our influence in the EU and the timetable slipped. The government used its limited political capital for other things. There is “no sign that the current Tory government has pushed the issue [of the tampon tax] in Brexit talks,” Labour MP Paula Sherriff said last year. But the European Commission still published proposals covering the abolition of the tampon tax in 2018. Although the earliest date for implementation is January 2022, that’s just one year after the end of the “transition period” agreed by Boris Johnson – which he might end up extending anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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