Straggler Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Stevo985 said: I'd like to compare this to a video on how to do it before we left the EU. I imagine the video for that would be about 15 seconds 1. Accept order. 2. Put goods on truck. 3. Wave goodbye to truck. Made no different if you were sending the goods to Birmingham or Berlin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 20, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, Straggler said: 1. Accept order. 2. Put goods on truck. 3. Wave goodbye to truck. Made no different if you were sending the goods to Birmingham or Berlin. Or part 2 of this version which includes the final step "Elise can't be **** bothered with all this extra hassle and cost so she buys her glassware from Roberto in Rome instead. Edward can't find anyone else to fill his extra capacity and slowly has to cut costs and downsize until he ultimately puts the company into liquidation, sacks all of his staff and files for bankruptcy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 20 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Or part 2 of this version which includes the final step "Elise can't be **** bothered with all this extra hassle and cost so she buys her glassware from Roberto in Rome instead. Edward can't find anyone else to fill his extra capacity and slowly has to cut costs and downsize until he ultimately puts the company into liquidation, sacks all of his staff and files for bankruptcy" The glassware factory, after a brief period of disrepair, is bought by a speculator private landlord. The landlord converts the glass factory in to a number of glass factory themed apartments. These apartments are bought up by people from outside the area and put on Air BnB as attractive glass factory themed instagram opportunities for those wanting a weekend away. The people that once worked in the glass factory have not responded to the new dynamic business landscape offered by Brexit, and cannot afford the area. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_ian_taylor Posted July 20, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 20, 2022 14 hours ago, Straggler said: "Simple" I had to seriously question whether it was real or a joke about halfway through that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 New and better dealz. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enda Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 On 20/07/2022 at 11:32, Straggler said: "Simple" “EU red tape.” Imagine if the Remain campaign could have broadcast this video before the referendum. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 6 minutes ago, Enda said: “EU red tape.” Imagine if the Remain campaign could have broadcast this video before the referendum. Truss says she was wrong to vote remain in 2016 because not all of the things that could go wrong went wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 21, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, Enda said: “EU red tape.” Imagine if the Remain campaign could have broadcast this video before the referendum. They did. Well, not literally. But they had plenty of material to show how complicated it would make things. Obviously is all got dismissed as project fear 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Stevo985 said: They did. Well, not literally. But they had plenty of material to show how complicated it would make things. Obviously is all got dismissed as project fear Not EVERYTHING went wrong though*, therefore Brexit was a success. *I’d love her to elaborate on what didn’t go wrong / went well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Straggler Posted July 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2022 3 hours ago, Stevo985 said: They did. Well, not literally. But they had plenty of material to show how complicated it would make things. Obviously is all got dismissed as project fear It's crazy, isn't it. People went away and did their research, understood all the processes that were required, and presented them back as the facts. They were then defeated by people whose counterargument was "no, that won't happen". 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2022 How dare those French not spend their taxes on supporting our act of self harm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-62263176 Port of Dover declares critical incident over queues Quote Boss Doug Bannister told BBC Radio Kent the port had been "badly let down" by the French border controls. He said they were "insufficiently resourced" in France and working slower than normal, leading to delays of up to five hours Quote The Port has accused the French authorities of ruining the summer getaway for thousands of families. Holidaymakers booked on sailings from Dover have reported being stuck in five-hour queues to complete border checks before they can check in for their ferry. Quote The statement continued: "Regrettably, the PAF [police aux frontieres] resource has been insufficient and has fallen far short of what is required to ensure a smooth first weekend of the peak summer getaway period." Quote One traveller posted on Twitter: "I'm booked onto 8am ferry from Dover and it's total gridlock. Moved 50 metres per hour. "At this rate it'll be 34 hours before I get to the port. "I have a screaming toddler and three-month-old." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted July 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2022 On 20/07/2022 at 09:32, Straggler said: "Simple" That's one of the most unintentionally hilarious things I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 6 minutes ago, HKP90 said: That's one of the most unintentionally hilarious things I've ever seen. It's not funny, it's project fear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sidcow Posted July 23, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 23, 2022 10 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: The CEO of Dover has now said it's due to Brexit after blaming lack of French border bods yesterday. I must admit looking at those queues I did wonder how much difference 6 extra people could possibly make. I'm also looking at all those lorries and wondering how many of those British companies have managed to hold onto their European contracts by the skin of their teeth but now their Customers will just get sick of delays on top of all the other extra hassle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Bloody French, taking back control of their border with a non EU third party country. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 You can already see that Truss is going to fall into exactly the same trap as the others. Talk about being tough with the EU, no surrender, no deal, we don’t need you etc but then there’s the other part that just won’t go away… it’s a moronic stance for the economy and the rights of the British people. Do the thing that’s a stupid idea because it’s a vote winner with the racist supporters. Or propose genuine ideas to make the country prosper but you’ll be booted out because you spent 7 years saying we didn’t need to do it and they were the baddies. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enda Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 12 hours ago, sidcow said: I must admit looking at those queues I did wonder how much difference 6 extra people could possibly make. This is a bit of a tangential mathematics problem. Imagine processing a customer takes 10 minutes on average, and customers arrive randomly at a rate of 5.8 per hour. With one employee working, expected wait time is 5 hours. With two employees, it’s 3 minutes. French civil servants know this. They know it is a simple problem to alleviate the queues at Dover. They know they can ease British pain for the equivalent of loose change down the back of the couch. But why would they do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 The French are causing massive delays on a road near me. Two Citroens have smashed into one another and blocked the road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 I genuinely think Brexit was just a huge unforced error from Cameron that could have easily been avoided. People have wasted the subsequent years trying to read the tea leaves, but it was just a very specific convergence of circumstances, huge mistakes, and a very well fought Leave campaign (vs a totally incompetent and complacent Remain campaign). The big problems in British politics continue to be housing, stagnant wages, and a lack of investment in infrastructure outside London. Brexit is just an additional barrier that has been layered on top of that, but obsessing over all the culture war shite is a distraction. Tabloid fuelled anti-Brussels sentiment has been a feature of British politics for decades, but Thatcher, Major, Blair and Brown were all smart enough to just ignore it. Cameron got cocky after the Scottish referendum, and didn’t realise he was taking a pointless risk with almost no upside. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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