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Old Sep 13th 2017, 11:18 am
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Originally Posted by uk_grenada
You dont understand TIR do you. The carnet and online handling makes admin a lot quicker for the receiving authority.
The chancellor disagrees with you. I suspect he has more information than you got from the daily express.
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A former trade minister states no more than the bleedin' obvious when he points out that Brexit is very unlikely to address any of the underlying causes of much of the Leave vote.

This is because due to years of anti-EU disinformation, a huge number of people were erroneously blaming the EU for problems that had little or nothing to do with it (as we can see from this very thread), and which will most likely get worse after we leave because the conditions that created those problems - most specifically the increased replacement of people by technology, a far greater threat to the workforce than immigrants ever were - will be greatly exacerbated by the need for the UK to become more competitive with lower-waged economies.

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Originally Posted by captainflack
The chancellor disagrees with you. I suspect he has more information than you got from the daily express.
Stop using long words to confuse him like 'the' and 'got'
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Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH
Exactly. Blaming it on the Tory leadership is just a red herring.
I respectfully disagree. The wound was only small...as in the level of anti-EU feeling was pretty small and confined to UKIP and a few Tories. Cameron's gamble opened up the wound and made it worse...and Boris, who had been stirring shit up for years but was pretty much a remainer, couldn't miss the opportunity to make a play for power, and Gove joined in, aided and abetted by Murdoch and Dacre who wanted to punish Cameron for Leveson. It was a **** up. The referendum wasn't necessary, and even if you think it was, the way it was enacted was farcical in the extreme. The Bullingdon boys played their little power games and left us where were are...and we all know they won't be affected by whatever happens.
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You dont understand TIR do you. The carnet and online handling makes admin a lot quicker for the receiving authority. Goods leaving the eu will now either require this or potentially get slowed up which means potential loss of their business/spoilage.

What proportion of containers do you imagine get looked at now? I knew a couple of years ago how many left felixtowe - like every 30 seconds - you think many are scrutinised?
Not entirely sure you have a grasp on TIR either. Cargo leaving the UK for a final destination outside of the EU, leaves on a TIR or T1 - indicating that the material is under customs bond. After we leave the EU, the process will not change in the slightest. Material destined for a final destination in the EU will likely still be able to have access to the TIR system - given that the out signature was on the TIR agreement prior to the creation of the EU single market. The T1 option may not be available any more, but that's hardly a big deal as it was a slightly simplified version of TIR anyway. There will still be customs duties and tariffs to consider depending on how Brexit negotiations go. The TIR was basically introduced to take the workload away from the border crossings. Leaving the EU will not change that, customs clearance would be done at final destination, whether that is EU or further afield.

In terms of containers, I really don't understand the connection. Very little TIR cargo goes via seafreight, it's nearly exclusively roadfreight (although the option extends to any mode/combination of transport providing that atleast one portion of the journey is overland). The amount of containers that are scanned inbound/outbound in the UK isn't likely to change due to Brexit.
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I respectfully disagree.

You're just in denial.

Look at the UKIP. They turned out to be almost all Labour voters who flocked back to Labour once the election was over and helped deliver the shock election results that deprived May of her majority when just weeks earlier we were all expecting them to convert to full Tory voters. That itself alone tells you how deep seated the anger was. The anti-EU feelings was pretty broad across much of England outside London. If people just bothered to look for it. The establishment and the press did a fabulous job squashing any public discussion and dissent and calling any one with anti-EU sentiment crackpots despite very legitimate concerns over immigration and EU legislation.

Remember, Blair himself promised a referendum before signing the treaty and went ahead and signed the treaty because he knew he'd lose the referendum. And that was back when the EU was much more popular than it is today.

Originally Posted by littlejimmy
I respectfully disagree. The wound was only small...as in the level of anti-EU feeling was pretty small and confined to UKIP and a few Tories. Cameron's gamble opened up the wound and made it worse...and Boris, who had been stirring shit up for years but was pretty much a remainer, couldn't miss the opportunity to make a play for power, and Gove joined in, aided and abetted by Murdoch and Dacre who wanted to punish Cameron for Leveson. It was a **** up. The referendum wasn't necessary, and even if you think it was, the way it was enacted was farcical in the extreme. The Bullingdon boys played their little power games and left us where were are...and we all know they won't be affected by whatever happens.
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Originally Posted by captainflack
This is exactly why there will be a border unless the UK comes up with a workable plan.

The only ways to avoid a border:

(a) UK remains in customs union
(b) NI remains in customs union, customs border moves to irish sea between UK and NI
(c) Ireland leaves EU, joins UK customs union
(d) Northern Ireland votes to leave UK, join Ireland.

(c) is out of the question. Ireland spent a very long time fighting to be independent from the UK, and since then it's prospered and is one of the richest countries in the EU - significantly richer than the UK (GDP / person). It's not going to leave the EU or join the UK regardless.
(a) seems unlikely, other than for perhaps a couple of years as a transitional deal, unless the UK changes its stance. Perhaps closer to d-day, this might become more likely, when it's clear the UK is running out of time and is at the point of having to do a Greece and eat sh1t, because it has no alternative
(b) this might be a good long term solution. Unfortunately, the Tories are propped up by the DUP, who will never accept it. They don't want any kind of checks between NI and the mainland, or any different status for NI.
(d) possible longer term due to demographics. Also, I know quite a few protestant northern irish who lack the zealotry of older hardcore protestants, and are very pro-EU, and hold both passports. I think at least some of those are leaning towards reunification, because ireland is richer, and the risk of a border coming back will make NI much poorer at a time when the UK is unlikely to have more money to lavish on buying DUP support.

It's a mess, but it's certain there will not be an open border unless there is a deal along the lines of one of the four options above.
Yes D is more likely and I live in the Republic myself. Of course you always have a few people who won't see it happening but it was the same when Germany became one country. Most people are pro-EU here and apart from the very old school folk, young people here don't give a s... if you're from North or South and we have a very young population. We already have one rugby team (that seems to work) but we'll have to wait and see.
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Old Sep 13th 2017, 2:23 pm
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Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH
The establishment and the press did a fabulous job squashing any public discussion and dissent and calling any one with anti-EU sentiment crackpots despite very legitimate concerns over immigration and EU legislation
I'd say the Press did a fabulous job propagating all the anti-EU myths, to the point that people just weren't interested in hearing the truth even when clearly and unambiguously presented with it because they preferred to believe the lie.

As for "legitimate concerns over immigration and EU legislation" - most Leavers have absolutely no idea how the EU really works, as demonstrated in this very thread by IKnowNothing parroting all the usual tabloid cliches that have no basis in fact. If such people had ever bothered to investigate how the EU actually works, instead of just willingly swallowing all the myths and lies from the tabloid Press over the last couple of decades, well...
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Isnt it strange how project fear is still alive and well - but now its not just from the official version from the bremain/bremoaners, but the other side too. I guess its just a natural escalation of the conflict.
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Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH
I respectfully disagree.

You're just in denial.

Look at the UKIP. They turned out to be almost all Labour voters who flocked back to Labour once the election was over and helped deliver the shock election results that deprived May of her majority when just weeks earlier we were all expecting them to convert to full Tory voters. That itself alone tells you how deep seated the anger was. The anti-EU feelings was pretty broad across much of England outside London. If people just bothered to look for it. The establishment and the press did a fabulous job squashing any public discussion and dissent and calling any one with anti-EU sentiment crackpots despite very legitimate concerns over immigration and EU legislation.

Remember, Blair himself promised a referendum before signing the treaty and went ahead and signed the treaty because he knew he'd lose the referendum. And that was back when the EU was much more popular than it is today.
It's not denial, it's a different viewpoint. I think much of the feeling behind the referendum vote was anti-establishment anger. I believe a lot of the anger was because of the effects of austerity (and this was channelled again in this years election), but the government were never going to admit it was their policy and instead let people believe the bigger class sizes and GP waiting times were all down to immigrants rather than lack of funding. They're in for a shock when they realise Brexit doesn't make that much difference, especially to non-EU immigration. The fact that the government had the option to control immigration from the EU all along will also come as a shock to some.

Also a lot of the voting for Leave was for disparate reasons. It was a very binary yes/no vote, but if you asked 20 voters why they voted out and what out meant you'd get a lot of different answers.

A lot of the anti-EU stuff in the press was driven by the likes of BoJo who in his previous life as a journo loved putting out stories about loony regulations about bendy bananas, and the rest of the right wing press lapped it up and banged on about it...very infleuntially in the likes of the Mail, the Express and the Sun. Despite what you say about anti-EU feeling being there for a while, we still had a pretty close result.

EDIT: pretty much what Eeyore said.
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Could be some good smuggling opportunities ahead on the NI/Irish border.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/poli...-a3613041.html
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...g-irish-border
Brexit will open up 'smugglers' paradise warns Irish senator | UK | News | Express.co.uk
Irish smugglers’ Brexit bonanza – POLITICO

500km long border.....get in there...
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Isnt it strange how project fear is still alive and well - but now its not just from the official version from the bremain/bremoaners, but the other side too
What's interesting is how the "Project Fear" tag became attached exclusively to the Remain side. Why is that? Leave didn't only promise an easy Brexit that would shower us all with unicorns and gold, it actively tried to scare people with lies about what would happen if we didn't leave the EU.

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Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH
I respectfully disagree.

You're just in denial.

Look at the UKIP. They turned out to be almost all Labour voters who flocked back to Labour once the election was over and helped deliver the shock election results that deprived May of her majority when just weeks earlier we were all expecting them to convert to full Tory voters. That itself alone tells you how deep seated the anger was. The anti-EU feelings was pretty broad across much of England outside London. If people just bothered to look for it. The establishment and the press did a fabulous job squashing any public discussion and dissent and calling any one with anti-EU sentiment crackpots despite very legitimate concerns over immigration and EU legislation.

Remember, Blair himself promised a referendum before signing the treaty and went ahead and signed the treaty because he knew he'd lose the referendum. And that was back when the EU was much more popular than it is today.
Can't agree with you bonny lad, Labour won a shed load of seats because higher education was available for all (no matter whether the subject is useful), the Tories did try to stop this, but then Corbyn came out with "Your Student fees are wiped out", so they voted for him. I must admit, that was a proper left curve ball.

Sadly, the snowflakes need to know you AREN'T entitled to anything, you need to work and make money - no-one should be given anything in ANY country unless they pay something into it.
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Gotta give a round of applause to Dennis Skinner (Never thought I'd ever say that), as he backed his constituents (79% voted to leave), against his party.

Well done The Beast of Bolsover
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Originally Posted by Eeyore
As for "legitimate concerns over immigration and EU legislation" - most Leavers have absolutely no idea how the EU really works,
More to the point, many voters, and more worryingly - politicians fail to understand how single markets work.

The four freedoms (free movement of goods, services, capital and workers) are essential to how a single market functions. Because these are the four components of business and trade.

Free movement of workers has not cost brexitters their jobs. Look at unemployment - it's at record lows. People think if they stop immigration, they'll suddenly see their wages double. As if their employers can absorb such a hit.

What would happen is that suddenly you'd find a whole bunch of UK companies would decide that since the workers cannot come to them, they'll have to go to the the workers. And if the UK has frictionless trade, it will be easy to export the stuff back to the UK tariff free.

Freedom of movement has kept higher cost countries like the UK and Germany in the game, because it helps those countries that have successful economies fill jobs and keep costs from becoming unsustainable.

The worst possible outcome for the UK would be that it's stupid enough to negotiate 'frictionless' trade with the EU, while allowing it to cap immigration. Because nothing would clean the UK out more quickly. The EU won't agree to this for political reasons though, which is probably good news for the UK - although if it doesn't do any kind of deal, it might all be irrelevant, because the UK will grind to a halt in days anyway.
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