EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

Helicopter from Ramsgate onward

Perhaps the shysters behind the virtual ferry company can talk Amazon into setting up a droneport at Ramsgate?

I live just beside the point at which the M2/A2 and M20 are closest together, there really isnt the capacity for an increase in traffic down to Ramsgate.

You need to believe in our great country more.

And deliver straight to Gatwick?

Elon musk must be running his hands together. Think of the tunneling opportunity.

I'm not sure that cleaning up the congestion around Ramsgate has quite the cachet of solving providing clean air to Los Angeles.

This weird ferry company situation sounds a lot like some of the "contracts" "awarded" to "construction companies" to build the stadiums for the world cup in Brazil.

If the money is going to be wasted then it may as well go to a mate, no? I mean, the only other option is giving it to some people who are, well, foreign. So! Best it goes to old Bammers from the golf club - it's only for PR so it's not like he's going to have to do something, and he's bound to give me a directorship when I've had enough of fixing the UK - you know, when we've run out of disabled and unemployed people to "liberate" from their existence as burdens on the hard-working taxpayer.

We don't have any seaworthy Lfgss waterpedal bikes do we?

Perhaps there's a Brexit Desperation business in there ;)

...for evacuations or for import?

What if the UK Government had a long term relationship with an experienced shipping company for the provision of roro services, say for the MoD?

Yes but...

The ships are deployed on long term contracts in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Northern Europe, the Baltic and Indian Ocean.

Presumably those 4 vessels aren't completely unbooked from April, right? I think generally finding companies who own vessels is probably not that difficult, but - and this is entirely my assumption though! - I'd expect them to have contracts quite a bit in advance, so they're probably not free at such a short notice.

I'm not suggesting that those specific 4 vessels should be re-deployed,
although, if May does decide to crash us out without a withdrawal agreement,
the national emergency might override MoD requirements,
but sought to show that there are UK companies with experience of running roro services,
and,
this particular one already had experience of dealing with the UK Government.

this particular one already had experience of dealing with the UK Government.

Maybe they didn't want it.

It may well be that Foreland Shipping politely declined the opportunity to be the fall-guy for this particular Maybrexit stunt.

Yeah fair enough, I don't know anything about what powers the government would have if it declared this kind of thing a 'national emergency'. If they can essentially just go and take vessels if they really really really need them, that would of course help!

It's looking like some LFGSSers are already evacuating, the free seats can be used to import stuff on the way back.

Very efficient :p

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/no-deal-brexit-ferry-firm-copied-terms-and-conditions-from-a-takeaway-website-1-5838647?fbclid=IwAR2_NFsLmxDzxXWqO7tm4uJ_yXilmCEZnrqVrrZccPGIBZ4_keigjcaXYTw it gets better... :)

Just seen that on Reddit too! Now that is super dodgy. In the top comment of that thread:

My favourite part was where the Captain is called a Delivery Driver

And someone's answer:

In our house, if we run out of food, we just order a takeaway. Perhaps that's the plan for Brexit?

Sounds too close for comfort. Not sure whether to laugh or to cry.

^ that just reached the BBC too. OH WELL, truly in the spirit of Brexit! Nothing gets done, things that get done are a mess and too late :p

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-46738436

Students from NI don't know if they can pay EU fees or huge non-EU fees after Brexit. It is more sensitive here, as you can be either Irish or British (or both) in NI and should get the same rights.

Well...this is just one example where Brexit is a problem in NI, it is not just the border. Hopefully ROI sorts this, but some human rights, legal (the common travel area is a very loose agreement) and political representation problems due to Brexit aren't solved yet.

I imagine that they'll have to pay the higher fees.

https://twitter.com/SeaborneU

Well, yes, it can be hard to justify making the distinction.

Though if they make an exception for Irish citizens living in NI...the amount of people applying for Irish citizenships could very well increase again!

the amount of people applying for Irish citizenships could very well increase again!

So this is an interesting fact btw: it depends on how the tuition fees are determined. For example, in my experience some people have the misconception that as a UK citizen, you will pay home fees by default. Unfortunately that's not true - as it stands, where you've lived trumps your citizenship. I.e. if you're a UK citizen that has lived outside of the EU for too long, you're shit out of luck and paying international fees.

I think it works the same in Ireland, so you need to have lived in an EU country for 3 out of the last 5 years - even if you have Irish citizenship. So for the short term, having citizenship but living in the UK would help, but in 2 years, that'd be over too (if you're just living in post-Brexit UK).