EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

Cheers, that’s very helpful thank you.

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Probably one of the pigeon wire/PPE companies

@Oliver Schick @edscoble

Tx :)

Tx for asking :)

Can't think of anything ATM.

Receiving parcels isn't a hot mess for us in NI and I guess I'll just learn to drink coffee stout 😉

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-56381046

EU begins legal action over breaches of NI protocol.

Checks in GB delayed as nothing is ready... surprise.

So in a few months will someone also complain to the WTO over that?

Homemade Baileys for breakfast then.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/mar/16/harriet-harman-10-point-plan-to-allow-uk-musicians-to-tour-eu?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Hope she can get this approved.

Ah now, that's a bit early shall we say brunch? 😜

Got my “here’s what your tax went on” thing from HMRC and I’m sorry to confirm that we were right to leave as EU membership cost me £666 for 2019-2020, and is therefore clearly the devils work.

Hah!

Meanwhile GB to EU food exports tanked... It's all so depressing and unnecessary :/

Do you know what the specific Eire/NI food impact has been? That always seemed like a key economic part of the protocol especially in terms of meat processing.

I'd happily pay £666 per annum to be an EU citizen.

You monster.

So as NI stayed within EU food rules, imports are shifting from GB to ROI.

There is to be an impact around meat from GB like sausages. But since Frost has gone lolno on the checks on that, can't say anything about that.

Food shops that deal in small amounts of foods like specialist cheese shops said prices are up and paperwork for them for GB cheese is significant.

For metrics I'd need to go have a Google there will be some reports no doubt.

Our local Spar already imported most foods via Ireland or sourced in NI so didn't notice anything.

But supermarkets that imported mostly via GB have had to change supply routes / prepare for paperwork etc.

I think small shops are mostly screwed as trusted trader scheme proposals seem to be all about large amounts of supplies.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/mar/27/brexit-uk-cheese-firm-boss-in-despair-over-ministers-export-advice?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Poor guy, getting told by government"Just use our help to export outside the EU then" 🙄

Perhaps setting up shop in NI can help but that all depends what NI to GB food checks after brexit will be.

Brilliant, where this from ?

It's just unbelievable isn't it?

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1415577/Brexit-news-latest-eu-vaccine-block-astrazeneca-uk-john-redwood-boris-johnson

I really fucking hate how brits aboard are referred to as expats no, their immigrant and we know how much the express loves immigrants.

Might be made up:

https://twitter.com/jimwaterson/status/1376093717598208003

Might be but isn't that guy basing his scepticism on the fact that he googled the person's name and nothing came up?

@spindrift - I really hope that is true!

I remember seeing a BBC interview with an 'ex-pat' about 6 months after the referendum who was incensed because the vote was going to affect her pension (from memory). Her words were along the lines of 'although I live in Spain, I voted for Brexit because I didn't think it would affect me'. Brilliant!!!

I also work with someone whose father spends most of the winter in Spain every year, he also voted for Brexit and has now applied for Spanish residency otherwise he cannot carry on with his usual winter exile. Not sure if he realises this will impact his UK status including access to the NHS. Oh well!!

I do think the Brits in Spain are very stereotyped, which is I think not a good thing. Stereotyping furrin's like me in the UK is also unpleasant. It only encourages stereotyping/binary thinking.

And many could not vote, many are really disgusted with it as well...

They also got completely left behind by the UK government, got no help etc.

Of course the -minority- that is flouting the rules that gets deported because they =really= are flouting the rules, it's not a sad situation of job losses/covid delays, cha... and there is an element of "we are so special cos we are from the UK" in =some= of them.