EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

I seem to remember many pro-brexitters promising a 'friction-free' trade deal with the EU:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/18/uk-not-for-eu-meat-and-dairy-labelling-postponed

Then: Brexit will not lead to a lowering of standards

Now: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/19/revealed-far-higher-pesticide-residues-allowed-on-food-since-brexit

And with fewer EU companies willing to sell to GB (here in NI we still get euro food easily) it is hard to avoid this.

Blue.
Pass.
Ports.

I miss my red passport so much

I remember the day my parents got their first red ones and the blue were consigned to the bin, they were cool.

(No passport for me)

Sun
Lit
Uplands

I want to buy some spares from Parktool (Lidl's) official supplier. They will ship anywhere, to American Samoa all the way through the list to ... Western Samoa, Anquilla to Wallis and Futuna, but they explicitly will not ship to the UK because of regulatory burdens

Those too.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/31/eu-citizen-who-applied-for-pre-settled-status-set-to-be-deported-from-scotland?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Sigh. Hopefully he gets a reprieve.

Fuckers. Really so stupid. Disgusting.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/01/eu-citizen-caught-up-in-home-office-residency-backlog-forcibly-removed-from-uk-costa-koushiappis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Meet the new home office, almost the same as the old home office...

As someone who is on the end of France's immigration policy I wouldn't hold the EU as a better, faster, more sympathetic system for those outside of the EU.

I also have some sympathy with the current government with regards to changing the system. You can't just come in and say 'stop doing all the evil things those tory cunts made you do'. There are hundreds of thousands of applications each year, fixing the system so applications are processed in a new (more compassionate) way is going to take a lot of work and resource.

Thats not to say cases like this should happen and it's good that light is being shined on it but I think it's unfair to blame Labour for not fixing it. Let's not lose sight of the fact that the tories had a decade and a half to destroy almost every social service in the country. It's a long road back.

I agree it's not all good in other countries either. The Netherlands is another example of no flexibility whereas Spain is far more relaxed and willing to give people a chance.

During Brexit it was also clear there was little interest in Brits in mainland Europe from the uk government...like "tough shit" everyone.

However as the man already has a record of paperwork it's potentially a clear violation of what was agreed and while labour inherited an underfunded and understaffed home office I think this isn't cool. Had he not travelled maybe he would have had time to wait on the appeal but the border control system has 0 chill.

Anyway hope you are getting sorted, French bureaucracy is legendary and not for good reasons! :)

However as the man already has a record of paperwork it's potentially a clear violation of what was agreed and while labour inherited an underfunded and understaffed home office I think this isn't cool.

100% in agreement, hopefully the fact that it seems to be such an egregious error that it's a mistake rather than policy (not sure whether or not it's a good thing there's not loads more of these stories being broadcast?).

Anyway hope you are getting sorted, French bureaucracy is legendary and not for good reasons! :)

Ha, one day maybe. My visa ran out 31st of July, had an interesting 20 minutes with luxembourg border control when I had to fly back to the UK in August but I got back in. It's basically impossible to speak to someone about your application, everything happens by email and basically the only answer you get is 'that you'll have a decision when someone opens your file'.

We're lucky that we've got good savings and my wife has a job which means we can get by without me being able to work for a bit but we're clearly in the minority. I had to go to a lot of immigration integration sessions, which was basically me and 15 people from North Africa learning what it means to be French and most of them definitely wouldn't have the luxury of not working if they were suddenly illegal.

I'm also trying to sort my nationality application out, which is it's own kafkaesque merry go round.

Vote here

https://xd.wayin.com/display/container/dc/86e427bc-e813-4c55-9020-13626e04dbaa/entry

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How it’s looking so far, 4 hours ago it was an 86% No vote

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British exceptionalism at it's finest.

I just voted and the result was 52/48. Did chuckle and assumed the website was a joke.

If this was serious it would be a .gov survey for parliament to have to discuss it

Outraged from Tunbridge Wells will be choking on their cornflakes tomorrow morning.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2ex7e1m13mo

Irish sea Brexit border news.

A big hassle for small traders, not that there is an alternative atm...
Has not (yet?) led to businesses setting up in NI as they can trade with the EU both ways and sell to GB.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/12/majority-of-brexit-voters-would-accept-free-movement-to-access-single-market-uk-eu?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Ok seriously, after all this? :)

Arseholes.

Why the feck did they vote for Brexit in the first place.

Why the feck did they vote for Brexit in the first place.

I know we're still not meant to say it, but brown people.

Some were asshole reason voters, some it was a protest vote (fuck Cameron and Osborne), some thought people would get jobs / better pay (which should happen anyway) wages had not gone up in real terms since 2008 , some it was just being old and bitter, some had nothing to lose (pensioners), some don't like neoliberalism and hoped it would lead to an economically left UK (lolsob) , some got screwed as trades people have no wage protection as single traders (as if gov cares about that now nope), some wanted the UK out of the EU as they thought it messed things up, some wanted better immigration rights for their birth country citizens (Brexit wasn't needed for that of course) and so on.

Warning people never seems to work, it has to go wrong first. But now what? Hopefully it's a lesson learned that is permanent...