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Post by mrk on Jul 28, 2022 17:46:09 GMT
Yes but other people also cut their fingers or maybe parts of the their fingers off and have ended up with shorter fingers. eg Germany 2019 1.06%, 2020 -4.57%, 2021 2.89% UK 1.67%, -9.27%, 7.4%. UK seems to have ended up with longer figures than most major EU countries. Assuming 100 as the starting point, those variations would give
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| | Germany | +1.06% | 101.06 | -4.57% | 96.44 | +2.89% | 99.23 | | UK | +1.67% | 101.67 | -9.27% | 92.25 | +7.4% | 99.07 |
so Germany still has longer fingers, albeit marginally.
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Post by Greenwood2 on Jul 28, 2022 17:58:11 GMT
Everyone seems to be in trouble economically at the minute blaming the UKs problems on Brexit seems a bit irrelevant
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Post by ilmoro on Jul 28, 2022 18:21:46 GMT
Yes but other people also cut their fingers or maybe parts of the their fingers off and have ended up with shorter fingers. eg Germany 2019 1.06%, 2020 -4.57%, 2021 2.89% UK 1.67%, -9.27%, 7.4%. UK seems to have ended up with longer figures than most major EU countries. Assuming 100 as the starting point, those variations would give
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| | Germany | +1.06% | 101.06 | -4.57% | 96.44 | +2.89% | 99.23 | | UK | +1.67% | 101.67 | -9.27% | 92.25 | +7.4% | 99.07 |
so Germany still has longer fingers, albeit marginally. Whoops, didnt actually do the maths as its been widely reported that Germany hasnt reached pre-pandemic growth level whereas the UK has. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn02784/
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Post by bracknellboy on Jul 29, 2022 16:28:58 GMT
Take Back Control and Regaining Our Sovereignty have the air of Britain confidently bestriding the continents with confidence and self assurance. But you can tell that project has failed as all you hear is whinging about 'punishing us' and similar. Always in the context of explaining one of the painful truths of Brexit. We went through customs and it was practically the same as before Brexit! Forget Brexit Benefits, just the fact that something has not turned into a disaster is worthy of putting in writing. When many here are labouring under a misapprehension, not helped by Chris Grey's blog, that stamping our passports is a 'painful truth' Brexit disaster heralding the end of civilisation as we know it, then, yes, it is worth correcting the record with one's own personal experience. Most sensible commentators accept the delays at Dover were due to lack of staff at the French border control. Nothing to do with Brexit, blue passports or stamping passports as some would LOVE to believe. Hang on a sec: I thought you said here that it WAS to do with Brexit, that it was a case of the French finding "..another way they can make their spite felt." So which is it: us Brits yet again being the victims of French vindictiveness over Brexit, or nothing to do with Brexit ?
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Post by benaj on Jul 29, 2022 16:58:21 GMT
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Post by ilmoro on Jul 29, 2022 18:59:11 GMT
Faster this year, slowest the following, overall predicted will be ahead still (tied with Italy) Well since the figures (Q4 2019) correspond to the last general election (Dec 19) I guess the answer is yes.
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Post by bernythedolt on Jul 29, 2022 20:04:17 GMT
When many here are labouring under a misapprehension, not helped by Chris Grey's blog, that stamping our passports is a 'painful truth' Brexit disaster heralding the end of civilisation as we know it, then, yes, it is worth correcting the record with one's own personal experience. Most sensible commentators accept the delays at Dover were due to lack of staff at the French border control. Nothing to do with Brexit, blue passports or stamping passports as some would LOVE to believe. Hang on a sec: I thought you said here that it WAS to do with Brexit, that it was a case of the French finding "..another way they can make their spite felt." So which is it: us Brits yet again being the victims of French vindictiveness over Brexit, or nothing to do with Brexit ? A clever bloke like you will be able to work it out  .
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Post by mrk on Jul 29, 2022 21:08:50 GMT
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Post by bernythedolt on Jul 29, 2022 21:43:29 GMT
The breakdown across the political divide is quite revealing, with a massive bias evident. Also a large age variation. I wouldn't know if YouGov is representative of the population, or attracts predominantly youngsters and social media junkies. 
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Post by registerme on Jul 29, 2022 22:48:08 GMT
The breakdown across the political divide is quite revealing, with a massive bias evident. Also a large age variation. I wouldn't know if YouGov is representative of the population, or attracts predominantly youngsters and social media junkies. Careful now, you're close to sounding like Michael when he talks about the BBC  .
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Post by registerme on Jul 29, 2022 23:04:04 GMT
ozboy your fault! EDIT: Note the date...
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Post by agent69 on Jul 30, 2022 8:56:06 GMT
So nobody thought the congestion was due to it being peak demand caused by the start of the school holidays?
Brilliant
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Post by mrk on Jul 30, 2022 12:17:11 GMT
I wouldn't know if YouGov is representative of the population, or attracts predominantly youngsters and social media junkies. It's supposed be representative. And if it's not then I blame Nadhim Zahawi since he co-founded YouGov.
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Post by adrianc on Jul 30, 2022 12:43:38 GMT
So nobody thought the congestion was due to it being peak demand caused by the start of the school holidays?
Brilliant Yeh, because school holidays have never started any previous summer...
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Post by agent69 on Jul 31, 2022 20:40:37 GMT
Correct. The UK has chosen not to implement inbound infrastructure at many entry points, because it's not ready yet. As far as I am aware EU citizens will continue to have access to E-gates at UK airports in the future (nothing to do with some other system not being ready yet). Things going the other way should improve for UK passport holders if the EU implement the ETIAS visa waver system, which is due to come into effect in May next year.
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