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Post by martin44 on Nov 25, 2020 23:46:32 GMT
back to more important issues. Etoro.
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Post by adrianc on Nov 26, 2020 8:04:06 GMT
I've just been having a look around to see how things are going on this front, as to be honest I haven't really noticed much about it of late in the press. What I found was similar to before. Customs brokers flagging issues, freight forwarders trying to raise problems, the French doing a trial that caused a 5 mile queue (but actually worse news is that we haven't even finished our system, never mind trialled it. It's my impression though that the Government and most of the UK press are still loathed to even mention it. Tom Peck covering off that angle very well in more of a poignant piece rather than his usual satire. ".... stuck in a politics in which we don’t have the courage to tell ourselves the truth. Ignore the lies and they’ll just go away. There’s precious little point anguishing over it anymore. It is all as inevitable as it is imminent. But it is worth noting that in the final few moments before the victors had even received their prize, they decided they could not even bring themselves to talk about it"Perhaps the stuff I found is all of the usual anti-Brexit people and left wing media just doing what they do, I'm certainly not claiming this is all unbiased stuff, but I have to say that if so they're going well out of their way to look very silly in a pretty short amount of time if it's all fine. Personally I still wonder if there are some "tolerances" built into any forthcoming deal to allow for some of these issues to be further mitigated. Otherwise, again unless all of these people are just talking nonsense, then I'm not quite sure why the Govt. aren't panicking more, and why the press seem to have little interest. Despite all the talk and all the rhetoric ... the result will be what was always planned, we will leave with a deal. edit... bolded willEven if there IS a deal, then it's going to be a minimalist one, barely a step above no deal - a very long way indeed from what was being promised as the sunlit uplands in 2016. Still, it isn't all bad news.
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Post by captainconfident on Nov 26, 2020 15:03:37 GMT
I've just been having a look around to see how things are going on this front, as to be honest I haven't really noticed much about it of late in the press. What I found was similar to before. Customs brokers flagging issues, freight forwarders trying to raise problems, the French doing a trial that caused a 5 mile queue (but actually worse news is that we haven't even finished our system, never mind trialled it. It's my impression though that the Government and most of the UK press are still loathed to even mention it. Tom Peck covering off that angle very well in more of a poignant piece rather than his usual satire. ".... stuck in a politics in which we don’t have the courage to tell ourselves the truth. Ignore the lies and they’ll just go away. There’s precious little point anguishing over it anymore. It is all as inevitable as it is imminent. But it is worth noting that in the final few moments before the victors had even received their prize, they decided they could not even bring themselves to talk about it"Perhaps the stuff I found is all of the usual anti-Brexit people and left wing media just doing what they do, I'm certainly not claiming this is all unbiased stuff, but I have to say that if so they're going well out of their way to look very silly in a pretty short amount of time if it's all fine. Personally I still wonder if there are some "tolerances" built into any forthcoming deal to allow for some of these issues to be further mitigated. Otherwise, again unless all of these people are just talking nonsense, then I'm not quite sure why the Govt. aren't panicking more, and why the press seem to have little interest. Regarding the Tom Peck article, The politicians have nothing to say because they have set the slow moving disaster in motion and it moves of its own accord now, as customs intermediaries like me and our transport company colleagues try to get in sync for entirely new systems that go live at the moment they have to be used, 1.1.21. I need two further registrations from HMRC, both applied for more than a month ago, with confirmation emails for the receipt of the applications, but now .. nothing. Who knows how many more are caught up in this paper chase? Michael Gove pretends that it will all be alright with perhaps a little hiccup in January and I'm sure he has trade industry professionals top of his list to blame should these problems start making headlines. For the government to interpret a vote 51% in favour as mandate for the most extreme break with our main trading partner could only have this consequence and it's a scandal that they can no longer think of a single positive thing to say about the future they have sent us towards.
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Post by dan1 on Nov 26, 2020 15:12:07 GMT
I've just been having a look around to see how things are going on this front, as to be honest I haven't really noticed much about it of late in the press. What I found was similar to before. Customs brokers flagging issues, freight forwarders trying to raise problems, the French doing a trial that caused a 5 mile queue (but actually worse news is that we haven't even finished our system, never mind trialled it. It's my impression though that the Government and most of the UK press are still loathed to even mention it. Tom Peck covering off that angle very well in more of a poignant piece rather than his usual satire. ".... stuck in a politics in which we don’t have the courage to tell ourselves the truth. Ignore the lies and they’ll just go away. There’s precious little point anguishing over it anymore. It is all as inevitable as it is imminent. But it is worth noting that in the final few moments before the victors had even received their prize, they decided they could not even bring themselves to talk about it"Perhaps the stuff I found is all of the usual anti-Brexit people and left wing media just doing what they do, I'm certainly not claiming this is all unbiased stuff, but I have to say that if so they're going well out of their way to look very silly in a pretty short amount of time if it's all fine. Personally I still wonder if there are some "tolerances" built into any forthcoming deal to allow for some of these issues to be further mitigated. Otherwise, again unless all of these people are just talking nonsense, then I'm not quite sure why the Govt. aren't panicking more, and why the press seem to have little interest. Regarding the Tom Peck article, The politicians have nothing to say because they have set the slow moving disaster in motion and it moves of its own accord now, as customs intermediaries like me and our transport company colleagues try to get in sync for entirely new systems that go live at the moment they have to be used, 1.1.21. I need two further registrations from HMRC, both applied for more than a month ago, with confirmation emails for the receipt of the applications, but now .. nothing. Who knows how many more are caught up in this paper chase? Michael Gove pretends that it will all be alright with perhaps a little hiccup in January and I'm sure he has trade industry professionals top of his list to blame should these problems start making headlines. For the government to interpret a vote 51% in favour as mandate for the most extreme break with our main trading partner could only have this consequence and it's a scandal that they can no longer think of a single positive thing to say about the future they have sent us towards. If you're in need of light relief then seek out Michael Govern Ready on twitter. I particularly like The secret blog of Dominic Cummings, aged 13¾.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2020 15:13:20 GMT
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Post by captainconfident on Nov 26, 2020 19:25:20 GMT
The software I need to use registers an import on the CHIEF system and the transporter also has to enter the same consignment details which, if they match, generates the documentation that allows the lorry into the port. The drivers need to use an app. for their entries. "Using Google Translate, the agents did their best to walk the drivers through the new system. But there is another problem. The app they're demonstrating is not available yet. Despite having years to prepare, the Government will only release it on or around December 23rd, just eight days before it needs to work".www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/a-portable-cabin-and-google-translate-life-on-the-brexit-haulage-frontline/ar-BB1boqJJ?ocid=msedgntp
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Post by adrianc on Nov 27, 2020 9:01:10 GMT
Having a single Greek grandparent wouldn't even qualify for dual-nationality, either.
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Post by ilmoro on Nov 27, 2020 12:53:28 GMT
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Post by captainconfident on Dec 2, 2020 17:39:29 GMT
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Post by michaelc on Dec 2, 2020 17:54:45 GMT
Thanks awarded despite your first clause not because of it as I'm sure you realise
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Post by adrianc on Dec 3, 2020 7:56:37 GMT
While I agree wholeheartedly with both your sentiment and point, I can't help but read that article with a cynic's hat on. Eustace says it's going to be a massive shake-up, changing from intensive farming to supporting wildlife and nature. Yet... Currently, a quarter of subsidies are on stewardship. Within the life of this parliament, that's going to rise to half, with the other half going on increasing productivity. Everything else kicks in after the scheduled next election. And just read the quotes in that article from the NFU, WWF, RSPB, Wildlife Trusts. If Eustace's spin held up, they'd be rejoicing. Living in a livestock farming area, mainly sheep which are going to be thoroughly battered by Brexit, the key takeaway from that for me is "The cuts are expected to reduce the income of livestock farmers, for example, by 60% to 80% by 2024, Batters said."
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Post by captainconfident on Dec 3, 2020 16:48:04 GMT
Yes but Batters is the NFU president. She is paid to complain, come up with figures like this and try to protect the status quo otherwise she would be out on her ear. Also worth noting that if it has upset all the organisations listed, it's probably the right middle path.
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Post by dan1 on Dec 3, 2020 16:49:54 GMT
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Post by adrianc on Dec 3, 2020 20:07:18 GMT
Leaves on the Farage Garage... Meanwhile, Gavin Williamson says "But OF COURSE we're better than everybody! Huzzah!".
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Post by registerme on Dec 4, 2020 10:59:20 GMT
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