SubJeff on 16/12/2020 at 00:02
It's going to be rough ride, but some people are going to make a lot of money out of it.
Gryzemuis on 26/12/2020 at 18:01
Especially for Gray.
[video=youtube;gKOo8rd6T7s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKOo8rd6T7s[/video]
Kolya on 3/1/2021 at 02:24
Beethoven's ninth symphony echoes quietly through the mist over the English channel
Nameless Voice on 21/1/2021 at 16:33
So, Brexit happened.
They got a trade deal with the EU at the last minute, but it's a really bad one.
There are massive supply shortages in UK supermarkets, with lots of empty shelves.
In Northern Ireland, Sainsbury's were forced to buy Spar-branded stock (a smaller Irish grocery chain), to at least have something to put on their shelves.
There are massive delays in shipping because no one has a clue how to do the paperwork (on both sides of the Channel and Irish Sea, in this case.)
Marks and Spenser cannot ship some items to Ireland, because while they are a UK company, some of their produce is made in Germany, and there's no free movement for goods coming out of the UK which were not produced there (even if they were originally produced in an EU country.)
There was the case of Curry's / PC World accidentally charging import duties on home deliveries, because while they are a selling in Ireland from an Irish website, the stock comes from the UK and so import duties apply.
As the UK is no longer in the EU, they are no longer allowed to hold a .eu domain name, which rather annoyed the UK hate group "LeaveEU".
They tried to get around this by registering as a company in Ireland, but since they provided false information while registering, it has been taken down, while a few Irish politicians have said that their hatred is not welcome here - to which they replied by threatening to back a campaign for Ireland to leave the EU. Which is kind of hilarious, because it means they admit that their entire goal of Brexit was hugely damaging for Britain, since now they're trying to use it as a threat against other countries.
Meanwhile, over in the UK, they're taking about scrapping the laws that set a maximum of 48 hours that someone can work per week, cutting social welfare for their poorest citizens, and for the first time ever Unicef has started providing humanitarian aid to British citizens who otherwise couldn't afford to eat.
Fishermen, who largely voted for Brexit to "reclaim British seas", are now furious that they no longer have access to EU fishing waters.
The disruptions here in Ireland are fairly minor, all things considered. But the UK is quickly becoming ... well, exactly what its citizens voted for.
faetal on 21/1/2021 at 17:03
Yes, but at least the good old days are back.
Starker on 22/1/2021 at 11:06
Oh, I'm sure all the leavers are partying like it's 1972.
Nicker on 25/1/2021 at 00:10
You mean 1942, don't you?
Starker on 25/1/2021 at 00:36
Like the official Brexit song says, "Watch out, you might get what you're after."
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