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A thank you to Brexiteers.

However, the last sentence in your post is plainly wrong. In the last 6 weeks Labour has announced a raft of procurement measures - many directly lifted from ‘the lexiteers’ - that would guarantee well paid jobs, billions of pounds of investment in the UK, use the social and environmental stretch clauses in public contracts to raise standards and invest in reshoring jobs.
Problem being Labour are not in power & look less likely under Starmer to ever be so. Are there any books you could recommend?
 
So so far we have had andysays claiming that there are more Health & Safety reps due to Brexit I don't know how that works but it is a positive. :thumbs:
Flood the thread with all the other benefits please.
 
I’ll post this in the ‘Labour shortage thread ‘ as well . This is a short but fascinating article on lorry drivers conditions in some EU countries , not all. There have been some minor reforms in Portugal and Spain ie drivers do not unload wagons as part of their work and Holland where unions have agreed a deal.
 
They are on the cusp of announcing an infrastructure plan that will be unfettered by EU State Aid rules.
Its still not clear to me how much the UK is tied to state aid rules under the signed deal with the EU.... I think there's already one case going to court about breach of rules.... being "unfettered" is one of the largest Brexit gains...if , and to what extent, it happens
I’ll post this in the ‘Labour shortage thread ‘ as well . This is a short but fascinating article on lorry drivers conditions in some EU countries , not all. There have been some minor reforms in Portugal and Spain ie drivers do not unload wagons as part of their work and Holland where unions have agreed a deal.

lead story on that website
In a bid to tackle the UK’s lorry driver shortage, John Lewis and Waitrose have revealed that their HGV drivers will enjoy a £5,000 annual pay rise.

The move has been made to avoid empty shelves and delayed supplies with new recruits also being offered a £1,000 ‘golden hello’ each – but only if they join before November which is ahead of the firm’s festive peak trading period.

The John Lewis Partnership says it will increase the annual pay for its 900 drivers by £2 an hour which equates to £5,000 a year.

They say that while shift patterns vary, the average driver’s pay for Waitrose and John Lewis will be around £45,000 per year.
 
Telegraph reporting longer lories are planned to help the struggling supply chain. Idiots at the telegraph loving their brexit.
 
Telegraph reporting longer lories are planned to help the struggling supply chain. Idiots at the telegraph loving their brexit.

I wanted to post a clip of Yes Minister where Bernard suggests that giving doctors longer tubes for their stethoscopes would potentially solve their NHS staffing problems, but YT is just offering me entire episodes. Fucking inconsiderate :D
 
Problem being Labour are not in power & look less likely under Starmer to ever be so.

Since the Tories have achieved the feat of turning the issue of EU membership from something that splits the Conservative vote to something that splits the Labour vote, I think the next Labour government might still be quite a few years away.
 
Since the Tories have achieved the feat of turning the issue of EU membership from something that splits the Conservative vote to something that splits the Labour vote, I think the next Labour government might still be quite a few years away.
Still andysays has managed to negotiate more H&S Reps so it is not a complete failure.
Although I am taking the piss I have the upmost respect for anyone who is a trade union rep. A thankless task but good on anyone who is or was one.
 
For all fast food fans panicking about their favourites being unavailable, there are plenty of sites (like the one below) that show you how to recreate them at home. My BK Cheeseburger is a thing of wonder 😎:

I have not been to BK or MacDacs for years but that link has made me fancy a burger & it is not even half seven.
 

my memory* of it is that at 5am when the referendum result was confirmed the first interview the bbc did was with daniel hannan, in which he said "dont panic, we'll have a norway deal, we wont leave the customs union"
some years later he was arguing how terrible a norway deal would be
the constant shifting of position, delivered with such conviction, is kind of interesting - not just of him but all the leading brexiteers, farage included



*my memory is fallable
 
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Still andysays has managed to negotiate more H&S Reps so it is not a complete failure.
Although I am taking the piss I have the upmost respect for anyone who is a trade union rep. A thankless task but good on anyone who is or was one.
Please stop tagging me into to your posts, especially if you are going to misrepresent what I've previously posted.
 
Please stop tagging me into to your posts, especially if you are going to misrepresent what I've previously posted.
Okay I will stop calling you Andy Pandy but you claimed one of the benefits of Brexit was that you had managed to negotiate more H&S reps. I don't understand what this has to do with Brexit but I applaud you for being a TU Rep. Been there & done that & it is a thankless task.
Take a compliment when it is given. Feel free to list other benefits of Brexit that you might come across.
 
Still it is all positive.

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