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A thank you to Brexiteers.

HoratioCuthbert said:
I mean blaming leave voters for prices going up isn't just pointless, it is kind of harmful as it should go without saying that voters aren't the ones with the power here. If you don't think we should be pointing the finger at the enemy where should we be pointing it?
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At the bloody government who have it seems not thought even one step ahead at any point, and bungled the whole thing to such a degree that it potentially will get serious.
I mean you can blame capitalism / supermarkets / farmers / transport company bosses etc etc etc if you like but I just don’t see the point of doing that.
 
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TopCat said:
Prices are going up because of shortages? not because of profit?
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Prices are going up due to increased costs. Certainly with food supply the profit margins are small as it’s so competitive. The big players make lots of money only because they sell so much stuff.
 
bimble said:
At the bloody government who have it seems not thought even one step ahead at any point, and bungled the whole thing to such a degree that it potentially will get serious.
I mean you can blame capitalism / supermarkets / farmers / transport company bosses etc etc etc if you like but I just don’t see the point of doing that.
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Fair enough Bimble, I have been struggling with this thread a lot but I do see you are trying to navigate shit same as the rest of us :)
 
June last year, when covid was in full swing, remember how the gov chose to push ahead and not extend the transition period, sod the pandemic carry on, if they’d just done that one thing differently even that would probably have helped, or maybe it would have made it harder to blame everything on covid as they’ve tried so hard to do.
 
bimble said:
June last year, when covid was in full swing, remember how the gov chose to push ahead and not extend the transition period, sod the pandemic carry on, if they’d just done that one thing differently even that would probably have helped, or maybe it would have made it harder to blame everything on covid as they’ve tried so hard to do.
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Probably would have helped how? Do you think they'd have had the stomach to repeal 15a out of the exit legislation?
 
TopCat said:
What happened on your journey home?
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The 50 minute lead time in Brger King (which lead quire a few arguements) put on the last train to Bournemouth ..only engineering works meant it only went to Guildford...Ten coach train only one rail replacement bus , several fights . Ended up sharing taxi
 
gosub said:
only one rail replacement bus
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I am hearing from some quarters that bus operators are having difficulty providing drivers for weekend rail replacement buses at the moment.

since this is not regular work, rail replacement work is usually done by drivers working a rest day, or casual drivers who have other jobs (either within bus company or elsewhere) during the week, and there's starting to be a shortage of bus drivers as well (similar factors to goods vehicle drivers - some EU drivers 'going home', covid related shutdown of driver training / testing, then drivers who have HGV licence as well going back on to HGV work, some drivers leaving to do van driving) and bus operators are giving priority to keeping their regular routes going...
 
the DM of all places is doing a story saying that the reason for the massive queues at Heathrow airport are because, since August, Border Force guards have been put on 12 and a half hour shifts, because there are not enough of them, and as a result they are getting sick from exhaustion and so there are even fewer border officers to control our borders.

eta just had a look and there are hundreds of job ads for Border Force officer, all over the country.
 
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bimble said:
the DM of all places is doing a story saying that the reason for the massive queues at Heathrow airport are because, since August, Border Force guards have been put on 12 and a half hour shifts, because there are not enough of them, and as a result they are getting sick from exhaustion and so there are even fewer border officers to control our borders.
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Why can't they just recruit more border guards from somewhere in the EU?
 
andysays said:
Why can't they just recruit more border guards from somewhere in the EU?
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I don't think this is that (don't think there were hundreds of EU people manning our borders) but idk. Just seems a really obvious one to maybe have tried to plan ahead for over the last 6 years, controlling our borders being part of the whole project & much more work to do once free movement ended obvs.
Maybe they did try but just nobody wants to do it.

I don't want to do it. "These roles can be demanding. If successful you will be required to complete and pass specialist training including Personal Safety Training (PST) which develops skills in personal safety, arrest, control and restraint techniques. ."

eta all the job ads seem to say 'you must be a UK national'.
 
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bimble said:
Just seems a really obvious one to maybe have tried to plan ahead for over the last 6 years, controlling our borders being part of the whole project & much more work to do once free movement ended obvs.
Maybe they did try but just nobody wants to do it.
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Maybe they should rebrand the role as Brexit Enforcer or Taker Back of Control.
 
bimble said:
I don't think this is that (don't think there were hundreds of EU people manning our borders) but idk. Just seems a really obvious one to maybe have tried to plan ahead for over the last 6 years, controlling our borders being part of the whole project & much more work to do once free movement ended obvs.
Maybe they did try but just nobody wants to do it.

I don't want to do it. "These roles can be demanding. If successful you will be required to complete and pass specialist training including Personal Safety Training (PST) which develops skills in personal safety, arrest, control and restraint techniques. ."

eta all the job ads seem to say 'you must be a UK national'.
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I was fairly rude to one in August, having had to queue over an hour I slapped the passports down on the desk and the surly fucker says, “Quite forceful there, sir.”
I stare hard at him and Frau Bahn (who had already intervened in a fist fight between two women behind us) says, “Just ignore the twat.”

Welcome to the U.K.
 
klang said:
did he ignore you in the end?
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He wisely wound his neck in. Then as we sauntered off one of the fighting women arrived at his desk and loudly said “Take that fucking smirk off your face sunshine!”

It was all good natured. Especially the moment one of them suggested that those with kids leave them in the queue and use the e-gates and meet up with the kids later. That soothed tempers…
 
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