A thank you to Brexiteers.

[two sheds]

Not something you want to try at US customs.

 

[krtek a houby]

Not something you want to try at US customs.

Quite intimidating. (As was HK.)

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Not something you want to try at US customs.

Everyone says that, never had any issues myself there and was once very rude to one in San Francisco, made me realise that I should give up smoking.

 

[andysays]

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'.

It wasn't a serious suggestion, it was a joke at the expense of those whose suggested answer to supposed shortages of people to do various jobs is simply to bring workers in from EU countries where labour is cheaper.

 

[Pickman's model]

It wasn't a serious suggestion, it was a joke at the expense of those whose suggested answer to supposed shortages of people to do various jobs is simply to bring workers in from EU countries where labour is cheaper.

there's at least140 non-eu countries where labour is cheaper

 

[dessiato]

We should eat more pigeons.

I would. They’re tasty

 

[bimble]

Johnson having to add Border Force Officers to the ‘shortage occupations list’ would be great.

 

[philosophical]

Media abroad have particularly picked up on the fuel story and the notion that hated (by brexit voters) foreigners are being asked to return to help those who hate them, as long as they fuck off by Christmas.
Those who voted leave must be especially proud of this outcome they deliberately called on.
Mendacious cunts in my opinion, but winning mendacious cunts.

 

[bimble]

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Johnson having to add Border Force Officers to the ‘shortage occupations list’ would be great.

Isn’t the shortage of Border Force workers due to the massive cuts to the civil service made by successive new labour and Tory governments?

 

[TopCat]

Isn’t the shortage of Border Force workers due to the massive cuts to the civil service made by successive new labour and Tory governments?

Who would have thought it.

It would have been sensible to get recruiting customs and border force officers five years ago.

 

[two sheds]

Perhaps we could divert some of those 50,000 border staff jobs we were urgently creating, job done

UK races to find extra 50,000 staff for post-Brexit paperwork

New recruits needed to process millions of extra declaration forms from 1 January 2021

www.theguardian.com

ah

 

[bimble]

Isn’t the shortage of Border Force workers due to the massive cuts to the civil service made by successive new labour and Tory governments?

We do need a hell of a lot more of them now than we did before. To control our borders.

 

[Badgers]

Who would have thought it.

It would have been sensible to get recruiting customs and border force officers five years ago.

Our Disgraced Government were too busy making money for themselves and their mates to worry.

 

[philosophical]

Who would have thought it.

It would have been sensible to get recruiting customs and border force officers five years ago.

Yeah. For the land border in Ireland you voted for eh?

 

[The39thStep]

Good news boppers.....

https://www.trueandfair.uk/index

 

[Raheem]

That last one with Chuka Umunna spent ages agonising over what would be a really good name, so it's refreshing that Gina Miller has decided not to do that.

 

[brogdale]

Good news boppers.....

https://www.trueandfair.uk/index

 

[Yossarian]

Looks like a brand of detergent.

 

[bimble]

That odd story a few days ago about Johnson asking Bolsonaro for help with some undisclosed food item. It was turkeys wasn’t it.

 

[The39thStep]

Torresmo- it's like pork scratchings

 

[Artaxerxes]

That odd story a few days ago about Johnson asking Bolsonaro for help with some undisclosed food item. It was turkeys wasn’t it.

Mystery Meat, good to eat, tastes like feet, serves up a treat.

 

[TopCat]

That last one with Chuka Umunna spent ages agonising over what would be a really good name, so it's refreshing that Gina Miller has decided not to do that.

I bet they debated true and fair vs fair and true for several bottles.

 

[Supine]

I bet they debated true and fair vs fair and true for several bottles.

Bottles of something strong!

 

[Lurdan]

Mystery Meat, good to eat, tastes like feet, serves up a treat.

I read the death rate has been higher in the UK, but the population of Brazil is over three times larger, so they probably have a surplus they could let us have.

 

[gosub]

I read the death rate has been higher in the UK, but the population of Brazil is over three times larger, so they probably have a surplus they could let us have.

Mortality Analyses - Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center

How does mortality differ across countries? Examining the number of deaths per confirmed case and per 100,000 population. A global comparison.

coronavirus.jhu.edu

Our stats are starting to look more respectable globally, getting hit at the beginning of the learning curve skewed it a bit

 

[AmateurAgitator]

Wasn't exactly sure where to post this but it is relevent to this thread. Don't know much about the Scotsman tbh, but this article does go into some detail about the HGV driver shortage in Europe - though doesn't seem to explain why they are not having shortages there like we are:

Is there a lorry driver shortage in Europe? What the situation is like across the channel

As the UK faces shortages on a range of products due to lack of HGV drivers, is the EU facing similar problems?

www.scotsman.com

 

[ska invita]

Though doesn't seem to explain why they are not having shortages there like we are:

Because shortfall is filled by drivers from other countries... As it was in the UK

 

[Badgers]

Twenty reasons why there is an HGV driver shortage - part one: 1-10

Thousands of people who shop in the UK have probably noticed shortages of products in British supermarkets. The supply problems are blamed on the shortage of HGV drivers and the government is taking steps to tackle it: the driving hours have been extended and there is a talk about bringing the...

westcountrybylines.co.uk

 

[not a trot]

Media abroad have particularly picked up on the fuel story and the notion that hated (by brexit voters) foreigners are being asked to return to help those who hate them, as long as they fuck off by Christmas.
Those who voted leave must be especially proud of this outcome they deliberately called on.
Mendacious cunts in my opinion, but winning mendacious cunts.

What the fuck have they actually won ?