A thank you to Brexiteers.

[realitybites]

I was guiding my eldest to look at doing his Bachelors at Basel School of Design, I studied in Glasgow for free, although my more intrepid art friends headed off to Switzerland to do their studies. The competition to get in was always fierce and course costs are subsidised by the Swiss government, still only a mere 700GBP for EU residents. a fraction of the UK £9,500 University costs. This year UK students will be racking up international fees if they want to learn abroad. I am not sure if the old adage stands true anymore, 'when one door closes , another opens' If anyone finds it let me know

 

[dessiato]

View attachment 260738

I was guiding my eldest to look at doing his Bachelors at Basel School of Design, I studied in Glasgow for free, although my more intrepid art friends headed off to Switzerland to do their studies. The competition to get in was always fierce and course costs are subsidised by the Swiss government, still only a mere 700GBP for EU residents. a fraction of the UK £9,500 University costs. This year UK students will be racking up international fees if they want to learn abroad. I am not sure if the old adage stands true anymore, 'when one door closes , another opens' If anyone finds it let me know

If your child is British he will most certainly be closed as non-EU. I think that non-English students might have some access to an Erasmus type scheme. I know Scotland was setting one up, and I think both Wales and N Ireland have plans to.

 

[sleaterkinney]

I am also confused by the meaning of this parable - it seems somewhat anti-EU, but the conflict is resolved by the protagonists producing EU passports.

It’s the ultimate pay off for Brexiteers - having your cake and eating it. Getting one over on a hapless official too.

 

[A380]

True. I am really excited to go to Slovakia, see my fellow Slovakians, about whom I know nothing and can’t understand a word they’re saying.

My wife feels the same about Norfolk TBF...

 

[Pickman's model]

My wife feels the same about Norfolk TBF...

she has norfolking clue what they're saying I hear

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

So yesterday Merkel and Macron had a cosy chat with Putin, looking to scrounge some Sputnik V vaccine from him, his price is Syria, Iran, Libya and Ukraine. Plus Alexei Navalny.

This is very much a downside to Brexit.

 

[TopCat]

So yesterday Merkel and Macron had a cosy chat with Putin, looking to scrounge some Sputnik V vaccine from him, his price is Syria, Iran, Libya and Ukraine. Plus Alexei Navalny.

This is very much a downside to Brexit.

Thierry Breton, the French EU commissioner who heads the EU executive’s vaccine taskforce, has also said the bloc has “absolutely no need of Sputnik V” since it “clearly has the capacity to deliver 300 to 350m doses” by the end of June.

Given the above why are they threatening the UK?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Thierry Breton, the French EU commissioner who heads the EU executive’s vaccine taskforce, has also said the bloc has “absolutely no need of Sputnik V” since it “clearly has the capacity to deliver 300 to 350m doses” by the end of June.

Given the above why are they threatening the UK?

It's pretty disgusting that this pair of cunts has turned the vaccination programme in to such a political affair whilst so many people are dying, gasping for breath.

 

[Pickman's model]

So yesterday Merkel and Macron had a cosy chat with Putin, looking to scrounge some Sputnik V vaccine from him, his price is Syria, Iran, Libya and Ukraine. Plus Alexei Navalny.

This is very much a downside to Brexit.

Think how navalny feels about it, and he never had a referendum

 

[Smokeandsteam]

So yesterday Merkel and Macron had a cosy chat with Putin, looking to scrounge some Sputnik V vaccine from him, his price is Syria, Iran, Libya and Ukraine. Plus Alexei Navalny.

This is very much a downside to Brexit.

This is what the remain side warned us about. The loss of ‘being at the table’ for stuff like this..

 

[kebabking]

This is what the remain side warned us about. The loss of ‘being at the table’ for stuff like this..

Germany has quite happily sold out the eastern border states for a whiff of Russian gas from the Nordstream 2 pipeline.

The old NATO joke that Germany would defend Europe right down to the last American becomes less funny with every passing day.

 

[Badgers]

DUP MP launches legal action against government over Brexit

A class action has been launched against the government's post-Brexit Irish Sea trading arrangements, with a DUP MP named as one of...

www.theneweuropean.co.uk

The action, which names the Cabinet Office and attorney general as defendants, seeks a declaration from the High Court in London that the provisions in EU Withdrawal Act relating to the Protocol conflict with the economic rights provided for in the UK Human Rights Act.

The 1998 Human Rights Act enshrines the European Convention on Human Rights in domestic legislation.

 

[Badgers]

UK shellfish farmers threaten legal action over ban on exports to EU | Fishing industry | The Guardian

Industry claims it was misled by Defra over post-Brexit position and will sue unless trade with union restarts soon

amp.theguardian.com

A solicitor representing 20 shellfish firms told the Guardian the government had shown “negligence and maladministration” and that a group action was being considered for compensation.

 

[MrSki]

Hope no-one on here works for a company that relied on the EU export market.

 

[MrSki]

So yesterday Merkel and Macron had a cosy chat with Putin, looking to scrounge some Sputnik V vaccine from him, his price is Syria, Iran, Libya and Ukraine. Plus Alexei Navalny.

This is very much a downside to Brexit.

Well that is probably why Putin helped fund the Brexit campaign. Nothing better for Russia than splitting the EU but you would know that already.

In other news Murdoch is well chuffed too.

 

[gosub]

Hope no-one on here works for a company that relied on the EU export market.

UK’s Top Exports 2023

United Kingdom’s top exports in 2023, best trading partners, most valuable exported food items, & major trade balances

www.worldstopexports.com

Top UK export's 2020

1. Machinery including computers: US$60.4 billion (15% of total exports)
2. Gems, precious metals: $43.3 billion (10.8%)
3. Vehicles: $36.4 billion (9.1%)
4. Mineral fuels including oil: $26.4 billion (6.6%)
5. Electrical machinery, equipment: $25 billion (6.2%)
6. Pharmaceuticals: $24.8 billion (6.2%)
7. Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $17.6 billion (4.4%)
8. Aircraft, spacecraft: $13.2 billion (3.3%)
9. Organic chemicals: $12.1 billion (3%)
10. Plastics, plastic articles: $10.6 billion (2.6%)

The United Kingdom’s top 10 exports accounted for roughly two-thirds (67.1%) of the overall value of its global shipments.
____________________________

That 75% figure , is Jan FDF (AGAIN!) so I added their Jan 2020 top ten list together multiplied it by 12 (good enough for an approx)= comes in at £4.5 billion. $6.2 billon

 

[two sheds]

UK’s Top Exports 2023

United Kingdom’s top exports in 2023, best trading partners, most valuable exported food items, & major trade balances

www.worldstopexports.com

Top UK export's 2020

1. Machinery including computers: US$60.4 billion (15% of total exports)
2. Gems, precious metals: $43.3 billion (10.8%)
3. Vehicles: $36.4 billion (9.1%)
4. Mineral fuels including oil: $26.4 billion (6.6%)
5. Electrical machinery, equipment: $25 billion (6.2%)
6. Pharmaceuticals: $24.8 billion (6.2%)
7. Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $17.6 billion (4.4%)
8. Aircraft, spacecraft: $13.2 billion (3.3%)
9. Organic chemicals: $12.1 billion (3%)
10. Plastics, plastic articles: $10.6 billion (2.6%)

The United Kingdom’s top 10 exports accounted for roughly two-thirds (67.1%) of the overall value of its global shipments.
____________________________

That 75% figure , is Jan FDF (AGAIN!) so I added their Jan 2020 top ten list together multiplied it by 12 (good enough for an approx)= comes in at £4.5 billion. $6.2 billon

Hmm the last figures quoted were all fish and other food

 

[gosub]

Hmm the last figures quoted were all fish and other food

yeah, as I said it was the Jan Food and Drink Federation thing thats been posted umpteen times ...and Fodd and Drink by their own figures are ball park $6.2

 

[MrSki]

UK’s Top Exports 2023

United Kingdom’s top exports in 2023, best trading partners, most valuable exported food items, & major trade balances

www.worldstopexports.com

Top UK export's 2020

1. Machinery including computers: US$60.4 billion (15% of total exports)
2. Gems, precious metals: $43.3 billion (10.8%)
3. Vehicles: $36.4 billion (9.1%)
4. Mineral fuels including oil: $26.4 billion (6.6%)
5. Electrical machinery, equipment: $25 billion (6.2%)
6. Pharmaceuticals: $24.8 billion (6.2%)
7. Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $17.6 billion (4.4%)
8. Aircraft, spacecraft: $13.2 billion (3.3%)
9. Organic chemicals: $12.1 billion (3%)
10. Plastics, plastic articles: $10.6 billion (2.6%)

The United Kingdom’s top 10 exports accounted for roughly two-thirds (67.1%) of the overall value of its global shipments.
____________________________

That 75% figure , is Jan FDF (AGAIN!) so I added their Jan 2020 top ten list together multiplied it by 12 (good enough for an approx)= comes in at £4.5 billion. $6.2 billon

These figures don't seem to break down exports to the EU though. Just talking about world exports or am I reading it wrong?

 

[two sheds]

These figures don't seem to break down exports to the EU though. Just talking about world exports or am I reading it wrong?

That's a very good point. So why don't the Europeans want our machinery including computers, gems, precious metals, vehicles, mineral fuels including oil, electrical machinery & equipment, pharmaceuticals, optical, technical, medical apparatus, aircraft, spacecraft, organic chemicals and plastics, eh? eh? What wrong with them??

 

[MrSki]

That's a very good point. So why don't the Europeans want our machinery including computers, gems, precious metals, vehicles, mineral fuels including oil, electrical machinery & equipment, pharmaceuticals, optical, technical, medical apparatus, aircraft, spacecraft, organic chemicals and plastics, eh? eh? What wrong with them??

I expect they can produce it themselves without having to pay duties. Not sure about the precious metals though.

 

[two sheds]

Coming over here taking our food

 

[MrSki]

Coming over here taking our food

No longer want the shellfish. Oh wait the UK voted to ban third country shell fish from entering the EU.
Hole in the foot there.

 

[two sheds]

I don't eat shellfish since I was in Sicily and somebody gave me a mussel (or something other of similar but indeterminate species) and it was certainly fresh since it wriggled as it went down

 

[Yossarian]

I don't eat shellfish since I was in Sicily and somebody gave me a mussel (or something other of similar but indeterminate species) and it was certainly fresh since it wriggled as it went down

They're a lot better cooked, though the opposite is true for oysters.

 

[two sheds]

It may have been an oyster, I didn't ask it

 

[MrSki]

I don't eat shellfish since I was in Sicily and somebody gave me a mussel (or something other of similar but indeterminate species) and it was certainly fresh since it wriggled as it went down

I am allergic and think that shellfish should be left in the sea but I am not a shellfish exporter either.

 

[gosub]

Hope no-one on here works for a company that relied on the EU export market.

This Tweet is from an account that no longer exists.

 

[two sheds]

Gone out of business already

Eta: you heartless swine

 

[gosub]

These figures don't seem to break down exports to the EU though. Just talking about world exports or am I reading it wrong?

I'm sure those figures are out there if bothered looking for them, though as I've said before probably best to wait til about June -July to have a better idea and filter out other factors. Food and Drink gets cited though coz either its got the loudest PR or taking most disruptive hit (otherwise why not cite the more significant sector). But I'm not downplaying the impact on that sector - those are real businesses and people being impacted. Public Health Vet certs system needs immediate overhaul.