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A thank you to Brexiteers.

BobDavis said:
Would it have been politically different if remain had won ? Cameron & Osborne would have stayed in power & there would have been a GE in 2020. Would a left wing socialist Labour been any more likely to have won that election ? I think Cameron had stated he did not want to stay as PM for more than the term of his last government & Osborne would have liked to have been PM but who knows ? Johnson could well have become PM anyway.

One could argue that we could have had a “softer“ brexit & remained in the single market/customs union but that would have not worked because we would have had do the EU’s bidding with no seat at the table. Imagine the rows that would have caused ? The difficulty we have now with EU trade is because what we have done makes no logical sense. Leaving the EU makes no logical sense so one can excuse the EU having a wtf ? moment. What we are doing is trying to find ways of making trade easier after deliberately making it more difficult.

Fact remains though that the only way forward is to improve customs procedures & as both sides become more familiar with it then it will. Obviously trade will cost more because customs procedures cost money. Both sides will have to become used to what we have now.
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The only way forward is to send them Johnson's head on a salver and beg for readmission. Or to soldier on with the shitty deal Johnson got.
 
Pickman's model said:
The only way forward is to send them Johnson's head on a salver and beg for readmission. Or to soldier on with the shitty deal Johnson got.
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That is one for the manifestos of opposition parties at future general elections. Do you think it will be a vote winner ?
 
BobDavis said:
That is one for the manifestos of opposition parties at future general elections. Do you think it will be a vote winner ?
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The readmission part I can see a lot of the electorate having a problem with, but I suspect the platter-based portion of this approach to communications might gain significant cross-party support in both the UK and the EU in a year or two.
 
Pickman's model said:
I think any party promising to sever Johnson's head would get a surprising number of votes
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I know plenty who would have liked to sever Johnson’s head before last GE but they still voted tory to get brexit done because they voted leave. So maybe next time they will not vote tory ?
 
Bahnhof Strasse said:
I understand that Euro plates are no longer valid, a Union Flag where the EU flag currently is will be valid “in most EU countries”, it doesn’t say which countries it is not valid in. Safest just to bung a regular GB sticker on the back of the car and be done with it.
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Update, the EU numberplate or Union Flag one with GB underneath is valid in all EU countries except Cyprus, Malta & Spain. Obviously Spain being most often visited by car...
 
So February's food & drink exports to EU down 40% on 2020 with small firms hit hardest.

Inconsistent and increasingly burdensome post-Brexit bureaucracy is blighting food and drink sales to the EU, the sector warned as it published analysis showing exports to the bloc were down 40 per cent in February compared with a year earlier. The UK Food and Drink Federation said on Monday that the latest UK government data painted a stark picture of the challenges facing companies, and especially smaller businesses, as they grapple with new veterinary and customs checks introduced on January 1. The federation, which represents more than 800 companies, said the statistics showed that food and drink exports to the EU in February were worth £578.7m, down from £1bn in February 2020.
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Slightly offset by a 8.7% increase too non-EU countries worth £55.6 million.

Brexit bureaucracy is hitting UK food and drink sales to EU, sector warns

Exports in February were 40% lower than in 2020, with small companies suffering the most
www.ft.com www.ft.com
 
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The39thStep said:
Its inconsistent and increasingly burdensome to post a link thats beyond a paywall tbh
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it easy to get around paywalls, many of us can read it
also means we get newspaper links that arent the guardian for a change



Inconsistent and increasingly burdensome post-Brexit bureaucracy is blighting food and drink sales to the EU, the sector warned as it published analysis showing exports to the bloc were down 40 per cent in February compared with a year earlier. The UK Food and Drink Federation said on Monday that the latest UK government data painted a stark picture of the challenges facing companies, and especially smaller businesses, as they grapple with new veterinary and customs checks introduced on January 1.

The federation, which represents more than 800 companies, said the statistics showed that food and drink exports to the EU in February were worth £578.7m, down from £1bn in February 2020.

This was only marginally offset by an 8.7 per cent increase, worth £55.6m, in sales to non-EU countries in February compared with the same period last year. Sales of milk and cream to the EU were down 96.4 per cent compared with February 2020, and exports of chicken and beef were both down more than 75 per cent.

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While the pandemic had been a factor in slowing trade, the federation said the clear sense from business was that Brexit was a driving force. Dominic Goudie, its head of international trade, said: “UK businesses continue to struggle with inconsistent and incorrect demands at EU borders.”

Small businesses “have been hardest hit” he said, due in part to the collapse of the business model of lorries carrying goods from different suppliers, something rendered less practical post-Brexit because it multiplies the paperwork needed.

The organisation is calling for urgent meetings of the joint UK-EU committees overseeing the post-Brexit trade deal. The agreement, which ensures tariff-free, quote-free trade for British and EU-made goods, has been in provisional application since January 1 and is set to be ratified by the European Parliament on Tuesday.

Confusion over paperwork can lead to goods being held up for hours or days © Jeff J Mitchell/Getty The figures are nonetheless an improvement compared with January when trading slackened in part because companies had sought to shift inventory before Britain’s post-Brexit transition period expired at the end of 2020.

UK food and drink exports to the continent fell 75.5 per cent that month, compared with January 2020. Specific problems highlighted by the food and drink sector include customs and veterinary officials in different EU countries interpreting the bloc’s rules in different ways. “The challenge is that one border official to the next might have different demands: what is acceptable in France is not acceptable in Belgium in the way you complete paperwork,” Goudie said.

Another problem identified by the federation is that exporters are sometimes being incorrectly required to provide special codes, known as Meursing codes, that are normally used by officials on the EU side to work out what import tariff should apply to baked goods and confectionery. Sorting out the codes can cost companies up to £500 per product, Goudie said.

Recommended Brexit Briefing Businesses still feeling the pain of EU customs checks Premium A further complicating factor is that on April 21 the EU stiffened its rules for when export health certificates or other attestations are required for processed foods such as lasagne and pork pies.

Confusion over paperwork can lead to goods being held up for hours or days. Products coming into the UK from the EU face fewer barriers as Britain is only gradually rolling out its new system of checks on goods over the course of this year. Despite the persistent problems, there are signs that EU-UK trade is picking up.

Data gathered by IRN Research on the number of trailers, trucks and lorries travelling between the UK and the EU by ferry shows that traffic across the short routes, including via the Channel Tunnel, was down merely 2 per cent in March 2021 compared with March 2020. By comparison, traffic was down 14.9 per cent in February, compared with the same period the previous year, according to the IRN Research data, which was sourced from ferry operators.
 
ska invita said:
it easy to get around paywalls, many of us can read it
also means we get newspaper links that arent the guardian for a change



Inconsistent and increasingly burdensome post-Brexit bureaucracy is blighting food and drink sales to the EU, the sector warned as it published analysis showing exports to the bloc were down 40 per cent in February compared with a year earlier. The UK Food and Drink Federation said on Monday that the latest UK government data painted a stark picture of the challenges facing companies, and especially smaller businesses, as they grapple with new veterinary and customs checks introduced on January 1.

The federation, which represents more than 800 companies, said the statistics showed that food and drink exports to the EU in February were worth £578.7m, down from £1bn in February 2020.

This was only marginally offset by an 8.7 per cent increase, worth £55.6m, in sales to non-EU countries in February compared with the same period last year. Sales of milk and cream to the EU were down 96.4 per cent compared with February 2020, and exports of chicken and beef were both down more than 75 per cent.

Europe Express newsletter Sign up here to receive Europe Express, your essential guide to what happens in Europe, sent straight to your inbox every weekday.

While the pandemic had been a factor in slowing trade, the federation said the clear sense from business was that Brexit was a driving force. Dominic Goudie, its head of international trade, said: “UK businesses continue to struggle with inconsistent and incorrect demands at EU borders.”

Small businesses “have been hardest hit” he said, due in part to the collapse of the business model of lorries carrying goods from different suppliers, something rendered less practical post-Brexit because it multiplies the paperwork needed.

The organisation is calling for urgent meetings of the joint UK-EU committees overseeing the post-Brexit trade deal. The agreement, which ensures tariff-free, quote-free trade for British and EU-made goods, has been in provisional application since January 1 and is set to be ratified by the European Parliament on Tuesday.

Confusion over paperwork can lead to goods being held up for hours or days © Jeff J Mitchell/Getty The figures are nonetheless an improvement compared with January when trading slackened in part because companies had sought to shift inventory before Britain’s post-Brexit transition period expired at the end of 2020.

UK food and drink exports to the continent fell 75.5 per cent that month, compared with January 2020. Specific problems highlighted by the food and drink sector include customs and veterinary officials in different EU countries interpreting the bloc’s rules in different ways. “The challenge is that one border official to the next might have different demands: what is acceptable in France is not acceptable in Belgium in the way you complete paperwork,” Goudie said.

Another problem identified by the federation is that exporters are sometimes being incorrectly required to provide special codes, known as Meursing codes, that are normally used by officials on the EU side to work out what import tariff should apply to baked goods and confectionery. Sorting out the codes can cost companies up to £500 per product, Goudie said.

Recommended Brexit Briefing Businesses still feeling the pain of EU customs checks Premium A further complicating factor is that on April 21 the EU stiffened its rules for when export health certificates or other attestations are required for processed foods such as lasagne and pork pies.

Confusion over paperwork can lead to goods being held up for hours or days. Products coming into the UK from the EU face fewer barriers as Britain is only gradually rolling out its new system of checks on goods over the course of this year. Despite the persistent problems, there are signs that EU-UK trade is picking up.

Data gathered by IRN Research on the number of trailers, trucks and lorries travelling between the UK and the EU by ferry shows that traffic across the short routes, including via the Channel Tunnel, was down merely 2 per cent in March 2021 compared with March 2020. By comparison, traffic was down 14.9 per cent in February, compared with the same period the previous year, according to the IRN Research data, which was sourced from ferry operators.
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Thanks perhaps you could post up the details of getting round the FT paywall so that the many can be more?
 
The39thStep said:
Thanks perhaps you could post up the details of getting round the FT paywall so that the many can be more?
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this extension works on firefox and chrome - bypasses 99% of firewalls
github.com

GitHub - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome: Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox.

Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome
github.com github.com

with FT content you can just click on the link then copy and past the title of the article and "search in google" - click on the google link and it magically byapsses the firewall for that article.
So in the case of that link above if you click on it you see the headline " Brexit bureaucracy is hitting UK food and drink sales to EU, sector warns"

Google "Brexit bureaucracy is hitting UK food and drink sales to EU, sector warns" and click on the first link and you can read it
 
ska invita said:
:oldthumbsup: :oldthumbsup:
this extension works on firefox and chrome - bypasses 99% of firewalls
github.com

GitHub - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome: Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox.

Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome
github.com github.com

with FT content you can just click on the link then copy and past the title of the article and "search in google" - click on the google link and it magically byapsses the firewall for that article.
So in the case of that link above if you click on it you see the headline " Brexit bureaucracy is hitting UK food and drink sales to EU, sector warns"

Google "Brexit bureaucracy is hitting UK food and drink sales to EU, sector warns" and click on the first link and you can read it
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Cheers Ska
 
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