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[TopCat]

British ski workers ‘set to lose seasonal jobs’ after Brexit

Instructors, chalet cooks, drivers and nannies among 25,000 who may no longer be eligible to take up posts in EU countries

www.theguardian.com

 

[Badgers]

FFS

 

[gentlegreen]

I hadn't thought about them ...
I wonder how it will work with educational placements and internships ...
Apparently a lot of Brexit-voting holiday home owners are confused about the 3 month limit ...

 

[Badgers]

Apparently a lot of Brexit-voting holiday home owners are confused about the 3 month limit ...

HA HA HA

 

[TopCat]

I hadn't thought about them ...
I wonder how it will work with educational placements and internships ...
Apparently a lot of Brexit-voting holiday home owners are confused about the 3 month limit ...

My heart weeps for all owners of second homes. It must be so difficult.

 

[not-bono-ever]

that ski thing is interesting- the brits work for pretty much exclusively brit companies in the resorts & live in with the other brits - not sure if locals would be welcomed for this particular very brit model of a ski holiday. locals have been up in arms in many resorts with experienced winter sport czechs/slovaks being brought in for the actual ski support roles / lift work and suchlike.

 

[TopCat]

Covid and Brexit could see UK manufacturers bringing it all back home

Up to £4.8bn worth of goods for British retailers can be made locally, says report

www.theguardian.com

 

[MickiQ]

Covid and Brexit could see UK manufacturers bringing it all back home

Up to £4.8bn worth of goods for British retailers can be made locally, says report

www.theguardian.com

All well and good of course but bringing home low paid manufacturing jobs making t-shirts and shoes but shipping out high paid manufacturing jobs making cars, jet engines and electronics isn't all that great a deal.

 

[kabbes]

It’ll still be cheaper to pay 50p and hour and pay import duty than making it locally

 

[Chz]

that ski thing is interesting- the brits work for pretty much exclusively brit companies in the resorts & live in with the other brits - not sure if locals would be welcomed for this particular very brit model of a ski holiday. locals have been up in arms in many resorts with experienced winter sport czechs/slovaks being brought in for the actual ski support roles / lift work and suchlike.

Not to worry, a good number of ski companies aren't expected to live through Covid, so Brexit can't hurt them!
(Mrs. C's workplace - a high-end ski vacation company - went bust last week)

 

[not-bono-ever]

Don’t wanna provoke another virtual scuffle between the various factions, but lots of chat about Nissan properly jumping ship now

 

[Crispy]

Don’t wanna provoke another virtual scuffle between the various factions, but lots of chat about Nissan properly jumping ship now

"We really mean it!"
(they do mean it, but they are trying hard to get the point across)

 

[brogdale]

French trials for post-Brexit "checks" gave us a glimpse of the ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

 

[Flavour]

Last week Kent county council also expressed worries over the welfare of animals that could be stuck in lorries in the event of a standstill.

“We do have concerns over the impact the road system will have, and particularly the impact on animals in transit,” said Steve Rock, head of trading standards.

If only there were some sort of solution that involved not transporting live animals. Shame there isn't one, really.

 

[Badgers]

Freight Industry Perspective: Customs Clearance in Post-Brexit Britain

International freight forwarder John Shirley offers his perspective on the future of the UK-EU customs relationship after Brexit.

ucleuropeblog.com

While the exact figures are difficult to obtain and as yet, still up in the air, my calculations for the cost of the end of the transition period paint a bleak picture. Between the increased costs to British importers and exporters, the demurrage costs for goods possibly delayed for a fortnight, multiplied by the thousands of trucks crossing the Channel, importers and exporters may be looking at an annual burden of more than £33 billion. The long-term effects of customs clearance could be even more dire, similar perhaps, to self-imposed sanctions.

 

[gosub]

Freight Industry Perspective: Customs Clearance in Post-Brexit Britain

International freight forwarder John Shirley offers his perspective on the future of the UK-EU customs relationship after Brexit.

ucleuropeblog.com

At least the added paperwork is creating jobs.....

Brexit Creates Jobs for Customs Staff in Eastern Europe, India

U.K. companies are turning to cheaper overseas labor to complete their post-Brexit customs paperwork, creating jobs in countries such as Romania and India due to a shortage of trained staff in Britain.

www.bloomberg.com

 

[andysays]

At least the added paperwork is creating jobs.....

Brexit Creates Jobs for Customs Staff in Eastern Europe, India

U.K. companies are turning to cheaper overseas labor to complete their post-Brexit customs paperwork, creating jobs in countries such as Romania and India due to a shortage of trained staff in Britain.

www.bloomberg.com

The old "shortage of trained staff in Britain" line, eh?

It's lucky for British capital there just happen to be people in Romania and India already trained to fill in forms relating to post EU british imports and exports. And I'm sure it's coincidence they just happen to work for lower rates of pay...

 

[Badgers]

At least the added paperwork is creating jobs.....

If there is one silver lining (personally/selfishly) in this shitfest of nonsense it has given me a job in NI customs could write a lot (maybe a book) about how terrible it all is but will defer that for now.

 

[bimble]

I think i've been avoiding looking at what the fuck they are doing in the same way you might look away from a car crash instead of staring at it.
Vaguely get the impression Johnson is going to sign whatever shit deal there is to sign but only if he thinks he can do it without being defenstrated by the loons he himself installed?
Who are these people who care so much about fish what is wrong with them. We will not surrender our fish ! ffs.

 

[ska invita]

I think i've been avoiding looking at what the fuck they are doing in the same way you might look away from a car crash instead of staring at it.
Vaguely get the impression Johnson is going to sign whatever shit deal there is to sign but only if he thinks he can do it without being defenstrated by the loons he himself installed?
Who are these people who care so much about fish what is wrong with them. We will not surrender our fish ! ffs.
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redwood is a loon for decades now. that tweet is about the least offensive thing he is capable of saying

 

[kabbes]

I’m going to say it. Fuck the fish.

 

[2hats]

Which fish? The ones with "Made in Great Britain" tattooed on their undersides, or the ones made by Johnny Foreigner?

 

[Badgers]

I’m going to say it. Fuck the fish.

No chance of 'save the fish'?

 

[two sheds]

or 'batter the fish'

 

[teqniq]

Heh.

 

[miss direct]

I dont mean to sound thick but I havent paid attention to brexit news (makes no difference in Turkey) but have a potentially silly question. Will things like cheese and chianti suddenly go up in price in the new year? If so ill stock up.. life has so few pleasures....

 

[Raheem]

Will things like cheese and chianti suddenly go up in price in the new year?

In the UK or in Turkey?

 

[miss direct]

In the UK or in Turkey?

Uk
(you can't get that stuff in Turkey unless you pay $$$$$$$$$ and travel half way across the country.)

 

[not-bono-ever]

Some British wine magnate was heavily behind Brexit unsurprisingly.

 

[Raheem]

you can't get that stuff in Turkey

It's called turkey stuffing, although I'm not surprised you can't get it.