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On 6/30/2019 at 8:18 AM, Groodman said:
He accepts he might have to do a border run but wants to keep it to a minimum. He may only come for 5 months so the 90 day visa in London + 60 day extension would fit the bill.
Thanks to everyone for their replies.
Friend of mine has been doing the SE plus 60 days for the same reasons for a few years. He will have a problem this year, understood the postal system but switching on a computer is just not in the vocabulary.
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14 hours ago, Loiner said:
It has got to be encouraged/forced back by all means possible by the UK government.Fundamental flaw in the brexit way of thinking, the UK government cannot tell foreign companies how they spend their money.
With the mess that brexit has created you may well see state built cars in the Peoples Democratic Republic of England and Wales.
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10 hours ago, Loiner said:
Cars made in the UK, even under a foreign banner, are Ok. If the owners want to relocate factories to wage slave EU they can do, but expect a tax on those cars coming into the UK.
As the UK government is left with the responsibility of supporting the unemployed car workers, it certainly does have a say in the matter.The bulk of car production leaves the UK so why should it come back.
- 81.5% of all vehicles made in Britain are exported
- The EU accounted for 52.6% of UK-built vehicle exports – making it our biggest trading partner. https://www.smmt.co.uk/industry-topics/brexit/key-exports-data/
Fairly obvious if the UK is not part of the EU why would the EU want to import cars from a third country when it could make them at home.
Of course the UK will pay more for vehicles as well as everything else, it's what the brexiteers have wanted all along.
Maybe you can explain how successful the government have been in preventing recent job losses. Theresa May tells PMQ's every week it is a business decision.
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11 hours ago, wilcopops said:
Boris wants to be PM..... what of and even for how long isn't important....he hasn't even considered how he will go down in history..... He just wants to be PM.
SO disaster or not he will have got his goal.......probably turn out he has termial cancer and this is just his bucket list......
Just watched his performance in Exeter, quite delusional just tells people what they want to hear, standby for the south west powerhouse.
Still maintaining he can renegotiate the deal with the EU and be out by the end of Oct.
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10 hours ago, Loiner said:
Political anti-Brexit meddling by the French, add a bit of commercial leverage, a hint of hyperbole, et viola: more Project Fear. Do you really think a UK government wouldn't adjust tariffs and taxes to ensure those cars, plus others are made in the UK?
They have stood by and watched this type of industrial sabotage because we are part of the EU. After Bexit we won't have to any more.
Foreign companies have chosen to make cars in the UK as part of the EU, those companies can just as easily choose to make their cars somewhere else.
Should they do so, do you really think a UK government will have any say in the matter.
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On 6/26/2019 at 6:10 PM, Mavideol said:care to explain who made it complicated, some of you guys want to leave, thus just leave and don't let the door hit your rear on the way out
The problem is that it is complicated but they do not want to admit it. On leaving the EU without a formal agreement a multitude of problems arise. The most high profile of these is EASA, they provide aviation certification to members and as the UK will cease to be a member the day the UK leaves, there will be a question mark over over the validity of such certification. The same applies to many other essential agreements. It should be borne in mind that certification issued by EU entities is used by the UK to gain approval in many countries worldwide.
Johnson has shrugged it off by saying the UK will rely on EU cooperation for some time after brexit. In the usual distorted rhetoric he tries to make out that cooperation and legislative agreements are one and the same. He will be telling us next it can all be done on the back of an envelope.
Bottom line here is that "walking away" is nothing more than delusional fantasy.
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On 6/26/2019 at 6:43 PM, billd766 said:
The majority of German cars in Thailand are made in Thailand.
The imported ones don't care what the price is because of the Thai face. The one which says I have a lot more money than you.
Yes Bill, I have already said I made a mistake in referring to German cars, should have just said that if price were a factor there would be no imported cars in Thailand.
It is the same worldwide, price does not prevent sales, just limits the potential.
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On 6/26/2019 at 6:50 PM, JonnyF said:
You missed my point entirely. Let me keep it simple.
The Japanese will sign a deal just as the South Koreans did.
The fundamental problem with brexit, the leavers are desperate to believe it is all so simple.
The Japanese car manufacturers came to the UK as an entry point to the EU, post brexit that would not be the case. It would be more economical to operate on the EU mainland or possibly from Japan under the new EU trade agreement.
The Japanese shareholders have been complaining since the referendum about the reduction in profits due to the falling pound, Do you really think that loyalty to the UK will overcome incentives from the EU.
Only the simple would think that profits have no say in the matter.
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24 minutes ago, vogie said:
The Mayor of Calais has said he will add another 15 lorry lanes in the Port of Calais to speed up lorry checks in the event of a no deal Brexit.
I wonder if the penny will ever drop with the remainers.
Maybe you can explain how that will be of any benefit to vehicles entering the UK. Vehicles will have to be checked at the French border and then again at the UK border on entry.
It is my understanding that then current practice of customs operating on the other side of the channel is to be discontinued, so any benefit will only be to the French.
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2 hours ago, Baerboxer said:
If Boris is elected the leader and therefore PM by the 160k true blue Tories he can't do whatever he pleases.
The PM isn't the sovereign body, neither is the cabinet. It's parliament. And parliament has repeatedly said that it won't accept a no deal Brexit. Tory MP's are already openly talking about bringing down a Boris led government if necessary to avert a no deal Brexit.
May failed in her crafty plan to use the RP and this liar will do to.
Quite. The brexit tories have effectively cut their own throat. They thought they were clever with these ideas on how to stop parliament having any say on the no deal fiasco.
What they didn't bargain on was the turkeys voting for Christmas, some tory MPs see losing their seat and a Labour government as a price worth paying.
Bit ironic NoNo Deal means NoNo Deal, whatever the cost.
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3 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:
ah, so the answer to losing their biggest automotive trade partner is to sell more cars to germans. begs the question, why wait? why not sell more cars to them now?
They will never lose the UK as a trading partner, just a reduction in numbers.
Many of the 27 domestic markets are fairly recent and I am not party to their marketing strategy. Chances are that moves have already been made.
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The brexit myth that they cannot let go.
"They would suffer far more than the UK simply because they sell more to us than we do to them"
Currently EU sales to the UK are effectively a domestic sale. When the UK becomes a third country it will be a whole new ball game, many EU suppliers will not want the hassle of exporting and look for new domestic customers. All previous trade figures will become invalid and who sells what to whom will take on a whole new perspective.
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8 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:
err let me google that for ya..
and errr..
and actually aside from these two and the odd 12m baht porsche NO there are not many German cars in thailand
I am quite happy to be corrected where valid, more made here than I was aware of.
It does not detract from the fact that increased cost in the UK may reduce sales of German cars but it is certainly not going to wipe them out. They have a big enough domestic market to recover the loss.
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22 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:
oh and as for the car industry if no deal happens 1M Germans will lose their jobs in the german car industry. Britain is their largest automotive trading partner
Typical brexit mentality.
I suppose that you think with a 200% import tax there isn't any German cars in Thailand.
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12 minutes ago, JonnyF said:
Course they will. Just like South Korea.
Reuters, June 10.
You obviously missed the point, that the Japanese motor industry will be looking to escape the UK.
Feel free to believe that the South Koreans will provide as many jobs as the Japanese leave behind.
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13 minutes ago, puipuitom said:
Why you Brexiteers never read, know nearly nothing especailly when it comes to EU ?
All goods imported in the EU, NOT coming from a country with whom there is a special deal, will be considered as "third countries", see https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/taric_consultation.jsp?Lang=en
For cars: 10 %, starting 1 Nov in case of a no deal.
Exactly, they are so hung up on German cars, they cannot see the wood for the trees.
Once the UK becomes a third country, the Japanese will be looking for an escape route.
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1 hour ago, dick dasterdly said:Hang on a minute - genuinely leaving as a result of no deal is fairly simple, bearing in mind the eu will be as desperate as the uk to ensure things continue smoothly from both sides.
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You would have to explain why the EU would be desperate or why the German auto industry would suffer significantly if the UK leaves without an agreement.
If people in the UK want to buy German, or any other EU product, they will buy it whatever the price. Yes sales may take a hit but it will be small potatoes compared to the ramifications facing the UK. Also the EU have a huge internal market they can turn their attention to without the regulatory hassle that will come into play.
It is EU entities that allow many UK enterprises to function through various agreements, agreements that will come to an end along with EU membership unless alternative agreements are created.
Everything can be quite simple if you ignore the problems, ask Theresa May she found a simple answer.
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3 hours ago, petemoss said:"We are talking about October 31st this year and if we are not out by then there will be a GE shortly thereafter." And that's a fact is it? Or another Brexiteer pink unicorn?
Nothing is ever a fact until in the history books, but fairly close to a fact. The EU have said that brexit can only be extended pending a GE or referendum, and the GE is odds on favourite. Many will see a Labour government as the lesser of two evils.
Highly likely that PM Johnson will get toppled to trigger a GE in an attempt to extend brexit, people need to wake up to the possibility of it not going anywhere soon.
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On 6/25/2019 at 8:12 AM, JonnyF said:
No Deal honours the referendum result and also allows us to strike trade deals around the world. It puts us back in control of immigration policy and our fishing waters. We answer to our own courts not the ECJ.
Delusional thinking. The UK is tied up in hundreds of legislative agreements with the EU that will come to an end on 31st Oct. These agreements will only end for the UK, they will remain in place between all other member states. It will be the UK cutting off the branch it is perched on.
As Nov 1st appears on the horizon, Boris will be on his hands and knees looking for an emergency extension to try and get all these agreements reinstated.
Brexiteers do not want the EU, just the membership benefits, brexit has always been about cherrypicking.
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17 hours ago, MikeN said:
Thats what has been said when condo management has tried to stop owners renting out on AirBnB by the day or week.
The court ruling was that in respect of condos, the number of rooms was to be taken as the number of rooms in the building rather than the number of rooms owned.
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10 hours ago, HauptmannUK said:
I suggest you educate yourself. If we leave with 'no deal' we cannot do what we want. Read up on WTO and GATT24.
What many do not seem to understand, and that seems to include the politicians, is that there is no such thing as a "no deal scenario". In the event of the UK leaving without any "agreement" there would be a mad panic to create hundreds of mini deals to prevent the UK coming to a standstill.
People tend to get hung up on the major issues and ignore the small print, a great deal of UK industry and services rely on the EU for certification and it is a bit difficult to do business without the appropriate paperwork being in place.
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4 hours ago, Tanoshi said:
What most aren't grasping is that you can apply from anywhere in the world, using just a PC, but you can only obtain the Visa from an Embassy where you have a residency permit or the right of abode.
A British national staying in China on a residency permit, could obtain the Visa from the Chinese Embassy, or alternatively in France as an EU national, or in the UK where they have right of abode.
It's the bar code on the application form that permits them access to your application.
The only difference being the documentation required depending on your choice of collection.
What you have posted bears no relation to my comment, I was merely clarifying a mis interpreted piece of text from the embassy website which was not in respect of the online system.
I haven't seen a completed online application so I do not know if they are using a barcode or a QR code, there is a significant difference in the capability. The Germans have been using a QR for a long time and that contains the complete application.
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8 hours ago, Estrada said:
I went back to using Qatar Airways which I have made over 100 flights on. The next worse flight I had was on Sri Lanka Airlines.
All part of the same company, it was Qatar a/c BA used during the strike.
Worst experience ever was with Qatar, offloaded at Doha, rerouted through Paris, wrong terminal info provided, flight delayed, arrived in Manchester around midnight 6 hours late and no baggage. Around 20 people in total and took a couple of hours to process the baggage claims. They had separated a guy and his Thai GF who was travelling to the UK for the first time, she had been sat in the airport waiting for him to arrive.
The real value of an airline comes out when things go wrong and I can assure you in that regard BA leaves Qatar on the starting line.
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12 hours ago, mwbrown said:
I flew the BA BKK-LHR flight on June 1 and returned June 24, in coach. The plane is a tired old 777 with a tiny blurry seatback screen. The available space was tiny, as with any large long-range jet.
The biggest issue however, was the airspace over Pakistan was closed (as is now Iran) so we had to fly around it. We left BKK 1.5 hours late due to the delay on the incoming flight, then 1.5 additional hours in the air, so we missed our last-flight-of-the-day connecting flight to Marseilles, along with most other people on the flight with connections. The hotel process and getting back to the airport for the 7am flight the next morning was a nightmare. I'll never do that again.
Exactly the same thing happened to me going to Manchester on May 9th, the flight from LHR to BKK should have been rescheduled to an earlier time so the a/c gets back to London in time for these connections, being the last ones of the day.
I was stood outside the Holiday inn at 04.30 waiting for the Hoppa and cars were driving past with frost on the roof, bit of a shock to the system.
Thai vs Falang builders
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Exactly. I had quotes from both Thai and foreign builders with the price being from the falangs being more than double the price. The biggest problem I had was finding a Thai builder that was willing to take the job on as I wanted bricks and cavity wall construction. It also proved to be a problem during the build, I lived on site and had to go round every evening and remove their rubbish from the cavity,took several talks with the builder to get them to stop.
Can't complain, at the end of the day got a good job for the 900K.