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4 hours ago, izod10 said:
When there is a massive deficit with the EU does anything really matter,just stop trading,was it 93 billion or thereabouts? Just stop trading with EU,the deficit the UK has with them could be spent elsewhere in the world,more bang for the buck as saying goes
With CAP artificially inflating prices for farm produce in eu , spanish farmers now protesting at low values on their produce,olives etc,about to be CAP,good time to be gone
Another ill informed rant.
Access to the single market is the life blood of many exporters, but it means little to those that voted to leave, and it still won't, even to those with a P45 in their hand.
Just sit around in Wetherspoons and blame the EU.
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11 hours ago, Rookiescot said:Any agreement has to be ratified by all the member states.
Good luck Gove trying to push France and Germany around.
Its going to be WTO rules.
But thats OK thats what people voted for.
The problem is that there are "regulations" and "regulations" which quite obviously many fail to understand, including Gove by the look of it.
A large percentage of goods going to the EU are subject to CE marking. Who is responsible for CE regulations, the EU. Who has legal jurisdiction over CE regulations, the ECJ. The 200 or so notified bodies that operated in the UK have been shut down and companies must now obtain certification from within the EU.
So if a company wishes to continue with CE marking and export to the EU under EU regulations and subject to the ECJ, who is going to stop them.
The government approach will not stop exporting under EU regulations, just make it very difficult. Without a zero tariff agreement much of the UK exports will become uncompetitive in the EU.
Manufacturers that think they can replace the lost trade in a deal with the US will be in for quite a shock when they face the certification required to meet the US regulations.
Many of the smaller SME's will struggle to fund the cost of exporting once outside the EU and many will just kick it into touch. What the brexiteers refuse to acknowledge is that the problem is even more acute in Scotland, even 2 of the largest exporters, Seafood/fish farming and Whisky, are under threat from government policy.
Is it any wonder Scotland would prefer to tread a different path.
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3 hours ago, IgboChief said:
That is correct.
I can not prove or deny, if I would have gotten the Visa without it.
I can only elaborate, that I felt it was always helpful because they studied it longer than any other document and also the guys around me without it got problems. My international marriage certificate is in English.
The document is easy to obtain so of course I would always advise to heave it ready, even when it is not listed as a requirement.
Cheers.
I am with you on that. I am a great believer in trying to dispel a question before it gets asked.
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11 minutes ago, JimGant said:
Good news. How far ahead of extension expiration was this? Did you have to submit something in writing, as a previous poster had to (although his experience seemed pro forma)? Thanx.
Your experience with HCMC -- no bumps?
It was 3 days but that was just the way it fell, flew on the Monday, submitted the Tuesday, collected Wednesday and went to Vung Tau.
It was very easy, I was in and out in less than 10 minutes, I had done everything including the application before arrival, follow what it says on the website and there shouldn't be a problem.
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1 hour ago, JimGant said:
Kinda silly to have to do, but it would be even sillier to go all the way to Saigon, only to be told, sorry, can't issue you a Non O because you still have a valid extension.
Not going to happen. I got ME non O based on marriage in Nov at HCMC before extension and re-entry had expired. New visa will start day of application.
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On 2/23/2020 at 10:08 PM, bartender100 said:
Wrong, we were always subject to EU regulations on what deals we did outside the EU
If that were true, the UK would never have done any trade with the US.
The US do not recognise any EU regulations.
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On 2/23/2020 at 6:49 PM, CG1 Blue said:
EU procurement rules were largely to blame for the passport contract going to a foreign company.
Bojo was so desperate for a blue passport he couldn't wait to take back control, or possibly prematurely lost control.
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23 hours ago, evadgib said:Under the act of union to which they voluntarily and enthusiastically signed up 300 +years ago that falls to the UK parliament no matter how loud they squeak.
Another brexiteer myth. In 1603 the King of Scotland wore the crown of both Scotland and England. Scotland lost control in the English coup of 1707, never something the people of Scotland ever wanted. Little doubt you will try and dispute the history books.
Do you really believe that someone has ever said that the population of Scotland and that of England were equal? Of course you don't, just another attempt at distortion.
Brexiteers just refuse to accept that Scotland should have any say, far less an equal say, in the determination of their own future.
With superior numbers in population it is a privilege that only England is entitled to, autocracy in everything but name.
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17 minutes ago, vogie said:
Mrs Sturgeons open door policy is certainly no answer, incidentally the Scots share the same beliefs on immigration as their southern neighbours, it might just lose her a few more votes with that attitude, be carefull what you wish for.
Unlike you, the Scottish conservatives have not dismissed the SNP proposal out of hand.
They are unlikely to lose many votes, that would mean you had to have many to start with.
Carlaw said he thought some of the Scottish government’s proposals had merit, but did not elaborate.
Asked if he agreed with the Scottish visa proposal, Carlaw said: “The answer is to have a migration system which is appropriate to Scotland’s needs.
“Actually, we’re still digesting the Scottish government paper as well, which [we] believe had some quite sensible analysis of the situation and there were some sensible suggestions made in that too.”
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From post 817
"In the fishing industry, not just trawler skippers but mates and share fishermen – experienced crew members – are all classed as skilled. So are fishmongers, fish filleters and fish processors.
For all those jobs, and many more, employers will be able to recruit workers from overseas."
A late friend of mine used to work on a fish farm and he was a skilled worker, skilled in the use of CNC milling machines, but didn't count for a lot when it came to tipping bags of fish food into the reservoir. He only took the job because it was seasonal, allowing him to spend 6 months in UK and 6 months in Thailand.
One day the politicians will wake up to the fact that a large percentage of the work in seafood and fish farming is seasonal and effectively manual labour, whatever they want to call it.
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3 hours ago, izod10 said:fishing that alone will destroy the EU and they know it.....its all hot air from now on WTO rules God the French? its going to hurt
Another brexit myth, then they never did understand "cooperation".
When the UK leaves the EU and the CFP, it will be considered a coastal state under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS), responsible for the sustainable management of the resources in its Exclusive Economic Zone ( EEZ). This requires cooperation with other states (in particular the EU and Norway) for the management of shared stocks, and a key part of this will be agreeing overall catch limits and their allocation between the coastal states. Zonal attachment [2] , as used as the basis for allocation of shared stocks in the EU–Norway agreement, is an alternative approach to the current CFP ‘relative stability’ allocation based predominantly on historic catch levels.
2. Zonal attachment is a way of defining how the amount of fish to be caught from a shared stock should be divided amongst the coastal states in whose waters the stocks occur. The zonal attachment of a stock is the share of the stock residing within a particular country’s EEZ, weighted by the time it spends in a country’s zone over a year, if necessary.
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1 hour ago, evadgib said:Good distraction.
The item in question was regarding the seafood and you bring in suggested changes to the offshore sector.
Don't worry too much, even the politicians fail to recognise the difference, as far as they were concerned the fishing industry wanted brexit, despite the fact that anti-brexit side of the industry is over twice the size of offshore in terms of jobs.
Scottish seafood and fish farming is primarily located in rural areas but what is the problem with a bit of collateral damage, after all. out of sight, out of mind.
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3 hours ago, evadgib said:Yet another example where the ???????????????????????????? are bashed for something the entire Kingdom (????????) are responsible for (& the quote still ends with 'union of countries' lol!)
15.2 million votes of the 17.4 million that voted to leave were from England, or maybe you dispute that as well.
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12 minutes ago, MrKFC said:
Good news!
Where'd you ride in from? I'm in Khanom, thinking I might ride the train from Nakhorn Sri Thammarat but haven't been able to find a schedule that shows that ... might have to do Nakhorn Sri Thammarat to Hat Yai.
Other option is to ride the scooter, but it's 300+ km, a long day in the saddle.
DS
I came down overnight from Bangkok. If you can get to Hat Yai for 07.30 you can get the morning shuttle for 50 baht, or there is the Bangkok train No 45 that comes through HY about 45 minutes later, although mine ran about 2 hours late. I think that one is about 250 baht.
Another option would be to take the afternoon shuttle to PD arrives about 1600 Malaysian time and then the Bangkok train No 46 back to Hat Yai, that leaves PD at 18.00 getting into HY at about the same time Thai time.
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On 2/19/2020 at 3:49 PM, sanemax said:
Yes, that is why we can make own own rules and laws and as you are still IN, you cannot
What does that mean exactly?
Prior to the single market, the UK was free to make it's own rules but did little in the way of workers rights and consumer protection.
You conveniently ignore that all directives issued by the EU are democratically agreed by all member states.
The English did not like what 27 foreigners thought was a good idea so they threw the toys out of the pram.
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On 2/19/2020 at 6:02 PM, CG1 Blue said:The EU are proposing that the UK remains tied to EU regulations on all it's trade (EU or non-EU). And they are proposing the ECJ would be the sole arbitrator. This is not how it works with Canada.
You are spreading garbage.
Of course the EU are proposing the UK remains in alignment with the EU, because Bojo is asking for zero tariffs, and that is the only way it can be done.
Bojo knows this and is paving the way to WTO and the inevitable tariffs with the blame on the EU for the failure and resulting price increases in the UK.
As for arbitration, you are all mixed up.
To sell into the single market goods from the UK would have to meet the requirements of EU directives and EU directives are under the jurisdiction of the ECJ. To sell into the US market, goods from the UK must meet the required US standards and US standards are under the jurisdiction of the US legal system, no different.
Canada is in a trade agreement with the EU and any dispute under that agreement would be resolved under the agreed resolution procedure.
If the UK was in a trade agreement with the EU, any dispute under that agreement would be resolved under the agreed resolution procedure, not sole arbitration by the ECJ.
You should try and avoid comparing apples to oranges.
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On 2/19/2020 at 7:13 PM, docspinoff said:
did you notice the calendar to choose a date and time ? think there are blue times and black times ... the black ones are free and the blue ones are 3500b Not many black , but got caught out last time but not this time yes ,,,
Yes, I noticed the different colours.
There were some black available for the following day but the day after that, the whole day was available in black.
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On 2/18/2020 at 4:46 PM, Leaver said:
Your wife could afford it. She has a farang.
The question is, can / will the average Thai pay it? They may have to put up with the inconvenience of congestion because they simply may not be able to afford it, especially if it's a daily commute.
Even in western countries people detour tolls.
Some harsh economy times are coming to Thailand. It will be interesting to see if locals are prepared to pay this toll.
"The question is, can / will the average Thai pay it? "
As I said before , you only have to look at the gridlocked expressways to see how many Thais are quite prepared to pay the tolls.
Of course you could maintain that it is not average Thais that pay the tolls, maybe they all have a falang.
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16 minutes ago, MrKFC said:
Thanks. ????
Have you heard whether they're requiring an overnight there? - I'm just getting a stamp on my METV, trying to do the usual U-turn.
DS
I went there 2 weeks ago, got off the train in the morning and back on the shuttle to Hat Yai in the afternoon.
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38 minutes ago, GarryP said:
I have just finished uploading the documents. Unfortunately, before I saw your note to combine the documents into single files for each section.
It was terrible, timed out several times. Even though I am in an office with excellent internet connectivity, previewing the uploaded documents took an age. One of the worst websites I have been on when it comes to uploading and reviewing docs and I work with quite a number of such sites, so it is not as if I am an internet virgin.
Appointment made for next Monday. I have calmed down now but my blood pressure must have been very high. I'll probably end up having to pay something too.
Quite, I used to be a Sage software consultant and that VFS website is reminiscent of 20 year old software, quite atrocious for this day and age.
We are also going on Monday at 10.45, I cannot believe how clear the calendar was, I made last application at almost the same time last year and had to wait nearly 3 weeks for an appointment. Either there has been a dramatic reduction in applications or a huge number of walk-ins.
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15 hours ago, CG1 Blue said:Does the EU insist that other non-EU countries such as Canada and Japan follow EU rules, and abide by ECJ rulings?
Of course they do, all countries in a trade agreement with the EU must follow the rules of that agreement. Trade agreements are exactly that, an agreement to do things in a certain way, the closer the alignment between the 2 entities, the lower the tariffs. The UK can kick alignment into touch and pay the price, not a problem if you are not on a budget. Of course the UK can always sell a few visas for cheaper goods.
Every trade deal has an agreed dispute resolution built in, no one is forced to abide by anything. The EU Canada agreement had a reformed dispute settlement drawn up as the EU no longer wished to use ISDS. The US tried to insist on ISDS, the EU refused and trade talks were abandoned.
Make no mistake, ISDS will be the vehicle that carries away the UK pharmaceutical industry.
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15 hours ago, vogie said:
So what are you trying to say,
Obviously understanding is proving to be difficult, much easier to bring up something else.
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3 hours ago, GarryP said:
I take it that is not the current list. My understanding is that there is no need for passport photos and copy of Thai ID card. I am just about to submit my wife's application. This new system seems much worse than before. I thought the digital era was supposed to make things so much easier.
You take it right, that is the one they got rid of, the current checklist is very spread out and amounts to 7 pages.
Here is a screenshot of the categories and it is worthwhile with a PDF editor merging the documents for each category into a single file, makes the upload much easier.
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23 hours ago, UKresonant said:
But why would such a certificate be relevant, to a visa application, if it is fact at the time of applying?
It shouldn't be necessary if the name on the wife's ID card is correct, they need the name change certificate, Kor5, to get the new ID card.
My wife did it 2 years ago, about 10 years after we got married.
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UK plans to introduce border controls on EU goods after post-Brexit transition
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Why would you want to cloud the issue by bringing in facts?
Fantasy has become a way of life for some.