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Another “Brexit benefit” - Airports boss Charlie Cornish said in November that Brexit has harmed UK aviation sector and its ability to recruit workers and has “massively exacerbated” (his words) worker shortages. The shortage of frontline staff caused queues and chaos in UK airports in the short meant that they were unable to deal with the sudden increase of passengers after Covid. This sudden shortage of labour has meant that although immigration from EU is down it is up from elsewhere – e,g, importing Doctors from Nigeria instead. All leading economists will tell you that the damage is real. The rate of growth i.e recession is unique to the UK. The single issue Brexit government has no idea how to get growth to return. Whilst other factors such as Covid had structurally altered the labour forces in all EU countries, the problems in UK are exacerbated by fewer Europeans coming back into the UK. “This damages the UK’s ability to recruit workforce. Pre-Brexit, this problem was didn’t exist. Economic recovery in the EU, is much further ahead than that of the UK. You can’t argue that this suddenly appeared from nowhere and has nothing to do with Brexit going to be able to say that’s not due to Brexit.

Brexit changes caused 22.9% slump in UK-EU exports into the first quarter of 2022 – research, and the variety of UK products exported to EU were down by 42% has shown that UK exports to the EU fell by an average of 22.9% in the first 15 months after the introduction of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, In fact, the negative effect on UK exports has got worse from January 2021-March 2022 from the previous period with Covid. The UK has also experienced a significant reduction in the variety of goods being exported to the EU, with an estimated loss of 42% of product varieties. This, combined means that concentrating export values to fewer products, will have further, serious ramifications for the UK’s exports and productivity in the future. Businesses are calling for a return to the single market and freedom of movement to address the labour shortage.

Not really – the handing was good from the start – the mods were an improvement on something that was already good. Remember the Imp had coil springs and rear trailing arms – something almost unheard of in those days. The front was designed to counteract the effects of a rea engine car – it was copied from the Chevy Corvair (they learned from Chevy's mistakes) and a radical improvement on the old VW.

The Imps did handle well - the running gear was specified by Mike Parkes who apart from being an F1 driver was also an engineer for Ferrari. He is the reason the car had a Coventry Climax alloy engine and not the 3 cylinder one originally envisaged. The mechanicals of this vehicle were streets ahead of the mini ... it's a pity the production was so bdad

Never had a problem driving all manner of cars for 58 years and in several countries... never REALISEd you had a problem. lots of people did that because they did it in VWs - wasn't needed

not needed! It was your driving.

Sounds like you had the clutches set up badly. The Imp used a diaphragm spring cutch and the Laycock original was actually the best but save cylinder problems etc may have spoiled it for you. Imp range could handle really well if the suspension was maintained. The VW habit of putting weight in the front was unnecessary and could actually impair the handling.

The government's own fiscal body, the OBR has stated that Brexit has reduced UK's GDP by 4%....which is on top of the problems facing the rest of Europe. on top of this the UK's ability to recovered is hampered by the damage Brexit has done to trade that no amount of deals around the world can replace. The Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) economic and fiscal outlook, published alongside the government’s autumn statement, forecast that Brexit “will result in the U.K.’s trade intensity being 15 per cent lower in the long run than if the U.K. had remained in the EU.” [OBR].

the Imp was. classic example of how the British motor industry collapsed. A really interesting design that was compromised engineering and then ruined by build quality. The car had a long run, but like most UK cars too long a run and very little development. The release was a cock up and the moving of production was a total shambles that resulted in the car being released before it was ready. The move to Scotland was political but the fact that it happened was down to Rootes management which like all auto industry management in the UK at the time was dominated by a blinkered class system attitude that lead to confrontation rather than cooperation and pride in product.

Says in the opening line where its from. All of the polls now show that a clear majority of people in the UK think Brexit was a mistake – mostly around 54% think it was a mistake and 32% think it was a good idea and the ret just don’t know (or can’t bring themselves to admit it)

If you look at this thread and the one on UK struggling, it is easy to understand why Will Self and others have pointed out that whilst not all Brexiteers are racists, all racists are Brexiteers

All of the polls now show that a clear majority of people in the UK think Brexit was a mistake – mostly around 54% think it was a mistake and 32% think it was a good idea and the ret just don’t know (or can’t bring themselves to admit it)

Brexiteer arguments re always so spurious and ill-informed - especially their claims re democracy - it simply is irrelevant - You can't accept Brexit anymore than you can vote the world is flat

Makes me think that somewhere there is an enormous police station with bungalows, swimming pools and a golf course with thousands of police all on "inactive duties"

Market forces don't exist in Thailand - schemes like this may be devised in murky rooms behind closed doors - contracts involve big money to contractors and graft and corruption flourish. Mega schemes around the world are particularly open to graft and corruption. They happen, not because there is a need but because it is a signal project and feeds the greed of contractors. This could happen and the island inhabitants will have little or no say in it.

so is this totally different from the episode in 2010 or the similar episode in 2017? etc etc.?

Cars aren't magic - an there's no such thing as Murphy's law - that's what it's about... if you or someone who knows what they are doing looks at a car, you can tell with remarkable certainty whats going to happen. There are even manufacturers manuals or parts life etc. If you buy off a dealer they may offer some form of warranty, if it's off a private vendor, you have no comeback from them; so it's a good idea to get a mechanic or better still an engineer to look at the vehicle. Cars are the same all over the world, so are the sellers - some a e straight, some are dishonest. As an amateur buyer you need to protect yourself with a knowledge of cars and an ability to make some assessments of the person you are buying from. Many foreign buyers in Thailand have their chances spoiled by their own prejudices.... well no sympathy there - they just miss out on a good deal.

I bought of a dealer and got a warranty etc etc - the car lasted for 10 years. You could get a freindly mechanic to check it out for you - then if he keeps having to fix it, he will lose face.

If anyone is in any doubt about the lies of Brexit take a;\ look at this article which outlines the lies from Boris to Sunak. https://boris-johnson-lies.com/ The only way to justify Brexit is to claim black is white and pigs can fly. We've gone form "sunlit uplands - to a disaster we will "get by - in. Dunkirk was a disaster we got by on, but Brexit is with us for years unless we see sense and start to rejoin ASAP - Sunak has already has Switzerland's agreement waved in his face.

Just the tip of the iceberg……. London School of economics has been doing research into the effects of Brexit on food prices – apparently Brexit added almost £6bn to UK food bills in the two years to the end of 2021, affecting poorest households the most, research has found. The cost of food imported from the EU shot up because of extra red tape, adding £210 to the average household food bills over 2020 and 2021, https://www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-news-from-LSE/2022/l-December-22/By-the-end-of-2021-Brexit-had-already-cost-UK-households-a-total-of-5.8-billion-in-higher-food-bills-%E2%80%93-new-LSE-research#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWe%20calculate%20that%20Brexit%20caused,%2C%20they%20are%20hit%20harder.%E2%80%9D

Before you go just read your answers and check you "visa" - no need to reply - I already know.

...what is your point? Do you think overstay is OK? Are you saying that ll this time you have been on overstay? PS - 20 years, and I pay taxes too.! It would seem that my status and possibly yours have nothing to do with overstay?

Let's face it overstayers are breaking the law - they think they are better than Thai people and above their laws, so what other laws are they prepared to break?.....Thailand simply doesn't need these people with their arrogant sense of entitlement -

So are you an overstayer? or are you just paying your way?

Overstayers don't have that, of course. Burmese immigrants are being exploited by Thai businesses as cheap labour etc Western overstyers are exploiting Thailand - they don't pay taxes etc and don't contribute to the Thai economy and often ther businesses are either baloney or taking work from Thai businesses.