UK and EU reach Brexit trade deal

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[david555]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/01/11/sunak-suggests-big-bang-20-awaits-city-bid-soothe-brexit-fears/

 

Sunak suggests 'Big Bang 2.0' awaits the City in bid to soothe Brexit fears

His comments come a week after almost €6bn of EU share trading shifted from London to the Continent due to Brexit

 

By Lucy Burton, banking editor 11 January 2021 • 2:04pm

 

 

Edited January 11, 2021 by david555

[david555]

( It seems Spain dont allowe dual citizenship ....hence the" tough choice"...) further down in article....

 

 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1382524/brexit-news-spain-expats-boris-johnson-british-citizenship-european-union-spt

 

Expats in Spain ‘forced to give up British citizenship’ post-Brexit as tough choices loom

BREXIT has unsettled legions of Britons living in Spain, with one UK investor claiming she was "forced to give up her British citizenship".

By Kate Nicholson

 

15:37, Mon, Jan 11, 2021 | UPDATED: 17:23, Mon, Jan 11, 2021

 

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[sandyf]

On 1/10/2021 at 8:27 PM, Bluespunk said:

 

That soft splat johnson and other arch brexiteers are now hearing is the you know what hitting the fan...

Fairly obvious they never really understood the term "frictionless trade".

 

One driver coming off the ferry from Britain with ham sandwiches wrapped in tinfoil was heard pleading with the border guard: “Can you take the meat and leave me the bread?”

The official replied: “No, everything will be confiscated – welcome to the Brexit, sir. I’m sorry.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-sandwiches-confiscated-uk-netherlands-b1785384.html

[bkkcanuck8]

1 minute ago, sandyf said:

Fairly obvious they never really understood the term "frictionless trade".

 

One driver coming off the ferry from Britain with ham sandwiches wrapped in tinfoil was heard pleading with the border guard: “Can you take the meat and leave me the bread?”

The official replied: “No, everything will be confiscated – welcome to the Brexit, sir. I’m sorry.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-sandwiches-confiscated-uk-netherlands-b1785384.html

You cannot even take food from some states to other states in the United States...  Pretty much all western countries get nervous about transporting open food from region to region and one country to another is even more of an issue...

[jvs]

2 minutes ago, bkkcanuck8 said:

You cannot even take food from some states to other states in the United States...  Pretty much all western countries get nervous about transporting open food from region to region and one country to another is even more of an issue...

In Europa not an issue.

[welovesundaysatspace]

4 minutes ago, jvs said:

In Europa not an issue.

Within the EU not an issue. Not Europe. 

[vogie]

19 minutes ago, sandyf said:

Fairly obvious they never really understood the term "frictionless trade".

 

One driver coming off the ferry from Britain with ham sandwiches wrapped in tinfoil was heard pleading with the border guard: “Can you take the meat and leave me the bread?”

The official replied: “No, everything will be confiscated – welcome to the Brexit, sir. I’m sorry.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-sandwiches-confiscated-uk-netherlands-b1785384.html

Taking our sandwiches, how dare they! ????????????

 

Do I detect that remainers are struggling to find any negative news about Brexit.

[transam]

2 hours ago, david555 said:

( It seems Spain dont allowe dual citizenship ....hence the" tough choice"...) further down in article....

 

 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1382524/brexit-news-spain-expats-boris-johnson-british-citizenship-european-union-spt

 

Expats in Spain ‘forced to give up British citizenship’ post-Brexit as tough choices loom

BREXIT has unsettled legions of Britons living in Spain, with one UK investor claiming she was "forced to give up her British citizenship".

By Kate Nicholson

 

15:37, Mon, Jan 11, 2021 | UPDATED: 17:23, Mon, Jan 11, 2021

 

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Have you sourced the future price of UK cabbages yet.....?

[transam]

24 minutes ago, sandyf said:

Fairly obvious they never really understood the term "frictionless trade".

 

One driver coming off the ferry from Britain with ham sandwiches wrapped in tinfoil was heard pleading with the border guard: “Can you take the meat and leave me the bread?”

The official replied: “No, everything will be confiscated – welcome to the Brexit, sir. I’m sorry.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-sandwiches-confiscated-uk-netherlands-b1785384.html

The driver should have told them it was ham from the EU....????

PS. Reads like your digging is a bit slow this morning....????

[vogie]

3 minutes ago, transam said:

The driver should have told them it was ham from the EU....????

PS. Reads like your digging is a bit slow this morning....????

They can take oor butties, but they'll no take oor tea. Freedom!

[david555]

25 minutes ago, bkkcanuck8 said:

You cannot even take food from some states to other states in the United States...  Pretty much all western countries get nervous about transporting open food from region to region and one country to another is even more of an issue...

Even to Thailand bringing meat in by airline is prohibited ...because the "mad cow disease " restrictions from years ago 

[sandyf]

9 minutes ago, vogie said:

Taking our sandwiches, how dare they! ????????????

 

Do I detect that remainers are struggling to find any negative news about Brexit.

No struggle whatsoever, the negatives are staring you in the face.

None so blind as those that refuse to see.

[vogie]

Just now, sandyf said:

No struggle whatsoever, the negatives are staring you in the face.

None so blind as those that refuse to see.

You are correct, when the severity of the customs officials actions finally hit me, I just wonder if I will ever come to terms with it.

Boiled ham or roast?

[welovesundaysatspace]

25 minutes ago, vogie said:

Taking our sandwiches, how dare they! ????????????

 

Do I detect that remainers are struggling to find any negative news about Brexit.

To use @Loiner’s words: “They had four years to prepare how to get their sandwiches into the EU, now deal with it.” ???? 
 

https://ec.europa.eu/food/sites/food/files/safety/docs/ia_trade_import-cond-meat_en.pdf

Edited January 12, 2021 by welovesundaysatspace

[vogie]

Just now, welovesundaysatspace said:

If you don’t have the proper paperwork for your meat exports into the EU, I think it’s your fault alone, no? Or to use @Loiner’s words: “They had four years to prepare how to get their sandwiches into the EU, no deal with it.” ???? 
 

https://ec.europa.eu/food/sites/food/files/safety/docs/ia_trade_import-cond-meat_en.pdf

Any news on the 200 mile tail backs or is taking our sandwiches supposed to be a substitute story, if it is, it has failed miserably.

I am just waiting for a British lorry driver to run over a French snail and the story in the papers will be 'Britain destroys French food industry'

[welovesundaysatspace]

3 minutes ago, vogie said:

Any news on the 200 mile tail backs

According to your government, Michael Gove, the Cabinet Office minister, warned on Friday of "significant additional disruption" for freight in the days and weeks ahead as the effects of stockpiling before 1 January unwound and trade traffic increased. 
 

5 minutes ago, vogie said:

or is taking our sandwiches supposed to be a substitute story

What do you see when you do a quick Google News search on “Brexit”? 

[transam]

5 minutes ago, vogie said:

Any news on the 200 mile tail backs or is taking our sandwiches supposed to be a substitute story, if it is, it has failed miserably.

I am just waiting for a British lorry driver to run over a French snail and the story in the papers will be 'Britain destroys French food industry'

Weeeeell, I am expecting that sort of stuff very soon, sadly....????

And not a word from those from across the channel regarding their Brexit problems, strange that....????.....

[Bluespunk]

1 hour ago, bkkcanuck8 said:

You cannot even take food from some states to other states in the United States...  Pretty much all western countries get nervous about transporting open food from region to region and one country to another is even more of an issue...

Wasn't an issue a few weeks ago...

[transam]

1 minute ago, Bluespunk said:

Wasn't an issue a few weeks ago...

Perhaps those across the channel are still smarting at the loss of UK cash and the possibility of a ban on Garners Pickled Onions......????

[bkkcanuck8]

1 minute ago, Bluespunk said:

Wasn't an issue a few weeks ago...

A few weeks ago the UK was part of the EU Common Market with common standards that each country are committed to.... now the UK has left so from this point on the UK can move away from the common standards whenever it wants... so the border for agricultural checks has moved as part of it.  In any case, the UK is no longer part of it... the UK decided it did not want to have commonality - get use to it.

[Bluespunk]

2 minutes ago, bkkcanuck8 said:

A few weeks ago the UK was part of the EU Common Market with common standards that each country are committed to.... now the UK has left so from this point on the UK can move away from the common standards whenever it wants... so the border for agricultural checks has moved as part of it.  In any case, the UK is no longer part of it... the UK decided it did not want to have commonality - get use to it.

That was my point..some in the uk decided that and now the soft stuff is hitting the fan, on many levels.

Edited January 12, 2021 by Bluespunk

[bkkcanuck8]

3 minutes ago, transam said:

Perhaps those across the channel are still smarting at the loss of UK cash and the possibility of a ban on Garners Pickled Onions......????

 

Sealed food, dried food sealed (preserved) is different than open food. I don't know any country that allows transport of fresh food across borders (except the EU)

[transam]

3 minutes ago, bkkcanuck8 said:

 

Sealed food, dried food sealed (preserved) is different than open food. I don't know any country that allows transport of fresh food across borders (except the EU)

My point were regarding the post about a driver having his sandwiches confiscated, which I find funny, he should have munched them on the spot, as for Garners Pickled Onions, well, they must stay suspended in spiced vinegar till the last moment to be crunched, and I doubt any bug could survive in that concoction.....????

[vogie]

5 minutes ago, transam said:

My point were regarding the post about a driver having his sandwiches confiscated, which I find funny, he should have munched them on the spot, as for Garners Pickled Onions, well, they must stay suspended in spiced vinegar till the last moment to be crunched, and I doubt any bug could survive in that concoction.....????

But these were not just ordinary ham sandwiches, these were Marks and Spencer ham sandwiches. ????????????

[jvs]

1 hour ago, welovesundaysatspace said:

Within the EU not an issue. Not Europe. 

Of course you are right,my bad.

Try taking food from the EU to Switserland,also not an issue but i am sure you can find some if you

dig deep enough.

Sometimes i make the mistake taken Eu for Europe,

[welovesundaysatspace]

50 minutes ago, transam said:

Early days, mon ami, in 1939 things didn't go to plan for quite some time, but it sorted itself out, well didn't it...?

You’re expecting WWII conditions to happen? Brexiteers would accuse you of “Project Fear”...

[welovesundaysatspace]

48 minutes ago, transam said:

Perhaps those across the channel are still smarting at the loss of UK cash and the possibility of a ban on Garners Pickled Onions......????

Or they took back control of their borders. 

[nauseus]

2 hours ago, david555 said:

Even to Thailand bringing meat in by airline is prohibited ...because the "mad cow disease " restrictions from years ago 

 

Never knew that? Used to bring a full freezer bag of hi-so bangers in every trip in the good old days.

[david555]

 (Good news for the hard core brexiteers , WTO "could" still be ....as E.U. parliamentarians did not signed yet ... ???? )

 

 

Brexit news: EU warns it could still BLOCK Brexit trade deal as MEPs mock British MPs | Politics | News | Express.co.uk

 

This isn't over! EU warns it could still BLOCK Brexit trade deal as MEPs mock British MPs

SENIOR MEPs have vowed not to be hoodwinked into backing the Brexit trade deal like their British counterparts.

By JOE BARNES, BRUSSELS CORRESPONDENT

PUBLISHED: 09:26, Tue, Jan 12, 2021 | UPDATED: 09:42, Tue, Jan 12, 2021

 

The European Parliament’s influential international trade committee said they would scrutinise each and every “loose end” in the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement before giving it their sign off. A special plenary is set to be held by MEPs around February 23 to finally vote on the future relationship pact after it was agreed on Christmas Eve. They vowed to pour over the 1,200-page document and highlight any inconsistencies ahead of the ballot to rubber-stamp the pact.

 

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Edited January 12, 2021 by david555