Politics POLL: Brexit Withdrawal Agreement

[Gwadien]

Looks like a WW2 era merchant ship.

That's how big fishing ships are, they're pretty incredible and sad.

Also, I'd imagine the picture is a nuclear test where they used old ships.

 

[Wij]

Looks like a WW2 era merchant ship.

You're right. I suspect the picture may be doctored in some manner.

 

[caLLous]

 

[Wij]

UK Faces Trade Boycott After Brexit VAT Change – Byline Times

Firms from around the world have decided to end deliveries to the UK rather than register with the country for VAT after regulations – which received next to no scrutiny by Parliament – became law last month

bylinetimes.com

 

[caLLous]

And on the beeb...

EU firms refuse UK deliveries over Brexit tax changes

Some EU specialist firms stop delivering to the UK because of tax changes that took effect on 1 January.

www.bbc.com

Bicycle part firm Dutch Bike Bits said from now on, it would ship to every country in the world except the UK.

That's mental.

 

[Ormorof]

It is a bit odd, at some point someone made that decision and thought it would be a good idea

 

[Wij]

EU share trading flees London on first day after full Brexit

Nearly €6bn of dealing rerouted to newly created European hubs and primary exchanges

www.ft.com

 

[Scouse]

 

[Gwadien]

I'm sure you work for the financial Times, always trying to get peeps to sign up!

 

[Wij]

London’s financial sector started to feel the full effects of Brexit on the first trading day of 2021 as nearly €6bn of EU share dealing shifted away from the City to facilities in European capitals. Trading in equities such as Santander, Deutsche Bank and Total moved to EU marketplaces or back to primary exchanges such as the Madrid, Frankfurt and Paris bourses, according to data from Refinitiv — an abrupt change for investors in London who have grown accustomed to trading shares in Europe across borders without restrictions. Business on London hubs for euro-denominated share trading, including Cboe Europe, Turquoise and Aquis Exchange, shifted to their new EU venues set up late last year to cater for the end of the Brexit transition. The volume amounted to a sixth of all business on exchanges in Europe on Monday. “It’s been an extraordinary day. Shifting liquidity is one of the hardest things to do. It’s not ‘Big Bang’ — it’s ‘Bang and It’s Gone’. The City has lost its European share business,” said Alasdair Haynes, chief executive of Aquis Exchange. Although not the City’s most lucrative business, the departure of the share trading will mean less in tax receipts for the UK government. Mr Haynes also noted that it could encourage companies to list in the EU to benefit from smoother, more active trading conditions.

And so on...

 

[Wij]

For decades, London-based trading systems and big investment banks have been at the heart of cross-border share trading, with up to 30 per cent of all EU shares traded across the continent passing through the City. But the UK’s trade deal with the EU largely omitted financial services. UK prime minister Boris Johnson admitted the agreement had failed to meet his ambitions on the sector. The EU had refused to recognise most of the UK’s regulatory systems as “equivalent” to their own, forcing all euro-denominated business to move back to the bloc. With financial services outside the UK-EU trade talks, share trading executives in London expected little from EU regulators and had been prepared for several years to trade as if the UK had left the EU with “no deal”. Mr Haynes said he doubted the EU would grant equivalence in share trading soon, if ever.

 

[Jupitus]

Trading in equities such as Santander, Deutsche Bank and Total moved to EU marketplaces or back to primary exchanges such as the Madrid, Frankfurt and Paris bourses, according to data from Refinitiv.....

Refinitiv... who the fuck are they? Sound like a right old bunch of cowboys to me.....

 

[Wij]

View: https://twitter.com/bbcmartynoates/status/1346213229027065856

 

[caLLous]

Global by name, global by natu... oh, no, that's not quite accurate.

 

[Wij]

*shocked face*

Scrap EU consumer and worker protections now Brexit is completed, leading Tory says

Safeguards over data, pay and conditions, GM foods, hedge funds and disposal of old vehicles should all be binned, Daniel Hannan says

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Scouse]

Who needs that protection from cancer-causing chemicals tho eh @Wij?

 

[Wij]

Who needs that protection from cancer-causing chemicals tho eh @Wij?

REACH? I worked on that years ago

 

[Job]

Global by name, global by natu... oh, no, that's not quite accurate.

I know its the way of the globalist and all , but if we are serious about climate change..global heating..end of the world...rare frogs etc...then why the fuck do we transport food so far.

 

[Wij]

Pro-Brexit campaign Leave.EU relocates to Waterford

Campaign migrates registered office for its website so it can retain .eu internet address

www.irishtimes.com

 

[Gwadien]

Pro-Brexit campaign Leave.EU relocates to Waterford

Campaign migrates registered office for its website so it can retain .eu internet address

www.irishtimes.com

u cudnt mek et ap.

 

[Wij]

Stories are coming through now:

Reuters | Breaking International News & Views

Find latest news from every corner of the globe at Reuters.com, your online source for breaking international news coverage.

reut.rs

Even the Daily Mail has some.

 

[Raven]

Yay, just how I want to spend my weekend, getting 6 trailers of goods that need to be on site by Monday through Customs through Felixstow. We were lucky the Dutch put the right address on things before, let alone all the shipping crap that is needed now.

They are struggling to do simple things like state that the goods haven't been shipped from China originally etc.

 

[Raven]

The guy I am dealing with UK end is currently balls deep in

Brexit: M&S temporarily cuts hundreds of products in NI

Criticism of new Brexit trade rules is growing as firms warn of more bureaucracy, higher costs and delays.

www.bbc.co.uk

and so on.

Complete farce.

 

[Scouse]

Fuck brexit. Fuck it in it's ass. And anyone who voted for it.

Where are we at? 9th January?

Government breaks promise to maintain ban on bee-harming pesticide

Farmers ‘relieved’ as chemical sanctioned for emergency use, despite EU prohibition backed by UK on using it outoors

www.theguardian.com

Unless the evidence base changes again, the government will keep these restrictions in place after we have left the EU

Yes, I know a couple of EU countries are doing it to - but the vast majority aren't. And, like Gove promised, the evidence base hasn't changed.

It's indicative of how we're going to (continuing) to act.

If sugar beet monoculture is unprofitable then it needs to die. It mostly ends up as animal feed (and therefore in us) and sometimes sugarc(bad, and still in us) - so fucking that part of farming over is a win for both the environment and animal and human health.

 

[Wij]

Supermarket shelves hit by Brexit port chaos run low on fruit and veg

Gaps appearing on supermarket fruit and veg shelves are due to Brexit red tape at ports. Lettuce, cauliflower packs and oranges are 'out of stock' in Tesco's in some areas.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Raven]

Talking to someone at work that had to pop Waitrose, it's mental there atm, panic panic panic.

Perfect storm of Brexit and Covid.

 

[Wij]

Talking to someone at work that had to pop Waitrose...

Subtext - I'm a tasteful individual, not vulgar and uncouth.

 

[Wij]

On an unrelated note my mate heard summat reet daft in Kwik Save t'other day...

 

[Raven]

Subtext - I'm a tasteful individual, not vulgar and uncouth.

Heh, it's the nearest supermarket near work and kind of out the way.

I wouldn't be seen dead in there, it's all Aldi stuff in a different box but with a quid added to the price.

 

[DaGaffer]

Heh, it's the nearest supermarket near work and kind of out the way.

I wouldn't be seen dead in there, it's all Aldi stuff in a different box but with a quid added to the price.

I'm perfectly comfortable with admitting Waitrose is about the only UK shop I miss...