| Another brexit bonus 22:38 - May 16 with 1292 views | HARRY10 |
"it has now said it is no longer able to meet Brexit trade rules on where parts are sourced."
As a member of the EU the UK had tariff free trade with the EU. As was explained, if the UK left the EU that benefit no long would automatically exist.
From next year the UK falls foull of a rule on electric cars agreed by the dimwitted bloater. The thought here is that the bloater happily agreed to anything so as to get brexit signed off - and fark the consequences.
Outside investmen in UK electric battery production has diminished so much that "The industry-wide fear is that the UK is missing out on a once-in-a-generation tidal wave of investment around the electrification of cars."
So the brexit deal was not oven ready, far from it. It was a surrender document signed by a hopeless bullsh itter completely out of his depth.
And the reality of brexit continuing to cause further harm is shown by. "The rules are then due to tighten again in 2027, and insiders believe UK exporters will find it impossible to export cars tariff free at that point, without UK battery production."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65612295 |  | | |  |
| Another brexit bonus on 19:58 - May 17 with 1123 views | HARRY10 |
Ford and Jaguar have now also joined in the call for the UK to 're-negotiate' Brexit - the deal on the percentage value of car parts. So much for the guff of 'they need us....."
It also highlights how clueless the arch Brexiter David Davis MP was when he stated The day after brexit the chief executives of VW, BMW, Audi & Mercedes... will all be queuing up to say we have to have access to our £16.5b market. " ie a separate deal. Incredibly ignorant of even the most basic grasp of how the EU works.
I expect it will be another Brexit climb down, another step in the dismantling of Brexit. A humiliating cap in hand acknowledgment of the realities of global trade, and another step towards re-integration, and out of our self imposed isolation. | | | |
| Another brexit bonus on 18:00 - May 24 with 971 views | HARRY10 |
"British households have paid £7bn since Brexit to cover the extra cost of trade barriers on food imports from the EU, according to researchers at the London School of Economics (LSE)."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/24/brexit-food-trade-barriers-have
"Stripping out all the other factors, we still have .... "The cost of food in the UK had rocketed by 25% since 2019, the researchers calculated, but if the post-Brexit trade restrictions were not in place then this increase would be only 17% — nearly a third lower."
Perhaps it is time to introduce VST - Very Stupid Thicko. A tax on Brexiters for costing normal folk money.
And the irony is that so many of these thickos were the elderly, the low paid and the unemployed - those where food is proportionally a greater percentage of their weekly income. I doubt Farage, IDS, Johnson, Fox et al fall into this category
It seems just as incredible now as it was in 2016 that idiots thought heaping loads of extra costs (forms, veterinary checks etc) those would not be passed onto the consumer......but would in fact lead to lower costs, and so lower prices !
"The UK has the highest food inflation rate in the industrialised world, according to recent inflation data2
And the disturbing thought is that the UK is yet to introduce many of the costly checks that are required as a 'third country', so those costs could rise even higher.
So, as (much of) the rest of the world continues to open up their borders, by agreeing various standards etc and in so doing reducing checks and costs, the UK sinks further into costly isolation and protectionism. | | | |
| Another brexit bonus on 20:18 - May 24 with 870 views | balcombeblue |
| Another brexit bonus on 18:00 - May 24 by HARRY10 |
"British households have paid £7bn since Brexit to cover the extra cost of trade barriers on food imports from the EU, according to researchers at the London School of Economics (LSE)."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/24/brexit-food-trade-barriers-have
"Stripping out all the other factors, we still have .... "The cost of food in the UK had rocketed by 25% since 2019, the researchers calculated, but if the post-Brexit trade restrictions were not in place then this increase would be only 17% — nearly a third lower."
Perhaps it is time to introduce VST - Very Stupid Thicko. A tax on Brexiters for costing normal folk money.
And the irony is that so many of these thickos were the elderly, the low paid and the unemployed - those where food is proportionally a greater percentage of their weekly income. I doubt Farage, IDS, Johnson, Fox et al fall into this category
It seems just as incredible now as it was in 2016 that idiots thought heaping loads of extra costs (forms, veterinary checks etc) those would not be passed onto the consumer......but would in fact lead to lower costs, and so lower prices !
"The UK has the highest food inflation rate in the industrialised world, according to recent inflation data2
And the disturbing thought is that the UK is yet to introduce many of the costly checks that are required as a 'third country', so those costs could rise even higher.
So, as (much of) the rest of the world continues to open up their borders, by agreeing various standards etc and in so doing reducing checks and costs, the UK sinks further into costly isolation and protectionism. |
And yet food in the UK is cheaper than Germany, France and Italy...... | | | |
| Another brexit bonus on 20:25 - May 24 with 863 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Another brexit bonus on 20:18 - May 24 by balcombeblue |
And yet food in the UK is cheaper than Germany, France and Italy...... |
Really? If you look at expat guides they seem to say the opposite - https://blog.britishcornershop.co.uk/moving-abroad/settling-in-and-what-to-expec
Wages higher in Germany, the cost of property, bills, groceries, etc., lower. It’s all only a guide though and based on averages, so could feel very different depending on individual circumstances.
When my missus was in Scandinavia the prices were high, but then her salary was about 50% higher than in the UK, so every part of the equation needs to be taken into account. |  |
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| Another brexit bonus on 20:32 - May 24 with 838 views | balcombeblue |
| Another brexit bonus on 20:25 - May 24 by Swansea_Blue |
Really? If you look at expat guides they seem to say the opposite - https://blog.britishcornershop.co.uk/moving-abroad/settling-in-and-what-to-expec
Wages higher in Germany, the cost of property, bills, groceries, etc., lower. It’s all only a guide though and based on averages, so could feel very different depending on individual circumstances.
When my missus was in Scandinavia the prices were high, but then her salary was about 50% higher than in the UK, so every part of the equation needs to be taken into account. |
I suppose my point is that univariate, causation relationships when coming from a biased perspective are not very useful.
I agree with you posts, many other factors such as the cost of other things, employment rates, wages etc. all come into play | | | |
| Another brexit bonus on 21:58 - May 24 with 780 views | brazil1982 |
"Outside investmen in UK electric battery production has diminished so much that "The industry-wide fear is that the UK is missing out on a once-in-a-generation tidal wave of investment around the electrification of cars."
The UK is set to win a battle with Spain to host a multi-billion-pound electric car battery plant in Somerset.
Some in the car industry have described the plant as the most significant investment in UK automotive since Nissan came to Britain in the 1980s.
Possible 9000 jobs created. Good news. |  | | |
| Another brexit bonus on 00:15 - May 25 with 733 views | HARRY10 |
| Another brexit bonus on 20:32 - May 24 by balcombeblue |
I suppose my point is that univariate, causation relationships when coming from a biased perspective are not very useful.
I agree with you posts, many other factors such as the cost of other things, employment rates, wages etc. all come into play |
Don't put yourself down old fellow, whatever the flowery languuagw you use.
the pont was about the laevel of food inflation. NOT the cist of fod elsewhere. One of the lies pedalled by brexiters was that food would be cheaper. It is not, even when taking out the not brexit causes.
If you slash your car tyres, your car will not go faster -because it is no longer carrying all that excess air. Just as it should have been obvious that loading the UK with all the extra costs would not make things cheaper. And it is not only food where this is seen. Pretty much all that is imported and exported, and with the labour shortages goods made internally for UK consumption has increased costs due to Brexit.
Sadly, brexiteers believed the guff that international trade was akin to a broadband deal. The UK could simply leave the EU and sign up to somewhere cheaper ........... durrrr
Goods are subject to agreed standards (or rules as the thickos call them). Countries were never going to change their standards for the UK alone. One production line of widgets for the rest of the world, a newly built line for the UK.
The recent trade deal with AUS/NZ is due to come into force at the end of this month. And it is hoped, by the end of 2035 it might improve UK trade by 0.08%. A projected sum for 12 years hence, that is massively dwarfed by the losses Brexit is already causing.
Around 69 new deals are merely the UK rolling over (accepting EU schedules) so as to continue uninterrupted trade. Any changes by the EU, and the UK has to fall into line. A case of all the costs with non of the benefits. Pretty much as it was pointed out before the referendim
Much as if ITFC left the Football league/FA it would not have a full season of games arranged against top PL and European clubs. Nor would it be able to set its own rules of the game. Yet this was the level of stupidity peddled, and swallowed by the thickos.
When to go to a game at PR you cannot haggle on the turnstile for a 'better deal', because some liar told you would be able to (Farage) if you dumped your ST.
Brexit is pretty much like watching the tide go out, Nothing dramatic, just a slow ebbing away of the UK economy. Stuff that was so easy, and cheaper. No more. | | | |
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