Brexit Consequences

[veravista]

I jumped out of a plane with no parachute and it was fine, therefore when I jump out of it at 5000ft what could possibly go wrong?

[shpalman]

I'm currently at 850 ft and it's fine so you should be fine at the same altitude.

Anyway, enough with the metaphor.

I've just ordered some tea from Stokes in Lincoln, so we'll see if that ever gets to me and if I'll have to pay any tax or import duty on it.

[malbui]

This week at work I've been confronted by a consequence of Brexit that's entirely due to UKGov being a bunch of absolute f.cking pricks. I can't mention any details because none of this is remotely public, but jesus f.cking christ I despise them.

[Little waster]

No Italian wines in Morrisons yesterday.

Could be for any one of a dozen reasons but without anything to go on I'm going with Brexit.

[Nickynockynoonoo]

No Italian wines in Morrisons yesterday.

Could be for any one of a dozen reasons but without anything to go on I'm going with Brexit.

I ordered a case of wine from Italy, thinking it would take ages to get here. It took 3 weeks from order to delivery, the same as usual. I'd better order more before it has duty slapped on it. That's my excuse

[TopBadger]

And even better news, BT Sourced (their procurement arm, budget £13bn ish), has announced 70 new jobs. In Dublin.

That's in the UK isn't it?

No, its in Britain... that's what the B in BT stands for obviously!

[Rich Scopie]

No Italian wines in Morrisons yesterday.

Could be for any one of a dozen reasons but without anything to go on I'm going with Brexit.

I couldn't find a cabbage - also Morrison's. From where do the supermarkets source cabbages this time of the year? I thought that was something we grew fairly well in this country.

[nekomatic]

It is, but who’s picking them?

[Martin_B]

No Italian wines in Morrisons yesterday.

Could be for any one of a dozen reasons but without anything to go on I'm going with Brexit.

I couldn't find a cabbage - also Morrison's. From where do the supermarkets source cabbages this time of the year? I thought that was something we grew fairly well in this country.

I think during the winter/spring many vegetables in the UK come from places like Spain or even Africa. My cousin used to pick lettuces for McDonalds and spent ~6 months in Lincolnshire and ~6 months in Spain. (I suppose technically he was the gang-master for the Ukrainian & Belarusian pickers.)

[sTeamTraen]

All the brassicas are in season here (Majawkah) right now. I got four meals from a huge cauliflower that cost €1.29 last week.

[Grumble]

And even better news, BT Sourced (their procurement arm, budget £13bn ish), has announced 70 new jobs. In Dublin.

That's in the UK isn't it?

No, its in Britain... that's what the B in BT stands for obviously!

One of the British Isles anyway, the one we like to call Little Britain.

[Brightonian]

Brexit: 1,000 EU finance firms 'set to open UK offices'. Global Britain, with sunlit uplands? Or just money laundering? Or something else?

[Martin Y]

Brexit: 1,000 EU finance firms 'set to open UK offices'. Global Britain, with sunlit uplands? Or just money laundering? Or something else?

Well I suppose it's a positive Brexit story. Or at least it's not a story of foreign firms abandoning Brexit Britain. It's their recognising that they now need an office here if they want to work here and deciding to do that rather than walk away. So it's an extra cost which, on balance, they have decided to swallow. Hooray, I guess.

[Bird on a Fire]

Lots of dodgy tax jurisdictions on that list - Ireland, Netherlands, Cyprus and Luxembourg all heavily represented.

Now that the EU is clamping down on tax avoidance they need somewhere else to help big corporations and billionaires avoid contributing to society. Looks like the EU is that place.

[Lew Dolby]

Lots of dodgy tax jurisdictions on that list - Ireland, Netherlands, Cyprus and Luxembourg all heavily represented.

Now that the EU is clamping down on tax avoidance they need somewhere else to help big corporations and billionaires avoid contributing to society. Looks like the UK is that place.

FIFY

[shpalman]

I've just ordered some tea from Stokes in Lincoln, so we'll see if that ever gets to me and if I'll have to pay any tax or import duty on it.

It just arrived. No problem.

[Woodchopper]

Some posts on the latest developments in Northern Ireland have been split into a new thread
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