How is Brexit affecting us?
I thought it might be best to have a separate thread in Hell on how Brexit is affecting us going forward good or bad, then we can rant if needed.
I will start
A friend of ours works in computers for education. Their supplier has said they no longer deliver to the UK
Not massive I know but an early sign
I will start
A friend of ours works in computers for education. Their supplier has said they no longer deliver to the UK
Not massive I know but an early sign
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“My friend said -
“We have not felt the effects of Brexit yet. The first small breeze of discontent here, the first little flurry of withdrawal there, of many small, similar decisions in little companies, have not yet grown to a storm: we have been sheltered by the Christmas and Epiphany period from this wind's rising.
When it comes, it may sweep over empty ports, not ports choked with lorries. The effect - a lack of supply - will be the same. We shunned the stranger at our gates. We set no place at the feast. Now the stranger will shun us, and our tables will be the emptier for their absence. Today is Epiphany. We do not celebrate this day as our cousins do. But many epiphanies of our own await us in the days to come.”
Personally I am searching for affordable medical insurance for when we next go to Germany to visit my son and family. My EU medical card (EHIC) runs out before then.
https://theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/05/mother-fears-son-could-die-as-brexit-stops-medical-cannabis-medicine-supply
Nice one, *Bozzie*. First of many? I hope not.
Someone has started a list (via reports on social media) of UK companies that are unable to ship to the EU, and companies in the EU that are unable to ship to the UK because theyare unwilling to bear the costs of signing up as tax collectors for the HMRC:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yPEK0G_H8qN47ZNDaiyHBkIkmKgN7FWVmOKdLVTVMh8/edit?fbclid=IwAR2QfIj4aiHfErUA-Q42P_y7ay7KHwDGgqrr9XHg35B56HysDC6aINhmc34
It will be some while, I expect, before the full ramifications of this shitshow are known, which gives the *government* time to invent any number of specious excuses.
Not that that's a viable option for small businesses, I know.
No, the time to stock up was last June when I suggested it. That way you could slowly make up a stash without any effect on the supplies for others. In fact, I only buy when supplies are plentiful.
I was pretty much laughed at.
https://forums.shipoffools.com/discussion/2647/brexit-prepping/p1
I have improved my stash since June and it now includes a full extra freezer. I’ll send you some frozen peas! 😜
You couldn't make it up.
Nothing so principled. They're moving their registered office so they can keep their .eu domain.
Yes, of course.
Does that mean Niggly Fartrage will no longer be soiling our pure English air with his rantings and ravings?
BTW, I think I must be suffering from Post-Brexshit Brain Fatigue, as the Leave.EU mob is *led* (ostensibly) by one Arron Banks.
Nothing to do, directly at least, with the egregious Fartrage, AFAICT, though I'm open to correction.
There will be more to come - one is planned for just inland of Dover, so the lost truckers who fail to find that particular F-G may well end up going over the White Cliffs...
Once more, the Evil Daemon inside my head wants to know how many of the locals affected by the F-Gs voted Leave. This is, remember, True-Blue Kent.
"The quota available to Japanese importers for British products will be the entirety of any unutilised EU quota in that year."
So essentially the overall quota has been kept the same, but EU imports get preferential treatment -- should they expand to fill the quota, the amount available for UK imports goes down.
(BTW, what do we export to Japan? Hopefully, some sort of special Widget, the secret of which is known only to *English* widget-makers, but which is essential to the well-being of the Japanese people).
Maybe the thread title could be changed to *What are the effects of Brexit?*, as that would cover other countries apart from the UK. It is quite likely, for instance, that some EU states will be adversely affected.
I didn't know we exported whisky to Japan, though I have heard of the existence of Japanese single malts.
IIRC, the majority of Scotch produced is exported to Japan (in the form of blends). I suspect that will continue unimpeded which is very good news for that industry but it's a small part of the UK economy!
Oh, boo hoo.
Not all threads are for all Shippies. If this one isn't about you, move on.
It's increasingly prevalent standard UK English. The BBC is always asking "What we know about..." or "How did we get here?" I could rant about this for a long time, but here I think you could just be glad you're not directly impacted.
All figures courtesy of Scotch Whisky Association.
I suspect we will see empty ports. And businesses going bust or moving. Either way, it will further trash our economy.
Does the £1000 taxtortion, change things for non EU businesses (needing to register for both?)
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, several things I wanted to order from Amazon UK are no longer available because they are shipped by suppliers in the EU. I daresay I'd notice other effects, if we weren't in lockdown.
I was guilty of conflating one specific distillery; https://www.balblair.com/
I higher recommend the tour and the whisky even more.
AFZ
What happened before Brexit? I assume someone would have had to pay tax somewhere in the transaction?
I've seen people saying no bicycle or musical instrument spare parts as the small companies involved in supply are stopping trade with the UK rather than pay.
In the short term we're still waiting to see how/when we can send over all the Christmas presents that were in the wrong country because family members were unable to come for Christmas as planned. I've also read (but wonder if it's true) that it will be forbidden to bring fresh cream and sausages into France now. I have tried to make a Brexit trifle but it's not the same... and how can we get a cream tea fix!!!
Regarding the question of "us" and "we", in France I sometimes feel like reacting to statements by government, on the news etc about "les français" when they mean "people living in France". It depends on how foreign I'm feeling at the time.
I’ll have to look for a different brand. Luckily she has iron guts.
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It seems to me that there is a general global de-volving from a sense that "we're all in this together" to an isolationist "me first" ...
"Brexit" is a singular instance, a sign of what's happening ...
Before Brexit there was a "reverse VAT" system under which no VAT was charged on cross-border invoices and the corresponding net amount was declared in a EU portal by both parties, leaving the Member States to sort out the offsetting between countries. So far as I can tell, so far the change affects goods and not services, which I occassionally provide from the EU to the UK.
The difference for me is that now I don't need to charge or declare VAT on invoices made out to the UK, as it's a third country.