| The slow walk back continues 15:53 - Aug 1 with 727 views | HARRY10 |
As I have previously stated, the UK's return to the EU will not be a result of any referendim, but a response to the needs of UK businesses and the economy as a whole
In that light we now have -"The UK will retain the EU’s product safety mark indefinitely, in the latest climbdown from proposed post-Brexit changes, after the government bowed to pressure from industry and manufacturers."
another huge cost brexiters tried to heap on UK businesses
The brexiters wanted UK businesses to pay for a new and costly UK safety mark, which would not be recognised in the EU, meaning the UK would still have to use the EU mark.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/01/uk-eu-safety-mark-brexit-climbd
Meanwhile, checks on imports have been delayed four time. The last in Aug 2022 when the not too bright stick insect announced the delay to avoid further costs being heaped on consumers and importers (bit of a brexit clue there, Sticky)
But fear not, Sticky and his jolly old chums are not to be beaten in their desire to impose costs and delays on the UK - this time, food imports
"under the government’s border target operating model (TOM) proposals, a charge of between £20 and £43 – known as the “common user charge” – will be levied on each consignment of food or plant imports arriving in the UK from January, whether or not they need to be checked."
Under the naughty EU, small importers could have any checks made and paid as one load (groupage). That will no longer apply, and each separate iten type will be charged. More UK imposed brexit bureaucracy and cost.
Maybe the UK will yet again fall in line with the EU, so as to speed things up. Though I can only wonder what the reaction of the thickos will be to the new EES* passport controls due to come into effect late Autumn 2023
* "The system will register the traveller’s name, biometric data, and the date and place of entry and exit. Facial scans and fingerprint data will be retained for three years after each trip."  [Post edited 1 Aug 2023 17:09]
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| The slow walk back continues on 00:22 - Aug 2 with 568 views | HARRY10 |
Following on from the above,
[/]"In the UK there is "widespread concern" about the EES, according to the British travel association ABTA.
UK nationals will have to spend "several minutes" longer when they first arrive in the EU providing biometric data compared to current passport checks, according to the association's director of public affairs, Luke Petherbridge.
He said that this will slow the process of moving passengers and "dramatically increase processing time for UK tourists." The problem is likely to be worst at ports like Dover where there is less space to accommodate travellers compared to airports. "[i/]
As expected, the Daily Wail has been bleating about how unfair it all is. Fancy the EU treating UK citizens like non EU citizens. Who thought that would be the consequences of voting to become, err ....... non EU citizens.
Around 6 months after the implementation, they will be a requirement for UK citizens to apply for a visa (cost £7, 3 years) before entering the EU.The problem is finding somewhere to put UK travellers are waiting for these checks to be processed. Ferries are scheduled to have the fastest turn around possible, meaning passengers will have to disembark as quick as before. To where ?
What effect these delays will have on Eurostar is yet unknown, Train journeys have almost halved, the idea of hopping on in London and being 'swished' to some part of the EU are long over., see
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/23/eurostar-brexit-cross-channel-t
This lunacy has impacted those coming to the UK. Previously, an EU ID card was enough. Not any more so the short w/e in London is over for those whose ID card allows them entry to the rest of the EU. Similarly foreign language students. Especially those under 16 on a 3 week stay in the summer. Language schools on the south coast have closed as the numbers visiting plummet. Which affects the host families, many who see the up to £400 a week accommodation payments as a welcome boost to their income.
Much of this goes unreported, just as individual deaths from Covid and those killed after 1914 in WWI.
The question is, just how much damage to the UK economy will be done before the UK can escape this country's second Dark Age and re-join the EU. And can businesses ever be lured back ? | | | |
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