The thing is I don't think he is. There are even those in Government who know and accept the reality that Brexit is a disaster.
But we live in weird political times, and instead of showing leadership the majority of politicians now will come up with all sorts of half-brained solutions to make the deal 'work', all the time waiting for some mythical point in the future where the populace will the elected representatives to rejoin.
But he's been like this since the beginning. Remember the six point plan of unicorns.
If he thinks this will invite voters to vote for Labour, the Brexiters will still vote for Tories, the remainers will have given up hope and probably vote LibDems or Greens and the Scots will back the SNP for independence.
He's just talking absolute nonsense.
No the Uk's not going to rejoin the EU any time soon but this really is pathetic.
I agree!
No one can look at this and think everything is fine:
The next GE will probably be based on everything except Brexit, when that is the one thing we need to discuss.
Straw poll but like my friends, if it was me then I'd increase taxes on inheritance and use the money to reopen many of our closed libraries and community centers, support the NHS more and help those in society that can't support themselves. And I say that as someone who is going to inherit quite a lot (hopefully not for a billion years). But realistically it's not enough, and the SNP have always been cosy to big business, especially oil, gas and renewables anyway so they know who has the real power in the world. They're also elitist when it comes to education (university good, college bad).How economically leftist is Scotland, and the SNP? I mean, Labour, like many parties that were properly economically left in the 70s, have been swept up by the neoliberalism of the 80s and are only a shell of themselves in this sense. If you actually care about socioeconomic equity, they're really not a good option anymore.
Interesting - thanks! It sounds like the SNP isn't actually very different from Labour, but just havent burned their credit over the years.Straw poll but like my friends, if it was me then I'd increase taxes on inheritance and use the money to reopen many of our closed libraries and community centers, support the NHS more and help those in society that can't support themselves. And I say that as someone who is going to inherit quite a lot (hopefully not for a billion years). But realistically it's not enough, and the SNP have always been cosy to big business, especially oil, gas and renewables anyway so they know who has the real power in the world. They're also elitist when it comes to education (university good, college bad).
I don't think they're as left as people think. Sure, free medical prescriptions is usually the big headline that you get but like I said they're rather elitist when it comes to another public service; higher education. Public services have been cut quite drastically and even though the usual excuse is that it's a problem caused by Westminster there doesn't seem to be much support from Holyrood.
The real support actually comes from the members of parliament themselves. Our MP and MSP (Scottish parliament) are actively involved in local initiatives and start ups that rely on public donations. It's nice to see but it feels like a sticking plaster.
This is just my opinion but, regardless of their socioeconomic status, where the SNP seem to win against the other parties is on trust. When Sturgeon says that a richer Scotland would mean better funded public services then I would actually believe her, rather than scoff like I do when Johnson says his lies. I'd question how we're suddenly going to be better off, but I'd be confident that the money would actually be used to improve things rather than go in her back pocket.
Still waiting for one single benefit from this fecking shite.
Brexit divorce bill jumps by £10 billion, government quietly admits
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-divorce-bill-increase-b2128542.html
Every year it's the same story and every year they fail to explain what is the actual bottleneck.
Well the issue today, and will be on-going, is the time it takes to process passengers due to the additional checks required as a result of the UK leaving the European Union. This takes further time, combine with more people going away on holiday than in the last two years and you have your bottleneck.
To be honest you didn't really help me here. The same issue existed in 2016 without the current new controls, it existed during the same week. The issue isn't about Brexit, though brexit doesn't help, it seems that there is an issue between Calais, Dover, France and the UK.
My unfiltered suspicion is that we are in presence of a group of feckwits who are failing to communicate with each others, if I'm not mistaken most customs controls are supposed to be done in Calais but that means that Dover are supposed to control flux and not send a ridiculous amount of people in a short period of time, they seemingly don't care because they are not the ones doing the checking/registering.
Now the reason I ask about the actual reason behind the bottleneck is because I would like to understand how it can be fixed on the french side, is it a case of more staff for that particular week or is it an limitation due to infrastructure, the latter is a lot more difficult to fix.
Before I moved to France 15years ago, I used to do that crossing several times a year and have done it now and again since but never had any lengthy delays. The French passport control was in Dover the last time I went in 2018, don't know if it's been moved back to Calais since.
Now every passport has to be stamped which was not the case since the 70s notwithstanding any additional checks and customs. At the end of this year the visa waiver scheme comes into operation, no doubt it's going to increase delays because people won't have done the necessary properly.
It predates 2018, that's why I'm doubting everyone involved.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-36873632
Seeing the reports about Dover however no one mentioning Brexit like it’s a banned word. The media is just as complicit in this shitstorm.
Before I moved to France 15years ago, I used to do that crossing several times a year and have done it now and again since but never had any lengthy delays. The French passport control was in Dover the last time I went in 2018, don't know if it's been moved back to Calais since.
Now every passport has to be stamped which was not the case since the 70s notwithstanding any additional checks and customs. At the end of this year the visa waiver scheme comes into operation, no doubt it's going to increase delays because people won't have done the necessary properly.
What is the visa waiver scheme to which you refer? Does that mean British citizens will have to complete forms ahead of travelling like for the US?
Yes, they have to fill in a form,pay €7 to enter the Schengen area
The European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) is a visa waiver program that is expected to come into effect by May 2023. The aim of ETIAS Europe is to provide a more secure journey to EU member countries as well as to strengthen the borders of the Schengen Area by pre-checking the data of travellers before they enter the zone.
This says May 2023 but it was supposed to come into force earlier
Wonderful.I didn’t see “pre-fill a form and pay €7 to be allowed into France” on the side of that bus.
He added that the port had “created more border capacity so that the overall throughput can be maintained”, and that their modelling had shown that there will be some “very peak busy days during the summer season” but “for the most part we should be able to cope with the traffic”.We are operating in a post-Brexit environment which does mean that passports need to be checked, they need to be stamped and indeed the capable people that do man the booths, police aux frontieres, they’re doing their job that they need to do now.
What we really do need to see is a government that is taking a grip of this situation.
The government has not been planning in advance. We were urging the government, for example, some months ago to negotiate a veterinary agreement to reduce the number of checks.
The government has not done that, has not put the planning in place and yet again, we have a crisis where the government is absent.
Natalie El Thick MP
Lets's invest in Lorry Parks, UK Global Growth
Brexit Benefits galore
Not watching but does she suggest widening roads to ease traffic?
Natalie El Thick MP
Lets's invest in Lorry Parks, UK Global Growth
Brexit Benefits galore
I thought Dover already had lorry parks in place for these type of occasions?
I thought they had built one and were going to use Manston airfield near Ramsgate as another but they probably haven't got the staff to run them anyway.
How they see this as something good/growth is ridiculous.
