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    People arriving with ferries from the UK are having their lunches confiscated on arrival in the Netherlands. When one of them protested he was told, 'welcome to Brexit sir, you may send your complaints to Nigel Farrage. Maybe he'll pay for your lunch as well'.
    Congratulations America

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    Rude!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aimless View Post
    Rude!
    Truth, also.

    Of course I knew that rule applied for products of animal origin from outside the EU for years already. I learned it the hard way when a container of turkish cheese was unceremoniously thrown in a bin during a check of my luggage at Schiphol airport.
    Congratulations America

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    Can't believe they didn't at least let you eat it... also rude
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aimless View Post
    Can't believe they didn't at least let you eat it... also rude
    Actually they do allow you to eat it. But some people pack a lot of stuff. I couldn't have chomped away a kilo of cheese.
    Congratulations America

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    Thread and article:

    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."

  7. #5647
    Just a remoaner moaning. I'm sure there's plenty of examples of businesses thriving and loving the new relationship, it's just that project fear media refuse to publish anything positive about Brexit.

  8. #5648
    Absolutely agreed gogo.
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    I'd be curious to see actual numbers, not anecdotes only. And after some time when business are more used to the new reality.

    Would not be surprised if it's still impacting businesses then, but we'll see. It's the price you pay for 'sovereignty'.
    Keep on keepin' the beat alive!

  10. #5650
    Quote Originally Posted by gogobongopop View Post
    Just a remoaner moaning. I'm sure there's plenty of examples of businesses thriving and loving the new relationship
    Oh you're more than welcome to provide those examples, it will give a better idea of who's being impacted and how.

    Meanwhile:

    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."

  11. #5651
    Quote Originally Posted by Flixy View Post
    I'd be curious to see actual numbers, not anecdotes only. And after some time when business are more used to the new reality.

    Would not be surprised if it's still impacting businesses then, but we'll see. It's the price you pay for 'sovereignty'.
    Some early survey data here:

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...t-border-rules

    Illustrative example here:

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/b...rint-pss888kvd
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  12. #5652
    Yeh, there's a mess going on alright.

    Teething troubles to a large degree, sure, but it's still an almighty turd of a mess.
    Quote Originally Posted by Steely Glint View Post
    It's actually the original French billion, which is bi-million, which is a million to the power of 2. We adopted the word, and then they changed it, presumably as revenge for Crecy and Agincourt, and then the treasonous Americans adopted the new French usage and spread it all over the world. And now we have to use it.

    And that's Why I'm Voting Leave.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aimless View Post
    Oh you're more than welcome to provide those examples, it will give a better idea of who's being impacted and how.

    Meanwhile:

    I would but it seems like the project fear gang have infiltrated the Daily Mail as well. It's a serious problem which seems to be getting worse. The deep elitist state has upped it's game and the government need to fight back.

    I'll go and see what Nigel Farage has been up to and get back to you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gogobongopop View Post
    I'll go and see what Nigel Farage has been up to and get back to you.
    Quote Originally Posted by Steely Glint View Post
    It's actually the original French billion, which is bi-million, which is a million to the power of 2. We adopted the word, and then they changed it, presumably as revenge for Crecy and Agincourt, and then the treasonous Americans adopted the new French usage and spread it all over the world. And now we have to use it.

    And that's Why I'm Voting Leave.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gogobongopop View Post
    I would but it seems like the project fear gang have infiltrated the Daily Mail as well. It's a serious problem which seems to be getting worse. The deep elitist state has upped it's game and the government need to fight back.

    I'll go and see what Nigel Farage has been up to and get back to you.
    I think you should reach out to Facebook groups, might be a good way to crowdsource success stories like "thanks to Brexit I have finally gotten the push I needed to move my Brexit to France"
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  16. #5656
    Quote Originally Posted by gogobongopop View Post
    I would but it seems like the project fear gang have infiltrated the Daily Mail as well.
    They have. The new Editor of the Daily Fail hates Boris and is an arch-Remainer. He is someone who campaigned for years against Brexit. Thankfully as someone who dislikes the Fail all the time, this doesn't change anything for me, but when he was the Fail on Sunday editor this is what they published.

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-eu-referendum

    Quote Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer View Post
    ℬeing upset is understandable, but be upset at yourself for poor planning, not at the world by acting like a spoiled bitch during an interview.

  17. #5657
    Absolutely heart breaking. We don't need those kind of people leading our media anymore.

  18. #5658
    Quote Originally Posted by Aimless View Post
    I think you should reach out to Facebook groups, might be a good way to crowdsource success stories like "thanks to Brexit I have finally gotten the push I needed to move my Brexit to France"
    Sarcasm isn't helpful. Although Facebook is an excellent source of positive Brexit news. My aunt and uncle, who worship the Moggster, are definitely fighting back against project fear. I'll fish some stories out. GET IT? FISH.

    FISH.

    *waves a fish*

  19. #5659
    Quote Originally Posted by gogobongopop View Post
    Sarcasm isn't helpful. Although Facebook is an excellent source of positive Brexit news. My aunt and uncle, who worship the Moggster, are definitely fighting back against project fear. I'll fish some stories out. GET IT? FISH.

    FISH.

    *waves a fish*
    This all seems a bit trout. What in cod's name are you doing
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  20. #5660
    Quote Originally Posted by gogobongopop View Post
    Absolutely heart breaking. We don't need those kind of people leading our media anymore.
    The Fail makes a living by being contrarian. It should hardly be a surprise to see them become arch Europhiles, whatever is happening must be bad, that is what they do.
    Quote Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer View Post
    ℬeing upset is understandable, but be upset at yourself for poor planning, not at the world by acting like a spoiled bitch during an interview.

  21. #5661
    Wait.

    Wasn't the Daily Mail the one who made up silly EU regulation stories, concluding it with: "You can't make this up!", which fueled the gutfeeling fueled Brexit vote?
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    Quote Originally Posted by RandBlade View Post
    The Fail makes a living by being contrarian. It should hardly be a surprise to see them become arch Europhiles, whatever is happening must be bad, that is what they do.
    Are you suggesting their decades long attacks on the EU weren't really valid?

    Surely they were right about that all along and they are wrong now, because there's a nasty remained in charge.

  23. #5663
    Quote Originally Posted by Ziggy Stardust View Post
    Wait.

    Wasn't the Daily Mail the one who made up silly EU regulation stories, concluding it with: "You can't make this up!", which fueled the gutfeeling fueled Brexit vote?
    The Fail makes up shit all the time. Its a terrible, terrible paper.

    The editor is different though. Under the old editor (who led it for decades) the Daily Fail was extremely anti-EU, while its sister paper the Fail on Sunday was not.

    The old Fail editor has retired. The Fail on Sunday editor took over as the Daily Fail editor - and the editorial line promptly changed to mirror what the Fail on Sunday line used to be.

    Clear?
    Quote Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer View Post
    ℬeing upset is understandable, but be upset at yourself for poor planning, not at the world by acting like a spoiled bitch during an interview.

  24. #5664
    Quote Originally Posted by gogobongopop View Post
    Are you suggesting their decades long attacks on the EU weren't really valid?

    Surely they were right about that all along and they are wrong now, because there's a nasty remained in charge.
    Yes and no.

    I have always despised the Fail and the Sun. Nothing has changed in that regard, they are horrid papers. So too is the Mirror which is a leftwing Sun.
    Quote Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer View Post
    ℬeing upset is understandable, but be upset at yourself for poor planning, not at the world by acting like a spoiled bitch during an interview.

  25. #5665
    Quote Originally Posted by Ziggy Stardust View Post
    Wait.

    Wasn't the Daily Mail the one who made up silly EU regulation stories, concluding it with: "You can't make this up!", which fueled the gutfeeling fueled Brexit vote?
    Yep.

    The Mail said Yurp can't have bendy bananas.



    The most read papers in the UK are the Mail and the Sun. Both papers continually ran these stupid claims about the EU. Ergo stupid people voted out of the EU so we could keep our bananas bendy.

    Voting for Brexit was a vote for stupid.

    Clear?

    ETA: And Brexit means less brown people as an added bonus.
    Quote Originally Posted by Steely Glint View Post
    It's actually the original French billion, which is bi-million, which is a million to the power of 2. We adopted the word, and then they changed it, presumably as revenge for Crecy and Agincourt, and then the treasonous Americans adopted the new French usage and spread it all over the world. And now we have to use it.

    And that's Why I'm Voting Leave.

  26. #5666
    Yep. So why would anyone want to listen to them now, just because they're being contrarian from a different angle? It is what they do.
    Quote Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer View Post
    ℬeing upset is understandable, but be upset at yourself for poor planning, not at the world by acting like a spoiled bitch during an interview.

  27. #5667
    It's a good question, but given that the DM is the best selling newspaper in the UK, the answer is probably because a lot, if not all of their readers, believe what they read in it.

  28. #5668
    Being the best selling newspaper in the UK is like being the most popular salad ingredient at Pizza Hut.

    The age of newspapers being meaningful is long since over.
    Quote Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer View Post
    ℬeing upset is understandable, but be upset at yourself for poor planning, not at the world by acting like a spoiled bitch during an interview.

  29. #5669
    Daily vaccine figure updates are now live: https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistic...-vaccinations/

    150k yesterday, though that could be deflated due to a weekend effect (these daily figures are always a day or two late so likely Sunday's figures). Be curious to see what they are tomorrow.

    Now up to nearly 2.5 million injections done already.
    Quote Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer View Post
    ℬeing upset is understandable, but be upset at yourself for poor planning, not at the world by acting like a spoiled bitch during an interview.

  30. #5670
    Quote Originally Posted by RandBlade View Post
    Being the best selling newspaper in the UK is like being the most popular salad ingredient at Pizza Hut.

    The age of newspapers being meaningful is long since over.
    I was just offering an answer to your question. You might not like the paper and think it's full if poo, but many people don't. So much so that it's the most popular newspaper in the country. The formula they use clearly works, which is why people will believe what they say.

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