Have just broken my vow to stay away from the forum for 6 months; I lasted two months.
Not much changes but when binners gets his wish to be world leader I'm moving to the NW to pronounce that King BinBins rules.
Vegan pasties all round.
As for Coronanomics - predictions by me, dazh and others are looking prescient.
Coming to a high street near you - economic devastation, closed businesses; more charity shops, bookies and various cheap shops.
I see that johnson and his polyps are talking about 'eating more british fish'; good luck with that- no chance unless it's fried in batter or coated in breadcrumbs; anything other than cod or haddock?
Clams, whelks, mussels, crab, lobster, scallops, monkfish, sole on the bone?
To the majority of brits they constitute 'foreign muck'.
As a nation we really are epicurean philistines; in fact, we're a nation of philistines - culturally, educationally, gastronomically.
Of votes cast dogbone, if you don't vote it don't count.
If you aren’t given a vote, you’re not counted.
i worked for close to 30 years at a papermaking company called Aylesford Newsprint. The place shut in 2015 and i was made redundant. KPMG were the administrators. The site has been sold to Pannatoni(warehouses on the way, minimum wages maximum profits). KPMG are one part of the serco track and trace people that are robbing us. When i was made redundant we found out that the newspapers were buying cheaper paper fom Canada(subsidised by the Canadian government) and Russia(sanctions at the time due to the Ukraine business. Illegal i assumed, but cheaper than us).
I've come to the conclusion that we are being robbed and ripped off and i am getting increasingly annoyed about it. Thats not including the Brexit debacle
we’re a nation of philistines – culturally, educationally, gastronomically
And it is now legitimised and, in fact, lionised.
Strength through Ignorance.
The Honda Swindon thing looks like exactly what the authors of Britannia Unchained would want. Even if there are MORE jobs, I’d be prepared to bet the overall wage cost is less and the overall skill level of those jobs will be less. Loss of skilled jobs and replaced by more lower paid, lower skilled, lower security (and thus more exploitable) jobs.
Doesn’t look good for Swindon, reminds me of the 80’s when they shut pits and devastated towns 🙁
Whenever I’ve bought sram or rockshox in the past, I have had to order from Germany. Same goes for Maxxis as it happens. Having a UK distributor does not mean the UK has stock. As I keep saying, small home market doesn’t just mean higher prices, it makes it much harder to get parts. Not just a mountain biking thing either, true for spares and parts in all sorts of sectors.
Always sorta bugged me have a distributor without anything to distribute, seems a tad lazy and making it hard for the customer to get parts seems mad.(although I suppose it depends on what you deem is your primary customer,bike manufacturer/bike shop)
I get it as a point of contact for warranty etc.
Yes, back to the shitty old days of the ‘exclusive UK distributor’ bugger-all stock and gouging prices like 20 years ago. It was only through access to the EU that prices started getting sensible. I’m surprised there hasn’t been a campaign to have the UKCA mark applied to bike parts, so we can get ‘exclusive’ access to products with the technologies the UK pioneered like cast-iron cranks 🤣 3x the weight and 3x the price
It’s not just “Lazy” dude, it’s about size of market. If you are sourcing and holding stock for the whole of Europe, then obviously you are in a better position to hold stock than if you are supplying just the UK. Post Brexit Britain means a return to rip off lack of choice Britain. It is an inevitable outcome, no matter how hard UK distributors work to make it otherwise.
djc1245
Free Memberi worked for close to 30 years at a papermaking company called Aylesford Newsprint. The place shut in 2015 and i was made redundant. KPMG were the administrators. The site has been sold to Pannatoni(warehouses on the way, minimum wages maximum profits). KPMG are one part of the serco track and trace people that are robbing us.
Yep, everything is hopelessly interweaved, the people who're supposed to oversee things/have appointed themselves guardians are often as much of a problem. Like, in the same vein think about credit ratings. Britain has a consumer debt problem, which we're supposed to blame on all the millions of individuals while still trusting the people- the exact same people- who decide who can borrow. But scale that up. Greece had an excellent credit rating right up until the moment it turned out they had no money and needed a bailout. George Osborne was absolutely in thrall to them, we must do whatever it takes to retain our credit rating. George, do the truffle shuffle! OK Moodys, since you asked. Who watches the watchdogs? The same watchdogs with a hat on. Who pays the price when they're wrong or just lying? Everyone else.
A key part of the financial crisis was down to banks being able to overleverage and present themselves as being more solvent than they were and being able to literally sell liabilities as if they were assets and to create the illusion of money by selling the same things to each other over and over in different coloured bags. KPMG literally came into the bank I worked for and we paid them to tell us how to pass their tests and reviews, and then we paid them to do the tests and reviews, and then the best bit of all is once we had the results we acted on them like they were true, as did all the other institutions who did literally the same thing. Then we exploded.
And all of that is from the credit rating agencies and corporate accounting organisations, who came out the other end absolutely as if they'd never said a word wrong or had anything to do with creating the problems they were somehow telling us how to fix, having made incomprehensible amounts of money dealing with the consequences.
KPMG literally came into the bank I worked for and we paid them to tell us how to pass their tests and reviews, and then we paid them to do the tests and reviews, and then the best bit of all is once we had the results we acted on them like they were true, as did all the other institutions who did literally the same thing. Then we exploded.
The same is true of audit firms in general. If they come up with points a company doesn't like, they can always be let know that the company is looking to employ other audit firms in future. And, as always, the bigger the client the more weight that threat carries.
Most auditors are bloody useless anyway - the priority is to get out of the day to day audit work and to get involved with mergers and acquisitions. That's where the real dosh is, for the firm and the individual. Basic auditing is the job of the new juniors and the audit managers whose careers have stalled for whatever reason.
I've just ordered Madame a shiney red Brompton M6L for 1665e on Brompton's French language web site. It's click and collect to be picked up from a shop in Bayonne. In theory on that value of purchase all the VAT hassle should be transparent to me the customer if Brompton have their paperwork in order. Fingers crossed.
Like horses, bicycles like company in their stables, so it'll be a friend for the old black Brompton I've got. I hope they don't bite each other.
It's going to be awesome to compare pre and post Brexit component purchases.
Put them alongside each other and there's no apparent difference. But one must be lighter/stronger/better 'cos it cost 20% more....
Oh no, that's right. A bunch of peckerheads voted to make everything more expensive and less available for the sum total of **** all in return.
Awesome.
Luckily I stocked up on few bits late last year.
dannyh
Full MemberIt’s going to be awesome to compare pre and post Brexit component purchases.
Put them alongside each other and there’s no apparent difference. But one must be lighter/stronger/better ‘cos it cost 20% more….
Just spent about 30 minutes ordering a component from a czech company, in czech, because the UK importer says it won't restock until late June "but due to import issues we can't guarantee that date won't slip as most of our deliveries are currently delayed". I am not confident that the 30% increased price and delay in delivery will result in any performance benefits though. Not that it matters because it's not like I can really return it.
Why yes there were two big euro shops that have english language websites and used to be a great option to buy from that have it in stock but now won't ship here.
All these brexit dividends and yet so far they all seem to be for other countries and other people, I can't understand it.
Why yes there were two big euro shops that have english language websites and used to be a great option to buy from that have it in stock but now won’t ship here.
Ahh once COVID’s er over I can see the bike-Cruze becoming a thing 🙂 , don’t forget the fake spray-on mud thou.
All these brexit dividends and yet so far they all seem to be for other countries and other people, I can’t understand it.
Ah your not imaging hard enough or expecting an early return wasn’t it 10 or 50 years you’ve got to wait to rejoice in it’s majesty 🙂
Still choking on Brexit ?
Give it up for your own health thickos.
How long until it's cheaper to easyJet over to Germany for the day with an empty bike bag, collect bike, ride through a few puddles and return with a 'used' muddy bike?
Still choking on Brexit ?
Give it up for your own health thickos.
Actually we are still waiting for any evidence of any benefits of Brexit. Perhaps you'd like to enlighten us.
Will you be getting vaccinated, thebees ?
thebees
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Still choking on Brexit ?
Give it up for your own health thickos.
Nah, we're still laughing at Brexit !
We’ve done the UK trying to implement policy that would adversely effect a sector the USA are dominant in…?
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56565636
The US has warned it could put tariffs of up to 25% on a host of UK exports in retaliation for a UK tax on tech firms.
Taste the sovereignty.
"Should the US proceed to implement these measures, we would consider all options to defend UK interests and industry."
Big talk.
You'd have thought that nice American lady given Johnson those technology lessons would have prepared him for this
£700,000 she got for those lessons wasn't it?
Still choking on Brexit ?
Give it up for your own health thickos.
People like me will always laugh and sneer at people like you.
Always have, always will. Doesn't matter how many self-harming phyrric 'victories' you score, either.
The joke is on you. Always was.
Crack open another Carling and toast your success, winner.
😆
Still choking on Brexit ?
Give it up for your own health thickos.
Still pissed off yes. I'll stop being pissed off when our country actually starts to get better. No sign of that yet, what do you think?
thebees
Free MemberStill choking on Brexit ?
Give it up for your own health thickos.
Brilliant metaphor, considering what actually happens when you're choking on something and then you give up.
I find it quite amusing that Brexit has benefited the EU more than good old England.
Must be as confusing as **** to your average Gammon. Had a roast gammom joint at lunchtime (Danish) but did have a couple of Yorkshire eggs and some Lincolnshire chips. The Gammon was not confused.
Still choking on Brexit ?
Give it up for your own health thickos.
Ah. Irony.
The joke is on you. Always was.
Sadly, it isn't. This is the problem. The joke is on all of us collectively.
Ha. Ha.
You’d have thought that nice American lady given Johnson those technology lessons would have prepared him for this
£700,000 she got for those lessons wasn’t it?
Well what compensation would you want for jiggly-time with Mr J 🙂
And yet he has apparently "no case to answer" for this ( https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/mar/29/pm-has-no-case-to-answer-over-jennifer-arcuri-allegations-says-no-10).
I would say that is, morally, bullshit. Criminally, well, I'd love to see that tested in court.
Ah. Irony.
The irony of the irony is ‘they’ don’t get irony.
(I’m still struggling in getting a non-derogatory term ‘believers’is the only thing I’ve got atm.)
The Spanish deportations are a bit ironic thou and a lesson in ignoring reality.
Not sure though if its Brexit win in only allowing rich gammons to leave the country or not.(3rd country entry requirements for for Spain = mucho dinerio compared to previous)
(Interestingly spain is doing a deal with France so you can hold both passports, would be nice if they did that with the U.K. in the future)
Compensation.... bet he promised £350 million... its his usual number.
The shame of admitting to the press that you got shagged by Boris on many occasions..... my god the PTSD therapy alone would cost £700k.
On a more serious note there was a post on twitter along the lines of "when we have a female PM with six kids to three different partners and she has had multiple public affairs then we will have equality" sums it up really.
Sadly, it isn’t. This is the problem. The joke is on all of us collectively.
Ha. Ha.
Yeah but typically the most vocal cheerleaders for Brexit are the ones who are going to suffer more. The ones with >2 brain cells who are positioned to cash in are busily doing so right now. The OAP gammons have no skin in the game any more and lots of them have died off already.
Which leaves, basically, the 'shot myself in the foot' brigade who are gobbing off every now and then. They are so insecure and little that they feel they have to have pipe up every so often. Pathetic, but then that is entirely in keeping with Brexit itself.
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France now stopping British driver’s licence holders from using them due to lack of reciprocal agreement - fines for infringement. Residents can apply for a French one provided they take a theory test - in French. More frothing gammom in the Dordogne no doubt
Residents can apply for a French one provided they take a theory test – in French. More frothing gammom in the Dordogne no doubt
Shouldn't be a problem what with Brits abroad being so keen to immerse themselves in the language and culture.
I imagine they spent a lot of their time, before pissing off to the Dordogne, ranting about how 'immigrants should learn the language' of the country they have moved to. It would be hypocritical not to have picked up a decent amount of the lingo...
Ordered a few new accessories from Gopro last week.
Didnt realise Gopro were based in the EU.. no mention of this on the Gopro shop.
Will that mean a VAT bill / import duty?
My shipping status update this morning from UPS... Your parcel is delayed due to a Brexit related disruption.
One presumes an international driving permit is an option?
Oddly had my Spanish driving medical yesterday,didn’t think the idp cuts it once you a resident.
Not sure what the stance is in France thou.
One presumes an international driving permit is an option?
Only valid for visitors not residents
Sadly, it isn’t. This is the problem. The joke is on all of us collectively.
Ha. Ha.
I escaped bro, you can to.
When you leave you realize you were living on an island inhabited by lunatics and it feels like you've just escaped the Shawshank Prison.
Ordered a few new accessories from Gopro last week.
Didnt realise Gopro were based in the EU.. no mention of this on the Gopro shop.
Will that mean a VAT bill / import duty?
I’d be amazed if they’ve not got it covered,I used to get my pants from Aus and it was a nightmare originally then they sorted out the prepayment of taxes and it was painless.
It’s probably just stuck in a big pile somewhere and let’s not forget that’s supposedly without the U.K. doing the full checks 🙂
I escaped bro, you can to.
Ahh but they made it harder 🙂
Ahh but they made it harder
It can still be done.
Get networking on Linkedin or use a dating app to find yourself a local if you're single 😛
When you leave you realize you were living on an island inhabited by lunatics and it feels like you’ve just escaped the Shawshank Prison.
tbh I’ve got high fences and bars on the windows, sometimes feels like I’m in it rather than escaping it. 🙂
But you do get a different perspective,funny enough like the rich brexiters all down Monaco.
Prior to Brexit actually happening, I swapped my UK license for a Swedish one. Zero issues, took 10 days to do (including postage time) and now I have an approved ID as well as the ability to drive anywhere on the European mainland without having to have another piece of paper.
Sadly, that route is not available any more, so people moving here now have a year on their current driving licenses before they have to apply for a Swedish license. If they want to be legal that is. I mean, you could lie, but if you get caught out, you'll have that held against you if you go for citizenship.
