whiteowl   54 #445 Posted July 13, 2020 The government has ordered a 27-acre site in Kent be transformed into a customs clearance centre.  https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/12/local-anger-over-plans-for-post-brexit-lorry-park-at-ashford  It's already being labelled the "Farage Garage" 😂😂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
altus   540 #446 Posted July 13, 2020 Three in four UK firms unprepared for Brexit, study showsOnly one in four companies are prepared for Britain’s full departure from the European Union in five months time, company directors have warned. Manufacturing firms in particular are unlikely to be ready for the end of the transition period with a lack of clarity on rule changes a bigger impediment to Brexit preparation than the need to focus on the coronavirus pandemic, according to research from the Institute of Directors. Almost half of 1,000 company directors polled by the IoD said they were unable to prepare now for the changes needed from 31 December, with almost one in three saying they could only make adjustments once the details were clear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
nightrider   13 #447 Posted July 13, 2020 On 08/07/2020 at 20:11, Magilla said: Liz Truss spots the blindlingly obvious 3 months later: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/08/liz-truss-warns-boris-johnson-over-brexit-border-plans  Oh dear She knew that all along. She was a remain supporter, then supported brexit for career reasons (one can only assume). And now is trying to shift blame onto others, again presumably for career reasons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Magilla   510 #448 Posted July 13, 2020 2 hours ago, whiteowl said: The government has ordered a 27-acre site in Kent be transformed into a customs clearance centre.  https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/12/local-anger-over-plans-for-post-brexit-lorry-park-at-ashford  It's already being labelled the "Farage Garage" 😂😂 There's some irony that Damian Green is complaining... didn't know what he was voting for! 41 minutes ago, nightrider said: She knew that all along. She was a remain supporter, then supported brexit for career reasons (one can only assume). And now is trying to shift blame onto others, again presumably for career reasons. You say that, but I've seen her on the Daily Politics and she was well out of her depth, basically talking nonsense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
El Cid   218 #449 Posted July 13, 2020 2 hours ago, nightrider said: She knew that all along. She was a remain supporter, then supported brexit for career reasons (one can only assume). And now is trying to shift blame onto others, again presumably for career reasons. She voted remain in the referendum, then accepted the result. Nothing wrong with that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
nightrider   13 #450 Posted July 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, El Cid said: She voted remain in the referendum, then accepted the result. Nothing wrong with that. Apparently she does not accept the result anymore. She no longer wants the consequences that come with brexit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
RJRB Â Â 688 #451 Posted July 13, 2020 32 minutes ago, nightrider said: Apparently she does not accept the result anymore. She no longer wants the consequences that come with brexit. Who in their right mind or without a vested interest would. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
L00b   441 #452 Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, whiteowl said: The government has ordered a 27-acre site in Kent be transformed into a customs clearance centre.  https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/12/local-anger-over-plans-for-post-brexit-lorry-park-at-ashford  It's already being labelled the "Farage Garage" 😂😂 Ashford 2016 referendum result: 59% Leave, 41% Remain.  Ashford 2019 GE19 result: 37k Cons (Damian Green, hold), 13k Labour, about 8k between the 3 left (Greens, Libdems).  I'd say they're getting what they repeatedly voted for, no?  With a bit of Sunak's Eat Out subsidy to help bootstrap the food trucks sure to sprout down there like weeds, it even looks like there's a bit of method to the madness?   Edited July 13, 2020 by L00b Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Magilla   510 #453 Posted July 13, 2020 9 minutes ago, L00b said: I'd say they're getting what they repeatedly voted for, no? That must be why the plans were drawn and land bought in secret Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Albert the Cat   0 #454 Posted July 13, 2020 Cost of enforcing the borders post Brexit is £7bn.  This Brexit dividend is sweet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
L00b   441 #455 Posted July 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, Albert the Cat said: Cost of enforcing the borders post Brexit is £7bn.  This Brexit dividend is sweet. What does that total figure include?  CAPEX (Farage Garage, similar others between mainland & NI, barriers & buildings & IT system & whatnot...?) only?  With or without annualised running costs (eg 500 extra border guards)?  Industry costs factored in (50000 customs forms fillers-checkers, extra stockholding overhead, EU EORI/licences/biz visas...) or not? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Baron99   794 #456 Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, whiteowl said: The government has ordered a 27-acre site in Kent be transformed into a customs clearance centre.  https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/12/local-anger-over-plans-for-post-brexit-lorry-park-at-ashford  It's already being labelled the "Farage Garage" 😂😂 The land had already been earmarked previously as the Stour Park industrial park, so the description of the area as an environmental idyll is somewhat a misnomer as it was going to be built on anyway & clearly had permission to be built on. This is only a slight change of use.  I can't see many, if any, houses on the photograph or evidence of a nearby hospital?  https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/work-yet-to-start-on-brexit-lorry-park-site-230313/  And there doesn't appear to have been any previous objection from reading the Guardian piece to Amazon possibly taking over the site, no doubt with hundreds of lorries running in & out 24/7, 365 days a year if any of their other warehouse sites are to go on?  Don't the locals want jobs & the additional businesses that will set up as support infrastructure? Don't tell me they're all wealthy bankers who commute to London everyday.?  Careful you don't trip over the Gurniad's agenda & getting upset on your behalf. Edited July 13, 2020 by Baron99 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...