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macliam wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 20 2021 5:17pm

blythburgh wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 20 2021 8:46am

The MP's you voted for who actually sit in the House of Commons supported Brexit. Maybe the answer is to vote for the Alliance Party in the next election and show the DUP they need to listen to the people in future.

That's not a very useful comment..... whatever my vote in Suffolk Coastal, a Tory will be MP.... and it's the same for many, many constituencies. Likewise in NI, the likelihood is that any constituency will either return a Unionist (pro-Brexit) or Sinn Féin (non-attending)...... the Alliance Party are virtually a non-starter, unless you happen to live in North Down.

It does not have to be that way, it is up to the people of NI. They must make their choice when there is an election

So British government advice to business on how to cope with Brexit is to sack UK workers and set up in the EU.

Yes, the same advice was also given to some businesses even before the transition period ended and the current crisis started to unfold.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... shop-in-eu

And Leave.EU wants to stay around and to keep the website etc are trying to relocate to Ireland. Oh the irony a leading Brexit group used .EU not .co.uk

mike wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 24 2021 3:05pm

So British government advice to business on how to cope with Brexit is to sack UK workers and set up in the EU.

Businesses selling to consumers in the EU do need to register for VAT in the destination country.
That's different from setting up shop, but it's a whole lot of additional bureaucracy. We're currently in an interim state because there will be a different system in July. It seems HMRC hadn't quite been following their own advice to prepare.

Remember how one (former) member of this forum was concerned about how we would be infected with Italian-style bureaucracy if we remained in the EU? Well here we are, out of the EU, with lots more bureaucracy to do something that used to be easy.

And before he blames it on the dastardly bureaucrats in Brussels, it's just the same for EU-based suppliers selling into the UK.

Still, we've Taken Back Control. So it's worth it.

MasterCard to raise interchange fees fivefold.

https://metro.co.uk/2021/01/25/masterca ... -13959517/

Mastercard is set to increase its transaction fees by more than fivefold when an online British shopper uses a debit or credit card to buy from a company based in the European Union. From October 15, credit card fees will increase from 0.3% to 1.5% of the value for every online payment from the UK to the EU, the Financial Times reports. The fee for debit card payments will reportedly increase from 0.2% to 1.15%.

sanity clause wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 25 2021 11:19am

MasterCard to raise interchange fees fivefold.

https://metro.co.uk/2021/01/25/masterca ... -13959517/

Mastercard is set to increase its transaction fees by more than fivefold when an online British shopper uses a debit or credit card to buy from a company based in the European Union. From October 15, credit card fees will increase from 0.3% to 1.5% of the value for every online payment from the UK to the EU, the Financial Times reports. The fee for debit card payments will reportedly increase from 0.2% to 1.15%.

The answer = buy British

All that us happening is that the issues that the Brexiteers obscured by the smoke and mirrors of free trade are coming to the fore. Already the consequences of being a third-party to the EU are being felt - and they are things that will affect everyone, whilst only the rich have the opportunity to profit from any "freedoms".

Buy from the UK, holiday in the UK, export next to nothing - that's the way to take back control....

In an article today The Telegraph blames the Brexit catastrophe not on those who lied about it, enabled it or voted for it, but incredibly now it's somehow Angela Merkel's fault?

Angela Merkel is more responsible for Brexit than any other political figure in Europe, on either side of the Channel.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/20 ... broken-eu/
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit ... it-7069856

Sarah wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 25 2021 2:06pm

In an article today The Telegraph blames the Brexit catastrophe not on those who lied about it, enabled it or voted for it, but incredibly now it's somehow Angela Merkel's fault?

Angela Merkel is more responsible for Brexit than any other political figure in Europe, on either side of the Channel.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/20 ... broken-eu/
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit ... it-7069856

I'm confused.

Is the Telegraph saying Brexit was a poor decision and it's Angela Merkel's fault?
Or are they saying it's a success and they're thanking Merkel?