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I want the UK to stay in an ever-closer union
|    | 49 | 23.11% |
I want the UK to stay in a loosely connected EU
|    | 68 | 32.08% |
I want the UK out because the EU is bad for the UK
|    | 22 | 10.38% |
I want the UK out because the EU is a bad thing
|    | 23 | 10.85% |
I want the UK out because this would be good for the rest of us
|    | 17 | 8.02% |
I don't really care
|    | 33 | 15.57% |  | | | 
07.02.2019, 18:51
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: |  | | | | | | | | They must've had a competition.
Tusk: Cameras! Serious face now, Theresa, serious face.
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07.02.2019, 19:59
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | Interesting piece here basically rubbishing the dire predictions of e-day shortages (completely agree btw - there might be some hiccups but nothing as drastic as some are claiming), focusing instead on the longer term and how the EU are likely to, erm...encourage the UKs few remaining industries to relocate. https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...ain-industries | | | | | All depends on how the French handle the situation.
It is likely there will be delays due to the extended Customs processing times.
If the French play it easy and once a substantial queue builds up they start to wave the trucks through then no problem.
If they insist on checking every truck then it depends in turn on how willing they are to give priority to trucks carrying perishable goods.
I know from experience that if they start checking every vehicle at the nearest Swiss/German border point then Km long queues build up in minutes.
These border points have only a tiny fraction of the traffic volumes seen in Calais.
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07.02.2019, 20:43
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It won’t take a lot to lengthen the queues. Under current rules immigration officials are required to stamp non-schengen country’s passports on entry/exit. That is currently waived for EU member states citizens.
This doesn’t take longer than 30-45 seconds per passport. Less than a minute for each of the xxx thousand truck drivers every day. Unless they extend this waiver, and has anybody actually thought of this, there will be longer queues.
As the UK imports 60% of their fresh produce from the UK (probably 80% in March) that will be the first sign of a problem. And with the law of supply and demand prices will increase with shortages.
Get out the popcorn.
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07.02.2019, 21:05
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | It won’t take a lot to lengthen the queues. Under current rules immigration officials are required to stamp non-schengen country’s passports on entry/exit. That is currently waived for EU member states citizens.
This doesn’t take longer than 30-45 seconds per passport. Less than a minute for each of the xxx thousand truck drivers every day. Unless they extend this waiver, and has anybody actually thought of this, there will be longer queues.
As the UK imports 60% of their fresh produce from the UK (probably 80% in March) that will be the first sign of a problem. And with the law of supply and demand prices will increase with shortages.
Get out the popcorn. | | | | | Nonsense, I am in & out of Schengen all the time with a non Schengen UK passport.
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07.02.2019, 21:06
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07.02.2019, 22:28
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | Well if someone uses FMOP to move to another EU country then why should their family suffer by losing their benefits?
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07.02.2019, 22:31
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | Well if someone uses FMOP to move to another EU country then why should their family suffer by losing their benefits? | | | | | Why should they be allowed to help themselves to another county’s benefits system to which they’ve not contributed?
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07.02.2019, 22:42
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | Why should they be allowed to help themselves to another county’s benefits system to which they’ve not contributed? | | | | | It is a common market so if one country spends more, another country spends less; so overall within the EU it balances out.
If a country believes it is paying an unfair amount in benefits to such people then it needs to apply for a reduction in its EU budget contribution.
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07.02.2019, 22:47
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | It is a common market so if one country spends more, another country spends less; so overall within the EU it balances out. | | | | | if income in all countries would be the equal, then yes.
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07.02.2019, 22:57
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | Why should they be allowed to help themselves to another county’s benefits system to which they’ve not contributed? | | | | | By ‘help themselves’ don’t you think ‘meet the criteria’ would be a bit less dog-whistle hysteria?
This is partly why I just can’t get on board with the whole populist shrieky stuff. It’s so ridiculous it almost becomes a parody of itself.
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07.02.2019, 23:06
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | Nonsense, I am in & out of Schengen all the time with a non Schengen UK passport. | | | | | | Quote: | |  | | | It won’t take a lot to lengthen the queues. Under current rules immigration officials are required to stamp non-schengen country’s passports on entry/exit. That is currently waived for EU member states citizens. | | | | | I think you'll find that, like it or not, the UK is currently a member state of the EU. That is actually the crux of bowlie's post. | The following 4 users would like to thank 22 yards for this useful post: | | 
07.02.2019, 23:07
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: |  | | | By ‘help themselves’ don’t you think ‘meet the criteria’ would be a bit less dog-whistle hysteria?
This is partly why I just can’t get on board with the whole populist shrieky stuff. It’s so ridiculous it almost becomes a parody of itself. | | | | | No, I mean exactly what I wrote.
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07.02.2019, 23:07
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | if income in all countries would be the equal, then yes. | | | | | Of course, there are many anomalies. If people who want to improve the lot of their families move to countries with better family benefits then should we blame them or blame the lack of uniformity across the EU?
It is not so black and white, moving to a country with better family benefits likely means the cost of living is also higher so the net benefit may not be so good.
As someone already posted, Swiss people who go to work in EU countries and later retire here are likely to have much smaller pensions than the "stay-at-homes"!
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08.02.2019, 00:11
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | No, I mean exactly what I wrote. | | | | | On balance I think I would have been disappointed if you hadn’t.
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08.02.2019, 08:10
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: |  | | | On balance I think I would have been disappointed if you hadn’t. | | | | | Populist, shrieky stuff? Nah, it’s the truth, and now it’ll only get worse. It’s why we’re winning the argument. | Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | | 
08.02.2019, 08:44
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | Populist, shrieky stuff? Nah, it’s the truth, and now it’ll only get worse. It’s why we’re winning the argument. | | | | | The good news is Brexit is likely to curtail this. Given that 6/10 poorest regions in Northern Europe are in the UK, I am sure the EU will be breathing a sigh of relief at the prospect of not being compelled to accept their denizens.
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08.02.2019, 08:52
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | Why should they be allowed to help themselves to another county’s benefits system to which they’ve not contributed? | | | | | Actually he very much had contributed. From your link: | Quote: |  | | | Mr Bogatu pursued an activity as an employed person in Ireland between 2003 and 2009 | | | | | | This user would like to thank baboon for this useful post: | | 
08.02.2019, 09:32
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | Actually he very much had contributed. From your link: | | | | | I’m not interested in the individual case, so he was employed for six years then unemployed for the next six. Probably once he realised how much he could make by not working. I was however rather more concerned by the ruling. | Quote: |  | | | Therefore, the Court concludes that in order to be eligible to receive family benefits in the competent Member State in respect of children living in another Member State, it is not necessary for a person either to pursue an activity as an employed person in the former Member State or to be in receipt of cash benefits from that Member State because or as a consequence of such activity. | | | | | | This user would like to thank for this useful post: | | This user groans at for this post: | | 
08.02.2019, 09:51
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | I’m not interested in the individual case, so he was employed for six years then unemployed for the next six. Probably once he realised how much he could make by not working. I was however rather more concerned by the ruling. | | | | | ...which very much still doesn't say (and what you are implying) that he could simply rock up fresh of the plane from Romania and claim child benefit there and then. Regulations and other rulings make it clear this is not the case; what this actually says is that once he has been employed in Ireland and contributed, then he cannot be discriminated against because of his nationality.
As to your second sentence - that is simply your massive prejudice speaking. You don't know.
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08.02.2019, 09:57
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | ...which very much still doesn't say (and what you are implying) that he could simply rock up fresh of the plane from Romania and claim child benefit there and then. Regulations and other rulings make it clear this is not the case; what this actually says is that once he has been employed in Ireland and contributed, then he cannot be discriminated against because of his nationality.
As to your second sentence - that is simply your massive prejudice speaking. You don't know. | | | | |
Wait up. The guy is in Ireland, his children in another EU state. The ruling is that the children in the other EU state should be entitled to Irish family benefits (as if they were living in Ireland).
Makes sense actually.
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