SpurMeUp
Les Howe
Thank fuk for that! Knew there had to be something!Coronavirus: EU anger over reduced Pfizer vaccine deliveries https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55666399
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Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)
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thfcsteff
George Hunt
Brilliant. As always.
Gilzeantoscore
Justin Edinburgh
More evidence of 'disaster capitalism' with the Tories handing out food contracts to donors to the party. Immoral clams!
I'm fairly sure if we could own and sell those people like we do the fish, he'd be perfectly happy with that being the case.
Rorschach
Sonny Walters
Yeah but slavery.
That was the joke..
SpurMeUp
Les Howe
Amsterdam vies for IPO spotlight as Brexit dents London’s allure
InPost’s plans for Dutch listing underscore mounting competition to UK as trading hub
The decision by Polish ecommerce group InPost to pick Amsterdam for its stock listing offers the latest sign that London risks losing its grip as a trading hub after Brexit. UK chancellor Rishi Sunak has referred to the hard break from the EU in financial services that kicked in on January 1 as “Big Bang 2.0", a trigger for the City of London to flourish. But bankers say Amsterdam is already showing potential to eat in to London's pre-eminence as a European capital markets centre. Trading in EU shares fled London for EU centres including the Dutch city on the first day outside the single market at the start of 2021. Wednesday's announcement by the Advent-backed parcel locker business suggests that initial public offerings may also gravitate towards where trading in European stocks is more lively. “Looking at the options and the stock markets, Amsterdam looks very attractive because it seems that now that Euronext Amsterdam is becoming a kind of preferred tech companies listing stock exchange,” said Rafał Brzoska, InPost chief executive. “Where in the past London was the default, we could see Amsterdam emerging as a new neutral listing place for IPOs, certainly for central and eastern European countries,” added Andreas Bernstorff, head of European equity capital markets at BNP Paribas, which advised on the InPost deal. “That is something that’s been accelerated by Brexit but also regulatory advantages in Amsterdam compared to London. We see that theme continuing.”
The funniest thing are the pro-Brexit fisherman who now can't sell their fish. I mean, didn't they realise their biggest market was in the EU? I really feel for these people. Clearly, they had no clue.
So far we've had being apart from the EU vaccine programme as the only 'Brexit dividend' identified. Never mind that the UK could have gone alone procuring vaccine itself while in the EU, or that production delays will effect us too, just as it will the EU.
In the grand scheme, fish don't really manner to the UK economy. But services do. And the square mile contributes about £80 billions of taxation. That is huge. That won't dry up overnight. It will be nibbled away at.
So what are the real Brexit dividends? London should end up a lot cheaper. We should be able to buy cheap fish. That is if fisherman keep working, and don't just sail to Denmark. We can attract new business, but then we could before leaving too. Will be interesting to see what happens. So far its more or less as predicted.
InPost’s plans for Dutch listing underscore mounting competition to UK as trading hub
The decision by Polish ecommerce group InPost to pick Amsterdam for its stock listing offers the latest sign that London risks losing its grip as a trading hub after Brexit. UK chancellor Rishi Sunak has referred to the hard break from the EU in financial services that kicked in on January 1 as “Big Bang 2.0", a trigger for the City of London to flourish. But bankers say Amsterdam is already showing potential to eat in to London's pre-eminence as a European capital markets centre. Trading in EU shares fled London for EU centres including the Dutch city on the first day outside the single market at the start of 2021. Wednesday's announcement by the Advent-backed parcel locker business suggests that initial public offerings may also gravitate towards where trading in European stocks is more lively. “Looking at the options and the stock markets, Amsterdam looks very attractive because it seems that now that Euronext Amsterdam is becoming a kind of preferred tech companies listing stock exchange,” said Rafał Brzoska, InPost chief executive. “Where in the past London was the default, we could see Amsterdam emerging as a new neutral listing place for IPOs, certainly for central and eastern European countries,” added Andreas Bernstorff, head of European equity capital markets at BNP Paribas, which advised on the InPost deal. “That is something that’s been accelerated by Brexit but also regulatory advantages in Amsterdam compared to London. We see that theme continuing.”
The funniest thing are the pro-Brexit fisherman who now can't sell their fish. I mean, didn't they realise their biggest market was in the EU? I really feel for these people. Clearly, they had no clue.
So far we've had being apart from the EU vaccine programme as the only 'Brexit dividend' identified. Never mind that the UK could have gone alone procuring vaccine itself while in the EU, or that production delays will effect us too, just as it will the EU.
In the grand scheme, fish don't really manner to the UK economy. But services do. And the square mile contributes about £80 billions of taxation. That is huge. That won't dry up overnight. It will be nibbled away at.
So what are the real Brexit dividends? London should end up a lot cheaper. We should be able to buy cheap fish. That is if fisherman keep working, and don't just sail to Denmark. We can attract new business, but then we could before leaving too. Will be interesting to see what happens. So far its more or less as predicted.
Diamond Lights
Alan Hutton
Clear as day there's huge issues but hardly any publicity being put on by things such as BBC except the scottish fish issue.
Rorschach
Sonny Walters
The fish are delighted.
Rorschach
Sonny Walters
Was it? My apologies. It's not that easy to tell with you sometimes
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"The English tell you to leave the compound after paperwork is done even if your driving time is over. You can't just drive out and park in the lay-by, as they will slam a wheel clamp on you for that..."
He's not driving when he's in a queue. His driving time isn't over.
monkeybarry
Jack Jull
He's not on official rest - so he's classes as being in charge of a vehicle (ergo, driving).
Rules are rules.
The simple answer is to have the drivers take their rest break early when they're standing around with their thumb up their arse like all fleet managers do. If they can take their break when being loaded/unloaded, they can do it whilst standing in a line.
If that's against any rules, we can change them now.
monkeybarry
Jack Jull
He was talking about his allowed driving time - not his rest break.
We could - however road safety and driving standards are:
I. Something we are strong proponents of and
II. A vote loser when reducing standards.
Rest breaks are what defines his driving time (unless he's trying to do more driving in a day than allowed and he should have planned for that).
He needs to schedule those to suit the journey he's taking, just like all of our drivers do.
Diamond Lights
Alan Hutton
hahahaha - UK looks on course to scrap EU Working Time Directive. As someone who's automatically opted out due to job, doesn't affect me. But just another example of people reaping what they sow when they realise the job protections they had will disappear. Still, you get a blue passport though eh.
SpurMeUp
Les Howe
Ostensibly it is 'low hanging fruit' for Boris. So they can say look it is all worth it, we are taking back control. In reality, it is not really any different as people in the UK could always opt-out of it anyway. On the other hand, it could signal a direction of travel towards a reduction in workers' rights.
Just seems like the government fumbling around trying to show some value in Brexit, without a cogent plan. There is no brilliant Brexit plan for the UK. Just a slightly degraded UK with little compensation on the flip side. All those who fervently argued the case for it, have disappeared. Hopefully, they will be back highlighting benefits, and we see the UK actually get something back for this shi1show.