eternumviti
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Does that mean he'll stop littering the place with his ghastly bits of rusty metal?
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Brexit: give me a positive effect (2022 remastered edition)
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Brian
Eating fat, staying slim
No offence, but having a passport stamped doesn’t sound like much of a hiccup, it’s certainly not worth getting agitated about, imo.
Anyway, I was in France last week and didn’t encounter any issues. Maybe I’m just too easy going.
ks.234
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Are Remainers all Republicans?
Tony L
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Completely understandable and there will continue to be an exodus of the UK’s artistic talent and wealth creators such as Gormley. Brexit is simply unworkable for business like these.
PS One of the Field For The British Isles sits on the bottom shelf here looking at me wondering where everyone has gone.
Barrymagrec
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Looks promising, will give it a try when we are in the area.
When in Dorset we go here :-
https://rjbalson.co.uk/
ks.234
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- The U.K. economy shrank by 0.1% in March and economists are expecting further contractions this year, as the country’s cost-of-living crisis entrenches itself.
There is more than enough wealth in this country to ensure that nobody goes hungry. That people are hungry in this day and age, and in this country, is not an economic necessity. It is a political choice.
tones
Tones deaf
No offence, but nobody got agitated, not even the douanier. Merely reporting something that hadn't previously happened, and only because of Brexit.
Some of the long-time residents I know in Swizzieland who have only British passports are now seeking Swiss citizenship.
Brian
Eating fat, staying slim
eternumviti
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What took them so long?
Brian
Eating fat, staying slim
Yes, we know...though it's not just people going hungry.
It's been crap and getting worse since 2010 following a decent spell from the late 90's, but it was still an eye-opener when I volunteered at a food bank.
2024 and all that...
ff1d1l
pfm Member
Shitshow denial syndrome.
tones
Tones deaf
The fact that they were previously in the EU and had complete freedom of movement. Suddenly, that's gone and they want it back, and with Swiss nationality they can have it. If I didn't have Irish citizenship as well as British (one of the few advantages of coming from Northern Ireland!), I'd probably have done the same. As it is, I also possess Australian citizenship, so I really wonder whether I need another one!
tones
Tones deaf
At the moment, they're working hard on their German! (Part of the requirement is the ability to communicate in one official language). They live in Zürich, and in internationally-minded Zürich, you can get away without speaking any German at all - unlike those of us who choose to live out in the sticks and have to cope not only with German but also with Schwyzerdytsch in its various forms. It does have the advantage that Hochdeutsch is a foreign language to the Swiss, so we meet in the middle!
eternumviti
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I think you missed my point, which was a mildly sarcastic one. We've been out of the EU for two years. What took them so long?
An aside - what happened to the EU's insistence of a year or so ago that Switzerland should abandon its raft of sectoral treaties with the EU, and replace it with a more formal FTA type arrangement?
NeilR
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Disappointingly, the Swiss withdrew from the talks meaning that the sectoral agreements will continue to apply but when they expire no new agreement will be put in place.
hopefully, someone will see sense before too long.
eternumviti
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What sort of timeframes are we looking at?
The Commission will want to tie Switzerland as tight as it can into the EU's legislative and governance sphere. That's what it does.
Cav
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I am sure Switzerland will tell them where to shove it...
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