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Originally posted by Whorty View PostYeah, we all know about your accessing of back roads
Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostDifficult with a HGV. Moreover, since Schengen was agreed, customs can carry out inspections up to 30 miles away from the border. And they do.
never saw anyone at the lorrach border road i used for my food shopping in germanyComment
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Originally posted by Mordac View PostJust the sort of holier-than-thou crap I'd expect from you. It was the response from the French couple (next to us in the queue at a theatre, if you're bothered, but given your previous, you probably aren't) that surprised me. Middle aged and middle class, both said they'd vote to leave the EU in a heartbeat, and wished us (as in the UK) luck.
If you took your head out of your arse for a moment, you might find there are millions across Europe who wouldn't piss on a Eurocrat if they were on fire. Not everyone wants to go where the European elite want to take them, and some serious tulip is on the cards if they aren't given the chance to say "non" when the time comes. Europeans prefer a good riot over a quiet protest every day...Comment
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Originally posted by edison View PostI had the same positive response about the EU over the summer in Slovenia and Croatia which was perhaps not surprising as I guess they have benefited in the past from EU funding for regeneration projects (they seem to have better roads than us!)
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Anti-immigration Brexit voters don't get it that one of the main functions of subsidising the poorer EU countries is to uplift them, make them more attractive and reduce the incentive of their population to migrate to the UK. Already working for Poland with significant amount of Polish immigrants in the UK returning to Poland.
Meanwhile these markets are cultivated and UK business benefit from exporting to them. It's money well spend (minus the EU corruption that eats some of it). Better than Aircraft carriers without planes and nuclear subs with US controlled warheads, or 10min faster commute between London and Birmingham...Comment
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Originally posted by sal View PostThis didn't stop Wales, that receives 680m/y from the EU voting for Brexit...
Anti-immigration Brexit voters don't get it that one of the main functions of subsidising the poorer EU countries is to uplift them, make them more attractive and reduce the incentive of their population to migrate to the UK. Already working for Poland with significant amount of Polish immigrants in the UK returning to Poland.
Meanwhile these markets are cultivated and UK business benefit from exporting to them. It's money well spend (minus the EU corruption that eats some of it). Better than Aircraft carriers without planes and nuclear subs with US controlled warheads, or 10min faster commute between London and Birmingham...
But Brexiters being at the lower end of intelligence, foresight and planning as well as being terrible at maffs can't see the bigger picture.
Forgetting the economic benefits, Brexit goes against 400 years of British foreign policy maintaining a presence in Europe to divide and rule which can be done in modern times with the veto, rather than letting alliances go unchecked. So ironically if you don't like a United States of Europe, Brexit just makes it more likely.Last edited by sasguru; 3 October 2019, 12:01.Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostForgetting the economic benefits, Brexit goes against 400 years of British foreign policy maintaining a presence in Europe to divide and rule which can be done in modern times with the veto, rather than letting alliances go unchecked. So ironically if you don't like a United States of Europe, Brexit just makes it more likely.Comment
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Originally posted by BR14 View Postnever saw anyone at the lorrach border road i used for my food shopping in germanyDown with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostI've not been stopped at the main crossings for years. But 2 years ago, they'd set up a checkpoint on Rue de Bâle (from Hèsingue), and I got stopped at that. Fortunately I was below the duty free limits - I usually am.“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostThe last time I drove down to Zürich I got stopped at the border going into Switzerland by Swiss customs, they wanted to know how much money I had on me (I only had €80)! They also stopped all the cars with UK number plates for some reason or otherDown with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostThe last time I drove down to Zürich I got stopped at the border going into Switzerland by Swiss customs, they wanted to know how much money I had on me (I only had €80)! They also stopped all the cars with UK number plates for some reason or otherOld Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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