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    #21
    Originally posted by Paddy View Post
    Slight bug here. On the spot fines in France and NPR at ports of departure.
    Apparently (Ahem) that's not how it worked before data was shared.Oh - and they don't have systems in place (yet) to track non payers.
    Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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      #22
      Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
      Apparently (Ahem) that's not how it worked before data was shared.Oh - and they don't have systems in place (yet) to track non payers.
      Sometime in the early 80s I had a car that had noisy big-ends, it wasn't worth keeping but I made it's final journey to Paris with the big-ends getting noisier along the journey. Its final resting place was outside my friends flat in Boulevard Suchet. He looked out each day to see the growth of parking tickets. Three months later it was towed away; never heard anything from the authorities.
      "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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        #23
        Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
        Half of your trade is always with your neighbours. That won't change. Check out Canada, Mexico and Japan.

        Actually no, but you should be used to being wrong, it changes depending on the circumstances.

        The UK became better at transport via the Royal Navy and mechant ships and the proportion changed.

        The importance of tropical crops - Slave trade and the British economy - Higher History Revision - BBC Bitesize

        In 1700, 80 per cent of British trade went to Europe from ports on the east and south coasts.

        By 1800, 60 per cent of British trade went to Africa and America, often sailing from the three main west coast ports of Bristol, Liverpool and Glasgow. British exports in 1800 were four times higher than in 1700.
        Being in the EU made it convenient to buy from Europe, out of it we may trade more with the rest of the world for long life or non perishable goods. How much does a shipping container from China cost?

        For Perishable goods Famers in the UK can produce standard UK crops and Hydroponics many of the more exotic crops.

        Note Mexico & Canada have LAND borders with America a considerably richer neighbour.

        But following your logic it is indeed true we do trade heavily with other members of the union.

        Scotland's biggest trading partner continues to be the UK - GOV.UK.

        Scotland's biggest trading partner continues to be the UK
        UK Interregional Trade Estimation: Estimates of Trade between Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England - ESCoE : ESCoE

        Many of our results are as we would expect. In Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland we find that the majority of UK exports go to England while Scotland is England’s most important export destination. We also find that Northern Ireland and Scotland have large trade deficits with England reflecting the corresponding SUTs which show large trade deficits with the rest of the UK.
        Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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          #24
          Originally posted by vetran View Post
          Actually no, but you should be used to being wrong, it changes depending on the circumstances.

          The UK became better at transport via the Royal Navy and mechant ships and the proportion changed.

          The importance of tropical crops - Slave trade and the British economy - Higher History Revision - BBC Bitesize



          Being in the EU made it convenient to buy from Europe, out of it we may trade more with the rest of the world for long life or non perishable goods. How much does a shipping container from China cost?

          For Perishable goods Famers in the UK can produce standard UK crops and Hydroponics many of the more exotic crops.

          Note Mexico & Canada have LAND borders with America a considerably richer neighbour.

          But following your logic it is indeed true we do trade heavily with other members of the union.

          Scotland's biggest trading partner continues to be the UK - GOV.UK.



          UK Interregional Trade Estimation: Estimates of Trade between Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England - ESCoE : ESCoE
          The colonies have gone. As the fishermen have found out, you can't sell fresh fish to India.
          I'm alright Jack

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            #25
            Remember, if you can't get a job, retrain as a truck driver:

            https://twitter.com/donnyc1975/statu...464127489?s=19

            Actually, maybe not.

            Where's all the pro-brexit twats saying how great this is? Jeez you really want to punch them all in the face.

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              #26
              Originally posted by dsc View Post
              Remember, if you can't get a job, retrain as a truck driver:

              https://twitter.com/donnyc1975/statu...464127489?s=19

              Actually, maybe not.

              Where's all the pro-brexit twats saying how great this is? Jeez you really want to mouth off on the internet about wanting to punch them all in the face because you're a simpering keyboard sissy.
              FTFW
              Originally posted by MaryPoppins
              I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
              Originally posted by vetran
              Urine is quite nourishing

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                #27
                Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
                The colonies have gone. As the fishermen have found out, you can't sell fresh fish to India.
                The point I made was actually our trade with our land border neighbours in the union is quite high.

                Our trade with our European neighbours may not need to be the majority as you incorrectly assert. The trade was with all the colonies not just British ones because they had things we wanted and vice versa. The reason it grew was because transport had improved not because we owned the colonies. Despite the usual lazy history many of our colonies benefitted from Empire and the trade that resulted.

                Actually the commonwealth is still there and despite us dumping them to join the Common Market, European community, European Union, EUSSR etc. Some of them still want to trade with us.

                As the delay is because the fishing industry can't fill in the custom forms correctly one would assume India wouldn't accept them without correct paperwork, so you might be right they have made themselves unable to export to India.

                India export fish to the EU so most of the technical stuff is probably done.

                We import much of our Cod from China so again closeness is not very important.

                Cod-astrophe: Unsustainable UK Cod Exports Face Demand-side Squeeze | Planet Tracker
                Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                  #28
                  There should be absolutely nothing to complain about as, if you recall, glorious leader said:

                  ‘If somebody asks you (to fill in a form) you tell them to ring up the Prime Minister & I will direct them to throw that form in the bin’
                  I wonder if anyone has taken him up on his offer

                  Sent from my 5g carrier pigeon
                  Last edited by darmstadt; 17 January 2021, 08:59.
                  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.

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                    #29
                    More benefits:

                    Shock Brexit charges are hurting us, say small British businesses | Politics | The Guardian
                    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.

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                      #30
                      Even more benefits, less red tape, apparently:

                      This thread from a business owner sets out grim reality of post-Brexit trade problems
                      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.

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