Take These (Supply) Chains from My Heart

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Well Franco I respect yours too. It was Maastrict and a political union run by unelected bureaucrats that convinced me we would be better off out. The punishment currently meted out by the French will eventually bite them on the bum.

I asked my old pal in Germany what he thought of Germany's decline, heres how he answered.
The basic tenor of the article is absolutely correct, we owe it to Merkel's time
most of the above problems.
The whole thing is reinforced by the actions of the current government, which is
ignoring the current issues and is taking care of "important" things like gender or the easy way to change gender and name??

As a result, more and more are turning away from the established parties and are interested in AFD. This is on the way to becoming the second strongest party in the near future.
And in 10 years they'll have the majority, I bet.

If you ask why, you get the answer 90% of the time: asylum policy.
Nobody expects solutions from the AFD, but everyone wants: no more asylum seekers.
But all of that is hushed up, anyone who just touches on the subject is immediately a Nazi.

Our government is doing the exact opposite: increasing the money for assistance
by 12%, makes it easier to obtain German citizenship.
But the German language is not necessary to become German.

In return, the few subsidies that normally working citizens can receive will be reduced and eliminated.

An example: a Syrian who has been granted asylum lives near here. Now he wants
also bring his family (wife and 10 children) to Germany. They live in
meanwhile in Lebanon, when the man was there on vacation (asylum!?) they have one
eleventh child born. Here we don't even have suitable accommodation and so we have to
build one.
This family costs the state about 8000€ per month, plus the rent for a house and heating costs, makes at least 11000€ per month. And the man's profession is
completely useless for our economy, so he will live at state expense for the rest of their life.
On the other hand: so far women with babies have received money from the state for 1 year, 66% of the previous net income, but limited to 1800€ per month.

Now the so-called rich will be deleted, they don't get anything anymore.
This mainly affects couples who are both university graduates, e.g. my daughter.
These couples are now expected to waive entirely on the woman's income.
The law designates this support as a substitute for wages (which one does not have more if you take care of a child), but the money mainly goes to people who
who had no income at all, because everyone receives the increased basic security.

Another effect of the asylum seekers can be seen in the healthcare system: the state pays for all immigrants (regardless of whether they are accepted or not), the treatments including dentures. So we have millions more patients, but unfortunately not more doctors, because you hardly find them among the asylum seekers.
So: months of waiting for an appointment with the doctor.

It's really no fun living here anymore and seeing all the idiots that
make great speeches but accomplish nothing.
My daughter looked at the résumés of the members of the Bundestag for the Greens: 90% don't even have a professional qualification or a completed Study, and such people rule us.
Our economics minister used to be a children's book author, what a qualification.
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al_yrpal wrote: 2 Sep 2023, 12:25pm Current price UK GDP growth in 2021 is revised up by 0.9% to 8.5%
Al
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Our economics minister used to be a children's book author, what a qualification
We had a PM who has a BA in jurisprudence and was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn.
Despite warnings from his Deputy PM, his Foreign Secretary and the UN Secretary-General (amongst others) he decided that invading Iraq was legal
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Al. Thanks for sharing the feelings of your pal in Germany. It's clear he's very annoyed with the situation he finds there.
Maybe he has good cause but it's not the fault of being a member of the EU but rather the actions his government has taken.
I've always felt many who voted leave were more angry with the UK government and the effect of it's decision making.
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And on the subject of supply chains... latest forecast from the British Chambers of Commerces:
https://www.britishchambers.org.uk/news ... first-gear

"With further trade barriers looming, leading to higher import costs, and tightness in the labour market persisting, it is difficult to see how large-scale investment will be unlocked. Government needs to work with business to develop a clear path for the economy to promote investment and growth.”

The "further trade barriers" being the long-delayed introduction of checking imports to the UK from the EU.

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Professional bike racers and their teams and equipment

"‘They don't understand the bigger picture’ - Tour of Britain race director responds to route critics":
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/th ... te-critics

"Critics have also questioned why the race peloton is smaller than it has been in previous years. Just 96 riders started the race in Altrincham, and Bennett explained that the UK leaving the European Union was largely behind the reduced peloton.

"“It's purely and simply Brexit,” he said. “Just to give you an example, it took some teams five hours that rode the World Champs to get their vehicles, technical teams through customs at Dover, and that was only three weeks ago. And they go, 'Hang on. You know what? It's not worth it'. So they didn't, but that's purely and simply down to Brexit.”"


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Jdsk wrote: 11 Sep 2023, 12:18pm Professional bike racers and their teams and equipment

"‘They don't understand the bigger picture’ - Tour of Britain race director responds to route critics":
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/th ... te-critics

"Critics have also questioned why the race peloton is smaller than it has been in previous years. Just 96 riders started the race in Altrincham, and Bennett explained that the UK leaving the European Union was largely behind the reduced peloton.

"“It's purely and simply Brexit,” he said. “Just to give you an example, it took some teams five hours that rode the World Champs to get their vehicles, technical teams through customs at Dover, and that was only three weeks ago. And they go, 'Hang on. You know what? It's not worth it'. So they didn't, but that's purely and simply down to Brexit.”"


Jonathan
That's purely and simply down to anecdote
A Dutch team managed to attend and a 5-hour delay on entry might add 50% to their journey

"...critics who have labelled the eight-day stage race boring" That's clearly Brexit too, well, talk of what is done is definitely boring
"As well as the difficulties with putting the route together, the race was also unable to find a title sponsor for the current edition" Darn, Brexit again :roll:

EDIT: I think that most people on here get that Brexit as forceably "done" by Boris is a bad thing, but using Brexit as a reason for a reduced field in the ToB? It'll be nothing to do with financials and a lack of a main sponsor...
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And in actual news...
"BMW is to spend £600m to upgrade its factory in Oxford to electric production of the Mini, in a U-turn that will provide a further boost to the UK car industry."
"The U-turn, which will secure 4,000 jobs at Oxford and Swindon..."
"BMW’s investment follows a £4bn commitment from Tata to build a gigafactory in the UK supplying electric batteries, as well as £1bn from Nissan and the Chinese-owned company AESC to create an EV manufacturing hub in Sunderland.
The Vauxhall and Peugeot maker Stellantis last week began to produce electric vehicles at its factory in Ellesmere Port, after a £100m investment that made the site its first large-scale car plant in the UK to be dedicated solely to EVs.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... k-to-china
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"New lane system for goods arriving in N Ireland goes live":
https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1001/1408279-green-lanes/

The "Windsor Framework".

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"New Brexit checks to cost UK business £330m a year":
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/n ... r-AA1hwP5e

"New post-Brexit border checks set to come into force in 2024 will cost UK companies at least £330m a year, Rishi Sunak’s government has admitted.

"Additional red tape on food, animal and plant products imported from the EU had been due to be phased in from October – but was pushed back amid fears the extra costs will add to inflation."


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BREXIT AT THREE: FRESH TRADE CHALLENGES GROWING
• Almost two thirds (60%) of firms trading with the EU say it is now more difficult to do so than it was a year ago.
• Almost half (49%) of exporters disagree the Brexit deal is helping them grow sales.
• Two fifths (41%) of firms exporting under the Brexit deal say they face difficulties adapting to its rules on buying and selling goods.
• The BCC has sent the Government a report setting out pragmatic solutions to many of the issues. 
A new survey by the BCC’s Insights Unit of 733 businesses (97% SMEs) shows the difficulties facing British firms in using the Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA) have not eased.
The BCC report also highlights a fresh set of challenges approaching as UK and EU regulations diverge, creating further headaches for traders on both sides of the Channel.

https://www.britishchambers.org.uk/news ... s-growing/

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Cheese

"Hard cheese: Canada rejects British attempt to secure tariff-free exports":
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... ee-exports

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Make UK's statement of recent impact:
https://www.makeuk.org/insights/reports ... act-report
includes:
Our evidence-based approach, taking the insight and intelligence provided by our members through approximately 60 surveys, 35 policy papers, 70 high-level engagements, and collaboration through 50 advisory boards, also saw us achieve many other major policy wins, including:
• The removal of Retained EU Law sunset clause.
• The extension of the CE market recognition for businesses indefinitely, beyond December 2024.
• Rejoining the Horizon Europe programme.


"‘We’re out of step’: how post-Brexit UK is drifting from EU standards":
https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... -standards

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English wine-makers toast a sparkling future thanks to New Year Brexit bonus

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/1 ... xit-bonus/

EU Red tape scrapped..Large expansion in uk vineyards.

Wine can now be sold in pint bottles...😄

Personally English, Oz, NZ, Chile and Argieland are my preferred sources. Occasionally Portugal and Italy. Reasonably priced French stuff is poor except if you are prepared to pay through the nose.

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The announcement about pint bottles has been widely ridiculed, not least by actual wine producers. Especially as it was announced at the same time as the results of the consultation on Imperial units.

Today's announcement:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/engl ... ortunities

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