How has Brexit affected you guys?

Medulla Omoplata

Medulla Omoplata

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A question for the beef boilers on here:
It's been 5 years since the referendum and over a year since the exit. How has your lives changed now that you're free of the shackles of hoity toity wine sippers in the EU?
 
Bit early to say especially with the pandemic and whatnot , but some things are a bit of a bind Hyundai heavy machinerys main european hub is in Belgium and of supply parts slowed for a while and we got charged with duty on a bit that came from Geith in Denmark though apparently we shouldn't have been so we can get the money back but its a nuisance all the same .
 
Billy no mates said:
Bit early to say especially with the pandemic and whatnot , but some things are a bit of a bind Hyundai heavy machinerys main european hub is in Belgium and of supply parts slowed for a while and we got charged with duty on a bit that came from Geith in Denmark though apparently we shouldn't have been so we can get the money back but its a nuisance all the same .
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Has that directly affected your day to day though?
I agree it's harder to parse the effects with the Covid as welll...
 
Day to day hasn’t changed much but covid could be to blame for that

Lots of delays and new import levies being applied to shipments coming into the UK, that affects things at work more than it does my personal life
 
Medulla Omoplata said:
Has that directly affected your day to day though?
I agree it's harder to parse the effects with the Covid as welll...
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Well the sky hasn't fallen in but I don't suddenly feel more magnificently British then I did before , so sofar its been a bit of a nothingburger .
 
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A lot less Nigel Farage in my life, for which i am grateful. Pretty sure the best [the worst] is yet to come though, so maybe ask me in a year when im choking on the exhaust of the lorries backed up to the new Hadrians Wall, whilst chugging down a government issued cup-a-soup and a stale bit of Hovis [British!]
 
It hasn't really impacted me at all yet. Though it might make me avoid ordering online goods from Europe due to having to pay extra tariffs for them.
 
It’s weird how illegal immigrants can just get across on small boats, not sure of any other example of such a failed border control in the world.
 
Medulla Omoplata said:
How's that fit into the thread topic?
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Because one of the most contentious issues surrounding Brexit was the ease with which immigrants with no papers could enter the country, get access to health care and benefits and commit crime due to the freedom of movement afforded as part of the EU.
 
FIGHTING TALK said:
Because one of the most contentious issues surrounding Brexit was the ease with which immigrants with no papers could enter the country, get access to health care and benefits and commit crime due to the freedom of movement afforded as part of the EU.
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Did that affect your life before? Is it better now?
 
This is my point, it hasn’t changed. Immigrants are still being escorted across the border in small boats even though the UK is no longer part of EU.
 
Medulla Omoplata said:
A question for the beef boilers on here:
It's been 5 years since the referendum and over a year since the exit. How has your lives changed now that you're free of the shackles of hoity toity wine sippers in the EU?
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It hasn't really started yet. The northern Ireland situation has a 2yr suck it and see clause before the rubber meets to road.

A lot of products now take a lot longer to be delivered as much of Amazon etc just came over from Holland etc. Price of items has risen. There are empty shelves in the super market for certain products.

Since the Brexit bull shit began the currency has devalued by about a quarter making us all 1/4 poorer.

The good quality immigrants have left back to Europe as pay here is less, our delivery drivers etc are a worse tier now.

Food is more expensive.

phoenixikki said:
I was promised chaos. Instead pretty much nothing happened.
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We've had the end of the beginning, it's barely started. This will define the next decade in the UK.
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It’s weird how illegal immigrants can just get across on small boats, not sure of any other example of such a failed border control in the world.
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Britain always had complete control over its borders. Anything said to the contrary was a lie to make poor people vote for a policy which would make them worse off and make a lot of money for investment bankers.
 
Phlog said:
It hasn't really started yet. The northern Ireland situation has a 2yr suck it and see clause before the rubber meets to road.

A lot of products now take a lot longer to be delivered as much of Amazon etc just came over from Holland etc. Price of items has risen. There are empty shelves in the super market for certain products.

Since the Brexit bull shit began the currency has devalued by about a quarter making us all 1/4 poorer.

The good quality immigrants have left back to Europe as pay here is less, our delivery drivers etc are a worse tier now.

Food is more expensive.



We've had the end of the beginning, it's barely started. This will define the next decade in the UK.


Britain always had complete control over its borders. Anything said to the contrary was a lie to make poor people vote for a policy which would make them worse off and make a lot of money for investment bankers.
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Have you noticed this stuff yourself though or just anecdotal? And of course supermarket shortages could be attributed to Covid
 
Medulla Omoplata said:
Have you noticed this stuff yourself though or just anecdotal? And of course supermarket shortages could be attributed to Covid
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No, the shortages are in products that are imported from the EU, and in short supply since the border changes, not over the last year of covid-19.

And yes, you asked for things that I had noticed, and that is by definition anecdotal.
 
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