Brexit. We’re out!

[pirate]

OOOO! littlespark!
it's not just what you like, it's about a whole food culture!
I love shellfish, I love lamb...and I simply will NOT buy NZ lamb, only Scottish or other UK lamb. However, you are indeed correct that everything is up in the air currently...
went to Tesco today...no eggs, virtually no tinned soup or other tinned goods, and of course no loo roll or kitchen roll...and, surprisingly to me, no milk.
However, plenty of bread...
The beer aisle was almost empty and, worst of all, I had to resort to buying an inferior gin!
The wine box shelf was empty too, apart from the Liebfraumilch, which shows that my fellow shoppers are very discerning!
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Just had a chat with a car dealer friend...it seems that not everyone is suffering just now as he has bought in a ferrari at £2.5M which the seller paid £4M for two years ago...reason for sale?
Not enough room in his garage for this one and his other 8 ferraris...
However, he still needs loo roll...
which isn't a problem as he owns the factory!

 

[ipf]

I like bananas.

Me too. But if you but a pound of 'em you're probably talking about chopping one of 'em up.
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We already buy lots of stuff from non EU countries...however, I refuse to buy green beans from Zambia as the carbon footprint is ridiculous.
The big supermarkets have spread the myth that the british housewife/husband demands that all fruits and vegetables are available 355 days a year (and 366 in leap years) but this is just wrong...we used to look forward to the quality produce that appeared in-store at certain times of the year, for example, here in Scotland we eagerly awaited the Ayrshire potatoes, the Clyde Valley tomatoes or Carse of Gowrie raspberries and strawberries etc but now we are proffered all manner of such from Spain and Morocco and many other places well outside the EU...and why would you give M&S £9.99 of your heard-earned for 2 tiny bream farmed in Egypt?
Time we supported our local producers, particularly our fisherman who have had to send all their produce, specifically shellfish, to the continent where they are willing to pay more than we are here in UK.
As always, the market will find its own level...

The snails 'll be on their way shortly.....export the bleeders to France, I say.

 

[Zerax]

The big supermarkets have spread the myth that the british housewife/husband demands that all fruits and vegetables are available 355 days a year (and 366 in leap years) but this is just wrong...

I think this is a generational thing... snowflake millennials are very used to, and now expect all the variety of fruit and veg all year.... but older people like us don't.

One of the craziest things I've seen was in the middle of July... a bag containing parsnips, suedes and carrots... marked up as "seasonal vegetables". Youngsters just don't understand how it all works.

And of course now... if we stop importing fruit & veg from some far off land... all the remainiacs will be banging on about it !

 

[FatAlan]

Interested to know how the brexiteers on here think things are going? Are the current issues temporary, are we now on a steady upward slope to the promised land?

 

[pirate]

The first thing I have encountered is an email from my Portuguese wine supplier. He tells me the favourite red I bought for about £4/bottle delivered to my door, and which costs about £9 in Tesco etc, will now cost me almost £8/bottle due to excise duty imposed when it is imported to UK...
I also see that some fishermen are getting 2p a kilo for landed fish, and some Scottish shellfish exporters have stocks rotting in the docks...
so far, not good

 

[Spoon]

Interested to know how the brexiteers on here think things are going? Are the current issues temporary, are we now on a steady upward slope to the promised land?

Are you saying the current state of the British economy is down to Bretix?

 

[DPG]

Interested to know how the brexiteers on here think things are going? Are the current issues temporary, are we now on a steady upward slope to the promised land?

It's difficult to say really bearing in mind the state of the world currently

 

[FatAlan]

Will be interesting to see how long it takes to get the import / export paperwork streamlined and whether
businesses will be able to absorb the increased costs. I suspect a lot will be passed on to the consumer.

 

[DPG]

Will be interesting to see how long it takes to get the import / export paperwork streamlined and whether
businesses will be able to absorb the increased costs. I suspect a lot will be passed on to the consumer.

Hopefully things won't take long to get sorted. Some people will always try and put a bad spin on things whatever the government do - just look at some of the ridiculous things some people are saying re Covid.

 

[andyb]

Hopefully things won't take long to get sorted. Some people will always try and put a bad spin on things whatever the government do - just look at some of the ridiculous things some people are saying re Covid.

This needs no spin, it's bad. Things will slowly improve but they will never get back to how they were, that's obvious.

 

[mattg4321]

It's not obvious at all. It was always very likely there would be significant disruption in the short term. Probably actually worse than what has happened in practice, however Covid has probably masked it to some extent.

It's likely that it will take a few years for everyone to get used to the new arrangements and any tweaks made and after that it's anyones guess as to whether it will be a good thing or bad thing. Much depends on your personal situation and subconscious bias.

 

[buzzlightyear]

my Portuguese wine supplier. He tells me the favourite red I bought for about £4/bottle delivered to my door, and which costs about £9 in Tesco etc, will now cost me almost £8/bottle due to excise duty imposed when it is imported to UK...

Well tell your supplier that you will now get your wine from Australia and see what he says, rather get me wine from them then the EU.

 

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I voted leave knowing fulll well Europe would make us pay for the big betrayal. They have to be ruthless with us so as to discourage other countries leaving.

a price I was willing to pay thus my vote.

giving billions to Europe and thanking them when they give us billions back after they have skimmed off the top.

that’s why i voted leave.

 

[buzzlightyear]

giving billions to Europe and thanking them when they give us billions back after they have skimmed off the top.

I will be not long before a trade war,
And will stand there with a cannon.

 

[andyb]

I voted leave knowing fulll well Europe would make us pay for the big betrayal. They have to be ruthless with us so as to discourage other countries leaving.

a price I was willing to pay thus my vote.

giving billions to Europe and thanking them when they give us billions back after they have skimmed off the top.

that’s why i voted leave.

I'd be interested to know how they're being ruthless Pete, from what I can see they're just implementing the rules and regs that we agreed to in the brexit deal.
Most of the problems are caused on this side of the border by our own border control.