11-02-2020, 21:34
HS2 going ahead - I bet you the line north of Birmingham doesn't ever happen though.
100 billion to take 20 mins of a journey that's 80 mins. Totally a waste of money. Wales for instance has no track linking its north and south. The money could have been much better spent.
Never mind we are getting our bridge to Northern Ireland to keep us happy. Someone should stick Boris on the larne ferry on a shite crossing and let him see how this is never going to happen.
But this is mere distraction from the real news today - and drink this in deep.
"From the "frictionless" trade with EU Member States that we have enjoyed since the advent of the Single Market (and were promised would continue during the referendum campaign), we now revert to the full panoply of border checks on incoming goods, including veterinary inspections of animals and products of animal origin in as yet non-existent border control posts.
To make matters worse, the new IT system required to handle the volume of customs declarations will not be ready until 2025, requiring traders and shippers (those who manage to stay in business) to cope with a costly "make do and mend" approach. "
Had we sought to rejoin Efta and negotiate a new EEA deal, EU border checks could have been avoided completely. A further clue boris is quite happy for us to go WTO in a 'no deal' Brexit.
100 billion to take 20 mins of a journey that's 80 mins. Totally a waste of money. Wales for instance has no track linking its north and south. The money could have been much better spent.
Never mind we are getting our bridge to Northern Ireland to keep us happy. Someone should stick Boris on the larne ferry on a shite crossing and let him see how this is never going to happen.
But this is mere distraction from the real news today - and drink this in deep.
"From the "frictionless" trade with EU Member States that we have enjoyed since the advent of the Single Market (and were promised would continue during the referendum campaign), we now revert to the full panoply of border checks on incoming goods, including veterinary inspections of animals and products of animal origin in as yet non-existent border control posts.
To make matters worse, the new IT system required to handle the volume of customs declarations will not be ready until 2025, requiring traders and shippers (those who manage to stay in business) to cope with a costly "make do and mend" approach. "
Had we sought to rejoin Efta and negotiate a new EEA deal, EU border checks could have been avoided completely. A further clue boris is quite happy for us to go WTO in a 'no deal' Brexit.