The Brexit Thread

[The Voice]

So with all the COVID-19 nonsense taking over the airwaves, no-one really noticed that the Immigration Bill received Royal Ascent this week. After 31 December, free movement officially ends.

 

[Dave]

So with all the COVID-19 nonsense taking over the airwaves, no-one really noticed that the Immigration Bill received Royal Ascent* this week. After 31 December, free movement officially ends.

*Assent

 

[|tera|]

So with all the COVID-19 nonsense taking over the airwaves, no-one really noticed that the Immigration Bill received Royal Ascent this week. After 31 December, free movement officially ends.

FML. The world is in the dumps at the moment.

 

[The Voice]

*Assent

Stupid autocorrect.

 

[The Voice]

Something else that slipped under the radar: the salary requirements have dropped from £35k to £20k. We're keeping our nurses, lads!

 

[buka001]

So with all the COVID-19 nonsense taking over the airwaves, no-one really noticed that the Immigration Bill received Royal Ascent this week. After 31 December, free movement officially ends.

Soooo ironic given this headline.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1328995963244081153

 

[The Voice]

Soooo ironic given this headline.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1328995963244081153

C'mon, man! This is MyBB! Can't use a tweet as a verified sauce!

It is a bit long, though. The drop in the salary requirements isn't a coincidence, either.

 

[Dave]

You can see the government didn't really care about "blue passports" like the idiotic Brexiters like Farage did.

In Farage's world



Meanwhile in the real world, this just dropped into the letter box.



It's black...

 

[The Voice]

You can see the government didn't really care about "blue passports" like the idiotic Brexiters like Farage did.

In Farage's world

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Meanwhile in the real world, this just dropped into the letter box.

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It's black...

"...as the ace of spades!"

 

[Dave]

"...as the ace of spades!"

Indeed, even shining a light on it shows no blue tinge whatsoever.

Maybe it's that crazy French sense of humour? Didn't the Tories give the contract to a French firm for them?

 

[Hamish McPanji]

Indeed, even shining a light on it shows no blue tinge whatsoever.

Maybe it's that crazy French sense of humour? Didn't the Tories give the contract to a French firm for them?

With Brexit, UK now needs to licence the colour bleu

 

[The Voice]

Indeed, even shining a light on it shows no blue tinge whatsoever.

Maybe it's that crazy French sense of humour? Didn't the Tories give the contract to a French firm for them?

Was blue ever a government mandate, or was it just Farage's pipedream? For the record, I prefer the black version.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

Was blue ever a government mandate, or was it just Farage's pipedream? For the record, I prefer the black version.

Most of us colonies retain a black passport from those days.

 

[Dave]

Was blue ever a government mandate, or was it just Farage's pipedream? For the record, I prefer the black version.

No, a lot of the Brexiter leaders went on about blue passports. Bojo was another.

 

[zippy]

No, a lot of the Brexiter leaders went on about blue passports. Bojo was another.

Sudden onset of “amnesia” in expected circles

 

[Dave]

So all that "it's just Project Fear" from the Brexidiots is looking silly now.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1330911550677397508

7000 direct jobs and possibly 30,000 in the supply chain.

Looks like it's more like Project Reality now...

 

[The Voice]

So all that "it's just Project Fear" from the Brexidiots is looking silly now.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1330911550677397508

7000 direct jobs and possibly 30,000 in the supply chain.

Looks like it's more like Project Reality now...

All dependant on whether or not we get a trade deal, according to the Nissan COO.

Though, I think the German car industry is in for a much bigger shock if we don't get a deal. Looking out my window, I'd say 75% of the cars I see are German.

In other news, we've also signed an agreement with Canada.

 

[Dave]

In other news, we've also signed an agreement with Canada

Almost, but not quite. They have agreed a deal to negotiate a bilateral trade agreement in 2021, if the Canadian Parliament approves the proposal.

Britain and Canada on Saturday resolved to negotiate a new bilateral trade deal in 2021, rolling over the terms of the EU’s CETA trade agreement with Canada.

The deal must now make its way through both houses of Canadian parliament before Christmas recess on December 11.

UK and Canada commit to post-Brexit trade deal

New agreement will roll over the terms of EU’s CETA trade deal with Canada.

www.politico.eu

 

[The Voice]

Almost, but not quite. They have agreed a deal to negotiate a bilateral trade agreement in 2021, if the Canadian Parliament approves the proposal.

UK and Canada commit to post-Brexit trade deal

New agreement will roll over the terms of EU’s CETA trade deal with Canada.

www.politico.eu

Yeah, not as concrete as the one with Japan (yet), but still looking good, as do the deals with the other CANZUK nations.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Trial of Brexit border checks causes five-mile lorry queues in Kent

M20 backlog caused by French authorities testing post-Brexit checks at the Eurotunnel

www.theguardian.com

Queues of trucks stretching for five miles unexpectedly built up in Kent on Tuesday after the French started a trial of post-Brexit checks.

Lorries on their way across the English channel were forced to stop in long lines up to junction 11 on the M20 as they tried to approach the Eurotunnel entrance just outside Folkestone and the Port of Dover.

The queues give a glimpse of things to come in January whether a deal is reached or not with the government last month warning of queues of 7,000 lorries on the main motorway routes to both Eurotunnel and Dover ferries in the worst-case scenario.