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Post by trevorgas on Aug 26, 2024 11:41:41 GMT
Going to Italy back end of November so will see how it goes.!! Currently on holiday in France, going back again in the New Year, hoping again around Easter. All by car. Be an interesting comparison between pre Brexit, now, with the 'visa' and then with the recognition technology. It's probably okay, but the faff getting set up will be time-consuming. Also, my son can't move and is sat at the rear in our WAV. The facial recognition stuff might be flawed here depending on how it works in practice. It's bad enough with just a visual check by the Border staff. I can't believe they haven't made provision for folk who have a disability,least our boy is mobile. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Aug 26, 2024 12:30:06 GMT
Currently on holiday in France, going back again in the New Year, hoping again around Easter. All by car. Be an interesting comparison between pre Brexit, now, with the 'visa' and then with the recognition technology. It's probably okay, but the faff getting set up will be time-consuming. Also, my son can't move and is sat at the rear in our WAV. The facial recognition stuff might be flawed here depending on how it works in practice. It's bad enough with just a visual check by the Border staff. I can't believe they haven't made provision for folk who have a disability,least our boy is mobile. On at least one occasion they've had to come out of their booth to visually ID him. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Aug 27, 2024 22:54:51 GMT
Lots in the papers about Starmer going to Germany and resetting things with them. A 6 month timescale apparently.
Still refusal on the free movement of under 30s, could be an open secret or otherwise what have we got to woo them other than some defence and security cooperation?
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Post by trevorgas on Aug 28, 2024 7:43:43 GMT
Lots in the papers about Starmer going to Germany and resetting things with them. A 6 month timescale apparently. Still refusal on the free movement of under 30s, could be an open secret or otherwise what have we got to woo them other than some defence and security cooperation? I don't get Starmer, yesterday in the rose garden he tried to come over all macho "I won't hesitate in making the tough decisions.....",now we can all see that rejoining the Single Market is the right thing to do,it would increase the flow of inward investment and boost the economy ( labours key objective) yet its a too difficult political decision to make. Sadly would rather hammer folk with increased tax for his so say black hole ratherthan do the right thing . |
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Post by yattongas on Aug 28, 2024 13:10:30 GMT
Lots in the papers about Starmer going to Germany and resetting things with them. A 6 month timescale apparently. Still refusal on the free movement of under 30s, could be an open secret or otherwise what have we got to woo them other than some defence and security cooperation? I don't get Starmer, yesterday in the rose garden he tried to come over all macho "I won't hesitate in making the tough decisions.....",now we can all see that rejoining the Single Market is the right thing to do,it would increase the flow of inward investment and boost the economy ( labours key objective) yet its a too difficult political decision to make. Sadly would rather hammer folk with increased tax for his so say black hole ratherthan do the right thing . Agree with this but taxing the very wealthy extra is a win in my book . |
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Post by stuart1974 on Aug 28, 2024 14:57:51 GMT
"The two leaders hope to sign a treaty, covering areas including defence, energy security, science and technology, by early next year." www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg3pxz4334oThis would be a bilateral agreement rather than an EU wide one. Defence is an interesting one as there is very little wriggle room and we've already got a reliance on German companies with at least two big army contracts. |
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Post by yattongas on Aug 28, 2024 15:32:02 GMT
"The two leaders hope to sign a treaty, covering areas including defence, energy security, science and technology, by early next year." www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg3pxz4334oThis would be a bilateral agreement rather than an EU wide one. Defence is an interesting one as there is very little wriggle room and we've already got a reliance on German companies with at least two big army contracts. Fannying around the edges 🙄 |
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Post by aghast on Aug 28, 2024 18:37:46 GMT
Lots in the papers about Starmer going to Germany and resetting things with them. A 6 month timescale apparently. Still refusal on the free movement of under 30s, could be an open secret or otherwise what have we got to woo them other than some defence and security cooperation? I don't get Starmer, yesterday in the rose garden he tried to come over all macho "I won't hesitate in making the tough decisions.....",now we can all see that rejoining the Single Market is the right thing to do,it would increase the flow of inward investment and boost the economy ( labours key objective) yet its a too difficult political decision to make. Sadly would rather hammer folk with increased tax for his so say black hole ratherthan do the right thing . It's just too soon to come out and say this, I think. I'm sure he believes it and protests too much when he talks about a reset but of course no rejoining. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Aug 28, 2024 19:00:41 GMT
I don't get Starmer, yesterday in the rose garden he tried to come over all macho "I won't hesitate in making the tough decisions.....",now we can all see that rejoining the Single Market is the right thing to do,it would increase the flow of inward investment and boost the economy ( labours key objective) yet its a too difficult political decision to make. Sadly would rather hammer folk with increased tax for his so say black hole ratherthan do the right thing . It's just too soon to come out and say this, I think. I'm sure he believes it and protests too much when he talks about a reset but of course no rejoining. No youth movement scheme, no single market, no customs union, just side deals. In all but name....maybe. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Sept 4, 2024 12:31:35 GMT
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Post by trevorgas on Sept 4, 2024 12:54:21 GMT
I'm with O2,no roaming charges. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Sept 4, 2024 13:40:19 GMT
I'm with O2,no roaming charges. My contract has remained in place from before as it just rolled over. Not the case for everyone despite the reassurance at the time. Small beer in the grand scheme of things, but symbolic. |
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Post by trevorgas on Sept 4, 2024 19:46:50 GMT
I'm with O2,no roaming charges. My contract has remained in place from before as it just rolled over. Not the case for everyone despite the reassurance at the time. Small beer in the grand scheme of things, but symbolic. Yep,not much of a honey moon period for Labour,they have made some strange decisions already with more likely in the October statement. Big mistake to stick to Tory fiscal rules ,as growth is the critical objective I would have hoped that they would realise that increased taxation is anti growth and every £ increase in tax is a £ less for spending/investment,that simple truth appears to not register. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Sept 4, 2024 22:24:21 GMT
My contract has remained in place from before as it just rolled over. Not the case for everyone despite the reassurance at the time. Small beer in the grand scheme of things, but symbolic. Yep,not much of a honey moon period for Labour,they have made some strange decisions already with more likely in the October statement. Big mistake to stick to Tory fiscal rules ,as growth is the critical objective I would have hoped that they would realise that increased taxation is anti growth and every £ increase in tax is a £ less for spending/investment,that simple truth appears to not register. The Winter Fuel Allowance is going to be totemic now, should have kept quiet and then made it taxable, fairer than the blanket decision on Pension Credit which disadvantages millions and omits 880,000. Blair and Brown stuck to Tory Fiscal rules for a year or so, they may be thinking the stability is necessary. October 30th is becoming increasingly significant, Labour need a big announcement with genuine clear tangible results. |
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Post by trevorgas on Sept 5, 2024 7:31:29 GMT
Yep,not much of a honey moon period for Labour,they have made some strange decisions already with more likely in the October statement. Big mistake to stick to Tory fiscal rules ,as growth is the critical objective I would have hoped that they would realise that increased taxation is anti growth and every £ increase in tax is a £ less for spending/investment,that simple truth appears to not register. The Winter Fuel Allowance is going to be totemic now, should have kept quiet and then made it taxable, fairer than the blanket decision on Pension Credit which disadvantages millions and omits 880,000. Blair and Brown stuck to Tory Fiscal rules for a year or so, they may be thinking the stability is necessary. October 30th is becoming increasingly significant, Labour need a big announcement with genuine clear tangible results. Agreed, chopping the Allowance looks petty and mean impacting those who have little or no opportunity to replace it. It would also be a mistake in my view to unfreeze fuel duty as that is a regressive tax,choppy waters ahead. |
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Post by yattongas on Sept 5, 2024 19:29:33 GMT
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Post by stuart1974 on Sept 5, 2024 22:35:21 GMT
Please let a bit of common sense prevail. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Sept 10, 2024 12:05:31 GMT
Andy Mangan, would this have happened a few years ago?
Asking for a friend. 👀
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Post by yattongas on Sept 15, 2024 13:58:13 GMT
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Post by stuart1974 on Sept 15, 2024 14:51:57 GMT
Enjoyed Last night at the Proms. 👍🇬🇧🤝🇪🇺 |
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