The Hawk
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Is it Freeport
or
Free Port ?
As we've been promised a golden utopian luxuriant orgy I'll take the Cockburns......
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Is it Freeport
or
Free Port ?
As we've been promised a golden utopian luxuriant orgy I'll take the Cockburns......
And that Belgian brewery will be typical of hundreds or thousands of businesses on the continent.Letter from a Belgian brewery which has been supplying a private customer in this country for a number of years -
“Dear customer of the House of Gueuze,
The United Kingdom has left the European Union early 2020. From 1st January 2021 onwards, new customs rules will be applied on the import of alcoholic beverages such as beer in the United Kingdom. The administrative burden is so complicated that we sadly enough had to decide to stop delivering to the UK when the new rules come into place.
In order to be sure that all packages will arrive in time n England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, we will stop taking orders from UK customers on December 23rd, 2020 at 23:00 GMT. This way we want to make sure that all parcels get through customs and to their destination before the actual Brexit. I apologise for the inconvenience this might cause.
I sincerely want to thank you for loyal support over the past years. It was a pleasure to have you as our customer. I hope that one day, politicians will come to their senses and will make trade between the EU and the UK more easily with less paperwork and no import duties. When this happens, we will resume our shipments to the UK.
Once again, thank you and I hope that we may meet at one of the Lambic festivals or events in the near future.
Cheers,
Yves“
You can file that under 'You couldn't make it up'.Phew!
Panic over.
Everything will be OK again.
Ian Botham has been appointed trade envoy to Australia.
No, really, he has...
https://twitter.com/trussliz/status/1429685742691835907
I believe the interview process was 'Are you more competent than Johnson, Raab and Hancock?'You can file that under 'You couldn't make it up'.
I believe the Tories (mis)heard he likes to go out shooting peasants.I believe the interview process was 'Are you more competent than Johnson, Raab and Hancock?'
The only reason Raab is still there is because of the delay in elevating Jim Davidson to a peerage, so he can take over.I believe the interview process was 'Are you more competent than Johnson, Raab and Hancock?'
Australians can be quite jobsworth on the immigration front - I wonder if Botham's assault conviction there might cause any entry issues?
I suppose that the UK's options are limited by the sudden unavailability of the previous roving trade envoy, Prince Andrew...
For a nation supposedly so chilled out, they seem to be uptight about so many things.The Ozzies are still uptight about Jardine, Larwood and the 'Bodyline' series, and that was back in the 30's.
Oh the trauma!Apparently Wetherspoons are running out of their staple crap lagers due to delivery problems.
Welcome to Brexit Tim, this is what you voted for you cockwomble!!