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Border controls have still not been fully implemented yet. New restrictions to be implemented on 1st Oct are likely to cause more disruption.
Not until the EU goes bustI very much doubt the NI brexit situation will ever be fully resolved - at least not in the manner one might expect.
Sadly I think you could say the same about most of NI's politics.I very much doubt the NI brexit situation will ever be fully resolved - at least not in the manner one might expect.
Are you still in the same beautiful place in God's own country?Had some d*ckhead today refuse to sell me a centrifugal pump unless I had a "mainland" UK address and EORI number.
I even offered to arrange my own collection
I'll just route my business through "mainland" Europe where I live, I have an XORI number
No problem.
Sure where else would I be ?Are you still in the same beautiful place in God's own country?
Had some d*ckhead today refuse to sell me a centrifugal pump unless I had a "mainland" UK address and EORI number.
I even offered to arrange my own collection
I'll just route my business through "mainland" Europe where I live, I have an XORI number
No problem.
I honestly didn't careEither EORI or 'XI' EORI should have been fine.
Must be in a great position when he can afford to turn away business.
And mine not so far away from you.Sure where else would I be ?
Rapparees have stalked that area for many a generation ??
If you ever need a legitimate UK address and post code etc let me know.Had some d*ckhead today refuse to sell me a centrifugal pump unless I had a "mainland" UK address and EORI number.
I even offered to arrange my own collection
I'll just route my business through "mainland" Europe where I live, I have an XORI number
No problem.
Best not to start a panic buying frenzy... look where the petrol rumours got us !Started to stock up on basic things you use often to help get around this over Christmas etc?
We need to reduce the level of benefits to make working for a living viable again... I saw a programme on the TV a while ago about a single woman with kids complaining that she couldn't live on benefits (without actually telling us how much she got)... so I did my own research, filling in an on-line system called something like "what am I entitled to.com". I was astonished to see that to get the same level of net income, she'd need to have a job paying £37k per year. The TV programme didn't divulge any details on her skills... but assuming she was not skilled... there's no way she'll ever come off benefits to work in a factory !I know several factories that are trying to recruit semi skilled people for above minimum wage jobs.
most of them are saying, they can’t get people and the locals just don’t want to work.
We need to reduce the level of benefits to make working for a living viable again... I saw a programme on the TV a while ago about a single woman with kids complaining that she couldn't live on benefits (without actually telling us how much she got)... so I did my own research, filling in an on-line system called something like "what am I entitled to.com". I was astonished to see that to get the same level of net income, she'd need to have a job paying £37k per year. The TV programme didn't divulge any details on her skills... but assuming she was not skilled... there's no way she'll ever come off benefits to work in a factory !
That's a huge task and I'm not sure if any government will accomplish it, short of us encountering a protracted period of severe economic depression. Just look at the stink kicked up when the £20 lift in UC came to an end and that was only a temporary measure. There seems to be an expectation that everyone is entitled to a significant amount of money and the private sector simply doesn't have broad enough shoulders to sustain this. I honestly don't know what the answer is.
You need to be careful quoting things like this as the claiming of UC is largely a game of playing the system. I've just worked out that if you work in a factory full-time... and get minimum wage with a little bit of overtime/shift allowance etc... you can take home £1,618 per month. I currently live off alot less than that.Fair proportion of factory workers had to claim UC to top up wages.
Yeah... I agree... the country is basically run my the media... which is predominantly left wing (the BBC being a prime example). So any effort to curtail the vast welfare state is met with severe, media induced frenzy. The Blair/Brown years introduced the 'entitlement culture' which is almost impossible for us to get out of. How do you tell someone that's had something for 20 years that they are now no longer entitled to it ??That's a huge task and I'm not sure if any government will accomplish it, short of us encountering a protracted period of severe economic depression. Just look at the stink kicked up when the £20 lift in UC came to an end and that was only a temporary measure. There seems to be an expectation that everyone is entitled to a significant amount of money and the private sector simply doesn't have broad enough shoulders to sustain this. I honestly don't know what the answer is.
I currently live off alot less than that.
I've seen this a few times where work doesn't pay them enough to come off benefits they are on and they still claim they are living in poverty the other side of it is they don't have to waste any energy going to work and earning a days pay if they are on benefitsWe need to reduce the level of benefits to make working for a living viable again... I saw a programme on the TV a while ago about a single woman with kids complaining that she couldn't live on benefits (without actually telling us how much she got)... so I did my own research, filling in an on-line system called something like "what am I entitled to.com". I was astonished to see that to get the same level of net income, she'd need to have a job paying £37k per year. The TV programme didn't divulge any details on her skills... but assuming she was not skilled... there's no way she'll ever come off benefits to work in a factory !
I'm not sure a lot of European countries have enough people of working age to fill all their vacant jobs after listening to and reading various media reportsNot sure we have the population to fill these gaps. Fair proportion of factory workers had to claim UC to top up wages. Wages will have to go up but even then I suspect there will be a short fall in labour. Government will have to relax the immigration rules, probably in line with EU border control rules which we chose not to implement back in 2004. Also likely we’ll do conditional trade arrangements with other countries around the world which will allow immigration to fill labour shortages. Here comes a period of big inflation. Boris and his mates don’t really want to see any dents in their profits or any real levelling up.
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