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by felter » Thu, 21. Jan 21, 19:20
So it's been 3 weeks since we left the EU trade market, finally finishing the leaving of the EU for the UK. Nearly every day there is another moan and groan about what has happened, with many of them saying they did not realise it would be like this, what did they think was going to happen, that nothing would change.
So what's happened. truckers were surprised when they had to give up their cheese and ham sandwich before the could enter the EU, as it is now illegal to take meat, fruit and veg products into the EU from the UK without the proper licence to do so.
The fishermen and fish sellers are up in arms as they have nowhere to sell their fish too, as the fish markets have closed down in the UK and moved to EU, and they can't sell directly to those EU markets easily, Scottish fishermen are selling their catch in Denmark, meaning less fish in the UK, ultimately this will lead to the price of fish rising here in the UK, as they will eventually have to start importing fish.
Performing artists are complaining, as they can no longer just nip over to Europe for a performance, they now have to go get the proper paperwork first, which can take time.
The expats have had to leave Spain and their Spanish houses that they normally spent 6 months of the year in, as they can now only spend 90 days a year in Europe. To stay over the 90 days, you now need to be an EU citizen and have a sizeable yearly income coming into the bank, for a family of 4 that's around £42,000 per year. Also if you are going to be spending more than 90 days you need to have an EU driving licence if you intend to drive, meaning you would have to sit your driving test in an EU country.
Because of the new trade laws, this is leading to Northern Ireland having food shortages with many of the shelves currently empty, granted some shortages are due to the current covid lockdown, but nowhere else are having the same issues meaning it is being largely blamed on Brexit. It is also leading to problem for bigger corporations as they can no longer just import items from the EU and sell them on. While some EU importers from the EU are no longer willing to sell to the UK as it is not worth the hassle of doing so, as they have to setup UK bank accounts and employ UK accountants to take care of new tax laws, and as the EU is their main selling zone, it is not financially worth the effort and it is difficult for UK importers to import the goods. This is leading to quite a few people moaning that they can no longer get their goods as they can only get them from the EU. not just that but due to the new tax laws the prices have gone through the roof, as you have to pay import tax and UK tax on top of what you have already paid leading to item being 40% more expensive, for example a £200 coat bought from a EU retailer will cost you around £80 to import it into the UK now.
The thing is a lot of these moaners voted for Brexit, they wanted to leave the EU, the fishermen were really pro Brexit thinking it would be good for them, but it has backfired as a lot of them lost their jobs, with them saying I didn't think it would be like this. All I can say is welcome to Brexit, they got what they wanted, now they should STFU and live with it.
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Just like most who complain about it.
