EU Membership Referendum (Brexit)

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superfrank
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It's a shame Betfair haven't got any markets around Brexit deal outcomes.

smarkets even have a market on whether or not the UK will be importing chlorinated chicken next year!...
https://smarkets.com/event/41731856/pol ... ed-chicken
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Euler
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Betfair really don't do enough of these sorts of things. They are a bit lazy now in looking for interesting angles to promote.

I can't see the UK doing a deal with the EU. The EU seems to want the UK to be outside the EU but abide by the EU legislation now and going forward. That's worse than being in the EU.

They obviously want that so the UK doesn't undercut the EU, but without a deal they have nothing stopping them.
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Euler wrote:
Thu Dec 10, 2020 12:58 pm
Betfair really don't do enough of these sorts of things. They are a bit lazy now in looking for interesting angles to promote.

I can't see the UK doing a deal with the EU. The EU seems to want the UK to be outside the EU but abide by the EU legislation now and going forward. That's worse than being in the EU.

They obvious want that so the UK doesn't undercut the EU, but without a deal they have nothing stopping them.
Boris knows his party won in a landslide because a soft Brexit was pissing off Northern towns/cities. If he doesn't stay true to his word then those same people will desert him, whether they go back to labour though is another question.

So he basically can't meet in the middle with the EU, even if he gives in on one little issue the media will take him to the cleaners.
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Derek27
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I'm gonna enjoy hearing leave voters start moaning Brexit's not what it was cracked up to be. First off are the fishermen. :)
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Derek27 wrote:
Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:06 pm
I'm gonna enjoy hearing leave voters start moaning Brexit's not what it was cracked up to be. First off are the fishermen. :)
I doubt there will be any buyers remorse posted here Derek but all the signatures are here.
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It was on the news earlier today that companies in the EU are no longer shipping goods to UK customers due to rules introduced by HMRC about at what point VAT should be collected. It means companies outside of the UK need to open a special account and register before shipping. The problem is they have to pay £195 todo so and are clearly stating they wont be.
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"The problem is they have to pay £195 to do so and are clearly stating they wont be".

What sort of moron wouldn't pay a £195 one off fee to sell £millions of product into their biggest market? It begs belief that there are actually people out there who think like this.....personally I dont believe it.
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xtrader16 wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 10:35 am
"The problem is they have to pay £195 to do so and are clearly stating they wont be".

What sort of moron wouldn't pay a £195 one off fee to sell £millions of product into their biggest market? It begs belief that there are actually people out there who think like this.....personally I dont believe it.
This is the article from the BBC website:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55530721
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Derek27
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xtrader16 wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 10:35 am
"The problem is they have to pay £195 to do so and are clearly stating they wont be".

What sort of moron wouldn't pay a £195 one off fee to sell £millions of product into their biggest market? It begs belief that there are actually people out there who think like this.....personally I dont believe it.
The sort of morons who make a big fuss about having to sell their bananas in kilos instead of pounds but would be happy to go the European Court of Human Rights if a dog crapped on their driveway. :)
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Archery1969 wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:07 pm
xtrader16 wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 10:35 am
"The problem is they have to pay £195 to do so and are clearly stating they wont be".

What sort of moron wouldn't pay a £195 one off fee to sell £millions of product into their biggest market? It begs belief that there are actually people out there who think like this.....personally I dont believe it.
This is the article from the BBC website:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55530721
:lol: :lol: :lol: Sorry Archery but typical media wind-up and typical BBC (LL Remoaner) storyline! "Some EU specialist online retailers"! Well what do you know, "SOME" ... could that be 2, they only quote from 2 companies but I'm sure you only need 2 to justify a "some" comment!

As you will know markets do not like a vacuum. If one supplier pulls out another will soon fill the void ... let's just let the BEEB carry on flying their political flag, disseminating biased views and overpaying GL for at most 30 mins MOTD every week in season ... he can't even be bothered to get off his arse for the Sunday night show! They know their income is guaranteed so they can peddle and pay whatever they want, it's only taxpayer money not their's.
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No lorry drivers, milkshakes of the menu at McDonald's, might be burgers next. Probably explains why I haven't been able to get any toilet bleach for the last week. I can see a bog roll crisis kicking up again. :)
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Derek27 wrote:
Fri Aug 27, 2021 7:52 pm
milkshakes off the menu at McDonald's, might be burgers next.
And in the world that actually matters, building materials up 50% + 8 week lead times.

Not all doom and gloom though. Now we're 'free of European data laws", the govt are stopping cookie warnings from being mandatory to "make the digital marketplace easier to navigate". Mmmmmm I'm not sure Amazon et al needed much more help to kick the High St in the bollards but there you go.
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Derek27 wrote:
Fri Aug 27, 2021 7:52 pm
No lorry drivers, milkshakes of the menu at McDonald's, might be burgers next. Probably explains why I haven't been able to get any toilet bleach for the last week. I can see a bog roll crisis kicking up again. :)
I know an Edinburgh greengrocer thats totally fed up with Brexit. Red tape is delaying his deliveries from abroad to the extent 30% of his stock never reaches the shelves. I know it was always going to be a bumpy bureacratic maze, but with Covid, businesses are under serious threat due to Brexit.
And you can see it in the FTSE. The US Dow has recovered all the covid ground and is back on the pre-covid trajectory. We are not.. We're at 2016 levels.
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Derek27
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ShaunWhite wrote:
Fri Aug 27, 2021 8:15 pm
Derek27 wrote:
Fri Aug 27, 2021 7:52 pm
milkshakes off the menu at McDonald's, might be burgers next.
And in the world that actually matters, building materials up 50% + 8 week lead times.

Not all doom and gloom though. Now we're 'free of European data laws", the govt are stopping cookie warnings from being mandatory to "make the digital marketplace easier to navigate". Mmmmmm I'm not sure Amazon et al needed much more help to kick the High St in the bollards but there you go.
If I knew about the cookie warning it might have swung my vote. ;)
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Could the prices of materials or just goods be up in general because of, erm... printing money?. I mean, you dilute your currency and those that export goods to you will demand more in return?. As for delivery, didn't we just go through a comlpete an utter block of a canal that has caused a container shortage and delivery delay around the world.

Drivers... well who would of guessed we would have a shortage of drives once we weren't allowed to export the cheap flipping labour in the Polish driver market... must be heart wrenching that some Polish guy can't deliver your flipping milkshake for the equivalent of £200 a month.

It's obviously not a logistics problem is it. Ffs.
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