SaitoRyo Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 9 minutes ago, RancidPunx said: So, practically, how much of a difference has Brexit made for you , if any ? As a UK citizen living in the EU with an EU national wife and two half-EU national kids, quite a bit. Don't wanna go into the whole minutia of the situation because it's just depressing to think about, but it makes some things potentially a massive pain and my life is probably going to get a lot more complicated because of it (depending on what we decide to do in the future). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted August 24, 2021 Moderators Share Posted August 24, 2021 7 hours ago, RancidPunx said: So, practically, how much of a difference has Brexit made for you , if any ? I was going to say not yet but then this happened https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/milkshakes-mcdonald-s-kfc-scotland-england-b952022.html  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 I hope she’s ok. She can’t go through this again.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Coconut Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 9 hours ago, SaitoRyo said: As a UK citizen living in the EU with an EU national wife and two half-EU national kids Chalk me down as another ex-pat in the EU who's had nothing but problems. Thanks a lot homeland, you dick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCJ Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Unless you’re a racist and want immigrants to leave or stay out of the country, I’m struggling to see any benefits to Brexit so far. Everything is worse and yet the leave voters still say they were right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted August 24, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted August 24, 2021 I wonder how the leave voters feel about the government agreeing to take in 20,000 Afghan refugees. 'This isn't the Brexit I voted for!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 17 hours ago, Chest Rockwell said: I was going to say not yet but then this happened https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/milkshakes-mcdonald-s-kfc-scotland-england-b952022.html  The last guy on a proper wind up...or he is distraught. Who really knows?  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Fucking posers. Any die hard Maccies fan knows they run out of milkshakes at least once a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted August 25, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2021 4 hours ago, Mr_Danger said: Fucking posers. Any die hard Maccies fan knows they run out of milkshakes at least once a month. One of the terms of Brexit should have been fully working McFlurry machines. I haven’t seen a working one since 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancidPunx Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 So are people attributing the petrol shortage to Brexit or just saying “oh well” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCJ Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 1 minute ago, RancidPunx said: So are people attributing the petrol shortage to Brexit or just saying “oh well” Depends on who you ask. One leave voter told me it was all the “far left’s fault for starting rumours and causing panic”. SMH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted September 27, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) 15 minutes ago, RancidPunx said: So are people attributing the petrol shortage to Brexit or just saying “oh well” Most people I hear talk about it "out and about" attribute it to a poorly planned Brexit because, to paraphrase, "we should have trained people to do the jobs like HGV driving before we told all the people doing it to go back where they came from". That and people are needlessly panicking because they are stupid. Apart from them obviously, because they aren't panic buying they are just making sure the tanks full because everyone one else is being stupid and panicking. Edited September 27, 2021 by Tommy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamura Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, RancidPunx said: So are people attributing the petrol shortage to Brexit or just saying “oh well” It's possibly exacerbated by Brexit, but the problems in the industry are long-standing and have been getting worse for a long time. My mate has an HGV class 2 licence, but says there's no way he'd drive for a living again. Long hours, poor conditions (there used to be a lorry park with facilities in most towns, not any more), time away from home and so on. The fact he seriously injured himself in a traffic accident didn't help matters either, he struggled to cope with knowing even the smallest lapse of concentration meant he could easily end up killing someone and be sent to prison. Not that many young people want to become truck drivers, so you're looking at an ageing workforce where people who retire or leave to work elsewhere aren't being replaced by a younger generation. I don't think there's a simple solution to all those problems, since for starters any pay rise would almost certainly have to be funded by price rises across the board, and that's not going to be a popular move. Hopefully it all gets fixed soon, I've almost run out of Ardennes coarse pork liver pâté. Edited September 27, 2021 by Tamura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCJ Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Winning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Coconut Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 If not Brexit, then what else? There's no shortage in the EU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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