Prepping for Brexit thread

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11.pm tonight and this thread will become redundant won't it?

Jazee

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

11.pm tonight and this thread will become redundant won't it?

I wouldn't have thought so Mrs LW. Apparently nothing much will change and we're still paying into the EU and following their rules until the end of December.

VJsmum

As, I believe, Churchill said "this is not the end. it is not even the beginning of the end but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning"

Primrose

There are probably not many moments in most peoples' lives when they actually live through the making of history.
This is surely one of them. One wonders how the history books of future years will record it.

Often the days of our lives pass in without much note. I hope today's children will be made aware that this is quite an important day in our nation's history so that when they are older they can look back and remember "I recall that day !". These are events that can make history relevant when you're at school ploughing through the centuries of history which passed before and seem irrelevant. Recognising "living History" is rather different.

Farway

Primrose wrote: »

There are probably not many moments in most peoples' lives when they actually live through the making of history.
This is surely one of them. One wonders how the history books of future years will record it.

Often the days of our lives pass in without much note. I hope today's children will be made aware that this is quite an important day in our nation's history so that when they are older they can look back and remember "I recall that day !". These are events that can make history relevant when you're at school ploughing through the centuries of history which passed before and seem irrelevant. Recognising "living History" is rather different.

True, not quite in Man on Moon league but history non the less

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Living in Kent as I do it will probably mean maybe more hold ups on the M2, not much difference really.
We will still carry on regardless no doubt mainly because its what we do in the UK ,just get on with things and hope that things won't get too stressful.
At the moment I worry more about the weather than anything else, which I suppose sounds a bit selfish, but snow and ice means I have to stay indoors as I use a stick to get around.
I am hoping that February will whizz past as quickly as January has and we soon get the lighter evening and maybe a bit of spring sunshine .

I have the TV on at the moment and the news is full of the importance of the day.

I just hope that being a reasonably sensible nation that we will all pull together and just get on with things

Good luck everyone


JackieO xx

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Well said Jackie! there will inevitably be dissent from people who would have preferred to remain as part of the EU and I hope not too much jubilation in the face of that from people who voted to leave and will no doubt be feeling triumphant today. What we have to do now that Brexit has indeed in name been completed is to find ways of building bridges with almost half of our own compatriots in this country as well as making sure that the next years negotiations with the EU are as much to our nations advantage as to the EU's. It's a given that things will change but it need not always be to the disadvantage of the people of Great Britain need it? and we're strong people who WILL find ways and means to make ourselves as good a life in the future as we've always had.

mardatha

It's not over - it's just beginning. This is from the Telegraph:

Boris Johnson is preparing to impose full customs and border checks on all European goods entering the UK after Brexit, in a ramping up of pressure on the coming EU-UK trade talks, the Telegraph has learned.

In a radical departure from pre-election ‘no deal’ planning that prioritised the smooth flow of goods into the UK from Europe, Whitehall departments have been told to prepare for imposing the full panoply of checks on EU imports to the UK.

“We are planning full checks on all EU imports - export declarations, security declarations, animal health checks and all supermarket goods to pass through

Border Inspections Posts,” said a senior Whitehall source with knowledge of the plans. UK trade groups responded with shock to the change of tack, warning that the plans risked creating huge logistical bottlenecks, supermarket shortages and prices rises.

Industry chiefs are due to be summoned to a meeting with the cabinet office minster Michael Gove and senior officials on February 10 to be told of the plans under the title “Preparing our border for the future partnership”.

Zentimes

Haven't posted here in awhile, been giving Brexit a rest. Was sad last night but now we are into a new chapter so must make the best of it.

We still must prepare for any eventuality with Brexit as we don't know how the trade talks will progress, or if they'll finish in time (however I wouldn't be surprised if the talks do end up being extended, despite Boris saying they won't be).

Completely unsurprised at the turnaround by the govt re EU import checks. Boris hasn't been straight with us about anything, why would he start now?

Primrose

I'm wondering whether the possible worldwide implications of the Coronavirus have suddenly influenced the government's decisions, especially regarding the import of live animals or food products, in the potential change of mind regarding border and customs checks.

I was surprised to read this and wonder how on earth we're going to find all the extra space at ports and additional customs officers to do all the checking involved. There may be a reason we're not privy to which is part of the government's negotiating strategy. I hope so and that there is a good reason for this change rather than us just exerting our authority because we are now a sovereign nation and can do what we want in this respect.