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blackheatheagle Flag Beckenham 24 Feb 20 12.42pm

This post has been merged from a topic called 'The Post Brexit Thread' by Midlands Eagle

I entered to EU without non-British / non-EU passport couple of times and i don`t remember suffering because of a long queue. For some occasions it may cause issue for sure (landing off at very busy time with many non-EU visitors)

However, most likely extra questions like `why are you here, where will you stay, when will you be back` may arise from officer desk and there is a huge chance that better return ticket is ready at the pocket.

That`s it.

 

Badger11 Flag Beckenham 24 Feb 20 12.49pm

Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle

So aggressive I was unaware of it. Thanks for alerting me. I will look out for it in the library next time I am there.

You will probably have to wait in line I hear it's a rip roaring page turner or maybe not.

 


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ASCPFC Flag Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 24 Feb 20 1.38pm

Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle

So aggressive I was unaware of it. Thanks for alerting me. I will look out for it in the library next time I am there.

No way the library will have it. Nor will they get it. They have important and/or popular books to buy. Not this tosh.

Edited by ASCPFC (24 Feb 2020 1.39pm)

 


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Badger11 Flag Beckenham 24 Feb 20 1.52pm

On the topic of political memoirs a publisher cynically explained how they work.

Said politician will have been involved in some controversies over the years assuming they were in government they have not told their version of events.

This is all the papers are interested in and will pay hundreds of thousands depending on the politician.

So the publisher sells the juicy extracts to the Daily Mail etc which is how they make their money. If anyone actually buys the book this is gravy for the publisher as they fully expect it to be in the bargain bucket fairly shortly.

So if no newspaper wants to buy the extracts then the publisher is not interested in publishing the book and I have heard of a number of politicians who this happened to.

I don't know if Bercow's serialised his book in one of the papers if he didn't I doubt he's made much money from it.

 


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Teddy Eagle Flag 24 Feb 20 1.59pm

Originally posted by Badger11

On the topic of political memoirs a publisher cynically explained how they work.

Said politician will have been involved in some controversies over the years assuming they were in government they have not told their version of events.

This is all the papers are interested in and will pay hundreds of thousands depending on the politician.

So the publisher sells the juicy extracts to the Daily Mail etc which is how they make their money. If anyone actually buys the book this is gravy for the publisher as they fully expect it to be in the bargain bucket fairly shortly.

So if no newspaper wants to buy the extracts then the publisher is not interested in publishing the book and I have heard of a number of politicians who this happened to.

I don't know if Bercow's serialised his book in one of the papers if he didn't I doubt he's made much money from it.

The Guardian have it.

[Link]

His talk with a James O’Brien will be a winner.

 

Maine Eagle Flag USA 24 Feb 20 2.52pm

So Priti Patel reckons we can sack off unskilled migrant workers and the great depth of talent sitting in English front rooms watching daytime TV and lounging in pubs will take up the slack?

This ought to be good.

 


Trump lost. Badly. Hahahahahahaha.

Badger11 Flag Beckenham 24 Feb 20 3.09pm

Originally posted by Maine Eagle

So Priti Patel reckons we can sack off unskilled migrant workers and the great depth of talent sitting in English front rooms watching daytime TV and lounging in pubs will take up the slack?

This ought to be good.

Actually yes. There are about 1mm people who are claiming which means they are fit and able to work they just don't have a job.

In some parts of the country this is understandable but even in London certain boroughs have a higher unemployment rate relative to the rest of the capital, why?

I can't find recent figures on Lewisham a borough 15 mins from Canary Wharf and 20 minutes from central London hopefully they are a lot better than 2011.

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Employers will have to offer more training and better incentives if they want to fill vacancies I have no problem with that. As for the shirkers if there are plenty of vacancies then either they take one or sign off.

Now if after all that we still can't fill jobs in certain sectors they maybe we do need to relax the visa rules.

 


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Stirlingsays Flag 24 Feb 20 3.19pm

Originally posted by Maine Eagle

So Priti Patel reckons we can sack off unskilled migrant workers and the great depth of talent sitting in English front rooms watching daytime TV and lounging in pubs will take up the slack?

This ought to be good.

The left are so particular with their stereotypes of Europeans....yet so silent elsewhere.

So patriotic Maine....it brings tears to the eyes.

Edited by Stirlingsays (24 Feb 2020 3.19pm)

 


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Maine Eagle Flag USA 24 Feb 20 4.49pm

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

The left are so particular with their stereotypes of Europeans....yet so silent elsewhere.

So patriotic Maine....it brings tears to the eyes.

Edited by Stirlingsays (24 Feb 2020 3.19pm)

Haha, Stirley still banging on about the right and the left. Wont matter about right and left when the farming and manufacturing industries cannot get enough workers.

Patriotic? Hmmmm.

Idiotic more like - those who think the entire foreign unskilled labour force can be replaced by a bunch of work shy English scallywags mooching around Asda.

Once again you find yourself born in the wrong century old boy. If you had come along in the late 16th you would see nerry a foreigner on the mean streets of Wisbech, and wouldn't know a hijab from a haggis.

Sadly this is 2020, where unskilled migrant labour is what underpins the economies of America and England.

Have to applaud the sheer bravado and moronic stupidity of Patel and co with this pie in the sky idea that the slack can be taken up by local dropouts.

I wish you luck fellas.

 


Trump lost. Badly. Hahahahahahaha.

Teddy Eagle Flag 24 Feb 20 5.31pm

Originally posted by Maine Eagle

Haha, Stirley still banging on about the right and the left. Wont matter about right and left when the farming and manufacturing industries cannot get enough workers.

Patriotic? Hmmmm.

Idiotic more like - those who think the entire foreign unskilled labour force can be replaced by a bunch of work shy English scallywags mooching around Asda.

Once again you find yourself born in the wrong century old boy. If you had come along in the late 16th you would see nerry a foreigner on the mean streets of Wisbech, and wouldn't know a hijab from a haggis.

Sadly this is 2020, where unskilled migrant labour is what underpins the economies of America and England.

Have to applaud the sheer bravado and moronic stupidity of Patel and co with this pie in the sky idea that the slack can be taken up by local dropouts.

I wish you luck fellas.

Unskilled migrant labour? There must be something you can do.

 

ASCPFC Flag Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 24 Feb 20 5.57pm

Unskilled migrant Labour - something really worth defending. Let's bring people with no skills over, pay them in cash and let them live 10 to a room. Something we can all be proud of.

 


Red and Blue Army!

Maine Eagle Flag USA 24 Feb 20 9.19pm

Originally posted by ASCPFC

Unskilled migrant Labour - something really worth defending. Let's bring people with no skills over, pay them in cash and let them live 10 to a room. Something we can all be proud of.

Would you rather do that or watch your economy tank?

 


Trump lost. Badly. Hahahahahahaha.

Maine Eagle Flag USA 24 Feb 20 9.20pm

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

Unskilled migrant labour? There must be something you can do.

Boom. Like it.

Not really!!

Not sure what they pay me for tbh!!

 


Trump lost. Badly. Hahahahahahaha.

Teddy Eagle Flag 24 Feb 20 9.24pm

Originally posted by Maine Eagle

Boom. Like it.

Not really!!

Not sure what they pay me for tbh!!

Good call. I got away with it for forty years and still have no idea what I was supposed to be doing. Oh, well, it must have actually mattered even less than I thought it did.

 

Yellow Card - User has been warned of conduct on the messageboards SW19 CPFC Flag Addiscombe West 24 Feb 20 9.54pm

Originally posted by Maine Eagle

Haha, Stirley still banging on about the right and the left. Wont matter about right and left when the farming and manufacturing industries cannot get enough workers.

Patriotic? Hmmmm.

Idiotic more like - those who think the entire foreign unskilled labour force can be replaced by a bunch of work shy English scallywags mooching around Asda.

Once again you find yourself born in the wrong century old boy. If you had come along in the late 16th you would see nerry a foreigner on the mean streets of Wisbech, and wouldn't know a hijab from a haggis.

Sadly this is 2020, where unskilled migrant labour is what underpins the economies of America and England.

Have to applaud the sheer bravado and moronic stupidity of Patel and co with this pie in the sky idea that the slack can be taken up by local dropouts.

I wish you luck fellas.

Patel is a bit of a moron. Woefully underqualified to be home sec but as a former Weber Shandwick PR fluffer perfectly overqualified to be a politician.

This piece from John Grace is especially acerbic, even for the guardian. Made me chuckle quite a few times - some absolute zingers in there.

I had forgotten about the counter terrorism faux pas - like something out of the thick of it.

[Link]

What she does have, though, is the effortless self-confidence of someone who doesn’t have a clue just how dim she is.’

Classic

 


Did you know? 98.0000001% of people are morons.

Wisbech Eagle Flag Truro Cornwall 24 Feb 20 10.29pm

Originally posted by SW19 CPFC

Patel is a bit of a moron. Woefully underqualified to be home sec but as a former Weber Shandwick PR fluffer perfectly overqualified to be a politician.

This piece from John Grace is especially acerbic, even for the guardian. Made me chuckle quite a few times - some absolute zingers in there.

I had forgotten about the counter terrorism faux pas - like something out of the thick of it.

[Link]

What she does have, though, is the effortless self-confidence of someone who doesn’t have a clue just how dim she is.’

Classic

That piece is a very good read. We all need to laugh at the current fiasco or we would have to cry. British black humour at it's best.

 


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Teddy Eagle Flag 24 Feb 20 10.40pm

Originally posted by SW19 CPFC

Patel is a bit of a moron. Woefully underqualified to be home sec but as a former Weber Shandwick PR fluffer perfectly overqualified to be a politician.

This piece from John Grace is especially acerbic, even for the guardian. Made me chuckle quite a few times - some absolute zingers in there.

I had forgotten about the counter terrorism faux pas - like something out of the thick of it.

[Link]

What she does have, though, is the effortless self-confidence of someone who doesn’t have a clue just how dim she is.’

Classic

She’s another example of the Dunning-Krüger effect affecting a few of our politicians.

 

Matov Flag 25 Feb 20 2.13am

This post has been merged from a topic called 'The Post Brexit Thread' by Midlands Eagle

Personally I have opted for the 'other' option for the last couple of years now. Never had a single problem not had to queue much longer than anybody else.

And even if I did, so what?

Plus some countries still want to welcome us. Even laying on a special welcome mat....

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I am sure that if some countries try to make us deliberately queue longer than neccessary, British tourists can choose to go elsewhere. I am sure parts of our media will be more than happy to keep up informed of how it pans out.

 


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dannyboy1978 Flag 25 Feb 20 4.21am

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Originally posted by Matov

Personally I have opted for the 'other' option for the last couple of years now. Never had a single problem not had to queue much longer than anybody else.

And even if I did, so what?

Plus some countries still want to welcome us. Even laying on a special welcome mat....

[Link]

I am sure that if some countries try to make us deliberately queue longer than neccessary, British tourists can choose to go elsewhere. I am sure parts of our media will be more than happy to keep up informed of how it pans out.

And
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Stirlingsays Flag 25 Feb 20 6.24am

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Sargon here with a video showing why Johnson/Cummings and co need to take a metaphorical flamethrower to the civil service with Patel, pulling the trigger, on the front line.

[Link]

 


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