There is good and bad in every walk of life. I have worked with some very unpleasant people but to tie every BF Officer with the same brush is totally wrong. A lot of the problems at Heathrow stemmed from Heathrow Airport Authority not wanting to play ball, regarding opening another Terminal, just trying to save money. BF not entirely blameless but nothing to do with shortage of staff... fact. Unfortunately for the travelling public BF staff have to comply with social distancing along with everyone else, even if that does not suit those travelling during a pandemic

Strange thing is that all staff at Heathrow (and arriving travelers) were wearing masks but none of the immigration staff were seen to be wearing any. Not a good example at all.

The guidance for BF staff was, if you are working behind a screen ( which desks are) you should not wear masks. Presumably your friends can confirm that the desks had screens. Any passenger will have been required to remove their mask at the desk
or whilst utilising the egates.There is always an explanation, if only people would ask before criticising.

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Love Cyprus, lived there for 18 months from July 1961. Last time I visited ( a few years ago) seemed to be overrun with Russians still a nice place to visit, lots of history

It depends where you go, Limassol has a lot of Russians but the Paphos area is full of British, in fact in higher numbers overall than Russians. The nicest areas for us are Akamas in the far west and the inland hills, forests, lakes and mountains. Nearly all tourists visit the coastal areas for the beaches and see little else.

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OK

"The move, which is still under review at the company's US headquarters, would create 50 full-time jobs at the factory"

Yep, definitely worth throwing away £billions of business from the financial & services industry, freedom of movement to the rest the EU, putting peace in NI at risk and decimating the fishing and farming industries. Really good business model, impressive.

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Add playing Saxophone on Gerry Rafferty's 1978 smash hit Baker St to that list EC......

For £140 million I could easily create A LOT more jobs in my industry. Nearly £3 million per job? Laughable.

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I am sure you are aware of my interest in farming, and especially in sheep farming.

Wool has no value, it costs more to shear than you can sell it for. The UK effectively throws most of it away

Australia mass produces sheep for meat. The mass production approach has many down sides

Australian lamb is not nearly as good as UK lamb either.

OK

"The move, which is still under review at the company's US headquarters, would create 50 full-time jobs at the factory"

Yep, definitely worth throwing away £billions of business from the financial & services industry, freedom of movement to the rest the EU, putting peace in NI at risk and decimating the fishing and farming industries. Really good business model, impressive.

Edited by Orange1290 (01 Jun 2021 3.50pm)