....ineffectively. Plus ca change.Shock headline.........."Union tries to protect its members!"
....ineffectively. Plus ca change.Shock headline.........."Union tries to protect its members!"
But much more importantly EU will restrict the export of Astra Zeneca vaccines that it has already paid for.
UK has limited vaccine production capacity, it is building more but they won’t be online till mid / late 2021. All early production is in Netherlands and Germany. EU has paid for large volumes of vaccines, funded quite a bit of the development, so they are threatening to limit exports to non EU countries.
And isn’t the Biontec vaccine made in Belgium?
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EU threatens to block Covid vaccine exports amid AstraZeneca shortfall
Bloc may receive only half of purchased 100m doses in first quarter of the yearwww.theguardian.com
"Ethical repugnancy"So the first one, essentially makes EU vendors less competitive with UK vendors. Not sure many UK vendors will see that as a bad thing. It will also potentially impinge on accounting policies of large firms e.g. Amazon potentially bringing more of their tax liability into the UK rather than e.g. Netherlands. Again, not clearly a bad thing for taxpayers.
The Second: what a surprise that the EU is throwing an infantile fit about not having supplies of vaccine which it has been too incompetent to order first, and has still not even approved for use. I think the typical elderly UK resident is glad they're not in the EU, where on their own best estimates of supply, they are already at least three months behind the UK in vaccinating. The degree of ethical repugnancy of the EU's actions here are also concerning. The civilised world (i.e. outside Trump's office) has hitherto been pretty unanimous that export controls on medicines are morally wrong.Whether one would prefer to inside a tentful of people behaving that way, or outside is a matter for one's own conscience.
Try as one might, it's hard to see these as negative consequences of Brexit.
Seriously, if this is how you think and also the same in your reply to Dartmoor, I can't believe it.In open lowland farmland with a thermal, its not that hard. Scanning a 1sq mile area on a pushbike doesn't take long. Foxes are creatures of habit, Game cams & Bakers meaty chunks seems to work well, as do wires in tramlines that go round the headlands. Any vacuum created soon gets recolonised, but it was a case of keeping em out till the fawns were about 6 weeks old. Grouse keepers have my sympathy, the terrain is extremely difficult, so is spotting them let alone getting near enough to shoot is extremely problematic. We have had similar results years ago when we had Grey Partridges on the farm, but with thermal & night vision the the job is a lot easier. Fox Magpie & Crow removal was essential during the nesting season to safeguard the survival of these wonderful birds. Ever heard of a pheasant trap? & a good mix of kibbled grains, with scented oils. If you listen at roosting time you will soon know if there are pheasants in a wood. If you roast sesame seeds in a pan with some herrings & oil you have a fairly good attractant. Any more questions, feel free to ask.
That's where you went wrong during your lifetime of keepering, TFH: forgot to listen at roosting time to see whether there were any pheasants in your wood, din't ya? No wonder you made such heavy weather of it...always fookin' whining...has anyone seen my fookin' pheasants...?Er
Seriously, if this is how you think and also the same in your reply to Dartmoor, I can't believe it.
I feel genuine sorrow for you if this really is your true way of going on and you believe all you say.
However if you are deliberately doing a wind up(which I believe) it's so ridiculous it's worth a laugh.
Grandmothers and eggs come to mind.![]()

That's where you went wrong during your lifetime of keepering, TFH: forgot to listen at roosting time to see whether there were any pheasants in your wood, din't ya? No wonder you made such heavy weather of it...always fookin' whining...has anyone seen my fookin' pheasants...?![]()
Do grandmothers lay eggs..?Er
Seriously, if this is how you think and also the same in your reply to Dartmoor, I can't believe it.
I feel genuine sorrow for you if this really is your true way of going on and you believe all you say.
However if you are deliberately doing a wind up(which I believe) it's so ridiculous it's worth a laugh.
Grandmothers and eggs come to mind.![]()
No but they can't be taught how to suck em.Do grandmothers lay eggs..?![]()
Have you considered asking your doctor for some antidepressants?So now we have had a month of full Brexit - to sum up:
1) We have had better vaccine rollout, but an almighty row about vaccines movements around the world
2) Irish sea border gotten so bad that somebody got out their spray cans and started spraying threats on walls and Mr Gove shat his pants do they stopped checking trucks
3) meanwhile British Government export for fish requires 71 pages of docs per lorry
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Brexit: 71 pages of paperwork for 1 lorry of fish
How new rules on exporting to the European Union have affected a British fishing firm.www.bbc.com
4) EU bans lead in ammunition and we found out we are still required to obey these rules cos we agreed to comply with this.
5) and British government advising UK firms to move to Europe so they can continue to trade with their customers.
6) US haven’t given us the promised fantastic free trade deal promised by Mr Trump
7) we have formerly applied to join the Pacific Rim Trading Partnership. But appreciate Boris did Latin and Greek, but he might want to look at a globe.
9) Pan African Free trade area started on 1st January 2021 giving easy movement of goods and people right across the continent of Africa
10) and a year after Covid started British Government still arguing about putting in place some form of quarantine for people arriving in UK. And we have pretty much the highest death rate per head of population in the World - certainly the highest of the major countries.
Still have yet to find any positives. Oh yes there is one - we have plenty of clients wanting funding to move operations out of the UK.
So now we have had a month of full Brexit - to sum up:
1) We have had better vaccine rollout, but an almighty row about vaccines movements around the world
2) Irish sea border gotten so bad that somebody got out their spray cans and started spraying threats on walls and Mr Gove shat his pants do they stopped checking trucks
3) meanwhile British Government export for fish requires 71 pages of docs per lorry
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Brexit: 71 pages of paperwork for 1 lorry of fish
How new rules on exporting to the European Union have affected a British fishing firm.www.bbc.com
4) EU bans lead in ammunition and we found out we are still required to obey these rules cos we agreed to comply with this.
5) and British government advising UK firms to move to Europe so they can continue to trade with their customers.
6) US haven’t given us the promised fantastic free trade deal promised by Mr Trump
7) we have formerly applied to join the Pacific Rim Trading Partnership. But appreciate Boris did Latin and Greek, but he might want to look at a globe.
9) Pan African Free trade area started on 1st January 2021 giving easy movement of goods and people right across the continent of Africa
10) and a year after Covid started British Government still arguing about putting in place some form of quarantine for people arriving in UK. And we have pretty much the highest death rate per head of population in the World - certainly the highest of the major countries.
Still have yet to find any positives. Oh yes there is one - we have plenty of clients wanting funding to move operations out of the UK.
And some sort of truth drug so he starts seeing the world as it actually is.Have you considered asking your doctor for some antidepressants?
And some sort of truth drug so he starts seeing the world as it actually is.
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Brexit 'teething problems' endemic and could ruin us, say UK businesses
Ease of trading is key measure of success, say cross-channel businesses, not lack of lorry trafficwww.theguardian.com