Brexit
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holywell farmer
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Prime minster may is on her way out if loses the vote next week, I will be sorry to see her go,
headcase
Very Senior Member
U like being stabbed in the back?
They were going for Clipex, but now they have done a complete U turn and decided on cresote timber stakes instead.
Claas Grass
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I hope the lad from Westmeath doesn’t get the contract, or we won’t hear the end of it
max
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Would it be wrong to have a little snigger thinking the British government held on to 6 counties on the north of this island causing friends families and communities to be torn apart and now nearly 100 years later these 6 counties are the reason the UK is tearing itself apart as it seems to be the major stumbling block in them getting the exit deal there looking for.
stevieg
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Apparently the tories would like to see another famine in Ireland to further their means.
http://www.thejournal.ie/brexit-threat-food-shortages-ireland-4381228-Dec2018/
http://www.thejournal.ie/brexit-threat-food-shortages-ireland-4381228-Dec2018/
For a start, I wouldn't even give that the dignity of calling it a despicable remark given the cognisance, or rather clear lack thereof, in making that remark.
Secondly, there are more issues than the North. Gibraltar voted firmly to remain within the EU and are now being pushed out. Not exactly democracy in action.
I could empathise with a yes brexit vote if it was voted through on the grounds of common sense and common sense alone. The fact of the matter is the UK electorate where fed elegant waffle from start to finish.
I'm not tarring all voters with the one brush, sure there are individuals who voted to leave on logical grounds. Unfortunately, it was also voted for by wayne from the council estate because he doesnt like brown people.
Its the same principle as to why trump won. If you can't dazzle them with excellence, baffle them with bullshit. Then, if you're not in a position to be the abject and utter good, make yourself the lesser of two evils. Its not about being right, it's about winning.
To top it all off, like a rat leaving a sinking ship, Farage has rescinded his membership of UKIP knowing now the mess the UK finds themselves in
gone
Well-Known Member
Aldi and Lidl would just love that, Tesco shelves empty while Dunnes and Supervalue slightly effected.
:rolleyes2:
max
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Isn't it time the politicams, supermarket buyers, factories ect stopped being lazy continuing to concentrate there deals with the UK and all the uncertainty that surrounds brexit and begin to do deals with French Spanish German and Italian companies, buying there products and in turn selling our products ensuring continued import export trade. Through no fault of our own we may loose a good trading partner in the UK but we still have access to the whole continental market and ships to sail right past the UK to France and Spain. By all means fight to keep the island of Ireland stable and continue to ensure a invisible border for goods and people but let the rest of the UK do whatever they please. If the Irish food producers play there cards right this could really improve our economy if we are in a position to step in and import goods to France that the UK are currently providing.
holywell farmer
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No,
nashmach
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It's easy to say that but markets like those take years to develop. With food you are dealing with completely different tastes and then language barrier too. Let alone the additional transport cost on what is already low margin business.
If it was high value there might be some chance but not for your normal mundane food.
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If food imports do run short then I hope the vegans like spuds, their options are going to be fairly limited 
Claas Grass
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Totally different scale but the best thing that often happens companies is loosing their biggest customer as mad as it sounds. Service gets taken for granted, prices continually drop, they think they are going to go under when their biggest customer moves on but when they do they realise they have other better paying options, hopefully this might be similar.
max
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Exactly, the food industry should have been expanding into the continent years ago instead of having too many eggs in the UK basket, not least when brexit vote was passed instead of saying ah sure its grand it will sort itself out. Time is running out, there should be a major push to double or treble food exports to the continent and if the exports to Britain come to a sudden halt it won't be as much of a blow to our economy.
kverneland es 80
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Was in Germany a few weeks back. going to be a big issue getting dairy products ie kerrygold and yougurt to Europe without the UK landbridge.
headcase
Very Senior Member
Its fine:Thumbp2:we'll charge you 10%:Thumbp2:
bagenal
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This lady is helping some way towards negating the need of the landbridge
You will see here there are a number of routes from Ireland to continental ports being serviced by CLdn http://www.cldn.com/sailing_schedules_cldn.html# some of which are quite suitable for onward shipment to Germany and other northern countries. There are also Irish Ferries and Stena services to French ports though probably mostly only of use for France, Swiss, Italy and the Iberian peninsula which is also served by Brittany Ferries Cork to Santander route.
We will still need to use the landbridge through the UK and it has always been the preferred route for time sensitive deliveries but it just needs a bit of thought on the parts of the manufacturers and transport companies to not need to use it as much if it becomes difficult in terms of cross border customs checks waiting times.
To help speed up the passage of Irish goods transiting through the UK TIR carnets could be employed where the vehicles need only be stopped at UK ports for cursory vehicle seal and documentation checks.
At the end of the day I'm sure everyone would prefer the status quo but there are options out there.
BasilSeal
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Ah, the old pretending to walk out of the dealership trick. but what do you do when the dealer lets you keep walking because they don't really need your business that much after all?