doulikefish Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 9 minutes ago, Romeo said: I'm sure the Government calling a major incident now after 200 people tried to cross the channel has nothing to do with May trying to get her brexit deal through. Especially since this has been going on for a while. Straight out of Trumps playbook 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colkitto Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 1 hour ago, FlyerTon said: British government to spend more than £100m on chartering ferries, in the case of a no deal Brexit: "The contingency plans allow for almost 4,000 more lorries a week to come and go from other ports, including Plymouth, Poole, and Portsmouth" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46704522 They would have to dock on the other side, then go through Customs when they enter and return with their load to come back to the UK. That's where the delays will happen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 I'm sure the Government calling a major incident now after 200 people tried to cross the channel has nothing to do with May trying to get her brexit deal through.Especially since this has been going on for a while. The calling of it as a major incident is a bit of a mis-nomer, a house fire can be declared a major incident, its just any incident which requires significant resources and puts strain on a particular responding agency. I am as anti-tory as they come but I can understand the reasoning from a humanitarian perspective for labelling it as a major incident due to the strain on ukba/coastguard and similar agencies. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 34 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said: The calling of it as a major incident is a bit of a mis-nomer, a house fire can be declared a major incident, its just any incident which requires significant resources and puts strain on a particular responding agency. I am as anti-tory as they come but I can understand the reasoning from a humanitarian perspective for labelling it as a major incident due to the strain on ukba/coastguard and similar agencies. I would normaly agree but this governement is not doing this in the name of "humanitariansm" even if that is what they say. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 I'm sure the Government calling a major incident now after 200 people tried to cross the channel has nothing to do with May trying to get her brexit deal through.Especially since this has been going on for a while. Any day now the papers will up the ante with a headline like "White cliffs of Dover to be painted black to confuse the criminal gangs". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 21 hours ago, ICTJohnboy said: Just heard Ken Clarke on the BBC 1 o'clock news making that very point and mentioning that so much of what was reported by the tabloids was not only untruthful but inflammatory. I suspect that more tabloids are read here in Englandshire than in Scotland. I suspect you're right -aren't there more people in England? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 3 hours ago, FlyerTon said: British government to spend more than £100m on chartering ferries, in the case of a no deal Brexit: "The contingency plans allow for almost 4,000 more lorries a week to come and go from other ports, including Plymouth, Poole, and Portsmouth" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46704522 Fit aboot Peterheid and Portrush? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 3 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: I suspect you're right -aren't there more people in England? Possibly. But an awful lot of them can't read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbitterandgrumpy Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 3 hours ago, ICTJohnboy said: Possibly. But an awful lot of them can't read. And an awful lot of them pine for the 1950's 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 I see most of the £100millon will go to a French and Danish firm. #TakingBackControl 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbitterandgrumpy Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 2 hours ago, NorthernLights said: I see most of the £100millon will go to a French and Danish firm. #TakingBackControl Yeah, they're 'taking back control' When you're in a hole . . . stop digging . . . or when you're the strong and stable responsible government, just wing it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 2 hours ago, NorthernLights said: I see most of the £100millon will go to a French and Danish firm. #TakingBackControl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawpar Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 8 hours ago, oldbitterandgrumpy said: And an awful lot of them pine for the 1950's Bit like dead parrots. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 On 12/29/2018 at 07:57, FlyerTon said: British government to spend more than £100m on chartering ferries, in the case of a no deal Brexit: "The contingency plans allow for almost 4,000 more lorries a week to come and go from other ports, including Plymouth, Poole, and Portsmouth" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46704522 19 hours ago, NorthernLights said: I see most of the £100millon will go to a French and Danish firm. #TakingBackControl 11 hours ago, MixuFixit said: £100million doesn't sound like an awful lot to sustain freight traffic for any length of time Seaborne Freight got 14 mill-zero employees and no boats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 35 minutes ago, doulikefish said: Seaborne Freight got 14 mill-zero employees and no boats They were only registered in 2017, have £120 in capital (yes ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY POUNDS), and are insolvent having made a loss of £374k in their first year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 12 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: They were only registered in 2017, have £120 in capital (yes ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY POUNDS), and are insolvent having made a loss of £374k in their first year. 7 minutes ago, MixuFixit said: Right so some nothing holding company has been given 14 million quid with no evidence it'll get spent on anything? That's like Trump's guy awarding the Puerto Rico food aid contract to some backroom kitchen cottage industry. Wonder who is on the board of directors?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Someone is surely going to get shafted for this. It apparently goes back to the summer so David Davis is probably involved somehow. It's worth remembering that Thatcher sold 10 ports and 37 boats to the private sector for £66m back in the 80s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 9 minutes ago, MixuFixit said: Right so some nothing holding company has been given 14 million quid with no evidence it'll get spent on anything? That's like Trump's guy awarding the Puerto Rico food aid contract to some backroom kitchen cottage industry. Not a holding company I think. Here’s is their accounts. 5 minutes ago, doulikefish said: Wonder who is on the board of directors?? Only one of the directors has a number of directorships. Pretty unusual for this sort of venture I’d say. One other has a second directorship with a three year old company that is also insolvent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Hoping that Rees Mogg has shares in this mob. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Rees Mogg isn't in government and probably isn't that stupid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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