Dawson Park Boy Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 38 minutes ago, The Skelpit Lug said: Have the buses all stopped running in your area? Where I live there are far too many. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Was down in Cornwall the other week and you could never tell if a bus was coming or not because of a shortage of drivers. Partly due to covid, they had a massive spike after the August Bank Holiday and a couple of festivals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 "It would be interesting if people could report their experiences of bus shortages. To date, I have experienced none not enough." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainspotter Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 8 hours ago, Granny Danger said: From a political perspective it’s a bizarre decision for Johnson. You hate love to see it. He’ll get his “Boris saves Christmas” headlines in the Express, Mail and Telegraph though, which is all he’ll care about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deegee Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 9 hours ago, doulikefish said: I'm pretty sure these "come over for 3 months but then gtf visas " will have lorry drivers queueing to come back I’m glad you posted that as this is what I have been thinking too. Apparently, mainly due to COVID and new drivers’ tests paused this past 18 months, there’s also a real shortage of drivers in certain areas of mainland Europe (I read Poland is one example), so surely the Warsaw driver who returned home due to Brexit or COVID won’t be rushing to the UK, where the government and 50%+ of the population were glad to see the back of you, for a 3 month temporary pass? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 All of the folk asking why HGV drivers would return here just for three months - don't forget the mentality of the people assuming this will happen. They genuinely believe that Britain is such an exceptional place that everybody else would crawl over broken glass just to be here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Cawdor Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 4 hours ago, The Skelpit Lug said: We should tell Johnny Foreigner drivers that their children are almost certain to end up as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and/or Mayor of London. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kersey Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Brexit ‘catastrophically wiped out’ decades of family oyster business with Europe https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/brexit-catastrophically-wiped-out-decades-of-family-oyster-business-with-europe/?fbclid=IwAR0PMVSdGzFQuzIx4lzbfjCg3EHhdqDe2pRwDwWcQaefQ1EhcA9F8geDyto Tom is the 8th generation of the Haward Family – going back to the 1700s – to cultivate oysters in Mersea. The expansion of the oyster business into Europe abruptly ended on December 31st 2020 thanks to Brexit red tape. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 I'm quite shocked that none of the usual suspects on here appears willing to make a case for the famous 'oven-ready deal'. It's almost as if a realisation is dawning that it won't be the disaster that so many people predicted - it will be so much worse. One thing we can expect to see, and very quickly, is the panic buying of votes by an increasingly desperate UK Government. Popcorn time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 20 minutes ago, O'Kelly Isley III said: I'm quite shocked that none of the usual suspects on here appears willing to make a case for the famous 'oven-ready deal'. It's almost as if a realisation is dawning that it won't be the disaster that so many people predicted - it will be so much worse. One thing we can expect to see, and very quickly, is the panic buying of votes by an increasingly desperate UK Government. Popcorn time. People were predicting: No fruit and veg in the shops Big rise in unemployment Collapsing house prices Grounded flights A quid more on a bottle of wine Etc Are you saying it's going to be much worse than that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 9 hours ago, bendan said: People were predicting: No fruit and veg in the shops Big rise in unemployment Collapsing house prices Grounded flights A quid more on a bottle of wine Etc Are you saying it's going to be much worse than that? 9 hours ago, bendan said: People were predicting: No fruit and veg in the shops Big rise in unemployment Collapsing house prices Grounded flights A quid more on a bottle of wine Etc Are you saying it's going to be much worse than that? Yes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) 15 hours ago, Dawson Park Boy said: Have the buses all stopped running in your area? Where I live there are far too many. You live in the Alexander Dennis factory? Edited September 27, 2021 by Suspect Device 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 59 minutes ago, Suspect Device said: You live in the Alexander Dennis factory? Not far away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 11 hours ago, bendan said: People were predicting: No fruit and veg in the shops Big rise in unemployment Collapsing house prices Grounded flights A quid more on a bottle of wine Etc Are you saying it's going to be much worse than that? No. We're saying it's already much worse than that. And there's no sign of any slowing of our descent into chaos, let alone anything getting better. Oh, except for blue passports and crown stamps on our pints (not litres, note.) Collapsing house prices would be an overall benefit, btw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 21 minutes ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: Collapsing house prices would be an overall benefit, btw. Yes, that would be great. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 2 hours ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: No. We're saying it's already much worse than that. And there's no sign of any slowing of our descent into chaos, let alone anything getting better. Oh, except for blue passports and crown stamps on our pints (not litres, note.) Collapsing house prices would be an overall benefit, btw. Collapsing house prices would hurt as many folk as it helped. Lots of folk hit huge issues with negative equity in times gone by and I’m not talking about rich folk. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Collapsing house prices would hurt as many folk as it helped. Lots of folk hit huge issues with negative equity in times gone by and I’m not talking about rich folk. I don't wish anyone (even rich folk) to get into financial difficulty, but if you're making a leveraged investment in an illiquid asset then you should be aware of the risks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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