DC2 10,664 Posted April 8 11 hours ago, YerRopes said: This Govt attempted to recruit foreign lorry drivers (our European friends apparently) and failed. 25 mile queues at Dover today.. Are the queues not down to daft Covid absences in border staff? Share this post Link to post
TonyE 804 Posted April 8 More likely down to the loss of one cross channel ferry operator. Share this post Link to post
Humphrey Appleby 11,289 Posted April 8 6 minutes ago, TonyE said: More likely down to the loss of one cross channel ferry operator. And why is there one less cross-channel ferry operator? Share this post Link to post
Blupanther 19,672 Posted April 8 If they stop, the euro system could well collapse... Share this post Link to post
Humphrey Appleby 11,289 Posted April 8 6 hours ago, Blupanther said: If they stop, the euro system could well collapse... But let's also point out inflation in the UK is even higher... Share this post Link to post
iris123 14,822 Posted April 9 How strange that Blu should stumble over Herr Polleit Two lengthy paragraphs in the manuscript were originally dedicated to Polleit. It said about the economist that he kept his face "into the camera wherever possible". According to the authors, his predictions were often not correct, but "the basic tenor should always have been in the interests of his employer". Polleit works for Degussa Goldhandel. The company is owned by billionaire August von Finck. And further: Von Finck and Polleit are interested in the fact that "the investment-friendly public always feels a kind of basic panic and therefore diligently buys gold, silver and other precious metals as a kind of 'safe investment'". The two men thus benefited from the fear spread by the New Right. They are considered Bednarz and Giesa as "dangerous citizens". In Polleit's case, Bednarz and Giesa even felt reminded of a group of right-wing conspiracy theorists. That's what the text said until Bednarz intervened. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/interessenskonflikt-angst-ist-gold-1.3221176 1 Share this post Link to post
Humphrey Appleby 11,289 Posted April 9 On 4/8/2022 at 11:03 PM, TonyE said: More likely down to the loss of one cross channel ferry operator. The Port of Dover says otherwise... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-dover-port-queues-congestion-b2054546.html Share this post Link to post
Tim G 440 Posted April 9 23 minutes ago, Humphrey Appleby said: The Port of Dover says otherwise... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-dover-port-queues-congestion-b2054546.html Not really, says it’s mainly down to the suspension of P&O ferries sailing. 2 Share this post Link to post
TonyE 804 Posted April 10 15 hours ago, Humphrey Appleby said: The Port of Dover says otherwise... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-dover-port-queues-congestion-b2054546.html You obviously do not understand the meaning of the word 'mainly'. 2 Share this post Link to post
E I Addio 14,387 Posted April 10 On 4/8/2022 at 10:41 PM, Humphrey Appleby said: But let's also point out inflation in the UK is even higher... Let’s also point out that inflation figures are largely meaningless as a snapshot but as of Feb 2022 both the EU and U.K. reported inflation at 6.2% , which sounds to me that they are both the same. That said, there were 17 of the EU’s 27 countries reporting higher inflation than the U.K. at that time. Both the EU and the U.K. are hurting badly with rising costs at the moment. Incidentally, the USA was reporting inflation approaching 8% at the same time. 1 Share this post Link to post
Humphrey Appleby 11,289 Posted April 11 15 hours ago, E I Addio said: Let’s also point out that inflation figures are largely meaningless as a snapshot but as of Feb 2022 both the EU and U.K. reported inflation at 6.2% , which sounds to me that they are both the same. That was already back in February. Reckoned to be running at 8% currently. Share this post Link to post
E I Addio 14,387 Posted April 11 (edited) 4 hours ago, Humphrey Appleby said: That was already back in February. Reckoned to be running at 8% currently. Reckoned to be by whom ? You ? Not by the ONS who haven’t produced figures yet, nor it seems has the EU You have previously responded to a post that said Eurozone inflation was 7.5% and the Eurozone was trailing a few points behind the full EU in February. However n the basis of your “reckoning “ that the U.K. is running at 8% there is next to nothing between the U.K. and the EU as a whole, especially as 25 EU countries have rising inflation and around two- thirds of them have a higher inflation rate than the U.K.. So it’s not really clear what your point is other than not having one. Edited April 11 by E I Addio Share this post Link to post
Humphrey Appleby 11,289 Posted April 11 14 minutes ago, E I Addio said: Reckoned to be by whom ? You ? Not by the ONS who haven’t produced figures yet, nor it seems has the EU Reckoned by one of the UK government's own agencies, but I'll let you look it up... 3 Share this post Link to post
Toto 197 Posted April 11 7 hours ago, Humphrey Appleby said: Reckoned by one of the UK government's own agencies, but I'll let you look it up... EL Addio owned by you again. 4 Share this post Link to post
