Whatnonsence Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 As usual with all that government announces is totally lacking in any detail, or indeed are they challenged to say how exactly what is in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Most of the fruit rots in fecking shop anyway. Manx spuds make crap mash, I don’t eat fish so Herring is out. I think I will start a Soylant Green farm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 1 hour ago, mojomonkey said: Demand normally pushes prices up though, doesn’t it? Is there no possibility that all those non-EU fruit and vegetable producing countries will see their opportunity? what demand........ if they could sell elsewhere they would be already....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 8 minutes ago, woody2 said: what demand........ if they could sell elsewhere they would be already....... You appear to be countering your own argument. You are saying that costs will be less by not paying EU duties which obviously that means purchasing from non-EU countries. If a product was previously supplied from an EU country and a new non-EU country is then sourced to supply it stands to reason that the demand from that non-EU country increases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitten Mittens Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 11 hours ago, woolley said: Saw Howard on the news earlier. He says we're ready for a no deal Brexit. We need men like him in Westminster! We're ready, in the same way that we're ready for any possible outcome. By being 110% un-fucking-ready, having to ride out his shit storm whilst he places blame on anybody but himself or his total fucking lack of preparation or competence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, mojomonkey said: You appear to be countering your own argument. You are saying that costs will be less by not paying EU duties which obviously that means purchasing from non-EU countries. If a product was previously supplied from an EU country and a new non-EU country is then sourced to supply it stands to reason that the demand from that non-EU country increases. no..... most food imported that shows up as imported from the eu already comes from outside the eu..... the difference will be that food passing through the eu won't have duty/tariffs applied in a eu member state..... the uk will get the benefit of the duty/tariffs...... so fruit coming from egypt via italy or salad coming from morocco via spain will arrive duty/tariff free..... that's the saving....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Some enterprising folk with a bit of cash and logistics knowledge and contacts will make a mint out of it no doubt. Good on them. We're a 65 million strong market for goods and one of the largest economies in the world. That's a lot of business which existing EU-based companies won't want to lose and the majority of the world outside the EU will salivate over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 7 minutes ago, woody2 said: no..... most food imported that shows up as imported from the eu already comes from outside the eu..... the difference will be that food passing through the eu won't have duty/tariffs applied in a eu member state..... the uk will get the benefit of the duty/tariffs...... so fruit coming from egypt via italy or salad coming from morocco via spain will arrive duty/tariff free..... that's the saving....... Ok, I get what you're saying now. Time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 7 minutes ago, Lxxx said: Some enterprising folk with a bit of cash and logistics knowledge and contacts will make a mint out of it no doubt. Good on them. We're a 65 million strong market for goods and one of the largest economies in the world. That's a lot of business which existing EU-based companies won't want to lose and the majority of the world outside the EU will salivate over. Bloody hell! When did the Isle of Man's population reach that level? As for our economy being one of the largest in the world... really? Oh, you mean the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland don't you? That place that the Isle of Man is not part of... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 With no fruit available does this mean the gibbons in Tynwald will starve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Probably trying to find more excuses to do his xmas shopping in London.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Kitten Mittens said: We're ready, in the same way that we're ready for any possible outcome. By being 110% un-fucking-ready, having to ride out his shit storm whilst he places blame on anybody but himself or his total fucking lack of preparation or competence. I beg to differ. Howard stated only last month that we are prepared for every eventuality. And i believe him. https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/island-continues-to-prepare-for-every-eventuality-over-brexit/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballaughbiker Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Quote no..... most food imported that shows up as imported from the eu already comes from outside the eu..... the difference will be that food passing through the eu won't have duty/tariffs applied in a eu member state..... the uk will get the benefit of the duty/tariffs...... so fruit coming from egypt via italy or salad coming from morocco via spain will arrive duty/tariff free..... that's the saving....... As Harold once said, "the £ in your pocket is still worth a £" . Unfortunately every other country now thinks it's worth less when it arrives in their pocket. Even if the mythical benefits above happen (some might give a saving and some might be more expensive) the £ value is the big gotcha for all of us. Denial of brexit's contribution to its drop in value is delusional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitten Mittens Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 29 minutes ago, the stinking enigma said: I beg to differ. Howard stated only last month that we are prepared for every eventuality. And i believe him. https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/island-continues-to-prepare-for-every-eventuality-over-brexit/ It was less then month before that he addressed Brexit as one of the Island's 'greatest challenges'. I must've been completely wrong about him if in less than a month he has managed to solve arguably the Island's biggest challenge. http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=43433&headline=Brexit presents biggest challenge - Quayle&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2018 My apologies, Stinky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 1 hour ago, manxman1980 said: Bloody hell! When did the Isle of Man's population reach that level? As for our economy being one of the largest in the world... really? Oh, you mean the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland don't you? That place that the Isle of Man is not part of... Aye that one. The one that we are a part of in all but some lovely words in a constitution. We're inextricably linked and governed by what happens across whether we like it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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