Another Brexit Bonus

[JamesWales]

Re: Another Brexit Bonus

Youd presume wrong which isnt suprising after your 1 second check claim.

Well, the Port of Dover said they welcomed 45,000 cars on the weekend just gone

https://www.doverport.co.uk/about/news/dovers-second-summer-getaway-weekend-fully-resour/13692/

The guardian reported that 33,000 used the port the week before (when there were horrendous queues)

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/25/queues-build-dover-fears-summer-long-travel-disruption

Euronews reported 30,000 used it the week before.

https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/07/25/brexit-eurostar-cancellations-and-dover-delays-whats-behind-the-french-and-uk-travel-chaos

So if anything, it seems the port was busier on the weekend just gone But thankfully we rejoined the EU last wednesday, so all the problems were sorted. Phew!

[Rjk]

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[jon1959]

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[JamesWales]

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I know that a dwindling number of the hardcore set like to share memes such as the above on twitter, but it really is no response to the fact based post I posted above. The reality is that you seemed to want to incorrectly blame something, not the other way round..

I'll take it as a compliment

[JamesWales]

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In all seriousness, what does this even mean? Powerful?

Why would a German passport be more powerful than a French? Why is a Japanese one more powerful than any EU nations one? Where's the US? Those passports carry some weight, especially when I'm watching films and someone gets into difficulty abroad..

[jon1959]

Re: Another Brexit Bonus

I know that a dwindling number of the hardcore set like to share memes such as the above on twitter, but it really is no response to the fact based post I posted above. The reality is that you seemed to want to incorrectly blame something, not the other way round..

I'll take it as a compliment

Facts like 1 second passport checks?

[JamesWales]

Re: Another Brexit Bonus

Facts like 1 second passport checks?

Jonny boy...

Many people's knee-jerk response was to bLaMe BrExIT. Others said it was related to staffing issues on the French side. But we are still outside the EU, and the horrendous queues were not repeated, which suggests that the first theory was perhaps not correct.

I'll grant you though, your version of bingo is more fun, as at least there are a few options. The alternative version just has two words on it "Brexit" and "Tories". At least City won on the weekend, or else you'd be blaming that on Brexit too.

[jon1959]

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[Rjk]

Re: Another Brexit Bonus

In all seriousness, what does this even mean? Powerful?

Why would a German passport be more powerful than a French? Why is a Japanese one more powerful than any EU nations one? Where's the US? Those passports carry some weight, especially when I'm watching films and someone gets into difficulty abroad..

it refers to the number of countries you can travel to without needing a visa I think .

From a story in the Telegraph

[JamesWales]

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Oh, another meme

You could, of course, have referred to the contraction in manufacturing in the Eurozone yesterday versus the continued growth (albeit slowing) in the UK. That would have been a like for like comparison of near real time data between the UK and the Eurozone

Lemme guess...the echo chamber insulation kept those facts out? Manufacturing in contraction in the Eurozone?! Reach for an anti-brexit meme Tarquin!

https://tradingeconomics.com/euro-area/manufacturing-pmi

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/manufacturing-pmi

[jon1959]

Re: Another Brexit Bonus

Oh, another meme

You could, of course, have referred to the contraction in manufacturing in the Eurozone yesterday versus the continued growth (albeit slowing) in the UK. That would have been a like for like comparison of near real time data between the UK and the Eurozone

Lemme guess...the echo chamber insulation kept those facts out? Manufacturing in contraction in the Eurozone?! Reach for an anti-brexit meme Tarquin!

https://tradingeconomics.com/euro-area/manufacturing-pmi

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-...ufacturing-pmi

Facts like 1 second passport checks?

[jon1959]

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/02/jacob-rees-mogg-admits-i-was-wrong-to-say-brexit-would-not-cause-dover-delays

'Jacob Rees-Mogg: I was wrong to say Brexit would not cause Dover delays'.

[delmbox]

Re: Another Brexit Bonus

In all seriousness, what does this even mean? Powerful?

Why would a German passport be more powerful than a French? Why is a Japanese one more powerful than any EU nations one? Where's the US? Those passports carry some weight, especially when I'm watching films and someone gets into difficulty abroad..

It's the most amount of countries you can get into without a Visa, a clear loss since Brexit is it not?

[Swiss Peter]

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics...e-dover-delays

'Jacob Rees-Mogg: I was wrong to say Brexit would not cause Dover delays'.

This is breathtaking:

JRM: "The point I was making was that the only delays would be caused by the French if they decided not to allow British people to pass through freely. They have decided to do that".

He obviously wanted an end to free movement, except of course for us Brits. Really sums up the attitude of him and the other Brexiters in a nutshell.

Anyway, at least he has got there eventually with his admission over the delays. Only James left now

[JamesWales]

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It's the most amount of countries you can get into without a Visa, a clear loss since Brexit is it not?

Yes, although there are numerous definitions of the word 'powerful'. Pretty certain a US passport is pretty powerful in certain circumstances and having a British passport is probably more powerful than a Singaporean one in certain situations abroad. As mentioned below, this is the reference to power in terms of visa free travel, which is useful more than powerful, but there we go. That's why i was asking

https://www.onlinevisa.com/news/worl...%202nd%20place.

Still, it looks like the EU passports have visa free access to between 182 and 190 countries. Great.

The UK has visa free access to 187, so is more POWERFUL than a Belgian by the looks of it. POWER!!

The loss of the freedom to automatically live wherever you want in the EU is a loss of Brexit. I'm not sure the above is that dramatic. I wonder what the single country the Dutch can have visa free travel to that we can't is for example?