Just for giggles... Where are you at the mo?

The pret thing relates to a woman on question time whos sole remit for remaining was who made her latte.

The skiing example is those who seem to think freedom of movement entitles them to go on holiday and removing it would prevent this.

Until a few years ago I suspect that alot of people were naive about the Eu and its intentions.

With the increased profile of social media theres the increased scrutiny of the same.
Information and facts (not always 100% accruate) became more available hence the large percentage of the population wanting out.

As for media soundbites... well thats another thing that swings both ways.

Theres that 3 second clip of boris being told to leave wakefield and it is now a poster child for those who want him out.
Yet the full segment on look north suggested a equal if not a more postive response to him.

Secondly, theres the issue over a trade deal with trump.
Loads of soundbites over the chicken... yet none about the South American beef which is part of the EU/south america trade agreement...

Its very much people see and hear what they want to hear.

Both sides of the coin.

 

The good thing is that this droning bilge is now going to drag on while January. Hooray

 

We have friends who live in Ashford, Kent. They drive to Germany most weekends for the football (Fortuna Dusseldorf season tickets). Even after lots of enquiries they don't know what extra documents they will need to carry on doing this.

In addition to this, they live next to a section of the A20 (and nearby M20) which is going to be used as a lorry park in case of any hold ups. They are thinking of missing the match on November 3rd (against biggest rivals Cologne) because they don't know if they will be able to get back to their house if there are the expected hold ups. Again, this is due to not being able to get any information or assurances from the authorities.

 

Eurospectic politicians and newspapers are fond of referring to the officials of the European Union as ‘unelected bureaucrats’ or ‘eurocrats’, suggesting that these unaccountable officials make decisions that affect our lives.

In fact, the EU is run democratically by two bodies:

• the Council of the EU — a regular get-together of government ministers from each of the EU member states;
• the European Parliament — an assembly of 751 directly-elected MEPs representing their constituencies.

A third body, the European Commission consists of over 30,000 civil servants whose job is to administer EU laws. It is overseen by 28 Commissioners, one nominated by each member state.

While it is technically correct that the Commission’s civil servants are “unelected bureaucrats”, the same is true of all civil servants everywhere.

So you would expect the one commissioner nominated by the UK to look after our interests ... as the other's look after theirs. Leading to consensus, which isn't a bad thing in my book.

 

And that’s exactly what freedom of movement is... movement of cheap labour. An English company shipping English workers overseas and paying them **** all.

What’s a Chalet Host pay?

6-700 quid a month?

Less travel insurance, less any deductions for equipment hire/lift passes even if subsidised.

For a 50 hours a week as a minimum. With very little in terms job security holidays, etc

So three or four quid an hour... at best.


I suspect and I think I won’t be too far from the mark, it’s cheaper to have British chalet staff than recruit train local staff and have your operations based in the slopes.

If it puts the cost up to import these staff then good. Less people applying for the role the more they have to offer to recruit to cover the shortfall.

Or train locals to do the same role.

Or ideally, both.

As for roaming charges, neither EE or O2 have at this juncture any intention of introducing them after the UK leaves...

 

Seriously? Every incorrect point you made was corrected for you by other people and you accuse other folks of not reading/understanding?