Cable Forum - Britain outside the EU

Just a thought but if Boris had behaved like the French have there would be loads of people screaming "embarrassing u-turn!!"
I wonder where they all are........

Nah, it was just Macron being spiteful by letting the Brits travel through…

And to be fair, where would people from the Continent be driving to if they were driving through the U.K. to get there?

nffc	30-12-2021 22:37

Re: Britain outside the EU

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36107522)

And we should ditch the isolate + Day 2 PCR to come here.

Agree with the rest of what you said but not that.

If you're coming from outside you are at higher risk of bringing in a newer variant than those circulating. So all arrivals should isolate and PCR test negative after the usual incubation has passed to ensure this hasn't happened.

It isn't watertight but it would help.

jfman

30-12-2021 22:46

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Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36107540)

Are you more at risk of generating a new variant overseas than you are here?

spiderplant

30-12-2021 22:57

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36107539)

And to be fair, where would people from the Continent be driving to if they were driving through the U.K. to get there?

Ireland? :shrug:

nffc	30-12-2021 23:10

Re: Britain outside the EU

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Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36107542)

Are you more at risk of generating a new variant overseas than you are here?

Probably...

ianch99

31-12-2021 00:09

Re: Britain outside the EU

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Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 36107518)

"UK nationals will be allowed to travel through France if they are going to their home in an EU country during the festive period.

France suspended its Covid restriction after UK travellers faced difficulties reaching their country of residence."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59832076

Odd sort of punishment

It is a victim mentality to see this as punishment. France is in the midst of a tsunami of daily Covid case, like we are, and are aiming to mitigate risk, like we should be doing.

Damien

31-12-2021 07:44

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It's probably more to do with the election coming up in the spring and Macron needing to show strength against us over fishing and also the virus itself. If France was really simply worried about the COVID cases they would ban travelling from America as well.

Sephiroth

31-12-2021 09:02

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36107551)

It is a victim mentality to see this as punishment. France is in the midst of a tsunami of daily Covid case, like we are, and are aiming to mitigate risk, like we should be doing.

You are so way out on this. Wasn't it Macron who personally trashed the AZ/Oxford vaccine with no scientific basis for doing this, setting the EU back in it's Covid recovery measures? Why did he do this?

Wasn't it Macron who allowed his minions to threaten the UK/Jersey with cutting off the power inter-connect if we didn't provide fishing licences outwith the legal rules?

Wasn't it Macron who tried to prevent cross-France transit for Brits who were legal residents of other EU countries? Stopped only because it broke EU law.

He hates us and probably would love you.