UK & EU Agree Post-Brexit Trade Deal

Not a headline I expected to see...

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/n...ogging-213622/

No-deal Brexit could lead to increase in dogging in Kent lay-bys, cabinet minister warns

A government minister fears traffic jams sparked as a result of a no-deal Brexit could lead to an unlikely surge in... dogging.

The cabinet member is said to have confessed his worries for Kent's lay-bys and quiet car parks at last week's Conservative Party conference, The Sunday Times reports.

He fears stalled lorry drivers will get bored waiting in their cabs and head out seeking lewd liaisons.

“One of the things we talk about in these no-deal meetings concerns hauliers and their activities,” the minister said.

“The main thing is whether they will turn up at the Channel ports with the right paperwork. But there are also dogging hotspots all over the place.”

[Carth]

No doubt worried that he'll lose his favourite parking spot

[Sephiroth]

Just ordered my Brexit Fridge Magnet from the Conservatives' Shop.

[1andrew1]

Poor Old Kent.

From the Garden of Kent to the Toilet Park of Europe, a Level 3 Coronavirus Tier and now this. Not even the wildest Project Fear predictions had it as grim as this!

[Carth]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Poor Old Kent.

From the Garden of Kent to the Toilet Park of Europe, a Level 3 Coronavirus Tier and now this. Not even the wildest Project Fear predictions had it as grim as this!

oh come on Andrew, it's one bloke scared about losing his dogging spot, that's assuming he actually lives in the area and not someone out of town that (like others) look for any excuse for a good Brexit Bash

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

Just ordered my Brexit Fridge Magnet from the Conservatives' Shop.

Me too!

Got Brexit done.jpg

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Me too!

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Me too

You employ Poles? Is that at your Wizard of Wads Emporium?

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Me too!

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Not as good as mine!

Yours was taken in 2009 (Commercial Road, London) - so out of date and not even there anymore. Do your homework, mate!

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Chris

You employ Poles? Is that at your Wizard of Wads Emporium?

Pôle emploi is a French governmental agency which registers unemployed people, helps them find jobs and provides them with financial aid. The agency was created in 2009, resulting from the merger between the ANPE and the ASSEDIC. The agency employs 45,000 civil servants.

[Carth]

Originally Posted by papa smurf

Pôle emploi is a French governmental agency which registers unemployed people, helps them find jobs and provides them with financial aid. The agency was created in 2009, resulting from the merger between the ANPE and the ASSEDIC. The agency employs 45,000 civil servants.

Easy to see where they find people work

Originally Posted by papa smurf

Pôle emploi is a French governmental agency which registers unemployed people, helps them find jobs and provides them with financial aid. The agency was created in 2009, resulting from the merger between the ANPE and the ASSEDIC. The agency employs 45,000 civil servants.

Here's the link you got that from - for "Fair Use", it's polite to provide the link...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%B4le_emploi

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Originally Posted by Carth

Easy to see where they find people work

It's basically the French version of the JobCentre+

[1andrew1]

"Easiest deal ever" Let them eat fish!

UK dismisses ‘derisory’ EU fishing offer ahead of last-ditch trade talks

Michel Barnier heads to London for face-to-face negotiations with no breakthrough in sight

The UK has dismissed an EU offer on rights to Britain’s fishing waters as “derisory”, dealing a blow to hopes that the two sides can secure a post-Brexit trade deal in coming days.

With only five weeks to go before the end of the transition period, talks on the UK’s future relationship with the EU boiled over when Britain lashed out at an indication from Michel Barnier about how far the bloc was prepared to move on the vexed issue of EU access to UK waters.

At a closed-door meeting with EU ambassadors, Mr Barnier, the bloc’s chief Brexit negotiator, said he had told Britain the EU could accept a 15 to 18 per cent cut in its share of rights in UK waters. British and EU officials said the offer was made some weeks ago.

https://www.ft.com/content/4573cc3a-...1-765f61759c7c

Details leaking out in this way looks like preparing for no deal - HMG wants us to understand just how unreasonable the EU was being. It won’t be hard for them to get some friendly tabloids to run the story in the way they want. To be fair the EU has made it easy for them by attempting to portray themselves as making a concession, when in truth the waters in question are under British sovereign control and access to them once the present agreement runs out is entirely in our gift. It seems the EU even now is ideologically incapable of understanding what us leaving the bloc actually means.

Originally Posted by Chris

Details leaking out in this way looks like preparing for no deal - HMG wants us to understand just how unreasonable the EU was being. It won’t be hard for them to get some friendly tabloids to run the story in the way they want. To be fair the EU has made it easy for them by attempting to portray themselves as making a concession, when in truth the waters in question are under British sovereign control and access to them once the present agreement runs out is entirely in our gift. It seems the EU even now is ideologically incapable of understanding what us leaving the bloc actually means.

tbf, that could apply equally to some on this side of the Channel...