Franglais:
cav551:
At last we are seeing a bit of realism from the other side of the channel about how EU countries will be affected by a no deal Brexit, rather than all this constant doom and gloom forecast for the UK only. To be honest I am surprised that the current cold snap isn’t being blamed on Brexit! 
bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46987471
I feel sorry for this lady but it is an encouraging sign that the EU self appointed demigods are going to be put under increasing pressure to adopt a more reasonable attitude than: “everyone must obey our rules… er that is until it suits us for them not to do so”. This is definitely over to them, because we can quite easily do without these imports of Dutch fruit, veg and flowers - and much more besides from other EU countries - especially if it take 50,000 lorries off our roads just from Holland .
All this nonsense about inspecting goods on borders to see if they comply with EU standards is just what one would expect from a bunch of schoolkids playing silly buggers. The time has come for these puffed-out, self-important EU fat bellies to star co-operating rather than dreaming up ways of being obstructive. Otherwise they will find out just how awkward and bloody-minded the British can be.
I’m trying to untangle your post.
For ages the EU has been saying both sides will suffer in a Hard Brexit. Delays at the borders due to extra checks and documents will cause headaches and costs. The UK food chain has insufficient storage to provide any buffer. Haven’t we on the remain side being saying that clearly enough?
The Dutch are looking at employing many more customs officials and see the good chain lenghthening. All of this will cost money and guess who’ll pay?
Supermarkets are well known to source food cheaply. There are no big supplier margins to cut. Extra supply chain costs will be passed to the end consumer.
The EU are “playing silly buggers” by ensuring goods sold in countries are up to their standards?
Do you think they should allow just anything in at all? How happy would you be if we did the same?
No checks on imports safety standards? Hardly “Nanny State” to ensure imports aren’t cheap n nasty rubbish undercutting home produced and safer goods.
Or a special case for the UK?
Wake Up!
Any way it’s a BBC report you’ve linked to, so obviously it’s UK Gov propaganda…
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Food & Drink
The point is that we do not need year-round supply of every conceivable item of fruit and veg, we can manage quite well without. As for Milk, eggs, potatoes and much of the fruit and veg, I am certain that given the market, our indigenous farmers will be only too pleased for the opportunity to start supplying the produce. I can name former suppliers which the supermarkets have put out of business or drastically affected by electing to source potatoes and mushrooms from Europe rather than the UK. The French, Germans, Spanish and Italians would do well to remember that they do not have the monoploly on growing grapes nor is their product cheaper than their competitors’.
Borders, Silly Buggers and Standards
IIRC Brexit is due at 23.00 March 29th. So exactly in what way does any product, service, standard, accreditation etc physically differ between 22.59 and 23.01? The answer is it ■■■■■■■ doesn’t. There is no reason at all why existing standards, security, intelligence, accreditation etc cannot continue to be recognised by the UK and by the EU. It is quite obviously in both their interests to do so, but the empire building political fat bellies are so full of their own importance that they continue to play silly buggers over issues children would laugh at. Oh we can’t do that can we? that would make them all look like the ■■■■■ they are. 
The only thing to change would be the UK’s right to import, for domestic consumption only, goods to different standards. Likewise the UK would export goods to non EU destinations which meet for example US regulations. If a UK company was to invent a perpetual motion machine or a means to turn water directly into fuel then one can be ■■■■ sure that the EU’s standards rule book would go out of the window faster than you can say Jack Robinson. As for smuggling contraband or non compliant goods across non existent borders - that doesn’t happen at the moment does it? 
The whole thing comes down to shekels, the EU wants us to finance their grandiose schemes, which is why they are determined to try to prevent us from leaving.
What annoys me is the money and time which has been wasted in arguing over this non existent ■■■■■■■■. We the EU are not going to share criminal and security intelligence with the UK after Brexit. Because it is in anyone’s interest? Jesus wept.
