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So Amazon refused to send me the new Stephen King novel due to Brexit and EU complications. So I ordered it through a new Amazon France account. Five quid more expensive but no problem. Book would be with me in 3 days. Ten days later it's finally arrived; held up through customs - coming from the UK! Brexit was SUCH a stupid idea (as anyone with a working brain cell could see a mile off). Like Covid. Media exaggerates and simplifies everything ("Take back control"... "Killer plague") and Governments and Gullibles believe the inflated rubbish is true.
On the other hand, I ordered new wooden clogs. One pair in England, the other in Austria.
The local pair was stuck in delivery for ten days (bombarding me with pointless emails) and the Austrian pair arrived in three days flat.
I hear you. If you live in the EU, Brexit brings delays with mail coming from the UK and it's no longer possible to order from many UK firms, e.g. John Lewis, UK clothing brands, other product suppliers. How cutting off swathes of customers is supposed to be a step forward for British business is hard to understand, but it will help firms based in the EU when people switch loyalty to them instead.
As far as I remember, "take back control" wasn't a media invention but created by the Leave campaign. It was repeated so often on TV by Brexiteer politicians, e.g. Michael Gove during his solo Question Time stint, who said it over and over again, I wondered if it was an attempt at brainwashing/hypnotism. I think it was a pretty clever slogan as most people wouldn't say no to having more control. I suspect it also subtly tapped into xenophobia, as you take back control from someone. Who else but foreigners in Europe and at home?
BBC Panorama did a programme in July about Brexit six months on. Shows a fisherman with a big table full of paperwork he has to spend hours completing if he wants to export to the EU, this being the new post-Brexit system that replaces the single form he used to fill out.
Honey wrote: On the other hand, I ordered new wooden clogs. One pair in England, the other in Austria.
The local pair was stuck in delivery for ten days (bombarding me with pointless emails) and the Austrian pair arrived in three days flat.
I didn't know anyone had been wearing clogs since the 17th century but a quick google proved me very wrong...
No Jo, "Take Back Control" and "Make Britain (or America) Great Again" weren't media creations; just cunning simplification slogans to catch the public (and the media). Hand media a headline on a plate and we'll all gobble it up. That is the problem. MeToo. BLM.
JK2006 wrote: So Amazon refused to send me the new Stephen King novel due to Brexit and EU complications. So I ordered it through a new Amazon France account. Five quid more expensive but no problem. Book would be with me in 3 days. Ten days later it's finally arrived; held up through customs - coming from the UK! Brexit was SUCH a stupid idea (as anyone with a working brain cell could see a mile off). Like Covid. Media exaggerates and simplifies everything ("Take back control"... "Killer plague") and Governments and Gullibles believe the inflated rubbish is true.
Give it a rest for goodness sake. Admittedly I have Waitrose deliver to my door so haven't inspected supermarket shelves, but has anyone struggled to get anything they want? No problems whatsoever getting my Earl Grey tea or Smoked salmon. My valet, too, informs me he has no problems buying his bacon from a place called "Morrisons"....
My local Waitrose has shortage of frozen food not caused by Brexit the 'Plandemic' but faulty freezer in the back of the store. The Morrison's I pop in to have no empty shelves or freezers or chillers, the lorries are going in and out of the lot as normal.
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