Shortage at my Sainsbury's!

[Mottie]

I have to say it's terribly amusing watching brexiteers trying to buoy each other up with imaginary benefits of their folly...

Just like rats in a sack of their own making...

It's only a matter of time before they realise that they are the authors of their own downfall, and then they'll turn on each other because they aimed their ignorance at the wrong target...

It's already happening!

I have to say it’s more amusing reading posts from someone who faithfully promised they had made their last post on this forum and were going to delete their account on here. That was in 2019 just before they were leaving the UK for good. Unsurprisingly they are still here and still posting! What’s more, they are doing all this while housing a Ukranian refugee family. You are housing that Ukranian family now, aren't you?

 

[transam]

I have to say it's terribly amusing watching brexiteers trying to buoy each other up with imaginary benefits of their folly...

Just like rats in a sack of their own making...

It's only a matter of time before they realise that they are the authors of their own downfall, and then they'll turn on each other because they aimed their ignorance at the wrong target...

Actually it's already happening!

The irony of the above

As for rats perhaps you should reconsider your leaving the UK stance

After all according to you the UK is a sinking ship and rats are generally the first to leave a sinking ship so

Bye

 

[Notch7]

Brexit isn’t just causing shortages in Sainsburys in Essex, it’s damaging our Pharmaceutical sector too.

14th July 2022:

UK approved fewer new drugs than EU and US in year after Brexit transition​

Fears extra expense and paperwork caused by Brexit will make Britain unattractive to global drugmakers



“The UK approved fewer new medicines than the EU and the US in 2021, the first year after the end of the Brexit transition period, researchers at Imperial College London have found.

Their analysis shows that only 35 new drugs were approved for use in the UK by the country’s medicines regulator last year, compared with 40 approvals in the EU and 52 in the US.


Members of the academic community warned that there could be negative knock-on effects for the UK’s role in scientific research and development (R&D).

Steve Bates, chief executive of the UK’s BioIndustry Association, said the Imperial analysis was a “wake-up call” for the UK, and stressed the need for the regulator to work closely with the NHS and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), which recommends whether drugs should be available on the NHS”

UK approved fewer new drugs than EU and US in year after Brexit transition

Fears extra expense and paperwork caused by Brexit will make Britain unattractive to global drugmakers

www.theguardian.com

 

[Notch7]

^^^^


The EMA moved from London to Amsterdam in March 2019, closing its office in Canary Wharf, east London, where 900 people were employed. This means pharmaceutical companies have to spend more money and face extra paperwork to get new medicines approved in the EU and UK



“spend more money and face extra paperwork”

it turns out Brexit has INCREASED red tape

 

[bolo 2]

Brexit is sh1t whatever metric its measured by

40% of exports go to EU, our largest and closest trade partner

creating massive trade barriers was always going to damage the economy….permanently.

You never said a truer word! We are now back to the pre Common Market days or worse. Joining removed the massive trade barriers.

 

[fillyboy]

Their analysis shows that only 35 new drugs were approved for use in the UK by the country’s medicines regulator last year, compared with 40 approvals in the EU and 52 in the US.

So let me get this straight. The UK, on it's own approved 35 new drugs, whilst the 27 countries comprising the EU approved 40 new drugs between them.

**** me we're good.

 

[Notch7]

So let me get this straight. The UK, on it's own approved 35 new drugs, whilst the 27 countries comprising the EU approved 40 new drugs between them.

**** me we're good.

Fillyboy points out that brexit means the UK is an increasingly minor player and a small market.

 

[Notch7]

You never said a truer word! We are now back to the pre Common Market days or worse. Joining removed the massive trade barriers.

Yes indeed, most of the economic damage would not have happened if we had stayed in the Single Market.

 

[Mottie]

Brexit isn’t even causing shortages in Sainsburys in Hornchurch.

Corrected that for you.

 

[fillyboy]

Yes indeed, most of the economic damage would not have happened if we had stayed in the Single Market.

Our exports to the EU are higher than they've ever been.

UK exports to EU defy Brexit challenges hitting highest level ever

New ONS data shows that British exports to the EU reached their highest ever level due to rising exports of fuels as the bloc continues to import substantial quantities of LNG.

bmmagazine.co.uk

 

[Notch7]

Our exports to the EU are higher than they've ever been

WRONG

exports from UK to EU are not higher.

exports of liquified natural gas from Qatar to EU have gone up, the figures are included because the they are British registered businesses.

by the way, UK businesses have to bear far higher trade barriers costs….making UK less competitive and profits less……all due to Putins Brexit

 

[Mottie]

WRONG

exports from UK to EU are not higher.

exports of liquified natural gas from Qatar to EU have gone up, the figures are included because the they are British registered businesses.

by the way, UK businesses have to bear far higher trade barriers costs….making UK less competitive and profits less……all due to Putins Brexit

Back on topic.
So, lots of shortages and empty shelves in your local supermarkets then? Care to share?

 

[fillyboy]

British electricity helps keep the lights on in Europe: UK a net exporter for first time since 2017

British electricity has been helping keep the lights on in mainland Europe in recent months as the country has become a net exporter of power for the first time since 2017.
Data from the National Grid shows that Britain has been piping over electricity to France, Belgium and the Netherlands via undersea cables each month since April.
The electricity shortfall in Europe has been put down to an unusual shutdown in French nuclear power stations, with half of its 56 reactors offline in May for maintenance, refueling or due to unexpected problems such as corrosion.
While the UK is usually a net importer of electricity to help balance its grid, British gas-fired power stations have taken advantage of increased shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) arriving from the US, Qatar and also Peru to generate more electricity for export.
As much as 43 per cent of the UK's electricity comes from renewable sources such as wind and solar, but when the sun is not shining or the wind not blowing the country often needs to import to offset these times.
The last time the country was a net exporter on a monthly basis was in November 2017.

 

[Notch7]

56 reactors offline in May for maintenance

It is July now.

 

[Notch7]

Back on topic.
So, lots of shortages and empty shelves in your local supermarkets then? Care to share?

Mottie says he voted Brexit so he could carry on buying butter from Sainsburys……just like he always could as an EU member