Channel Port Blockades
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Anyone know if these are still going on at all ports, and whether Eurotunnel is affected? Friend is meant to be returning to the UK today and looks like he's got a long night in Calais ahead of him.
Secondly, I know woohoo go the French and their love of protesting, but why the f
k is no one protesting against the protestors blocking their route? Surely someone should be fire bombing their boats, battering them out of the way or at least throwing cans of Pacific tuna at them.
Couldn't see a Friends/Relatives held up by French industrial action forum
Secondly, I know woohoo go the French and their love of protesting, but why the f
k is no one protesting against the protestors blocking their route? Surely someone should be fire bombing their boats, battering them out of the way or at least throwing cans of Pacific tuna at them.Couldn't see a Friends/Relatives held up by French industrial action forum
Myself and a dozen other smart car owners got caught in a dispute last year. We ended up going back via Ostende with TransEuropa Ferries. To say it wasnt the best of days or the best of crossings would be an understatement. 4hrs from Ostende to Ramsgate on a very old ferry with no creature comforts whatsoever.
elster said:
mybrainhurts said:
If you wave your fist, they'll surrender....
It's what they do...
I think the roles have reversed. Now the UK public seem to roll over and surrender to anything the Government want to do. The French at least do something.It's what they do...
Of course it's an EU policy and will have the same effect on British, Spanish and other EU fishermen. I have no idea what their response, if any, has been to this change in quotas.
They certainly do have a flair for doing it, but I wouldn't say that marks them out as being more empowered than anyone else against the bureaucracy, rather they are just more conditioned to the fact that they are powerless.
AJS- said:
elster said:
mybrainhurts said:
If you wave your fist, they'll surrender....
It's what they do...
I think the roles have reversed. Now the UK public seem to roll over and surrender to anything the Government want to do. The French at least do something.It's what they do...
Of course it's an EU policy and will have the same effect on British, Spanish and other EU fishermen. I have no idea what their response, if any, has been to this change in quotas.
They certainly do have a flair for doing it, but I wouldn't say that marks them out as being more empowered than anyone else against the bureaucracy, rather they are just more conditioned to the fact that they are powerless.
J500ANT said:
We ended up going back via Ostende with TransEuropa Ferries. To say it wasnt the best of days or the best of crossings would be an understatement. 4hrs from Ostende to Ramsgate on a very old ferry with no creature comforts whatsoever.
I've used TransEuropa Ferries a few times and quite like them! Depends which ferry you get to an extent but they tend to be comfortable and most importantly free from school parties and don't carry that many passengers so tend to be fairly quiet on board so no hassle with getting a comfy seat or having kids running around everywhere.That and the food tends to be pretty good and certainly last time I used them had a promotion on beer so a Becks was 80p
I'll certainly use them again.
I just got back from the Tunnel Site (French Side) where I work, traffic is getting on shuttles ubt it's really busy. A couple of cars that came through were telling me they queued for over an hour before getting to the tickets machines. I'm sure he'll be able to make it back today, it may take a while though! I was wondering if Seafrance might have some involvement with this at some stage, they've been strangely quiet for some time now.
elster said:
Indeed. Whereas the British seem to be very good at being a lapdog and just rolling over to anything that is brought in.
The British do in a sense seem to take a bit (and only a small bit) more initiative in doing things for themselves though. I met some of the old coal miners who had what I would call the French attitude - after their strike failed, they just became out of work coal miners. The majority though either applied their skills elsewhere or retrained to do something else completely. This is what seems to be lacking from French culture. Rather there's just a sort of resignation that it's the way things are.Of course it's a huge generalisation, and there are plenty of counter examples on both sides, but as a far as a broad cultural trend can go, that is how I see it. They need a Thatcher.
AJS- said:
elster said:
Indeed. Whereas the British seem to be very good at being a lapdog and just rolling over to anything that is brought in.
The British do in a sense seem to take a bit (and only a small bit) more initiative in doing things for themselves though. I met some of the old coal miners who had what I would call the French attitude - after their strike failed, they just became out of work coal miners. The majority though either applied their skills elsewhere or retrained to do something else completely. This is what seems to be lacking from French culture. Rather there's just a sort of resignation that it's the way things are.Of course it's a huge generalisation, and there are plenty of counter examples on both sides, but as a far as a broad cultural trend can go, that is how I see it. They need a Thatcher.
k up.But the fisherman aren't demanding anything unreasonable, easily attainable. There is no need for them to find new jobs.
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