Brexit - was it worth it? (Vol. 2)

[Jinx]

Countdown said:

amusingduck said:

If business, should be expensed.

Claiming something on expenses just means that somebody else has to pay for it, usually the ownerscustomers of the business

Ultimately it is always the customers who pay.

[budgie smuggler]

Condi said:

Anyway, EE to reintroduce roaming charges across the EU. £2 per day to use your data. "Because we can" (well, not exact words, but that is what it translates as). Another success for the consumer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57595913

brilliant

[amusingduck]

Countdown said:

Claiming something on expenses just means that somebody else has to pay for it, usually the owners of the business

If flights/accommodation/etc to Europe can be justified, I find it hard to believe that £3.50/Gb past a 25Gb limit is remotely noteworthy.

[Digga]

amusingduck said:

Countdown said:

Claiming something on expenses just means that somebody else has to pay for it, usually the owners of the business

If flights/accommodation/etc to Europe can be justified, I find it hard to believe that £3.50/Gb past a 25Gb limit is remotely noteworthy.

Free WiFi and data roaming are first world snowflake essentials. Alongside fussy coffee, of course.

[Countdown]

amusingduck said:

Countdown said:

Claiming something on expenses just means that somebody else has to pay for it, usually the owners of the business

If flights/accommodation/etc to Europe can be justified, I find it hard to believe that £3.50/Gb past a 25Gb limit is remotely noteworthy.

In the grand scheme of things you're probably right. But it's yet another cost that businesses didn't have before, and it's just one example of possibly hundreds of minor changes that businesses are going to have to accept post Brexit.

[BoloH4wes]

Condi said:

digimeistter said:

Ya think!

Makes you wonder why they all want to come and live in this little backwater Country doesn't it?

And yet we have far fewer migrants - legal or otherwise - than most other comparable EU countries.


Anyway, EE to reintroduce roaming charges across the EU. £2 per day to use your data. "Because we can" (well, not exact words, but that is what it translates as). Another success for the consumer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57595913

Another Brexit dividend!

[ElectricSoup]

budgie smuggler said:

Condi said:

Anyway, EE to reintroduce roaming charges across the EU. £2 per day to use your data. "Because we can" (well, not exact words, but that is what it translates as). Another success for the consumer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57595913

brilliant

Just add it to the list of things which they said would never happen, which are all coming to pass, one by one. Liek the things they said would happen (Turkey joining, EU Army, collapse of theEU, domino effect on other countries desperate to leave etc) which didn't.

I'm starting to think they didn't have a fking clue what they were selling.

[JeffreyD]

And when they do happen they aren't important and are a price worth paying.

The usual suspects will be along soon to dismiss as irrelevant.

[cb31]

25GB is an awful lot of data. It's utterly irrelevant in the grand scheme of things if you have to pay a bit extra.

I get 20GB on my phone a month which I use a lot, occasionally I get a warning that I've gone above 2GB as I haven't bothered to up the default traffic limits. If you are breaching 25GB in a week or two you need to put down your electronics.

If you do live on your phone or tether all day long doing downloads then just move provider if it is that important.

[ElectricSoup]

JeffreyD said:

And when they do happen they aren't important and are a price worth paying.

The usual suspects will be along soon to dismiss as irrelevant.

I was hoping this thread would provide enlightenment on the subject of what is is that we are paying for with this drip drip drip of tangible costs, can't spot anything yet. After all there are so many on here who voted for it and are still in favour, you'd think they'd be rolling in it by now.

Oh well. We're stuck with it for a generation. Hope they're happy.

[Six Potter]

During lockdown last year my mobile network offered me an upgrade to unlimited data for an extra fiver a month, seemed like a bargain so I went for it. I don't usually use much data on 4G but it's handy to not have to worry about hitting the limit for those times when I'm say travelling and streaming video or audio, and not on wifi. Or using the phone as a hotspot for the laptop or tablet...

[IroningMan]

ElectricSoup said:

JeffreyD said:

And when they do happen they aren't important and are a price worth paying.

The usual suspects will be along soon to dismiss as irrelevant.

I was hoping this thread would provide enlightenment on the subject of what is is that we are paying for with this drip drip drip of tangible costs, can't spot anything yet. After all there are so many on here who voted for it and are still in favour, you'd think they'd be rolling in it by now.

Oh well. We're stuck with it for a generation. Hope they're happy.

That's it and all about it - that's what we're paying for and all it ever will be.

[amusingduck]

If only someone had warned me that Brexit might cost me £2 per day on holiday, maybe a second layer of politicians with primacy of law would have been preferable

[Tuna]

ElectricSoup said:

I was hoping this thread would provide enlightenment on the subject of what is is that we are paying for with this drip drip drip of tangible costs, can't spot anything yet. .

Electric Soup in "I see no ships" shocker.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-575... - Up to half a billion to be invested in nuclear fusion research
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57312162 - Heinz to invest £140 million in food production plant
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57247758 - Nissan in talks to build battery plant in UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/57580074 - UK Space agency backs launch of satellites to study climate change
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47213842 - List of all the trade deals either rolled over or created since Brexit

I guess the drip drip drip of people trying to get on with their lives is easy to ignore...

[techguyone]

Condi said:

And yet we have far fewer migrants - legal or otherwise - than most other comparable EU countries.


Anyway, EE to reintroduce roaming charges across the EU. £2 per day to use your data. "Because we can" (well, not exact words, but that is what it translates as). Another success for the consumer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57595913

To take your point about migrants.

Could it be that we're just a teensy weensy bit full? certainly in comparison with the rest of Europe, let me show you. (Netherlands getting full too)

[crankedup5]

Tuna said:

ElectricSoup said:

I was hoping this thread would provide enlightenment on the subject of what is is that we are paying for with this drip drip drip of tangible costs, can't spot anything yet. .

Electric Soup in "I see no ships" shocker.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-575... - Up to half a billion to be invested in nuclear fusion research
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57312162 - Heinz to invest £140 million in food production plant
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57247758 - Nissan in talks to build battery plant in UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/57580074 - UK Space agency backs launch of satellites to study climate change
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47213842 - List of all the trade deals either rolled over or created since Brexit

I guess the drip drip drip of people trying to get on with their lives is easy to ignore...

Positive news is never available to those that prefer to seek out negative news.
As things are progressing I feel contentment and happiness that we are no longer part of the political drain.

[turbobloke]

crankedup5 said:

Tuna said:

ElectricSoup said:

I was hoping this thread would provide enlightenment on the subject of what is is that we are paying for with this drip drip drip of tangible costs, can't spot anything yet. .

Electric Soup in "I see no ships" shocker.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-575... - Up to half a billion to be invested in nuclear fusion research
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57312162 - Heinz to invest £140 million in food production plant
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57247758 - Nissan in talks to build battery plant in UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/57580074 - UK Space agency backs launch of satellites to study climate change
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47213842 - List of all the trade deals either rolled over or created since Brexit

I guess the drip drip drip of people trying to get on with their lives is easy to ignore...

Positive news is never available to those that prefer to seek out negative news.
As things are progressing I feel contentment and happiness that we are no longer part of the political drain.

Definitely better out than in.

[Welshbeef]

crankedup5 said:

Tuna said:

ElectricSoup said:

I was hoping this thread would provide enlightenment on the subject of what is is that we are paying for with this drip drip drip of tangible costs, can't spot anything yet. .

Electric Soup in "I see no ships" shocker.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-575... - Up to half a billion to be invested in nuclear fusion research
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57312162 - Heinz to invest £140 million in food production plant
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57247758 - Nissan in talks to build battery plant in UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/57580074 - UK Space agency backs launch of satellites to study climate change
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47213842 - List of all the trade deals either rolled over or created since Brexit

I guess the drip drip drip of people trying to get on with their lives is easy to ignore...

Positive news is never available to those that prefer to seek out negative news.
As things are progressing I feel contentment and happiness that we are no longer part of the political drain.

Why do they search out the negative news?

I guess I’m guilty of that on the Summer 2021 Holidays thread where I kept linking latest changes and people oddly didn’t like seeing facts rather rose tinted -

[Oilchange]

Condi said:

digimeistter said:

Ya think!

Makes you wonder why they all want to come and live in this little backwater Country doesn't it?

And yet we have far fewer migrants - legal or otherwise - than most other comparable EU countries.


Anyway, EE to reintroduce roaming charges across the EU. £2 per day to use your data. "Because we can" (well, not exact words, but that is what it translates as). Another success for the consumer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57595913

EE are simply cashing in on those that don’t realise there’s an ‘off’ button…

[PeteinSQ]

Oilchange said:

EE are simply cashing in on those that don’t realise there’s an ‘off’ button…

Absolutely. No one gets any utility out of being able so use their phones when they're on holiday. Typical remoaners.

Am I doing this right?