Want to stump leavers who claim to think they are experts on exports ? Want to put a series of questions to them that’s GUARANTEED not to get a reply ? I’ll post a few below .. guaranteed to end an argument ( and from direct experience .... 👇
It’s 5PM on a Friday night and a bank holiday looms- you need to get out an exhibition and exhibits ( screens / machines / Merchandise )to berlin by Saturday pm for an exhibition on Sunday , but have no paperwork . What do you do ?
You are a supplier for a car plant making components for an airbag - and based in spain . It’s mega urgent and needs to be transported ASAP for delivery within 24 hours . But your agent isn’t open until the morning . What do you do ?
You have a customer in Brussels who requires you to move some urgent parts for a machine that’s stopped working and needs a collection ASAP-your in London so it’s only a 8 hour transit time . Problem is it’s 5pm and your agent has gone home . Needs to be there 08:00 am local
A band who is performing in paris has a broken drum kit- they already have the carnet with them and a spare drum kit in the U.K. - problem is there’s no paperwork with the drum kit . Needs to be there ASAP . What do you do ?
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I know some have seen my direct experience with someone under my van trying to get to the U.K. but here it is again :
Last year I got the train across to Calais . It was late so I decided to stop at the ibis in Calais .
The next morning I woke up had my breakfast walked out to the carpark, got in the van and headed south towards paris
On the a16 after about 5 miles I heard a faint banging , thinking nothing of it I carried on - but the banging got louder and louder and more frequent
After about 20 miles I was quite worried thinking is someone in the back ??! But the van had security locks and it was impossible to get in - so I carried on . The weather was dreadful - it was dark and cold , I was on the motorway with trucks behind me .
Imagine being a driver or a company transporting goods from the EU to the U.K. and being held solely responsible for the goods on board..and responsible for any duties or vat on those goods . Would you risk carrying them ? I wouldn’t .. brexit 01/01/22 it’s coming #Brexit
Imagine being an EU haulier with 40 pallets of mixed consignments .. a few incorrect declarations and that’s it your stuffed . Your liable for any monies due . Goods and vehicle don’t leave .
Imagine if your carrying a high value consignment for a customer you haven’t worked for before .. and it’s been incorrectly declared . Bang - your liable . But you haven’t played any part in the customs process . How on earth should you know the correct value . It’s bonkers
LIABILITY– The Company creating the GMR we understand will be responsible to UK Customs for all goods loaded to the vehicle and any Customs debt. The Company must ensure all goods have the appropriate Customs declarations in place before the driver boards the ferry/train.
If this is the case the driver is then liable for any duties or incorrect declarations . What fresh hell is this ?
As a driver all we should be responsible for it TRANSPORTING the goods . Not being responsible for guaranteeing the goods . This is a game changer . It’s not worth the risk
I’m going to share my thoughts with you based on recent life experiences so I hope it makes sense , well you probably won’t understand but I’ll try ..
On 28th April 2019 I was minding my own business driving through France in the mountains when out of nowhere a biker hit me head on at around 100mph ..
Now - it wasn’t my fault I must stress , but it was one of those moments still that will live with me forever - even now when I go to sleep I get flashbacks .. Headaches etc
Today’s “tour de carnet” - ebbsfleet-Calais-chassio/como -weil am Rhein- Calais - ebbsfleet . Many many hours wasted in customs - spent the evening transferring a load to another vehicle and a delayed delivery through no fault of my own . Brexit benefits
Johnsons “high skilled high wage” claim is just an acceptance of reality predicted by those who warned him of the consequences of brexit . He’s now so far down a rabbit hole he’s fantasising whilst giving people false hope when in reality we’re facing high inflation and bills
Are we going to start making hydrogen powered time machines ? Rockets to space maybe ? He couldn’t even build a bridge over the river Thames . Maybe technology has moved so far forwards now he can pay those high skilled workers to build it from U.K. made materials .
And at the same time maybe he can achieve his dream and build that tunnel to N.I using some kind of space rock mined by high skilled high wage workers sent up in a U.K. rocket that runs on unicorn gas