Napoleon mark 2 at it again.

[Plumbs]

Not exactly related to the thread but Napoleon 111 and his wife Eugenie lived in a house on Kent in the 1870's before returning to France.
The building is now the Chislehurst Golf Club where I am a member

Chislehurst golf club commemorates 150 years since arrival of Napoléon III

This week marks the 150th anniversary of Emperor Napoléon finding safe haven in Chislehurst after being defeated in the Franco-Prussian war.

www.newsshopper.co.uk

Factagolfamundo.

Top man Geeza- bit of history that'll have me scrambling round Wiki later.

*100 up*

 

[Shandypants]

To apply the checks in a proportionate manner according to the risks to the single market and the unique social make-up of Northern Ireland. The flow into Ireland from the North accounts for about 0.0008% of EU trade. At present around 20% of all external EU border checks take place in N Ireland.

If the UK were to sign a trade deal with India and import hundreds of thousands of cars that don't meet EU standards - and then put them all on carriers at Belfast to be sold in the Republic - then the EU would absolutely in it's right to demand loads of checks at the NI/GB border. The odd packet of sausages or the occasional rhododendron bush don't warrant the current level of scrutiny not least because all food and veterinary standards are currently identical.

Instead of India cars, substitute with Australian meat filled with hormones. I've wondered whether the Aussie deal was done so hastily to agitate the EU over the substandard meat that we will be eating

 

[1966_and_all_that]

To apply the checks in a proportionate manner according to the risks to the single market and the unique social make-up of Northern Ireland. The flow into Ireland from the North accounts for about 0.0008% of EU trade. At present around 20% of all external EU border checks take place in N Ireland.

If the UK were to sign a trade deal with India and import hundreds of thousands of cars that don't meet EU standards - and then put them all on carriers at Belfast to be sold in the Republic - then the EU would absolutely in it's right to demand loads of checks at the NI/GB border. The odd packet of sausages or the occasional rhododendron bush don't warrant the current level of scrutiny not least because all food and veterinary standards are currently identical.

And finally, we see why the effort's been put in. It's the sausages isn't it? Those squelchy packs of Richmond thick pork do it for you...admit it.