Over the past 15 days I have not only been running my company as normal but I have been faced with largest threat to its future since it began in 1992. This is
#Brexit
& here is my thread on just how bad things are getting. 1/26
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We are now 18 months into Brexit and after huge disruption to my business I can finally get a real picture, in financial terms, of just what a bad move Brexit it has been for my company and every other importer.
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Just to be very clear. The shortage of HGV drivers in the UK is down to Brexit and nothing but Brexit. Letโs put it another way, there were no supply chain issues until the 1st January 2021. Please do RT so the message is crystal clear for the slow people.
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We are now twelve months in with Brexit and some media outlets have been in contact to see if everything is as bad I said it would be. Here is my final thread on the reality of Brexit after 12 months and whatโs coming in 2022. 1/19
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The Tory party is no longer the Tory party. It is UKIP that has assumed control of the Tory party. They goal is clear, to commit economic vandalism and social vandalism on the U.K. whilst ensuring they get considerably wealthier. That is very sad for what was a great country. END
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In just one week I will finally leave Brexitland for good. Let me know if anyone ever finds those sunlit uplands. Not expecting an answer anytime soon.
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As the queues on the M20 get longer and longer with the average waiting time of anywhere between 18-30 hrs you have to wonder how much this will cost consumers. Moreover many donโt even know why itโs happening. Here a quick thread to explain this lunacy.
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I have been importing wine for years and after Brexit happened we continued with our imports despite the pain and endless documentation. Today for the first time my consignment was stopped by customs due to missing paperwork. I was somewhat surprised. 1/2
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Itโs eye opening just how many people have messaged me saying they have left the UK in the last 5 years due to Brexit. There really is a sizeable brain drain going on and it mostly unreported. Incredible.
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We are now 23 days into 2021, here is my second thread on how
#brexit
reality is holding my business back currently, as I watch the wine supply chain collapse before my very eyes. 1/22
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I think it might be a good idea to not have anymore ex pupils from Eton College as Prime Minster. We have quite a lot of other schools to choose from in the U.K. Maybe try someone from a comprehensive who hasnโt been brought up to take the piss. That would make a nice change.
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Just a little reminder folks, Cummings story broke on the 23rd May 2020. No wonder Johnson didnโt sack him there and then. They were at a party three days earlier. You can almost hear Cummings say if you sack me I will tell the press about the garden party on Wednesday evening.
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January this year I posted a thread which outlined the issues my company was facing just 15 days into Brexit & the truly negative effects that were being realised. Now over 5 months later have things improved? 1/19
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Finally I just want to quantify the extra cost here. Pre-Brexit paperwork was FREE and really simple. Post Brexit 6 new paperwork requirements 1 old. Logistics from ยฃ165 per pallet to ยฃ405. New full time staff member to deal with this circus. Result big inflation on wine!
#Brexit
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@kevinhollinrake
Hey Kevin why are you making stuff up? Really I would be keen to know seeing as Iโm an actual wine wholesalerโฆor donโt you engage with real life business people? Keen to hear backโฆ
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I would just like to say a massive thank-you for all the kind words following my thread. Over 1.2M people have read it so far. I just hope people now understand the pain all importers are dealing with. I hope it gets better but I have doubts. Keep safe.
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So I have just taken the time to read the U.K. budget from earlier this week. Question to all the other Brits living in France, how quickly would the French be rioting if the French government tried this theft national wealth?
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So
@SkyNews
you wanted to see if there are food shortages in the EU. So here are my photos taken on Tuesday in Bridgend Sainsburyโs and today in Intermarche in Jacou, Southern France. Now
@theresecoffey
may want to blame the weather, but I suggest you reconsiderโฆ
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Oh look the EU has signed a much better free trade deal with New Zealand than that of Brexity Britain. Another wet dream โbenefitโ from brexit types wiped out. Unleash the Brexit trolls with there verbal diarrhoeaโฆ
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Ok folks I am being asked about this and so like me cut to the chase, itโs absolute bollocks. Why people canโt use their brain is beyond me. Letโs take a step back and think about the supply side.
Following on from my thread yesterday it does make my laugh that Brexiteers donโt understand one important point. I ship wine from around the world and the wider trade has done this for decades.
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This is about as clear as the wine trade can make it.
@brexit
is destroying the UK wine industry and bearing in mind the UK was the main international hub pre Brexit the pathetic reply from
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
demonstrates just how out of touch he is. Now the facts.
โItโs about as oven ready as a frozen turkey taken out five minutes before Christmas day, it really is a joke.โ
This
#bbcqt
audience member gives his first hand experience on how the wine industry has been affected by Brexit.
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So the Tories have posted this frankly pathetic advertisement. So here are the facts and why what they are claiming is utter bollocks, but itโs fair to say the ukip Tory party has form for making shit up. In fact there pretty good and making stuff up.
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Hey
@RishiSunak
can you explain to the world how moving from 4 levels (bands) of wine taxation to 26 levels (your proposal) is simplifying the excise system. Would really like to know. Maybe I am missing something because seems more complicated. So donโt be shy guy, let us know.
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I am two months into my new life in Southern France. I must say it is really very nice place to be. So pleased French government are going to help with my new enterprise which am am quite exciting about.
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So now I understand why hauliers are so fed up with GMR/GVMS. These were our first 2022 clearances and itโs even worse than thought. Less red tape my arse. This government literally want to make it as hard as possible to trade with the EU. Consumer are paying the extra costs.
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Is it just me that is amazed that with a 40 year high inflation rate, a government fit for nothing, potential PMs saying it got to change when they are the responsible people for this mess, and still public sit there and take it. Incredible.
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My company is only still working during this
#BrexitDisaster
because we prepared months in advance, (and continue to do so) donโt believe anything government says, and have invested heavily in stock reserves. But things still go wrong beyond our control. Brexit is unsustainable.
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Yesterday was like a blast from the past. Samples came to my new address in France. They were sent from Germany on Thursday arrived today with zero BS. No stupid phones calls demanding money etcโฆ itโs is idea of sending stuff around Europe hassle free could catch on.
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So here is the latest bit of Brexit related bullshit which is starting to become a reality for pretty much all importers of excise goods. I just want to explain this one because the is very much how cartels work.
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So our cost have increased with zero benefits to anyone by 58p a bottle. Once margins are are applied at the usual wholesaler and retailer percentages this 58p becomes over ยฃ1.50 a bottle FOR NO BENEFITS TO ANYONE, and itโs you the consumer thatโs paying this.
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My conclusion is very simple. Not matter how many FTAs the U.K. gets, the one with our nearest neighbours is the most important. You canโt argue against geography, and the Global Covid reboot clearly shows this. We live in a just in time world, Brexit is the exact opposite.
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So folks when I said the supply chains were falling apart back in March many didnโt believe me. Now you have the army on stand by to support the supply chains. Problem is the ship has already sailed and the Tories donโt understand this fact. Itโs going to take months to recover.
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Daily more and more evidence and factual data shows Brexit is destroying the UK. You do wonder when the u-turn will come. Or are we all willing to live in poverty? Still no benefits to been seen and still Brexit types say they won, when actually we are all losing.
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This government have cocked up Brexit from day one. But I am now 100% sure that choice will reduce dramatically, price will increase dramatically, delays with increase dramatically and the U.K. wide depression is inevitable, and still the government couldnโt give a toss. 23/26
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Finally please donโt forget the alcohol reform bill, this is where government actually want to make wine importation even more difficult. Currently 3 levels of tax are applied, but they want 27. Yes 27. Yes you guessed it even higher prices for no benefit to anyone.
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I still donโt know why most UK airports are charging to drop off passengers by car. Gatwick for example is a rip off ยฃ5. As are many others. It free at all the Airports I use any where else in the world. Is this some sort of Brexity/Covid Bonus for the owners of airports?
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The
@BBC
and
@BBCNews
should be ashamed of itself peddling the line that alcohol duty has gone down. It hasnโt it actually gone up and now the UK pay more excise then anywhere else in the whole of Europe. Itโs the largest increase in 40 years to be exact.
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This week I was contacted by a retired CEO of a major wine wholesaler. They, unknowingly to me, asked there local MP
@JohnPenroseNews
if they thought it was acceptable my wine business had been obliged to open a site in the EU to mitigate Brexit costs. Here is the reply.
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I watch from France in disbelief at just how dreadful and desperate the UK government has become. Whatever happens next there is zero mandate for any it, and everyone knows it.
#GeneralElectionN0W
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When I said supply chains were breaking (months ago) the Brexit types told me to believe harder in Doris and were quite rude as they normally are. They have finally gone quite as they watch it all turn to merde. But we havenโt got close to rock bottom yet, nowhere nearโฆ
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We do our documents in advance to avoid border issues. On checking all our documents had been created correctly. However HMRC changed the rules again & now you need code RRS01 in box 44. Zero notification from HMRC! We just avoided a ยฃ600 fine for delaying the lorry. ๐คฌ
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I am now at the end of January 2021 and still no new stock. I can see clearly what
#Brexit
really means for my industry & how I will have to fundamentally change my business model if I am to be trading in 12 months time. But the government wants more paperwork in five months.1/15
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Seven years ago yesterday I lost ยฃ77,000 in 4 hours after currency (ยฃ) fell on its arse, the result of 17.1M dumb arses believing a liar. Today the exchange rate still hasnโt recovered to pre Brexit vote levels. There is nothing to celebrate unless you like paying more for goods.
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I think itโs time this government start apologising for the mess that Brexit is causing to the wider U.K. economy, and start putting things right or move over and let the adults take over. Ends. 22/22.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
Well
@sainsburys
have just put a press release out saying they wonโt be stocking pint bottlesโฆ so
@kevinhollinrake
who is going to want to stock something that doesnโt exist and that nobody wants? Really looking forward to hearing how your spin doctors answer thatโฆ
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If I am reading the mood of the UK right Johnsonโs gaslighting has finally run out of gas. His cabinet are trying desperately to kick the can down the road. But the facts are he and his entire cabal especially the Tufton St gang must be removed from power.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
Moreover in a world where we need to use less energy and reduce CO2, buying locally matters like never before. So the obvious answer is stronger relationships with your nearest neighbours. It really is as simple as that in my opinion.
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I have been imputing directly to CHIEF which I should add costs ยฃ157 per month to be able to access. Yes thats right folks you have to pay to tell the government how much your going to pay them. The first Brexit dividend. 12/26
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Even though I have been importing wine to the UK for 32 years, am a bonded warehouse keeper and sell quite a lot of wine, Brexit types who have never been near a bottle, a shipping port or a warehouse know more about my job apparently than I do. Me thinks there full of ๐ฉ.
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Today he can only see his family 180 days of the year and they canโt move to the UK and he canโt permanently live in France. So this is a family literally split up because of Brexit. I just hope mindless Brexit types read and understand this shit is real. So sad.
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Itโs now February 13th, a full month since my 1st thread where I highlighted just how bad brexit was turning out to be for the wine industry. Letโs see if it really is
#teethingproblems
. 1/28
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This week saw the tories announcement of major changes to the way alcohol taxation system will work from Feb โ23. At first the hype created by the treasuryโs PR department was like they has reinvented the wheel. What they had actually done was pull a major con on the public. 1/14
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By the way here is the official letter from HMRC saying that they canโt copeโฆ so there you have it folks, taking back control actually means we have no control at all but a fu**ing huge queue on the M20 that serves zero purpose.
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Uk view. Itโs ok to make a profit from war if you sell energy. Eu view. We will tax excessive profit making of energy companies because of the war. Once again the EU doing the right thing. Nobody should make a profit out of war especially fat cat directors of energy companies.
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Apparently the queues in Dover and Calais for lorries are not Brexit related according to the U.K. government. With the average wait of 11 hours itโs due to 3 ships that are being refitted. Hmm funny how most of these lorries always use the channel tunnel. Gaslighting government.
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Itโs why I will leave this country next year once my kids have finished there education. I am lucky and have a second nationality within the EU thanks to my father. 24/26
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Today one of my key logistics suppliers advised me that the are ceasing the EU-U.K. and U.K.-EU service. The Director of this large company was actually sadden that they were unable to continue due to paperwork killing demand. So
#brexit
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We have now entered March on our
#Brexit
journey & as each day passes I get a clearer view of just how badly the Government have let down the U.K. with their shoddy little deal. In this thread I reveal all I have learnt in past couple of weeks. 1/23
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Is it me or does every single announcement from the government now contain cavernous amounts of bullshit, a dabbling of gaslit nonsense and an overwhelming notion that the plebs wonโt know weโve made this up? Surly everyone else must be seeing this too?
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What I think is a great pity with the whole MSM right now is that people want to know the truth about the border delays & whatโs honestly happening. No political spin either way just the hard facts. But business owners like me are left to do it as nobody else has the balls.
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My wife was chatting to a British business owner here in France yesterday. They run English courses for teenagers. Part of the course was to spend two weeks in the UK to speak English. Due to Brexit they now go to Ireland as itโs too difficult to get UK permits.
#BrexitReality
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This is Brexit reality with systems unable to cope with demand that havenโt been funded properly and when they break it seems they canโt be repaired quickly. This is a government letting everyone down on a daily basis but still they pretend there is nothing to see.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
So over the past three days some journalists made up a story about pint sized champagne bottles. Not wine journalists (they actually tell the truth and do a fantastic job so the public can be educated), no your regular mainstream journalists.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
I see that the government are banning plastic plates and straws. This is good but I also think your find the EU did that about 8 months ago and is in force already in the EU 27. So itโs hardly a Tory idea. Why must they spin everything?
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
So you would think that a call centre would be a good idea right? No wrong, this is the ONLY HMRC system where there is no number to call. Just an email with a 5 day turn around. Remember that when government say they are doing all they can to help. 15/26
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
Itโs why your hard pushed to find anyone in the wine trade that supports Brexit. Itโs not because anti government, itโs because weโre anti stupidity. We understand barriers to trade because we deal with them daily. From full EU access to ridiculous barriers isnโt that smart.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
Here is my prediction. If BJ isnโt removed from parliament in two weeks when the committee reports and forced to a by-election then the entire Parliamentary system will become ungovernable. Itโs actually more important he is removed than not for the well being of the UK.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
Pre-Brexit, shipping goods was relatively straightforward from the EU. Order, collection and delivery within 7-10 days was the norm from every part of the EU, which accounts for 66.6% of all wine consumed in the U.K.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
Despite the bleak situation I would like to finish on a positive. Even with all the barriers to trade this week 4 pallets from Spain did turn around from collection to delivery in just 7 days. This is the only delivery in 2021 to achieve this.
#Brexit
19/19.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
This past week has proven to me just how desperate & pathetic the UK government has got. The Excise duty increase and the way it is charged came into force on Tuesday at midnight. Itโs been a challenging week if you import, and government has been lying at every opportunity.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
I was chatting to friends last night in Montpellier and the have told me about the worst effect of Brexit thus far. I am only posting this so that Brexit types know what they have done to some families.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
Itโs starting the border nightmare. Already hearing news from hauliers stuck at border crossing points with incorrect documents. So predictable. Just to give you an idea what these guys are up against.
You need a MRN to clear the EU customs system. This is essential. 1/2
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
This week I have been contacted by a host of journalists. I have taken the time to talk with all of them for about an hour. What more telling the papers that havenโt called. Thatโs all the pro Brexit ones by the way....
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
This has meant that as much as we want to by selling a global selection of wines, pure geography means itโs EU wines that continue to have a firm grip on UK sales. Its for this reason why I believe Brexit is such a bad concept & will never work despite all the gaslighting from BJ
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
Today has been another really shit day with logistics. We have been let down again on shipments from The USA, France, Austria and Spain. It seems it doesnโt matter how much I plan the hauliers have a different plan to delay and delay. Sooooo fed up with Brexit bullshit.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
Oh for what is worth not one of my suppliers from Australia to South Africa, USA and Canada think the UK was wise to do Brexit. They all pity the UK popular vote because they can see the harm itโs doing too. One used the term basket caseโฆdifficult to argue with that sadly.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
Is just me or do you find it disgusting that the new leader of the UK will be voted for by just less than 1% of the population. This Tory trick has been used four times in the past 20 years. The election laws need to be changed so it canโt happen again.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
But for those that canโt leave I understand why you are angry and with what I can see your about have a lot more taken away from you than just freedom of movement. 25/26
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
Have to work today delivering the Prosecco and Pinot Grigio that has finally arrived in Wales this morning. 5 weeks in transportation due to paperwork which had to be redone 11 times until customs were happy. Normally takes 5 days.
#BrexitReality
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
Just to counter the gaslighting. Everyone needs to either RT this video of him lying or post the link. We mustnโt let them gaslight us again. He lied itโs time to pay the price.
Question of the day. Why are there some people still hell bent on thinking Brexit and Doris are both great? Doris does nothing but lie and Brexit is slowly but surely destroying the U.K. economy in every aspect & sector. The evidence for these two things is clear as daylight.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
Costs too have changed dramatically. The fixed logistics charge of ยฃ180 is a distant memory! The single pallet rate from France is now ยฃ280, for Spain itโs ยฃ270, Germany ยฃ310, Austria ยฃ340, & Italy itโs ยฃ340. I should add these are the best rate single pallet rates we have found.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
Here is a little bit of Xmas Brexit bollocks for all the Gammon loving Tories. The government has managed to screw the wine importers of the UK again. Itโs like they donโt want you to drink wine made from filthy grapes grown abroad! There latest bit of fuckwittery as follows
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
Now remember the PM said his deal was good deal because it continued frictionless trade with the EU. That is a lie plain and simple, and he does want the wider public to know that. 10/19
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
I have been interviewed on national Radio a few times this week and the same question came up each time. Has the governments pledge to make importation easier materialised. The simple answer is no, it considerably more difficult. Here is the difference for the record.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
All of this took nearly five months a lot of form filling but on the 9th December this was all in place. So I would say whilst we knew Brexit would be a car crash we did not know it was going to be a multiple pile up in the fog with fatalities. 3/26
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
There is no food shortage in the EU, literally you have video evidence! Moreover yet Again the Tories are gaslighting you and yup you guessed it, the reason for UK shortages is 100% to do with government border controls and
#Brexit
. But they donโt want to tell you thatโฆ
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
@kevinhollinrake
You seem to think this is actually going to happen and that people will be able to buy this wine bottle size that doesnโt exist anywhere. So youโre making this stuff up. Itโs pure fantasy. Happy to debate this on
@mrjamesob
tomorrow if you want. Have you got the balls?
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
The average cost was ยฃ170-ยฃ190 per single pallet for the logistics and this pallet could be mixed with multiple suppliers (not anymore) including EU movement documents. These were the only costs. So in other words easy and cheap to trade.
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
As we enter August the
#Brexit
effect is now showing, in my industry at least, the permanent issues that we have to deal with. Here is my updated thread for my business in the wine industry. 1/25
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Daniel Lambert (Wines). ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐๐ฅ
I am quite a relaxed guy about most things. Now my threads are there to merely educate & share what is happening in real life. But I have to say the numpties that keep discounting facts because their opinion differs are something else. A fact is a fact. Itโs not fucking optional.