Brexit Bonus

@indonesia-phil said
Cheaper sanitary stuff, sounds like a good idea, as long as it's done. While we're on 'you know it makes sense' in the other forum; whilst going about my daily business I've been trying to think where that phrase originates. Can you enlighten me?

I think Delboy said it in Only Fools and Horses.

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First there was the total uncertainty and lack of leadership, then there was the vote, then there was the increasing division as people searched for whatever they could find to justify their decision and became more entrenched in their positions as they rehearsed their arguments. Now it has happened and we await the consequences. Liverpool (the port city for Ireland that voted 70% remain) is used to being forgotten in U.K. politics and represents one of the areas that inevitably takes the worst economic hit. Be honest, how many people even considered that Ireland would be an issue before the vote? No exit plan had been put on the table to inform the vote, so most of the issues unearthed in making the deal had never even been considered.

Surely whilst we wait for the consequences of this one we aren't still going to have to listen to the people who won their prize harping on, by clutching at straws to justify trashing our trade links with the E.U?

For me the most important point you make is that the Celtic nations are now pro-remain. At the time of the vote Wales was strongly Brexit. Many believed it was a knee jerk reaction to the more population dense, depressed areas like Wrexham being chosen for the resettlement of refugees. Interesting how things change as people become more informed about the possible consequences in areas used to taking the hit from the politics of the 'united' kingdom.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
The UK is also now free to reduce the VAT on sanitary products, something it was prevented from doing while part of the EU.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51772425

Utter nonsense.
Since 2016 EU countries are free to tax female sanitary products as they see fit, even 0% tax if they so choose.

@shavixmir said
Utter nonsense.
Since 2016 EU countries are free to tax female sanitary products as they see fit, even 0% tax if they so choose.

From the BBC link I provided:

The 5% rate of VAT on sanitary products - referred to as the "tampon tax" - will be abolished from January, the chancellor will announce next week.

An EU directive meant the rate could not fall below 5% while the UK remains in the bloc's customs union.

@shavixmir said
Utter nonsense.
Since 2016 EU countries are free to tax female sanitary products as they see fit, even 0% tax if they so choose.

I think it was "as they see fit" with a minimum of 5%.
Germany reduced theirs to 5% as well - the EU minimum.

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Well, if you're not interested in giving your perspective, but would rather take the time to find various ways not to give your perspective, then fair enough, I can only ask.

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Not a rant, just a story told to put the comments made in this thread in a context, in the hope that people remember that there are far more consequences in the real world than the minor issues being used for point scoring here. Brexit is done, we can wait and see what the real impact will be rather than clutching at tampons.

@kazetnagorra said
Having different VAT categories leads to a bunch of pointless bureaucracy. Better to have a single tariff for all products and services.

VAT is a very cheaply administered and effective tax system. The ability of governments to put different rates on different products is, to my mind,
underused. Put higher VAT on undesirable purchases; salt, sugar, tobacco,
alcohol, carbon. Put zero VAT on necessities; fruit, veg, water, heat, insulation,
clothing.

Of course there will be problems like the Jaffa Cake fiasco!

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Your avatar is a Celtic flag. I was quoting you because you were talking about the Celtic nations. In one Brexit causes serious border issues with the possible escalation of past troubles. Another is likely caused to leave the U.K. and re-join Europe. Another was strongly Brexit at the time of the vote before changing stance. So I may be wrong, but I am genuinely curious whether that flag is something to do with Devon and Celtic heritage and if so why would you want to become a part of an isolated England and separate away from Celts? Makes no sense to me unless its just a flag to be quaint for the English tourists? This is genuine curiosity.