Sir Alan B'Stard, ex MP for Holtemprice, ex MEP

Pro PR, pro Return, move Parliament to the Midlands, have 150 MPs MAX in each house, enact massive reforms and slap a Travel Lodge next door! Job done!

[Sir Alan B'Stard, ex MP for Holtemprice, ex MEP @Bstard2]

@MaajidNawaz Highly misleading! 2026 should really read 40 - 45c to be more accurate!

[Sir Alan B'Stard, ex MP for Holtemprice, ex MEP @Bstard2]

@_JamieMcIntyre Can't believe this isn't THE major global headline!

[Jamie McIntyre @_JamieMcIntyre]

This has consequences for the AMOC too - and note how quickly the SMOC reversed. AMOC shutdown seems not just if but when - and also sooner rather than later.

[The London Economic @LondonEconomic]

A message to the far-right: You've just been played by Russia to destabilise your own country.

👏👍
https://t.co/RKK9bHIeqT

[Sir Alan B'Stard, ex MP for Holtemprice, ex MEP @Bstard2]

https://t.co/VB04P4rivx !!!!!
https://t.co/ffJna4IUJK

[Sir Alan B'Stard, ex MP for Holtemprice, ex MEP @Bstard2]

VOTE TACTICALLY TO GET THE TORIES OUT ON THURSDAY! HERE'S A LIST OF THE TOP 80 MOST VULNERABLE TORY TARGETS AND WHO'S BEST TO BEAT THEM! PASS THIS ON AND LET'S PUSH THE TORIES INTO THIRD SPOT AND GET A DECENT OPPOSITION WITH THE LIB DEMS!
https://t.co/uJTQ5eHXu6

[Sir Alan B'Stard, ex MP for Holtemprice, ex MEP @Bstard2]

https://t.co/LI0KyAtAPM

[Sir Alan B'Stard, ex MP for Holtemprice, ex MEP @Bstard2]

This is so important. Please pass it on and let's push the Tories into third place!
https://t.co/fddNrP04Ht

[Sir Alan B'Stard, ex MP for Holtemprice, ex MEP @Bstard2]

Everyone needs to vote tactically to maximise the Tory losses! The more Tory losses, the more chance the Liberal Democrats can become the official opposition and commit the few Conbrexitives left to total irrelevance on the backbenches!
https://t.co/HSUvzQSsfG

[Sir Alan B'Stard, ex MP for Holtemprice, ex MEP @Bstard2]

@bbclaurak You wish, Laura. Sorry, but IMHO you are coming across as so obviously pro-Tory. You're supposed to be working for an impartial broadcaster, not the Telegraph!

[ciaran the euro courier 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @vanmaneuro]

As if Brexit paperwork wasn’t bad enough - you now have the extra burden of O licence regs making it the same as a truck .

[ciaran the euro courier 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @vanmaneuro]

This goes fully live in May 2025 . When every driver or company will need a transport manager costing many 100s a month just to carry on trading

[ciaran the euro courier 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @vanmaneuro]

October - you have biometrics . Another added layer of bureaucracy born out of one thing . Brexit .

[ciaran the euro courier 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @vanmaneuro]

These three things simply make the job impossible .

Remember the just in time supply chain ? Brexit killed that . The paperwork , the ability to collect a job at point A and deliver to point B unhindered ended .

[ciaran the euro courier 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @vanmaneuro]

A simple trip to Paris - the end of the journey you end up in sevington customs for hours . You’ve worked a full day to your tacho - then it’s ruined by unnecessary bureaucracy. You’ll end up forced to take your daily rest of 11 hours

[ciaran the euro courier 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @vanmaneuro]

All this has killed the industry .

No wonder truck drivers don’t want to come to the U.K. anymore . It’ll apply to van drivers as well

[ciaran the euro courier 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @vanmaneuro]

I’d like to think I’m fairly well qualified to make such a long thread on this-But it got me thinking . Customs made the just in time van sector unviable , coupled with driving regs , and to put the icing on the cake biometrics . It all adds to to just say sod it . Is it worth it

[ciaran the euro courier 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @vanmaneuro]

Brexit and the demise of the U.K. van transport sector

On 1 January 2021, the EU applied third-country customs to goods imported from the U.K. to the EU,

This was a big moment for rhe transport sector for vans . 1/

[ciaran the euro courier 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @vanmaneuro]

https://t.co/lppQYJqnbb soon me and @EveryCountry will be driving to PL with medical supplies -he has a live stream YouTube channel and even I struggle to get a word in when he’s about - and I can talk a lot ! Pls bung a few quid for a good cause and well let you know when we go!

[Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward]

🧵Shocking reality of the Brexit inland border checks at Sevington, 22 miles from Dover.

The experience and facilities seem designed to be as intimidating, dehumanising and unpleasant as possible.

(Ciaran gave me permission to use his tweets.)

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