17-01-2021, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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Just dynamite the tunnel and be done with it....
A better idea would be to fill the train with illegal immigrants , lock
them in, and send them back whence they came ??
Donkeyman! 🤗🤗
17-01-2021, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by keezoy
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I don't usually comment on Brit/ Euro stuff. Not my patch. But I often read it just for my own edufication. But,..who exactly is "they" (ve)..The Euoropeans?..The British Govt?..or the Canadians. JUst asking.
17-01-2021, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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HiThe EU remains our biggest just in time trading partner.
Why should we want to put so many jobs at risk?
The Eurotunnel isn't owned by the UK and whoever makes the profit is surely then also liable for any debt and for those employed?
Just the same as the UK wouldn't subsidise the French Brittany Ferries or the Danish DFDS even though these run ferries to and from the UK.
Here's a thought: if the Irish will use the UK as a through-route less post-Brexit, surely that equates to extra capacity on the ferries to and from the UK which the Irish are now not using?
That's another reason not to subsidise a foreign-owned company.
18-01-2021, 02:08 PM
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Nothing to do with UK yet the French SNCF expect us to bail them out because their government won't. What a nerve!https://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...-advice-update
Eurostar is majority owned by the French state-backed rail firm SNCF
The Government sold its stake in the business to private companies for £757 million in 2015.
The 40 percent stake was sold before the general election in 2015 by the UK in order to pay off its debts.
Christophe Fanichet, head of SNCF Voyageurs, last week warned Eurostar was in a “very critical” situation.
He said the issue was the company was seen in the UK as a French business not supported by the Government.
But he also claimed in France the firm is seen as a UK-based businesses not aided by Paris.
18-01-2021, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Cinderella
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Nothing to do with UK yet the French SNCF expect us to bail them out because their government won't. What a nerve!https://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...-advice-update
Eurostar is majority owned by the French state-backed rail firm SNCF
The Government sold its stake in the business to private companies for £757 million in 2015.
The 40 percent stake was sold before the general election in 2015 by the UK in order to pay off its debts.
Christophe Fanichet, head of SNCF Voyageurs, last week warned Eurostar was in a “very critical” situation.
He said the issue was the company was seen in the UK as a French business not supported by the Government.
But he also claimed in France the firm is seen as a UK-based businesses not aided by Paris.
Eurostar, obviously first class , or business class users of Eurostar
will suffer if it folds !!
Why should taxpayers fund businesses once again ???
Donkeyman! 👎🤔👎
18-01-2021, 02:44 PM
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Re: Eurostar in cash crisis !!
Originally Posted by Donkeyman
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UK business is pressuring the government to intervene to saveEurostar, obviously first class , or business class users of Eurostar
will suffer if it folds !!
Why should taxpayers fund businesses once again ???
Donkeyman! 👎🤔👎
All I would say is that rather than us providing a grant or loan we should buy stock and hold a Golden Share of some form.
I would deeply regret closure of the Channel Tunnel. It makes life so much easier to cross the sea than by ferry.
18-01-2021, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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Because some foreign owned businesses provide a strategic service to the UK. Simples!All I would say is that rather than us providing a grant or loan we should buy stock and hold a Golden Share of some form.
I would deeply regret closure of the Channel Tunnel. It makes life so much easier to cross the sea than by ferry.
If it is then deemed a "strategic service" that our government thinks necessary it will undoubtedly be far less costly to buy a bankrupt company out of receivership and then owning the entirety.
Though I doubt our government sees it as a "strategic service", otherwise they wouldn't have sold their stake.
As I have said before: the UK wouldn't bail out the French Brittany Ferries or the Danish DFDS even though these run ferries to and from the UK.
Eurostar is no different.
18-01-2021, 03:20 PM
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Unforeseen problems have blighted this project from the start, a bad investment.https://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2018/0...ng-investment/
18-01-2021, 03:25 PM
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Re: Eurostar in cash crisis !!
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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Because some foreign owned businesses provide a strategic service to the UK. Simples!All I would say is that rather than us providing a grant or loan we should buy stock and hold a Golden Share of some form.
I would deeply regret closure of the Channel Tunnel. It makes life so much easier to cross the sea than by ferry.
Why should l fund a self confessed tax dodger like you ??
Donkeyman! 👎🤔🤔👎
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