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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · May 16

Thread on solving the 90-in-180 day problem 🧵

The solutions to the 90-in-180 day problem are many and varied. Politicians really have **no** excuse for inaction.

Any of the following provide models for solutions or are solutions in themselves…

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Anglo-European 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏉🌹 @anglo-european.bsky.social · 18h

I didn't vote for it

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Anglo-European 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏉🌹 @anglo-european.bsky.social · 18h

We want to be back in the EU

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Anglo-European 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏉🌹 @anglo-european.bsky.social · 17h

Hopefully people will complain about the problem

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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 16h

Still going on about attacks on Schengen.

So daft.

Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah… seems so

Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 18h

And politically damaging too perhaps.

Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 18h

It’s too much detail for the general public to understand.

That would be a comms campaign costing hundreds of thousands. Millions even.

Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 18h

That’s right. So we need to be happy for them to look at alternatives too.

Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 18h

Let’s hope a return to FOM is what happens.

But I think the only people this EES will affect are people like lorry drivers who might have been told authorities are turning a blind eye to trucks.

Second homers are unlikely to be overstaying anyway. How could they manage to?

Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 19h

Revealing his pathological dislike for anyone who has a “holiday” home.

Especially if they’re British.

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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 19h

😂 never misses a chance to position me alongside the likes of Richard Tice.

Laughable bsky.app/profile/nial...

Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 19h

No idea. You’re replying to a blocked post.

Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 20h

I don’t think the UK will ever implement customs controls to the extent that it closes the border or that imports grind to a halt.

They will not let the population starve and so I don’t think you’ll ever see a full implementation of the kind of Brexit you want people to experience.

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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 20h

And, it’s perhaps important to acknowledge that some people are enjoying the advantages of Brexit.

They might have an Irish passport or other EU passport

They might be an EU citizen with settled status in the UK.

They might have a unique and valuable competitive advantage.

Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 20h

The problem with waiting for people unaffected by Brexit to notice is simply that they are

….unaffected.

Or only affected in ways that they can easily attribute to other reasons.

Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 20h

Lots of people think that.

Although we pretty much have that already.

I don’t think anyone will notice trade barriers other than via increased prices which increase for other reasons anyway.

We’ve waited 5 yrs for people to notice & change hasn’t happened.

I think life is now. Not in 15 years.

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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 21h

I haven’t found many people who voted for Brexit and who bitch about the outcome.

The only people I encounter who bitch about the outcome are people who voted to remain

The leave voters I know are generally delighted with the current situation.

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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 21h

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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 1d

I support rejoining the EU as soon as possible, by the fastest route possible.

But if that isn’t possible yet, then I want politicians to do everything in their power to make travel, trade and cross border living, working and studying easy again.

#RejoinEU #FBPE #Brexit #SaveFOM

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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 21h

How many people in England have exceptionlist attitudes?

Is it a majority or minority?

Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 21h

Stop the personifying England.

It’s a country, not a person.

Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 21h

Achieve monetary union by first advocating monetary disunion. 🙄

Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 21h

No requests are being made here

…other than for the EU to be compassionate and understanding.