I don't think the EU is entirely all bad I do favor some of their regulations as they make sense, just before 2016 I was one of them floating voters I had a hard time deciding (yes I procrastinate over big decisions) .
The transport and logistics industry is one of the life blood industries in any country, and I was basing what I wrote solely to one industry instead of crossing over and its an industry I know extremely well.
Do I blame the EU for everything that is wrong in the transport industry? no I don't but it is a participant in events, I do recognize that some of the problems are home grown, and in some cases pre date the EU formation.
The Beeching reports of the 60's for example highlight the lack of future thinking for example.
I also Acknowledge that companies do have a lot of greed and are also part of the problem as well and yes I could also name a few including UK based companies that really do take the biscuit.
What I wrote was researched in about an hour and no it wasn't based off driving a truck through Europe, I actually stopped driving trucks full time in 2011 and went into management I also did a couple of studies with the RHA that went through the ISO so saying I based my opinion on driving a truck through Europe is not entirely true, in fact there's a lot of hauliers that wanted to stay in the EU for one reason or another many of them because they had letterbox companies.
My thoughts were about key events that I remember so its not as well planned out as id like and it does jump about a bit I know that, yes there's unfair practices in all businesses but, to see many companies fail because they can no longer compete because of something that is supposed to be illegal under European Law but the UK not being allowed to enforce it I'm sorry that to me is a big sign to say don't bother (and that's why I didn't start up).
Can we blame some of the failings on mismanagement of companies yes we can and that's their own fault, can we blame it on the UK authorities not taking a tougher approach of course we can, I'm not black and white yes lets blame the EU for everything.
A lot of the transport issues are due to EU regulations in fact there isn't a HGV driver or Company in the UK that runs on British regulations even post brexit, to the point the road transport industry is one of the most regulated industries in Europe.
Am I calling for de regulation ? not fully no there's a few regulations that do need changing sure but then again this industry is not alone there's others.
I always wanted to ask If the EU is such a good club why is it that Norway voted in 3 referendums to reject admission? the latest one in 2018 with 73% saying No.
The EU for me in my own industry just became a quagmire, and oddly the customs controls now in place have actually made it a hell of a lot easier and this industry is now growing again.
As for Denmark I am not too sure what they want its like the hokey kokey with them, but there is a sentiment there that is anti EU as there is in Sweden and probably all EU member states.
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I only need to look at the 20ieth century and the lies that are official "truth" now; if certain people think that concocting facts, conspiracy theories, believing in royal supremacy or Quanon or whatever will help them on their way to their special success, be it to rule the world, destroy it, or thinking they are doing something positive by being aggrressive, no one can hold them back. No post here will change anything
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I agree with your statement here, there is a lot of false or misleading information about, and I will say this both sides during the run up to the referendum lied and manipulated.
And yes I agree no post here will change any thing.
Was my vote about the £350m per week to the NHS ? no it wasn't, "Brexiteers didn't know what they were voting for" Yes I did understand and did know what I was voting for Cameron made it quite clear.