Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Brexit has hit UK's position as a gateway to Europe for imports, say freight firms" video.

  1. Schiphol was once jokingly called the UK's largest domestic airport, because Heathrow was such a bottleneck. It appears Brexit is now solving Heathrow's capacity problems once and for all. Speaking of silver linings...
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  2. France is about to overtake the UK in vaccinations, to say nothing of the six other EU countries that already have. You thought the vaccination programme a 100-metre dash, but it's a marathon. Forget about a place on the podium -- your betters are taking all the medals.
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  3. They wanted sovereignty at any price and they got what they wanted. Interestingly, the price keeps rising.
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  4.  @ItumelengS  I see my comment found its mark.
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  5.  @budbud2509  I don't want your precious Heathrow. It's one of the worst big airports in Europe.
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  6. Britain did come up with the perfect vaccine after all. Not against Covid-19, but against leaving the EU.
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  7.  @andrew30m  I suspects it's Little England by then, and only after the USA, Canada and Australia have refused them statehood.
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  8. ​ @samhartford8677  Reminds me of an old joke about a child with a bicycle showing off: "Look ma, without hands!" Now, it's: "Look ma, without front teeth!"
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  9.  @ItumelengS  You must be a monoglot if you think that definite and indefinite articles are the preserve of the English language.
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  10.  @ItumelengS  Innit.
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  11. As long as we're talking freight, sure.
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