Customs expert made case for computer-based clearing on Irish Border

The "Gettng Over the Line", Policy Exchange research paper leans heavily on the work of a Swedish customs expert who recently presented a research paper on the future of border arrangements.

Dr Lars Karlsson, a former director of the World Customs Organisation, and director general of Swedish Customs, produced a paper entitled 'Border 2.0' which set out a range of modern technological methods to streamline customs checks.

The paper states; "Modern technology means that physical customs posts, or even cameras, are no longer essential at borders. This has been pointed out by Lars Karlsson a customs expert commissioned by the EU itself to look into this subject, who envisages the use of mobile phone and GPS technology to track HGVs, together with the computer based customs clearing."

The paper explains: "Computerised customs clearing consists of declarations of tariff duties payable, including on import content, and also the necessary certification of regulatory approval.

"Inspection of animal health and food standards can occur at producers' premises, as is common in current practice. Customs clearance occurs at the exporter's premises and the sealed consignments can then cross the Irish border while being tracked electronically by customs authorities."

The paper continues: "Since very few consignments are actually checked at existing EU borders, and those checks are usually based on intelligence, such checks can easily be made away from borders

Below is a PDF copy of the policy document "Getting Over the Line", laying out in detail how Dr Karlssons scheme would work in practice

GETTING OVER THE LINE an electronic solution to a seamless Irish Border (PDF DOWNLOAD)

One Unelected appointee dictator to a "democratically" elected one

The BACKSTAB option

Otherwise known as the innfamous Backstop option this was one of three ideas to solve the question of a frictionless border between Northern Ireland and thebIrish Republic.

The border has been an issue in Ireland the old bjoke goes since 1690 and a lot of people here suscribe to that..

The Backstop is supposed to be a last resport but is being promoted by Irish republicans as if its the only solutionbnin full collusion with Barnier and co. They see it as a back door to separating Ulster from the rest of the UK. That is something they couldnt even achieve with a terror campaign now here it is being gifted to them by the corrupt EU.

Im Her Mansion house speech Mrs May made the following pledges


1 Leaving the single market,
2. Leaving the customs union,
3. No Back Stop option acceptable in Northern Ireland
4. Taking back control of borders, laws and money,
5. Ending ECJ jurisdiction in UK,
6. Freedom to diverge…

Unionists will never accept the 3rd item above we already refer to it as bthe BACKSTAB option because that is exactly what it is. Mrs May rightly reiteraed what she promised in the Mansion house pledges and rightly rejected it out of hand. Here are her exact words on the subject:

“The draft legal text the Commission has published would,if implemented undermine the UK common market and threaten the constitutional integrIty of the UK by creating a customs and regulatory border down the Irish Sea, AND NO UK PRIME MINISTER COULD "EVER" AGREE TO IT." (THERESA MAY)

Mrs May NO BACKSTAB OPTION PLEDGE CLICK BELOW FOR A DOWNLOADABLE MP3 OF HER SAYING THE WORDS ABOVE

Downloadable Backstab Option mp3

Carmageddon: EU driving financial markets the wrong way

carmageddon EU driving financial markets the wrong way

October 23rd 2017 Economy & finance

The EU is about to adopt new rules that will help trade in securitised loans, the very financial instruments that were a main cause the 2008 financial crisis. Despite warning signs of a new 'subprime bubble' in car loans coming from the US, carmakers and financiers have lobbied the EU to make it easier to speculate on such loans

Claims of an exodus of EU NHS staff do not stand up to the NHS’s own data

November 3, 2017

Claims of a brexit fuelled exodus of EU NHS staff do not stand up to the NHS’s own published data and in fact show these statements are either completely wrong or at the very least misleading.
Written by Mark Tinsley - CLICK BELOW FOR A DOWNLOADABLE MP3 AUDIO RECORDING

NHS and Brexit the facts supplied by the NHS MP3

Mark Tinsley was a volunteer during the Vote Leave campaign and blogs at

 Mark Tinsley

Catalonia Lessons from History - OR NOT

Catalonia has it's own unique traditional dances and music, most recently held outside of the parliament building on the square. This expression of nationality was banned during the Franco dictatorship, as was the speaking of the Catalan language.

Catalonia remains a peaceful highly prosperous region, and has stood by its rich  culture, while keenly aware that it is recognised as totally separate from Spain. As the Spanish authorities in Madrid accuse the Catalan government of 'rebellion', and issue a European arrest warrant for ousted president CarIes Puigdemont, we are reminded of history repeating itself.

In 1940, the Vichy authorities arrested the then-president of Catalonia in exile, LIuis Companys, in France, and handed him over to Franco's Madrid, whom he stood in opposition to:

He was thrown into prison, starved, and savagely tortured for five weeks, before having a one-hour 'trial' for "rebellion" exactly the same charge ousted president CarIes Puigdemont his descendant to the post, faces today.

He was then taken out of there, put up against a wall, and executed. Those who now criticise Puigdemont and his cabinet for declaring a peaceful Declaration of Independence for Catalonia would do well to remember from where the current government in Ousted president Charles Puigdemont Madrid takes its own 'inspiration'.

Few could have imagined this scenario in the run-up to the controversial independence referendum on October 1. Clashes and a heavy-handed response by police on the day further ratcheted up tension. Last Friday, its parliament boldly declared independence, a move that immediately triggered Madrid to invoke Article 155 of the Spanish constitution for the first time and impose direct rule on Catalonia.

Puigdemont, and his government, are the leaders of the Catalan people. So by removing them Madrid, in effect, feels that it will also subjugate the whole of the Catalan people, once again.

They are among some 20 people - including Carles Puigdemont - facing 'charges that could lead to sentences of up to 30 years in prison. Puigdemont's decision to steal away to Brussels was a calculated one: ''We are here because Brussels is the capital of Europe," he said after arriving. "This is a European issue and I want Europe to react."

Where is the EU in all of this? They are led in their response by the son of a nazi, Jean Claude Junckers whoes father was wounded fighting for Hitler. They say given long enough history unlearned is doomed to repeat its self .

Apple pays 13 bn euro tax then cancels new bn euro Irish Data Centre

Apple has just agreed the terms for refunding 13 billion euro plus an extra billion in lost interest which it agreed with the EUs competition commissioner Madame Margrethe Vestager and on top of this the Republic of Ireland government will be fined by them for failing to collect the taxes from the company in the first place. On the back of this development comes the news that for some as yet unexplained reason Apple will be cancelling its proposed  new billion euro Data Centre which it had previously been going to build in Athenry just west of the Shannon in the Republic.

Apple is moving the site of the proposed new Irish plant to Denmark where it has built one data centre already.. An Irish government source voiced concerns that the loss of this vital investment was causing doubts amongst other potential big inveators seeking to invest in Ireland post brexit. One senior dail minister was quoted as saying they fear a domino effect if the development does not go ahead. Apple states the tax bill will be paid using "foreign cash" which means cash held somewhere like the off shore British Virgin Islands, therefore not subject to US tax laws.  The money will it says be placed in escrow in 2018 and remain there pending the end of any appeals. If Irish tax has to be paid it would then be creditable against Apples US taxes thus reducing its bills there. Now isnt that neat!