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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2018 17:04:44 GMT
Just looked it up £9 per hr on the CRT contract. Not sure what you need to do to get that, just turn up or meet targets? Surprised the amount appears so high - almost unbelievably so. is it stll only £9/hr tight bastards, I thought it would be at least £10/hr by now. Do you know what the employment contract looks like? Only asking for wider interest so if you don't no worries.
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Post by phoenix on Mar 21, 2018 17:38:01 GMT
As many know we are now in Belgium (this year's licence fee 130 euros) but fear we may be forced back after Brexit so not at all happy about this result of the unholy alliance between crt and the narrowboat brigade, though not at all unhappy that they (the narrow boat owners) didnt get the discount bonus they expected from it. First they came for the fat boat owners (and river cruisers over 7') And I did not speak out Because I was not a fat boat owner Then they came for the continuos cruisers And I did not speak out Because I was not a continuos cruiser Then they came for the river certificated boats And I did not speak out Because I was not on a River Then they came for me And there was no one left to speak for me Will brexit have an effect on boating in the EU? I don't know how you arrange it yourself but as far as I know you are a UK resident staying on a holiday boat in Belgium. Is this going to become a problem? I'm interested because as a british man with two French children and a French woman there is a chance we might do the same sort of thing in future. Or possibly live there full time on a boat but that's less likely. OK for you your wife is an EU citizen, for us looks like 3 months then go home and dont come back like the other foreigners
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Post by kris on Mar 21, 2018 17:43:33 GMT
is it stll only £9/hr tight bastards, I thought it would be at least £10/hr by now. Do you know what the employment contract looks like? Only asking for wider interest so if you don't no worries. yes it's an electronic document with words on it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2018 17:48:15 GMT
Do you know what the employment contract looks like? Only asking for wider interest so if you don't no worries. yes it's an electronic document with words on it. Thanks kris.
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Post by kris on Mar 21, 2018 17:50:58 GMT
yes it's an electronic document with words on it. Thanks kris. no problem
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2018 18:57:43 GMT
]OK for you your wife is an EU citizen, for us looks like 3 months then go home and dont come back like the other foreigners That's interesting. I'm not married so I guess I'd be subject to the 3 months myself..
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2018 19:07:22 GMT
I don't think CRT are attempting to split boaters I think they are attempting to split boaters from people who only have boats because it is cheap accommodation. People who actually like boating and living on the boat will be easily able to accept the price hikes. Those who are in it simply to minimise the costs to themselves will moan. Obviously there will be leisure boaters with wide boats who will suffer from it but there is always collateral damage when you get a group taking advantage - its just the way it works. I was in favour of charging by area when I had a narrow boat and I still am despite now owning 3 CRT registered boats over 7ft wide. There is trouble brewing and this is one (most likely completely ineffective) way to attempt to minimise the damage. Cue jenlyn - "fuck off and try harder - I thought you were educated" For you it all seems to be very easy and no problem, but what do you know about the financial situations of other people that like boating and living on their boats, how do you know that they can easily accept the price hikes ? Why do you think that the leisure boater will suffer from it ? For them the boat is just something extra as they live in houses, it's more likely that they can afford it, and if they can't, it wouldn't be as bad to get rid of their boats as for someone that only has a boat as living accomodation and is depending on that boat, in which they've often invested all of their money and energy for many years. It's so easy to assume, thereby forgetting the reality of other peoples problems. Peter. Guilty as charged
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Post by Jim on Mar 22, 2018 7:12:35 GMT
Anyone in poverty n a boat s likely to be claiming housing benefit etc, so the increase will be paid by that. There will be some who fall through the net.
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Post by bargemast on Mar 22, 2018 7:47:44 GMT
Anyone in poverty n a boat s likely to be claiming housing benefit etc, so the increase will be paid by that. There will be some who fall through the net. That sounds like an easy one then, but I'm sure that there arestill quite a few people around (stupid maybe ?) that don't want to beg for this housing benefit, possibly because they are to proud, or sick of having to tell their sad stories over and over again to people that aren't really listening. Imagine that it's all that easy and that the housing benefit will pay, who's going to pay for the maintenance costs to slip and repair the boats of these people that live in poverty, I don't suppose that housing benefit will pay for that sort of thing too. Within not too long you may have to pay, -and/or fight to get a place under a bridge to put your cardboard box, to have at least some sort of affordable housing. Peter.
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Post by kris on Mar 22, 2018 8:26:52 GMT
Anyone in poverty n a boat s likely to be claiming housing benefit etc, so the increase will be paid by that. There will be some who fall through the net. Within not too long you may have to pay, -and/or fight to get a place under a bridge to put your cardboard box, to have at least some sort of affordable housing. Peter. its already like this in England Peter, homelessness has increased exponentially in the last few years, people living in poverty aren't just the unemployed, there are plenty of working poor. The number of children living in poverty is a disgrace. This is the side of the UK that I hate, it's all caused by greed.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2018 8:40:23 GMT
Banning multiple home ownership would be helpful but then turkeys don't vote for Christmas !
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Post by naughtyfox on Mar 22, 2018 9:11:41 GMT
This nonsense about whether EU citizens (from other countries) will be allowed to stay in the UK after 'Brexit' is just a red herring to get people scared and then demand that Britain stays in the EU. If 'Brexit' ever happens (obviously not under Theresa May as she doesn't want it), there's no reason why those already ensconced in one country or another can't have their own circumstances 'set' or 'recorded' and be allowed to carry on as they were.
I think the main reason for Brits wanting to get out is because they have recognised the EU for being the seedy Mafia it is, a bunch of politicians and their mates with their snouts well and truly in the deep trough of tax payers' dough. Boundless corruption.
I don't think most people are against a 'free-flow' of people around Europe (or the world), but suddenly having the flood gates opened and having swarms of poor eastern Europeans suddenly spread across western Europe sucking the Social Security out of other nations (without ever having put anything in), as well as abusing those countries' national health systems, isn't always appreciated.
Isn't the British Government supposed to be representing its citizens? The answer is to get on to your local MP today, and your local Euro MP. These are the people who promised to look after your interests, and who are failing.
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Post by bargemast on Mar 22, 2018 9:54:25 GMT
This nonsense about whether EU citizens (from other countries) will be allowed to stay in the UK after 'Brexit' is just a red herring to get people scared and then demand that Britain stays in the EU. If 'Brexit' ever happens (obviously not under Theresa May as she doesn't want it), there's no reason why those already ensconced in one country or another can't have their own circumstances 'set' or 'recorded' and be allowed to carry on as they were. I think the main reason for Brits wanting to get out is because they have recognised the EU for being the seedy Mafia it is, a bunch of politicians and their mates with their snouts well and truly in the deep trough of tax payers' dough. Boundless corruption. I don't think most people are against a 'free-flow' of people around Europe (or the world), but suddenly having the flood gates opened and having swarms of poor eastern Europeans suddenly spread across western Europe sucking the Social Security out of other nations (without ever having put anything in), as well as abusing those countries' national health systems, isn't always appreciated. Isn't the British Government supposed to be representing its citizens? The answer is to get on to your local MP today, and your local Euro MP. These are the people who promised to look after your interests, and who are failing. The European Parliament is filled with hypocritical thieving hounds that are receiving huge amounts of money of several Multinationals for which they should give a negative vote, but as they receive so much money from them they won't say anything negative, and do everything they can to push the votes into the direction of their payers. Here is a story that dates a bit, and it has become much worse since : www.foeeurope.org/sites/default/files/press_releases/new_code_old_conduct_report_july_2013.pdfPeter.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2018 10:12:55 GMT
My other half (unmarried French national whose been living in UK paying taxes for 12 years) has had a confirmation from the French consulate that she can stay here indefinitely. So we don't have to get married.
Phew!
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Post by kris on Mar 22, 2018 10:17:18 GMT
My other half (unmarried French national whose been living in UK paying taxes for 12 years) has had a confirmation from the French consulate that she can stay here indefinitely. So we don't have to get married. Phew! you might have to get married if you want to go and stay in France though.
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