Paphos Life

I am always amazed by some people’s perception of where left or right of centre things lie…. Tories say the BBC is left-wing. Labour says it’s right-wing. The country (England) overwhelming voted Tory. If that’s an indication of left-wing, when we have a cabinet containing Johnson, Rees-Mogg and oth...

With respect, most of you live in Cyprus and are barely affected by Brexit. Lloyd has a business affected by Brexit. I live in the UK, have Cyprus properties, I am severely affected by Brexit and now Covid effects. Both in the UK and my Cypriot connections/business etc. Dominic, you find the topic t...

The agricultural void cannot be filled with local workers. Fruit farms paid minimum wage, but workers had to stay in caravans or barns on site and were charged back half their wage for accommodation and food…. The farmers need that margin and paying locals minimum wage won’t cut it.

Dee I shop in Hereford or Ledbury, and can find everything I need, maybe I'm just lucky. How do you know that the size of lorries is a cause of concern to the police ? I have seen no mention of that. It is obvious that, as usual, Brexit is to blame for everything by some. As for shortages of goods ...

It would have been so easy to keep these pan-European standards in place. I think they are being totally irresponsible. There are also the standards for medicines and much more. It will cost the UK a fortune and lead to shortages and items not available at all.

CE marking applies to products, ranging from electrical equipment to toys and from civil explosives to medical devices. The full list of these product categories is below: active implantable medical devices appliances burning gaseous fuels cableway installations designed to carry persons eco-design ...

Lion fish are a pest worldwide now. In some places they have to pay fishermen to spear them otherwise they can wipe out local ecosystems.

In laywomans terms, this means that any electrical, medical or mechanical and many other goods, imported to the UK, will now need a CE certificate for the EU and a separate UK one for the UK

Fine for large companies. Prohibitive for small.

Also applies to much of the software market and more.

The UK government is to grant a major concession to British business by prolonging the deadline for companies to adopt a new “UKCA” safety and quality mark for their goods after Brexit. The one-year extension for UK products to continue using the EU’s “CE” safety mark came after businesses warned th...

Surely the UK has to relent on the working permit levels for foreign workers. Currently set at £25,500 I think. So Non-Clinical staff in hospitals and social care, agriculture workers and much more are excluded.

I’m sure loads of places are ok. But when Nando’s close 50 restaurants there’s something badly wrong

Well, 50 Nando’s stores had to close this week, no chicken. Costco sold out. Most supermarkets struggling to have much.

Add in shortages of tomato juice, fruit and veg and more….

People getting very worried again.

Why has it become such, that they arch Brexiteers, are the ones mocking this happening? I didn’t say it was purely a Brexit consequence, simply a fact of what it is., The issue is the lack of knowledge of this. I wasn’t aware and I am sure millions of others don’t, with no travel for a year or two

Omg how terrible. How will people cope?🙄🤣 Aye... very droll... The point is that a 10-year passport is now 9.5 years at best. It also means many people are turning up at airports and being turned away if less than 6 months active. That ain't no laughing matter! IF people had this brought to their a...

Now, you need at least 6 months, before travel, due to Brexit, if travelling in the EU. …. wonderful.

https://www.gov.uk/check-a-passport-travel-europe

Vodafone today announced the resumption of roaming charges in the EU from 2022 - EE announced previously.

Brexit, the gift that keeps on giving....

I’m not portraying myself as any expert, but I deal with NHS Consultants every day and vaccinations, masks, proper ventilation are the only ways to safeguard yourself and others. Putting people into indoor spreader events, like nightclubs, is folly. Johnson has pretty much allowed non-mask wearing t...

They were told recently not to shield, as Vaccinations and immunity from previous infections has relegated Covid to a relatively acceptable virus. Last year, it was killing far too many. The UK Government, like Sweden and others, still believes in ‘herd immunity’ which is not possible with a Corona ...

OK, so I was on Cambridge last week and pleasantly surprised that people wore masks in supermarkets, malls and transport. Almost everyone. Travelled back and stopped at Wetherby services, about a third of people were not wearing masks, mainly younger people. I feel uncomfortable, had a pee and left....

As a Sweet fan, did you know that the lead singer, Brian Connolly, was a hlaf-brother of Taggart star, Mark McManus?