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Previously on "EU citizens never had it so good..."

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  • NigelJK
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    MeisterChef - Amateur politicians show how cleverly they can cook the books. The Professional version shows how it should be done by the Bureaucrats in Brussells (all names redacted).

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  • PurpleGorilla
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    Oh No the EUBC.

    Line up could be any suggestions welcome.

    For the little ones:

    Topsy & Timo in the tax haven.
    Fireman Miguel takes backhanders to put out fires.


    Angela & the million ISIS supporters.
    Jean Claude does drinkies.
    Francois & the state sponsored mistress interview by Jeremy Kyle.

    Corporation street - a true tale of tax avoidance achieved by using Luxembourg as a conduit expert opinion by JCJ enterprises (Brown envelopes on request).

    Cribs of the rich & MEPs.

    Through the Keyhole Strasbourg edition - guess whose house your money is paying for.




    any others?
    Migration Migration Migration - Kirsty Merkel and Phil Drunker find houses of multiple occupancy for single Somalian males.

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post


    any others?
    Tony and war mongering Saudis play battleship?

    Camoron and the failed Arab springless spring?

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by LondonManc View Post
    For people who live in the EU?
    What about the poor Swiss? Why not European countries as a whole? Given we're leaving the EU, I cannot see that putting the extra effort in for them is worthwhile, given the disinclination to reciprocate.
    Okay Europe. EU = Europe to most Europeans. Seriously.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Ja, use a VPN. However service providers are wising up and blocking VPN IP's.

    The simpler solution would be to make a EU paid for service.
    Oh No the EUBC.

    Line up could be any suggestions welcome.

    For the little ones:

    Topsy & Timo in the tax haven.
    Fireman Miguel takes backhanders to put out fires.


    Angela & the million ISIS supporters.
    Jean Claude does drinkies.
    Francois & the state sponsored mistress interview by Jeremy Kyle.

    Corporation street - a true tale of tax avoidance achieved by using Luxembourg as a conduit expert opinion by JCJ enterprises (Brown envelopes on request).

    Cribs of the rich & MEPs.

    Through the Keyhole Strasbourg edition - guess whose house your money is paying for.




    any others?

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  • LondonManc
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Ja, use a VPN. However service providers are wising up and blocking VPN IP's.

    The simpler solution would be to make a EU paid for service.
    For people who live in the EU?
    What about the poor Swiss? Why not European countries as a whole? Given we're leaving the EU, I cannot see that putting the extra effort in for them is worthwhile, given the disinclination to reciprocate.

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by original PM View Post
    thing is you just do what everyone else does and use a proxy to spoof a uk ip address?

    I think?
    Ja, use a VPN. However service providers are wising up and blocking VPN IP's.

    The simpler solution would be to make a EU paid for service.

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  • original PM
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    thing is you just do what everyone else does and use a proxy to spoof a uk ip address?

    I think?

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  • PurpleGorilla
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    EU citizens never had it so good...

    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Taxes are something for little people.

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by The_Equalizer View Post
    He doesn't pay any tax in the UK either - cheeky bu66er.
    Taxes are something for little people.

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  • NigelJK
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    Could make a fortune.
    +1 Been saying this (or similar) for years.

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  • The_Equalizer
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    Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post
    UK Citizenship has nothing to do with it.

    The licence fee is for use in the UK.

    Whether you are an Ethiopian doctor working in the NHS, a Latvian working at a car wash, or a UK contractor working in IT. If you want to watch the BBC iplayer in the UK; a service only available in the UK, you need to pay the UK licence fee.
    He doesn't pay any tax in the UK either - cheeky bu66er.

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  • PurpleGorilla
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    EU citizens never had it so good...

    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    So a UK citizen who pays for something loses the rights of use when on holiday in the Algarve?

    Twisted little smeggers with a side serving of horse tulip.
    UK Citizenship has nothing to do with it.

    The licence fee is for use in the UK.

    Whether you are an Ethiopian doctor working in the NHS, a Latvian working at a car wash, or a UK contractor working in IT. If you want to watch the BBC iplayer in the UK; a service only available in the UK, you need to pay the UK licence fee.

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  • LondonManc
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    There you go making assumptions again. This is Brexitier thinking.

    I pay for a TV license in my bedsit in Edinburgh.

    Any more assumptions you care to make today?
    Brexitier? Is that French?

    Nip back to Edinburgh and you can watch it.

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by Mordac View Post
    So you want something and offer nothing in return? No wonder you love the EU so much...
    They can't even be bothered to read a couple of previous sentences them Brexiters.

    Brave new world. Bamboozlement taketh power over thee.

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