I know who you mean and it's me. I am well and truly p@@@ed off. Next will be increased holiday insurance premiums, driving licence and permits fiascos. How do I apply for dual nationality? I'm not a happy bunny.

Colin

ps - what is the price of wine in NL compared to France as that is our first European trip next year [if allowed to go]
- I wonder what the tax will be on goods over and above the derisory, pathetic personal allowance our non European loving government is allowing.

I suppose the clue is in:-

UK excise duty will no longer be due on alcohol and tobacco bought when leaving GB. For example, alcohol purchased duty-free on the way to the EU could be up to:-
£2.23 cheaper for a 75cl bottle of wine.
£2.86 cheaper for a 75cl bottle of Champagne or Prosecco.
£2.28 cheaper for six 50cl cans of 4% ABV beer.
£11.50 cheaper for a 1l bottle of 40% ABV spirits.

So if these are the potential savings on goods bought for example on the boat on the way out then they could charge you these levels on bringing goods into the UK.
I've noticed spirit costs are fairly similar in France and the savings made on beer have not really made it worthwhile to bring back. My big purchase has always been wine as I like French red plonk. I had cut down from 50+ 3L boxes to 30+ now we are retired and moved, entertaining less than in our youth. It is still going to be an appreciable drop. I wonder how France will cope as I thought the UK was the second biggest consumer of French wine.

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ps - what is the price of wine in NL compared to France as that is our first European trip next year [if allowed to go].

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I've started looking up Aldi and Lidl in the NL and a quick search shows they are a euro or two cheaper than UK.
The days where buying a years supply of wine to bring back are over. The savings made on doing this would have equated to ferry crossing.

Colin

You'll need to move to Wales or Scotland to see the benefits of importing wine and spirits. We saved between £20 and £30 quid on a couple of bottles of whisky, gin and wine and that was only importing it from England to Wales
Randa