Animal Health Certificates

Ever since we got a dog we've taken it with us on holiday every year. Unfortunately Boris Johnson's approach to Brexit specifically tore up things like Pet Passports and so Animal Health Certificates (AHC) were brought in. This basically means you have to go to a vet some days before you travel to get a certificate to show it is healthy and vaccinated, a 15-20 minute job.

Unfortunately my local vet, like many others i suspect, seized this opportunity for profiteering. The charged £160 for this in 2021 and have increased the charge between 11% and 20% every year since ! The form hasn't changed, the amount of time to fill it in hasn't changed, the dog hasn't changed. 

For reference the national rate of interest in the same time has not increase beyond 5%, mostly it has been below that. 

I suppose these vets are exploiting our Trust and preference for convenience. Well next year, finally, i'll be less lazy and find an alternative supplier. In the mean time i'll make a complaint, i doubt it will do much good but i find it frustrating when other people complain like this without taking action. 

Anyway another 'Benefit of Brexit', thanks Nigel and Boris !.  

 

Clacton voter explains why he voted for Brexit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVtBxbgpB1k 

@4.37 "Do you know why i voted Brexit, cos all we got told is that the European Union is costing the NHS millions and millions of pounds a week". This is what happens when you get your news through Facebook and JD Wetherspons people. This guy is so confused he can't even remember the lie that was on the side of the bus. A saving grace is that he seems to realise what he was told was a lie, even if he can't remember it.

 

Back during the referendum the Vote Leave campaign drove a bus around stating that 'We send £350 a week to the EU, why not give it to the NHS instead'. This is was a lie. Firstly it was talking about gross payments, not net (after removing what the EU sends back in subsides). Secondly it assumes that of the gross amount would not instead be spend at home directly on the people that were getting those subsidies, or that the government would just divert the monies else.

Therefore the guy is totally confused as to what the pledge was or what it meant. But at least he seems to understand that Nigel Farage (and all his kind) lied to him. Even so in the same video you have people saying that will still vote Nigel during his latest stunt, even when there is the delicious opportunity to vote for Count Binface instead.