Thomas Cook in Liquidation

Thomas Cook, the UK's oldest travel agency has collapsed and called in the UK liquidator. This is big news  because they employ 21,000 people and have left 150,000 stranded around the world. Apparently, the UK government will not put money  in to save the company but is arranging to get the stranded passengers home. They are covered by ATOL so customers should not lose money or be stranded. There are also over 1,000,000 future bookings that will not be honored, but they should get their money back. This is a tragedy, worst of all for the staff that who are mainly modestly qualified, have a mortgage, car loans, credit card debts, and children, most probably won't get another job and so are likely to lose their chattels. Yet travelers complain about the inconvenience to them, many of them who traveled after the news was breaking about a problem being likely and imminent

Why are the UK government, the taxpayer funding the ~£250,000,000 to repatriate the stranded tourists when they are members of ATOL? what's the point of ATOL protection if it doesn't cover this?

I guess the environmentalist are delighted. Should we ban all flights ✈, monster  truck  festivals, and people traveling to football ⚽ matches? Eat bugs, live in the dark to save the planet  for the ungrateful grandchildren. Obviously celebrities, royalty and footballers ⚽will still use private jets ✈️

Boris Johnson UK prime minister

Update on last week's BREXIT post

Boris Johnson said that he would break the law to achieve BREXIT, and he has, the Scottish Parliament has ruled that Boris Johnson suspended parliament illegally, to avoid scrutiny over BREXIT, at least in this way he kept his word, but I don't think he will be going to prison, he has too much money 💷 and too many important friends.

BS Borris Back Pedals

Don't BREXIT on me, I voted remain in the EU

 

Boris Johnson is now the UK's Prime Minister, he was never elected by the British Public, just a few members of the Conservative Party voted for him, because of the promises he made, and they beleived. I never wanted to leave the EU, (BREXIT), but I am not surprised that many UK residents voted to leave the EU, because sadly many people thought it would mean a better life, especially a better future for their children and grand children 🧒 , why did they believe that? one because peoplebeleive what they want to, two people didn't understand how much the EU is intertwined in our daily lives, products, easy travel, Good exchange rates, High quality, easily imported food, and three because even when David Cameron was Priminister, Boris was driving around the UK in a big red bus saying how wonderfully wealthy  the UK would be without paying the UK membership of the EU, he said we can still play golf, without paying the membership, Green fees, or playing by the club rules, so 52% of the UK population voted for BREXIT becausethey beleived  it was a win win situation, but to most business leaders, educated people and politicians, it was an impossible scenario, hence David Cameron and dozens of other MP's have resigned.

Already, there are food and medicine shortages, businesses are losing value and the GBP against the Euro € has plumited, costing virtually every citizen a lot of money, with more costs and problems to come. Has the NHS started to improve, NO, if fact many NHS workers are leaving because of uncertainty, many International companies, are moving their European offices out of the UK,, why, because the UK will not be in the EU, so you can't have a European company based outside the EU. I persoanlly have been told that I cannot keep my .eu websites after we leave the EU on October 31st, and I am not the only company that does/did business in the EU, if I was younger and fitter I too would move somewhere within the EU, probably will anyway

Update 7th September 2019 BS Boris has said he would rather be dead in the gutter than abort BREXIT, and this week said he's happy to break the law ⚖ because he's right. What example does that show to young people, yes, you can break the law ⚖ if it suits your needs

I don't believe that people who voted ❎ for BREXIT ever intended it to be like this, in effect they were told that they could leave the 🇪🇺, avoid paying membership fees, enjoy the benefits but not pay in,so a win win, but it's not, so now more people don't want BREXIT because they understand it better and don't believe it is a win win, I also think Boris knows this and that's why he doesn't want another vote ❎ on BREXIT

For the few actually worried about Boris, don't worry him, he's worth millions £ whatever happens, he's OK 🆗 👍