18/01/2017 00:00
The single market is meant to be the biggest cherry on the tree and it could work very well in a new and reformed European Union. All nations who are members of the EU can trade freely but there is a problem. Anyone who has moved from Britain to Majorca with electrical items is well aware of the problem. Have you tried using your Britain-bought Dyson vacuum cleaner in Majorca without an adapter? It doesn't work because the plugs are different, and this is the problem. Sir James Dyson said the single market did not work because exporters had to adapt products like his to cater for different languages and different types of plugs. And that in a nutshell makes the single market rather like a vacuum cleaner with the wrong plug!
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Adaptors are child's play - never had a problem: what the heck is he blathering on about?
10 minutes to change a plug UK plug to European one , 10 years to sort out Brexit , whats the point, there is no point to either !!!
That's why he's a successful businessman and your not
All the British Pensioners returning to UK, will be able to sell or even give their adapters to those going to ALL INCLUSIVE Hotels. Who will probably rent them out, like all the other add on charges these Hoteliers charge. Once Britain is dealing with the WORLD, and not restricted to Germany's EU. Then more adapters and language translators will generate more work and jobs .
Oh, if only sorting out Brexit were as simple as adding an adaptor !
I have my own views on the politics of Brexit, but I would like to comment on electrical plugs.I have a couple of electrical items, a Sony radio and a Metabo sander, which have European 2-pin plugs fitted inside a UK 3-pin. No problem. Maybe Sir James Dyson should have given the problem a bit more thought.