Thomas Cook is done. Announcement at 3am when the planes are on the ground.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said the tour operator has "ceased trading with immediate effect".
The tour operator's failure puts 22,000 jobs at risk worldwide, including 9,000 in the UK.
From the Guardian:Party conferences are meant to resolve internal disputes. That's the whole point.
You go to conference, argue the toss, come to an agreed position, then take that to the country.
Complaining about "internal fighting with opposing factions" during conference is either hopelessly ignorant or totally disingenuous.
150,000 people needing brought back. Super yikes.
From the Guardian:
"With a general election within touching distance, Labour's conference in Brighton was meant to be a showcase for its radical policies and an opportunity to enthuse grassroots members about the project of propelling Jeremy Corbyn into Downing Street.
Instead, it kicked off on Friday evening with a botched bid to oust Tom Watson by abolishing his job and has continued with a battle over Brexit, pitching Corbyn and his trade union allies against thousands of grassroots members."
Again, it's not just me.
Well yeah, because if you want to do literally anything, Brexit needs to be sorted out first.The media are partly to blame for the complete lack of imagination in politics outside of arguing about Brexit. They've hardly written about anything else for the last three years. How much coverage was The Guardian realistically going to give labour's "radical policies" before complaining they were ignoring the fact UK will leave the EU in about a months time, we all know Brexit news is the bread and butter for news sites especially ones perceived as left-leaning.
That's just the UK number. It's 600.000 holidaymakers in total.
What do you read then? The Morning Star?The Guardian is pure trash when it comes to anything about politics so I'm not surprised their take is so bad.
Don't know if it has been posted yet but wasn't the Labour Party supporting a second referendum? Feels like this position muddies the waters.
My wife was flying back from Dubrovnik on a TC flight yesterday at 10. Needless to say there was some nervousness but apparently employees were very professional. Very sad day.
The Guardian is pure trash when it comes to anything about politics so I'm not surprised their take is so bad.
Are you as fun at parties as you come across in here?
Is anyone else really weirded out by these "prepare for Brexit" adverts that are appearing on TV now? They're completely unwanted buzz-kills akin to having Piers Morgan whine about SJWs in the middle of Tipping Point, but they explicitly say that we're leaving on the 31st as if it wasn't the law that leaving on that date without a deal (which is what Boris wants right now) would be illegal.
Regardless of that, it's still the default so it makes sense to be prepared. And it makes sense for Boris's government to want to try and normalise it in people's minds.Is anyone else really weirded out by these "prepare for Brexit" adverts that are appearing on TV now? They're completely unwanted buzz-kills akin to having Piers Morgan whine about SJWs in the middle of Tipping Point, but they explicitly say that we're leaving on the 31st as if it wasn't the law that leaving on that date without a deal (which is what Boris wants right now) would be illegal.
Regardless of that, it's still the default so it makes sense to be prepared. And it makes sense for Boris's government to want to try and normalise it in people's minds.
OrIt's only the default if Boris either 1) gets a new deal or 2) literally breaks the law, though, so unless they actually get a new deal why are they entertaining that notion? Of course I'm not naive enough to believe that Boris ignoring the law would have any major consequences, but surely advertising it so freely would be a little risky?
Or
3) If the EU rejects the request for an extension (which is unlikely, but possible.)
The bill put through is pretty toothless, there are plenty of ways for the government to fuck with any request without breaking the law. The bill really needed some kind of a "and if we hit the 31st without a deal or extension we revoke Article 50/pass the WA" clause to back it up.
They drive me fucking nuts.Is anyone else really weirded out by these "prepare for Brexit" adverts that are appearing on TV now? They're completely unwanted buzz-kills akin to having Piers Morgan whine about SJWs in the middle of Tipping Point, but they explicitly say that we're leaving on the 31st as if it wasn't the law that leaving on that date without a deal (which is what Boris wants right now) would be illegal.
Is anyone else really weirded out by these "prepare for Brexit" adverts that are appearing on TV now? They're completely unwanted buzz-kills akin to having Piers Morgan whine about SJWs in the middle of Tipping Point, but they explicitly say that we're leaving on the 31st as if it wasn't the law that leaving on that date without a deal (which is what Boris wants right now) would be illegal.
They drive me fucking nuts.
It feels like they're trying to brainwash us with constant adverts.
It's only the default if Boris either 1) gets a new deal or 2) literally breaks the law, though, so unless they actually get a new deal why are they entertaining that notion? Of course I'm not naive enough to believe that Boris ignoring the law would have any major consequences, but surely advertising it so freely would be a little risky?
And I know it makes sense from a governmental perspective, but from my viewpoint that "normalisation" is like the politician in a disaster movie going "there's nothing to be worried about." It also makes it seem like it's something that most people can prepare for as if the effects will be on people watching Tipping Point on a Sunday instead of Brexit and those with the actual power to prepare for major economic hits.
It had very little to do with Brexit.It's amazing how little mention of Brexit there is in the Thomas Cook coverage in the British press.
No.
No? Thomas Cook has been failing for years. Brexit definitely contributed but it's not like they collapsed now because of it. They collapsed because they've been sinking money into bad decisions for ages now and they finally ran out.
?So after all the talk Corbyn gave about putting power back into the hands of members he's [...] issued a [...] motion for members to vote on [...]
Who walks into a high street shop to book a holiday anymore? Those leases alone were untenable.
Not that clever apparentlyThey actually offset the lease costs via using every shop as a distributed call centre. Both they and TUI did that, and it's relatively clever.
No.
Like a lot of these companies failing lately, Brexit is only a compounding issue. It isn't the instigating problem with these companies.
Thomas Cooke would likely have failed regardless of Brexit.
No? Thomas Cook has been failing for years. Brexit definitely contributed but it's not like they collapsed now because of it. They collapsed because they've been sinking money into bad decisions for ages now and they finally ran out.
Nah, it's pretty clever. Just not clever enough.