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Britons Could Face Roaming Charges in the EU After Brexit

posted by martyb on Friday September 14 2018, @03:19AM   Printer-friendly
from the when-in-Rome,-charge-as-the-roamers-do? dept.

takyon writes:

Free mobile phone roaming 'not guaranteed' with a no-deal Brexit

Britons visiting the EU could be hit with mobile phone roaming charges in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said the government would try to force firms to limit charges but he could not give a "cast iron guarantee" on the issue. The EU directive which capped the prices mobile phone operators could charge each other will no longer apply to the UK after Brexit.

Mr Raab said that two mobile operators had agreed to keep free data roaming. And the government is proposing to cap any data charges at £45 a month.

In an interview with BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg, the Brexit secretary said the government was trying to give the "reassurance that consumers need" on the issue of mobile phone roaming charges but admitted that European operators could pass on charges. He said: "No, I can't give a cast-iron guarantee. What I can say is that the government would legislate to limit the ability of roaming charges to be imposed on customers."

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  • (Score: 2) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Friday September 14 2018, @11:16AM (1 child)

    by GreatAuntAnesthesia (3275) on Friday September 14 2018, @11:16AM (#734777) Journal

    > it's all about the Remainers trying to overturn the "will of the people",

    Or as I like to put it, the government has a democratic mandate to deliver what the population already regrets voting for.

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  • (Score: 2) by zocalo on Friday September 14 2018, @12:40PM

    by zocalo (302) on Friday September 14 2018, @12:40PM (#734803)
    Oh, the government absolutely has a mandate to deliver Brexit. Sure, I might think it's going to be a huge mistake, but I also feel that if you respect democracy then you need to respect that (legally binding or not) the referendum did direct parliament in that direction, and that was reaffirmed (just) in Theresa May's snap general election, although there are clearly die-hard remainers that don't accept the result. Equally though, there are die-hard leavers that want out at all costs, even it means a terrible deal, usually citing vague assertions about having a second referendum, etc. being undemocratic. Pretty obvious what they're (possible quite rightly) afraid of - that enough leavers voted for things that they are now clearly not going to see delivered and decide it's not worth the pain of leaving might flip their vote compared to remainers who have finally realised that Project Fear was mostly bunk and go the other way. To put that "out at any costs" attitude in context, a prominent leave-supporting MP (Rees-Mogg?) is on record saying something along the lines of *decades* of financial pain and hardship would be worth it, which not only sums up the extent of their antipathy towards the EU, but also speaks volumes about how the Brexiteers in Westminster *really* feel it's going to go and their Boris Johnson "fuck business" style attitude towards the plebs who don't have access to enough old money to soften the blow. Nice, and so much for all those who thought they were sticking it to the elites by voting Leave, huh?

    Of course, even if the majority of parliament is currently opposed to the current options for Brexit and they're just going through the motions to deliver what the population already regrets voting for, they've also effectively painted themselves into a corner with the whole "will of the people" schtick - the only realistic way out seems to be to cave in on the second referendum, which would almost certainly mean Theresa May standing down as well with all that entails, so hardly ideal. Of course, given that the Brexiteers never actually defined what Brexit might be during the campaign or since (have deliberately prevaricated in order to attract more votes from mutually incompatible hard- and soft- Brexit positions, even), Brexit can pretty much mean whatever the government says it means at this point. Right now that's currently the Chequers plan which, as an aside, even as a Remain voter I feel is a betrayal of most of the things that many Leave voters actually thought they were voting for - I actually can't think of a single "promise" made by the Leave campaign that is even close to being delivered by it. What's that going to be come October/November when negotiations are due to conclude - and the implications for second referendums, Theresa May's tenure in Downing Street, and a whole bunch of other issues - remains to be seen, but whatever happens it's sure to be an interesting train wreck to watch.
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