This post is a retraction and clarification of some of the points made in my earlier post. After reading the multitude of comments (most it would seem made by Channel Islands residents) I thought I’d better strike through the inaccuracies in the original post, and set some clarification here.
The Channel Islands are NOT part of the UK.
The Channel Islands are NOT members of the EU.
And finally…the original post was not intended to be some kind of criticism of the Channel Islands or it’s fine people. It is intended as a criticism of outdated UK import duty law which has been manipulated by large corporations to gain a commercial advantage via tax avoidance.
I’m very sorry if this was not clear to readers of the original post.
[...] reading this post I encourage you to read this retraction. Particularly if you are a resident of the Channel [...]