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@JamesDelingpole Two issues with your piece.
N°1: you assert, "Britain traded perfectly well for the large chunk of history it has spent outside the EU." This is a spurious argument. The EU didn't exist then. We are going from the best possible trade terms with the EU (SM+CU) to worst (#WTO).
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N°1: you assert, "Britain traded perfectly well for the large chunk of history it has spent outside the EU." This is a spurious argument. The EU didn't exist then. We are going from the best possible trade terms with the EU (SM+CU) to worst (#WTO).
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@JamesDelingpole This will not just impact our trade with EU27 + EEA/EFTA4, but also with those countries with trade with via EU FTAs and those countries we trade with on WTO+++ terms, the '+++' furnished by the EU's 759 facilities that improve on #WTO terms.
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@JamesDelingpole Only 16% of UK's trade is on WTO terms alone.
You're proposing that we dramatically downgrade 100% of our trade to WTO terms alone, at the stroke of a pen. This is insanity. It has taken decades to reach to position we're in today. No wonder Mogg says 50yrs to recover!
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You're proposing that we dramatically downgrade 100% of our trade to WTO terms alone, at the stroke of a pen. This is insanity. It has taken decades to reach to position we're in today. No wonder Mogg says 50yrs to recover!
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Ooops! I'm so sorry! 😅😅 #BBCtw
I think I woke @Will_DryOFOC up laughing at this 😳
Oh god! His bio!! @JamesDelingpole
I can't cope! 😂😂😂😂
I can't cope! 😂😂😂😂
James Delingpole just tried to argue for a WTO/No-Deal Brexit on #BBCtw.
It doesn't go well for him... 😆😂🤣🤣🤣
(@Femi_Sorry left his mic on while recording this so turn your volume down at the end)
It doesn't go well for him... 😆😂🤣🤣🤣
(@Femi_Sorry left his mic on while recording this so turn your volume down at the end)
According to Wikipedia, James Delingpole writes for the Daily Mail, Daily Express, and The Daily Telegraph and he's the executive editor for Breitbart London.
Raise your hand if you're surprised that he's not giving great Brexit advice?
Raise your hand if you're surprised that he's not giving great Brexit advice?
It's important to remember that Tim Martin also argued for "zero tariffs with the whole world" (even though that would destroy UK farming and manufacturing).
No Deal Brexit is utter madness.
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No Deal Brexit is utter madness.
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This guy (James Delingpole) arguing that India, China and America trade with the EU on WTO terms, so we can do that too.
Which of those countries trade on WTO terms with their closest geographic neighbours?
NOT A SINGLE ONE!!
STOP DECEIVING PEOPLE!!
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Which of those countries trade on WTO terms with their closest geographic neighbours?
NOT A SINGLE ONE!!
STOP DECEIVING PEOPLE!!
#BBCtw
It gets better!! This is PRICELESS! #BBCtw
"You can't handle the truth!" - Jack Nicholson.
Prove Jack wrong by facing the truth about Brexit. (Each tweet below is the start of an individual, detailed thread on a specific aspect of Brexit.)
#bbcqt #itvtonight #bbctw #bbcpapers #skypapers #peston #Newsnight
Prove Jack wrong by facing the truth about Brexit. (Each tweet below is the start of an individual, detailed thread on a specific aspect of Brexit.)
#bbcqt #itvtonight #bbctw #bbcpapers #skypapers #peston #Newsnight
The truth about Brexit, the "no deal" scenario, the EU "punishment" narrative, and the reality of trading on WTO terms.
Brexit changes everything. You can forget ending austerity, funding the NHS, reversing cuts to the police force, achieving anything, if you don't first solve Brexit. There is only ONE challenge over the next few months: Brexit! (An "open letter" to MPs)
The truth about Brexit, the "EU is punishing us" narrative & what "no deal" actually means... (1/19)
#bbcr4today #gmb #r4today #bbcbreakfast #victorialive #politicslive #LBC #bbcnews #C4News #itvnews #skynews #5news #bbcpapers #skypapers #peston #bbcqt #itvtonight #bbctw #bbcaq
#bbcr4today #gmb #r4today #bbcbreakfast #victorialive #politicslive #LBC #bbcnews #C4News #itvnews #skynews #5news #bbcpapers #skypapers #peston #bbcqt #itvtonight #bbctw #bbcaq
The EU isn't punishing the UK for Brexit. We are punishing ourselves. Losing all the benefits of EU membership IS punishment. Just like no longer being able to use the fitness equipment or the weights is punishment for quitting the local gym. 2/19
You might well put on weight because you cancelled your gym membership. But you wouldn't turn around and say "Hey, the gym's punishing me for leaving by making me fat!" That's the consequence of losing your gym membership, not the fault of the gym. 3/19
Something is happening out there in #Brexit Britain [thread] 1/
Following all the ballyhoo from the #chequers cabinet & resultant white paper, something has changed. Finally the penny is beginning to drop. What is my evidence? Well of course its anecdotal but here are a few bits 2/
Watching #bbcqt last night from Brexity Dartford, there seemed to be a clear change of mood. There were the usual calls of "just leave" but the audience response was muted. @claireperrymp gave an admission - a 1st for Govt Minister of how difficult the process of leaving is. 3/
