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We've all been debating the role Brexit is playing in GDP & trade figures for 2 years now.
But while *we* can PHYSICALLY point to the ways Brexit has made trade more expensive👉🏿paperwork, border checks...
What can Brexiters point to, to say this is HOW Brexit has helped?
But while *we* can PHYSICALLY point to the ways Brexit has made trade more expensive👉🏿paperwork, border checks...
What can Brexiters point to, to say this is HOW Brexit has helped?
It's why they accuse us of being biased with positive data. "#DespiteBrexit"
When we see a positive change in trade and don't accept that it's a Brexit success... That's because it would be nonsense to conclude that having more barriers to trade can ever be a positive for trade.
When we see a positive change in trade and don't accept that it's a Brexit success... That's because it would be nonsense to conclude that having more barriers to trade can ever be a positive for trade.
The most common example will be some big business that sees a positive trend in their EU trade.
Congrats!
Do you know WHY the larger businesses might be seeing a windfall?
Because the additional trade costs have choked smaller ones to death!
So they're feeding on the remains!
Congrats!
Do you know WHY the larger businesses might be seeing a windfall?
Because the additional trade costs have choked smaller ones to death!
So they're feeding on the remains!
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Project Fear
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Fed up with experts
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We hold all the cards
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We have a plan
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TNUMTWNT
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It will be better
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🇩🇪 businesses will order EU27 to bang on 🇬🇧🚪
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£ needed a correction
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#DespiteBrexit
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There was going to be an impact
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price worth paying
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"quite happy"
Project Fear
>
Fed up with experts
>
We hold all the cards
>
We have a plan
>
TNUMTWNT
>
It will be better
>
🇩🇪 businesses will order EU27 to bang on 🇬🇧🚪
>
£ needed a correction
>
#DespiteBrexit
>
There was going to be an impact
>
price worth paying
>
"quite happy"
So first of all
Let's start with the first
"Project Fear"
A term coined by accident
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Let's start with the first
"Project Fear"
A term coined by accident
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
The EU’s insane attempt to sue the UK for retroactive payment of VAT on derivatives transactions (see quoted THREAD) exemplifies the radical difference & incompatibility between EU & UK law. NEW THREAD
1/ The UK’s legal system (particularly English contract law) is one of its fundamental competitive advantages, which EU membership was designed to erode
2/ As a foreigner, I've long been aware at the back of my mind of how conducive UK law is for entrepreneurs or working in finance, based on my experience of both those activities in this country
What the referendum has shown me – thread, please add your own tweets to it: 1/11
The referendum has shown me that none of the three major UK parties and very few of our politicians, especially on the #Left either care about or even understand what the real definition of democracy actually is & why we voted to leave the #Left also hates the working class. 2/11
The referendum has shown me Parliament has for too long been allowed to ignore the wishes of the British people and more importantly without any real consequences to them, from expenses to lying under oath there has been one rule for us and a different one for them. 3/11
1/ Welcome to Tuesday in the independent republic of Brexitlandia
2/ Today is a big day in Brexitlandia. There will be lots of votes on the withdrawal bill, a hearing on the article 50 challenge and we just may get a report from the Electoral Commission on Vote Leave, including two of @theresa_may minions who were at the heart of Vote Leave 🤐
3/ The votes will be held over 2 days which is plenty of time to decide the shape of the country after nearly 2 years of going round in circles 👏👏👏
1/ Charlie says don’t worry about the potential lack of food, medicine and fuel. 🤪
2/ @CharlieElphicke says all we need to do is invest so that we are ready from day 1 post Brexit. We also need an agreement on international rules Charlie. Eurostar know this and have said so
3/ Charlie knows this and that leaving with no deal or a bad deal is going to fuck up his constituency. His house will also be demolished to become a lorry park 🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛
A thread on the #BluePassport as everyone seems to be losing their minds. 
1/ @Number10gov announced the next UK passport design (available from Oct 2019) would be blue, replacing burgundy red (the colour used while the UK was in the EU)
2/ This has both the Remain and Leave camps sounding off, with almost nothing either are saying being accurate. Nothing new - when the government announced the start of re-design back in April, it caused a similar 48 hr news cycle full of inaccuracies too. Anyway, some facts:
