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Edwin Hayward @uk_domain_names
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A compilation of factual threads about Brexit (AKA unicorn dream shredder). Each tweet is the start of a self-contained thread #marr #ridge #bbcsp

First: The truth about Brexit, the "no deal" scenario, the "punishment" narrative, and trading on WTO terms.
Every Brexit scenario will hurt the UK economically, with the North East, the West Midlands, the North West and Wales bearing the brunt of the damage.
Brexit changes everything. You can forget ending austerity, funding the NHS, reversing cuts to the police force, etc. There is only ONE challenge over the next few months: Brexit! (Copy of "open letter" to MPs)
Brexit and the haulage industry, including how the Government has taken measures to conceal the true damage a no-deal Brexit will cause to UK hauliers.
Minnow vs shark: our relative trade negotiation strength vs the EU (summary: situation isn't pretty!)
Brexit and the car industry: consistent, across-the-board warnings about the dangers of Brexit from CEOs and other senior figures.
10 Key Brexit Facts, covering Article 50, Brexit Day and other related topics
A closer look at the trade deals we will lose on Brexit Day by virtue of giving up our membership of the EU...
Why road and sea freight can't be replaced with air freight, no matter how desperate the need...
How the Government's secret plan to hire ships to beat problems at Calais will give unprecedented power to pen-pushing officials to decide which industries live or die...
Clearing up a frequent misconception: extending the transition period post-Brexit will not delay our departure from the EU
Why James Dyson (prominent Brexiteer) chose to build his new electric cars in Singapore, not in the UK
The majority of businesses are gearing up to execute their no-deal Brexit contingency plans... before Christmas
DEXEU (the Brexit Ministry) has already spent over £100 million on staffing costs, and the trend is rising...
The approach of Brexit is already killing off the #1 source of funding for tech startups
A refresher: Here's how Theresa May saw the UK's relationship with the EU in April 2016, mere months before the referendum. She's changed her tune so much, it's unrecognisable.
Why the whole notion of a "no deal Brexit" is a recent invention...
How the predictions in the leaflet circulated by Government to all households in advance of the Brexit referendum are turning out to be remarkably prophetic...
If we trade under WTO rules, we'll be stuck with a system in which every single WTO member can exercise a veto over anything we do...
Ireland is moving at speed to help goods traffic bypass the UK with giant new ferries and many new shipping routes.
Who would people pick to form a theoretical "Government of National Unity"?
Ladybird books publishes "The Story of Brexit"
An insurance company that writes over £2 billion of insurance premiums a year is moving from the UK to Ireland in January 2019 (the move is explicitly due to the firm's Brexit concerns)
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