"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)
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 will gut the haulage industry, especially in a no-deal scenario, where over 90% of companies doing business internationally may not be able to continue. (The Government has gone to lengths to hide the true damage a no-deal Brexit will cause.)
We're a minnow facing down a shark: relative UK and EU trade negotiation strength (summary: our 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.
A closer look at all the trade deals we will lose on Brexit Day
10 Key Brexit Facts
Why you can't just replace road and sea freight with air freight, no matter how desperate the need...
Why Brexit is nothing like Y2K
How the Government's secret plan to hire ships to beat problems at Calais will create an army of pen-pushing officials who will have the power to decide which firms thrive, and which 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) is building his new electric cars in Singapore
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...
Brexit is killing off the #1 source of funding for tech startups
A refresher: How Theresa May saw the UK's relationship with the EU in April 2016, mere months before the referendum...
Why the whole notion of a "no deal Brexit" is a recent invention...
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...
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...
Ireland is moving at speed to help goods traffic bypass the UK with new ferries and shipping routes.
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)
Once we're out of the EU, we'll also be cut out of the pan-EU transport strategy (which unlocks billions of euro in grants and other funding). Indeed, the EU transport maps will be redrawn (policy-wise, anyway) so that the UK doesn't even appear any more.
The tale of L & R: a Brexit parable...
Ladybird books publishes "The Story of Brexit", combining nostalgic paintings with biting satire - ideal Christmas present?
8 healthcare providers have warned the Government that stockpiling alone won't beat medicine shortages in the case of a no-deal Brexit...
Many of the Government's preparedness notices for a no-deal Brexit rely on reaching some sort of deal (yes, really!)
