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Fionna O'Leary #FBPE #BrexitBetraysBritain
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Very useful blog from @pholmes8 from the excellent @uk_tpo explaining (again) why an FTA or even a CU does not result in frictionless trade

There is also a link to an updated Karlsson paper (he, much loved of Brexiters) that offers some clarification about underlying assumptions
I will remind people, again, that Trusted trader schemes would NOT cover the bulk of border passes in Ireland.

That is a factual reality
The bulk involves ad hoc trade crossing that does not really meet the criteria for trusted trader.

Nor can it respond to the untrusted trade
This is Karlsson’s most recent statement.

The EU does not accept that this can realistically do away with border checks in the current circumstances.

governmenteuropa.eu/smart-border-2…
This little video from the UKTPO on the myths of Customs Unions is well worth a watch given that one is being suggested again as a “solution”

vimeo.com/229297381
This always useful, practical thread from @DmitryOpines nicely illustrates what a 1% check really means and why an AEO (Authorised Economic Operator) is only useful to a limited degree in practise.

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@carolecadwalla @lindarich48 I have a question about

1). What sort of legal entity is “Britain’s Future”

I cannot find a company of that name in Companies House.

2). This is a link to Britainsfuture.co.uk website.

Tim Dawson (of The Spectator, amongst other ) says he is the Editor.
@carolecadwalla @lindarich48 3). Doesn’t Facebook have to satisfy itself that it is contracting with a legal entity & then display the name of that legal entity on the adverts.

4). What IS the legal entity with which @facebook contracted?

5). I can see no details of a limited company on the website either
@carolecadwalla @lindarich48 @facebook 6). No registered office address
7) No company registered number
8). So is Britain’s Future really Tim Dawson
9) or is it a trading name of one of the 55 Tufton St, Leave EU stable.

10). Regulation about this is needed super fast.
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YouGov, 25,000 sample 21/12/18-4/1/18.

Remain v May’s WA, Remain leads by 26 points: 63% to 37%.

Remain v No deal
Remain 16% lead. 58% to 42%.

WRITE TO YOUR MP. THAT POLL IS HUGE. theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
when voters are asked how they would vote if Labour failed to resist Brexit, the Conservatives open up a 17-point lead (43% to 26%) - an even worse result than in Margaret Thatcher’s landslide victory in 1983, when Labour slumped to 209 seats, its worst result since the 1930s.
“The key reason for this is that, if Labour is seen to facilitate Brexit in any form, YouGov’s results indicate that the party would be deserted by millions of Remain voters – without gaining any extra support from Leave voters.”
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@cathynewman @Channel4News For those wondering here are 7 of the companies Ben (John) Sharp has been recorded as Director.

1) Polaris marine Recruitment Ltd (Director only for 1 M. Company dissolved after 16 months
2). Mercator International Ltd (compulsory wound up 2016 . Plaintiff HMRC!!!
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4) Mercator Platforms Ltd. (Dissolved after 2.5yrs operating in Nov 2015)

5)Albany Shipping Ltd. (Still operating . In debt).
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