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Edwin Hayward
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Liam Fox is considering using executive powers to drop all UK import tariffs to 0% in an emergency after a no deal Brexit. And if your immediate reaction is "Won't that destroy all domestic manufacturing?" you'd be dead right. He could limbo under a snake.
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclusiv…
Scary thing is, if this were *just* a Brexiter's fever dream, that would be one thing. But apparently the Government are actively considering it as an option. Aside from the death of British manufacturing, try doing a trade deal that improves on 0%! Economy. Will. Die.
If I were a union chief, two words would be lighting up my mind with fiery letters round about now: General Strike.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
And if you don't understand the premise of the problem, please read this...
And also this...
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Edwin Hayward
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Mobile roaming charges are coming back under a no deal Brexit. Government tried to sweep it under the carpet, but someone diligently dug it out. huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/brits-eu…
Remember those halcyon days when this was dismissed as Project Fear?
And note this will undoubtedly be spun as all the fault of the EU.
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Edwin Hayward
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The way Brexit is unfolding, it's as if the passengers and crew of the Titanic decided to while away the hours before the fateful iceberg encounter by smashing holes in the ship.
Go through the Partnership Pack intently. There's page after page of new red tape, costs and burdens on businesses. List after list of things we won't have any more after no-deal Brexit. Like reading a full autopsy report for the UK *before* we're dead.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
And then there's Liam Fox and his department. It has now emerged that they will be unable to roll over the vast majority of existing trade deals, EVEN IF THERESA MAY'S DEAL PASSES. Sorry for shouting, but that's PRETTY IMPORTANT REALLY.
ft.com/content/7beae1…
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Edwin Hayward
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UK Government has basically admitted that fresh food exports to the EU will cease after a no-deal Brexit until such a time as they manage to get "listed third party" status for UK. This little bombshell is buried on p.72 of the Brexit Partnership Pack.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
And fishermen face a mass of additional red tape...
And of course the rancid icing on this stinking cake is that UK companies won't be allowed to transport the stuff either...
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As the UK pores over the government's no-deal notices, let's have a look at how all of this is seen on the EU side.

Running thread (👇) on reactions & commentary from EU media, industry groups, politicians, etc.
German centre-left @SZ sees today's no-deal publications as partly “a threat to make the EU accommodate London in the [Brexit] negotiations.”

Writes that Theresa May uses "fear as a weapon", also against opponents within her own party.
zeit.de/wirtschaft/201…
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Goes on to warn that “much would become more difficult for EU citizens” under a no-deal scenario. derstandard.at/2000085912487/…
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Nick Reeves #FinalSayForAll #FBPE
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1/ A short thread on Liam Fox and his transatlantic connections:
Atlantic Bridge: desmog.co.uk/atlantic-bridge.
This links with climate denying billionaire & Tory donor Michael Hintze. Koch bros funded ALEC and Heritage Foundation in the USA, & Gove & Johnson
#TrumpProtest #Brexit
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desmog.co.uk/liam-fox
3/ Hedge Fund billionaire & Tory donor Michael Hintze funded Atlantic Bridge & is a key funder of UK climate science denial think-tank the Global Warming Policy Foundation founded by Nigel Lawson & based at #55TuftonSt.
desmog.co.uk/global-warming…
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Steve Herman
@W7VOA
#UK Foreign Secretary @BorisJohnson has resigned, according to @10DowningStreet.
"His replacement will be announced shortly," @10DowningStreet spokesman says.
More on the @BorisJohnson resignation:
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