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A thread on the ineptitude of David Davis...
"It is vital to set out how we leave", said the man-without-a-plan, in advance of the Brexit referendum...
"It is vital to set out how we leave", said the man-without-a-plan, in advance of the Brexit referendum...
Our membership of the EU hasn't increased trade (except that our exports to the EU went up from £133 billion in 1999 to £274 billion, and our imports from £142.2 billion to £341 billion. But those are just facts, to be ignored at will...)
Um, no. Service industries aren't getting a look in.
10% of City assets are being moved to the EU27 because of the loss of financial passporting, along with thousands of jobs.
DD forgot who we fought side by side with (mainly) during two world wars...
Since 2010 exports to the EU have been "static" (no, they increased from £218.5 billion to £274 billion).
Flat out lie about migration pressure on wages, widely debunked.
DD points out how damaging WTO terms would be (amnesia crept in later).
We would keep our existing non-EU trade deals. Nope. They die on Brexit Day, except the ones Liam Fox can roll over (so far, Chile and the Faroe Islands).
We have to pay for Eurozone problems. Nope. That's what our legally binding opt-out over future euro bailouts is all about.
Those businessmen better turn up in the next 46 days...
Canada trade deal may founder, and EU has no trade deal with Japan? Two years later, it's sealed the deal on both of them, and more besides. We have the aforementioned deals with Chile and the Faroe Islands...
Vote of confidence from Nissan... or bye-bye, X-Trail?
Citizens can be confident of their rights? Over a year and a half later, it's still shaky ground, especially under a no deal scenario.
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But a no deal Brexit puts the Irish border issue at risk?
DD recognises the crucial importance of the backstop (actually, there's nothing to criticise about this tweet, except that it's impossible to square with no-deal).
WTO amnesia bites hard...
DD misunderstands what the £39 billion is for. It's what we owe under existing commitments. It's not payment to secure a future trade deal. Both the UK and EU have been incredibly clear on that.
WTO amnesia continues, this time with an EU punishment narrative creeping in (can anyone else smell the desperation?)
Remember how DD used to see the backstop as crucial?
Irony circuits overloaded. Reboot required.
We need not fear WTO scare stories (including, if you'll recall, those espoused by a certain DD MP).
That's 24 times DD has either lied, been flat-out wrong, or has contradicted his own stated positions. All from his own Twitter account, ie by definition the most curated info he offers us, since he wrote each tweet without having to run it past a journalist or editorial filter.
TL/DR version: David Davis and his Brexit views are the solution to nobody's problem. So discredited he's not worth a moment's thought.
