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Manufacturer stockpiling is at an all-time record high, with 70% of companies citing Brexit as the reason. So by definition the UK economy is worse than the headline figures suggest, because those goods are recorded as "output" but they're not sold.
belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/uk-wo…
In other words, if a company stockpiles e.g. £15 million of products, that's recorded as economic growth. But that stack of unsold goods is sitting gathering dust in a warehouse, so the company's not seeing a penny from it as a result. Plus it's out the storage costs as well.
Across the whole of the UK, there must be mountains of products worth £billions just sitting in warehouses. Imagine the drag on our economy - like trying to drive with the handbrake on.
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Edwin Hayward🦄🏹🗡️
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So where are we now? It is now official UK policy to ask for an Article 50 extension. But control of how long for, and for what purpose, remains with Theresa May. And in a few hours, we'll be down to the final fortnight of normal-time Brexit.
Meanwhile, Parliament has demonstrated a bottomless capacity to vote down everything, and an equal-and-opposite resolve not to actually determine what might command a majority. Perhaps it's time we called a psychic to read the HOC Brexit tea leaves?
Returning to the A50 extension, not only do we not know what TM will request, we don't know if the EU will grant it. They may reject it out of hand (e.g. because they figure she'll fritter it away on time-wasting) or they may only offer a different length A50 extension.
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This next amendment is interesting, because it effectively forces the Government to cede control over business in the HOC for a limited time on 20 March for indicative votes. But it establishes an intriguing new precedent by changing Parliamentary procedure.
If this amendment and/or the next one pass, it's possible to imagine the Government changing their whipping instructions and trying to sabotage their own motion for a second evening in a row.
Amendment defeated by 312 votes to 314. MV3 and eternal despair come that little bit closer.
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Chris Bryant rises to support his amendment, which is designed to kill off MV3, MV4, MV5 etc. by blocking attempts to keep bringing back the same motion. Begins by quoting the lyrics of "Windmills of Your Mind". Passionate speech, listing historic precedents for blocking repeats.
You can see the effect of his amendment (if it passes) in my summary PDF at the link below...
CB: "Conservatives should be a bit more conservative about the traditions of this house, and stop this ludicrous gyratory motion." Cracking speech, start to finish.
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