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The WTO was created in 1995. Liz Truss, our actual Secretary of State for International Trade and not just a comedy figure, tweets about the WTO having been worried where we are for the last 45 years. Something doesn't add up. My money's on reality!
These things have a habit of going away, so here's the car crash again in screenshot form...
And the punchline... she actually said the line in a speech at the WTO meeting in Geneva. That's like walking into a vegan convention and bragging about steak. They will have seen through her mistake in a millionth billionth of a nanosecond.
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Edwin Hayward (Book: Slaying Brexit Unicorns)🦄🗡️
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Move over, Project Fear. Here comes Project Fact! My new book "Slaying Brexit Unicorns" tackles dozens of Brexit myths head on. Also explains the dangers of no deal and what trading on WTO terms really means. Available on Amazon Kindle at the link below...
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FYI it's a serious book but written in the same breezy style as my Twitter stuff.

(Note: you can read a pretty solid chunk of it for free before deciding whether to buy or not. Just head over to Amazon and click "Look Inside" the book or choose "Send a free sample".)
Topics covered:
- No deal
- The £39 billion "divorce bill"
- Project Fear
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- Environmental standards, workers rights etc.
- Nationalisation & public sector ownership
- "Get Brexit done" nonsense
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- Crashing pound
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My Brexit book is out! "Slaying Brexit Unicorns" is now live on Amazon Kindle. You can go to the Amazon UK listing for it by following the link below. I sincerely hope you enjoy it if you decide to read it. Please help me spread the word...
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Some of the unicorns it slays...
- Why no deal is the worst deal
- What trading on WTO terms would be like
- The £39 billion financial settlement
- Things were fine before we joined the EU
- They need us more than we need them
- Can't we just airlift stuff instead?
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The book covers a massive amount more ground than that, of course. You can see the complete TOC and quite a decent chunk of the book itself by heading over to Amazon and then choosing "Look Inside"...
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Edwin Hayward (Book: Slaying Brexit Unicorns)🦄🗡️
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Quick call for help. I need a couple of examples of Brexiter MPs (in key positions in Boris Johnson or Theresa May's governments) who are on the record as wanting to erode EU standards (environment, product safety, etc.). Please give me a link to a mainstream news report. Thanks!
(NOTE: I already know about Liz Truss's recent comments, and about Boris Johnson's stated intent to diverge from EU regulatory alignment.)
Thanks, got more than enough to be getting on with. Just needed a couple more examples to fill a gap. Brilliant effort, everyone!
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I don't know where this fits in Liz Truss's long and distinguish catalogue of idiocy, but pretty near the top. As Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade, apparently, she doesn't need to know what Boris is offering to the EU.
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