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In January 2016, Nigel Farage and Leave.EU created a detailed 420-page plan for leaving the EU in a managed decades-long process (It didn't survive long). To date, it is still the only comprehensive plan ever authored by the Leave faction...
politics.co.uk/comment-analys…
Of course, what happened was the different Leave factions found the plan too constrictive, because it stood in their way of being able to promise all things to all people. Dominic Cummings even lauded the lack of plans as a Leave strength in a blog post before the referendum.
Here's how I covered the lack of plans in the various Leave camps going into the referendum in my recent book, "Slaying Brexit Unicorns" 🦄🗡️ (Available from Amazon on Kindle and in paperback.)
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Edwin Hayward ('Slaying Brexit Unicorns' author)
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Since the 2016 referendum, the EU has secured free trade deals with:
- Japan
- Canada
- Singapore
- Vietnam
- MERCOSUR group nations (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay & Uruguay)

That means after Brexit, we're not just giving up what we had in June 2016, but a lot more besides!
Japan: €6.5 billion in exports, €11.4 billion in imports. Our 6th largest non-EU trading partner. Estimated 90,915 UK jobs dependent on our trade with Japan.
ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/i…
Canada: €9 billion in exports, €14 billion in imports. Our 5th largest non-EU trading partner. Estimated 240,000 UK jobs dependent on our trade with Canada.
ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/i…
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Edwin Hayward ('Slaying Brexit Unicorns' author)
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While we await the publication of their full manifesto (none of the major parties have published yet) the LibDem's 5-point plan looks pretty good...
libdems.org.uk/plan
Worth noting that the independent Full Fact fact checking charity sees the LibDem's £50 billion "Remain Bonus" as a reasonable estimate, though not definitive. (Unlike the Tory and Labour spending pledges, which all ignore Brexit's effects.)
fullfact.org/europe/remain-…
Intriguingly, the 4th and 5th parts of the plan don't seem to have been officially launched yet in that they're not mentioned in the "News" section of the LibDem site. Yet they're already on the summary page I linked to...
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Edwin Hayward ('Slaying Brexit Unicorns' author)
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"If you buy any items for your business from EU countries, or sell products to customers in EU countries, **even if it’s only once a year**, you will be affected by new import and export arrangements after Brexit." (My emphasis.) New red tape alert!
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
"There are new rules for taking pets to the EU after Brexit. To take your pet to the EU after Brexit you need to start preparing four months before you travel by visiting your vet for advice." New red tape alert!
apha.defra.gov.uk/external-opera…
"Chemical exporters: You need to take new steps to export chemicals to the EU in a no-deal scenario". 7 steps, in fact, two of which are explicitly flagged as taking more than 2 weeks each, and costing money. New Brexit red tape alert!
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
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Did you know that Nigel Farage’s Leave. EU formally signed up to a detailed exit plan, which would take two decades, involve single market membership and a confirmatory referendum on the deal?

Here is my piece with full details of that plan for @IanDunt.

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Millionaire Arron Banks, who bankrolled Nigel Farage’s Leave EU campaign, met with high-ranking Russian officials many times before Brexit vote & even invited the RU ambassador to watch voting results at Leave EU HQ.
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