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Under 60 hours left to grab a FREE Kindle copy of my book, Slaying Brexit Unicorns. Busts two dozen Brexit myths, and shines a spotlight on the reality of no deal & trade on WTO terms. Bonus: a 45 page sector-by-sector breakdown of existing Brexit damage.
amazon.co.uk/Slaying-Brexit…
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1. Though the promotion ends soon, your downloaded copy of the book will stay free.
2. You don't need a Kindle device! You can read it online via Amazon's cloud reader, or download it to PC or mobile Kindle apps.
3. Link is to UK store - should be free on other Amazons too.
BTW, Amazon's interface can be a bit confusing. You want to make sure you're on the "Kindle Edition" page then choose the "Buy now" button on the right hand side under the bit that says "Kindle Price £0.00"...
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Edwin Hayward ('Slaying Brexit Unicorns' author)
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In 1950 (during rationing) there was 7,428,000 hectares of arable land in the UK.
In 2018, there was just 6,206,000 hectares of arable land.

In 1950, the population of the UK was 50.38 million.
In 2018, it was 66.44 million.

Still think we can feed ourselves after Brexit?
In 1950 (during rationing) there were 10.6 million cattle in the UK.
In 2018, there were just 9.9 million cattle.

In 1950, the population of the UK was 50.38 million.
In 2018, it was 66.44 million.

Still think we can feed ourselves after Brexit?
In 2017, we imported 58% more food by value (in real terms, i.e. after adjusting for inflation) than we did as recently as 2005. Our trade deficit for food and drink increased by 35% over the same period.

Still think we can feed ourselves after Brexit?
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Edwin Hayward ('Slaying Brexit Unicorns' author)
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Over 1,500 people have grabbed a FREE Kindle copy of my book, Slaying Brexit Unicorns, in the last 3 days...

The promotion still has a couple of days to run, so if you'd like to join them, click the link below then choose "Buy now" on the right hand side.
amazon.co.uk/Slaying-Brexit…
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1. You don't have to have a physical Kindle device to read it. You can view Kindle books via a web browser, or download the free Kindle app for PC or mobile phones.
2. You get to keep it after the promotion expires on 4 January and it goes back to the usual price.
3. If your local Amazon isn't the UK one, then search for the title of the book (Slaying Brexit Unicorns) and you should be able to download it free from your Amazon, assuming that it sells Kindle ebooks.
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Edwin Hayward ('Slaying Brexit Unicorns' author)
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Boris Johnson's preferred loose "Canada-style" free trade agreement with the EU will not be able to protect just-in-time production.

I wonder how we will cope when our auto industry (over £82 billion a year in revenue and employing 186,000 people) goes away?
That's just the headcount for people employed directly by the main car manufacturers, btw. If you count all the jobs in the supply chain too, the employment of over 850,000 people depends on us maintaining a robust domestic car industry.
Plus remember that 80% of our economy is made up of services. A Canada-style deal would do nothing whatsoever for the service sector. They would lose all the benefits that come from EU membership without anything to replace them.
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Brexit secretary Steve Barclay gave talk in Madrid this morning warning Spaniards of a threat to Spanish sherry, manchego cheese and more in case of no deal #Brexit He said EU had to be less rigid and more creative in finding a deal with Boris Johnson’s gov. /1
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1) Blair, #Brexit, painful or pointless

You don't have to like Blair or trust him

But he has consistently distilled Brexit down to its essential decision - painful or pointless

If Labour had said this instead of "Jobs 1st" brexit things may have been different
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A hard Brexit is painful, a no deal one additionally so

It's possible to have a variation of a deal to soften the blow (including anything from Labour) but ultimately that is only damage limitation - pointless
3) if a majority of the UK go for painful, then we should manage our exit and us Remainers will have to accept it

If not, we Remain

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Brexit, but in gifs.

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#Brexit thread:

So. Tomorrow the House of Commons will vote on a series of possible amendments to Theresa May's 'Plan B' - or rather the 'plan of action to achieve a Plan B' - which itself officially reads as follows:
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@JamesDelingpole Two issues with your piece.
N°1: you assert, "Britain traded perfectly well for the large chunk of history it has spent outside the EU." This is a spurious argument. The EU didn't exist then. We are going from the best possible trade terms with the EU (SM+CU) to worst (#WTO).
/1.
@JamesDelingpole This will not just impact our trade with EU27 + EEA/EFTA4, but also with those countries with trade with via EU FTAs and those countries we trade with on WTO+++ terms, the '+++' furnished by the EU's 759 facilities that improve on #WTO terms.
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@JamesDelingpole Only 16% of UK's trade is on WTO terms alone.

You're proposing that we dramatically downgrade 100% of our trade to WTO terms alone, at the stroke of a pen. This is insanity. It has taken decades to reach to position we're in today. No wonder Mogg says 50yrs to recover!
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#Brexit: martedì potrebbe iniziare l'uscita di Uk senza accordo.

Tutti i governi Ue si stanno preparando con avvertimenti a cittadini, amministrazioni, imprese. Alcuni assumono migliaia di persone per le dogane.

Forse mi son perso qualcosa. Ma il governo italiano che fa?
Facciamo un esempio: in Italia risiedono 28.168 cittadini britannici.

Dopo la Brexit diventeranno extra-comunitari. Cosa ne facciamo in caso di no-deal? Tutti espulsi con foglio di via il 30 marzo?

Oppure li facciamo votare alle elezioni comunali come ora?
Un alto esempio banalotto: l'Italia esporta 760 milioni di euro di vino, di cui 300 milioni di prosecco.

In caso di no-deal servono doganieri per le pratiche di esportazione. E chi glielo dice ai trevigiani che devono prendersi un broker a Dover per sdoganare?
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