Thread by @redalphababe

I just find these realisations and pennies dropping extraordinarily tragic. This man didn’t think about his business when he voted leave. It just shows that people were truly taken in by the cherry picking arguments from leave. #brexit /Thread

They were made to believe they could have everything, that nothing would change, that we could still continue enjoying the full effects on business of the SM and CU and FOM whilst not having to accept the costs or reciprocal responsibilities of the four freedoms.

In truth the government will have to try and mitigate the effects on thousands of businesses but I can’t see how they can do that without slashing standards and regulations and the regulations won’t be what you think, they will be those related to workers rights etc.

Or they will have to come up with a BRINO, but do we really believe Johnson and merry band of ERG will do that? We can no longer influence the EU as we are no longer members. So something is going to have to be done to remain competitive.

In business that’s costs, not just duties but costs of compliance to regulations. Only a BRINO can keep those costs down because a close close relationship minimises friction and friction = increasing costs.

You had better all hope that happens because anything less than close alignment will really have severe consequences either on our business base large and small, or on working conditions or both!
This is the commercial reality!

#BrexitShambles #brino #smes #business
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Well I wanted to hear people’s thoughts on #Brino but I see you all want to talk about broader stuff but it’s all good. Thanks so much for your interesting responses.

Meanwhile in the Tory Delusion Land

https://twitter.com/brexitbin/status/1226494904941105157?s=21

https://twitter.com/brexitbin/status/1226494904941105157

Update

Looks like Government is determined to tell the UK business base to f**k off somewhere else

amp.theguardian.com/politics/2020/…