"Michael Gove confirms post-Brexit trade barriers will be imposed
De facto deputy PM says nearly all EU imports will be subject to checks from next year"
Put a fork in the UK. It's done. Last business to leave, please turn off the lights... theguardian.com/politics/2020/…
De facto deputy PM says nearly all EU imports will be subject to checks from next year"
Put a fork in the UK. It's done. Last business to leave, please turn off the lights... theguardian.com/politics/2020/…
Reminder: HMRC estimates the extra admin costs alone will set businesses in the UK back an extra £7.5 billion a year every year. EU businesses also face the same extra costs. That's only for the paperwork, not for any of the consequences of the changes!
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What can we expect? Businesses that have the capacity to leave or reconfigure their supply chains will now accelerate the process.
Once the 30 June deadline passes & we fail to ask for a transition period extension, the exodus will accelerate still further.
Why would they wait?
Once the 30 June deadline passes & we fail to ask for a transition period extension, the exodus will accelerate still further.
Why would they wait?
But of course we can export cabbages to Malaysia, so it's all good! (Together, all of the UK's cabbage exports are worth under £14 million a year.)
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Here's the initial info from Michael Gove, in which he boasts of the £7.5 million being made available to businesses to help ready them for 1,000x higher costs. The horror! The horror!
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Taking back control evidently doesn't extend to our own bowels, because the fear factor will be through the roof following this announcement.
