I'm coming to this a bit late but @michaelgove's attempt to dismiss our concerns about just how unprepared the UK is to operate a functioning border as 'part of the game' in parliament last month is pretty infuriating (#Brexit thread, cause we all love those) 1/ 
It's not hyperbole - it's a reality - @michaelgove told us in February that 'deal or no deal' the UK would conduct food health checks on EU goods - and that EU goods would be treated no differently to goods from anywhere else in the world - and yet ... 2/ gov.uk/government/new…
as @pmdfoster reported this weekend we have no infrastructure in place, no process to do it and no time to make this a reality - that to me is the definition of 'hopelessly ill-prepared'. 3/ ft.com/content/7efb87…
We're not naive the political strategy is set, the game is going to be played - be ready for the ramping up of the no deal crisis planning again (from July) - the politicians are going to shout and blame - but let's be clear we the businesses that have to do this are exhausted 4/
so please @michaelgove don't patronise us - end/
