20 Days to Avoid No-Deal - THREAD
The deadline to request an extension to the Brexit transition period is 30 June. Otherwise, if we don't agree a deal by 31 October, it's No-Deal on December 31.
So here are 20 reasons to #ExtendTheTransition, one on each day we have left.
The deadline to request an extension to the Brexit transition period is 30 June. Otherwise, if we don't agree a deal by 31 October, it's No-Deal on December 31.
So here are 20 reasons to #ExtendTheTransition, one on each day we have left.
2⃣0⃣ Days to avoid No-Deal
▪️ 1/2 UK fish is sold tariff-free to EU
▪️ WTO rules force EU to put tariffs on UK fish
▪️ That puts UK fish at a disadvantage against EU countries, including Norway who have a deal
#ExtendTheTransition
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▪️ 1/2 UK fish is sold tariff-free to EU
▪️ WTO rules force EU to put tariffs on UK fish
▪️ That puts UK fish at a disadvantage against EU countries, including Norway who have a deal
#ExtendTheTransition
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1⃣9⃣ Days to avoid No-Deal
The doctors you've been clapping every Thursday (@TheBMA) warned us 2 years ago that No-Deal Brexit would make us more vulnerable to pandemics.
So with a possible 2nd wave coming, maybe now's not the time?
#ExtendTheTransition
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The doctors you've been clapping every Thursday (@TheBMA) warned us 2 years ago that No-Deal Brexit would make us more vulnerable to pandemics.
So with a possible 2nd wave coming, maybe now's not the time?
#ExtendTheTransition
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1⃣8⃣ Days to avoid No-Deal
The National Crime Agency says the EU's security tools are necessary to keep the UK safe, as @michaelgove agreed.
However they involve the exchange of personal data under EU human rights rules, which our government rejects.
@LabourSJ @YvetteCooperMP
The National Crime Agency says the EU's security tools are necessary to keep the UK safe, as @michaelgove agreed.
However they involve the exchange of personal data under EU human rights rules, which our government rejects.
@LabourSJ @YvetteCooperMP
1⃣7⃣ Days to avoid No-Deal
It'll lead to a worse deal.
What we sell to the EU is about 10% of UK GDP.
What the EU sell to us is about 3% of EU GDP.
So if we enter No-Deal, we'll be bleeding faster than the EU, i.e more desperate and at an even worse negotiating disadvantage.
It'll lead to a worse deal.
What we sell to the EU is about 10% of UK GDP.
What the EU sell to us is about 3% of EU GDP.
So if we enter No-Deal, we'll be bleeding faster than the EU, i.e more desperate and at an even worse negotiating disadvantage.
1⃣6⃣ days to avoid No-Deal.
Because Boris Johnson has already admitted that if there isn't a deal that keeps us in line with EU standards, then he plans to lower our protections on workers' rights and environmental standards.
#ExtendTheTransition
Because Boris Johnson has already admitted that if there isn't a deal that keeps us in line with EU standards, then he plans to lower our protections on workers' rights and environmental standards.
#ExtendTheTransition
1⃣5⃣ days to avoid No-Deal
▪️ 27% UK Lamb goes to the EU tariff free.
▪️ No-Deal tariffs would make it unsellable.
One of the many reasons why the UK's National Farmers' Union has said it would be a catastrophe for British farming.
#ExtendTheTransition
▪️ 27% UK Lamb goes to the EU tariff free.
▪️ No-Deal tariffs would make it unsellable.
One of the many reasons why the UK's National Farmers' Union has said it would be a catastrophe for British farming.
#ExtendTheTransition
1⃣4⃣ days to avoid No-Deal
Cancer treatment is ALREADY behind due to Covid.
Cancer doctors say Brexit is ALREADY hurting our supply of the isotopes we need to treat cancer and No-Deal would make it much worse.
#ExtendTheTransition
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Cancer treatment is ALREADY behind due to Covid.
Cancer doctors say Brexit is ALREADY hurting our supply of the isotopes we need to treat cancer and No-Deal would make it much worse.
#ExtendTheTransition
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1⃣3⃣ Days to Avoid No-Deal.
▪️ 1/2 UK cars are sold to the EU.
▪️ No-Deal puts tariffs & checks on it all. Profitability⬇️
▪️ UK car industry = 823,000 Jobs.
▪️ Businesses like Nissan say their UK business can't work under No-Deal (2 June).
#ExtendTheTransition
▪️ 1/2 UK cars are sold to the EU.
▪️ No-Deal puts tariffs & checks on it all. Profitability⬇️
▪️ UK car industry = 823,000 Jobs.
▪️ Businesses like Nissan say their UK business can't work under No-Deal (2 June).
#ExtendTheTransition
1️⃣2️⃣ Days to avoid No-Deal
Nurses are the biggest single workforce within the NHS and they say No-Deal Brexit is the "worst possible outcome for nursing staff".
So did you mean it when you were clapping them, or was that just for you?
#ExtendTheTransition
Nurses are the biggest single workforce within the NHS and they say No-Deal Brexit is the "worst possible outcome for nursing staff".
So did you mean it when you were clapping them, or was that just for you?
#ExtendTheTransition
1⃣1⃣ Days to avoid No-Deal
Northern Ireland has had 22yrs of peace due to the Good Friday Agreement balancing the wishes of those who want NI part of UK vs part of Ireland.
Brexit deal ties NI to Ireland; No Deal splits NI from GB, risking decades of peace.
#ExtendTheTransition
Northern Ireland has had 22yrs of peace due to the Good Friday Agreement balancing the wishes of those who want NI part of UK vs part of Ireland.
Brexit deal ties NI to Ireland; No Deal splits NI from GB, risking decades of peace.
#ExtendTheTransition
1⃣0⃣ Days to avoid No-Deal.
▪️ Coronavirus emptied UK supermarket shelves this year when people were just WORRIED it may hurt food supplies.
▪️ 1/3 UK food comes from the EU. No-Deal adds red tape & tariffs.
What happens if we damage 1/3 our food supply?
#ExtendTheTransition
▪️ Coronavirus emptied UK supermarket shelves this year when people were just WORRIED it may hurt food supplies.
▪️ 1/3 UK food comes from the EU. No-Deal adds red tape & tariffs.
What happens if we damage 1/3 our food supply?
#ExtendTheTransition
9⃣ Days to avoid No-Deal
@MakeUK_ represents UK Manufacturing and its Chief Exec says getting people back to work after Coronavirus needs smooth cross-border trade.
So when our economy is getting back on its feet, No-Deal would hack off its legs at the knee.
#ExtendTheTransition
@MakeUK_ represents UK Manufacturing and its Chief Exec says getting people back to work after Coronavirus needs smooth cross-border trade.
So when our economy is getting back on its feet, No-Deal would hack off its legs at the knee.
#ExtendTheTransition
8⃣ Days to avoid No-Deal
Can you name a single country that doesn't have a trade deal with any country within 2000 miles? No? Then No-Deal with the EU means we will be doing something that every successful economy on the planet has chosen not to do.
#ExtendTheTransition
Can you name a single country that doesn't have a trade deal with any country within 2000 miles? No? Then No-Deal with the EU means we will be doing something that every successful economy on the planet has chosen not to do.
#ExtendTheTransition
7⃣ Days to avoid No-Deal
Because today marks FOUR YEARS since we voted Brexit and negotiations are STILL stuck. We're STILL asking for the benefits of the EU but rejecting the obligations.
So if we don't #ExtendTheTransition, No-Deal is almost inevitable.
Because today marks FOUR YEARS since we voted Brexit and negotiations are STILL stuck. We're STILL asking for the benefits of the EU but rejecting the obligations.
So if we don't #ExtendTheTransition, No-Deal is almost inevitable.
6⃣ Days to avoid No-Deal
It's not just that Boris promised No-Deal wouldn't happen... Leave-voters repeated his arguments to their family/friends.
What'll it do to society to know your life was ruined by the lies of the person sitting opposite you at Xmas?
#ExtendTheTransition
It's not just that Boris promised No-Deal wouldn't happen... Leave-voters repeated his arguments to their family/friends.
What'll it do to society to know your life was ruined by the lies of the person sitting opposite you at Xmas?
#ExtendTheTransition
5⃣ Days to avoid No-Deal
Because every part of surviving Coronavirus depends on avoiding No-Deal, from re-opening factories, to the number of doctors & nurses, to our supply of medicines, to keeping food on the supermarket shelves.
#ExtendTheTransition
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Because every part of surviving Coronavirus depends on avoiding No-Deal, from re-opening factories, to the number of doctors & nurses, to our supply of medicines, to keeping food on the supermarket shelves.
#ExtendTheTransition
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4⃣ Days to avoid No-Deal
Millions haven't had treatment for months so the NHS pressure in Winter will ALREADY be huge.
160K UK doctors say No-Deal Brexit is an NHS catastrophe. To do this after what they've JUST done for us? BETRAYAL
#ExtendTheTransition
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Millions haven't had treatment for months so the NHS pressure in Winter will ALREADY be huge.
160K UK doctors say No-Deal Brexit is an NHS catastrophe. To do this after what they've JUST done for us? BETRAYAL
#ExtendTheTransition
aljazeera.com/ajimpact/deal-…
3⃣ Days to avoid No-Deal
The EU will only give UK businesses zero-tariff access if we follow the same rules for fair competition.
The best we could hope for is "we'll only put tariffs if you break the rules" and we just rejected that.
#ExtendTheTransition
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The EU will only give UK businesses zero-tariff access if we follow the same rules for fair competition.
The best we could hope for is "we'll only put tariffs if you break the rules" and we just rejected that.
#ExtendTheTransition
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
2⃣ Days to avoid No-Deal
Because levelling up the economies of the North, Midlands & Wales, fighting a pandemic, maintaining social distancing in businesses AND their profits, all while 17,300 of our civil servants are stuck on Brexit MIGHT be a little much.
#ExtendTheTransition
Because levelling up the economies of the North, Midlands & Wales, fighting a pandemic, maintaining social distancing in businesses AND their profits, all while 17,300 of our civil servants are stuck on Brexit MIGHT be a little much.
#ExtendTheTransition
1⃣ Day to avoid No-Deal
BECAUSE NO-DEAL IS NOT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
It wasn't the will of the people in 2016.
And it hasn't been in any election since! In GE2017/EU2019/GE2019, Single Market parties got 54/54.5/52.7% of the votes.
#ExtendTheTransition
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BECAUSE NO-DEAL IS NOT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
It wasn't the will of the people in 2016.
And it hasn't been in any election since! In GE2017/EU2019/GE2019, Single Market parties got 54/54.5/52.7% of the votes.
#ExtendTheTransition
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