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Imagine selling this horseshit as positive

Your contempt for those you sell it to

And your lack of respect for yourself

https://twitter.com/trussliz/status/1286671342050463744

our long history together is not going to win you any concessions. If we don’t do more business with you it’s because you either have the wrong product offering or your pricing is wrong.” Boom!”

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/brit-eye…

https://twitter.com/Cardwell_PJ/status/1001429969703227392

"Scores of Indian doctors, teachers, entrepreneurs and other professionals are challenging the UK government in court over being denied the right to live and work in Britain."

hindustantimes.com/india-news/ind…

‘I feel truly ashamed.’ Keith Burnett on Theresa May’s trade mission to India

timeshighereducation.com/blog/i-feel-tr…

“Most Indian companies used to go to Britain as their point of entry into Europe,” said Prasad. “It appeared the obvious choice because of historical ties and the language. But with the U.K. leaving, they now look to Germany, to France, to Belgium. "

politico.eu/article/brexit…

India says a post-Brexit trade deal must make it easier for its people to travel to the UK. Tricky for any PM, not least one who promises net migration <100,000. "Lofty free trade ambition runs up against domestic political reality."

https://twitter.com/adampayne26/status/981790723807825921

"India in no 'rush' to sign a post-Brexit trade deal and will tell Britain to accept more migrants

India is no rush to do a trade deal with Britain and will demand easier access for Indians to migrate to Britain as part of a future trade relationship

uk.businessinsider.com/india-in-no-ru…

YK Sinha, India’s High Commissioner to the UK, warned that after Brexit it may take up to a decade for the two countries to negotiate a free trade deal and the “freer movement of people and professionals” would be a crucial component of it.

independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

"Nobody with any sense from China, the U.S., Brazil or wherever is going to engage with the UK other than a friendly drink in the bar until the UK has a regime with the EU," retired British trade negotiator Roderick Abbott told Reuters.

uk.reuters.com/article/uk-bri…

Oh yes and

1st place USA
Followed by ; India , Russia , Brazil , China , EU, Japan

uk.businessinsider.com/the-us-is-the-…

"the benefits of an agreement with the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, or with Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa, would be “very small compared with the costs from leaving the EU single market,”

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Here's what american companies do to get access to Indian marketplaces

"U.S. defence firms offering to set up production lines in India to win deals worth billions of dollars want stronger assurances they won’t have to part with proprietary technology

uk.reuters.com/article/uk-ind…

https://twitter.com/trussliz/status/745339549132464128?lang=en

"we can do deals with our trading partners, & we can do them quickly. I would expect the new PMon 9/9/2016 to immediately trigger a large round of global trade deals with all our most favoured trade partners. & to be concluded within between 12-24 months"

conservativehome.com/platform/2016/…

https://twitter.com/trussliz/status/745339549132464128?lang=en

Channel 4 Dispatches

In an interview with the programme, one of Trump’s former top trade negotiators Stephen Vaughn said he doesn’t understand what Boris Johnson means when he says the “NHS is not on the table”

channel4.com/press/news/tru…

cnbc.com/2016/12/27/bre…

>£4.4 brexit prep cost
£170bn BOE stimulus cost
>£130bn lost growth (so far)
£39bn liabilities

Cost of brexit *so far*

£343 billion

https://twitter.com/PandaScottish/status/1285705060173971461

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