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Edwin Hayward Profile picture
@edwinhayward
Oct 2, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Good to see that taxpayer cash is being used to fund pro-Brexit propaganda...

The ad below appears on the front page of the Daily Mail online. Note the small "sponsored" designation.

It links to a page that's far too rah-rah-rah positive about Brexit.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…
But the fascinating thing is, between the "success stories" of the profiled businesses, there are quite a number of harsh Brexit realities shoehorned into the margins...
- extra tariffs
- need to stockpile products
- longer transit times
- new customs declarations
- EORI numbers
- need to register for VAT in multiple EU countries
- EU employees need to get settled status
- new labelling regulations, including duplicate labels (CE + UK regime)
- new documentation to travel to trade shows and supplier meetings
- tariffs and duties to send samples ahead
That's a pretty damning list!

But I only noticed it because I was atuned for it. The overall tone is super jolly fiddlesticks chocks away Biggles it's all going to be sunshine and strawberries after Brexit.

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Apr 27
Inland border checks are going to be off the scale bonkers. A failure of implementation only a Tory government could dream up.

1) Enter the UK.
2) Drive 22 miles to get checked.
3) If found dodgy, drive 22 miles back and meekly leave the UK.

Gaping holes ripe for exploitation. Image
Why does it matter? The article helpfully explains:

"The EU carries out strict controls on all goods coming into the bloc, but exerts a lower degree of control on goods transiting, for example from outside the EU to the UK."
archive.ph/2024.04.27-071…
And what happens when the checks at the inland border take several hours and the drivers run out of legal driving time that day? Are there huge lorry parks in the area where they can stop and rest for the legally required amount of time, while their loads wilt or rot in the back?
Read 5 tweets
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Apr 2
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There's a lot of hate-farming fuss about flags and what some see as the perversion of the original Union Jack.

Much of the fake rage has emanated from the Tory party, which is ironic given how many times they've bastardised it for their own use.

It's been a tree...

1/
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It's been brutally chopped in half, and used as part of a Jenga-inspired sculpture...

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It's been cut in half and bent...

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Mar 14
The Tories have published their new definition of extremism. It includes 3 components.

It is well worth reading the full definition of each of the components (reproduced later in this thread) because they're extremely sweeping.
gov.uk/government/pub…
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Wonder how advocating to leave the ECHR (and indeed agitating to hold a referendum on doing so) squares with this?

After all, doing so would unquestionably strip us of numerous legal protections. Image
Does this preclude advocating for PR?

And what exactly does that last bullet mean?! Image
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Mar 11
WARNING: LONG THREAD.

With 30p Lee off to Reform, it's time to keep the receipts.

In reverse chronological order...

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Jan 31
The Tories have just released a glossy 24-page brochure celebrating the 4th anniversary of Brexit.

As you would expect, it's not only false, it's so false that its mere existence wiped the word "true" from every dictionary in Britain.

So. Many. Lies.
gov.uk/government/pub…
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"And we have secured the most comprehensive deal that the EU has ever agreed to in its history."

Er, no. That would be their EU membership offering.

Our own trade deal with them is a mouse fart in a hurricane by comparison.
Let's take a random lie as an example: "Within the EU, the UK would not have been able to cut VAT on the installations of solar panels, heat pumps and insulation to zero"

And now let's go over to an expert...
theecoexperts.co.uk/solar-panels/v…
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Nov 6, 2023
In case you missed it, today we've had the Daily Mail, Telegraph and Express all soiling themselves with glee at a report showing that trade since Brexit has been going well.

Only snag is, the report (by murky Tufton Street outfit the IEA) was quite literally a pack of lies...

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How did they pull their stupid stunt off? Quite simply.

1) They compared two different types of data (inflation-adjusted for the pre-Brexit period, unadjusted for the post-Brexit period) to draw false conclusions.

2) They got Kemi Badenoch to swallow the lot and talk about it.
Here's more info about the holes in the original IEA report the size of the Grand Canyon...
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