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Best for Britain

@BestForBritain

31 Dec 20

⭐️ What We Learned ⭐️

1: 2020, a thread. Like everyone, B4B faced countless curve-balls in 2020. Here are some things we learned, that helped us increase our influence in the toughest year we have lived through /

2: Act quickly: As Covid fears grew, we had a contingency plan ready by March 2, long before lockdown was a threat. By March 12, work from home was a thing, and on March 15 we closed the office completely /

3: Put the team first: In a crisis, you need the team more than ever. We got our staff from overseas back home early, trialled work-from-home early, put health (inc mental health) and working policies in place early, so everyone was clear what was happening /

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Best for Britain

@BestForBritain

29 Dec 20

Our major new analysis of the EU-UK trade deal highlights ten areas that must be addressed urgently to deal with non-tariff trade barriers looming come January 1st. bestforbritain.org/2020tradereport

Although the Johnson deal is better than a WTO arrangement, it will still result in ‘considerably higher barriers’ to trade.

@DavidHenigUK

@DavidHenigUK identifies areas of concern ranging from regulatory challenges and data issues to membership of the Erasmus scheme and climate change.

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Best for Britain

@BestForBritain

21 Dec 20

An extension to the current transition arrangements can be achieved by agreement w/ EU or as part of a phased deal implementation. Whatever the mechanism (& whether it's called extension, an implementation period or a deferment) we need extra time. Here's how that could work👇1/8

Firstly, the govt gave up our automatic right to an extension in June - & offering this is beyond Barnier’s remit - so it’d need to be signed off by the EU27 & wld need a legal opinion from European Court of Justice. 2/8

Secondly, the EU uses a legal basis for every treaty it strikes. For the current withdrawal agreement & transition period (which started when we left on 31 Jan 2020), the EU used Article 50. 3/8

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Best for Britain

@BestForBritain

21 Dec 20

@BorisJohnson

Our new polling finds that voters overwhelmingly want an extension to the transition period. Will @BorisJohnson take note?
bestforbritain.org/new_poll_warni…

Polling from Best for Britain shows extension has more than 2-to-1 backing. With Covid and Brexit double whammy getting worse, voters 'know UK is out of time'.

Only 18 per cent of voters back a no-deal outcome. Among Labour and Lib Dem supporters, that figure is a mere 4 per cent. Even among Leave voters, more want an agreement than favour no deal.

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Best for Britain

@BestForBritain

9 Dec 20

In May we produced a comprehensive report analysing the joint impact of a no-deal Brexit and covid-19. This is what we found 👇

The industries at particular risk of this double whammy are the manufacturing, banking, finance and insurance sectors

That’s 6.9million jobs in sectors such as manufacturing, banking & finance, distribution, hotels & restaurants and other services that could be affected

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