I'm an "honest broker" so here's two changes the UK has just made that it couldn't have as an EU member.
- Scrapped the "tampon tax"
- Banned pulse fishing in UK waters (EU ban wasn't going to be until mid-2021)
Oh, and one more...
- Points-based immigration system for EVERYONE
- Scrapped the "tampon tax"
- Banned pulse fishing in UK waters (EU ban wasn't going to be until mid-2021)
Oh, and one more...
- Points-based immigration system for EVERYONE
If you're thinking "that list reads like a couple of Smarties vs a metric tonne of manure" you wouldn't be alone...
Except, that's not the whole story.
Despite very widespread Tory gloating today, it turns out that pulse fishing is "blue passports" all over again. Could have banned it without leaving the EU. France has done so already, for instance.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politiβ¦
Despite very widespread Tory gloating today, it turns out that pulse fishing is "blue passports" all over again. Could have banned it without leaving the EU. France has done so already, for instance.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politiβ¦
But there's more...
Next year, the EU will remove the restriction on the minimum rate of VAT (currently 5%, except for products for which a VAT rate was set before the 5% floor came in).
So in 2022 we could have axed the tampon tax anyway.
dw.com/en/tampon-tax-β¦
Next year, the EU will remove the restriction on the minimum rate of VAT (currently 5%, except for products for which a VAT rate was set before the 5% floor came in).
So in 2022 we could have axed the tampon tax anyway.
dw.com/en/tampon-tax-β¦
So that really only leaves one pure, genuine, unqualified, no-smoke-and-mirrors change, and that's the new hostile environment in the form of the restrictive points-based immigration system.
It applies to EU citizens too. And THAT is what we had to leave the EU to achieve.
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It applies to EU citizens too. And THAT is what we had to leave the EU to achieve.
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