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16 Jan, 7 tweets, 2 min read
It’s a rainy day in January. Let #operationmarmalade begin.
First job. Eat up last remaining jar of 2020 crop.
The boil is now on! 😬
The setting point approaches.
We are go for landing.
Last job. Match the lids! And head for the hills...
Done.

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17 Jan
This is a brilliant thread. I keep talking to people losing their minds battling CHIEF etc. But read the papers? Hardly a word, which is as the govt wants it. Let’s see if weeks 3 or 4 the strains (which are real) cut through. 1/
So little noticed the on Friday Palletways, one of Europe’s largest networks collating and distributing pallets of goods stopped taking any more #brexit orders. /2

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This is note sent to customers on Friday...a “very significant blow” says @RHARodMcKenzie given low volumes of traffic post Christmas /3 Image
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Peter Foster Profile picture
15 Jan
So. The hunt is on in Whitehall for #brexit dividends...to show some clear value in the freedoms given by Brexit.

As we report today one area being looked at is workers' rights...but it is politically difficult territory. /1

ft.com/content/55588f…
No cabinet decisions have been taken, but per sources, three potential areas been identified in Business Dept...

- the 48 Hour Week
- holiday pay/overtime calculations
- new EU rules on reporting hours worked...

All potentially possible post #brexit /2
The government says it has no intention of “lowering” workers’ rights....and notes that UK has actually gold-plated many EU regulations...BUT (think of government saying it won't "lower" animal welfare standards)...the devil will all be in the detail, if and when it comes /3
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13 Jan
NEW. 🚨🚨🚛🇬🇧🙄🚛🚚🚨🚨 clear signs govt is preparing for coming #brexit turbulence - consulting on new fast-track scheme for food lorries returning to Europe /1

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The idea is that 300 lorries a day will be granted 'fast track' permits so they can go back EU and replenish supplies...this is because (see below) the gov fears that potential for disruption is "high" /2 Image
The 8-page consultation document notes this is both because of #Brexit but also because of #COVID19 and continued French insistence on checks on all drivers from UK. /3
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9 Jan
Everyone is afraid of a #brexit shitstorm next week on the Short Strait...one thing not appreciated fully is that lorries are getting on the boats in Dover (so obtaining barcode via French SI Brexit systèm) and *still* getting pulled/stuck at Calais /1
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This is particularly true for those moving agri food products.

The haulier I spoke to yday moved a load of meat on Thurs lunchtime and was still stuck on Fri PM, despite his French customer going to Calais to see what problem was.

This haulier btw is one of best-prepared /2
The point, as @RHARodMcKenzie says is that when @michaelgove says hauliers must “be ready” and “have the right documents” it isn’t that simple.

As I says hauliers/exporters are falling foul of rules they don’t yet appreciate. /3
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7 Jan
It's OUT! The first #Brexit Briefing of 2021...which explores how unrealistic some industry expectations are about 'fixes' to the current deal, now the penny is dropping about what it means for supply chains and UK position vis-a-vis EU 1/Thread

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So take the example this week, where the @Foodanddrinkfed raised the issue that UK-hubs for food and drink were "unworkable" since goods that came in from the EU were attracting full tariffs when the were spun back into Ireland or other EU members /2

ft.com/content/c068fc…
@Foodanddrinkfed They were backed by other EU associations - and both said they would lobby UK govt and @EU_Commission to 'fix' what they presumed was an "unintended consequence" of the deal....except that both EU officials and UK govt have basically shrugged. The deal is the deal. /3
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6 Jan
🚨🚨🚨🇪🇺🇬🇧🚛🚒🇪🇺🇬🇧🚨🚨🚨 serious #brexit story alert - companies now starting to see penny drop on what rules of origin does to supply chains (food for example) but Brussels seems deaf to both EU & U.K. pleading. A bellwether? 😬 Stay with me. 1/
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So first the problem: its a tad complicated but basically goods that are imported into UK and then 'hubbed' onwards into Ireland or other parts of the EU are facing full EU tariffs - this is particularly bad for food stuffs, which attract high tariffs. Why is this? /2
It's a function of the Rules of Origin clauses that mean that goods have to sufficiently "originate" in the UK to qualify for zero-tariff entry to EU (and vice versa).

But to qualify, you have to do something to the goods - process them or add value - not just punt them on /3
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