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18 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
The big fishermen's protest in Downing Street is starting to make headlines.

(Let's hope there's plenty of focus on the lorry that turned up with "Brexit Carnage!" plastered across it.)
More coverage...
More coverage...
news.sky.com/story/brexit-s…
Even the BBC News gave it a mention, online anyway.

(No idea whether it made it onto their TV coverage.)
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

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Edwin Hayward 🦄 🗡 Profile picture
20 Jan
"Defra sets up £23m fund for UK seafood exporters hit by Brexit

Each firm can claim up to £100,000 from food and environment ministry for losses due to trade deal"

How does this help? The red tape mountain remains. It's a sticking plaster not a solution. theguardian.com/business/2021/…
What red tape mountain?

THIS red tape mountain!

(The slide below comes from the UK Government's 'Border Operating Model' case studies, which were released on 31 December 2020, 8 hours before the transition period ended.) Image
And what happens in a couple of weeks when the £23 million is gone? Do they shut up shop?
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18 Jan
Wow! Looks like the Scottish fishermen have moved to direct action, with a convoy of lorries at Westminster... facebook.com/onlywayisdutch…
Wonder if the Express will choose to go with a photo of the one with "Brexit Carnage" plastered across it? 😂
They threatened it last week - now they're carrying out that threat.

Will it make it onto the BBC News? 🧐
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17 Jan
"Shock Brexit charges are hurting us, say small British businesses"

- £4.50 "Brexit charge": paperwork fee
- £5 "deferment account fee": courier fee for pre-paying import charges
- €14+ "disbursement charge": parcel inspection/processing fee

Good golly!
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
All those fees are layered on top of any actual tariffs, destination country VAT, Brexit shipping surcharges etc.

And then of course there's the shipping fee itself.
Basically, every link in the chain is demanding a supplementary payment for the time/hassle/extra effort of dealing with Brexit.

Genius stuff.

Brexit Kills Business.
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17 Jan
Brexit Kills Business...

Here are 250+ examples of firms that have stopped serving the UK/NI/EU markets, or which have been forced to make major changes to their business models as a direct result of Brexit.

How much more evidence do you need?
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
NOTE: For each business, I have included the firm's own explanation, taken verbatim from their website or blog.

It's like reading autopsy reports. Just tragic!
Remember: "free" in "free trade deal" refers to there being no tariffs.

It doesn't mean "friction-free": there are massive complex, time-consuming non-tariff barriers.

It doesn't mean "costless": there are extra fees for admin, collecting taxes & fees, shipping surcharges etc.
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15 Jan
"'Shelves are half empty!': Shoppers despair as Brexit border chaos leaves shortages of salad, fresh veg, frozen food, wine, beer, and fruit"

The Daily Mail is dishing out hefty dollops of Brexit reality on a daily basis now...
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
"Scottish seafood firms are 'days from collapse' due to Brexit border chaos - as langoustine fishing boss threatens to dump TONS of rotting stock outside Downing Street if crisis isn't resolved"

Not one but two buckets of Brexit reality from the DM today.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
"Government will use post-Brexit shake up of workers' rights to ‘stimulate business growth’ amid claims 48 hour working week could be scrapped and holiday and legal requirements for breaks will be overhauled"

By golly, there's a third article today...
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
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15 Jan
"£34bn Brexit VAT bill pushes companies to the brink"

UK companies are having to find massive amounts of cash to pay new VAT bills on their exports, as a result of Brexit.
uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/brexit-va…
Why? It's COMPLICATED. This blog post explains it extremely well.

Short-n-sweet version: any firm which doesn't want to annoy their clients (probably fatally) by making them do all the paperwork & cover EU VAT will have to take on the task & cost itself.
avalara.com/vatlive/en/vat…
Here's an example of the other side of the equation (the case of Ireland).

As they point out, the VAT on imports is due immediately at the point of import, unless the trader signs up for deferred payment (which buys them a few weeks grace).
revenue.ie/en/vat/goods-a…
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