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20 Jan, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Good letter in the Times by leading musicians from all genres. Eg @spconnolly @StevenIsserlis @SirSimonRattle @bobgeldoffans @brianmaycom @OfficialSting and many others.
How to solve the problem? As explained in my piece, not easy to solve in the services provisions of the TCA.
What is needed is a new mobility chapter setting out general rights (which could be qualified) to allow short-term visa-free working by UK citizens in the EU and vice versa - along the lines offered by the EU and rejected by the current government for ideological reasons.
That would be good not just for musicians but also for (among others) young Brits wanting to fund a stay in the sun or snow, or to improve their language skills, by getting a short bar or retail job.

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21 Jan
Interesting point from an expert in the practicalities of arranging tours which illustrates a wider point here.
My piece concentrated on the position under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. That’s what I know about: and it’s a single public document that anyone can look up and get advice on.
If it is clear from the TCA that something is permitted across the EU then - armed with that - you can reasonably sensibly go and do it.
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Pleased to see that @tfbrexit has quietly corrected one egregious error in the discussion of subsidy control by (among others) @C_Lapavitsas @cjbickerton and @thephilippics).
This whole passage (with its spectacular misquote of an article by me) has sensibly been removed.
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As I rather suspected ...
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One might have thought that believers in Brexit would need no prompting as to good ideas as to what can be done outside the EU/EEA. But no.
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14 Jan
A further thread on the EU/UK musicians/visa for paid work issue (the issue is paid work: travelling to sing or play at eg a charity event for free can be done without a visa).
The position that we now have now (no relevant provisions under the TCA) is complicated. For EU musicians visiting the UK see
In essence the UK permits foreign (including EU) nationals to stay up to 30 days to carry out paid engagements, but they must (a) prove they are a professional musician and (b) be invited by an established UK business.
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Problems with that. 1. There is no public appetite for divergent regulation. 2. Both keeping trade going with NI and business pressure point away from divergence. 3. Economic gravity. 4. Need for framework for mobility, security is rather determined by being surrounded by the EU.
5. Scotland.
Like Canada or Switzerland, a close relationship with the elephant next door - and to a large extent on the elephant’s terms - isn’t optional.
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While on the topic of Lexit pieces that go off piste when it gets to the detail, some particularly strange passages from Larry Elliot’s piece in the Guardian. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Discuss what this is supposed to mean as a claim about the real world, with particular reference to the word “reputation” (and to the fact that many countries in the EU don’t have that “reputation” - let alone the reality).
What are the economic data behind this claim?
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