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1 Feb, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Quote ...Other countries such as Norway are outside the EU but enjoy free trade within the customs union. 

FOR FUCKS SAKE...

Still they can't get it right

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
And if compensation to fishermen & farmers what about the manufacturers, distributors, hauliers, service providers, (Portuguese) removal companies, Welsh ports/steel industry, SMEs, online EU sellers, musicians,TV crews, motor racing, cycling teams, equestrian, horse racing et al
all queueing up (if not now they will be as realise what no longer members of the SM&CU means)
for compensation special treatment or state aid?
At least for the ones that didn't happily go along with a free trade deal (they got it) rather than protesting about leaving the SM&CU

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Michael M. 🇨🇭🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇬🇧 Profile picture
2 Feb
I've experienced it first hand these last 50 years ..helped by 30 years experience in the Freight/Customs frontline industry. How UK has grown accustomed to (took if for granted) growing freedoms & choices...an excessive Tory regime bulwarked. Public grown apathetic & complacent
that could always tacitly expect their Gov not to ruin *majority* of businesses all sectors, livelihoods or lives by specific design or policy. Casually allow or even cheer on their Gov to do just that.
I tried to do my little bit here in Cyprus, on twitter for 4.5 years...
One month in & shit hitting the fan (as I always knew) everywhere. I sincerely hope all disparate groups can find a way to coalesce around somebody high profile (Marcus for PM? 😬) to protest against the lying shysters in Gov & an ignorant, compromised or cowed? broadcast media.
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Michael M. 🇨🇭🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇬🇧 Profile picture
2 Feb
bbc.com/news/uk-englan…
Jonathan Whittemore, head of production and procurement at Johnsons, said the firm "didn't see this coming at all".
I think I might have earned the right to just laugh now at the foolishness & apathy of so many in losing their EU (SM&CU) membership benefits esp when in business..
and here specifically Johnson's 2019 "victory" in agreeing to the Irish Protocol (SPS/UCC) border between GB & NI keeping NI in the Single Market.
I wonder if Mr Whittemore voted for Johnson to "get Brexit done" armed with this certainty that it would directly hurt his business?
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Michael M. 🇨🇭🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇬🇧 Profile picture
1 Feb
FELIXSTOWE, England (Reuters) -

In just one month of post-Brexit trading, British logistics expert Jon Swallow has seen exports dive, prices rise and customers so desperate that he is practically offering a counselling service.
Swallow is one of thousands of freight forwarders and customs brokers based around Britain’s biggest ports who have described the overnight introduction of a full customs border as akin to the country placing economic sanctions on itself.
Britain’s New Year’s Eve departure from the European Union’s orbit after 47 years of membership means exporters must now provide customs and safety declarations, health checks and rules of origin details to trade with its biggest partner.
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Michael M. 🇨🇭🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇬🇧 Profile picture
1 Feb
It seems many still having difficulty accepting/grasping this... it applies to GB to EU proper too of course.

Out of Customs Union: a different customs territory/border to declare goods
Out of Single Market: a different (food) standards territory/border to prove standards
UK now more the equiv. to Belarussia on an EU *exterior* border.
Worse than Turkey (in a CU with EU)
Worse than Ukraine/Serbia (on accession *convergence* paths)
These are not "teething problems".
UK trade will drop off to more like Belarussian levels with similar delays & queues
These queues only after UK's customs & regulatory capacity/supply grow to be in balance with demand...it is going to be a very painful journey to get to this reduced volumes & choice at increased customs & regulatory consumer costs.
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Michael M. 🇨🇭🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇬🇧 Profile picture
1 Feb
Public notice from Hannants: UK's biggest model kit & accessories supplier

"There are still problems with sending parcels to the EU. To date only 3 parcels we sent have been delivered. Some are still in England. Some are in europe. We cannot find out what the problems are but .
suspect it is incorrect paperwork.
We are very sorry but we cannot start taking orders knowing that these problems exist. We are going to have to wait longer before we can re-open for EU orders but we cannot say when that will be. We cannot feed 100s of orders a day into a system
that is not working knowing they may not go anywhere.
Also bizarrely the new Royal Mail system can only accept parcels with 20 items or less in them. More than half the orders we send have more than 21 items in them. Parcelforce can take packages with any quantity of contents.
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Michael M. 🇨🇭🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇬🇧 Profile picture
1 Feb
Brexit update 😬
"As a result, they say large quantities of freight remain stuck at distribution centres and warehouses in the UK.
Irish hauliers say this means that they are often returning from the UK with empty trailers, a situation which cannot be sustained".
"Last week the Irish Road Haulage Association warned the Government & European Commission that unless there is a loosening of the regulatory requirements, there will be a complete standstill in trade between the two islands".
In effect as grace periods end & opposite will happen
"The heightened demand for additional capacity on direct routes Ireland to continental Europe has led to an increase of *36* sailings a week on these routes compared to the same time last year."
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