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11 Feb, 13 tweets, 2 min read
First they came for the ๐ŸŸ

And John Redwood said the ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง fishing industry would adjust
Then they came for the ๐Ÿ– farmers and ๐Ÿท exports

And they said don't worry, it's just teething problems
Next they came for the ๐Ÿฆช exporters

And there the Minister wrote a letter saying ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ was wrong, when his officials knew ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ was right
Then the ๐Ÿงช industries worried about the ๐Ÿ’ท of making a new database to replace REACH

They're still waiting
The ๐Ÿš›๐Ÿšš operators fear that a load of vehicles are returning to ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ empty, and volumes are down

We do not recognise the numbers, the ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Government says
This all hit the exporters of seed ๐Ÿฅ” so badly

They cannot even send the potatoes to Northern Ireland
๐Ÿง€ producers and ๐Ÿ‘Ÿ stores had problems in their supply chains

So they set up operations in ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ countries, something ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Department for International Trade acknowledged was a good idea
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช businesses feared the ๐Ÿ“‘ to get anything on a โ›ด at a ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง port

So they put on half a dozen ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช-๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท โ›ด routes to avoid ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง altogether
A mass of share trade has moved from ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง to ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ

And so the boss of the ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐Ÿฆ "warns" ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ they are being unfair, but has no solution
1.3 million ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ citizens have ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งโžก๏ธ in the past 12 months

No one knows who will do the jobs these people did once the economy recovers somewhat post-COVID
โฐ WAKE UP UK! โฐ

However you look at it, this makes *no sense*

It's not if you're pro-Brexit or not. It's about having a sensible view of the economic future of the country. Where is it?

/ends
Continued...

And they forgot the ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŽค๐ŸŽถ and their ๐Ÿš›๐Ÿ”Š meaning they could not tour ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ any more

But despite it being a major industry for ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, the Government has not sought to solve the problem
And it was not just ๐Ÿ– but ๐Ÿท๐Ÿฌ as well

Marks & Spencer might have to adjust its supply chain for Percy Pig sweets, and meanwhile its ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท stores are running low on ๐Ÿฅช too

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12 Feb
This tweet about night trains in ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท gained quite some traction this morning

And sure, night trains are *good*

But we need to be a little more clear headed than that

A ๐Ÿงต

First of all, night trains only really make sense for routes that most people would not try to accomplish in the daytime by ๐Ÿš…

Paris-Brive, Paris-Clermont F, Lyon-Toulouse are all under 5 hours by daytime train. These will not work as night train connections
Second, that you *could* theoretically run a train at night does not necessarily mean you should

Paris-Albi for example is 7 hours daytime train, because the infra is lousy. And you can drive it faster
Read 12 tweets
8 Feb
I've been pointed towards this by @hanskundnani by @MaryFitzger - entitled "What does it mean to be โ€œpro-Europeanโ€ today?" While there is something to it, I think it mixes up different terms, and hence it's not quite right... This ๐Ÿงต will explain

newstatesman.com/world/2021/02/โ€ฆ

1/13
I am also of course aware the title might not be Hans's choice...

The first issue is a basic one: to be a European, or to be a pro-European, are not - in my view - the same things

2/13
I will happily call myself a European, but not a pro-European (although plenty would describe *me* as the latter), because pro-European leads us to looking at the European Union in terms of more or less of it, rather than the individual policy outcomes it can produce

3/13
Read 13 tweets
6 Feb
A short ๐Ÿงต about Ursula von der Leyen - not least in response to critique of me labelling her a "second rate" politician earlier

"Second rate" is not quite right. Perhaps "politician with an unusual combination of strengths and weaknesses" is better.

1/10
The central issue is where and when vdL is a classic insider, and where she is an outsider

vdL is daughter of Ernst Albrecht, previously CDU Ministerprรคsident in Lower Saxony - so in and of the party en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Albโ€ฆ

2/10
Yet other aspects set her apart. She is a women in a male dominated party (Merkel of course being the other major exception), and a protestant in a party dominated by catholics. And she's a medical doctor in a political system dominated by lawyers.

3/10
Read 10 tweets
4 Feb
The replies to this tweet about import controls on goods coming into UK from EU from 1 July are really interesting

Here, once again, we're in a denial of reality phase of Brexit

And once again how to break that cycle is hard to see

๐Ÿงต 1/10

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ sees the reality of how checks are going to have to work - for both sides - and sees any slippage of timetables as a problem. If ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง cannot meet the 1 July deadline - just like any Brexit deadline - the question is *WHEN* it can, not *IF* it can or will

2/10
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง sees it differently. Complying is costly and onerous, requires IT systems, sites for checks, and training of staff - so it pays lip service to complying, but keeps it vague as to how and when it will comply - the Government does not actually *DO* the necessary

3/10
Read 10 tweets
3 Feb
Note: Gove (and the UK Government) can only get away with this because it is only about Northern Ireland, and v few Tory backbenchers really care about NI.

The EU response should be seen in this context - Gove is losing *no* political capital by announcing this.
Note: this is no comment on what *should* happen, but a comment on the politics of this, UK side.

This also should not be seen as a template for any sort of grace periods for the rest of the UK - because for that to happen Tory backbenchers *will* scream.
This is of course a rather inevitable development - the UK was *not* ready for the implications of Brexit on Northern Ireland, as pretty much every expert pointed out. And it is better to acknowledge this than be in a state of permanent denial.
Read 5 tweets
2 Feb
All right then

*This* is why I was asking weird questions about locations of ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ things earlier...

I have made an EU quiz on @geoguessr

geoguessr.com/maps/601930957โ€ฆ
58 locations of really nerdy EU stuff - places were Treaties were signed, places where EU institutions and agencies are located

And these are not *just* EU institution buildings in Brussels. That'd be too boring...
If any of these locations are wrong, or there are places you think I should add (I have only 3 that relate to historical people in the EU - if you know where someone was born or buried that would be excellent)
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