“Taking Back Control!”
So what was that all about?
A few tycoons and Old Etonians getting more control over the rest of us?
Hedge funders escaping higher EU taxes?
Foreign corporations given the freedom to asset-strip the UK?
Let’s take a look.
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#Brexit
#TakeBackControl
So what was that all about?
A few tycoons and Old Etonians getting more control over the rest of us?
Hedge funders escaping higher EU taxes?
Foreign corporations given the freedom to asset-strip the UK?
Let’s take a look.
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#Brexit
#TakeBackControl
04 MAR 2019
Now the UK is flying solo, its companies have low valuations, becoming rich pickings for foreign owned vulture funds.
“For the average firm, Brexit is associated with a value loss of 16.4 per cent against a hypothetical no-Brexit scenario.”
blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2019/03…
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Now the UK is flying solo, its companies have low valuations, becoming rich pickings for foreign owned vulture funds.
“For the average firm, Brexit is associated with a value loss of 16.4 per cent against a hypothetical no-Brexit scenario.”
blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2019/03…
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08 OCT 2019
UK companies are weighed down by additional red-tape which makes it difficult to compete unless they move to an EU base.
accountex.co.uk/insight/2019/1…
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#Brexit
#RedTape
#LosingControl
UK companies are weighed down by additional red-tape which makes it difficult to compete unless they move to an EU base.
accountex.co.uk/insight/2019/1…
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#Brexit
#RedTape
#LosingControl
23 SEP 2020
JP Morgan are moving 200 staff & £200bn to Frankfurt due to Brexit.
All international banks will move resources to EU due to issues of passporting rights, even if there is a trade deal.
Is this the beginning of….
LOSING CONTROL ??
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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JP Morgan are moving 200 staff & £200bn to Frankfurt due to Brexit.
All international banks will move resources to EU due to issues of passporting rights, even if there is a trade deal.
Is this the beginning of….
LOSING CONTROL ??
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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27 SEP 2020
HSBC lose half their value in 2020. A major banker to world trade, they’re stuck in the middle of a trade war between China & the US and no longer have the protection given by the EU...
They're a sitting duck.
TAKING BACK CONTROL !!
thisismoney.co.uk/money/comment/…
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HSBC lose half their value in 2020. A major banker to world trade, they’re stuck in the middle of a trade war between China & the US and no longer have the protection given by the EU...
They're a sitting duck.
TAKING BACK CONTROL !!
thisismoney.co.uk/money/comment/…
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28 SEP 2020
The Singapore Brexiteer James Dyson (£16bn) turns out to be the greatest beneficiary of subsidies from the EU. £3.7m for his farm & £8.7m since the 2016 Ref.
Now he’s taking his cash from UK & investing it elsewhere.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/dy…
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The Singapore Brexiteer James Dyson (£16bn) turns out to be the greatest beneficiary of subsidies from the EU. £3.7m for his farm & £8.7m since the 2016 Ref.
Now he’s taking his cash from UK & investing it elsewhere.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/dy…
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01 10 2020
7,500 jobs & £1.2tr of assets have left the UK since the referendum, and this is just the beginning.
Financial firms will rely on the EU granting 'equivalence' to be able to continue trading.
TAKING BACK CONTROL??
theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/eu…
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#Brexit
#LosingControl
7,500 jobs & £1.2tr of assets have left the UK since the referendum, and this is just the beginning.
Financial firms will rely on the EU granting 'equivalence' to be able to continue trading.
TAKING BACK CONTROL??
theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/eu…
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#Brexit
#LosingControl
14 DEC 2021
Another British company sold to US.
This time its Codemasters, the successful games company.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
bbc.co.uk/news/technolog…
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#Brexit
#LosingControl
Another British company sold to US.
This time its Codemasters, the successful games company.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
bbc.co.uk/news/technolog…
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#Brexit
#LosingControl
16 DEC 2021
LV, the mutual insurance company owned by its members, is yet another company sold to US asset-strippers.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/…
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#BrexitReality
#LosingControl
LV, the mutual insurance company owned by its members, is yet another company sold to US asset-strippers.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/…
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#BrexitReality
#LosingControl
30 DEC 2020
Ryanair and Wizz Air take away the voting rights of UK citizens. This will maintain their EU status, which must be majority EU ownership.
UK shareholders will have no say over the companies’ future direction.
TAKING BACK CONTROL !!
bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
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Ryanair and Wizz Air take away the voting rights of UK citizens. This will maintain their EU status, which must be majority EU ownership.
UK shareholders will have no say over the companies’ future direction.
TAKING BACK CONTROL !!
bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
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04 JAN 2021
Some EU companies are giving up deliveries to the UK due to tax changes and red tape associated with Brexit.
Large companies, such as TNT and FedEx, are also increasing charges to pay for changes.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
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#Brexit
Some EU companies are giving up deliveries to the UK due to tax changes and red tape associated with Brexit.
Large companies, such as TNT and FedEx, are also increasing charges to pay for changes.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
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#Brexit
05 JAN 2021
Little Englanders who voted for Brexit and live in Spain will no longer be able to access UK TV programmes due to new streaming rules.
Careful not to die laughing....
TAKING BACK CONTROL !!
theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/we…
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#takingbackcontrol
#Brexit
#Spain
Little Englanders who voted for Brexit and live in Spain will no longer be able to access UK TV programmes due to new streaming rules.
Careful not to die laughing....
TAKING BACK CONTROL !!
theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/we…
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#takingbackcontrol
#Brexit
#Spain
08 JAN 2021
The delivery company DPD has decided not to continue road deliveries from the UK to Europe because of Brexit red-tape, congestion and delay. 20% of orders are being returned....
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/eu…
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#BrexitShambles
#Brexit
The delivery company DPD has decided not to continue road deliveries from the UK to Europe because of Brexit red-tape, congestion and delay. 20% of orders are being returned....
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/eu…
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#BrexitShambles
#Brexit
09 JAN 2021
Signature Aviation (with history going back to 1897) is the latest UK company likely to fall to US investors. The company provides private planes for the rich. It used to make parts for Spitfires during WW2.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/…
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Signature Aviation (with history going back to 1897) is the latest UK company likely to fall to US investors. The company provides private planes for the rich. It used to make parts for Spitfires during WW2.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/…
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12 JAN 2021
Brits moving to Spain will have to show proof of income–£42k min for a family of 4.
They’ll have to get Spanish driving licences + there are tougher regs for those with 2nd homes who spend a few months there.
TAKING BACK CONTROL??
bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…
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Brits moving to Spain will have to show proof of income–£42k min for a family of 4.
They’ll have to get Spanish driving licences + there are tougher regs for those with 2nd homes who spend a few months there.
TAKING BACK CONTROL??
bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…
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13 JAN 2021
Ham sandwiches, Ghana bananas, Cannabis oil, NI imports and Scottish seafood all suffering serious effects of Brexit.
Nationalist Tories appear to have gone quiet.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
bbc.co.uk/news/55633632
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#Brexit
#Shambles
#Tories
Ham sandwiches, Ghana bananas, Cannabis oil, NI imports and Scottish seafood all suffering serious effects of Brexit.
Nationalist Tories appear to have gone quiet.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
bbc.co.uk/news/55633632
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#Brexit
#Shambles
#Tories
17 JAN 2021
2016: Crooked Johnson said he'd abolish VAT on energy bills after leaving EU (which it required). It's 'unfair' on the poorest.
2021: 'There are no plans to change the current VAT treatment of domestic energy.'
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/…
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2016: Crooked Johnson said he'd abolish VAT on energy bills after leaving EU (which it required). It's 'unfair' on the poorest.
2021: 'There are no plans to change the current VAT treatment of domestic energy.'
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/…
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19 JAN 2021
UK govt gets the power to adulterate our food.
Chlorinated chicken and meat rinsed in organic acid anyone?
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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#TakeBackControl
#ChlorinatedChicken
#BrexitReality
UK govt gets the power to adulterate our food.
Chlorinated chicken and meat rinsed in organic acid anyone?
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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#TakeBackControl
#ChlorinatedChicken
#BrexitReality
20 JAN 2021
Brexit supporter Roger Daltrey pleads for access to Europe for artists. Reality bites.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
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#TakeBackControl
#Brexit
#RogerDaltrey
Brexit supporter Roger Daltrey pleads for access to Europe for artists. Reality bites.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
https://twitter.com/mrjamesob/status/1351809201228697600?s=20
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#TakeBackControl
#Brexit
#RogerDaltrey
20 JAN 2021
Tory govt gives itself the power to adulterate our food.
Chlorinated chicken and meat rinsed in organic acid anyone?
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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#TakeBackControl
#AndGiveItToForeignCorporations
#Brexit
Tory govt gives itself the power to adulterate our food.
Chlorinated chicken and meat rinsed in organic acid anyone?
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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#TakeBackControl
#AndGiveItToForeignCorporations
#Brexit
24 JAN 2021
Companies being told to set up bases in EU to avoid bureaucracy and delays.
Cheshire Cheese Company (a Brexit supporter) says it will cost £180 per £25 box to meet regulations.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
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#GivingAwayControl to #hedgefunds
Companies being told to set up bases in EU to avoid bureaucracy and delays.
Cheshire Cheese Company (a Brexit supporter) says it will cost £180 per £25 box to meet regulations.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
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#GivingAwayControl to #hedgefunds
25 JAN 2021
A good news Brexit story
The EU has blacklisted UK tax havens such as Jersey. UK membership gave them some protection, but not anymore.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
theguardian.com/world/2021/jan…
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#BrexitShambles
#TakeBackControl
#Brexit
A good news Brexit story
The EU has blacklisted UK tax havens such as Jersey. UK membership gave them some protection, but not anymore.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
theguardian.com/world/2021/jan…
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#BrexitShambles
#TakeBackControl
#Brexit
27 JAN 2021
Due to the new Irish Sea border regs, Amazon is reducing the products it sells in Northern Ireland.
The deeply corrupt DUP propped up the Tory govt for a £1bn bribe.
Looking a bit pricey now.
United Ireland anyone?
TAKING BACK CONTROL !!
itv.com/news/2021-01-2…
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Due to the new Irish Sea border regs, Amazon is reducing the products it sells in Northern Ireland.
The deeply corrupt DUP propped up the Tory govt for a £1bn bribe.
Looking a bit pricey now.
United Ireland anyone?
TAKING BACK CONTROL !!
itv.com/news/2021-01-2…
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28 JAN 2021
A Paperwork Manufacturer's paradise. A Red Tape Producer's Eden. A Jobsworthy's excuse for tens of thousands of pointless, unproductive jobs....
“On Jan 1st a red-tape curtain descended between Britain & the EU.”
bylinetimes.com/2021/01/28/the…
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
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A Paperwork Manufacturer's paradise. A Red Tape Producer's Eden. A Jobsworthy's excuse for tens of thousands of pointless, unproductive jobs....
“On Jan 1st a red-tape curtain descended between Britain & the EU.”
bylinetimes.com/2021/01/28/the…
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
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01 FEB 2021
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
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#LosingControl
#Brexit
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
https://twitter.com/LordCFalconer/status/1356141812050763779
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#LosingControl
#Brexit
01 FEB 2021
Brexit depresses share prices making UK PLC attractive to foreign raiders.
Private equity is expected to buy up 'swathes' of firms, asset strip, load them with debt & sell them on in the coming year.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/…
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#Brexit
Brexit depresses share prices making UK PLC attractive to foreign raiders.
Private equity is expected to buy up 'swathes' of firms, asset strip, load them with debt & sell them on in the coming year.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/…
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#Brexit
05 FEB 2021
Crooked Johnson, Nov '19, promises a 'bonfire of red tape'.
Feb '21, fish exporter requires 71 pages of paperwork per lorry.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
OR GIVING IT TO UNELECTED BUREAUCRATS ??
bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
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#takingbackcontrol
#takebackcontrol
Crooked Johnson, Nov '19, promises a 'bonfire of red tape'.
Feb '21, fish exporter requires 71 pages of paperwork per lorry.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
OR GIVING IT TO UNELECTED BUREAUCRATS ??
bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
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#takingbackcontrol
#takebackcontrol
06 FEB 2021
UK is now classed as a 'third country' under European payment rules, blocking some payments to EU banks.
Meanwhile Aggreko, who supply electricity to special events, is the latest firm to get a bid from hedge funds.
TAKING BACK CONTROL!!
thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/a…
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UK is now classed as a 'third country' under European payment rules, blocking some payments to EU banks.
Meanwhile Aggreko, who supply electricity to special events, is the latest firm to get a bid from hedge funds.
TAKING BACK CONTROL!!
thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/a…
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07 FEB 2021
PM-In-Reality Gove fails to cope as UK exports to EU fall by 68% since Brexit…
10,000 customs agents are working on paperwork but 50,000 are needed. 70% of lorries return to the EU empty due to red tape.
TAKING BACK CONTROL??
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
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#Brexit
PM-In-Reality Gove fails to cope as UK exports to EU fall by 68% since Brexit…
10,000 customs agents are working on paperwork but 50,000 are needed. 70% of lorries return to the EU empty due to red tape.
TAKING BACK CONTROL??
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
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#Brexit
09 FEB 2021
Another UK company becomes foreign owned. Financiers get rich, employees fear for their future.
Dialog Semiconductor goes to Japan for £4.3bn.
Japan protects their own key companies from foreign takeovers.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/…
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Another UK company becomes foreign owned. Financiers get rich, employees fear for their future.
Dialog Semiconductor goes to Japan for £4.3bn.
Japan protects their own key companies from foreign takeovers.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/…
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10 FEB 2021
JD Sports boss complains about the extra bureaucracy of Brexit & plans to transfer 1k jobs from the North to Europe. It's cost 10s of £m so far.
All the spin about free trade & free movement is far from the reality.
TAKING BACK CONTROL??
bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
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JD Sports boss complains about the extra bureaucracy of Brexit & plans to transfer 1k jobs from the North to Europe. It's cost 10s of £m so far.
All the spin about free trade & free movement is far from the reality.
TAKING BACK CONTROL??
bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
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11 FEB 2021
US banks now have to trade within the EU to buy EU stocks. Result - Amsterdam has overtaken London for the £5.7bn market.
7,000 jobs have already moved to EU since referendum.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/eu…
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#TakingBackControl
#BrexitShambles
US banks now have to trade within the EU to buy EU stocks. Result - Amsterdam has overtaken London for the £5.7bn market.
7,000 jobs have already moved to EU since referendum.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/eu…
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#TakingBackControl
#BrexitShambles
18 FEB 2021
Unelected bureaucrat Lord David Frost given a seat in the House of Lords and responsibility for our trading relationship with the EU.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
ft.com/content/36dad2…
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#TakingBackControl & #GivingItToBureaucrats
Unelected bureaucrat Lord David Frost given a seat in the House of Lords and responsibility for our trading relationship with the EU.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
ft.com/content/36dad2…
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#TakingBackControl & #GivingItToBureaucrats
20 FEB 2021
Clueless & desperate, Crooked Johnson's been asking business to submit ideas on how to limit the damage done by Brexit.
With Failing Grayling unavailable, he's appointed IDS to begin sorting out the regulations…
TAKING BACK CONTROL??
ft.com/content/63d443…
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Clueless & desperate, Crooked Johnson's been asking business to submit ideas on how to limit the damage done by Brexit.
With Failing Grayling unavailable, he's appointed IDS to begin sorting out the regulations…
TAKING BACK CONTROL??
ft.com/content/63d443…
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23 FEB 2021
The much detested G4S becomes the latest UK company to be taken over by foreigners.
CEO and Chairman will both make millions out of the deal.
It also has implications for running of prisons.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/…
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#Control
#Brexit
The much detested G4S becomes the latest UK company to be taken over by foreigners.
CEO and Chairman will both make millions out of the deal.
It also has implications for running of prisons.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/…
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#Control
#Brexit
23 FEB 2021
'Businesses will have to choose between western markets and access to China, and between liberal and authoritarian value systems.'
HSBC is to move its senior managers to the East.
TAKING BACK CONTROL??
ft.com/content/c0a60d…
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#TakeBackControl
#Brexit
'Businesses will have to choose between western markets and access to China, and between liberal and authoritarian value systems.'
HSBC is to move its senior managers to the East.
TAKING BACK CONTROL??
ft.com/content/c0a60d…
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#TakeBackControl
#Brexit
24 FEB 2021
It’s London Fashion Week and the industry warns Tories that the £35bn trade is in danger due to Brexit bureaucracy. Many fashion houses are thinking about a base in EU.
No govt action expected.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
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#TakingBackControl
It’s London Fashion Week and the industry warns Tories that the £35bn trade is in danger due to Brexit bureaucracy. Many fashion houses are thinking about a base in EU.
No govt action expected.
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
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#TakingBackControl
03 MAR 2021
Freeports? Who're they free for? Tax evaders, money launderers, criminals?
Tory government gifts portions of our borders to global corporates and foreign billionaires:
theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/m…
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
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#Brexit
#Corruption
Freeports? Who're they free for? Tax evaders, money launderers, criminals?
Tory government gifts portions of our borders to global corporates and foreign billionaires:
theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/m…
TAKING BACK CONTROL ??
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#Brexit
#Corruption
06 MAR 2021
So what exactly was it we were hoping to get from Brexit?
Sovereignty?
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So what exactly was it we were hoping to get from Brexit?
Sovereignty?
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06 MAR 2021
Sovereignty=independence&power
Are we more sovereign outside the EU?
Or have we exchanged sovereignty for trade?
China wants ownership.
India wants immigration.
The US wants the NHS, deregulation & our asset…
The hedge funds want the lot.
Feeling sovereign now?
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Sovereignty=independence&power
Are we more sovereign outside the EU?
Or have we exchanged sovereignty for trade?
China wants ownership.
India wants immigration.
The US wants the NHS, deregulation & our asset…
The hedge funds want the lot.
Feeling sovereign now?
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14 MAR 2021
Who’s taking back control, exactly ???
bylinetimes.com/2021/03/03/sel…
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#TakingBackControl
#Brexit
#BrexitDisaster
Who’s taking back control, exactly ???
bylinetimes.com/2021/03/03/sel…
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#TakingBackControl
#Brexit
#BrexitDisaster
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