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8 Apr, 3 tweets, 1 min read
I reckon Ireland & UK should agree Irish Unity with a citizens exchange programme.
Those loyalists that want to be English can swap passports & homes with an English counterpart that would prefer an Irish passport/citizenshp & home in Ireland.
I'm up for it 🤪

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Michael M. 🇨🇭🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇬🇧 Profile picture
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The saga continues

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Michael M. 🇨🇭🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇬🇧 Profile picture
9 Apr
1/ countries have market standards 2/ countries may open their market to outsiders but they must meet their standards. This requires border controls as outsiders are outside the reach of the importing country's authority.This requires a lot of experienced staff and infrastructure
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8 Apr
The dearth of tonnage of all sizes means there are virtually *no container vessels open in Europe at the moment* so should the backlog of Suez-delayed cargo hitting Europe from this weekend not be discharged at nominated ports, the scarcity of feeder vessels available to assist
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5 Apr
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4 Apr
Question. If you are an EU buyer would you prefer to place an order wait a short time & pay...
or place an order; get involved with customs declarations; have to pay VAT & duty over an unexpected rules of origin issue;
and with proof of market compliance (health) certificates &
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UK buyer doesn't yet have these same NTBs to trade with counterpart EU suppliers as UK Gov too afraid of (shortages & empty shelves) consequences
An actual UK Gov policy of favouring EU suppliers over its own UK suppliers...& the world's smugglers using EU transit routes.
If/when the UK buyers do face the same (TCA) increased barriers to trade they will have far less choice (much smaller internal market choice to turn to)
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Only 3 months late
Should be "interesting" !!
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