Snuck in Jersey Royals, Jersey cows, Jerriais, the Nazi occupation, the 1781 Battle of Jersey, the capture of the Minquiers but alas no Bergerac 🇯🇪 2/
Bottom line is Jersey feels caught in a Brexit storm not of its own creating. And a dispute between two NATO allies escalated faster than expected, with little political incentive for either the U.K. or France to back down 3/
Jersey’s chief minister tells me the situation should be easily resolved with a few practical fixes, but the island’s fishermen expect French boats to return not before long 5/
‘If they don’t get their own way, they’ll be back,’ said Sean Faulkner, a former fisherman who sells freshly caught seafood from an old Nazi bunker on the northwestern coast of Jersey 6/
This week I was in Hartlepool and here's what I learnt about British politics in a Brexit heartland 1/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Hartlepool is among the most deprived parts of the U.K, with the second-highest unemployment rate. Its manufacturing and steel industries fell away in the 70s and 80s, and the area declined badly 2/
The town voted overwhelmingly for Brexit (~70%), seen by many as a cry for change after years of neglect. And it’s that Brexit support which gives the Tories a very good chance of winning the seat, after half-a-century of Labour wins 3/
We're approaching 100 days of Brexit - so how have the so-called `Project Fear' predictions played out? Here's a breakdown 1/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
In 2016, the Treasury said the short-term impact of voting for Brexit and triggering Article 50 would cause an immediate recession, a plunge in house prices, a spike in unemployment and knock 3.6% off GDP within 2 years 2/ assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
This prediction was well overblown. Triggering Article 50 was delayed to March 2017, and GDP, employment levels and house prices had all improved 2 years on from the referendum 3/
EU leaders are meeting at a summit today to discuss a controversial proposal that would allow it to block vaccine exports from companies that haven't met their commitments to the bloc 2/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
There was a slight easing of diplomatic tensions with the UK earlier in the week, but discussions are ongoing on supplies and we wait for a resolution (it's a bit like the Brexit negotiations all over again...) 3/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Marshall says the disruption to trade and companies is not just about `adjustment'. These are permanent effects which, in some cases, pose an existential threat to business models 2/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Of the 40% decline in exports to the EU in January, he says a ``large chunk'' of that is Brexit related 3/