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1 Jul, 4 tweets, 1 min read
More of that "Project Fear"..
Nobody wants to/dare expose the Emperor's New Clothes

What a tragic farce the whole thing is.

"Suez" a tiny footnote for future historians as they debate that time UK imposed major economic sanctions
...upon itself
(& its own break up)

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Michael M. 🇨🇭🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇬🇧 Profile picture
29 Jun
The concept of a customs union & single market I always thought were easy: it seems not. Again just been in a conversation where not..& explained it (successfully) like this..
Imagine a shipment of o/seas expensive watches, or used cars, or a ton of beef enters a port in Wales
The shipment clears customs after satisfying Welsh border force it's met the relevant (rules of origin) tariff/duty & VAT rates. Once cleared (or originating in Wales) does (did) the same shipment need the same costly process at border with England or Scotland (or NI)? No!.. Why?
Because they are part of the same customs territory (a customs union) .
For nearly 50 years this extended ever further into continental Europe and Ireland...but retracted back to just UK (nearly all UK; NI is a bit complicated).. this year
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Michael M. 🇨🇭🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇬🇧 Profile picture
21 Jun
James Crowhurst, a consultant vet at the hospital, said: "We knew we would be a third country, subject to new import rules, but we didn't think they would be so time-consuming and labour-intensive."
WHY the fuck not?
h/t @AnnaJerzewska
bbc.com/news/uk-englan…
Yet again... the closer the alignment on standards & duties the less the border force processes ("frictions") ..the ultimate of course being a customs union inside a single regulated market.
UK Gov chose "fuck off with all your rules"..i.e. hardest of borders
Belarussian Brexit
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Michael M. 🇨🇭🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇬🇧 Profile picture
16 Jun
Liverpool’s container port is “imploding”, with hauliers growing increasingly concerned over the gateway’s viability as they struggle for booking slots.
Forwarders are also beginning to feel the pinch as increasing numbers of hauliers, refuse to service Liverpool.
Brace brace
“Lots of hauliers from outside the Liverpool region are simply refusing to go there, because of the poor productivity and increased costs, which leads to us incurring quay rent and detention charges,” one forwarder told The Loadstar.
Maritime Transport, told customers new charges for delays at Liverpool would be incurred from close of business today.“
One of the smaller hauliers said: “It is at crisis point now, and I am really not sure why the port has not ground to a halt
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Michael M. 🇨🇭🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇬🇧 Profile picture
15 Jun
While some managed to stave off the (brexit) impact, thanks in large part to pre-Brexit stockpiling, others are now struggling to replenish shelves and are seeing orders refused by suppliers scrambling to clear backlogs that have built up. And its big ones too.....
Nestlé is having problems galore because it can’t even get its goods into the GB from Rotterdam, let alone get its deliveries on the road here.”Surging container rates are not helping the situation either, with wholesalers noting that prices are climbing across the supply chain.
Mr Lunt said: “Ultimately, we’re all paying for this now, ...., because if you have a supplier that has gone from 100 to now 3 picks a day, the supply chain is not built for that; it won’t hold. you’ll soon end up with no stock on the shelves.”
Full Report theloadstar.com/uk-sme-wholesa…
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Michael M. 🇨🇭🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇬🇧 Profile picture
14 Jun
Shippers are facing that
*(self inflicted brexit exacerbated)*
"perfect storm" as the logistics industry has entered an “an era of unprecedented disruption”, with ports crippled by acute congestion as the malaise faced by China’s Yantian spreads to others.
According to Alex Hersham, CEO and co-founder of supply chain technology company Zencargo, the knock-on effect from Yantian, which has been operating at just 20% of normal productivity due to an outbreak of positive Covid-19 cases,
will be acutely felt in the coming weeks by retailers and consumers (perhaps cushioned further by extended lockdown restrictions) And he warned that industries “will face shortages of materials, and countries will struggle to stock up on PPE”, and also...
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Michael M. 🇨🇭🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇬🇧 Profile picture
14 Jun
Chief executive of the Federation of Wholesale Distributors (FWD) James Bielby said the situation had become so extreme, with the shortage hitting 70,000, he recommended the government having army trucks on standby “to ensure… enough vehicles and drivers to distribute food”.
“The shortage of drivers is now critical, food wholesalers are experiencing severe difficulties delivering to stores, pubs, restaurants and care homes,” the spokesperson said. “We are meeting with ministers this week to discuss options, which we believe .....
should include having army drivers on standby to ensure food distribution.”
Among the proposals it intends to put forward is a temp extension of drivers’ hours, perhaps limited to multi-drops in remote areas & regions with a food supply threat.
ah that "bonfire of regulations"
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