“Now, the extra paperwork puts off firms that lack the critical mass to absorb the extra fixed costs of handling non-EU trade procedures. Over time, the situation may well improve, but some companies have already given up. British consumers have paid the price,”
This is what I kept talked about for so long. Ultimately in the UK what will happen is, as large multinationals mop up the business previously done by the SME sector, they become even more dominant. Even more capital and wealth will fall into fewer hands
This is of course the exact opposite of what was promised by all the Brexit architects to their leave voters. #BrexitHasFailed
If only we could appease the ERG we could be a progressive government
If only we could blackmail the EU with our departure , they will agree to anything we say.
If only we could get rid of the EU we could be kings of the world! 1/
If only we were out of the EU you could have cheap shoes
If only you hadn’t believed us we would know what to do next.
If only we could get rid of immigrants we could give you a house
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If only we could get rid of FOM you could have better hospitals.
If only we could have Boris Johnson in charge the unicorns will dance in your gardens every morning.
If only we had sovereignty we could raise taxes from the richest.
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I have been in Spain for about 18 months. Nobody Spanish ever mentions Brexit to me except in relation to bureaucratic procedures. My neighbours have never mentioned it. It’s certainly not an oft discussed media topic. 1/
The only people who talk about Brexit are the British communities here whose lives have been made complicated and difficult by the whole thing. For example there has been no agreement to date on swapping of driving licenses for Brits. 2/
As it stands right now, if you have notified your intention to swap your licence before end of 2020, there has been an extension allowed to year end to get that done. However if you haven’t swapped it or registered intent to, people must take a Spanish driving test 3/
In 2017 I wrote ‘how can it be settled when everyone wants something different?’. This still feels like a relevant question. The oven ready deal appears to be not what they wanted after all. Did the words in the deal magically appear altered to different people? 1/
Others want special treatment for their industries. Fisheries got stuffed, it’s not what they voted for! Farmers got stuffed, they wanted something else and now they want special visas and will need help to stay in business. 2/
The DUP wanted …. well I don’t know what they wanted - I am totally confused by their constantly evolving contradictions. Frost and Johnson invented the NIP and told us it was brilliant, now Frost says it’s rubbish. Another confused soul! 3/
What they promised on red tape and what they have delivered instead to the British public on red tape #BrexitReality#BorisJohnsonMustGo 1/3
Johnson is very clear in this article from 15th April 2016. He claims that being a member of the EU was holding British business back like a jailer with its red tape … 2/3 euractiv.com/section/uk-eur…
But below is a tiny example of the massive walls erected by Tories that Brits trying to go about their business day to day are now having to negotiate. Thanks Boris Johnson, you really and truly succeeded in creating the party of Fuck Business 3/3 #GTTO
“It is Johnson who sets the tone.” @campbellclaret spot on with this.
The attitudes of those at the top of any organisation always filter down through the management layers and if allowed to persist will also affect how people at the bottom act. 1/
The danger is the moral vacuum spreads and infects people. If the prime minister tells lies to get himself out of trouble, why should someone junior bother to tell the truth. If the cabinet are doing a shitty job why should their advisers be held to account. 2/
If the cabinet engages in wholesale mistruths to defend the boss who just swans around doing not a lot, why should the local backbench MP bother to spend a second helping a constituent or local group? He/she isn’t going to get into trouble! 3/
What we have seen under Tory government - in no particular order and not comprehensive
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1. Interfering with report on police corruption connected to a murder 2. Windrush scandal 3. Wholesale damage to British import/export industries because of brexit
4. Wholesale removal of people’s rights through Brexit 5. Mistakes leading to higher covid death toll than necessary 6. Austerity impacting millions of lives 7. Appalling Brexit outcomes for farming, fishing, finance.
8. Appalling Brexit outcome for Northern Ireland 9. Disrespect of Scotland so making the breaking of the Union more likely 10. Questions over where the money came from for PMs wallpaper 11. Questions over where the money came from for a luxury holiday for PM