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Feb 8 โ€ข 4 tweets โ€ข 1 min read
There is a long written piece to be published by a high profile journalist: I will leave it to him as to when and what covered exactly,
but I made these basic points as follows
I remember when we used to use UK owner drivers to do our groupage/part loads to the Eastern European countries before they joined the EU. They told us of real horror stories, hanging around waiting to cross certain borders at certain times (certain customs officer shifts)
but they endured it for the easier work we gave them in the EU...
Never in my wildest days did I imagine UK making itself one of those pre-EU Eastern European nations, making any work in Europe now just as odious. That UK would be the one behind its equivalent Iron Curtain.
Especially when it is so completely unready & wholly unprepped for such status in customs/SPS and driver facilities ...
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Michael M. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง/๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Profile picture
Feb 8
I have seen the official EU report on the failings of UK Gov to implement what it agreed on the NIP: it finds no more than what I've prev. tweeted. in that basically UKG was never going to be ready to implement it even if it wanted to (& that NI is a smugglers back door into EU)
The Commission team noted however, that the shortage of staff and
the high volume of animals and SPS goods are such that DAERA could not implement
the types of controls that it had prioritised (see sections 5.1.7 and 5.2.5 below)
The Commission team visited two retail distribution centres and noted that the
supermarket goods were packaged for end consumers, but those packages, contrary to the
undertaking given in the unilateral declaration,
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Michael M. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง/๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Profile picture
Feb 6
Again asked (too embarrassed on twitter) in a DM to explain SM/CU.
If a Welsh supplier sells to an English or Scottish buyer how easy is it? Why? All nations are part of same customs (union) territory & same (single) market standards territory operating under same legal authority
There are no (organic health against disease) standards to be qualified nor proven; nor tariffs or duties to be paid to any Government before the English or Scottish buyer can place onto the market, even if extra finishing, work, or additions made to the produce first.
If there are any subsequent consumer issues with fault in the produce the Welsh supplier can be readily & easily held to account under the same mutually recognised, legal overseeing authority.
The EU is an extension of all of the above across 27 other nations.
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Michael M. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง/๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Profile picture
Jan 26
A reporter asked me what would happen next?...
Exporters will never hold back on selling goods depending on Incoterms & contracts. What will happen is EU importers will get fed up of delays & cancel future orders & look to other EU internal market, including NI, suppliers.
GB importers will get fed up too, but won't have same luxury to turn into such a big internal market. They'll need to put up with the border delays & costs & pass onto GB consumers.
EU hauliers (UK had become 85% JiT dependent on EU hauliers' round trip Driver Accom RoRo basis)
will also turn to their internal market. The dwindling numbers coming to UK will command ever more rocketing prices,,,again adding to inflation to GB imported goods.
They will go out empty (which is UK exports not being exported) with the inbound leg to GB paying for this loss.
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Michael M. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง/๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Profile picture
Jan 25
๐Ÿ˜ฌ Tick bloody tock
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Michael M. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง/๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Profile picture
Jan 22
Try to imagine it like this: leaving GB to FR/EU somebody has had their foot on a hose since 1/1/21. Ferry is slower loading, but when it zips across channel the queue waiting there in FR/EU has had nobody standing on the hose...until 1/1/22.
Now somebody is *partially only* standing on the hose FR/EU to GB.
Slower to load FR/EU side means longer queue building on the GB side waiting for ferries shuttling back that cannot afford to be too non commercially empty. So fewer sailings but still not running as profitably.
Left unchecked queues both sides will stretch. UK Gov (at your expense) will have commissioned extra ferries to sail much more empty. I believe DFDS service out of Sheerness pulled from service this week (adding to workload on Dover port) to ferry out more unaccompanied trailers
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Michael M. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง/๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Profile picture
Jan 22
@JVSwallow believes delays will get worse as trade picks up this month. โ€œI think European hauliers will decide they no longer want to come here โ€“ that they wonโ€™t want to bother with the red tape and will find it a lot easier to just trade in Europe.โ€
fleetpoint.org/logistics/distโ€ฆ
โ€œLast year when these regulations kicked in on the British side of the border traders extracted themselves from the market but as they were exporting from the UK no one on the High Street noticed but this year, as this builds up, we will notice"
One driver tweeted: โ€œIf you are currently wondering why the quality of food is so poor right nowโ€ฆitโ€™s probably sitting in the back of a truck along with me in Calais โ€“ outside the port trying to get in.โ€
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