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Redwood et al's letter: "deliberately deferring discussions on [trade]" - duh! It's called sequencing & the UK Govt agreed to it. 🤦🏻♂️
And here's page 2... which is frighteningly dangerous.
[I'll make this a thread]
[I'll make this a thread]
Note the super-dumb "other countries don't have to pay to sell" line. This is the differece between trading goods with Single Market... and
Actually being inside the Single Market, where you contribute to upkeep but have frictionless access to all -incl for your money & services.
"We'll be able to make [FTAs] round globe when in control of our [regulations]" - that should be a red flag to all. Means dropping standards
in exchange for trade. This not only means we're selling off British standards, but also means we're setting up standards barrier with EU
This is expressly NOT what UK businesses want in any sector.
Next: "price of imports such as food will fall, benefitting consumers significantly" - again huge danger here. Either 1) that imported food
clashes with UK food production, thus gutting the sector, or 2) it's aimed at replacing EU food imports (eg oranges) with food from
elsewhere. And you think the EU27 would not respond to targetted attack?
Either way, this is all redolent of Minford's outdated non-peer-reviewed 'solution' that we would drop trade barriers unilaterally
- all for "consumer" benefit, but very little consideration of wider dynamics. Cheaper food is only good for you if...
1) quality stays high, 2) your real wages still grow, 3) you still have a job after Minford-style globalisation guts many industries.
Finally, this notion that we can undo 40 years of cross-sector careful construction with 2 years of smashing is mad.
All this daft letter essentially discusses is regulations and tariffs. All old-school bluster & blunder.
It's missing science, tech, health, innovation, small business investment, data exchange, etc, etc frameworks. Y'now modern stuff... 🤦🏻♂️
Oh - and flights. Which brings me full circle to the initial point of the letter... which is: walking away is a clear tantrum.
If these Brexiteers want 'Brexit at all costs' they'd just settle the bill and get on with it. Why won't they? Pride & mean spirit.
Walking away will not convince businesses that our govt is mature- just that our govt agrees with sequencing then suddenly disagrees.
This is epic in its childishness. And makes me angry that we, the public, should suffer for these babies at the top.
Rant done. Thanks 🙏🏻
Rant done. Thanks 🙏🏻
