PORT LABOUR IN THE EU
'Despite signs of considerable improvement in the past decades, scattered data suggest that the port worker continues to have one of the most dangerous occupations in the entire EU economy'
Do you understand why the TUC and RMT are against Sunak's Freeports?
Do you know that the Labour Party are referring to Sunak's Freeports as ports in their GE campaigning?
transport.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2… Brexit is about capitalism without democracy, it is economic freedom that depends on political disenfranchisement. In the UK human labour is now effectively an entrapped domestic workforce, it is a required necessity in Cons and Labour's 12 deregulated Freeports and 74 SEZs. That same workforce is a result of corporate coercion working with neoliberal politicians to inflict pain and desperation as the public sector is absorbed into the private sector.

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@novaramedia A 'port' is publicly owned, the 2 Freeports in Cromarty Firth, and the Firth of Forth are privately owned and fall under corporate governance.
Hydrogen, is not a green energy source which is why it is beloved by the fossil fuel industry since much of it is extracted from natural gas. Nigg is just one of 18 Special Economic Zones spread across Scotland.
novaramedia.com/2024/04/10/an-… SEZ chaos hits Torry in Scotland.
Aberdeen councillors yesterday voted to back the leasing of St Fittick's Park for an energy transition zone in the face of strong opposition from Torry residents.
Campaigners gathered outside the Town House to protest the decision, which divided the chamber with the Labour group voting in opposition and the SNP, Liberal Democrat and Conservative groups in favour.
aberdeenlive.news/news/aberdeen-…

Our main parties continue to exchange petty insults, playing the blame game while shredding public trust, and confidence in our democratic political system. This pantomime will get worse as the GE approaches.
We can no longer depend on the MSM to tell us the truth of what is going on behind closed doors. There are reasons for this subterfuge, corporations are dictating the terms.
It again falls to independent grassroots organisations to reveal what's actually happening, they are the ones who are exposing the rampant corruption. Please support them. We must challenge politicians on all sides who are complicit in reducing the public to being mere spectators of their own fate.
We must demand public participation in decision-making processes that affect the lives of the majority of people in the UK.
We must insist that our representative MPs close the revolving door of big donors and prevent them once and for all from shaping policy to create wealth for themselves, their friends, and families.
The consequences are plain to see as austerity policies ravage towns, cities, and the environment.

‘States exerting power on behalf of corporations in SEZs’.
The most lucrative line of business is between corporations and the Govt.
The UK Govt is working to help companies enforce their rules and private laws within 86 Special Economic Zones, and this is tax payer funded. The cannibalisation of all our resources is stealthily underway, and the zone (being a complex subject) camouflages its agenda with culture wars. Watch @kennardmatt discuss corporate welfare in the form of State Aid (public money), SEZs, and how the obstacle of social democracy has been removed to pave the way for corporate hegemony. #BrexitDisaster @novaramedia

I have shocking news for Labour supporters.
Labour MPs, Mayors, Councillors, Lords, and Baronesses are sitting members of a cross-party alliance of Freeports consortia spanning England, Scotland, and Wales.
Labour Party members backing Sunak's 12 Freeports
Kim Johnson
Mick Whitley
Jon Cruddas
Margaret Mullane (candidate)
Keir Starmer
Rachel Reeves
Liam Byrne
Nick Fletcher
Gill Furniss
Dame Rosie Winterton
Clr Alan Nimmo
Clr Altany Craik
Clr Cammy Day
Baroness Blake of Leeds
Mayor Steve Rotheram

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https://x.com/EuropeanPowell/status/1776913529745854857

Q - What's the difference between Special Economic zones in the UK and SEZs in the EU?
A - SEZs in the UK are tax havens
A - SEZS in the UK are deregulated
A - SEZs in the UK are experiments in corporate governance
A - SEZs in the UK are privately run
A - SEZs in the UK distort competition
A - SEZs in the UK allow the Govt to give State aid (public money) to companies of their choice
A - SEZs in the EU, none of the above europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/155707…

https://x.com/EuropeanPowell/status/1774134440609923390?s=20

Labour = No rejoin, got it.
So we should be focusing on those spectacular Brexit benefits, right? But, here's what's coming next.
Labour are backing the Tory initiative of installing 12 Freeports and 74 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) the length and breadth of the UK.
48 SEZs in England
18 SEZs in Scotland
8 SEZs in Wales
8 Freeports in England
2 Freeports in Scotland
2 Freeports in Wales
0 SEZs and Freeports in Northern Ireland...I wonder why?
Labour are part of a cross-party alliance that sits on the Freeports consortia in England, Scotland, and Wales, the members include MPs, Mayors, councillors, Lords, and Baronesses. They are working with major stakeholders from dozens of companies, and being advised by governance consultancy's who specialise in deregulatory frameworks for Special Economic Zones, Locus Economica is one such consultancy.
Locus Economica worked very closely with the Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai, our former Queen officiated at the opening ceremony of the Free zone in 1979. Jebel Ali Freezone is the flagship zone of DP World. Welcome to Brexit dystopia where deregulation that follows the culling of EU/UK retained laws on employment rights, food safety, and environmental protections were shredded on 31st Dece 2023, with 1000's more for the chop by 2026.
So Keir Starmer will not inherit the turmoil of Brexit or Sunak's Free zones to remedy the Tories attacks on just about everything publicly owned, because he and the Labour Party actively back the reconfiguration of the UK into a privatised plutocratic libertarian hellhole.locuseconomica.com Now for the technical side of things which comes down to differences between WTO and EU State Aid rules.
For the Tories and Labour, Supply-Side Economics means low taxes and deregulation, so those at the top make the profits while those at the bottom watch society fall into oblivion. The cherry on top for those wilfully ignoring Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is State Aid under WTO rules allows Govt's in 3rd country's (the UK) to give preferential treatment to companies of their choosing inside the Freeports and SEZs, this is the trick of the zone, a state within a state, a bit like how the Mafia operates.
EU State Aid is strictly regulated to prevent Govt's doing this because it distorts markets creating an unlevel playing field, Brexit allows the Govt to break the rules under what I call 'legalized lawlessness'. The UK is now a Russian doll.

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Article 107(1) TFEU forbids State aid granted by
Member States, stating it is 'incompatible with the
internal market' if it 'distorts or threatens to distort
competition by favouring certain undertakings or
the production of certain goods … in so far as it
affects trade between Member States'.
Some Member States have made the promotion of SEZs and FZs central to their economic policy.
Several trade unions, however, have questioned the contribution of SEZs and FZs to sustainable economic development. They argue that these zones create unfair competition and lower environmental and social standards, for example, by imposing forced overtime, short-term contracts, and lower wages. In some cases, FZs have been accused of receiving illegal tax exemptions, which has forced the Commission to open in-depth investigations.👇🏻

The UK is now on WTO rules because of Brexit.
While there are freeports in the EU (and were freeports in the UK until 2012), advocates of freeports argue that their effectiveness was limited by EU state
aid rules. For example, in 2016, Rishi Sunak argued that EU rules on state aid and the single market “have ensured that modern EU Free Zones amount to little more than storage and warehouse facilities with simpler customs formalities”.👇🏻
europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes…
researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-… There are a number of free zones in the EU (PDF). It has been argued, however, that the operation of these zones is limited by EU state aid rules. @CSBarnard24 Professor Catherine Barnard and Emilija Leinarte of Cambridge University have written:
Approvals for FZ [free zones] are also subject to EU state aid rules. Under EU law, it is illegal for member states to give financial help to some companies and not others in a way which would distort fair competition. State aid must be approved by the European Commission, which effectively holds a monopoly on the decision for the creation of FZ. The difficulty of obtaining an FZ status can be illustrated by the Shannon FZ in the Republic of Ireland. The Shannon FZ was successfully launched in 1958 but, upon Ireland’s accession to the EU in 1973, the incentives in the Shannon FZ were limited in order to comply with EU state aid rules (e.g. the 0% corporate
income tax was increased to 10%). Having left the EU, the UK has set up its own subsidy regime and EU state aid rules no longer apply. The UK is also bound by the World Trade Organization’s rules on subsidies and its commitments under free trade agreements, including the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA).

"Mr Drakeford, with all due respect, Sunak’s freeports are a threat to democracy"
Here's why Wales must become independent and undo the Westminster stranglehold over its indigenous people and their land. A corporate coup hatched by a cross-party alliance all sit on Freeports consortia across🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 There are 2 Freeports and 8 Special Economic Zones being set up in Wales. These are small state libertarian experiments in corporate governance and you the public are paying for their installation, public money in the form of State Aid is being given to companies chosen by the UK Govt, WTO rules allow this, however, the EU forbids it, why? State Aid (public money) under EU regulations prevents preferential treatment that distorts markets creating an unlevel playing field, this threatens the integrity and harmony of the Single Market, there are 82 SEZs/Freeports in the EU, the difference is that they are strictly regulated to stop companies absconding with their profits and not contributing to local communities and social infrastructure. 12 Freeports and 74 SEZs are being set up in the uk fully endorsed by Cons and Labour, this is why Labour say no to rejoining the EU, it s nothing to do with keeping their powder dry, they back this Tory initiative of corporatizing sovereignty by carving out extraterritorial spaces all over Wales. Were you informed about this? Do you know what deregulated Freeports and SEZs outside of the protections of the EU entail for public services that are already collapsing because of rampant defunding? Do you know that Gove updated his Levelling Up Bill last year to include a section on Compulsory Purchase Orders that apply to business, agricultural, and residential properties? What do you think happens to towns and cities when companies do not pay their taxes to contribute to local infrastructure? They get privatised. The asset classes have thrown money at the govt to install private laws in these zones of exception to the host country, the 1% will do extremely well, while those on low to middle incomes will perish.
Labour's FM Mark Drakeford has signed off on 2 Welsh Freeports Milford Haven & Port Talbot, and Anglesey Freeport with Sunak and Gove, this 'deal' was overseen by none other than Shanker Singham, the brains behind Brexit. Drakeford has absolutely betrayed Welsh citizens for generations to come, Drakeford resigns this month. What a legacy...

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Here's the list of 8 SEZs currently being installed with no mandate to do so in Wales.

https://x.com/EuropeanPowell/status/1736415715593159033?s=20

Well done @CarolineLucas who quit her role on the Environmental Social Governance (ESG) All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) after learning about funding from arms makers and ‘law-breaking accountancy firms’.
The APPG supposedly supports 'sustainable and ethical business practices' but is funded by companies that have paid out billions in fines and compensation for fraud, tax and environmental failings.
Transparency campaigners say the system of regulation remains too reliant on goodwill.
APPGs can issue their own official-looking reports, generate media coverage, and, crucially, can receive outside funding — including from foreign entities — to aid their work. They can also provide a route for “secretariats” funded by private companies to gain passes allowing them access to the parliamentary estate, as well as the ability to shape the work of MPs sympathetic to their causes.
I have found another APPG dedicated to Freeports, see 🧵👇🏻
Revealed: Parliament’s ESG group bankrolled by firms who paid out billions for fraud, tax and environmental breaches open.substack.com/pub/democracyf… See the members who were on the 'maybe-defunct' Freeports APPG
Douglas Chapman (SNP)
Priti Patel (Cons)
Diana Johnson (Labour)
Kim Johnson (Labour)
Lord Berkely (Labour)
Anna Turley (Labour)
Simon Clarke (Cons)
Mick Whitley (Labour)
parallelparliament.co.uk/APPG/freeports

Both Cons and Labour are experimenting with alienating the state via Brexit, think of SEZs and Freeports as ‘accumulation by dispossession’, the transfer of public wealth to private hands. An exit strategy from managed capitalism necessitates a dismantling of the social contract. The asset classes craving for more power and money doubles down on austerity policies when their capital accumulation is threatened. The most lucrative line of business is between the private sector and Govt.

Jeremy Hunt's 2p tax cut to NI will further impact public services, but no one's talking about how Hunt has given tax-exempt status for 10 years to Sunak's 86 SEZs, this will be catastrophic and lead to the privatisation of the entire UK! #BrexitDisaster
.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m… Why are our MSM not mentioning this? Labour are backing Sunak's 'tax-haven-SEZs', all 86 of them, the MSM are writing articles that Labour are backing 'ports', when we know those very same ports are Tory Freeports under WTO rules, illegal in EU, sabotaging rejoin for 10 years.

A UK cross-party alliance sits on Freeports/SEZs consortium.
What do they want?
The consumer-citizen in an SEZ is a sovereign individual who desires maximum capital gains at the cost of public services and Big Govt interventionism, SEZs install private legal laws to realize this Mogg's restructuring of state sovereignty changes it to corporate sovereignty, which means state sovereignty becomes a commercial asset for the investor classes. By selling 'regulatory packages' to consumers entails who can opt in or out of the SEZ. This is Libertarian mana.

How long before Labour start vocally backing Sunak's 12 Freeports and 74 SEZs as the saviours of Brexit Britain?
Understand Labour MPs, mayors, councillors sit on the Freeports consortium panels, FM Mark Drakeford signed off on 2 Welsh Freeports with Shanker Singham.
It's a coup. Freeports and SEZs will be maintained at astronomical costs to the public purse, your taxes will go up to provide WTO State Aid to subsidise corporations who will be tax-exempt for 10 years. Distortion of markets for profiteering as whole regions collapse.

https://x.com/EuropeanPowell/status/1761727464743518671?s=20

The precise costs of tax sites will vary by site, however the estimated cost of 600 hectares of tax reliefs is £45m, to be deducted from the overall £80m envelope
available to an Investment Zone.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6411bd48…

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The wording in the doc👀
"business rates retention will provide for local economic growth within the region, ⚠️support the priority sector within the Investment Zone⚠️, and represent value for money for the government"
Corporate governance.

In No.10 Labour will champion they 'made Brexit work', they will claim Sunak's 86 SEZs heralded a new era of economic growth for Brexit Britain, they will conveniently NOT tell you they signed off on these zones of exception as sitting members of the Freeports consortium panels. Labour know that Hunt declared all SEZs tax-exempt for 10 years, they know that the Govt's REUL report repealed +600 UK/EU laws that protect SMEs, employment rights, food safety, and environmental laws on 31/12/2023. PPP will move in for the kill as scores of councils go bankrupt

Scotland, you are being annexed by the English, your sovereignty is being criminally denied, and absorbed while you sleep. 18 SEZs are being installed right now in Scotland, you can rise up and stop this.👇🏻

https://twitter.com/EuropeanPowell/status/1760784249412608198

They are coming for your land, your resources, your history, your families, your rights, your collective identity, your dignity, your very souls.
"We shall squeeze you empty, and then we shall fill you with ourselves" - George Orwell.
Full details here👇🏻

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@Guardian again ignoring Truss's small states experiment. Her full-fat SEZs cost the taxpayer billions, 74 SEZs and 12 Freeports will privatise the UK and carve out extraterritorial criminal enterprise zones, legalized lawlessness in the form of zone fever
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/f… @guardian Sunak scrapped Truss's SEZ plans as 'unworkable' during his 'election bid', once he was in No.10 Jeremy Hunt quietly picked up Truss's 86 SEZs. Sunak lied, this is how Brexit is being forced to work, small states coming, citizens/customers held hostage in zones of exception.

Governance not anti-governance
Egalitarian economy is urgently needed
All sectors must fairly benefit from💰growth
Regressive legislation that tends to super-concentrate wealth must require a 2/3 majority in both houses
Written constitution to enshrine the above
@MrMarkEThomas Corporate political donations should be banned, limit on donations from individuals, their families and family trusts. Full transparency and strict controls over lobbying, and all meetings. Regulators to have high degree of independence from legislature.

Jesus, look at all the Labour MPs who signed off on the Tories Freeports! Now do you get why Brexit is being forced to work?😡
miro.com/app/board/uXjV… There are no excuses for Labour's role in Sunak's 86 SEZs, this is why they refused any semblance of rejoining the EU, they knew what was coming with WTO rules on State Aid being illegal in the EU, they knew Hunt would grant tax exemption for 10 years, put your eye in your mouth.

The State is not the enemy, limited Govt is.
Corporate governance is anti-governance.
Sunak's 12 Freeports and 74 SEZs are setting up small privately run states within the host country, beyond Big Govt's reach.
Cons and Labour are forcing Brexit to work.
miro.com/app/board/uXjV… Look around, everything publicly owned is collapsing.
Private equity has gate-crashed the public sphere.
Super-concentrated wealth is only interested in accruing assets.
Gove is selling off council assets
Compulsory Purchase Orders on business, agri, and residential properties.

Our MIRO Board on the 4th Freeport, Baron Smith of Kelvin, (former BBC) Azhar Ali Abidi, Jean Christoph Aubert. Otter Ports I Ltd, a parent company of the 4th Ports registered in Cayman Islands! Smith is chair of🇬🇧Business Bank with property interests in🇿🇦
miro.com/app/board/uXjV… This link allows guest viewing, take a look, it is insane which stakeholders are involved in Scottish Freeports
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