Philip Aldrick Profile picture
Economics Editor, The Times
Feb 1, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
Trade talks looking like they will get ugly. Brussels is prepared to fight dirty theguardian.com/politics/2020/… Yup- it’s starting ugly UK diplomats told to spurn old EU allies

thetimes.co.uk/article/uk-dip…
May 23, 2018 9 tweets 2 min read
HMRC says Brexit "max fac" customs arrangements would cost business £17bn-£20bn a year. The "streamline" option (the one Boris calls 'crazy') costs nothing Jon Thompson, HMRC perm sec, said this to the TSC. HMRC has also reiterated that neither option will need infrastructure at the Irish border for fiscal purposes (that's HMRC's job - agricultural standard checks, should they be needed, would be DEFRA's job, for example)