The Honda plant in Swindon, which is shutting down and moving production of certain models to outside of the UK as a result of the threat Brexit poses to these supply chains.
Jun 2, 2019 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
NEW: @Make_UK tomorrow publish our latest quarterly study of economic performance.
So what are manufacturers telling us?
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Well on the positive side, this quarter output has remained strong overall despite some sectors, notably steel and automotive, struggling.
Customer orders are, however, decreasing, meaning recent output has not been driven by demand.
Feb 24, 2019 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
Despite the EU confirming that the time for talking is over, Theresa May is still trying to insist that Brexit negotiations are "still ongoing".
In the early 1960s when the UK was negotiating to join the then EEC (EU) the Government thought it could have its cake and eat it too. HMG wanted both a comprehensive free trade agreement with Europe but also to maintain an independent trade policy with the rest of the world.
Feb 22, 2019 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
The Irish Government has today published the full details of its legislation to deal with a no deal Brexit. The so-called Omnibus Bill comprises 15 pieces of legislation across 9 Government departments who have worked on the legislation for over a year dfa.ie/news-and-media…
'The Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019' addresses the practical issues that would be created by a disorderly UK exit from the EU.
Jan 13, 2019 • 20 tweets • 3 min read
Parliament’s current impasse is the culmination of a domestic political failure to solve an trilemma which has, in various forms, been left unresolved since the UK’s first attempt to join the then European Economic Community (EEC) in 1961.
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The PM and the Brexit negotiations process have determined that parliament must choose between a maximum two of three options: 1) customs and regulatory alignment with Europe; 2) no hard border with Ireland, and; 3) an all-UK solution.
These same red lines arose 60 years ago.
Dec 10, 2018 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
The "Irish" border is often wrongly presented as a foreign obstacle: the so-called "Irish Question". In reality the border is the UK's border and those who wish to "Bin the Backstop" should consider the risks to the existence of the United Kingdom if that were to happen.
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Prime Minister Theresa May’s motivation for agreeing to the Backstop is to protect the gains of the Northern Ireland peace process which ended 30 years of civil war in this country.
Dec 6, 2018 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
On this day, 97 years ago, impossibly difficult negotiations were taking place in London concerning a small island nation trying to leave a union with the worlds richest single market and in which, just like today, Northern Ireland was a key issue.
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The Anglo Irish Treaty was signed at 10 Downing Street on 6th December 1921. The sticking-point the UK has to overcome to achieve freedom from the EU today is the same sticking-point Britain presented the Irish negotiators back then: Northern Ireland.
Feb 23, 2018 • 90 tweets • 28 min read
THREAD: @Jacob_Rees_Mogg has become the latest Brexiteer to belittle concerns about the implications of Brexit for security in Northern Ireland telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/…
To help conversions on this topic be better informed, I thought I should write a timeline of terrorism (perpetrated by both sides) in NI. For brevity sake, I will only cover the period SINCE the Brexit referendum (23 June 2016). Brace yourselves. This will be a long one:
