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Eternal Realist #FBPE #FBPPR 🇪🇺 Profile picture
Eternal Realist #FBPE #FBPPR 🇪🇺
@phampton
British Citizen of Europe. Desperate for a change of Govt. Tired of extremism on both Right & Left.
Oct 12, 2021 • 21 tweets • 4 min read
Bit of a thread on my thoughts of the causes of #Brexit.

What we’re experiencing at the moment, the supply-chain problems leading to empty shelves & dry fuel pumps are simply one of the numerous symptoms of the UK’s decision to not only leave the EU but importantly 1/ to leave the single market and customs union.

The removal of the rights associated with Freedom of Movement mean that, and let’s take the HGV driver shortage as an example where 14,000 EU National drivers left the U.K. from January 2020, 2/