Brexit

[petit_bateau]

I'm not holding my breath for the automotive industry to start opening factories in the UK ..........

The rest of the paper analyses developments in the trade of goods and services since 2016, concentrating attention on the post 2019 period. It is a complex area, and the period coincides with a global Covid pandemic that clearly also affected demand and supply in both the UK and the EU. Despite this, evidence suggests that it is Brexit rather than Covid that is driving fundamental changes in post Brexit trade patterns.

Post-Brexit Trade Flows with the EU: What Leavers overlooked - The Federal Trust

“I hadn’t quite understood the full extent of this but …. we are particularly reliant on the Dover-Calais route.” Dominic Raab, 20 November 2018, subsequently Foreign Secretary 2019 to 2021, revealing his unsuitability for the post. Introduction The formal enactment of Brexit came into force on...

fedtrust.co.uk

 

[Buckminster]

Johnson tells Martin ‘significant changes’ needed with Northern Ireland Protocol

 

[JupiterMan]

Johnson tells Martin ‘significant changes’ needed with Northern Ireland Protocol

Lebedev owns the independent and Evening Standard newspaper who published this article.

Who is Lebedev?

Levbedev is the wealthy son of a KGB spy who was reportedly the one who convinced Johnson to back Brexit originally before the referendum. Why would a wealthy Russian son of a KGB spy want Brexit I wonder?

Johnson later ditched his security detail after UN talks on the murder of Alexander Litvinenko on UK soil by Russians, to attend a party held by this son of a KGB agent Lebedev. Why did he ditch his security?

Johnson visit to Lebedev party after victory odd move for 'people's PM'

PM mingled with Russian elite amid claims of Moscow interference in UK politics

www.theguardian.com

After becoming PM Johnson makes Lebedev a UK peer against UK security advice. Johnson even gets Putins permission for him to be a Peer of Siberia, no less.

Boris Johnson gave peerage to Russian friend 'despite MI6 warning'

Deputy Labour Leader Angela Rayner claims Mr Johnson’s ‘disregard for the facts is a threat to us all'.

metro.co.uk

Over £2 million has been donated to Johnsons Tory party since becoming Prime Minister. "Donations" of course is very vague and it is not clear what has been bought by Putin with these "donations".

Why Britain’s Tories are addicted to Russian money

Politics has stymied efforts to clean up Londongrad.

www.politico.eu

Meanwhile UK actively avoided even looking for any Russian interference in Brexit referendum, it delayed the issue of the redacted report until after the General Election and it refused to even consider any of its recommendations. Why?

Russia report: Government 'actively avoided' looking for evidence Moscow interfered in Brexit referendum, says watchdog

The Government “actively avoided” looking for evidence Russia interfered in the EU referendum “because they did not want to know”, according to a P...

www.politicshome.com

Back to the Northern Ireland Protocol, this was of course negotiated by Johnsons government and agreed to by Johnson, despite breaking promises made by Johnson before his election that he would not agree to what he then agreed to.

Brexit, a Putin backed project, promoted and enacted by a compromised, lying, backtracking Prime Minister. Where's James Bond when you need him?

 

[petit_bateau]

Ukraine ripple effects

Is Brexit being 'cancelled'?

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chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com

BIT 13 March 2022 – Post-Truth & Politics: Post-Brexit Britain’s path to a mass ‘wish psychosis’ — Gerhard Schnyder

It has been another extraordinary week in post-Brexit Britain. Due to the horrific war in Ukraine, many Brexit-related issues currently seem to be taking a backseat (most explicitly, Liz Truss is putting on hold the plan to trigger of Art. 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol). The war continues to

www.gerhardschnyder.com

 

[petit_bateau]

Brexit, continuing disaster now admitted by Sunak

Admissions, denials and amnesia

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chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com

 

[EVNow]

Brexit, continuing disaster now admitted by Sunak

Admissions, denials and amnesia

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chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com

It never made any sense that a smaller country like UK would benefit from exiting EU. UK just got played by Putin.

 

[petit_bateau]

Largest employer in Brexit-voting Newark closes and moves to EU : we told you so (and lots more of the same)

Sometimes, 'we told you so' is all that can be said

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[petit_bateau]

"Overall, the latest IMF World Economic Outlook published this month has the UK set to be the slowest-growing G7 economy in 2023 at 1.2% (compared with 2.4% average for advanced economies and 2.3% average for Euro area) and to have higher inflation, at an average of 6.3% over the next two years, than Germany (4.2%), France (2.9%) and Italy (3.9%) as well as the non-EU G7, and higher than the advanced economies average (4.1%) and the Euro area average (3.8%).* In other words, it’s not just Covid, Ukraine, and global energy and supply chain factors, which have affected all countries. Something particular has happened to the UK and it has a name: Brexit. Indeed the IMF’s 2022 country report for the UK identifies Brexit, along with the pandemic, as having “magnified structural challenges” facing the economy. This is why, as other major economies ‘bounce back’ from Covid, the UK does so more slowly."

Six years of failure

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[petit_bateau]

Join the dots

Brexiters are losing the post-Brexit narrative

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chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com

UK local election results were messy. Now Boris Johnson’s future is on the line

A disastrous night for the Conservatives proved not to be a clear-cut victory for the Labour party, either

www.theguardian.com

Northern Ireland elections: what happens next?

The assembly must meet within eight days of the election, but it could be up to six months before a new executive is formed

www.theguardian.com

 

[Buckminster]

Join the dots

Brexiters are losing the post-Brexit narrative

<a rel="me" href="https://mastodon.online/@ChrisGrey">Mastodon</a>

chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com

UK local election results were messy. Now Boris Johnson’s future is on the line

A disastrous night for the Conservatives proved not to be a clear-cut victory for the Labour party, either

www.theguardian.com

Northern Ireland elections: what happens next?

The assembly must meet within eight days of the election, but it could be up to six months before a new executive is formed

www.theguardian.com

Status quo?

 

[RobStark]

Brexit Britain was the first to supply heavy weapons to Ukraine.

Now will put Sweden and Finland under Britain's nuclear umbrella between them officially petitioning for NATO membership and them actually entering the Alliance.

 

[RobStark]

UK unemployment rate 3.9%
France unemployment rate 8.62%

 

[petit_bateau]

On this path the EU is going to have a sense of humour failure

DUP condemned for paralysing Stormont as protocol row deepens

‘Stop pandering to the DUP’, prospective first minister Michelle O’Neill to tell Boris Johnson in planned visit on Monday

www.theguardian.com

edit : it seems I'm not the only one thinking this (in fact I know that for sure)

For all the bluster, Johnson and the Brexiters still have no realistic answer to the 'Northern Ireland border' question

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[JupiterMan]

UK unemployment rate 3.9%
France unemployment rate 8.62%

For reference best five unemployment rates in Europe:

Czech Republic 2.3%
Germany 2.9%
Poland 3.0%
Malta 3.0%
Hungary 3.2%

 

[JupiterMan]

edit : it seems I'm not the only one thinking this (in fact I know that for sure)

Johnsons government still have issues even acknowledging that they have legislated for a border in the Irish Sea, and now want to legislate to break international law...

In the meantime Northern Ireland voted against brexit, business there is adjusting well under the protocol, the majority of the people support it, and the protocol now has democratic legitimacy with Sinn Fein getting the most seats.

Yet Johnson cannot even articulate how the protocol is failing let alone come up with any solutions. it would be funny if it was not against a backdrop of political violence that has mired these isles and caused much suffering for decades. As usual, it seems having ignored the experts and "project fear", Johnson, his sorry government and his client press cannot be bothered with anything except fanning the flames.

 

[petit_bateau]

Statement by Maros Sefcovic [EU] following today’s announcement by Liz Truss [UK]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526541617015955456

 

[petit_bateau]

Let's be honest, it is the cost of Brexit crisis, becoming evident in so many ways

https://twitter.com/x/status/1524861095764271104

 

[JupiterMan]

Let's be honest, it is the cost of Brexit crisis, becoming evident in so many ways

indeed it is.... the most worrying thing is the denial still from the government that any of this is actually happening, they are still living in cloud cuckoo land.

Meanwhile labour are too scared to even mention this so as to avoid opening old wounds and re-igniting the brexit division.

As a country we are politically and economically lost.

 

[petit_bateau]

There can be no clarity because there is no honesty

Britain is being choked by the knotweed of Brexit lies

It is difficult to make sense of what Johnson’s Brexit government is doing, or trying to do, as regards the Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP)....

chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com

 

[Zilla91]

indeed it is.... the most worrying thing is the denial still from the government that any of this is actually happening, they are still living in cloud cuckoo land.

Meanwhile labour are too scared to even mention this so as to avoid opening old wounds and re-igniting the brexit division.

As a country we are politically and economically lost.

Because it would be electoral suicide to talk about it. Get into power first and then think about trying to undo the damage.

Rejoining will never happen in our lifetime because it would require a referendum and there’s zero chance of that winning so trying to get a Norway style deal is the best you could hope for in order to undo some of the economic harm and sort out the Northern Ireland issue