“You’re running a natural experiment in what happens when you run a trade war on yourself” - Adam Posen
27/04/2022
@AdamPosen is speaking with @lizzzburden about food prices and inflation at #EconafterBrexit
“Shelves were full before Christmas and there are some issues now in terms of supply chains… that’s clearly a Brexit issue” - Simon Coveney
20/01/2021
Irish Foreign Minister @simoncoveney tells @Peston that checks required on goods coming into N.Ireland are causing disruption.
“I just cannot accept it, we are seeing our industry slowly being destroyed” - @neil_parish quizzing Home Office minister Kevin Foster at @CommonsEFRA committee on labour shortages in food and farming.
“I don’t accept the premise that Brexit will make us poorer” says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt - There is now overwhelming evidence it already has! [3 mins]
14/11/2022
“I don’t accept the premise that Brexit will make us poorer” says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt / There is now overwhelming evidence it already has! / For the man running the nations finances to just stick his head in the sand & pretend it’s not happening is utter insanity
“Brexit, for our industry, there’s not a single positive about it” / @ChefTomKerridge describes the huge staffing shortage in the hospitality industry, telling @Peston that there are many hospitality businesses closing 2-3 days a week due to a lack of workers.
“A no-deal Brexit is a catastrophe and I will not go down in history as an MP who has facilitated it” - Grieve
24/06/2019
“A no-deal Brexit is a catastrophe and I will not go down in history as an MP who has facilitated it.” Conservative MP Dominic Grieve says, “It’s the moment when the national interest goes clearly in front of any party political consideration”
One of the few times I've seen a Brexiter corrected on this issue. From 10 December. @AdamBoulton corrects Martin Howe QC from @lawyers4britain on his claim that most of our trade is done on WTO terms. He gets pissy. Note his final "yes it is, it's true!"
What it takes to have frictionless trade - and why we won't have it with the EU even with a trade deal - Holger Hestermeyer
24/09/2020
Maybe it has not been explained often and simply enough why there won't be frictionless trade - even with a trade agreement. So let me try to do this: WHAT IT TAKES TO HAVE FRICTIONLESS TRADE - AND WHY WE WON'T HAVE IT WITH THE EU EVEN WITH A TRADE DEAL (thread)
We don't want to become a musical Galapagos, with our musicians locked out of the cultural partnership which is so important for creative development."
18/11/2021
"We don't want to become a musical Galapagos, with our musicians locked out of the cultural partnership which is so important for creative development." - @HarrietHarman at today's Westminster Hall debate on visas for musicians touring in the EU.
Former European Commissioner Viviane Reding MEP calls out the false claims of the Brexiters. She absolutely nails it. We need more of this from our UK politicians.
WATCH: Victor Meldrew, from 'One Foot in the Grove', orders the 'Brexit Special' after being told how good it was all going to be - but it doesn't come out quite like he thought it would.
UTTER CAR CRASH by Andrew Bowie [3 mins]
07/12/2022
'UTTER CAR CRASH by Andrew Bowie. Doesn't accept Brexit has hurt exports / Promises to grow EU trade, but can't say how / Promises simplified processes, but can't say how / Thinks he can negotiate customs with EU members state-by-state.'
US Pharma industry lobby telling US trade negotiators that US-UK trade deal is “an important opportunity” to deal with “artificially depressed prices” in UK [1 min]
03/12/2019
This video from January is US Pharma industry lobby telling US trade negotiators that US-UK trade deal is “an important opportunity” to deal with “artificially depressed prices” in UK - “dictated” via our “primary payer” system
UK tariffs on exports from Ghana were effected today due to Brexit. Golden Exotics tells me how the business is being affected.
04/01/2021
UK tariffs on exports from Ghana were effected today due to Brexit. While both countries try to work out a trade deal, George Kporye, Corporate affairs manager of banana exporting firm, Golden Exotics tells me how the business is being affected.
"For us in those days, Europe really was a symbol of freedom, high standards, prosperity, modernity and security. And we have never been disappointed."