Basically, the UK agreed a deal with the EU, then went to the public who rejected it and opted to leave.
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With the vast majority having no idea what that deal entailed.
Oh and the referendum that was called wasn’t binding.
You are right. Didn't realize that. Guess leave doesn't actually mean leave.
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U.K. Only Now Asks Business to Map Supply Chain Ahead of Brexit
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Alex Morales
May 10, 2018, 1:03 PM EDTUpdated on May 11, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
The U.K. government has asked business groups to map their supply chains to flag the areas of the economy most at risk if Brexit imposes additional trading costs on exporters, two people familiar with the matter said.
One of the people expressed bafflement that it’s taken so long for the government to ask for the data. It’s just 10 months until the country formally quits the European Union, and Prime Minister Theresa May’s Cabinet -- and indeed her Conservative Party-- is still procrastinating on what kind of customs arrangements to pursue post-divorce.
U.K. Only Now Asks Business to Map Supply Chain Ahead of Brexit
By
Alex Morales
May 10, 2018, 1:03 PM EDTUpdated on May 11, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT
- Ministers assessing which sectors at risk from new rules
- Rules of origin threaten to raise cost of exports post-Brexit
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
The U.K. government has asked business groups to map their supply chains to flag the areas of the economy most at risk if Brexit imposes additional trading costs on exporters, two people familiar with the matter said.
One of the people expressed bafflement that it’s taken so long for the government to ask for the data. It’s just 10 months until the country formally quits the European Union, and Prime Minister Theresa May’s Cabinet -- and indeed her Conservative Party-- is still procrastinating on what kind of customs arrangements to pursue post-divorce.
Politics
U.K. Only Now Asks Business to Map Supply Chain Ahead of Brexit
By
Alex Morales
May 10, 2018, 1:03 PM EDTUpdated on May 11, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT
- Ministers assessing which sectors at risk from new rules
- Rules of origin threaten to raise cost of exports post-Brexit
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
The U.K. government has asked business groups to map their supply chains to flag the areas of the economy most at risk if Brexit imposes additional trading costs on exporters, two people familiar with the matter said.
One of the people expressed bafflement that it’s taken so long for the government to ask for the data. It’s just 10 months until the country formally quits the European Union, and Prime Minister Theresa May’s Cabinet -- and indeed her Conservative Party-- is still procrastinating on what kind of customs arrangements to pursue post-divorce.
Once again, in any sensible world this is the sort of thing that should have been done long ago as part of any basic risk assessment. You know. By those who think leaving is a great idea. Except the only people that did this kind of analysis generally thought leaving was a terrible idea, because they'd actually done some research into it.
Cue "but it was the campaign they didn't actually have to have thought through what they were advocating" in 3.....2.....
peteblue
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Come on now Bruce, no need for that. But while we’re talking about things that we know more about, remember the claims by remain that the EU did not want to become a superstate, that there would not be an EU Army, that the Euro and Schengen would not be insisted upon for all members, that there would not be tax ‘harmonisation’...etc etc.......
I don't think any of those things are set in stone. Yes, there is a direction of travel, but we've unfortunately forfeit our right to help guide that direction. Indeed, the act of leaving has in itself contributed to a shift I think.
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Been reading Gove et al, are now seeking a longer transition period for the technology to catch up with maximum facilitation idea, you could not make it up, well it appears they are.
I'm just bored of it all now.
Every single day, it's mentioned.
Kids are going to school malnourished, and we're still banging on about this.
Every single day, it's mentioned.
Kids are going to school malnourished, and we're still banging on about this.
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
Our leaving may we’ll have quickened the pace, but the direction of travel was not up for our input.....
I think that's a myth peddled by Farage et al. We had more influence than you'd think.
peteblue
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This is the myth peddled by Remainers et al. If we had any sort of demonstrable influence, we would not have had a referendum.......
We had the referendum because certain sections of the Tory party wanted out of the EU at any cost, and the rise of UKIP spooked Cameron into putting the question to the public in the hope of putting it to bed for a generation. The vast majority of the population have no idea what goes on in Brussels, and I doubt more than a few percent could name any of the things Cameron managed to negotiate.
peteblue
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It didn’t really matter what he asked for and there was nothing revolutionary or overly demanding. But having to go cap in hand to Merkel and Juncker in the first place tells you all you need to know about our influence.....
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