- Jul 10, 2003
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As always, you make such well researched, knowledgeable and erudite cases for carrying on regardless and totally ignoring the issues from Brexit. After all when you voted for this, I'm sure you put in just as much research and analysis to understand that this is exactly what you were going to get
Peace in Northern Ireland is in danger – Johnson’s lies and inaction offer no help
The Northern Ireland conundrum over Brexit was always insoluble. As John Major and Tony Blair pointed out in the referendum campaign, if the UK left the single market and customs union there had to be a border somewhere, either on the island of Ireland or in the Irish Sea. In either case, someone’s rights were going to be hurt: nationalists or unionists.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/11/boris-johnson-posturing-has-put-northern-ireland-fragile-peace-at-grave-risk
U.K. Businesses Burn Cash as Brexit Bureaucracy Takes Its Toll
Breaking free of Brussels bureaucracy was meant to herald a bonfire of red tape for Britain. In the first 100 days of Brexit, the only thing many businesses burned was money. Customs checks, paperwork and border delays since the U.K. completed its withdrawal from the European Union at the start of the year are sucking cash and time out of firms from big-name retailers to small family-owned businesses. Companies, which warned for years that this would happen, take no pleasure in saying “we told you so,” but the frustration is clear as they grapple with the long-term reality.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-14/u-k-businesses-burn-cash-as-brexit-bureaucracy-takes-its-toll
Forget equivalence, the City of London needs a post-Brexit plan
The latest “deal” between the UK and the EU was meant to clear a path to a new way of operating for the City of London.*In reality, it feels more like the end of the road.
https://www.ft.com/content/1b08132e-0fa0-492d-8c00-3ae49c44e0e5
Future Brexit measures are storing up disruption
The government has also delayed introducing full import controls on goods at the British border, saying that the pandemic had affected business preparations. Indeed, import controls will only apply in full from January 2022. “The government’s decision to delay import controls again buys more time for businesses to prepare,” the paper said. But this shifting timeline could create problems when the checks do come in. The government must work to convince businesses that the new deadline is real and ensure they prepare for it, the paper says.
https://www.globalgovernmentforum.com/future-brexit-measures-storing-up-disruption-think-tank-warns/
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