Thursday 9 August 2018

More Brexit fuckwittery

A couple of weeks ago, the PM said there would be 60 technical notices which would be sent to houses and businesses detailing preparations needed for a no deal Brexit.

But it seems that the Civil Service are struggling to come up with 60.

as we now have less than 8 months to go, preparations had better be easy.

I say that, but the pound plunged yesterday it was suggested by Liam Fox's comments on the being 60:40 that there would be a no deal. You would think that being trade minister he would speak with some authority, but then this is the disgraced former defence minister.

Fox also yesterday tweeted triumphantly about a trade deal which increased exports of pork to Taiwan for the next five years.

Only if China does not retaliate.

And then came the truth of the deal; it was an EU brokered deal, that the UK will drop out of on the 29th of March. So why did he say the five years? Either he did not realise of that the UK would be part of the SM or an effective substitute for one.

Who knows? Not Liam for sure.

And on my way back from Heathrow yesterday, preparations are underway to turn the main motorway from the Midlands and London to Dover into a lorry park. It is estimated that the capacity of these parking areas might be taken up in a handful of days, so where will the trucks park then?

Brexiteers are challenging the idea that Britain would run out of food in three months of Brexit. I think we will run out quicker than that, well, staples like potatoes might be OK, but UK has not fed itself for a couple of centuries, and with crops rotting in the fields, this situation will not improve post-Brexit.

Finally, it was suggested that women give up work in order to look after elderly relatives to make up the shortfall of EU workers. I don't recall that being written on the side of a bus......

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